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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18
Earliest Record of Bituminous.

So far as is known, the earliest produc-
ton of bituminous coal was made in the
Richmond basin of Virginia. About 81, 900
short tons were produced IN 1872, and the
amount gradually Increased until 1892,
when 1t began to decline, and about the
middle of the last century had almost dis
appeared. About that time the develop
for the neXty thirty or forty years, prac
tically all of Nirginia's production came
from the northern part of the state.
Next to those of the anthracite region OF
Pennsylvania. the most authentic records
we have of coal production in the United
States are of the Piedmont
district of Maryland and West Virginia.
The first openings were made in Maryland,
and shipments began as early as 1872.
1t is practically certain that some btu
minous coal was produced in Pennsylvania
prior to 1910, but this is the earliest date
on record The total output of bituminous
coal In Pennsylvania is estimated to have
been approSima tely 1,231 100000 short tons,
making the entire production of coal in
Pennsylvania approximately 2,S03,OCO 600
short tons.
In Illinois.
The next earliest statistics of coal mining
which we have are for the state of Illinois,
II is stated that coal was mined on the Big
Muddy river In Jackson county in 1910. but
there is no record of the amount produced.
The mine was worked by drift along out
crops in the bluffs. A natboat was loaded
with coal at this place and shipped to New
Orleans. The census of 1910 states that coal
was mined in nineteen counties of Illinois,
and that the years production amounted to
1G,96S tons IL is calculated that the total
output of the state has amounted to nearly
442,G00.GG0 short tons It is interesting. in
this connection. to remember that Father
Hennepin noted in his journal in 1879 the
existence of a coal mine on the Illinois
river, near the site of the present Ottawa.
In Ohio.
The first year in which any production of
coal was recorded in Ohio was 1888, when
the output was 1882 tons. The census of
1910 and that of 1860 took note of the pro-
duction. but for the years between 1910 and
1860 no data are available. Since 1860 the
records are fairly accurate The total out
put OF the state is estimated 10 have been
somewhat over 35S. 900 tons.
The earliest producers among the states
west'of the Mississippi river We're Missouri
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18

bronchial Troubles are often permanently oaict
by PIso's Cure for Consumption. BIC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-18
Sa3 Bureau, $500.

REDUCED oNE-TIunD.a
One of the most iextraordi-
nary values we've put out.
Golden Oak Bureau, with
French bevel plate mirror, that
can't ordinarily be built for
what we ask for it.
So. 25 Chiffonier. SIS. so.
REDUCED oNETHIRp.
Golden Oak Chiffonier, with
FIVE drawers-roomy, conven-
lent, well built, we'll finished
$3.50.
$3.50 Bureau, Sl2.34.
REDUCED oNE-TIHRD.
A well-designed, perfectly
built Bureau, with quarter
sawed oak, serpentine front and
24x3o-in. French bevel plate
mirror-$I2.34.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-27
Personal Mention.

{, Mr.. G. H. Kearse, of Colston, was in
the city Tuesday.
DIR. J. II. Roberts, of Ehrhardt, was
in the city Monday.
Mr.. W. s. Cooper, of Denmark, was
in the city last Friday.
MIR. G. 81. Smoak has gone on two
weeks visit to relatives in Florida.
DIR. j. P. OFT, of Jacksonville, Fla,
arrived in the city yesterday morning.
DIR. J. B. Black and Mr.. Thos Black
left last Thursday morning for st. Louis.
Mr.. H. L. Brown, of the Ehrhardt
section, was in to see Us last Friday, While
in town.
-Messrs. Edgar Skinner and W.. E.
Brunson, of Sumter, were in the city last
Thursday.
&C. A. Best, Esq, and Clerk of Court
w. Gilmore Simms, of Bamwell, were IN
the city Tuesday.
MIR. Henry W. Chitty, ofthe Buford's
Bridge section. was in the city last Friday
and paid US a pleasant call.
Maj. E. R. Hays spent a few days last
week in Greenwood on visit to his sons,
Messrs. R. NJ. and Alf. G. Hays.
-Messrs. Otis Brabham, r. w. D.
Rowell, and Dr.. 81. F. Hoover went to
Columbia yesterday to attend the state
Fair.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-27
1t Was Good Water.

