The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 04, 1906, Image 1
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Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1906 0ne ^Year ?
IE PRIVATE CLUB WAS RAIDED.
I Chief Constable Altom Takes Action tha Causes
[ a Sensation in Greenville Society.
f> Greenville, S. C., Dec. 29.?Chief
Constable Altom this afternoon did that
for the failure to do which it was alleged
his predecessor, J. C. Hall, was removed
by Chief Constable Hammet?raided the
fashionable Smokers' Clnb, on Main
street, and seized all the liqnors, wines
and champagnes he found loose and in
cases about the premises, not disturbing,
bOwerer, the private lockers of members.
Seizures amounted to about thirteen cases,
some of which are unopened and had
just been delivered, marked for personal
use, and addressed to individual members,
i who will make a fight for the return of
A?'? Th? r.lnh is chartered and
ttuwn _
includes thirty-five of the most prominent
men, socially and financially, in Green
ville. Chief Hall has persistently refnsed
to interfere with it, saying he had no eviH
dence of crookedness. Chief Hall alleged
this failure to be the cause for his dis B
charge and Altom's appointment. Altom
will not discuss the merits of the seizure.
^BNo resistance was made to the entry of
the constables. The incident is being
H generally discussed in society circles,
Bf with the opinion as to the wisdom of the
^B seizure divided. Members say they will
^B give the new chief constable trouble un^B
jess he makes good charges against the
dab. He gave no reasons for the seizure.
, G. Frank Bamberg handles the best
Bkeggies and wagons, yet the prices
are reasonable.
Rewarded for Act of Bravery.
|B Washington, Dec. 28.?As a reward
Hfor defending the postofflce at Emma,
35T. C., four years ago, against four burgIBfcrs,
President Roosevelt has waived the
^B.dvil service regulations upon the recomH|
siendation of Postmaster General Cor
telyou and promoted S. H. Alexander
pB^fro^ajtaborer to a clerkship in the de^EFNctoniv
has the brave North Caro
fBQ promoted but to accentuate
ran official statement was i?sh
gives a fall account of the
ompted robbery took place on
of February 6, 1901, and the
count shows that Alexander, al!
small statore, engaged in a
straggle with the men, one of
A him in the abdomen.
Jer, however, continued to fight,
two men, seriously injuring
b called for assistance and was
ig weak and faint in a pool of
> accomplices who were wait*
he oatside carried away the
burglars to the house in which
arrested the same night,
them were handed, February
vhUe the other two received
ces.
Pasting a Husband.
owing is an extract from the
Miss^ Star:
atre goers of Meridian were
treat last night in the way of
lean's production of "Taming
one of the funniest musical
ver presented here,
it and chorus were exception.
Messrs. Ruff and Dean are
y complimented, on their com
edy, as being far above the average.
"It is screamingly funny, and free from
ail suggestiveness or anything that wonld
M offend the most refined audience of ladies
^Hand children. The music furnished by
BM their Royal Hungarian Orchestra deserves
apedal mention also. The bouse was
^ packed to its capacity."
^B A Fair Exchange.
pL man who had purchased some cur^Hrant
buns at a bakery was distressed, on
^Htghrtiag to eat one, to find that it co.n tained
a fly Returning to the bakery,
HBsays Harper's Weekly, be made an in^Hdlgnant
complaint, demanding another
^Hbun in place of the inhabited one.
^K ^m sorry, sir," said the saleswoman.
I^I I can'! give you another bun, but if you
H| will bring vie back the fly I will give yon
^Ha currant for it."
H . Fiklle Building for Beaufort.
^B . Bsaofobt, December 29.?Congress
man J. O. Patterson was in town yester^B
day and day before -conferring with his
^Bobsstitntents. He is very popular here
seems actively bent on doing some^Bthing
for Beaufort. He has introduced a
^Bbill to provide for the erection of a pubJVlic
building at the city of Beaufort for
Bahe accommodation of the postofficef cus^Htom
house and other offices of the GovernHHnent.
It is a longfelt need. He has no
^^Houbt of the success of his efforts. The
^ amount asked to be appropriated is $125,^BxX).
