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Hamburg Sirralfc ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 A. W. KXIGHT. Editor. Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?|i.00 per inch for first insertion, 50c. for each subsequent insertion Liberal contracts made for three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices Sc. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. Thursday, August 8,1907 Let us hasten to say that no reference was intended in our last Issue to the Senatorial candidate of the editor of the Charleston Evening Post. . ? As we see it, there is little use to be concerned over the result of the dispensary election in this county on the 20th instant. It makes little difference which way the election goes, for we believe the next legislature will pass a State prohibition law. State Snnprintendent of Education 0. B. Martin has made a sorry spec, # tacle of hirtiself in his attack on Governor Ansel because the governor appointed John C. Sheppard, of Edgefield, as a member of the State board of education without consulting Mr. Martin. ? , The city council of Greenwood has set a good example in refusing to grant a perpetual franchise to the South Carolina Public Service Corporation, which wanted six years to build a trolley line. Too many South Carolina towns and cities have heretofore given away valuable rights to Northern capitalists. Some people express a great deal of satisfaction over the defeat of Vardaman in Mississsippi for the United States Senate and the election of John Sharp Williams. A matter of sentiment purely. The country will never know any difference, and one would do as well as the other so - i far as results are concerned. Still it is to the credit of Mississippi's fe; voters that so blatant a demagogue ias Vardaman should have been de|f; V feated. -v We feel somewhat encouraged over the present outlook for an organizaof the farmers of this county. There was not as many present at the meet ing last Monday as there should have been, but the showing was not so bad after all. The organization can be made a success if our farmers will just take an interest in it, and we propose to keep up the agitation until we do get them aroused or they drop it altogether. Another meeting is to be held the first Monday in September, and at this meeting the committee to solicit stock for the cotton warehouse will make a report of what has been accomplished. Let there be a good number of farmers and business men present. The movement to erect a cotton warehouse in Bamberg has taken definite shape, by the executive committee of the county cotton association being authorized to solicit subscriptions to the capital stock. You cannot expect to get the benefits unless you put something into the scheme. Don't wait for the committee to call on you, but see them at once and subscribe for as many shares as you can. There is a subscription list at our office, in the hands of the editor of this paper, and if you want to subscribe, let us know. We do not propose to run anybody down and beg them to take stock. The benefits to be derived from the enterprise are too plain for us to have to beg our farmers and business men to go into the company. Of course, every one will be solicited who can be seen, but don't wait for some one to call on you. Any member of the committee will be glad to take your subscridtion, even if you can take only one share. The Greatest Bluff. Mrs. Carrie Nation was speaking at York, Pa., the other day, when she espied a picture of President Roosevelt, hanging on the wall. Pointing to it, she said: "There is no man so ugly to me as he. He is the greatest bluff in the country. I always say, what is he up to now? When he springs something new on the country he will set the dogs on the game and then expect you to do wonders. Then, when you look for results, he has called the dogs off again. Oh, he is a great politician, he is." The legislature of Georgia has passed a law which disfranchises all negroes. v "BLEST BE THE TIE." How the Familiar Old Hymn Came to be Written. Not one in a thousand of those who sing that good old hymn, "'Blest Be the Tie That Binds" knows the history of its homely