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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
PREACHERS AIM WAS BAD.
Shot at Merchant and Hit Customer
Merchant Also Missed.


At Gainesville, Ca. Rev. W. o. Pet
ty, well known minister, shot at
John B. Lipsconb, at the place Of
business of the former. The shot
went wide of its mark, and struck
Jones Gaines, who was inside the
store, inlicting painful but not Sc
rious wound. -
The shooting occurred over an ex-
coriation in the public prints by Petty
OF Lipscomb, the former alleging that
the latter was running a vile dive,
selling liquors illegally, etc. Lipscomb
returned Petty's fire, but missed.
At preliminary trial Monday morn
ing, Rev. Petty gave bond for his APP
pearance at the January term of Hail
superior court. - -
Lipscomb's trial was postponed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
DOLE APPOINTED JUDGE.

Governor of Hawaii is Giv.n a New
Berth by President Roosevelt.
The president, Saturday. appointed
Sanford 3. Cole, to be United States
district judge for Hawaii, to succeed
the late Judge Morris n. Estee, and
George R. Carter, secretary OF Hawaii,
to be governor of the same to succe I'd
Governor Dole.
Both appointments will be sent to
the senate soon after congress meets.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
COTTON CROP FIGURES.

Given BY eradstreet's Indicates Pro-
duction About Same as Last Year.
This years cotton crop is estimated
to be no larger than, if it equals, that
of last year, which was 1o,727,0OO
bales, according to special report is
sued Saturday by Bradstreet's. The
report is based on special inquiry
made by Bradstreet"s correspondent g
throughout the south.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
TENNESSEE SYNOD ADVERSE.

University Consolidation Project at
Atlanta is Turned Down.
By a vote Of so to 81 the Tennessee
synod in session at Memphis went on
record Friday as opposing the trans
fer of the Southwestern Presbyterian
university from Clarksville to Atlanta,
Ga.
This vote upholds the unanimous re-
port from the committee on bills and
overtures that committee be sent to
the conference in Atlanta this month
to inform he synods of the five other
states of the reasons which prevent
the proposed merger.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
For Working Girls.

People in Paris who are interested
in giving working girls bit Of pleas
ure now and then have devised a
scheme where worthy girls receive two
tickets to a good theatre once in a
while. The scheme calls for an elab-
crate system of registration. but it is
working to perfection. The Kaiser is
thinking of introducing the idea into
the royal theatres in Germany.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
Proposal to Form New County.

Proposal 70 Form Ne" county.
A news item emanating from Au-
gusta, Ca, states that those interest
ed in the formation of new county,
just across the Savannah river, in
South Carolina, with North Augusta
as the county seat, the new county
embracing in its area part of Edge
field and Aiken. counties, declare that
Governor Hayward will call the neces-
sary election during the next few
days.
The leaders in the movement for
the new county, which is to be known
as Hammond county, cay that they
have complied with every requirement
of the constitution in reference to the
formation of the new county, and that
Governor Hayward can do nothing
else but order the election. The re-
Gently turned down petition for the
formation of Calhoun county, with
Mccormick as the county seat, was
knocked out because debarred by the
constitution. But the advocates Of
Hammond county say that no such ab-
lection can be brought against the
movement for its establishment.
The leaders declare that while
there is strong opposition to the move
ment for the establishment of Ham
mond county, and they are working to
defeat it al the polls, they have no
fear of the .Hlal result. They say they
have one-third of the entire population
signed to the petition for the election.
and are confident that they will secure
the other necessary third of the vot-
ing strength at the polls.
The opponents to the movement
want the governor to call the election,
on the ground that it will settle the
contention for a new county for at
least five years. The South Carolina
law stipulates that second election
cannot be called under five years
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
WORK OF EARTHQUAKES.

Hundreds Of People Killed and Towns
Demolished in Persia.
A dispatch to The London Daily
Mail from Simla says that terrible
earthquakes have occurred IN Persia
in which $50 persons were killed and
numbers injured.
One hundred and eiyhty-four carpet
factories were destroyed and only
thirty-two stalls were left standing in
the great bazaar at TurshiZ.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
Bennett Again at Liberty.