Representative John Sharp Williams
of Mississippi, tells of colored man in
town of that State who enjoys local
fame by reason of his remarkable vocab'
ulary. One day this colorsd man was
standing near an artesian well, when
stranger, also negro, accosted him, ask
ing:
s'Is dis here good water?"
"Well, reckon!" Indignantly rejoined
the other. "Whar you come from, any
how, dat you don't know hit? Amt
YOU heerd dat dis water been scandalized
by freenologists Dis here water been
foun' to persist in three parts-two parts
ox.hideungas, and one part hidefoby!'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-27
CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY

CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY.
No one acquainted with its good quail
tiles is surprised at the great popularity
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1t not
only cures colds and grip, but prevents
these diseases from resulting in pneumo-
MIA It is a certain cure for Group. Whoop'
ing cough is not dangerous when this
remedy is given. 1t contains no opium
or other harmful substance and may be
given as confidently to baby as to an
adult. 1t is pleasant to take. When all
these facts are taken into consideration
it is not surprising that people in foreign
lands, as well as at home, esteem this
remedy highly and few are willing to take
any other after having used it. For sale by
Bamberg Phar; 81. c. Rice, Denmark.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-27
Not Without Spice of Danger.

They we're spending the autumn in the
Pennsylvania mountains and a shooting
expedition had been planned for then
day. The talk naturally turned on the
prospects for various sorts of game.
"We miss the spice of danger that gives
zest to hunting in the Far West" one of
the younger members of the party began,
a little prompously:
"Ah, ant is it danger wit your sport you
like?" earnestly returned the old German
farmer who was to act as guide. Den
you keeps close to me, sir. De last time
have sport I shot mine brudder-in-law
in de leg. I gladly takes you unter mine
own wing" he concluded in all serious
ness.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-27

A man is no better than his wife will
let him be. Now, wives of America, sway
your sceptres of wifely influence for God
and for good homes. Do not urge your
husbands to annex Naboth's vineyard to
your palace of success whether right or
wrong, lest the dogs that come out to
destroy Naboth, come and also devour
YOU. Righteousness will pay best in life,
will pay best in death, will pay best
through all eternity.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-27
BETTER THAN PILLS.

The question has been asked-in what
way are Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets superior to ordinary cathar-
tic and liver pills? Our answer is-they
are easier and more pleasant to take and
effect is 80 genlle and agreeable that one
hardly realizes it is produced by medl-
cine. They not only move the bowels but
improve the appetite and aid the diges'
ton. For sale at 25 cents per bottle by
Bam berg Phar; b. G. Rice, Denmark.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-27
FARMS FOR SALE.

One plantation containing 200 acres,
about 100 acres cleared, room dwelling
and necessary out buildings, well of good
water. This property lies 4 miles from
Bamberg, S. c., on the Southern railroad.
Price, $1,000.
One plantation containing 260 acres,
about 100 acres cleared, 4 room dwelling,
barn and stables, and other out buildings.
A good portion of this property is well
timbered with hardwoods. About 2 miles
north of Bamberg, s. c., on the Southern
railroad. Price, $1,000.
One plantation containing $50 acres,
about rs acres cleared, balance in hard
wood timbers, no buildings. About mile
northeast of station on the Southern
railroad. Price, $40 per acre.
One tract containing 800 acres, 800
acres cleared, and 800 acres more easily
reclaimed, balance in hardwood timbers,
rents at $4OO. miles east of station on
Southern railroad. Price, $8 per acre.
One tract containing 500 acres, 400
acres finely timbered with hardwood, q
fine mill site with sufficient water power
to drive saw, grain mills, ginnery, or cot
ton mill, has strong dam. This property
lies near belt of fine timbers, and about
5 miles from railroad. Price, with some
fixtures on spot, $4,000.
One tract containing 1910 acres, IS acres
cleared, balance timbered, tenant houses,
barn and stables, well of good water.
mile south of station on Southern rail-
road. Price, $1,100
TOWN PROPERTY.
One double-story brick building on
Main street, with lot.
One single-story brick store on Main
street, with lot.
One single-story brick store, with large
lot reaching g within 60 feet of passenger
depot.
One house and lot containing q acres,
5 rooms, Q tenant houses, barn and stable,
well 81 feet deep, one shallow well. Price
$1,700.
One house and lot on South and West
end of Carlisle street, four rooms. Price
5000.
One house and lot near depot, fronting
railroad, 8 rooms.
One house and lot on north end Car
Isle street, 4 rooms.
One house and lot On Midway street. 5
rooms.
One house and lot on Main street, 6
rooms.
One house and lot on Church street, 8
rooms.
One house and lot on New Road street, 5
rooms.
One house and lot on New Road street,
4 rooms.
One house and lot on New Road street,
6 rooms. :.
One house and lot on Cox street, 5
rooms.
One open lot, eoxsoo feet, on Church
Four open lots, eoxsoo feet, on Weimer
street.
Three open lots, 1ooxa1o feet, on Car
Isle street.
One lot containing "a acres, 7-room
house, barn and stables, well 78 feet deep,
good water, orchard and garden, all
fenced in with barbed wire, at sacrifice
price of $1,000. Onc-half cash, balance
on easy terms.
Two large lots il town of Midway.
One open lot in city of Aiken.
Am prepared to sell properties in other
States. Write or come and see me. Bar
gains awaiting you. Reasonable and easy
terms to purchasers.
j. .T.O'NEAI|
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
BAMBER0, 8. 6.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-27
PILL PLEASURE.