He also has introduced a bill to
^Hpst&blish a fish hatchery and fish station
^Bt or in this vicinity.
8ICKENING SHIVERING FITS
H)f ague and malaria, can be relieved and
with Electric Bitters. This is a
(ore, tonic medicine; of especial benefit
1 malaria, for it exerts a true curative
ifluence on 4he disease, driving it enrely
out of the system. It is much to
e preferred to quinine, having none of
lis. drug's bad after effects. E. S. Munay
of Henrietta, Tex., writes: "My
rother was very low with malarial fever
ad jaundice, till he took Electric Bitters,
hich saved his life. At J. B. Black's and
;P. Hoover's; price 50c, guaranteed.
IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROUN/y
State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading
Pungent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings;
Mrs. Watts, mother of late Adjt. Gen.
John Gary Watts, has filed a Spanish war
claim for $1,100 which she says is due
her for the time her son served as commander
of troops in this State.
The city superintendents of schools at
their annual meeting in Colombia last
week adopted a resolution that in their
opinion children should not oe sent to
school before they are eight years old.
In a gambling row at Cross Hill, Laurens
county, one night last week, a negro
named Wells shot and killed two other
negroes named Horace Bullock and
Henry Bullock. Wells was badly cut in
the fight.
The city of Spartanburg will receive
$34,000 back taxes on the Spartan Mills
of that city.' The case has been in the
courts for years, and the mill company
has finally decided to pay the taxes asked
for by the city.
The two-and-a-half-year old son of Ed
Freeman of Society Hill, Darlington
county, got hold of some whiskey his
father bought on Thursday and drank so
much of it that he died in 86 hours, despite
all the doctors could do for him.
Those persons in this State holding
Eolicies in the Mutual and New York
>ife Insurance Companies are to hold a
meeting in Columbia the 18th of January.
It is the purpose to organize and have
representation at the annual meetings of
the companies.
i At a meeting of the State board of can
vassers held last Saturday, the recent dispensary
flection in Williamsburg county
was declared null and void on account of
irregularities. The dispensary was voted
out in this election, and the dispensary
advocates made a contest with the above
result.
Dr. B. W. Taylor, a prominent physisician
of Columbia, died at his residence
in Columbia on Wednesday of last week.
He was assistant surgeon of the Hampton
Legion during the war, and a prominent
citizen of Columbia, where he had been
practising his profession for many years.
He was well known and had many friends
throughout the State.
A negro boy named Walter Tolen was
struck on the head with an earthen
pitcher by Emma Calloway in Edgefield
last Saturday morning and instantly
killed. The boy was sitting on the sidewalk
singingand the woman said he was
making fun of her. A quarrel resulted
and she struck him with the pitcher, pro- j
ducing instant death. She was arrested
and put in jail.
The sales of liquor and beer to the
several counties of the State for the past
year by (he State dispensary amounted to
more than three million dollars* Of this
sum Columbia bought the largest quantity,
amounting to $257,000. Charleston
comes next with $227,000, Anderson
$108,000, Sumter $100,000, Camden, Chester,
Florence and Orangeburg each $64,000,
Laurens $58,000, Newberry $25,000.
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jrroDaoiy r aiai rigm..
Greenville, December 30.?A special
to the Greenville News from Laorens
says that John Boyd, a well-known white
farmer, was shot through the windpipe,
and perhaps fatally wounded, during a
fight in the outskirts of the town tonight,
by Walter Thompson, a son of
probate Judge Thompson. Both were
drinking, it is thought, but little is known
of how the shooting occurred. It is
thought Boyd will die.
If you want a higher grade buggy
than you can find elsewhere, call at U.
Frank Bamberg's.
Dispensary Sales for December.
The dispensaries in this county did a
record breaking business for the month
of December, the report of sales being as
follows:
" Bamberg-Sales, $5,044.54; invoice price,
$3,769.82; gross profit, $1,274.72; expenses,
$205.20; net profit, $1,069.52.