origin. According to the Church Eclectic, it was written by the Rev. John Fawcett, who in the latter part of the eighteenth century was the pastor of a poor little church in Lockshire, FWInnH His family and resnonsi bilities were large, his salary was less than $4 a week. In 1772 he felt himself obliged to accept a call to a London church. His farewell sermon had been preached, six wagons loaded with furniture and books stood by the door. His congregation, men, women, and children, were in an agony of tears. Mr. Fawcettand his wife sat down on a packing case and cried with the others. Looking up, Mrs. Fawcett said: "Oh, John, John, I cannot bear this! I know not where to go!" "Nor I either," said he; "nor will we go. Unload the wagons and put everything back in its old place." His letter of acceptance to the Lon don church was recalled and he wrote this hymn to commemorate the episode. Bill Nye's Long Wait. Bill Nye when a young man once made an engagement with a young lady friend of his to take her out driving on Sunday afternoon. The appointed day came, but at the livery stable all the horses were taken out save one old, shaky, exceedingly bony horse. Mr. Nye hired the nag and drove to his friend's residence. The lady let him wait nearly an hour before she was ready, and then, on viewing the disreputable outfit flatly refused to accompany Mr. Nye. "Why," she exclaimed sneeringly, "that horse may die of old age at any moment." "Madame," 'Mr. Nye replied, "when I arrived that horse was a prancing young steed." Didn't Know a Good Thing, Not long ago in a Western market town I chanced to observe an Irishman with a live turkey under his arm. The turkey was squawking and gobgling in a distressed way, a racket to which the Irishman did not at first nav anv narticular notice. Finally, ??v x ^ however, the disturbance got on to the Celt's nerves. Giving the bird a poke in the side, he exclaimed: "Be quiet! What's the matter wid ye, annyhow? Why should yez want to walk whin I'm willin to carry ye?" ?Harper's Monthly. Low Cotton Average. Washington, Aug. 2.?The agricultural department's cotton crop report issued today, shows the condition on July 25 as 75, compared with 82.9 on the same date last year. In the table given in the report issued by the crop reporting board of the bureau of statistics of the Agricultural Department, the following condition by States ori July 25, 1907, is shown: Virginia, 65; North Carolina, 75; South Carolina, 81; Florida, 84; Alabama, 72; Mississippi, 71; Texas, 75; Arkansas, 68; Tennessee, 75. The ten-year average was as follows: Virginia, 86; North Carolina, 84; South Carolina, 81; Georgia, 83; Florida, 84; Alabama, 82; Mississippi, 82; Louisiana, 84; Texas, 82; Arkansas, 84; Tennessee, 85; United States, 82.6. Fire at Aiken. Aiken, August 6.?Last night at 9.30 o'clock fire broke out in Richardson's wood yard, in Aiken, and after burning for several hours was dynamited, but the fire, while it was kept confined, continued to burn until this morning when it was finally extinguished. The fire department responded promptly, but the fire had spread so rapidly that but little could be done other than keeping it confined. At 12 o'clock dynamite was used to prevent several large piles of wood from catching. A large quanity of machinery was burned and a barn and stables were also burned. The loss is estimated to be about $4,000 and it is understood that some insurance was carried, but it is not known how much. The machinery, buildings, etc., are a complete loss, while a quantity of wood was saved. Richland county will vote on the county court proposition next Tuesday. The annual meeting of the good roads association of South Carolina was held in Spartanburg yesterday. Messrs. C. R. Brabham and C. J. S. Brooker paid a visit to the Blackville section Tuesday. They say the crops are fine up there, and the truck farmers made good money this year on canteloupes, asparagus, etc. Arthur Davis, a negro, was convicted in Union Tuesday of manslaughter and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. He shot and killed Clarence Gist, a young white man, at Carlisle in that county a few months ago. A New England man was taken to police court and fined $8.50 for making love to two girls at the same time. The expenses of a specialist in any line are always very high. Chicago's health commissioner finds that the strenuous life is killing off the men in the Windy City, while the other sex is holding its own. Chicago women have always been credited with having an unusually firm grip upon the terrestrial sphere. | Valuable Far Bamberg Count} /XS S5 acres, more or less/4-room dw< at stables, and one 3-room tenant hous ^8 stables, about 70 acres cleared and ?