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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-07-24

This Office is turning out some nice job
work these days.
The dry weather has materially injured
crops in this section.
Court convenes here next Monday,
Judge D. a. Townsend presiding.
Several from Bamberg attended the
ball at Ehrhardt Tuesday evening.
Notwithstanding the excessive hot
weather, Bamberg's health record is flne
County Treasurer Folk has borrowed
some money for county expenses, ana
claims are now being paid.
Mr.. G. A. Rice and family moved to
town Tuesday, and are occupying the OLD
Hartzog house, near the graded school.
Work is going forward rapidly on the
brick stores of the Messrs. Black, ana the
buildings will be ready for occupancy IN
time for the fall trade.
President Henry S. Hartzog, OF Glenn
son College, has been offered the presl;;
dency of the Arkansas State College, and
it is probable that he will accept.
The first open boil of cotton seen by
ne was shown by Mr.. w. E. Spann last
Monday, which was plucked from held
on his plantation few miles from town.
Clerk of Court G. B. Free has been busy
recording an extraordinary mortgage THIS
week. 1t is on the lines Of the Southern
Railway, and the amount was eighteen
millions of dollars.
Mr.. John NJ. Jennings is at home again
after an extended stay In Hampton
county. where he has been boring wells
He has the contract for boring the well
at the Carlisle Fitting School, and Will
mo- Sorbt commence work this week.
It will be pleasant news to the many
warm friends of Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Ed
dleman to know that they will return 10
Bamberg to live Mr.. Eddleman has &C.
cepted the position of superintendent or
the oil mill, and will assume his outles
about the 18th of August.
Before the adjournment of congress
President Roosevelt nominated Mr.. ). +.
Murphy to be postmaster at Bam0erg,
but the senate failed to confirm the noml-
nation. The President therefore few
days ago re-appointed Mr. Murphy, and
he has gotten up his bond and forwarded
it to the department. lie will no DOUBT
take charge of the Office in short time.
Messrs. W. D. Rhoad and Henry F.
Rambere viii open general merchandise
business here this fall, and will occupy
the large brick store now being built by
Mr.. Thos. Black. The style of the firm
will be Rhoad g. Bamberg, and they pro-
nose to carry full line Of general
merchandise. MIR. Rhoad will leave for
New York in few days to buy the stock.
The summer school for the teachers OF
Bamberg county commences here next
Monday, and will be in charge OF MT. D.
Arthur Virgins, the very efficient super
intendent Of the Denmark schools. It,
hoped that the teachers of the county Will
take advantage of the opportunity of1er-
ed and that there will be large attend
ance. The Sessions of the school will be
held in the Carlisle Fitting School.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-07-24
WithdraWs the Charge.

WASHINGTON, July 22-Lieut. Gov.
Tillman, of South Carolina, today tele-
graphed Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Bristow that he withdraws the
charge that his mail had been tampered
with in the postoffice at Pickens, s. c..
The charge alleged that valuable politi-
cal papers addressed to Mr.. Tillman had
been obtained from the Pickens post office
by an unknown party. The case is now
in the hands of post Office inspectors for
investigation, but no report has been re-
ceived from them.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-07-24
Teachers Elected.

At recent meeting Of the board OF
trustees of the Bamberg graded school,
teachers were elected for the ensuing year;
All the former teachers were reelected
except Miss Bertha Wells, who declined
reelection. The faculty for the coming
wear will be: C. R. Calhoun, of Green
wood, principal; assistants: Mrs. j. A:
Murdaugh, Bamberg; Miss Mary Nc
MILAN, Cope; Miss Leila Black, Bamberg;
Miss Gertie Hamilton, Charleston.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-07-24
He Found Out.

Il think" she said, "that kissing's
foolish, don't you?'
well" he replied, there certainly is
a good deal Of foolishness connected
with it."
They looked earnestly at each other a
little while. Then she wriggled around
and said:
"Oh. dear! / feel so foolish this
eyeningi I wonder what's the matter
with me?''
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-07-24
Upon A SEWRPAPER ARTICLE
To be Rebuilt.