Denmark?Sales, $2,640.16; invoice
price, $1,987.48; gross profit, $702.68; expenses,
$115.74; net profit, $586.94.
Olar?Sales, $2,030.25; invoice price,
$1,515.89; gross profit, $514.36; expenses,
$97.62; net profit, $416.74.
Ehrhardt?Sales, $1,636.80; invoice
price, $1,208.58; gross profit, $428.22; expenses,
$95.40; net profit, $332.82.
"tfU O-l ? aim on ^ ^
, juiu way?oaies, mvuiee pnw;,
$366.51; gross profit, $107.82; expenses,
$91.52; net profit, $15.80.
Profits to the towns and county for the
month are as follows: Bamberg, $534.76;
Denmark, $293.47; Olar, $208.37; Ehrhardt,
$166.41; Midway, $7.90; Bamberg
county, $1,210.91,
Entertainment.
On Tuesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. M.
C. Sandifer entertained at their home in
honor of their niece, Miss Delma Jordan,
of Johnston. The following young folks
were present: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, of
Lake City, and Mr. and Mrs. James
Mitchell, of Bamberg; Messrs. Beach, McCue,
Yarn, Ayer, Smith, . Bottoms, J. P.
and Simmie Hunter, Bice, and Jones, of
Bamberg; Messrs. Hanberry and Sandifer,
of Denmark; Pearson and Folk, of Clear
Pond; and Snelling, of Barnwell; Misses
Fannie Yarn, Edna and Pearle Rice,
Pearle Sandifer, Georgie Emma Jordan,
and Mrs. Alice Zeigler, of Bamberg; Misses
Stella Folk and Rebecca Mitchell, of
Clear Pond; Miss Pauline Clayton, of
Colston; and Miss Minnie Hunter, of
Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. Sandifer were assisted by
Mrs. Zeigler and Miss Georgie Jordan in*
entertaining, and various games were introduced.
The evening was pleasantly spent and j
every one expressed a delightful evening, j
ARRESTED FOR CRADDOCK'S DEATH- j
Latest Development in the Barnwell Lynching
Matter. i
The two negroes who accompanied Mr.
Haynes S. Craddock, of Ulmer, on the i
nigbt that he was killed at the home or
Frank DeLoach, colored, were arrested
yesterday and were brought to the State
penitentiary for safekeeping. Frand De- .
Loach and his son, John, were murdered
by a mob and now it Is said that the two
(
negroes who accompanied Craddock may
have been equally responsible for his f
death. Governor Heyward last night '
stated that he had heard of the arrest of !
these two negroes and he understands
this is in pursuance of Sheriff Creech's '
policy to sift this matter to the bottom.?
Columbia State. '
i
Brute Attempts Criminal Assault.
Greenville, Dec. 29.?A report has
reached here from Liberty saying that
about 11 o'clock this morning a negro j
named Copeland, from Greenville, a well
known negro about town, attempted a
criminal assault on Mrs. T. T. James of
Liberty. The report states that Copeland
borrowed a shot gun from another negro
living near the James home and then
entered the James house. The screams
of Mrs. James were sufficient to alarm the
brute, who dropped the gun and made off.
The whole country is alarmed and aroused
and a large posse of citizens are looking
for him. It was reported here,
Greenville, to-night late the mob had him
surrounded in a dense wood and that his
capture was certain.
The Barnwell Lynching.
Governor Heyward is taking hold of
the lynching at Ulmer with a firm hand,
and says he intends to probe the matter
to the bottom. It seems that the two
negroes were arrested and locked up in a
house on Mr. Craddock's plantation^ instead
of being carried to Barnwell and
putin jail. Had this been done, and it
appears that there was plenty of time, no 1
lynching would have occurred. Governor
Heyward has removed Magistrate S. E.
Ulmer from office, and in the letter of
removal the governor states that he is '
satisfied that the magistrate is guilty of J
neglect of duty. Sheriff Creech, of Barn- 3
well, made a strong report to the gov- 1
ernor in reference to the lynching.
