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- : ' .... 'r mw? '' K- ' " "'V'' ' mI ttlty Hamburg Hfrralbi ==================== Thursday, Feb. 14th, 1907 = - . = l?%v / Short Locals. & . We need a progressive mayor and board of aldermen for the town for i ' the next two years. Our people ought to be thinking about the material which is to compose the next city council. The district lodge Knights of Pythias is to meet in Bamberg on Wednesday, the 27th instant. Dr. V. W. Brabham has moved into his offices n the new building of the Bamberg Banking Company. Barnwell county's tax levy for the j coming year is 3? mills, which is one half mill higher than bamberg s. I It gives us no pleasure to say so, but we are afraid Bamberg is gen-1 erally regarded as a town of pretty g|P bad morals. The Stats levy this year will be P? lower than last. The legislature has ] r fixed the levy at 4i mills; last year it j was 5 mills. Messrs. W. L. and W. H. Mitchum, merchants of Ehrhardt, are to be declared bankrupts, proceedings having been begun. INice winter weather we had last week. It was a blessing to this section, for it enabled many people to - save their meat. Be sure to read G. Frank Bamberg's half page ad. this week. He 1 > is determined to reduce his stock of Ip vehicles and live stock. The Bell Company's linemen are | hard at work rebuilding the telephone lines at this place. Cable is m': - being strung on the principal streets. Pp' . The new building of the Bamberg Banking Company is having the fin|; ishing touches put on. The bank will no doubt move into it this or El next week. '0U Mr. J. J Smoak announces that he is back in business at the same old stand and can serve you with first aIass livprv Hp also has some fine ife stock on hand for sale, p ; ?Mr. and Mrs. A. McB. Speaks, of &X. Varnville, will move to town this week. They will occupy the G. jg? Frank Bamberg residence, which & they have purchased. ' Mr. E. A. Hooton will open up a jfe stock of dry goods, notions, and 0% gents' furnishings in the store under Johnson's Hotel about the 18th. fi-See his ad. in this issue. . Ladies don't buy your white goods, p white linens or embroideries until jg; you see the prettiest and cheapest line ever shown in Bamberg at Armz i strong-J ohnson-Brabham Company's. ECol. Jas. T. Bacon did not give his entertainment here last Friday evening, on account of the very bad weather. He will give it at a later date, which will be announced in due ? season. < " The Bamberg Guards are to be I inspected by the adjutant general on i A 4-V* Tko IfcATTC s,' Xliui&ucry, xuaiui xim. j.m. uujo are drilling every Tuesday and Thursday evening, preparing for in& spection. The legislature has fixed the tax ? / levy for Bamberg county this year at three mills. We don't know what ^: they expect to do with the money, for it.seems certain that we will not jpk- need it. Patronize The Herald's advertisers when you have money to spend. They will appreciate your patronage, 8p"and you help out The Herald by fi': trading with those who patronize I usP-v City council is having the town p- hall repaired and improved. The old ; stage has been torn out and the over| head replastered. The woodwork f: has been repainted and a regalia 5 room for the Masons built. Ladies don't buy your white goods, white linens or embroideries until | you see the prettiest and cheapest j fe. v line ever shown in Bamberg at Arm-1 strong-Johnson-Brabham Company's. I The Woman's Home Mission So-j ciety will hold the regular monthly V meeting next Tuesday afternoon, in f; . " the ladies' parlor of the Methodist church, at 4 o'clock. Let every member be present, this being the time for the election of officers. Miss Sallie Kenvon has decided to! v discontinue running the Averleigh House here, and will make Bamberg their future home. She offers the ? furniture and other household goods! for sale at auction on Saturday, Feb. 15.?Dorchester Eagle. A protracted meeting will begin at the Methodist church in this city next Sunday morning. Rev. Thomas Leitch will do the preaching. It is likely that two services a day will be y, held, but the hours have not been arranged as yet. All are invited to : ? attend. There will be a special meeting of Bamberg lodge, Knights of Pythias, tomorrow (Friday) evening at 7:30 o'clock. A full attendance of the members is requested, as final arrangements are to be made for the i.: ? l ? j i_:_u IllWUIlg Ul Lilt; WlbUlCL lUUgc, WHICH is to convene here on Tuesday, the 26th instant. Ladies don't buy yOur white goods, white linens or embroideries until you see the prettiest and cheapest line ever shown in Bamberg at Armstrong-Johnson-Brabham Co's. Mr. J. B. Traywick and Miss Edna Tatum, both of Cope, were married one night last week. We congratulate Mr. Traywick on winning such a > charming lady as Miss Tatum for a life partner. We extend them our warmest congratulations, and wish them a long and happy life. ?