A dispatch from Missoula, Mont,
says: doc" Bennett. who was re-
leased from Jail yesterday on habeas
corpus proceedings and who was want
ed at Waynesville, N. c., is once more
an alleged fugitive from justice. Ben
nett is wanted for arson and was ar
rested on orders from the authorities
of North Carolina The South Caro-
lima sheriff was slow to arrive and
habeas corpus proceedings were be-.
gun.
Attorney Hull moved to the court
that Bennett be discharged and his
discharge was ordered. He left Mis-
soula Immediately after being dis
charged, and on the day after the au-
thorities of Missoula received word
from the South Carolina sheriff that
he was on his way to Missoula to get
Bennett.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
We Do DozA
lob Printing.

Cur Facilities are Well up; Material
Ample, auo II VIII be Oar Ain
and Pleasure 10 Please fou, RotA
as to Quality OF Wsrk .aad Raae
SouahIenes> Af Price.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
ATTRIBUTED TO SUN SPOTS.

ETeCIlICdI FHefUIHSIId SSTIOUS4y OTS'
turbing in France and Switzerland.
A London special says: Scientists
attribute the magnetic disturbance Of
Saturday to sun spots. The worst
effects Of the phenomena appear to
have been experienced IN France, but
Berlin was not affected, and apparent
ly neither Australia, Italy, nor Den
mark suffered. In Switzerland, how
ever, there occurred a strange phe-
nomenon. The telephone service
ceased suddenly and remained sus
pended for half an hour, while the
telegraphs were. rendered useless.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
lipton Defers to Kaiser Bill.

Sir Thomas Upton has definitely
Withdrawn his offer to present cup
for a transatlantic yacht race in 1904
and has made way for Emperor Will
liam.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
The Election in Charleston.

nc EISSlISI
The municipal primary election for
the nomination of mayor and twen-
ty-four aldermen in Charleston was
held last Tuesday. Very little inter
est was manifested in the election,
there being only one candidate in the
race for mayor, R. G. Rhett, who last
spring was unanimously endorsed by
the clubs in the various wards.
The aldermanic race, however, fur
nished some llfe, for there were
number of citizens in every ward
seeking election. So far as known
money played no part in the came
paign AS a rule money figures con-
spicuously in Charleston politics. -
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
Neoro Sentenced for Assault.

Negro Sentenced TOT VssduII.
William Jones, a negro, was arraign-
ed in Orangeburg the past week in a
special term of court, which was cali
ed to try him on the charge of crim:-
nal assault on a young white girl in
that: town about three weeks ago.
Jones at first entered the plea OF
mot guilty." but under advice from
his counselors, afterwards pleaded
guilty"
Judge ]. F. Izler sentenced the ne.
gro to ten years servitude at hard la
Dor in the state penitentiary.
The result gives satisfaction to the
entire community.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05

A woman's stationery doesn't always
indicate her station. ..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
spartanburo Citizen Laid to Rest.

spartanburg Citizen Laid to Rest
The remains of Mr.. G. D. Carrier,
whose death occurred in Spartanburg
last Saturday morning, were inferred
at Oakwood cemetery Sunday after
noon, Rev. w. A. Rogers, assisted by
Rev. J. S. Watkins, conducting the
services.
Mr.. Carrier was native of Ruther-
fordton, n. c., but had resided in Spar
tanburg about thirty years. He was.
So years of age and is survived by
wife and two children.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
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TTHE NEWS OF A WEEK !
IN SOUTH (A2OLMA.T
Incendiaries Burn Gin House.

Ineendiaries Burn Gin House.
The gin house belonging to William
Wilson and T. W. Wood and located
FIVE miles from Greers, together with
twenty-six bales of cotton, We're total
ly destroyed by fire early one mor>-
ing the past week. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000. 1t is supposed to be
the work Of an incendiary.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05

SCAR HOWARD stood be-
fore Isabel Lorne. pleading
with her for z word of
hope. as the condemned
might plead for life Ct the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-25
FOREIGN FACTS.