If you ever took DeWitt's Little Early
Risers for biliousness or constipation you
know what pill pleasure is. These fam
ous pills cleanse the liver and rid the
system of bile without producing un-
pleasant effects. They do not grippe, sick
en- or weaken, but give tone and strength
to the tissues and organs of the stomach,
liver and bowels. Sold by H. F. Hoover.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-27
GOOD FOR CHILDREN.

The pleasant to take and harmless One
Minute Cough Cure gives instant relief in
cases Of cough, Group and lagrippe because
it does not pass Immediately into the
stomach, but takes effect right at the seat
of the trouble. 1t draws out the infamma-
ton, heals, soothes and cures by enabling
the lungs to contribute pure ife-giving
and Sustaining oxygen to the blood
and tissues. Sold by e., F. Hoover.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-27

The-Atchinson Globe says: "The dis
tiller rides in a steam yacht; the whole.
sale dealer in an automobile; the retail
LIQUOR dealer rides in carriage; but the
purchaser of the liquor is pulled around
by the hair of his head by policeman" :"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-27
Sir Charles Tenant a Father at Eighty.

Sir Charles and Lady Tenants infant
daughter, born a few days ago at The
Glen, Peebleshire, is the the third child
born to them since their marriage in 1898.
Sir Charles is now an octogenarian and
has been a grandfather since 1S7S.-Lon
don Daily Express.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-27

$1.OO Broadcloth, in all colors, at
$1.25 Broadcloth at
So inch Ladies' Cloth at
27 inch China Silk at
"a inch Crepe de Chine at
I ward wide Black Tafeta at
/ ward wide Guaranteed Tafeta at
! ward wide Peau de Sole at
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-27

50 inch Flannel at 5U cents
We have also full line of Skirtngs Briiantines, Bed
ford Cords, Albatross Nuns Veng Henriettas, Cash
meres Voiles Examines and Trcots, plain and fancy
Fannes and all other kinds Of Dress Goods you can call
for Come and see them or send for samples, we know
you will be pleased.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29
Radium as n Pain-KiIler.

United States Consul General
Guenther, Of Frankfort, writes as fol
lows: DR.. Darier, of Paris, describes
a case of cancer Of the face which
through application Of radium. had
been rendered painless. Similar re.
suits have been obtained by other
noted experts. He has also found
quick and pain-killing effects of radium
i'll certain diseases of the eye. The
influence of radium upon the motor
nerve centres he considers of still
greater Importance. In two cases of
nervous spaSms, which occurred three
or four times week, weak radium
preparations were applied to the tenn
pies for two or three days, when the
Spasms ceased. In a case also of pre-
sumptive inability of motion, caused by
nervous debility, radium effected a
complete cure within three days-pro-
ably, however, through suggestion In
acute facial paralysis of entirely new
origin, radium effected a cure in one
day. Samples Of weak radio-activity
are now rather inexpensive. so that
other physicians are enabled to verify
these results.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29

this week, is one of the most promising
of the newer sorts which has been
fairly trea ted.
On the grounds of the writer it did
not produce the results claimed for it
by the introducers, yet had sufficient
merit to warrant further and more
extended trials. The heads are large
and solid. crisp and tender, while the
plant stands the heat of summer well,
thus greatly extending the season. One
of the peculiarities of the variety is
the tufted leaves and these, with the
large and solid head. makes the varie-
ty exceedingly attractive to offer on
the market.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29
PRUNING.