Dispensary Liquor vs. Blind Tiger. 1
There was general complaint of the
inferior quality of the dispensary whiskey
?that it tended to make a person sleepy (
or pnt them in a drowsy condition. The 1
blind tiger verily however seems to have (
the opposite effect as was the case with a ^
juror last week. It seems that the gentleman
in qnestion had been imbibing to ^
some extent dming the day, and at bed time
took a vial to his room so as to in- ^
sure a night's rest. He wooed Morpheus
in vain for an honr or two then got np ,
and tapped the illicit liquor. Sleep still
refused to come to his eyelids. For several
hours afterwards his room mate was
frequently disturbed by visits to the bottle,
the reason for getting np so often being
that the coffee drank at supper was ,
keeping him awake. i
"At last about 4 a. m. the bibulous fel- <
low dozed off. A short while afterwards
a big Shanghai roosting near his window
concluded to whoop np a little day light
and began crowing lustily. "Great God!"
exclaimed the "tiger" intaker jumping
out of bed "there they are calling court.
Fm on that iurv and not ud vet." He
was half dressed before his bed-fellow
could dissuade him that it was not court
call.?Yorkville New Era.
Should be on the sideboard?good
cheer for the host and guest?SHAW'S
PURE MALT. For sale at the dispensary.
^
Both Needed Trimming.
An old lady of his flock once called upon
Dr. Gill with a grievance, says London
Tit Bits. The doctor's neckbands
were too long for her idea of ministerial
humility, and after a long harangue on
the sin of pride she intimated that she
had brought a pair of scissors with her
and would be pleased if her dear pastor
would permit her to cut them down to
her notions of propriety.
The doctor not only listened patiently
but handed over the offending white bands
to be operated upon. When she had cut
them to her satisfaction and returned the
bibs it was the doctor's turn.
" Now," said he, "you must do me a
good turn also."
"Yes, that I will, doctor. What can it
be?"
"Well, you have something about you
? 1 4 - - 1 J L2.1
WMcn IS a aeai loo long, ana wmcu ukubcs
me no end of trouble, and I should like
to see it shorter." ,
"Indeed, dear sir, I will not hesitate.
What is it? Here are the scissors; use
them as you please." ,
"Come, then," said the sturdy divine;
"Good sister, put out your tongue." ]
> SPOILED HER BEAUTY. .
Harriet Howard, of W. 34th St., New
York, at one time had her beauty spoiled 1
with skin trouble. She writes: "I had 1
salt rheum or eczema for years, but noth- i
ing would cure it, until I used Bpcklen's
Arnica 8alve." A quick and sure healer 1
for cuts, burns and ^ores.. 26c at J, B. 1
[ Black's and H. P. Hoover1*. 1
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS.
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN TARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around
the County and Elsewhere.
A OfTlklAM X* 1 aaIi'avi
A JL ] llliau JilWtlVHi
Jenny's, Dec. 80.?At tbejregular meeting
of Endowment lodge, No. 127, K. of
P., held Thuisday evening, the following
officers were elected to serve for the enmingyear:
R. E. Piatt, C. C.; G. W.
Jenny, V. C.; G. M. Main, prelate; J. R.
Loadholdt, M. of W.; J. L. Folk, K. of
R. and 8.; W. H. Ritier, M. of F.; 8. E.
Bailey, M. of*E.; W. H. Mizson, M. at A.;
D. 8. Piatt, I. G,; R. Mills, 0. G.', Capt.
J. W. Jenny was elected trustee. The
installation will take place on the second
Thursday evening in January.
Married In ('heater.
On Monday morning, December 25th,
in the city of Chester, Mr. W. D. Rice, of
Denmark, and Miss Jennie May Carroll
were married at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Carroll, by
Rev. M. L. Banks.
The parlor was prettily decorated in
white and green and here only the family
and a few invited guests witnessed the
impressive ceremony. The bride wore a
very becoming suit of gray with hat to
match.
Mr. Rice is a successful business man
at Denmark. The brjde is one of Chester's
accomplished young ladies, and for
the last two years has been teaching in
the graded school at Denmark, where she
will continue teaching the remainder of
the school term.
