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*?*' *"? - C" -? ?b? Hamburg ifmtlb Thursday, August 29,1907 ???^?? Short "Locals. If you are interested in the price of cotton, attend the meeting in the court house next Monday. See the advertisement of F. W. Wagener & Co. in this issue. They want to handle your cotton. 35v.~ ? < Afti. 1AAO J A.L ? The session or iyuv-iyuo iui uic Bamberg graded school will begin Monday morning, September 16th. Sickness among our force has badly demoralized affairs in The Herald office and put us behind with our work. We understand that Capt. W. A. m i Riley has traded his house and lot in town to Mr. J. T. O'Neal for his Cedar Springs farm. Farmers, market your cotton at Bamberg this season. Our buyers intend to bring the cotton here if highest prices will do it. Most of our merchants have retviinori from New York where they WVMMVM ** ? went to buy fall goods. Look out for new ads. in The Herald. Bamberg's second nine played a game of -base ball at Denmark last Friday afternoon with the team of that town. Denmark won, the score being 4 to 1. An extra communication of Oman h. Lodge, A. F. M., will be held this (Thursday) evening, at which three candidates will be raised to the Master's degree. 'In another column we publish the lists of purchases of liquors recently made by the county dispensary k'v board. These purchases are. for the quarter ending October 1st, 1907. Dr. J. P. Ott, a prominent physician of Bamberg, will spend several days in the city. He comes to take charge of the Keeley institute in the I absence of Dr. Poe.?Columbia Record. Rev. P. E. Monroe, of Ehrhardt, who has been spending a vacauuu m | (North Carolina and Virginia, returnB|?' ed home yesterday, and will preach at Ehrhardt and St. Nicholas next Sunday. c Work has begun on the cotton warehouse for the cotton mill, which is to be built on the lot opposite the mill. The capacity of the warehouse is to be one thousand bales. Mr, L. B. Fowler will superintend the building. . "5 Mr. G. B. Kearse writes us to change his paper from Olar to Bayard, Fla. He and Mrs. Kearse left last Monday for that place, where I they will be located for a while anyway, as Mr. Kearse has moved his saw mill there. pjc Orangeburg's first bale of cotton was marketed last Saturday, and it only brought eleven cents. This is an indication of how much higher Bamberg's cotton market is than other tMimc The first hale here the same day sold for 13 cents. Next Monday is the first Monday | in September and salesday. There r 1 are no public sales to be held, but the | cotton association meeting is to be held in the court house. Let every farmer in the county be present, as this is an important meeting. The Hays stores on Main street are about completed. B. S. Harrison has moved his stock of groceries into one of them, and the other will be occupied by Mr. McGowan with a stock of general merchandise. The store vacated by Mr. Harrison will s r be used by H. G. Delk as a grocery and meat market. The first bale of cotton for Bamberg county was sold here last Saturday morning. It was grown by Mr. A. J. Hunter on his farm near Midway. The bale weighed 508 pounds, and was sold to H. C. Folk - for 13 cents the pound. Mr. Folk shipped the cotton to F. W. Wagener & Co., Charleston. jfc;" Mr. S. J. Hunt, assistant to Mr. W. B. West, State dispensary auditor, was in the city and county for several days last week, checking- up the various dispensaries in this county. Mr. Hunt is very thorough in his work, and seemed well pleased with the way affairs are being managed in this county. The board of canvassers met here m Tuesday to declare the result of the recent dispensary election. There was a change of only one vote from the figures published last week, the majority for the dispensary being 26 instead of 27. We understand that some of the anti-dispensaryites at Ehrhardt have started a movement for a contest, but whether it will materialize or not is not known. A meeting of the Bamberg county cotton growers association is to be held in the court house here next Monday at 10:30 o'clock. The matter of building a warehouse will take definite shape at this meeting, as the committee appointed to solicit subscriptions to the capital stock will report. Let every farmer and business man be present, for we need and must have a cotton warehouse. Bamberg's delegates to the district lodge Knights of Pythias at Williston last week report a most delightful time and a very successful meeting. Most of the lodges in the district were represented, and the people of Williston gave the visitors a most royal welcome. A regular barbecued dinner was served, and the wants Q of every one were well looked after. The next meeting is to be held next February with Ehrhardt lodge. if'' * e A new ad. of the Peoples drug store came in too late for this issue. Look out for it next week. The examination of applicants for the Citadel scholarship will be held at the