Twenty thousand illustrated post
cards pass through the Brussels post
Office daily.
Four manuscript songs In the hand
writing of Robert Burns were sold for
f137 recently in London.
In Dublin a limited liability COM
pany has been formed to carry on the
Gaelic language movement.
An unfortunate brickmaker at Ho-
nan, China, has been fined 10000
bricks for misdeed. The alternative
was to be beaten and handed over to a
mandarin.
Russia's crop of winter cereals is es-
timated at 904 100000 bushels Of rye
and 22o,000,000 bushels of wheat, the
proportion of rye to wheat being as
four to one.
There Is much dissa ttsfaction in Ita-
ly because the admission to art gal
leries, which In other countries would
be free, has been increased, and stu
dents permits are more difficult to get
than ever.
A woman's club in Switzerland some
time ago introduced the custom In sew
eral cities of giving an elegant diploma
to servants who have remained In one
place given time. Last year more
than 1000 Of these diplomas were CIV
en-.
The doctors are having a hard time
In Austria. They earn so little that
they have to look for other jobs to Sc
cure their daily bread. One recently
secured license to sell cigars, another
became insurance agent and third
was seen fiddling at night In a cafe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-25
The Bagdad Button.

A man recently returned from Tur-
key in Asia was showing some SOU
venirs of his trip. There's one thing
I didn't bring back with me, and that's
Bagdad BUTTON" he said. "I'm just
as well satisfied that 1 didn't too. A
Bagdad button? Well, I'll tell you
about it. Every person who goes to
Bagdad and stays there for six months
is afflicted with peculiar boil that
leaves a scar about the size of half
dollar. 1t may come on the face or on
some part of the body, but it is bound
to come if you stay there long enough.
l didn't. l got out just as soon as l
could. Children who are born in Bag
dad always come into the world with
this mark. which is known as the Bag
dad button" n."-Philadelphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-25

"Have you ever encountered the
child who in the matter of smart say
ings and straight truths is an absolute
terror to all with whom he may chance
to come into contact?" said an anxious
parent recently. Because If not
should like to introduce you to that boy
of mine"
"What has your boy done, them" in
quired his friend.
what has he done" said the parent.
"Why, he's always at it. Only this
morning he came to me and asked
what it meant to be apprenticed. 1 told
him that it meant the binding of one
person to another by agreement and
that one person so bound had to teach
the other all he could of his trade or
profession, while the other had to
watch and learn how things were done
and had to make himself useful in
every way possible"
"Well, what thenT
"Why, after a few moments the
young rascal edged up to me and said
Then suppose you're apprenticed to
ma, amt you, dadT"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-25
I "a REElFOOT LAKE.
It's Great Sunken Forest and the
Game With Which 1t AbOunds.

Mississippi river shooting is varied
with trips to the sunken lands, which
begin near Hickman, Ky, and extend
south several hundred miles on both
sides Of the river. This territory was
covered with dense forest of large
trees before the land was submerged
by the earthquake of 1911. On the
Tennessee side Reelfoot lake, eighty
miles long, was formed. Reelfoot lake
is only three miles from the river at
Upper Slough Landing and the same
distance at Tiptonville, Tenn. The
dense forest Is still standing. The
limbs and bark have rotted and
dropped off years ago, leaving the
bleached trunks standing like marble
columns in water sixty feet deep, SO
close together that 1t is difficult to move
a skiff among them. Some have rotted
off at the water level, and others are
hollow, making good blinds. The flight
Of wild fowl on Reelfoot lake is beyond
the comprehension of the average
sportsman. There are ducks, geese,
cormorants, called water turkeys;
cranes, water hens and snipe. They
all keep up chatter which makes the
sunken forest ring. From the tops of
the trees eagles, hawks and owls con-
tribute piercing screeches to the con-
tinuous din.-Outing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-25

In the Shah Luka pass we have one
Of the many Instances in which the
Nile has hurled itself at an opposing
mountain barrier and cut its way
through. In fact, 1t often seems to Sc
lect these unpropitious places for its
course when on each side few miles
away there is tolerably level, unbro-
ken expanse of desert. For ten miles
the river twists in and out before es-
Gaping to the open once more. Its cur
rent is very rapid, making 1t well nigh
impossible at low water because Of
the numerous rocks, but at the time of
my descent the summer flood was well
along, and all but few of these bar
riers were hidden below the surface,
their presence being marked only by oc-
casional eddies.-Century.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-25
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Julia Marlowe will probably play in
london this spring.
1t Is rumored that Lillian Russell Is
to appear In drama.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Whytal have re-
yived For Fair Virginia"
Amelia Bingham will star Henry
Dixey in The Last of the Dandies."
Miss Terry's production of Ibsen's
great drama, THE Vikings" will be an
ambitious one.
Jane Hadlng will be seen in London
next June in more Than Queen" and
Alfred Capus' latest play, 'The Chate-
laine."
Lucille Spinney, who was once an
amateur actress well known In Bos-
toms Four Hundred, is now in profess
sional ranks.
1t has been announced that Louis
Mann will present Shakespeare's 1.-The
Merchant Of Venice" he playing the
role of Shylock.
Joseph Coyne, who has made such a
decided hit as Sir Archie in "The To-
reador," will probably be featured In
q new musical entertainment next sea-
eon. s1sSs5..
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-25

