The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 15, 1905, Image 8
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THE BAMBERG HERALD
Thursday,
June 15, 1905
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Short Locals.
Great Scott! How Murphy's wood
burns.
When barefooted go to a shoe store.
When in need of wood go to Murphy's
wood yard.
Mr. W. M. Brabham, youngest son of
Mr. C. R. Brabham, graduated at Wofford
college this week.
In another column Col. Juo. F. Folk
offers his opera house scenery, chairs, etc.,
for sale. See the ad.
The Herald office is kept very bust these
days. We are getting a good run of work
for this season of the year, but money is
mighty scarce.
Six teachers from Bamberg county
have enrolled in the State summer school
for teachers to be held at Clemson college
next month.
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Dr. C. E. Kinsey is preparing to open a
drugstore in the building next door to
the bank. He expects to be ready for
business in a few days.
The Home Missions Society will meet
next Tuesday afternoon, June 20th, at
5.30 o'cloek with Mrs. R. L. Risher. A
full attendance is requested.
Remember that the young ladies of the
juvenile missionary society will serve ice
cream and cake on the Fitting School
lawn this (Thursday) evening.
Mr. E. H. Hall, of Chester, who has
g|?. successfully managed the Denmark
graded school for the past two years, has
been re-elected for another term. i
Last Saturday we received a cotton
bloom, which was grown by Willis Brabham
on Mrs. Essie Henderson's planta- !
tion in the Buford's Bridge section.
The young ladies of the juvenile missionary
society will serve ice cream and 1
cake on the Fitting School lawn Thursday
evenihg. Everybody is invited.
Mr. E. A. Brabham, of the Buford's
Bridge section, sent us a cotton bloom last
week, which he plucked Tuesday. It did
not reach us ?in time for mention in last <
Imp; week's paper. I
If you made any wheat this season, send i
or carry it to Tray wick's flour mill near
C Cope. He has up-to-date machinery and :
an experienced miller and will turn out a
; fine grade of flour.
There is no more delightful place to
spend the summer months than Chick
firwlncrc Wa understand that several
ifrom ^Bamberg will spend time at this
resort next month.
The bad practice of discharging fire (
arms in order to give the alarm of fire (
was well illustrated in Laurens one night ]
last week when somebody shot and seriously
wounded a horse.
There should be a number of houses j
built in town for rent. There is always
good demand for them, and more people
would move here if they could obtain
desirable places in which to live.
We see by the Columbia State that ,
Bamberg county has borrowed $4,600 j
from the sinking fund commission. This (
is wisely done in order that all claims j
against the county may be paid cash. (
Miss Mabel C. Brown, of Belton, who i
. was elected as one of'the teachers in the <
Bamberg graded school, has declined the i
position, saying that she bad already ac- (
cepted a position in the Blackville school. ?
Crops generally in this section are now 1
free from grass and in good shape. Rain "
is needed, however. The dry weather
was a blessing, for it enabled many farmers
to save a crop which, with, rainy (
weather, would have been ruined. i
The new Methodist church caught on 1
fire last Friday about two o'clock, but the j
flames were put out before much damage
was done. The fire started way up near
the tcp of the tower, and was caused by a
soldering pot used by Jhe tinners.
The summer school for the teachers of
> ' Orangeburg and Bamberg counties will
begin in Orangeburg next Tuesday, and <
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continue until j uiy jioia. ocvciai
ers from this count)' will attend. Mr. N. <
M. Salley is one of the instructors. I
Several prominent citizens in town are ]
having a nice lot of water works put in,
both hot and cold. Mr. G. H. Jennings is (
g|f. doing the work, and he is ail-right when !
it comes to plumbing. He is a Bamberg J
&? boy, and don't forget him when in need '
Kg*-. of water works.
The following teachers have enrolled ,
for attendance upon the State summer j
school for teachers at ClemsoD college:
Miss Rosa Hutto, Govan; W. C. Koger, :
- Bamberg; Miss Narcissa Matheney, Den- ,
mark; Miss Clara E. Riley, Bamberg; Miss
j?-.;. Hattie M. Smoak, Bamberg.
& Mr. C. R. Calhoun, who was formerly ]
principal of the Bamberg graded school, j
has been re-elected as principal of the
Walterboro graded school, where he has
taught for the past two years. He has
. also been appointed as principal of the <
summer school for the teachers of that ,
county.