court house to-morrow (Friday.) Look at the date on the label of your paper, and if you owe anything come in and pay us at once. We need the money and need it now'. Mr. M. N. Rice, of the Olar section, was in the city Tuesdav, counting the - ' -1 4-,^ Uo votes 01 tne dispensary eicutiun, being a member of the board of canvassers. Mr. A. C. Griffin, who formerly lived in Bamberg, died suddenly in Waynesboro, Ga., last week of acute indigestion. He was about thirtyfive years old, and leaves a wife and one child. A number of things have gone undone in The Herald office this week, but we feel that wve have done pretty well to get out any paper at all. Mr. Bruce is still sick, but we hope he will be out in a few days. We see that some of the county dispensaries are puzzled over what *-- ^? tttJ+Vi fVio oomnloc SAnf in with IU UU W i til U1V/ OUUA^IW ... bids of whiskey houses. These samples are put in stock in the dispensaries in this courty and sold at regular prices. Attention is directed to the ad. in another column of the Cable Co. An exhibit of fine pianos can now be seen at the opera house in this city, and they are making a specialty of the famous Kingsbury player piano. The ladies especially are invited to call and see the exhibit. The voting contest is still going on at Moye's, and much interest is being taken. TTie figures published elsewhere are not correct, <as the votes cast since last issue have not been added to the list. The contest closes September 8th, so get in line if you expect your favorite to win. Now that the dispensary question has been settled and the money market has loosened up somewhat, steps will be taken at once to float the bonds for waterworks. The amount to be issued is $7,000, and the rate of interest cannot exceed six per cent. The electric light bonds bear 4? per cent interest. Preston Brown, a well-known negro about town, was sent to the chain gang this week by Magistrate Wright for stealing a pistol. His sentence was thirty days. Brown has been arrested for stealing twice betore, but each time he succeeded in having the case compromised. The pistol was recovered. The board of trustees of the Bamberg graded school has appointed John Green, J. A. Nimmons, and L. S. Stephens as sub-trustees of the city colored school. These met Monday evening and organized by the election of John Green as chairman, J. A. Nimmons, secretary, and L. S. Stephens, treasurer, Teachers for the school will be elected in a short time. New Advertisements. M. J. Black, W. M.?Extra Communication. Farmers Ginning Co.?Gin Notice. F. W. Wagener & Co.?Cotton Department. County Dispensary Board?List of Awards. Bamberg Banking Co.?We Solicit. The Cable Company?To the Public. Housebreaking and Larceny. Ben McLeod, alias Ben Wesley, a negro, was arrested here last Friday morning charged with housebreaking and grand larceny. On Thursday afternoon he broke into the house of Mr. E. P. Kinard in the Ehrhardt section and stole a gold watch. He also entered the house of a negro in the same community but did not carry off anything. McLeod was seen by Mr. Copeland, a brother-in-law of Mr. Kinard, as he jumped out of the window and ran off, and Mr. Copeland tracked him to Bamberg. A warrant was sworn out at once and the thief was soon captured. He was postively identified by Mr. Copeland, and although he denied everything at first, he later acknowledged the theft and told where he hid the watch. It was found under | Price's ice house. McLeod formerly lived in the Ehrhardt section, but for the last month or two he has been around Bamberg, j He is now in jail awaiting trial at the coming term of the circuit court. Spartanburg Bridge Goes Down. Spartanburg, Aug. 27.?The bridge across Fair Forest creek, about three-quarters of a mile from the city limits, went down this afternoon about 2 o'clock with four mules, a stationary engine and two colored wan TWrk nf tViP mules were killed U1C1X. X fT V VX UiV and two injured. The colored men escaped injury. One of the men who was along with the outfit is named Pickenpack, a well known colored man, and he came to the city, reportthe accident to T. R. Trimmier, who owned the mules and engine. Spartanburg county is having bad luck with its bridges, as Fair Forest is the third bridge that has given way under traffic this year. Some time ago the bridge across Tyger river, near Moore's Station, fell as a wagon load of negroes was crossing it, resulting in the loss of several lives. The bridge at Whitney, across Lawson's Fork, also went down with a party of colored persons as they were returning to the city in a hack from a picnic at Cherokee Springs. * I OLD CLOTHES [ AND NEW. \\ By Franf^H. Stveet. % i> Copyrighted, lwC. by Mary McKeon. ? They were all up in Aunt Clara's room, packing the box, wheu .Jessie ^ 5 : ? a a'/.I/naIt fA Q olr ( * ! r. isoya cume iu ai t u Lim.a iv u>m rie what she was going to wear that evening to the musicale. Jessie went upstairs without ceremony. She