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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-08-03
Bamberg Guards.

Following are the names of those Of
the Bamberg Guards who went into camp
at Columbia last Thursday:
Capt. E. L. Price; first sergeant, B. L
Jones; quartermaster sergeant, D. w
Phillips; sergeants, W. E. Free, J. B
Brickle, R. A. Delk, T. B. Harrison; cor
porals, E. B. Price, D. Elkins, 81. B. Car
ter, J. B. Jennings; privates, Frank Penn
G. Brabham, J. F. Boland, G. Dickinson
J. F. Ehrhardt, G. W. Eaves, Paul Folk
N. q. Fielder, Roy Hoover, ]. P. Hunt, B
F. Morris, A. w. Mitchum, John Neal
Noel Padgett, ]. NJ. Praloux, Allen Pra
loux, Dan Risher, w. D. Rowell, L. Shipes
E. L. Smith, G. W. Wilson.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-08-03

a few DAYS ago something of curiosity.
It is humming birds nest, and few peo-
ple have ever seen one. 1t is certainly a
wonderfully constructed nest, and those
who so desire, can see it at our office.
Mr.. Rice found the nest last year, but it
, had five eggs in it and he would not re-
move it as long as the birds used it.
If you would enjoy long lease of life,
drink soda water bottled by the Artesian
Carbonating Co., Bamberg, S. c., users of
pure water and best sugar.
Mr.. John L. Eddleman, the superin-
tendent of the cotton mill, has decided to
leave Edgefeld, much to the regret of all
who know him. Mr.. Eddleman is faith.
full and expert mill man of high charac-
ter and Mrs. Eddleman is charming and
cultivated lady, who will be greatly
missed in the social and religious circles
of our town.-Edgfeld correspondence
Johnston News.
Our friend, Wilkes knight, of Bamberg
announces that he is going to put his
paper on cash-in advance basis this fall
Right, brother, and you are fool if you
don't stick to this resolution. If man
wants your paper and is honest enough
to pay for it at all, he will pay for it in
advance-unless he is afraid to trust you,
in which case you can very politely tell
him to 20 where the water supply is
short, or to some other seaport town.
Bet your boots our subs. pay, and we are
gradually getting all the honest men in
on our list the county.-Carolina Citizen.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-08-03
TO ROAD OVERSEERS.

You will warn your road hands at once
and put your roads in irst-class condi-
ton. Those Who have received commuta.
ton road tax money for their roads must
make out an itemized statement, giving
name of hands employed and amount
paid each one. This statement must be
filed in the Supervisors Office not later
than the 18th of December, 1905.
By order of board of county commits
sioners. E. G. BRUCE,
County Supervisor.
Bamberg, S. c., July Goth, 1905.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-08-03
Notice..

A reunion of company G., 1st s. c. ",
will take place at the Bethesda church on
the 10th day of August, 1905. All con-
federate soldiers and the community at
large are cordially invited to attend with
we'll filled baskets. Judge James F. Izlar
and Jessie F. Carter have been invited as
speakers of the day.
J. B. HUNTER,
J. G. COPELAND,
W. T. BEARD,
Committee.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-08-03
TO RENT.

One room dwelling on Main street,
with barn and stables and about two
acres open land. Apply to
MRS. G. W. PEELES,
or !. T. ONEAL.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-08-03
New Advertisements.

DR.. h. Sanche & Co.-Oxydonor.
The Morse School of Telegraphy-5000
Telegraphers Wanted.
Benjamin Sloan, President-South Car
olina College.
Mrs. c. W. Peeples-For Rent.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-08-03

If you want a higher grade buggy
than you can find elsewhere, call at q.
Frank Bamberg's.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-08-03

q. Frank Bamberg handles the best
buggles and wagons, yet the prices
are reasonable.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21
CHRISTMAS EVE IN Bethlehem.
observances in the Christian Town Set
in the Heart of Mohammedanism.