No services will be held in the Methodist
church in this city next Sunday,
either morning or evening, as Rev. W.
T. Duncan will be away attending the
p|; Orangeburg district conference at Elloree
j| : Messrs. W. M. Cauthen and H. G. Sheridan
are the delegates from this church to i
the conference. I
Magistrate W. Russell Wright, of Bam- !
berg, who is by the way an up to date
military man and the popular captain of ;
the Bamberg Guards, is in the city today .
gM- on business. Captain Wright is well
known here and his many friends kept :
him busy this morning shaking hands j
with old acquaintances.?Orangeburg <
jjEvening News, June 10th. <
It does not speak well for Bamberg's '
merchants that The Herald's largest ad- |
vertlser should be an out-of-town mer- '
chant, but nevertheless it is true. Theodore
Kohn, of Orangeburg, is our largest
advertiser, and he must be pleased with
results, for he keeps it up all the year
round. Is it little wonder that other
towns are outstripping Bamberg when ?
her merchants place so little value on advertising.
The Herald has never received
the advertising patronage from its home 1
people which it deserves.
There is considerable building in progress
and projected in and around Bamberg
just now. The Farmers' Gin Co. is
erecting a large ginnery just out of town,
Mr. D. W. Shealy is erecting a residence .
on Main_stjreet near the graded schcol,
Mr. F. VV. i?'ree is erecung a uweuiug on
New Bridge street, the new Methodist
church is neariug completion, Mr. Jones
"Williams will soon commence the erection
of a handsome dwelling, and Dr. J.
P. Ott will commence to build on the site
of his burned residence. A number of
residences are also being repaired and
improved.
Mr. Yates Snowden, formerly of the
News and Courier, has been elected to
the chair of history and political economy
in the South Carolina college. Mr.
Snowden has been studying at Columbia
University for the past year.
In the write-up of the graded school
closing exercises last week by accident
the name of one prize winning pupil was
omitted. This was Miss Jeroline Bruce,
who was awarded a prize by Mrs. J. A.
Murdaugh for attendance and punctuality.
The Kitchen Grocer cases are to be
tried in Orangeburg this week. This is a
suit on the notes given by several parties
in Orangeburg county in pavment for
territory. Mr. T. A. Green, of Spartanburg,
purchased the notes and is the
plaintiff in the case.
June Term of Court.
When we went press last Wednesday
the jury for the June term of court had
been drawn, but we did not publish it for
the reason that it then seemed likely that
the term would not be held. However,
this could not be done, and court will
convene here next Monday morning, June
19th, Judge James Aldrich presiding.
There are only a few cases to be tried,
and no doubt the term will only last a
few days. Following is a list of the petit
jurors drawn to serve at this term:
J W Price, 0 J C Lain, Geo E Kearse, J
W Ray, Frank Hiers, A L 31ilhous, B A
Bennett, W D Sease, Bellinger Folk,
Robt. Kirkland, N J Padgett, W C Zeigler,
Willie L Stokes, S P J Garris, Wesley
R Copeland, E M Wilson, A M Cox, Joe
E Bishop, Chas Ehrhardt, J G Barker, Jr,
M L Warren, J D Rowell, Jno H Hadwin,
G B Kinard, W B Cave, J T O'Neal, C 31
Cox, J J Simmons, T C Tanti John Neal,
R F 3Ic3Iillan, C J Baxter, B B Thompson,
C R Brabham, Jr, J W Lancaster.
If you want a higher grade buggy
than you can find elsewhere, call at u.
Frank Bamberg's.
Notice to Signers of Contract for
Lyceum Attractions.
You are hereby notified that the contract
which you have signed for attractions
for next season has been cancelled
on account of excessive license charged
by town council, which makes it necessary
for me to close the opera house.
Respectfully, Jno. F. Folk,
3Ianager.
Bamberg, S. C., June 12,1905.
New Advertisements.
simmons hardware co.
Twp new ads tell you about their line
of paints and brushes and the repairing
department of their business. Their new
machine shop is located on 3Iain street
iust below Hays's furniture store. When
pou want bicycles, guns or pistols repaired,
carry your work there.
CHICK SPRINGS.