EDeEF1ELD, July ia large, enthu-
siastic and unanimous meeting of the
freeholders and voters of the town of
Edgefield was held today and it was
decided to bond the municipality for
$4,000 to build handsome school build
ing to replace the one burned few days
ago.
Col. Bailey will continue the s. G. G. I.
in Edgefeld. He will open it in tenpor-
ary Quarters ON the first Of October, and
in the handsome new building on the first
January.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-07-24

Towne-Quite fine figure that in the
red bathing suit.
Browne-Yes; she used to pose for
some of the best artists in the country.
Towne-Ah, and now she's an ex-
poser-Philadelphia Press.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-07-24
LEGAL NOTICE.

Pursuant to an order of Hon. D. A.
Townsend, presiding Judge for July term,
all persons interested are hereby notified
that there will be no jury cases tried at
the July term of court for Bamberg
county, said order having instructed the
Jury commissioners not to draw petit
juries and I as clerk being ordered to
notify the grand jurors not to assemble.
All parties will please take due notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
G. B. FREE,
Clerk of Court.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-07-24
McLaurin Refuses Judgeship.

OYSTER BAY, L. l., July 2l-The great.
est surprise prevails in official circles here
tonight over the refusal of Senator Nc
Laurin to accept the appointment of judge
of the United States court of appeals.
The most surprised person is President
Roosevelt himself 1t is said on the high
est authority that when Senator McLaurin
was the presidents guest at luncheon here
last Saturday week ago he assured the
chief executive that he would accept the
Office if offered lin.
The president, it is said, thought moth
ing more of the matter as, according to
very high authority, McLaurin had given
the president his practical assurance that
he would shortly resign the senatorsnlp
in order to ACCEPT the new office.
It is also stated on the same high au-
thority that Tillnan's proposed fight to
prevent McLaurin from accepting the
office would not have materialized II Nc
Laurin would hsve decided to accept the
Office
The president earnestly hoped that Nc
Laurin would take the judgeship and he
would have helped to repudiate any effort
to prevent McLaurin's acceptance. The
opinion prevails in official circles here
that the chief reason McLaurin had to re.
fuse the judgeship was to continue and
even make more severe his fight against
Tillman in the senate and will also make
troble for those who circulated the story
that he sold himself for the judgeship.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF 1T.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y, July 21.-President
Roosevelt is in receipt of letter from
Senator John L. McLaurin, of South
Carolina declining the proffered appoint
ment to the vacancy on the bench OF the
United States court of claims. The presi'
dent, it can be said, much regrets Senator
McLaurin's decision, as he believes that
McLaurin's senatorial experience and his
career as attorney general OF South caro-
lima would have rendered him partlcu'
larly good addition to the court of claims
The president now is uncertain hat he
will do about Senator McLaurin. 1t is
understood that he is anxious to appoint
him to some position in recognition OF
what the president regards as his service
to the country snd his demonstrated abili
ty in public life. Senator McLaurin's
letter is coucted in the most positive
terms and evidently was based in par
ticular
UPON A NEwRPAPER ARTICLE
which accompanied the letter. The ARTICLE
stated that the senator lsd sold himself
for the prospect of getting such an office
&c that offered to him. 1t can be said
however, that the president regarded sucl
q tvpe of accusation as beneath notice anc
sincerely regrets that Senator McLaurir
should have deemed it necessary to pay
any attention to it.
Senator McLaurin evidently ha:
changed his mind about accepting tn
proffered appointment since he was il
OYSTER Bay on July II. At that time b.
indicated his readiness to accept th'
vacancy on the court Of claims and tn
only question! then was when he shoult
resign from the senate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-07-24