Few Of the old orchards have been
lproperly pruned. The chief trouble
MAS been that the pruning has been
spasmodic. The farm orchard is
usually pruned but once in several
years and then so severely that the
trees for a year or two are thrown out
of balance, condition manifested by
great growth of water-sprouts. The
proper way to prune is to begin when
trees are young and prune only
enough to train and head the tree to
the desired form And then as the
sitrees come into full bearing, little
pruning is needed, if done yearly,
aside from heading in long growths,
training the branches, and removing
crossed, crotched and weak branches.
Late winter, February and March is
the best time to prune. The wounds
should be made as near as possible to
the tree trunk and parallel with it and
not beyond the bulge and at right
angles with the branch. AS is so com
monty done. An old and a good rule
is, ''prune strong growing trees lightly
and weak growing ones severely
Detroit Free Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29
No Inventors Among Animals.

Tt has been said by writer of nature
books that coon will amputate its
wounded foot and treat the stump in a
rational way to allay the inflammation.
If one coon will do this, then all coops
will do it under like conditions. The
same writer AYERS that he has seen a
woodcock with a broken leg mend the
leg with cast made of clay and dry
grass. Then will all woodcocks with
broken legs do the same thing? Ex-
ceptional intelligence of so extraordin-
airy a character does not occur among
the animals. If one fox has been
known to catch crabs with his tail.
then will all other foxes. under the
stress of hunger, where crabs abound
fish with their tails. An animal will
not do anything which necessity has
not taught its progenitors to do.-John
Burroughs. in Independents
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29

and that remedy The trouble may be
ccatarrh all the time. A few bottles of
Peruna woull cure them.
Pe-ru-na Removes the Cause of the
Kidney Trouble.
Peruna strikes at the very centre of the
difficulty, by graduating the catarrh from
the kidneys. Catarrh is the cause of kid
ney difficulty. Remove the cause and you
remove the effect. VITA unerring accuracy
Peruna goes right to the spot. The kid
neys are soon doing their work with per-
feet regularity.
Thousands of Testimonials.
Thousands of testimonials from people
who have had kidney disease which had
gone beyond the control of the physician
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29
CATARRH IS THE CAUSE
OF MOSTAKIDNEY DISEASES.
PE=RU=NA CURES CATARRH.

- Captain James L. Dempsey, Captain 2nd Precinct
Troy Police Force, writes from l9S Ferry St, Troy,
n. Y, as follows
"FFOnt my personal experience 'CiHt PermnG
am satisfied IL is a gerry tine remedWOr cGtdfTIt-
al dUecti04ts IUItetIer Of the head, lungs, stOn-
dch or petUtc organs. 10 cures colds quickly,
ana JelC doses taken after undue exposure
prevents illness
"SOine orMe pdtroLmcn mnder me haze also
found great relief from Perund 1t has cured
chronic cases Of Kidney aud btddder troubles,
restored men suffering from indigestion and
Thenn,dttsn,, ana am fULty persuaded that It
Is an honest, 1ettdO Die medicine, hence, TuLLy
endorse and recommend IT," NJ
FLAMES L. DEMPSEY.
Officer A. c. Swanson writes from 607 Harrison St.,
Council Bluffs, Ia, follows:
"As my duties compelled to be out in all kinds
of weather / contracted a severe cold from time to
time, which settled in the kidneys, causing severe
pains and trouble in the pelvic organs.
Il am now like q new man, am in splendid
health and give all praise to Peruna." A. c.
Swanson.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29
THE GIANT TREES.