This famous resort has a new adver;isement
in this issue. The new hotel is
equipped with all modern conveniences,
and we know from personal experience
;hat there is no better place to go than
3hick Springs. The manager of the ho;el,
Mr. J. A. Bull, is one of the most
jourteous and accommodating men you
ivill ever meet, and no reasonable request
if any guest is refused. The hotel is
nagnincently equipped, and there are no
letestable ''extras" at Chick Springs. We
id vise our people who are going away for
he summer to go to Chick Springs, for
ve feel sure they will be delighted.
G. FRANK BAMBERG.
Bamberg's new ad. tells you about a lot
>f fine mules he received last week. He
ilso has the largest stock of buggies he
las ever carried. He is making special
irices, so see him if in need.
Jno. F. Folk?For Sale.
J. B. Hunter?Sheriffs Sale.
Bamberg Hoards Election.
The election of officers for the Bamberg
Juards took place at tne armory last oatlrday,
the polls being open from 2 to 3
j'clock. There were thirty-four votes
jolled. Edgar L. Price received the total
rote for captain, he having no opposition.
For first lieutenant Jno. S. Jennings was
ilected, the vote being Jennings 27; J.Felier
Hunter 7. In the race for second
lieutenant Greaton E. Bamberg was
jlected, the vote being 25 for Bamberg and
9 for D. W. Phillips. The new law requires
that all non-commissioned officers
shall be appointed by the captain and
lieutenants.
Captain W. R. Wright did not offer for
re-election, and will no doubt receive a
staff appointment.
G. Frank Bamberg handles the best
buggies and wagons, yet the prices
are reasonable.
It is said that Ben Tillman may take
the stump next year for prohibition,abandoning
the dispensary, which he foisted
on the people as a substitute twelve years
ago. If the drift is strong enough that
way we shall surely see Tillman's little
boat come down with the current. He
was never much on bucking the tide.
?Charleston Evening Post.
Hester's cotton report made out Friday
shows that there was an increase in cotton
receipts of 11,000 bales over the first
9 days of June last year. The total movement
since September 1st is 12,421,452,
against 9,732,526 for the same period last
year, a gain of 2,688,926 over last year.
The following are the estimates of the
reduction of cotton acreage made by the
government and various agencies: Government
report 11.4; Latham Alexander
& Co., 11.2; Southern Cotton growers Association
18.43; New Orleans Times-Democrat
15; New York Commercial 13.21; J.
3. Bache & Co. 13.08; Theodore Price
17.3; Norden & Co. and the New Orleans
Picayune each 12.
A Doctor's Dilemma.
Among the papers of R. H. Stoddard
that Ripley Hitchcock edited there is a
letter which Oliver Wendell Holmes, the
poet-physician, is said to have received.
l'iiis letter was written many years ago
by an ignorant country practitioner, and
it is interesting because it shows the low
level to which, in the early part of the
last century, it was possible for medical
education to fall. The letter, verbatim,
follows:
Dear dock I have a pashunt whose
physicol sines shoze that the winpipe is
ulcerated of and his lung have dropped
into his stumick. He is unable to swaller
and I fear his stumick toobe is gone. I
have giv him everything without efect
his Father is wealthy honble and influenshul.
He is an active member of the M.
E. church and Gon noes I don't want too
loose him wot shall I do?
AN ANGEL
UNAWARES
By KATE M. CLEARY
Copyright, 1905, by Kate M. Cleary
The April downpour was at its fiercest
when the knock came to the kitchen
door. It was a timid knock?so timid
that Nan stood with knife suspended
over the pan of apples she was paring,
thinking her imagination might have
played her a trick. It came again?low,
entreating.
The girl crossed to the door and
opened it
"Good land!" she cried. "Come in!
You poor little soul, whoever you are,
come in!" And out of the blinding rain
she caught the little black, shrinking
figure and whirled It into the warmth
and spicy scent of the big kitchen.
She stood and looked at her unexpected
visitor, her gaze a curious blending
of amazement and compassion. Such a
frail, old figure of a woman. The plain
black cashmere gown, the thin shawl,
the close little bonnet all were dripping
rain, from the stiff jet spirals ornamenting
the bonnet to the hem of the
poor skirt And the face that looked
up at Nan, dumb and beseeching, was
childishly pathetic in its wistfulness.
The woman held a worn bag clutched
in one hand.
"I," faltered the stranger deprecatlngly?"I
got caught in the rain!"