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Pij,vT' . c ', V If IfSp? g? DEVELOPMEN f OF FRUIT Successful Experiments of the Agricultural Department. TWO NEW VARIETIES OF LIMES Small and Large Specimens Which Arc Regarded as Commercial Saccesses?How the Morton Citrangre Was Developed?May Be Less Expensive to Grow Than Orange*. Improved Pineapples. I New treats are in store for persons who enjoy a variety of fruits in the summer and early fall or who find comfort on hot summer days in sipping cooling drinks. Never content with results that may be so far in advance of past achievements as to seem like new milestones in the progress of their investigations, the plant and fruit experts of the department of agriculture are continuing unceasingly their search for novelties, says the New York Posts Washington corre- j spondent. They note even the least in-1 dication of new traits which impress them as possessing possibilities of development and see whether results cannot be gained in the permanent betterment of the fruit species to which that particular product belongs. One of the most popular and deli 1 1- ? of ClOUS Illirsi quencmug uawiivuo ?i this season of the year is limeade. Up to within seven or eight years ago, although the lime as a fruit was grown in all tropical and subtropical countries for home consumption, it was only at a very few places that it was cultivated extensively for the manufacture of an article known as "lime juice." Xo commercial culture existed, however, in any part of the United States, and this was an evident Indication that there was no demand which made fruit growers suppose It would be worth their while to grow limes. When the use of limes at soda fountains was introduced the demand increased so rapidly that the fruit attained standing as a commercial product and developed trade possibilities which were promptly recognized by plantation owners in southern Florida. As the general demand for the lime is of such recent origin, very few varieties have been specifically named or become permanently introduced in TI10 principal ill Ulfc.tr Li>. ouiut>?a;iiuuos of tlie United States have shown a decided preference for the small specimens, while in other cases large limes are more in demand. Some are very seedy, others nearly seedless. Some ripen early! while others do not reach their prime until late in the season. The unknown qualities of the lime are so great when compared with similar varieties of fruit which have been under observation and cultivation for decades past that there has been unusual difficulty in differentiating closely between the few varieties now practically established and the others which are still largely in an experimental stage. After much experimentation the de* partment experts have given names to two specimens which have progressed under their care to a point where they are looked upon as commercial successes. The smaller of the two" is a hvhrifi nf the West Indian lime with polleu of the Sicily lemon and has been named the "Palmetto." The original seedling was grown, fruited and tested in the subtropical garden of the department at Miami, Fla. The original experimental tree produced only three seedlings. One of these was small and ultimately died, but both of the others, which are almost exact duplicates of each other, have borne fruit which has had one of the chief marks of success?uniformity of size. Each lime weighs a trifle over one ounce, is nearly round, with a smooth surface and a rind less than one-sixteenth of an inch in thickness. The pulp, of a light greenish color, is tender and very Juicy, with a flavor which, the experts describe as "a sprightly acid of excellent bouquet." It is almost seedless, having usually only from three to six seeds. A feature recommending it to fruit growers is that it matures early and that because of the spreading, bushy nature of the vigorous hybridized tree it bears the greater part of the fruit near the ends of the branches, where it may be picked with the minimum of trouble and injury. This small, regular and very juicy I type exactly fits the requirements of the trade in some sections of the country and is