o~Dser Vances IN The Christian Town Set
in the Heart of Mohammedanism.
Bethlehem, the central spot of interest
In the Holy Land at Christmastide, is a
christian town set in the heart of Mo-
nammedanism, where once a year the
Greek church grants the use of the grot-
TO or the Nativity to the Latin church,
says London Sphere. The ceremonies be-
gin on Dec. "a by the image of the
youthful Christ being carried from the
uasihca OF st. Helena to the sacred
grotto OF the Nativity, where the tradi-
tlonal spot of Christ's birth is marked by
d silver star set in the rocky pavement.
The service begins at 10 O'Clock in the
evening. 1t opens with the chanting of
psalms without any musical accompani-
Inc patriarch of Jerusalem usu-
any omclates in the grotto, but on this
occasion he is represented by the Latin
Disnop. The interior of the church is
most picturesque, for there are only a
rev chairs provided for foreign visitors.
wniie The bulk Of the congregation is
maze up OF the B~ethlemite women in
their blue dresses with red frontlets.
wearing peaked caps when married and
nat caps covered by white wells when
single.
As they enter the church they at first
kneei down and then sit upon the ground
IN true oriental fashion. I'm the djmly
ilghted church." says one who has seen
the service, these squatting varicolored
ngures, with their beautiful faces lit up
oy MS n starts by flashes of the cam
dies. intent on devotion. seem like SO
many modern Madonnas come to cele.
Drate the glory of the first Madonna"
freciseiy at midnight the pontifical
nigh mass is celebrated, the figure of
Christ is brought in a basket and depos-
tied upon the high altar. and the process
sion forms to accompany it to the crypt.
AS the long, chanting procession winds
through the dimly lighted church There
Is something weirdly solemn about the
ceremony, and as the sacred image
passes various acts of worship are per-
formed by the devout attendants. On
the procession moves through the rough
hewn, dimly lit passages from the Latin
church to the grotto of the Nativity.
When the procession of richly ROBBED
ecclesiastics reaches the silver star set
in the pavement the priests pause and
stand in a group about the basket, which
is deposited upon the star. Around this
star is the inscription, "Hic de virgine
natus est" c'Here he was born of a
virgin'0, for this is the spot u'.on which
tradition places the actual birth of Je-
sus. There the impressive narrative of
the birth of Jesus as found in the gospels
is slowly recited, and when the pas
sage luke H., q, and she brought
forth her irstborn Son and wrapped
him in swaddling clothes and laid him in
a manger, because there was no room
for them in the inn," is read the figure
is reverently picked up from the star and
carried over to the opposite side of the
grotto, where it is put into a rock cut
manger. This concludes the service.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21

God bless you ALL" says the figure
in white. "Are there any good children
here
Are there any bad children herer'
asks the black figure.
My children are all pretty good"
the mother answers.
II am glad to hear it." says the white
visitor. Il have gifts here for good chill
dren."
"Stop!" the black figure cries; ''they
are not good. Hans struck his brother
yesterday. Gretchen does not know her
catechism, and Petra broke a piece from
the Sunday cake as it sat to cool on the
window sill. / will leave rods to whip
them with"
The children begin to cry. The white
figure spreads out his hands and says:
"The little ones will be better next
year." Then he takes one of the rods
from the black visitor and drives him
out. The visitors play on the instru-
ments they have brought, and the whole
family sing Christmas hymns. The an
gelic visitor then empties his basket on
the table, and leaves there a great num-
Der of iced cakes, gilded nuts, ginger
bread horses, and wooden toys, and then
departs. The mother tells the children
to be good all the year, lest the rod
should really be left for them on the
mex Christmas, and all have supper and
go to bed.
Christmas day is a happy one for
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21
MAKING CHRISTMAS TOYS.
Industry in Germany, France
and Switzerland.

Thriving Industry in Germany, France
and Switzerland.
In parts of Germany, France and
Switzerland every humble householder
takes more interest in Christmas than
the average American boy. This seems
like a strong statement, for Christmas is
pretty thoroughly appreciated by the
young of America. But, great as the
festival is to them, it is not essential to
their existence. They could get along
without Christmas, but the toymakers
in Switzerland, the Tyrol and south Ger
many would starve without this midwin-
ter holiday which makes a market for
their goods. There are wood carvers,
doll dressers and toymakers in every
hamlet and home Of the TyroL They
depend upon the small wages they make
from these toys to put bread and butter
In their mouths.
All through the winter season every
boy and man carves out wood animals
and toys for the factories. Everything
is handmade. A Noah's ark of twenty
or thirty wooden animals that retails
for a quarter in this country does not
pay the carver more than a few pennies.
The boys are taught to handle the
knife early, and they learn to cut out
wooden ducks, hens, horses, COWS and
other toys before they have reached their
teens. Working all through the early
winter days and nights in their little
homes, they make the wooden toys that
delight so many children throughout the
world.-New York Mail and Express.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21