was Carrie's most intimate friend. "Oh. there you are!" said Carrie, who was sitting on the foot of the bed with a pile of clothing on her lap. "I've been wondering all afternoon what hud become of you. We're packing the box to go to mother's cousin In West Holden. Aunt Clara wants"? "Where's the bottle of benzine?" asked Agnes, interrupting. "You had It last, Carrie." "Look on the shelf In my closet," said Carrie. "What are you going to do with the benzine?" "Clean the spots off that tan cloth cape of mine. I'm ashamed to send it as it is now." "Oh, you needn't be ashamed to send anything," said Aunt Clara, who was on her knees before the box, spreading some newspapers over the bottom. "'r'1 "?? an nnnr thov'll C"lad Of lilCJ ALU OV ^VV/I > ? ? everything, no matter how old. You haven't time to clean off spots." "They can do It for themselves," said Carrie. "Here, auntie, hadn't you bet-1 ter put these old white skirts In first?" ! "Seems to me, Carrie, you could wear that white skirt with the ruffles yourself," remarked Mrs. Brandon, who was pulling over the contents of a trunk she had dragged In from the hall. "It doesn'{ look at all worn." "No, but it doesn't hang right," rejoined Carrie, "and it's too short. Besides, I despise a ruffled petticoat." "Very well," said her mother in a resigned tone. 'Tut It in. You and Agues are dreadfully extravagant. I don't wonder your father complains about expenses." "Here are some old nightdresses," said Mrs. Brandon. "I intended to tear them up for window cloths, but Rachel might patch them up." "Of course she .will," said Aunt Clara, seizing upon the nightdresses 1 eagerly. She thoroughly enjoyed the packing of this box. She always declared that, no matter what her faults were, no one could accuse her of not being generous. The trunk yielded, in addition to the nightdresses, an old black alpaca skirt which had been spoiled by paint when the front porch had been given a fresh coat the previous fall, a much worn pair of shoes, a black straw bonnet which had been lying in the tray "for ages," several pairs of hose in sad need of darning, a gray wrapper damaged by moths and a black silk petticoat the ruffles of which were whipped out. "You could use that silk for lining a grenadine, Frances," said Aunt Clara. "But I don't expect to have a* grenadine this summer," rejoined her sister, "and it seems a pity not to put in something decent." ^ "Well, If you had been to Cousin Rachel's and seen how poor they are," said Clara, "you'd know that anything would be acceptable. Rachel has a real gift for turning and patching too." "For my part, I'm glad to get rid of my old clothes," said Carrie, "and I vote we send Cousin Rachel a box every year. It's a good deal better than making bundles for the Associated Charities to distribute. We know Just where the things are going." She tossed her aunt a green surah waist, the seams of which were frayed. "I can wear the skirt around mornings with a percale shirt waist," she added. All this time Jessie Boyd had stood quietly at the foot of the bed looking on. "Has your cousin any girls about my age?" she asked, regarding attentively the two faded waists which Aunt Clara was folding together. "Dear me, yes." answered the lady. "Alice Is just your age and Stella a year or so youuger. Then there are two little girls of ten and twelve, Amy and Ruth. I stopped over in West Ilolden for a day in March on my way home from Florida and saw them all. They're pretty girls, too. particularly Alice. I felt so sorry for them. I don't sunnose A life ever had a nrettv gown or a bunch of ribbons in her life." "Then would you mind If?could 1 send something?" stammered Jessie. "I wouldn't want them to know, of course, but I hare several little things, and""Oh, my dear child, yes," Aunt Clara interrupted. "Bring anything you choose; I'll pack it. No matter how pld it is. they can make use of it." Jessie went home at once. In about twenty minutes she returned with a good sized pasteboard box, with a narrow pink ribbon tied around it. On the cover was written, "For Alice." "You're just in time; I'm ready to have Peter nail up," said Aunt Clara. "Oh, I'm not to see what you're sending. Now, my dear child, you needn't be ashamed of it, whatever It is, for they have so little that anything?I only hope Rachel will appreciate the trouble I've taken." and she followed Toacio Intn Pa Trie's room. There, on the bed, lay the gown her younger niece was to wear to the musieale. It was a cream china silk, trimmed with lace and white ribbon, and beside it was a pair of high heeled slippers of French kid. "You'll wear your new china silk waist, of course, Jessie," said Carrie as her friend glanced toward the bed. Jessie shook her head. "No, I've decided on my blue organdie," she an wered quietly and then began to talk of something else. They were opening the l>ox in tinsitting room at West Holden when Alice Brent came in, breathless. Sinwas a slender