destined to command a good price and wide market for the growers. For other sections, however, where for some reason or other the larger specimen of limes is preferred, the experts have provided a cross between the West Indian lime and the grape fruit' This has been named the "Everglade** lime, producing the lar-1 gest fruit6 of any lime tested In the course of the official experiments in hybridisation. The fruit is elliptical, measuring from an inch and a half to two inches in diameter and from one and three-quarters to more than two inches in height. Its color is light yellow. without the greenish tinge which distinguishes the smaller palmetto variety. Its characteristics are very similar to those of the smaller fruit, of course, but it has the advantage of producing at least a half an ounce more fruit content on the average than its more diminutive hybrid relative. While developing these two new specimens in the line of acid fruits, thp experts did not overlook the increasing demand for fruit of sufficiently appetizing characteristics to find favor as breakfast food. The great popularity attained by the grap* -it and the scientific success attain in the development of the Ruskano li hybrid citranges led to further : with other hybrids. This has re. ea in the production of the .Morton . .'irange, so named in recognition of ihe valuable services to agriculture of the late Hon. J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska, secretary of agriculture under Cleveland. . The experiments iu this instance were made at Eustis, Fla., the original fruit from which this hybrid developed having been a cross of the trifoliago orange with pollen of the sweet orange. This cross fruit produced forty seedlings. of which eleven developed unmistakable signs of the true hybrid In exhibiting clearly intermediate character of foliage. As a dessert fruit or - - . _ !_ t i. for eating at any nnie it uas uc-uii found to be much superior to the two citranges developed prior to last winter, while it is as desirable for making a beverage similar to lemonade or limeade. Its rather firm membranes, separating tlie segments of the fruit, permit easy extraction of the pulp with a spoon, thereby putting it at once into the class with grape fruit It has a very slight bitter taste and when served with sugar can be macje to meet every demand of individual taste. For ordinary eating it is a little more sour than the ordinary sweet orange, but not any more so than some of the so called sweet oranges which find their way to the markets of the big cities. It is practically a seedless^ruit. A feature of interest to consumers of this new fruit is the probability that it will be less expensive than oranges, for instance, because greater hardiness nf th<* hvbrid makes nosslble its cnlti vation in sections where trees of similar species are killed by frost. Whilo the cold resistant quality of the Mor ton has not been tested to its limit, the record of experiments shows that it went through all the winters at Glen St. Mary, Fla., since 1S99 without losing its leaves. Several severe freezes ; which were disastrous to other species [ and seriously affected the orange industry even much farther south occurred during this time. Buds eight months old experienced without noticeable effect a temperature going down to 15 degrees. Experiments In Georgia returned similarly successful results in temperature falling to 8 degrees, showing that it can be grown not only wherever the orange is successful, but in additional localities where the orange could not survive the low temperature^ This is an important feature as respects the availability of the fruit as a market commodity, a fact which is of general interest at such times as a great freeze in the south, when an orange crop may be killed off In a single night. Pineapples, which enter so largely into table use, either as a fresh fruit, a preserve or in the preparation of a beverage, have also been the subject of experiments by the fruit specialists of the department. When the experts began this work some years back there Trrna nrt t/u<hnir>nl Htowtliro All flip Hllh ject available for,their guidance. Experiments at West Palm Beach did not result as well as anticipated when first started, so finally the hybrid seed obtained in the course of crossing experiments was planted in a government greenhouse in Washington. When the young hybrid plants had reached a height of from six to eight inches they were shipp'ed south and transplanted at the subtropical garden at Miami, Fla. Heretofore