Nan threw back her head and
laughed?a girlish laugh, crisp and infectious,
and the shriveled countenance
of the intruder relaxed into a smile.
"Pardon me," cried Nan, controlling
herself; "only it was so evident you
lij A. 1 j i.wa
uttu uut uwu uuuer suener me last
hour that I couldn't help laughing.
Here, sit down in this rocker near the
stove." She deftly unpinned the soaking
shawl and removed the pulpy bonnet
"Dear, dear," she exclaimed,
"you've no rubbers on! And your feet |
are dripping! You're Just a bundle of
wetness! Whatever will I do with
you?'
She spoke with the air of solicitude
she might have used toward a child.
Nan was only seventeen, but she had
many burdens on her shoulders, and
she bore them with courage, A year
ago, when she had graduated from the
high school, the hope that she might
go to college was strong within her.
But her aunt and cousin had condemned
her desire and derided her ambition.
There was no money to spare
for such foolishness. There was work
to be done at borne.
The latter fact the girl was given
no opportunity to ?oubb The maid of
all work had been'dismissed the week
of her graduation, and Nan had been
installed in her place. And silently,
but with fierce inward rebellion, she
accepted her duties. But her father
had been a man of letters and a professor
in a university, and she had inherited
his love of learning. So It was
with a heavy heart she saw the days
slipping by and with them the time she
would fain have given to the acquirement
of further knowledge. Today
many bidden tasks still remained to
be accomplished, and here was this forlorn
creature on her hands.
"I'm sure I'm sorry to be making
you trouble, my dear," piped up the
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piamuve oia toicc. ;n wueu anu
I'm rested a bit you'll be telling me my
direction I'll be moving on."
But suddenly she went ghastly white.
She caught her hand sharply to her
side, and her lips turned blue.
"Here," cried Nan, "take this!" She
had gone for a stimulant and was
back, holding it pressed to the twitching
mouth. The old woman swallowed
the liquid and tried to rise.
"Sit still r commanded Nan. "You're
ill! You mustn't stir!"
Nan stood before her, tall and slender
In her blue cotton go wp, .with a
big white apron belted in at her waist
The pure pallor of her sifc^jras accented
by the blackness of fcer browB
and lashes. Her gray eyes^tfeye wide
with perplexity. ^
"Walt a minute," she oraefei. and
went flashing up the backstairs* She
reappeared with a load of gArmenta
over her arm. "You're such a mite of
a thing the clothes that I've outgrown
will fit you," she said. 'Tour bag?
Here It Is?safe behind you. There!"
She worked rapidly as she talked.
"Now you're dry and comfortable anyhow,
If you do look funny."
The old woman smiled up at her
gratefully. She did look funny In the
schoolgirl gown of red, but the color
had come into her cheeks, and her
chilled feet were growing warm in the
dry stockings and slippers.
"Now I'll make you some tea and
M A aaIo fwl Vor? KonrHn ct fhn tirof
iv/aoif iiauf UOU51U5 nw
clothes to dry. "And then I must get
back to? Good gracious, my cake is
burning!"
She was on her knees in a minute
and had snatched the oven door wide
open. A smoking, blackened mound
confronted her. And, aa ill luck would
have It, at that very moment Helena
Burnet, her cousin and mistress of the
house owing to the Invalidism of Mrs.
Burnet, came sailing into the kitchen.
"What's this?" she cried sharply. She
was in street attire, but had been well
protected from the storm. "Your cake
ruined! And that?who is that person?"
Her cheeks scarlet from embarrassment
and the heat of the oven. Nan
was hastily removing the cake.
"She's an old lady who got caught in
the shower," the girl explained nervously.
"Did Aunt Ellen come, Helena?"
"No, she didn't," snapped Helena.
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"I've waited In that drafty depot until
I am nearly sick. I suppose you
made that chicken broth the way mother
says she used to like It?"
"Yes, and the little honey hearts too."
"You've got the spare room all ready,
I dare say ?"
"Yes. It's clean, and I lit the fire half
an hour ago."
"Such a lot of trouble and expense to
go to for a foolish old woman," grumbled
Miss Burnet. "Mother 3ays she
always had as little sense as the law
allows. But that doesn't alter the fact
that she Is coming to spend her few remaining
years with us and that she has
$60,000 to leave, I suppose she will
land here tomorrow, and we'll have
this bother all over again. Well, I'll
spend $100 on mourning for her when
I inherit it!"