Mr. and Mrs. Rice left on the early
morning train amid hearty good wishes
and congratulations for a bridal trip to
Washington.
Country Correspondence.
Happy New Year to all! I!
Christmas was very pleasantly spent,
Bven though the weather was rather wet.
Mr. and Mrs. Sandifer, of Augusta, visited
their parents during the holidays.
Wedding bells rang from our midst on
3undaylast. Mr. Barnie Harrison and
Hiss Eva Boyles, of Denmark, were married
at the home of the bride. Best
criahes.
We are sorry to lose from our midst
Mrs. Julia Sandifer and her estimable
family. Our loss is Denmark's gain.
Messrs. B. A. Jordan and B. C. Berry,
Mi? If. 3kYonce and Miss Delma Jorlan,
of Johnston, spent the holidays with
relatives in our midst.
Misses Alma and Naomi Sandifer spent
;he holidays at their home, returning
Monday to their school dnties.
Master David Hill is attending school
[n Bamberg.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot Sandifer enterained
at their home last Wednesday
evening in honor of their cousins of
Edgefield. Quite a pleasant evening was
jpent and those who got yet going home
will ever remember the evening.
Marriage in Monroe.
Bbanchvtlle, Dec. 29.?At the home
of the bride's parents at Monroe, N. C.,
Thursday evening, December 21st, at
7.80 o'clock, Mr. A. F. H. Dnkes of this
place and Miss Annie ?. Fletcher were
married, the ceremony being performed
by Rev: W. M. Watson of the Methodist
church. v
Miss Fletcher, now Mrs. Dukes, is no
stranger here, having spent some time
with her friends, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Bass, during the summer. Mr. Dukes is
one of our most popular young men and
the many friends of these young people
welcome them to Branchville where they
will make their future home.
Her Simple Request.
"I am going to ask a great favor of
yon," she said hesitatingly.
"It is already granted," he answered
devotedly.
"A very great favoj," she repeated, as
if doubtful of the propriety of stating it.
"You're sure you won t think it presumptions
or forward of me?"
"Never," he answered. "I glory in
this evidence of your trpst and confidence.
Only tell me what I can do for you."
"Well," she replied, with evident reluctance.
"Would you mind getting up
off that rustic bench. Papa painted it
this afternoon and he will be awfully
provoked if he has to do it over again."
City Council Meeting.
City council held a regular monthly
meeting last Tuesday evening. Present:
Mayor Dickinson; Aldermen Cooner,
Stokes, Brabham, Hair, Felder and Riley.
A number of bills were approved and
ordered paid.
The mayor reported progress with the
raiiroaa atuaonues iu lae una iter 01 removing
timber on Railroad Avenue.
Council desires that at least this timber
should be moved by the railroad more
rapidly than at present.
An ordinance was passed in reference
to the electric light bonds.
The matter of allowing parties to compromise
cases of stealing, after arrests
have been made by policemen, was
brought up, and the policemen were instructed
to hereafter hold prisoners for
trial, no matter what compromises were
made.
On motion the pipe from artesian well
to cotton mill was ordered repaired, parties
tapping same and getting water therefrom
to pay pro rata share of expenses.
TWO NEGROES IN PENITENTIARY. .
Their Story of the Killing of H. S. Craddock at
Ulmers?Solicitor Davis Talks.
Angus Brandt and Angus Branson,
two negroes who were with Mr. Haynes
Craddock when he was killed] near Ulmers
the Friday night before Christmas,
are in the penitentiary for safe keeping.
They were arrested on suspicion that one
of them fired the shot which caused the
death of Mr. Craddock.
TV. n fw/% ?o ro o lrtm AF^Oi1 A^ I
intelligence and naturally are very much
frightened. They were seen yesterday
by a reporter of The State and answered
very guardedly everything that was asked
them. It was learned, however, that
they had gone to Mr. Craddock's store
tbat night to settle up and that he asked
them to go with him over to Frank DeLoach's
to get some money on ginning
account which Frank DeLo&ch owed
him.