it has been asserted by growers that eight years was the time required for a pineapple to bear fruit, but these experiments have demonstrated that it can be done in four years if the plants are properly handled and nurtured. To test the progress made from year to year pineapples grown from these experimental plants have been brought to Washington and compared with the best fruits obtainable in the Washington markets. In every case the experts found the flavor of the hybrids ^ rtt-kA fKia -fh/vtr lio T*A IU IAJ UpCl 1U19 aiiu i&v/ui Hiio uuvj uui v deduced the Idea that the commercial line has been grown so many years without seed propagation that the old varieties have deteriorated. To maintain the highest quality a return to seed propagation is recommended by some of the experts, so that recent experiments may turn out not only to have produced new hybrids, but to have started a rejuvenation of the old species which had received a minimum of scientific care In the rush of commercial development.i Conquering the Colorado. The first of the great American rivers to be completely held in bondage by a dam will be the Colorado, says the St. Louis Tost-Dlspatch. The Laguna dam, twelve miles above Yuma, Ariz., will be completed by the government hi two years. It will be 4,800 feet long and will be secured at the ends in the mountains which compress the Colorado at that point into this narrow width. The dam will consist Of three massive concrete parallel walls, the snaces filled with stones and the whole width of the dam on top 244 feet. This great barrier will weigh 600,000 tons, and, although it will not rest upon rock, its weight will be such that not even the Colorado will be able to dislodge it In low water the dam will back the river up and afford irrigation for 100,000 acres of rich bottom laud, and in flood time the Colorado will thunder over the top. Artificial Ruin. One of the Taris hotels in the Place Vendome has arranged to supply its guests with a shower of rain to order, says a special Paris cablegram to the Washington Star. By iui arrangement of pipes placed high in the air over the courtyard a shower Is obtained whenever required. The guests may sit under an immense umbrella twenty-five feet In diameter, enjoying the cool rainfall on a hot summer day. . \f t For Twenty Koys Fertil have TRADE MARK beCai M tjOh , from See i } JL ? REGISTERED IS 01 genu F. S. 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Now is the time to have your buggy repaired and painted 2K to look and last as good as new. w Horseshoeing a Specialty Jgj Vn|t|pt I Grist MmEonA Saturdays X ^"IIICIJ I have also added a . ,rrv I FIRST-CLASS RICE HILL 1 AND and will grind on Wednesdays X and Saturdays. " ht I have also just put in a ? 1 Will Open < Good Year Tire Setting Machine ffi plete line of and can now put on rubber tires ? niclnno-c in i and repair Bicycle Buggies in . A 111 ? Factory Style. j* door to Hoo i). J. DELK. 1 * i Wjn HOLLISTER'S Sfc HPPi! Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets x A Busy Medicine for Busy People. a CApcr Brings Golden Health and Renewed Vigor. M A specific for Constipation. Indigestion, Liver ? and Kidney troubles. Pimples, Eczema. Impure w m ? ?Ai Blood. Pad Breath, Sluggish Bowels. Headache A L A Hill and Backache. Its Rocky Mountain Tea in tab- w La fig IIV/1 let form. 36 oenu a box. Genuine made by Hollistkb Dbuo Company. Madison. Wis. w VOLOEN NUG6ET8 FOR SALLOW PEOPLE ; . . ....-w \ \ A". . 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Special...... ....fliff | g||S \flA, od c of the CORDURA, one of the newest r Imh -terial for spring Black Goods.. It is thinner than \ HjgB panama, yet heavier than batiste; J > inches. Lovely has a luster like silk; is 42 inches ^#|g pey and tan. or. wide, and costs | %*$? OtJv only . ..ItJv. | tATISTE, the ideal goods for an Easter dress. Lovely |:|pl per suits. We show exquisite shades of Tan, Brown, J, Helio, Baby Blue, Pink, Navy, Cream and1 Black. : < isite finish to our superb silky Batiste. Can't be CO* ;ate for our price *. -t)w |p|? HBERG HERALD COUPON >t Good After February IS, 1907 ^ will be accepted as Ten (10) cents Cash on an.order . s >f these Dress Goods advertised, jt jt Jt jt Write Your Name and Address v v^ifl IEODORE KOHN'S I URG, - - SOUTH CAROLINA I hing New in Bamberg!I YOU ARE INVITED TO COME 1 about FEBRUARY 18th with a com- A Drv Goods, Motions, and Men's Fur- 9 ver's Drug Store. X also have a DRESS MAKING A VRTMENT, managed by an ienced Dress Maker :: :: :: ? )T0N, Bamberg^ SoiithCar.|