girl, with soft eyes. "Has it come?" sli" cried. "How glad I am I got here in time." "Yes, but we we.en't going to un pack it until you came." said Stella "We just wanted to have it all ready It's a family treat, to l>e enjoyed together." Jessie's pasteboard box c-atne out first, as it was on top. "Something especially for me!" cried Alice "How lovely! But I won't open Jt until the last. Take out the other things, mother, dear." The other things were taken out.. One by one Mrs. Brent unfolded them and laid them In a pile on the floor.' Not one of the girls ventured to make a remark of any sort and Alice did not dare glance at Stella. "That Is all, I think, my dears," said the mother as she placed on the pile the white petticoats Carrie had contributed. "I will put all the things In my closet and examine them at my leisure." "Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be- disappointed," remarked Stella. "Stella!" Mrs.,Brent's voice was one of rebuke. Little Ruth began to weep. "Here, let's look at my box, Ruthie," said Alice. "We mustn't forget that." "Probably filled with soiled ribbons and discarded artificial flowers," mut tered Stella, in whose black eyes angry tears burned hotly. With fingers that trembled a little, Alice untied the pink ribbon and removed the cover of the box. "Oh, oh!" she said. "Mother, look here! Just see!" And then her voice broke and tears filled her eyes. In the box, neatly folded, lay a pretty white china silk waist trimmed with lace, a pair of perfectly new tan gloves, three dainty handkerchiefs and twelve yards of fine white lawn. "There's some mistake," said Stella; "this doesn't agree with the rest at all. Probably they will write to have it returned." "Stella, dear, we couldn't expect them to send things they could use. themselves." "No, I suppose not, and I'm an unthankful wretch. Beggars shouldn't be choosers, but"?and her voice quivered a little?"It isn't in me, somehow, to be a grateful beggar." Mrs. Brent wrote a well worded letter of thanks to her cousin. "I must not neglect to tell you," she said in conclusion, "of Alice's pleasure in the contents of the pasteboard box. The pretty gloves and dainty silk waist fitted her perfectly, and she Is busy today making up the lawn, which will be her best gown all summer." Aunt Clara bit her lip as she laid the letter down. "How ridiculous of Jessie to send new things!" she muttered. "And I was so particular to tell her that anything would do." No Country Mansions In Cuba. ' You are disappointed in not seeing splendid mansions In Cuba. The headquarters of the haciendas consist of groups of low and unlovely buildings, surrounded by ugly walls, but In this respect, as in many others, appearances are deceitful. The frequency of insurrections And the enterprising banditti have made it necessary for planters to protect themselves and their homes as securely as possible, and every hacienda is a fortress capable of being defended by the retainers of the owner who live with him within the walls. Some of the larger plantations are still maintained on the feudal system, but many of them have passed from private ownership into the hands of corporations, and the former proprietors are living in Madrid, Seville, Paris or perhaps New York, while salaried administrators reign in their stead. The patriarchal relationship between the owners and the tillers of the soil is rapidly passing away.?Washington Star. A Wise Old Mule. Our old mule would not work after 12 o'clock. We would be compelled to unhitch, go to the barn and let the mule eat as long as he was able to swallow; that would be about two hour3. Then the mule would be ready for work. It mattered not how late in the day when the mule was taken out in the field, or how cloudy it might be. The wind might blow so strong that the sdunds of the bells and the whistles could not be heard, or the work would be in some out of the way place where no one could be seen going tt) dinner. Yet when 12 o'clock came, to the minute, he would refuse to work any longer. We have taken feed and let him eat before noon, but this did not satisfy him; he must go to the barn at noon or kick everytmng 10 piwcs. We tried the mule In a coal mine, but with the same result. He seemed to tell the time In the mine equally as well as out of it?Chicago Tribune. The First American Cabinet. When John Hancock was president of congress in 1-785 and had his office at 5 Cherry street in New York city, there were only three grand department.' of the United States which performed the functions now performed by the president's cabinet. These three "grand departments" were disI tHhnted as follows: The Hon. John Jay, secretary for foreign affairs, at 8 Broadway; Hon. Henry Knox, Secretary at war, 15 Smith street; the Hon. Walter Livingston, Samuel Osgood and Arthur Lee, commissioners of the treasury. The "office of congress" in that period was at 81 Broadway. 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