They deny emphatically thatCraddock
was drinking and state that Craddock's
visit to DeLoach's was for the purpose of i
collecting money. They state also that
this was but a pretext for the visit and
that there was somevother motive. Angus
Brandt carried a shotgun and this,
with other circamstances, tends to discredit
the statement of the negroes as to
motive.
Angus Branson had gone to the well
when the shot was fired. Angus Brandt
was with Craddock. Both negroes ran.
They maintain stoutly that John DeLoach
killed Craddock and that he admitted
it before he was lynched. These
two negroes, who ran and left Craddock
lying on the ground, were arrested as
were the two DeLoach negroes. But
they were placed in separate corn cribs
on the Craddock place. It was in broad
daylight when these two negroes saw
the crowd swarming around the other
crib, but each professes not to have recognized
any of the people in that crowd.
Afterwards they Were informed that this
crowd took the two DeLoach negroes
about three miles in the country and put
them to death. However, of that they
were not eye witnesses.
They were kept in confinement until
that afternoon just before sunset when
the coroner's jury met, when they were
produced as witnesses. The older of the
two, Augus Brandt, stated yesterday that
there was no row between Craddock and
Frank .DeLoach and that John DeLoach
deliberately murdered Craddock. The
story appears to be a little singular and
the negroes etre trying to hide something',
apparently.
Solicitor James I). Davis, who was in
the city yesterday, stated that he has secured
some information in the case. He
deplores the killing of Mr. Craddock, who
was the solicitor's friend and client. Mr.
Davis says the deceased was a mild-mannered
man, not given to quarreling and
could not have been killed in a brawl.
There must have been something else behind
the homicide. But even granting
that it was murder, Mr. Davis does not
see how that would in any way justify
the murder of two negro prisoners in tne
broad light of day and he intends to
probe this matter to the bottom.?The.
State.
Alliance Fight Settled.
The announcement that the Supreme
Court had decided the Farmer's Alliance
case puts an end to a long and tedious
fight for the possession of $18,000 which
belonged to the Alliance exchange and is
all that remains of a once powerful or*
ganization.
The fight started several years ago
when H. E. Brookshire, business agent
for the exchange, announced that the
fund- could not be distributed as was desired
by the stockholders. An injunction
| was brought and the fund thrown into
the hands of a receiver. Afterwards it
was deposited in the Palmetto bank, of
Columbia, and has since remained there
awaiting a decision by the Circuit and
8npreme Courts.
The decision means that the fund will
be distributed among the stockholders
and it is probable that a meeting will
soon be called to do this. It has been
suggested that the money be turned over
I to the Southern cotton association or,
some other organization for farmers, but
it is not probable that this will be done.
There was originally about $28,000, but
some of this has been lost in litigation
and some by mismanagement.
The State House.
The compiling of figures since 1887
show that nearly three million dollars
have been expended on our State capitol
building and it is not yet completed, nor
is it even in satisfactory condition. The
roof and other repairs are badly needed.
Full Up.
When the ladies were picking up the
dishes after a Sunday-school picnic given
to children of the poor quarter several
slices of cake were found which they did
not wish to carry home. i
One said to a small lad who was already
asthmatic from gorging, "Here, boy,
won't you have another piece of cake?"
"Well," he replied, taking it rather
listlessly, "I guess I can still chaw, but I
can't swaller."
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HE BET ON CLEVELAND.
Death of a Syracuse Undertaker Who Won ft
Pile on Grover Cleveland in 1384.
John McCarthy, an undertaker&and
also well ^nown all over the country aft
one of the most enthusiastic of democrats,
died in Syracuse, N. Y., on Tuesday, at
the age of 69 years. >
McCarthy bet everything that he potsessed
in 1884. even the hearse that hft
used in his undertaking business, thai
Cleveland would defeat Blaine. As it
happened Cleveland was the winner, HeCarthy
cashed in for a comfortable sum.
During the past few years McCarthy
has been one of William J. Bryan's warm*
est supporters. , *
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Pleasant Entertainment.