according to Tommy

-
xhs trees in our orchard and down by the
In summer time give US our cider and
Jell;
The apples and peaches, the ounces and
The plums I can pick from my window up
stairs.
All grow in the summer; and oh! It's q
treat
Ts have all the nice juicy fruit you can
But none OF the summer stun satisfies me
Liz that which we pick from the Christ
mas tree!
The fruit Of the summer 4 good In its
With stone-bruisy feet and with tan on
It's nns to climb up where the robbins
4 nice yellow apple all mellow and round:
And take 1t way from the robber so bold
"nie ne and bis mate ny around you and
It's fun at the time, but it never could be
"a nice as the fun Of the Christmas tree.
Jared Charley and me to climb out on a
limb
Ne D's rs than one of my thumbs; and I
Cause Jimmy was calling me "~sissy-boy
The nmb-well, you're certain what hap
-pened. 1 guess,
And Jim got q whipping; cause big sister
Bess
Told Jim's pa and ma what happened to
I 4 never fell out Of q Christmas tree.
The Christmas tree grows in a night. and
1t bears
Things lots and lots nicer than apples and
I've seen on Its branches doll-babies and
drums
And steam-cars and soldiers and big sugar
plums;
I've gathered new mittens and picture
books. too,
Right OF from the bent-over twig where
they grew,
And candles grow lighted there. so you can
Fore daylight the things on the Christmas
treel
Sometimes I'm the parlor. sometimes In the
Sometimes In the dining-roou--best place
Of all
The C~hristmas-tree grows with Its wonder
ful fruit,
And sometimes It has a pine-box for a
root!
III funny thing Is that 1 oftentimes ind
Right there what for weeks i had had on
my mind.
And always, on Christmas, who want to
see me
Had better look under the Chrlstmes-tree
Strickland W.. Gillian, in Leslie's Week
h..
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21
CHOICE.

Goldenhair found on Christmas morning.
Tied to her stocking with ribbon blue
A dear live doggie-the card on his collaS
Said, Merry Christmas, my dear, to you"
And while she Rugged him in pleased sur
prise
Some soft thing brushed her tiny bare
1t was fuzzy and warm, and Goldenhair
1t must be a kitten, before she heard
A plaintive voice crying, 'Mew-mew-mew!'
Two live presents on Christmas morning.
Toys and candles seemed tame beside:
Sled and mittens, and books and puzzles,
And a doll that opened her eyes and cried.
Which should she first take up to mama?
Her soft brows knit In a puzzled way.
She could carry Daisy. and Rover would
follow
(She had named them both without de-
But which Of the toys?-now who could
say?
She looked at the doll with eyes of long
ing,
At the soft red ball. and the dishes blue;
The lamb on wheels, the books and the
puzzles;
What should this rich little grille do?
But she spied "Noah's Ark" and then she
knewl
I'm coming, mama, with Daisy and Ro-
I've left the doll and the books below.
But / took Noah's Ark-I had to. mama,
For that's In the Bible!-don't you KNOW
Exchange.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21
music as had hushed the listeners to

music as had hushed the listeners tc
awe-struck silence.
who is hep was the question passed
from one to another.
He is a friend of fathers" tbs
hostess told them. Father met him
abroad some years ago, and by helping
him IN a search for some missing friends,
WOE his heart. Father invited him here
for the holidays this year, but he de.
clined the invitation, then this eyeninc
suddenly and Unexpectedly appeared,
These great musicians are always eccen-
trio, you know. / heard him tell father
that this is an anniversary he does not
like to spend alone.
At eleven o'clock the hostess seated
her guests in a circle, saying, "Now we
will turn down the lights and tell ghost
stories till midnight" The young people
fell in with the spirit of fun, and ghosts
walked, hobgobblins shrieked and ghouls
moaned. till the more timid begged for
mercy.
1t was almost twelve o'clock when a
new voice suddenly broke into a moment
airy pause. Everyone looked up to see
the musician standing in the door.
MY friends" he said. my story is
not of the spirits of the unseen world
it is of a lad who once, on a night like
this, left home and friends and went
out into the wide world, with Music as
the priestess who presided at the altar.
where burned the fires of his ambition.
Shipwreck, a weary sickness and deliv-
erance a miscarried letter returned to
its writer long afterward-all these came
to the lad, and when at last, overcome
by the deadly 'heimweh,' he turned to-
ward his home, he found it empty-the
loved ones gone. The years have passed
and the lad is a man, but the father and
the mother he has not found, nor does
he expect to greet them again until the
New Year of heaven dawns for him, as
he believes it has already dawned for
them. So, when the midnight comes /
play each New Year, Eve as las the
lad played on that last night long ago
my message to my dear ones"
The clock on the mantel warned for
twelve, and the musician turned to the
piano and played again simply and low
ingly Pleyel's hymn, singing as in the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21
Chrlatmaa Hints.