"She will never leave me anything,'
averred Nancy Goodwin. "My mother
did not marry to please her, and Aunt
Ellen never forgave her. But"?briskly
buttering some fresh toast?"If she ever
were to remember me I'd"? ,
"Go to college, I presume!" ended
Helena contemptuously.
"Yes, that, I would!" rejoined Nan
resolutely. "There's no hope of that!"
she sighed, "Now, try to eat a few
mouthfuls of this and drink your tea."
Helena stared from her cousin to the
strange guest and back again.
"Do you mean to say you've gone out
of your head, wasting good food on a
tramp?" she shrieked.
"Hush!" begged Nan, trembling with
mortification. "You will hurt her feelings!"
"Feelings, indeed!" She glared at the
stranger. "The rain is over now. She
can go about her business."
Nan stood before her cousin.
"She is sick and cold. She can't go
out of the house tonight Let her sleep
In my bed. Fll make up a shake down
on the cot" Then, hurriedly, as she
saw angry refusal in the other's eyes,
"Don't make me leave you if you value
my work!"
"What do you mean?"
"Only that Mrs. Hunter across the
street has offered me $10 a week as
housekeeper In her home. I would have
no more labor there than here, where I
am paid nothing. And I shall accept
her offer today if you make me turn
this poor old creature out!"
"Well, I declare!" ejaculated Miss
Burnet But aware that Nan was
quite capable of doing what she threatened,
she made a tempestuous exit
from the kitchen. Overcoming her
apologetic objections, Nan assisted the
old woman up the stairs. On the second
floor they passed a bright room,
hung with rosy chintzes, with a Jolly
fire rollicking in the grate.
"I wish I might take you in there,"
she whispered. "But that Is intended
for Mrs. Franklyn, who is joining to
stay here. Yon shall have her chicken
broth, though," said the girl determinedly.
"She can't need it any more than
you do."
And when she had tucked the feeble
body into her own narrow bed she
brought the chicken broth. But that
night when the dishes were washed the
girl climbed to her room she found
her protegee very ill. 8he was feverish,
and the pain in her side was worse.
Occasionally she lapsed into delirium.
Nan was frightened, and as the woman
grew worse she sped down the
stairs and across the street for Dr.
Meeker.
"Pneumonia," be said. "Exposure,
eh? I thought so. Practically hopeless.
"What's that eh? You want a
lawyer?? He bent to listen. "Poor
soul, what have you to will?"
"John Meeker," she panted, "don't
you know me?'
"I'm young Dr. Meeker. John Meeker
is my father. I'm trying to be as
good a man. If I can build up his
practice that had fallen off I hope to
make a home for this little girl here."
The old woman smiled and nodded.
"You'll get me a lawyer maybe If
you know that I am Ellen Franklyn.
No, dont call the others. Helena is
like her mother, cold and selfish. I
heard her for myself today."
The physician did what he could and
hastened away. His experienced eye
told him she had been ill several days
and that the exposure of the afternoon
was hastening the climax. The lawyer
returned with him, and the household
was aroused. The old woman
chuckled, exhausted, but triumphant,
as she fell back after signing the will.
"I've left Helena a hundred dollars
to buy that mourning she was so set
on," she whispered. "You can get
your learning white he's making the
home for you. Twas the fine fellow
his father was, I mind well."
And not all the wrath or lamentations
of Helena Burnet and her mother
availed to Impeach the validity of
the will, which left the property of
Ellen Franklyn to Nancy Goodwin.
"I shan't hold you to your promise
now, dear," Charlie Meeker said when
he came to see the girl off to the university.
"You are an heiress now.
Everything Is different"
"That Isn't different I" she replied,
with emphasis. "You loved me when I
was a common drudge. You mustn't
stop loving me now that I am going
to fit myself to be a wife of whom you
may be proud."
Oa AmlU4 /tAnm at ka>
ao Biinreu uunu uk uci,
"My dear, my dear," be said, "a
prince might be proud of you. Here's
the train."
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The marriage of convenience is an
institution among criminals, at least
In England. In a recent case In London
a detective testified that it was
common for counterfeiters to marry
women solely for the purpose of passing
bad coins on the public. These
marriages are not contracted from
any feelings of mutual attraction or
even trade partnership, but In the belief
that juries have a reluctance in
lonvlcting wives.
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