A party of young folks enjoyed a very :J^m*
pleasant entertainment at the home of
Mr. J. D. Pelder last Wednesday even- }/.'$
ing. This, coming as it did during the
holiday season, was quite suitable, and
the Misses Felder were at their, best as
hostesses. Pictures cut in half were die- A .
tributed to the company present, and by *
matching the parts couples weje formed . %
for the game of the evening. This was
the testing of the several abilities of
those participating, for answering a nam- ; {
ber of difficult questions of an interesting \
nature was the game.
After a very pleasing course of refreshments,
the prizes were delivered, .Miss . fM
Marie Stokes and Dr. Robert Black were ?
the winners of the first prize; the coneolation
going to Mr. Barton Felder. Those
present were: Misses Irene An- Sp
drews, Qattie Sue Brabham, Essie Free,
Marie Stokes, Nellie Black, Myra Hooton,
Ellen Felder, Sallie Felder, Mabel Felder;
Messrs. Barton Felder, Emory Hooton,
Howard Sheridan, 0. D. Faust, Jr., M. W.
Brabham, Philip Murphy.
The Prosperity of Bamberg. ; :
Editor The Bamberg Herald: A notice
appears in the current issue of your paper,
announcing the organization next,
week, of another bank in tbjs town.
Some question teems to exist as to the
necesrity for the formation of such an in- '
stitution here, Bamberg now possessing
a flourishing bank, intelligently and conservatively
conducted, and, as I have
been informed, claiming to be amply \
capable of meeting any and all demands
made upon it.
I therefore request the publication of a .
few remarks at this juncture, which I
deem pertinent and suggestive to every
bilslnes&'man in Bamberg and to every
farmer who transacts his business, in this
town and naturally feels an interest in the
progress of the community. Bamberg is
a thriving place, and I figure that the
annual business will total between one M' tfh
and one half and two millions of dollars,
and I know of no other town in the State
offering better inducements to the pros- . _
pective settler in any line of business
activity. This being so dearly a fact, is. ^
order to invite the location of such in oar
midst, we most in every way possible expand
and with this expansion and its advertisement
to the world, ttiatj^With'ib^'^^^j
in ourselves, we are preparing to meet
all possible demands, it is to me & certain
thing that it will be a very short while
before we shall be taken at our own
valuation, and new blood, new enter-,
prises, and fresh capital will bo injected^?^0.
into our community.
What I bare written might be taken to ? "
mean that the new bank is organized for
the purpose of meeting business calls not
now'existent, but a probability of the
future. I beg at once to correct sochverroneous
impression by the bold as*
sertion that I know of no city or town in
the State of South Carolina which offers
better inducements at this moment for i
the establishment of a lire banking ins&r
tution, and I am equally certain that itf . ^
organization will be a positive benefit M
rather than a hindrance to the existing
institution.
Orangeburg certainly does.not quadruple
the annual business of Bamberg, and
still Orangeburg has four banks, and I
hare it on reliable authority that one of
those banks last year (1905) cleared 15 r;
per cent, on its capital stock! Without 1 vj
definite information, I take it for granted
that the other three hanks are doingA
equally as well for their stockholders. _ f*
We all know that trade naturally tribu- > . ^
tary to Bamberg is now going to other y
nearby towns. With this trade secured
for our town, it would mean expansion ^
in every line of trade; more people in
town every day; more cotton sold here ; r
more money spent here, and possibly
more of our wide awake and progressive
farmers erecting tasteful residences here
and educating their children in our
schools. :
Therefore, let us every one commence
this beautiful new year enthusiastic as to
the present and future of Bamberg and * .
with every shoulder at the wheel of
progress and a strong, continuous, never
tirinc push, we shall surely make her the
BANNER TOWN 0P;80UTH CAROLINA,
T. . STEEDMAN.
Bamberg, 8. C., January.2nd, 1906.
After
a separation of 95 years the
Northern Presbyterian chnrch and the
Cumberland Presbyterian chnrch h&Yt
united, the final agreement having been
reached at a meeting of the joint assemblies
in St Louis on Friday. <
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