Edith-Why did you refuse him:
Ethel-He has a past. Edlth-But he
can blot it out. Ethel-Perhaps; but he
can't use me for blotter.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-07-24
Grains per U. S. gallon of 231 cubic
Parts per million:
Actual ammonia
Albumnoid ammonia
Nitrogen as nitrate

Nitrogen as nitrate Hons
Nitrogen as nitrite none
This water is pure, and in all respects
excellent. Analysed by W. B. Hardin,
chief chemist at Clemson College.
Owing to the heavy wind storm last
Sunday night, services in the Methodist
church were postponed until next Sunday
evening.
Ehrhsrdt base ball team is booked for
the following games this week: Tuesday,
4 D. M, Oak Grove and Ehrhardt on Ehr-
hardt's ground Thursday evening Coils
ton at Ehrhardt. Wednesday, July Both,
Midway at Ehrhardt.
Oak Grove and Kearse teams played
on Kearse ground last Saturday. Score
10 to in favor of Kearse.
Ehrhardt string band can be heard
every day, except Sunday at Copeland
s. Dannelly's store by some of the follow
ing members: w. D. Sease, Frank Cope
land, Rev. s. P. Chisolm, DR.. J. H.
Roberts, Raymond Ehrhardt, A. G. Rey-
nolds, B. F. Brown, and Wingard Fur
man. The instruments played are first
and second violin, bass violin, guitars,
mandolin, banjo and flute. GE Col.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-07-24
EMhardt Etchings.

EHRHARDT, July 22-Misses Amanda,
Blanche, and Carrie Bishop, of Colston,
with Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Fender and Mr.
Wingard Furman attended the Dry
Branch Sunday-school picnic last Thurs
day.
Misses Carrie and Lizzie E'adgett, of
Lodge, are spending time with Mrs. j..
F. Fender.
The Woman's Mission Society picnic at
Mt. Pleasant last Friday was well attend
ed. Dr.. Scherer, of Charleston, and Dr..
Cromer, of Newberry, delivered forcible
addresses appropriate to the occasion.
Rev. E. NJ. McKissick has been holding
protracted meeting at Zion this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, of Athens, Ca,
are visiting Capt. Geo. W. Brunson, Of
Lodge. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, with Mr..
and Mrs. J. W. Brunson, were in Ehr-
hardt Thursday.
On last Friday, while Mr.. H. l. Caass-
ereau was working on the tram road,
from Ehrhardt to Mr.. Williams Carers,
he met with painful accident, catching
his foot between the bolster and skiC and
as result will have to lie up few days.
Mr.. w. r. HERS is the first in this
neighborhood to pick boil of cotton.
Mr.. A. c. Reynolds gives the following
as the analysis of Ehrhardt arteslan
water:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-07-24
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
CUBAN TARIFF REDUCTION.

1t is one of the strange features of the political situation that any considerable
 number of Democrats should oppose the
 for reduction of certain tarif duties on goods from Cuba. The reduction is ex-
 actly in line with Democratic conten-
 ton that the whole Republican tariff scheme is wrong and legislators ought
 to be practical enough to take what they can get in the way of reduction of tariff burdens. The New York Times says:
 But there is no denying that the plan of the Administration is blow at pro- lection" It is not intended to be so, but in the nature of things 1t inevitably is. It is in the direction of freer trade and of more rational commercial relations. 1t is in the direction of the reciprocity of Blaine and Mckinley. It is the con- summation in part of Garfield's ideal, the protection that leads to free trade" It is in harmony with the view of the most intelligent business men of the time, such as President James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway. that pro- lection has done for our infant indus tries' all that it can do. and that what we now need, and need badly, is the re- moval of all obstacles to the extension of our trade abroad. If MT. Roosevelt did not realize these facts when he took up his present plan, he Is far less clear sighted than we suppose him to be- Doubtless he has counted the cost of ad- herring to his plan. If he gives it up. or modifies it, it will be because his party in Congress will not stand for" so much common sense and common hon. esty. We hope that he will not have to give 1t up or change it. But if he does, we trust that he will make 1t plain to the country that 1t is the greed and stupidity of his party to which he bows.
 It is to the credit of the President that he has not abandoned his ground, but in a special message to the Senate last Friday urged the passage of the bill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
A FAULTY EXPLANATION.