A simple and tasteful homemade pic
ture frame may be constructed from
common gas pipe cut into suitable length
and tied together at the corners with
shoe strings. A neat paper weight may
be made by wrapping half q brick in
paper such as butchers use and tying it
with red tape. A dainty towel rack
may be fabricated from a baseball bat
and two cigar boxes. Shellac the boxes
and sandpaper the bat. An ordinary
cobblestone hand painted with lampblack
and household ammonia makes an excel
lent door weight. A novel pipe rack for
fastidious smokers may be made from a
small strip of one-inch plank. Bore holes
in it for the stems of the pipes to pass
through. A dried muskmelon shell makes
an attractive tobacco jar.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21

was filed with gold. Oh, isn't It great
luck! You can buy turkeys and every
thing you want"
"a nice thing to steal into my house
when l was away" exclaimed the OLD
man in anger.
Aren't you glad l found it for your
questioned Tim, you never would have
known it was there but for me. Oh,
I'm so glad! You won't be poor n
more, and you can buy plenty of good
things to eat"
Don't tell one living soul in the vii
lage," said old Gordon sternly; don't
tell your ma or any one else, do you
bear?"
'"Of course l won't, if you say So" re-
Piled the child; "but aren't you glad? ?"
Don't ask me no questions" said his
friend, but you 60 right home and keep
quiet l don't want my affairs talked
around"
1t was past o o'clock, and Mrs. Brown
was standing before the fireplace, filing
the children's stockings. There they
hung, five in a row! She had very little
to fill them with, and it was very hard
to give even that. A little candy, some
apples, a few cakes and a cheap toy
apiece. When she came to the last
stocking she hesitated awhile, and tears
came to her eyes. 1t was such a small.
thin stocking, and she thought of the
poor little limb it covered. Poor, Grip
pied Tim! How she wished she could
have something a little better to put in
his stocking! Would her child never be
able to run and play as other children
did! Must he carry a crutch forever?
While she was thinking there came
a knock on the door, and a man entered.
1t was Mr.. Gorden. Perhaps he was i'll,
and needed something? For her boys
sake she would be kind to him.
Sc you're filling the s%tockings!' he
said, after a pause; "well, / have some
thing to put in one. Don't look sur
prised," he continued, for Mrs. Brown
was staring at him in amazement. at
IS the money to send him to New York
and have his leg mended: Pm not so
poor; 1 can give it to him. I've been
a miser, but / love that young one, 1
do" And tears came to his eyes and
rolled down his old, hardened face.
God bless you," was all Mrs. Brown
could say.
The old man took her hand and gave
1t a hearty squeeze and then, going over
to the little stocking, he slipped in the
gold pieces, one by one. Then he turned
to the door.
You may put an extra plate on for
dinner" he said rather huskily, seeing
you might have company."-Montreal
Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21
New York Mail and Express.

long ago the beautiful words his mother
loved.
As the last note died away in the quiet
room the tower clock began to strike,
but was drowned by the music of the
chimes. A thrill ran through the hushed
circle as they recognized the strain they
had just heard, but the musician arose
with a mighty cry, "Mein Vater.." and
ran out into the night, guided by the
music Of the bells.
When the old bell-ringer shut the door
he could not see, for the tears that blind
ed him, the hurrying figure on the pave
ment. A moment later he was gathered
close to the heart that yearned for him,
and together, in the opening of the glad
New Year, they went out from tlS
shadow Of the old bell tower, home to
Elspeth, whose mother-heart came near
to bursting. with the JOY of a sons home
coming.-The H~ousekeeper.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21
QUEER CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

