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& ^ :?-V" : ?>'- -j. - " 4' .-- . . ...; * ? > Bamberg ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 A. IV. KNIGHT, Editor. Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for < first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent 1 insertion. Liberal contracts made foi < three, six, or twelve months. Want No- , tices one cent a word each insertion. Local * Notices 8c. 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 1 welcomed. Those of a personal nature ] will not be published unless paid for. < Thursday, March 7th, 1907 ; I ? \ I. ? .1 1 1 _ i Notwithstanding tnat jeamoerg is ( one of the smallest counties in the 1 State, its financial condition today is : second to none. Our tax levy is only three mills; we have good roads and good schools, the county does not owe a dollar, and there is a large surplus : fe ' in the treasury, nearly enough to j run the county this year without ' levying one cent of taxes. We doubt very much if any county in the State . H^v ' can make a similar showing. , m i Two negroes in Gaffney have been 1 IH sentenced to imprisonment for life J for killing a white man with whom 1 r-- they were drinking and] carousing. . Another illustration of the results of ] bad company. A white man who ! will drink with negroes is a character J whom they would do well to let alone. ] I: Social equality in this respect can on- ] [V ]y result in harm to the negro, and 1 the blacks should avoid as they would [ a pestilence white men of this stamp. , Onn +Viir?or ir?nrt>CC?1 HQ VATV "foTPl- 1 VUC Uiuig m^/ivijuvw ??, ? ^ ;^r bly during the recent session of the district lodge, Knights of Pythias, in this city. Every visitor with whom I:- we conversed remarked that he had j I v heard of Bamberg as a town of handsome residences, so it seems that the ] ||;> town's reputation for fine houses has < gone abroad. Is it not fair to pre- j - sume that our reputation for poor ] business houses has also been extend- \ ?& ed? Of course the visitors were too i Bp polite to mention such a thing, but 1 p . no doubt they had heard of Bam- \ jfe berg's poor record in this respect. ] g|v' Some people may believe that this i gp^- does not hurt a town, but it does. It 1 is time such a reproach was being reinoved. Bps- v County Expenses Explained. 1 In the condensed statement pub- } jjfc- fished last week of the expenses of 7 Bamberg county for the past year, J ||v? there was one item which is calculat- j If 5 ed to produce a wrong impression. 1 Under th6 heading of miscellaneous ' p.-. there was charged about eight 1 iy- thousand dollars, making the exB|.1 penses for the year foot up nearly ; ?g|y $20,000. Now, $5,000 of this was to j fe-- . repay a loan to the sinking fund, and has no proper place in the ex- , penses of last year. True the money : was paid out last year, but only be- 1 cause the county was in such good T financial shape was the money rey turned. Several years ago, when the county was in debt, $5,000 was ' borrowed from the sinking fund 1 ^ commission in order that all claims 1 against the county might be paid in cash, and this amount has been ree, borrowed every year since, and was ! - not finally paid back until last year. So the total county expenses for last J year were something like $14,000 instead of over $19,000 as published, 1 which is quite a difference. We are glad that this is so, and we are also 1 glad to relieve any wrong impression which may have been produced by \ publication of the figures. OFFER $90,000 FOR CHURCH. 1|? Baltimore Negroes Buying Property j in Once Fashionable Section. ] Baltimore, Md., Feb. 26.?Ne- ( groes who have rapidly been locating ] in what was once one of the fashion- 1 fc able sections of West Baltimore, thus 0 causing a rapid depreciation in real * estate values in that vicinity, are now trying to buy St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal church, Druid Hill avenue and Lanville street, one of the finest j edifices in that part of town. ' A negro Methodist congregation pr has offered $90,000 for the church 1 building, a spacious, whitestone . structure. Members of the vestry 1 admit that one offer has been made for the property. The negroes have bought all the avaiiaoie property in the neighborhood of the church, and j most of the members of that congre- 1 gation who resided there have moved ^ - away. 1 Some time ago the negroes tried i to buy a Lutheran church a few ] blocks west of St. Peter's, and they ? have recently built two fine church ? edifices in the same vicinity. 1 People who go to church be enter- 3 tained seldom come away benefitted. 3 "She's no lady," scornfully declar- 1 ed a nursemaid in a Brooklyn family , where they kept five servants, referring to her mistress: ' 'She wears an apron around the house in the morn- < ing and tends the baby mostly her- ] Aself." To this crushing indictment was added, after a pause: "And she < hasn't had a bridge party since I've 1 been here." < m ' &;.