congressman Hopkins Of Illinois re- gently tried to explain why tariff-pro- l tected steel billets were sold in England at about two-thirds the price which American consumers had to pay for them. His explanation was that the American manufacturers had large surplus on hand and were selling them at cost to get rid of them
 Like many other explanations this one doesn't explain. If it only costs sl65o to
 $17 ton to manufacture the billets why
 charge home people S7 ton? And. would
 there have been any large surplus on
 hand if they had sold them here at a
 reasonable profit? Neither of these ques-
 tions can be answered in such way as to harmonize with the statement of Mr.
 Hopkins.
 MT. Hopkins and all the other high tariff manufacturers and advocates, know that they are able to charge American consumers such a high price because of the tariff which shuts out for eign competition. He knows, further, that these steel products arc sold at s16 to $17 ton in England in order to com pete with English manufacturers, and he also knows that our own manufac- turers are not in the business for accom- modation, and that they would not sell their products in England unless there was some profit in it. All this is patent to any intelligent observer, and we com mend to MT. Hopkins a paragraph from the Chicago Tribune, a staunch Republi- can paper. but one which can see the yiciousness of our present tariff system. The Tribune says:
 It is not the mere selling abroad at d lower price than at home that Ameri- cans complain of. It is the soincident exaction of an excessive price at home through the operations of a trust forti- fled by tariff duties which have become too high. The demand for tariff revis- ion. which is more general than Con- gressman Hopkins apprehends. grows out of the unjust difference in the price scales of some American manufacturers an unjust difference which could not exist if duties, like the steel duties, for instance, were sealed down.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
IS IT THE ENDp
A Delightfully."- Cheerful View of Af-
 fairs in the Philippines.

New York Mail and Express.
 For q Southern man and Democrat such a man, according to Carmack and Tillman. as should be red with shame and black with indignation at the mere presence of an American army in the is- lands-Acting Governor Wright or the Philippines, takes highly favorable and cheerful view of conditions in the archl- pelago. His report bears out fully the asuranco that with the exception of tract in the Moro country of Mindanao, which bears about the same relation to the whole Philippine archipelago that one of the Apache reservations in Arizona bears to the United States. the country is at peace
 The Philippine insurrection is over, and over forever. The United States has no policy to enforce, no national ambition to gratify. no hunger for exclusive trade to feed, that can eyer conflict with the legitimate ambitions oc the Filipino peo- pies and tribes. This tho Filipinos them selves now know. They recogniZe the fact that in their ut .c' ineXperience. in their innocence of any intelligent political purpose. they erred terribly in attacking tho American authority in 1899.
 Their resistance has ceased. Their leaders are to a great extent convinced that the purpose of the great republic toward them is wholly benevolent. It never went to the Philippines for profit, and is not there for profit now. It is there primarily to discharge faithfully duty which it has solemnly assumed be-
 
 the Filipinos upon their feet in every moral and material way It is also there to spread American commerce. There is certainly no harm in doing that. Con- merce is civilization.
 Will the politicians. theorists, and newspaper editors who for three years and more have been misrepresenting and at- tacking the work of the United States in the Philippines accept this honest and well-groundcd statement of Governor Wright as conclusive. Scarcely. It really is conclusive. It celebrates the end of the Philippine insurrection. It constitutes threshold from which the world may look into new editice of peace and lib- erty. But the critics of this great na- tional constituent work. which will turn out in the end to be not a whit less be- nevolent and creative tn an the work done in Cuba, will continue to libel it on every occasion. But that will make no differ ence. The American people know what they are doing in the Philippines. and they approve the acts of their representa- lives and servants there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
A DEFIANT INDIAN.