Small Particles of Radium Presented
by London Women.
There is this to be said of the latest
fad of London society women-the Civ
ing of small particles of radium as
Christmas presents-that none of the re-
cipients can complain of having received
a cheap gift. To give radium in this
way costs from $40 to $50, the outfit
necessary therefor consisting of a 'spin-
thariscope" and a speck of the new metal
hardly big enough to be seen with the
naked eye.
Sir William Crookes, the English sci
enlist, invented the spinthariscope, which
is a kind of microscope through which
small quantities of the precious stuff
can be examined to better advantage.
The spinthariscope sold by a London
chemist who has the radium monopoly is
about the size of a finger ring case and
has an opening for the eye something
like that in a child's kaleidoscope. BY
taking the apparatus into a darkened
room and squirting through the eyehole
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21

come to their house this time.
There is hardly any reason for any child
to believe that he will not come. A
good many things change in this world,
but on Christmas Eve merry old Santa
Claus is always heard of-his hair as
white, his nose es red, as ever; his bag
of toys just as full; his cry down the
chimney of ANY good children here?'
just as loud.
Kris Kringle is another name for
Santa Claus, and q very good name,
too; and stockings are not the only things
that hold toys. Little German peasant
children often set their wooden shoes
On the hearth on Christmas eve, pretty
sure of a cake and a toy; for children,
however poor their parents may be, are
made much of in Germany. And in some
places in Europe a curious thing hap
pens. The mother, the father and the
rest Of the family sit about the fire to-
gether on Christmas eve.
All the room is tidy. The children,
half hopeful, half terrified, draw close
to mother, father, or g~randmothers, as
they hear q sound of trumpels or horns
outside. Then the mother y "What
can this be?' and opens the door. AS
she does SO, a number of very strange
looking figures come in-amongst them
n person dressed in white, with wings,
and a great basket in his hand. and an.
other In black, with a bunch of rods.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21
New Years in France.

New Years in France is a greater
day for exchanging gifts than Christmas.
The custom Of New Years calls, once
so popular in this country, but now fallen
almost into disuse, is still supreme in
Paris. Great family dinners. in which
the orange figures most prominently, add
to the gayety of the day. So crowded
are the pavements on the b~oulevards
that pedestrians sometimes have to take
the middle of the street.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21
Individuality in Gifts.

The personality of the giver expressed
in the ~wrappings about the Christmas
gift adds value to the simplest offering.
After all, it is the spirit of the giver
rather than the gift itself which gives
the greatest pleasure. The favorite rib.
bon, the slip of mistletoe, the color of
the tissue paper covering, the card which
bears the Christmas greeting, all express
love and well-wishing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21

one can see flashes of constantly varying
light shooting in all directions, like min
iature fireworks.
The idea of making Christmas gifts
of radium has proved ~uncommonly in
fectious, and the run on the chemists
stock necessitated hasty communication
with the firms in Bavaria and Austria
who supply Observation-Disclosures Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21

most children all over the Christian
world, and / hope that because this is
SO they viii remember that this day is
kept because eighteen hundred and eigh-
ty-one years ago Jesus, who said Suffer
little children, and forbid them not, to
come unto me. for of such is the king
dom Of heaven" was first a babe in his
mothers arms.-Mary Kyle Dallas in
the New York Ledger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21
A Youthrul scbem.r.

Little Emerson-You don't believe in
any such ridiculous myth as Santa
Claus?
Tough Jimmy-Naw! I'm next to
dat game. All de same. it's q good
graft to let on ron believe in him an
git all dat's comm to you.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21
AROUND A BIG STATE.
BRIEF COMPILATION OF iNDI-
ANA NEWS.

What Our Neighbors Are Doing
Matters of General and Local Inter-
est-Marriages ard Deaths-Acci-
dents and Crimes-PersonaI Pointers
About Indianians.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21

In Devonshire the Yule log Is known
as the Ashton fagot. The faeot l. COM
posed of a bundle Of ash sticks bound
with nine bands Of the same wood.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21

UN clouds scudded gustily across
the sky, hiding the peaceful face
of the moon, whose radiance
touched the edges of her somber
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21

NHRISTMAS tide has come again
and all the little children are
thinking about Santa Claus, and
some r wondering if he will
come TO their house this time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-21
THE M|SER'S STOCKING.

BY GERALD


n RENT you goingl to hang up
your stocking, Mr.. Gordon?
Mas mending all ours so we
can hang them up tonight"