& cultivation. Only one mile North at C., good for trucking or general crc 88 a bargain for a limited time. Price 87 36 acres, more or less, about 30 ac /5SS buildings. Only about one mile Near enough to keep your town c 88 Price only $20 per acre. 68 100 acres, more or less, about one Odom's Bridge; 75 acres cleared, 53T dining room and kitchen, barn ar ? other outbuildings. Lands in good ? ?- ?- J Prir*o o ti iuuii; guuu uciguwuiwu. a. iikv plication. 50 acres, about two-thirds of wl with pecan trees just coming into ing. This property lies near the tov a railroad center. A bargain awi Will pay for itself in a few years, cation. 442 acres, more or less, 4-room and stables and other, outbuildin acres cleared, balance in hardwoo* < <* -f lf.'J /S mile ivonii ui nuuwa) uu ouumuu w $10 per acre. ^ 150 acres without buildings, t A cleared, balance in hardwood timbe ar one mile Hast of Midway on Soul 89 Price |io per acre. ^ 260 acres, more or less, about 10c jgC 4-room dwelling, barn and stables w buildings. Well timbered with ha: M about two miles North-east of Bamb )*![ per acre. S&jf 910 acres, lies within a few hundre ^ way. Farmland stock lands. Price 1 ? J. T. O ANNUAL SE Statement Showing the R for Bam be As promised last week, we give b< ment between the comptroller ger statement will no doubt prove of mut the sources of income of the county, s RECEIPTS Cash on hand last settlement for ordi Cash on hand last settlement for city, Cash on hand last settlement irom sp< Cash on hand last settlement from roi Delinquents last settlement, in sherif Original assessment, 4 mills on $2,721 Additional assessment, 4 mills on $4,3 One per cent penalty for January,.'... One per cent penalty for February,... Five per cent penalty for March, Additional penalty for January, Febr Cash from road tax Cash from fines, licenses, and costs... Cash from dispensary '. Error clerk Total DISBURSEMEJ Paid Co. Com'rs. orders special road Paid Co. Com'rs. orders com. road ts Nulla bona executions, 1905, Pd. Co. Com'rs. orders county tax,... Pd. Co. Com'rs. orders dispensary,... Paid city, on account dispensary, Executions in hands of sheriff, Deductions and abatements by compt Cash on hand city dispensary, nn hand oom. road tax Cash on hand for county purposes,... Total receiptsCash on hand last settlement .... Delinquent taxes, in hands of sheriff, Original assessment, 3 mills on $2,72 Additional assessment, 3 mills on $4,c Original assessment, special school ta: Additional assessment, special school t Total polls original assessment Total polls additional assessment, Original assessment capitation dog ta Additional assessment capitation dog Cash from State dispensary, Cash from polls and penalties,. .?A Tannonr UI16 per ceilt pcuau,y xvi ucuiutuj).... One per cent penalty for February,.. Five per cent penalty for March, Total, ; DISBURSEMEN Nulla bona executions, 1905, Paid school orders, Deductions and abatements by compt Executions in sheriff's hands, Dog tax abated by county auditor,.... Poll tax abated by county auditor,.... Cash on hand for school purposes,.... Total, ! I'PHOTOGRAPH I I GALLERY I Open in Telephone Building ! by Expert Artists. Come and examine our pictures. Prices from 60c to $6.00 per dozen. Special attention to enlarging and copying old pictures. T. J. POOSER & BRO. BAMBERG, - - ? S. G. |* J. F. CARTER | + Attorney-at-Law 2 I BAMBERG, S. C. J Special Attention Given to Settlement X of Estatea and InveatigaUon of Titlea X Offices over Bamberg Banking Co. m and Timber L , 650 acres, finely timb -lling, barn and Ues about 3 mi'"'of Eh' e with barn and 5?? acres in Three Mi in fine state of and in a hlKh state of ( of Bamberg, S. g??d in. Bamberg