That some of the Indians among what are commonly spoken of as ''the five civil lized tribes" are not yet fully reconstruct ed is evidenced by a recent occurrence at little station among the Cherokees. The Government agent, Colonel Taylor, was paying money to destitute Chero- kees when one of them names Ches-qua- ne-tah, although he was gaunt. hungry and ragged. steadily refused to accept anything, saying:
 T will take nothing from the hand of . white man. Search you the records of our tribe Did l take a cent from the big payment? No. Have I not urged my tribe to resist to the last? Go to the council house at Tahlequah. There read how Chea -qua-nee-tah voted when the white man showed his fawning or when he came to us bearing gifts. Here are my two children. Neither they nor their kin have asked aims from the race that has been to us the curse of God. Sooner than take one crust of bread from those who have despoiled a world; sooner than take one cent from those who have driven us to the shambles; sooner than sustain life by accepting pittance from the white mans government that has robbed us of a continent, I would, and my children should follow me, jump into the depths of wonder river and let the waters hide us from the eyes of the chil- dren of men,"
 This defiance under the circumstancee may seem foolish, but it is something of the same spirit which actuated Gen eral Toombs and other prominent Con- federates who refused to be recon structed. It Is also something of the same feeling of independence which anil mated William Weatherford when he surrendered to General Jackson and made the somewhat defiant speech attributed to him. There has been much hard feel ing among some of the Indians in the Territory, and especially among the Cherokees, caused by some of the laws and regulations of our government, as we'll as by the acts of the government agents who often appear to forget that they are dealing with a people who are naturally suspicious of everything done by the whites, and are disposed to re- sent the efforts of our government to civilze them. The independent and de- liant Ches-qua-ne-tah only spoke what many of them doubtless feel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
A DIsGRAcEFuL AFFAIR.

Another example of bitter race intol- erance which exists in many portions of the North is found in a special from Carbondale. H., to Chicago contem- porary. It appears that there was lately established at Fl Dorado, H., a coIored Normal and Industrial Institute modelled on the school at Tuskegee. So much ob- jection was made by the whites that khe Board of Trustees is considering the propriety of removing the school. and the dispatch adds:
 The teachers and pupils have fled from the place, fearing mob violence. The first commencement exercises were to have been held tomorrow, but the build ings have been deserted. the windows smashed in and other damage inflicted. President AlStone and his family are supposed to be in Cairo.
 So far as we have seen there has been no charge that the school was disorder to the community. The war is made on 1t because it is a colored institution. Suppose the colored schools at Tuskegee, Montgomery. Huntsville, or any of the other hourishing institutions of the ne- groes, should be threatened by a mob, and teachers and pupils should be forced to fly for their lives; the eruption of Mount Pelee would not compare with the overflow of denunciation and condemna- tion that would pervade every section of the North. Pulpit, press and rostrum would glow with the perfervid heat of the bolts which would be launched at the heads of Southern slave drivers"
 But no such disgraceful incident will occur in the South. We have colored schools of all grades all over our DOT tion of the Union. They are protected by the laws and fed from .he general school fund, and there is no attempt on the part of the whites to interfere with them. It Is only in that portion of the Union where the "curse of slavery" was most vehemently denounced and where sympathy for "the down trodden slave was the battle cry that the negroes are not allowed to work for a living or to educate their children in their own schools. That is the difference between preaching and practice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
q Daily Average Gain off,. .32 .23
 "A Sunday Average Gain of. .32 .02
SUNDAY JUNE 1s, 1902.
DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL.

The American Newspaper Directory uses cer- tain signs to denote the relative standing and merit of the whole field of newspaperdom which comes under Its notice. and one of these signs is the mystic symbol I0l denoting golden" which stands for high quality. and is thas explained:
 Advertisers value this paper more for the class and quality of it's circulation than for the mere number of copies printed.''
 Such papers are credited with a single sym bol; but there is a higher grade. according to this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY, and require the DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL Ie0l to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol I00l and is the only paper so distinguished in this section of the South