Two noblemen In the reign Of Maxi
milan II.-1564- -1566-one German,
the other Spaniard, who had each
rendered a great service to the en-
peror, asked the hand of his daughter
in marriage. Macmillan said that as
he esteemed them both alike it was i'm
possible to choose between them, and
therefore their own prowess must de-
eide 1t; but, being unwilling to risk the
loss of either by engaging them in
deadly combat, he ordered large sack
to be brought and declared that he who
should put his rival into 1t should have
his fair Helena. And this whimsical
combat was actually performed in the
presence of the imperial court and
lasted an hour. The unhappy Spanish
nobleman was first overcome, and the
German succeeded In enveloping him
in the sack, took him upon his back
and laid him at the emperors feet.
This comical combat is said to be the
origin of the phrase ''glve him the
sack" so common in the literature of
counting.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-25
EARLY Marriage In China.

1t is nothing rare in China for boys
twelve to fourteen years old to marry
The physical, moral and intellectual de-
velopment of the contracting parties
has nothing to do with the matter 9th
er considerations entirely regulate the
affair. An old Chinese aphorism says
that the great business of life is ended
when the sons and daughters are mar
ried. The Chinese parents do not care
to run the danger of postponing the
marriage of their children, especially
of their sons, until after their own
death.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-25

a living, how mamma stayed in the
kitchen half of her time cooking, how
papa tended the furnace and Uncle Jim
drove n dray wagon. You didn't know
that yourself, did you? Well, he does.
l told him what a ramshackly old time
we had of it getting along at that; then
there was the paper on the door"
"Well, and what did he say?"
"He just put his arms around me-"
she smiled-what a beauty the girl was
land said it didn't make any differ
ence to him. 1t wasn't mamma he
cared about or papa or Uncle Jim or
the house. 1t was me- A flush rose to
her eyes, to the roots of her fluffy hair
as she repeated softly. ut was mer'
threw my hat in the air and caught
1t by the stem of dangling flower as
1t came sailing down again.
''Hurrah!' l cried. "Three rousing
cheers for the beau from Hartford"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-25
SHORT STORIES.

The biggest wheatf1eld in the world
Is In the Argentine. 1t belongs to an
Italian named Guazone and covers
Just over 100 square miles.
There is a great demand for rooms
In apartment houses in the larger cities.
People find this an agreeable way to
live where there are no small houses.
According to DR.. Pinard of Paris
many careless persons catch contagious
diseases by taking off their dusty shoes
and then sitting down to a meal with
out washing their hands.
The great growth of the demand for
automobiles Is illustrated by the fact
that $1,000,000 worth Of French ma
chimes have just been contracted for
by firm in New York city.
There has been a steady decrease Of
the rural population Of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and each Of
the north Atlantic states except Rhode
Island, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
The value of buildings erected in the
New England states last year was
$135,000,o00. The prospects are that
this years building operations through
out the United States will largely ex-
coed that of last year.
The town of Guaymas, Mexico, has
been made Immediately pure and
clean by the prospect Of a visitation of
the bubOnic plague. Every particle OF
filth has been removed, and the streets
have even been sprinkled with talcum
nnWder
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-25
MOrtifying Advice.

A federal officeholder tells of cam
paigning in Kentucky with another
stump speaker. The latter thought to
make good impression in the famous
distillery town Of Owensboro and in
his speech there sounded the praises Of
whisky. "Why, gentlemen" said he,
Il have noticed in my reading of his
tory and biography that all great men
drank liquor. tell you, whisky makes
men smart"
whats that?" said an old farmer
who was a noted teetotaler.
whisky makes men smart" reiter-
ated the orator, "and l challenge de-
NAL"
"Then," said the farmer you'd bet
ter get couple of barrels and begin on
it at once"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-25
CHINESE MAGIC LANTERNS
How Their Instruments Differ From
Those In Use In This Country.