count ips. Will go at on application, on application. City I res cleared. No ^ beautiful home witl from Bamberg. leges, situated on the W' ows and hogs. an(j f^nts Calhoun and acres of land in town of mile South 6f modern dwelling in goo room dwelling, vineyard; about five acre id stables and balf bearing; artesian w state of cultiva- gallons of good, pure w? d terms on ap- through dwelling; swim one acre in flowers an , . , . , house and all necessary < s*1 kiC?kL tory and two summer b profitable bear- growing over them;'hea m of Denmark, |f towrfabout s 5<x> sb aits some one. cotton and , on appll- great resort of on the Southern Railwa; dwelling, barn improvements, cut into gs. about 150 sold from $600 to |iooo i timber. One at a low figure. Call ea Railway. Price Price on application. I lot, with three-room ten tbout 75 acres pecans, for $2,500.00. xs. Lies about One large lot on East? :hern Railway, tending South to Midwi good tenant house, barn tra. ??j , > acres cleared, cnoice ircm cures, gwu and other out- in good repair; convenie ra wood. Lies Price $2,500.00. erg. Price $10 One open lot on corner containing one acre. T1 ;d yards of Mid- placed at a low figure tc ow; terms easy. request. i'NF 4L, Real Estf TTLEMENT. eceipts and Disbursements rg County. slow the figures of the annual settleleral and our county officers. The ;h interest to our readers, as it shows as well as the disbursements. ?COUNTY. nary county purposes $ 8,189.45 , from dispensary 3.15 ecial road tax 142.20 ad tax 218.33 Vs hands 118.69 MOO 10,917.60 150 17.40 39.31 21.40 60.89 uary and March, .29 84.00 573.05 10,232.36 J :. 2.15 "... $30,620.27 JTS?COUNTY. tax,.., ' 142.20 ix, 169.00 60.48 11,053.88 5,093.82 5,138.54 158.73 roller general, 27.60 3.15 133.33 8,639.54 $30,620.27 -SCHOOLS. $4,026.72 522.91 9,400, 8,188.20 550 13.05 tes, 7,373.34 axes 81.11 3,007.00 58.00 x, 839.50 tax,.......' 1.50 1,649.79 -. 5.04 80.12 45.56 125.91 , ; $25,944.77 TS?SCHOOLS. 400.68 20,240.50 roller general, 35.97 685.88 5.00 27.00 :.. 4,549.74 $25,944.77 WANTED] Fifty Colored Laborers at Once For Logging, Railroad aind Sawmill Work. STEADY WORK GOOD WAGES Paid Every Night With Checks which may be turned into office every two weeks to be cashed. House Rent Free Also can use white labor Call or Address BREON LUMBER CO. ULMERS, S. C. I Located on S. A. L. Railroad. ? V 4 \ 4 , . / \Lf \L^ Mtr \6r V6r T ands For Sale or ? ered with hardwoods, and One 5-room d rhardt 011 Coast Line R. R. ing 1^3 acres, 1 le Township, well improved trees in full be? :ultivation. Few fanns as Palr an" under y. Description and terms eas>" r^ac^ ?* Cj Hon of the towi Property ? One brick stc East side of M 1 town and country privi- and in business est end of Railroad Avenue, rear of same, b; Broad Streets, contains 14 ings all in goo Bamberg, with eight-room boarding house d repair; good orchard and able capacity, ss in pecan trees, about one- trees; good gai ell 417 feet deep flowing 16 easy terms, on iter per minute; water piped Two , irning pool and fish pond; one e? d shrubbery; good servant ? outbuildings; also conserva_ si 1 louses wixn oeauuiui vines . lthy location. Population J lips about 15,000 bales of 1-49 acres be y 45 miles from Aiken, the a bargain. Des Si ?ro?frty. *Vfs 900 acres, ab y, and the land without the mjies from Alle residential lots could be Barnwell coun1 per acre, but will be sold rly if you want a bargain, will sell ten acres of this acres> on] ant house and five acres of and timber lan limits. Will g< end of Railroad Avenue ex- time, but will v ay street, 6-room dwelling, Full descriptioi and stables, large garden, water, all under fence and nt to church and schools. 