Jne OF Them Would Make n Fence SIX
Feet High and Twenty four Miles Long.
The only way we can comprehend the
greatness Of the "big trees" of Califor-
MIA without actually seeing them is by
comparing them with things Of every
day life. Imagine one OF these trees
being transplanted to the corner of
Fifth avenue and Broadway New York
City. 1t would make the Fifth Avenue
Hotel look like a cottage, and If the
largest tree now CROWN; on Manhat-
tan Island were placed on the top of
the Flatiron Building, it would still be
in the shade of the big trees upper
branches. General Walteuffel stated
not long ago that If he could have had
one of these big trees to throw across
the Pei-ho River upon the arrival of
the international army, it would have
served as q bridge across which he
could have marched the entire 10000
men into Pekin in forty-fve minutes.
1t is estimated that some of these
trees contain 10000 feet of lumber,
and we may get an idea of what this
means when we hear that it would
make board fence six feet high and
twenty-four miles long, or that it would
supply enorgh telegraph poles to sup
port a line Of wires running from Kan
sas City to Chicago. If the tallest elm
tree you know Of were cut down and
bent into a circle, it would just about
make a ring to fit the base Of one of the
big trees. But it is not their size alone
which makes these giants so impress
sive; their age is still more remarkable.
When Cheop's army of 100000 men be-
gan to build the great pyramid of
Jeezeh. over 1000 years before Christ,
these Sequoias, as they are called, had
bark on them a foot thick: they were
old. old trees when Methusaleh was n
baby-they are the very Oldest living
things OH the face of the earth. And
we Americans should regard them as a
priceless heritage, which once taken
from US could never be replaced, and
we should at any cost guard them for
ever from those who with ak and saw
would in one week undo the work of
5000 years.-Woman's Home Compan.
ion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29
Catarrh of the Kidneys Common Di.

Catarrh of the Kidneys Common Dis
ease---Kidney Trouble Often Fails to
Be Regarded as Catarrh by Physi-
clans.
Catarrh o. The kidneys is very common
indeed. 1t is a pity this act is not better
known to the physicians as well as the
peonle.
People have kidney disease. They take
some diuretlc, honing to get better. They
never once think of catarrh. Kidney dis
ease and catarrh are seldom associated in
the minds C lie people, al, alas, it is
not very often associated in the minds of
the physici ms. Too few physicians recog-
nize catarrh of the Aldnevs. They doctor
for something else. They try this remedy
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29
Utilizing the Dead Sen.

1t is believed that before very long
the Dead Sea will be exploited for in
duStriGl purposes. French engineers
are at work on three different projects
with this purpose in view The level
of the Dead Sea being more than 1900
feet below that of the Mediterranean
and Red seas, it is thought by connect.
ing either of these two seas by means
of q canal with the Dead Sea, stream
of water would flow with a velocity
calculated to produce some $4,000
horsepower. There is danger, it is
Sea- for the waters there eyaporate at
so great rate 100000 tons day.
that the incoming waters would make
no appreciate difference in the level.
One project is to start the canal from
the Bay of Acre, lead it southwark
past Mount Tabor, and let it join at
BaiSan. the waters of the Jordan. An
other plan is to build the canal along
the railway line from Jaffa to Jerusa-
lem. But this would mean blasting
a tunnel of some thirty-seven miles
through the mountains of Old Judea.
The third project, the cheapest, pro-
poses to start at Akaba, in the Red
Sea, and pass through the desert of
Wady- el-Jebel. Having obtained power
in this manner, it is thought many ill.,
dustrial works will be carried on
London Daily News.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29

are received by DIR. Hartman every year,
giving Peruna the whole praise for mar.
velous cures.
Pe-ru-na Cures Kidney Disease.
Peruna cures kidney disease. The reason
it cures kidney disease is because it cures
catarrh. Catarrh of the kidneys is the
cause of most kidney disease. Peruna
cures catarrh wherever it happens to be To-
Gated. 1t rarely fails.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
/ tory results from the use of Peruna,
v rite at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29

Give the name Of this paper when
writing to adVertisers-(At25-o4)
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-07-29
HUMUs IN THE ORCHARD.

1t is an important point in farm
ing to preserve the humus in the soil
where there is no humus Humus has
a value distinctive from that of the
fertility it contains. 1t holds moist
ure in the soil and also holds some
forms Of fertility. To increase it in
the orchard a good way is to grow
legumes of some sort and pillow them
under at stated seasons. Not only
does the cultivator thus increase the
humus in the soil, but the nitrogen
is increased as it has been caught
from the air by these plants. Some
follow the practice of not blowing or
spading under the green crop, but OF
moving and leaving it on the ground.
But to our minds this is a very in
ferior way of getting the good of de-
caying humus. The air must in that
case rob the crop mown Of part of
its fertility, especially the volatile por-
lions. Moreover, the roots in the
ground cannot get hold Of this decay
ing vegetation, and we see little
chance of their benefting by it. We
believe that by all means the crop
should be turned under in some way.
The soil will then grow more perfect
in mechanical structure from year TO
wear and the roots will always be able
to get into touch with the humus and
the fertility and the moisture in it.