How Their Instruments Diner from
Those In Use In This Country.
The magic lantern, like porcelain,
gunpowder and printing, may nave
been an invention of the Chinese. For
more than twenty centuries 1t has been
a staple amusement In the Celestial
empire and has been developed into
many forms unknown to the occident.
The Middle Kingdom, which has been
we'll termed Topsy Turvy Land, uses
the magic lantern in just the opposite
manner from what we do, having the
light and picture behind the screen,
the same as In our parlor amusement
of shadowgraphs. The commonest form
of the magic lantern In the extreme orl-
ent is large box supported on tri-'
pod or four legged table. The box Is
about 4 feet wide by 2 high, and Its
front Is made Of ground glass, oiled
silk or oiled white paper.
Over the box is a light framework Of
bamboo and cloth, which reaches to the
ground and conceals the operator from
the audience, but leaves the glass ex-
posed to view A powerful lamp In
front of concave reflector throws
strong light upon the glass or screen,
as the case may be. The top OF the box
and the sides are half open to permit
the introduction of small figures. This
arrangement gives four distinct classes
of instruments. With all four instru-
ments the exhibitions are given in the
streets, squares and market places.
They draw audiences ranging from five
to thirty and give an entertainment of
from five to fifteen minutes in length.
Each spectator is supposed to contrib
ute 1 cash, or twentieth Of cent,
when the hat is passed around. Gener-
GUS or enthusiastic patrons frequently
give from 10 to 10 cash, so that the av-
erage performance nets the proprietor
about 2 cents. This seems ridiculous
to Americans, but In land where an
ablebodied man can be hired for cents
lantern is looked upon as a very well
to do individual.
The little plays. which are written
about the magic figures are as conven-
tional as our own immortal Punch and
Judy. The wicked tiger" depicts the
career Of n dissolute animal who from
killing pigs, dogs and buffaloes finally
eats beautiful maiden and is slain by
Mongolian chief in full armor on
horseback. "The wicked wife" forms
compact with the devil, squanders
her husbands substance In riotous liv-
ing and, in the last scene, hangs her.
self in a blaze of red fire, while the
evil one expresses wild joy in extraor-
dinary oriental gesticulations. 1.-THE
cruel magician" 1.-The grateful dragon"
1.-The fairy foxes and other bits Of
eastern folklore afford brief sketches,
which are as familiar as household
words.-New York Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-25

"Pretty NICE" she replied. Mamma
made me a dress that looked fine a lit
tie way Off 1t was black lace over
white sateen, but they wrote 1t up
black lace over white satin It's all
right when they put 1t like that in the
papers, but it's awful to have to wear
sateen all the time in the place Of
satin"
"Your mamma sat up all night nearly
making it for you," said l.
81 know that" she nodded. There
are no flies on mamma, If she wouldn't
yell so. Listen"
Yell! The welkin rang with shrieks
Of
"Muriel! Muriel! Murielr'
'Hushw the girl cried back. 81 am
coming"
She ran down. Presently, returning,
she fell up against the shut door, ex-
hausted.
"What did she want?" 1 inquired
stopping the click of my machine in the
middle Of word.
"a thousand things at once. 1 don't
know what on earth is the matter with
mamma, going on So"
shes all nerves trying to run this
boarding house on nothing
"She needn't have done 1t. We had
enough to live on without"
knew. had heard her mother say.
Just enough barely, and she had to 60
down on her knees, like many another
woman, to that husband of hers she
kept secreted somewhere about the
premises (who assisted her solely in the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-25

Speaking Of grewsome remarks"
said the ruddy old Scotch gentleman on
his way from the far west to revisit
Scotland for the first time In half GEN.
tury, there was an old lady friend of
mine in San Francisco who persisted
in looking upon this journey Of mine as
a madly adventurous tempting of Prov
idence. Yet there is one thing COM
forts me, Robert, my man. she said.
When one dies in voyaging nowadays,
they've such excellent facilities for
transporting the remains! New York
Telegram.