2,600 acres til and terms on a] _ r nt.??i- ? J UI LllUIUi ilUU V.UA SUCC19, lis nice building site will be ? a quick buyer. Price on Fine farms ai tion. ite Agent, Bamber ^rSAS^S^SrSPSrSrS/^SrS^SrSr^y Notice of Dispensary Election. c > c Notice is hereby given that an election will be held at the various election pre- t cincts in Bamberg County on Tuesday, the 20th. day of August, 1907, to deter- t mine the question whether alcoholic 0 liquors and beverages may be sold in said couhty in accordance with the terms v of sections 2 and 3 of the Act No. 226 of j, the General Assembly of this State, ap- c proved February 16th, 1907, commonly * called "The Carev-Cothran Act," the petition provided for by said Act having oeen duly filed with me. The said election shall be held and conducted by the"J j same officers and under the rules and t nmtri/larl Vnr Ioto frtr ffonoml \ IC^UiablUUO UiVf 1U?U UJ ran AWA gVUV4w I elections. The Election Commissioners s i for said County shall at each voting precinct therein provide one ballot dox in which the ballots must be cast. Every voter in favor of the sale of liquors and beverages in said County shall cast a y ballot m the box provided therefor, on which shall be printed the words, "For t Sale," and every voter opposed shall y cast a ballot, upon which shall be printed r the words, "Against Sale." At said t election any person who is a qualified elector of saia County may vote. The y Election Commissioners of said County will provide for said election. t . J. B. KEARSE, \ County Supervisor for Said County. Bamberg, S. C., July 16, 1907. ' MANAGERS OF ELECTION. Pursuant to an order of J. B. Kearse, Supervisor for Bamberg county, calling _ upon the Election Commissioners of said county to prepare for an election on the dispensary question, in said county of Bamberg, to be held August 20th, 1907, the following are appointed as managers of said election: 1 Bamberg?G. E. Bamberg, C. A. Mil- J hous, N. Zf. Felder. J Denmark?J. H. Atterberry, J. P. [ Storne, C. T. Bamberg. - ? 1 Ehrhardt?J. E. McMillan, J. E. Bish- * op, H. C. Copeland. * Farrell's Store?J. E. Stokes, D. T. 1 , Rhoad, H. M. Wannamaker. c Go van?J. H. Lancaster, W. H. Col- J lins, J. A. Lain. ! Kearse?L. A. Brabham, H. W. Chit- J ty, W. K. Best. 1 Midway?A. J. Hunter, J. B. Smith, M. Smoak, Sr. s Olar?W. T. Cave, Jiramie Morris, J. J. Brabham. j The managers shall take and subscribe, 1 before any officer authorized tq adminis- J ter oaths, the oath of office prescribed 1 bv the constitution for such officers. Managers may appoint a clerk to assist it* +V?p Hicphnrorp of t.heir duties. Ul^UJ UA WAAV ? r who shall take the oath prescribed before i the chairman of the board of managers. I The managers shall elect one of their I number chairman of the board, and the chairman is empowered to administer the oaths to the other members. The polls shall be opened, at the voting places designated above, at 7 o'clock in the forenoon, and shall close at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the day of election. The managers shall administer to each person offering to vote an oath that he is qualified to vote at this election according to the constitution of this State and that he has not voted during this election. The voting shall be by ballot, which ballot shall be of plain white paper two and a half inches wide by five inches long, clear and even cut, without ornament, designation, mutilation, symbol or mark of any kind whatsoever except the words "For Sale" or "Against Sale" Erinted thereon in black ink; and such allot shall be so folded as to conceal the words printed thereon, and so folded shall be deposited in a box provided for that purpose, and no ballot of any other description found in the election box shall be counted. Each box, which must be provided with a sufficient lock, shall be publicly opened and inspected to show that it is empty and secure, and locked l'ncf VkafnTo thp nneninc of the Doll. The keys shall be held by t^e managers, and the box shall not be opened during the election. The managers of election shall require of every elector offering, to vote at any -election, before allowing him to vote, in addition to the production of a registration certificate, proof of payment of all taxes, including polltax, assessed against | him collectable during the previous year. | The production of a certificate or of the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Each clerk of the poll shall keep a poll 0 list which shall contain one column head- ? ed ' 'Names of Voters,'' and the name of each elector voting shall be entered by the clerk in such column. At the close of the election the man- 1 agers and clerk shall immediately pro- y . . / 4 V- \ .. l . - Z :- > r4.jrZ . " ... ' ^ i Easy Terms I [welling on Midway street contain)arn and stables, fruit and pecan '-aE iring, good water; all in good re- ?7 lurches, schools, and business por- Jac >re, single story, 25 x 75 feet, on @ ain street, in first-class condition, arn and stables and other outbuild- W . Can be enlarged to any reason- SgT T arcro Int with fruit flnH f0? rden, all under fence. Price, with application. Sac en lots in town of Midway contain- ? -> ch. Will be sold at a bargain. Barnwell County ? tween Caves and Ulmer. Will go at ? icription and price on application. H mt 2 miles from Seiglingville and 5 jgt :ndale. One of the finest farms in Jr :y. Terms easy. ftp Hampton County ? v >M ly one mile from Fairfax. Fine farm M ds, which lie very near corporate A ) at a reasonable figure for a limited W rarrant fancy prices in dear future, ra 1 anA r*n onnlirofinn Wk nbered lands near Ybor City. Price A Georgia || ad timber lands. Prices on applies- sk g, s. c. j| eed publicly to open the ballot box and ountthe ballots therein, and continue ' nch count, without adjournment or hi- ^ erruption, until the same is completed, ^ jid make such statement of the result ^ hereof, and sign the same, as the nature f the election shall require. If, in 'j ounting, two or more like ballots wall >e found folded together compactly, on- J|?a| y one shall be counted, the other must >e destroyed. If more ballots shall be bund, on opening the box, than there Z re names on the poll list, all the ballots ; hall be returned to the box and thor ughly mixed together, and one of the ?5 nanagers, or clerk, shall, without seeing he ballots, draw therefrom and imme[iately destroy as many ballots as there ire in excess of the number of names ? n the poll list. Within three days thereafter the hairman of the board of managers, or ^ >ne of them, to be designated in writing >y the board, shall deliver to the comnissioners of election at Bamberg C. H. he poll list, the boxes containing the >allots, and a written statement of the , ^ esult of the election in hisprecmct, and m he oath forms signed by the managers ind clerks. All these regulations must vj >e strictly observed. The managers will call at the Court, louse on Saturday before the election 'or the boxes and tickets. - , J. F. CARTER, M H. B. GRIMES, M. N. RICE, "M Commissioners State Elections. v Bamberg, S. C., July 30, 1907. flast Produce Certiflcate. ^ Columbia, S. C., August 2, 1907. Mr. J. F. Carter, Bamberg, S. C.? ; ^ Dear Sir:?Your letter to the Attorney General, asking whether it is neesssary for a voter to present his regisration certificate ana tax receipt at the ' rnllot box when he offers to vote, has , 3mr >een received. In the case of Wright igainst the State Board of Canvassers, . be Supreme Court decided that the nanager should require the production V7; >f both registration certificate and tax . eceipt. It is pfoof of the payment of 3% axes that is required. The tax receipt , s the best evidence, but if that cannot >e produced a certificate of the treasur- ' sr, or best proof of which the fact is - V; usceptible at the time, will be sufficient. '*&, I enclose you the findings of the State Jnowl nf r-onvo ooorc in flip PQRP flf the $S Cershaw election which was decided |g9 resterday. If you desire any further nformation, write us and we will glad- ^ y serve you in any way we can. M. P. DeBRUHL, Assistant Attorney GeneraL CARRIAGE WORKS 1 ANYTHnjGONWftBBIS ^ 3 Delivery wagons, one and two j jf horse farm wagons, ice wag- IB ons, log carts, sewing machine JB wagons, or any kind of special. ] work built to order on short |1 notice. First-class repair and IB paint shop, does pipe work and j m carries piping and fixtures, IB brass fittings, engine supplies, j a injectors, steam gauges, en- IB #1 gine oils, large stock of bug- IB gies, harness, lap robes and '?? whips for sale cheap. All work j? will be appreciated and satis- |? faction guaranteed D. J. DELK I BAMBERG, . S. C. ? Brazilians are said to be alarmed , v ver the prospect of a coitee snoixge. There is no reason for some of ur dealers in roasted coffees to feel 1 armed over this cause, howeverTie* chicory crop is abundant this v -ear. ,