> l * -? ' * m . "TOM THUHB" DEAD. Created a Sensation in London Fifty Years Ago. London, Feb. 28. - Richard Carnsey, known as "Field Marshal Tom rhumb," and who created a great sensation at the Egyptian Hall, London, fifty years ago, by his diminutive stature, is dead at his home in Somert, at the age of seventy-four years. When he appeared in London half a century ago he followed close on the much boomed appearance of the American Tom Thumb, causing an even- greater sensation than that midget had caused. Afterward Carnsey travelled all over Europe, his perfectly formed figure being examined by doctors everywhere. After giving up exhibiting himself in public he commenced farming and enjoyed splendid health until a short time 1?' 1--~ ua tttoci inet fviroo ueiurt; 1115 utjcitu. nc noo ju?v feet in height. Among the Animals. A story is told of a Cherokee woman who has married six times, and has never gotten out of the animal line. When she was a girl, she was known as Miss Mollie Panther. She married an Indian named Coon, and when that gentleman was transferred to the happy hunting grounds she soon became Mrs. Fox. The Fox did not last always, and when he entered the last chase the widow married a mild, placid man named Mule, who never had any kick coming until he harnessed up to draw his load across the Great Divide. After a period of mourning the widow again entered the realms of matrimonial bliss and became Mrs. Wolf, and when his scalp went to the Great Father, along with his corporeal remains, she became the wife of a man Tio-ar onrl TrrVicm IVTr Ticrpr L1U111V/U X y IM1U w iiv*i ? -0 changed his stripes for a pretty white robe in the Great Beyond she selected another husband by the name of Rabbit.?Kansas City Journal. 1 ^^^^1 The Kind cf a Dog It Was. The following notice has been published in a northern Peninsular paper by a French-Canadian: "Loosed. One dawg. Been loose lim bout three weeks. Him white Jog almost white with him tail cut jff close to her body. Anybody find ler bring him to me. I belong to lim and will give good rewards for the same. Black spot on him nose iboutsize fifty cents or a dollar piece, Canada money or United States monjy all the same. For yours truly with anxious, Felix Carno, hind side Methody church about three blocks n the house upstairs with green painting.'* . An Awful Accident. Pelzer, Feb. 28.? Mr. John M. iTyatt, a farmer, living on Dr. B. F. Brown's place three n iles from Peller, while pinching a car loaded with juano at Pelzer depot this morning slipped and had his right leg and left 1 __ 1- - Jl? 1?J v.. lana so oauiy masiieu uy utc \ml vheels that it was necessary to amputate them. Drs. Dendy, Wideman, Strickland md Browh cut off Mr. Hyatt's leg ibove the knee and his hand below die elbow. Mr. Hyatt is a married man and las nine children, the oldest of which s only fourteen years. Clothes. To be a leader of fashion one must be a follower. The man who pays the compliment is not always the roan who pays for the gown. "United we stand, but divided we get all sorts of mean things said about us," saith The Skirt. The most adorned woman is not always the most adored. As a man's salary gets higher his ivife's gowns get lower. A widow and her weeds are soon Darted. * n r - V - - _ _ 1 j i i An old iasrnon is uiu, uui an <ui:ient fashion is always modern? Walter Pulitzer in March Delineator. A Woman's New Title. A widow Morgan, who flourished in Richmond, and who did a little banking business on her own account, sashing bills for men in distress, nadeher appearance at Old Point in the height of the season. "She must be a lady of quality," said one. "A marchioness," said another. "A duchess," said a third. "The powers! You're all wrong," said an army officer. "I know this ady well; she's not even a countess!" "What then," was the simultaneous question. t "Why, gentlemen, the fact is she is a discountess." Color Line In the North. Cleveland, Ohio, Mar. 1.?The nolor line is drawn by the Central Y. M. C. A. Edward Daw, a negro messenger in the federal building, srught to join the association to have the advantage of its educational classes. He says Secretary A. B. Williams, T*. tnl/S Viim fV?o+ Km>qiiqo nf Viiq Jim) l/v/tvt 111 AH VA1|*V m/VVMUWV VA **?V/ 2olor he would not be admitted; that there were one or two negroes aU ready members and that there is prejudice about it in the association. Daw is junior committeeman of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. His cvife is president of the Woman's Auxiliary. He is well educated. "That dog I bought of you yester3ay turns out to be a ferocious animal. He bit my little boy's leg." "Well, sir," replied the dog fancier, "didn't I tell you when you bought 'im that he was very fond of children? ' : * ' ' ' ' Valuable Real Estate FOR SALE 3 one acre lots on New Bridge street near Southern depot. Price $550 each. 105 acre farm, one mile South of Bamberg. Good dwelling and outbuildings, heavily timbered. Price $2,500. One dwelling and lot on South side of Railroad Avenue. Lot runs from Railroad Avenue to Broad Street. $900.00. 400 acre farm 5 miles of Bamberg, 12 ! horse farm open, high state of cultiva- j tion, 12 tenant houses in excellent condi- j tion. Price on application. Vnnant r.nrner lot on Main Street, near ! graded school. Beautiful building site. ! Price ?1,000.00. Four store lots in Denmark, opposite J telephone office, 25x100 feet each. For j price, see or write me. Two store lots in Denmark, 25x100 feet each. Price $150.00 each. 200 acres of land near Rev. Romeo Govan?well timbered and a bargain. $1,500.00. 350 acres clay land, 5 miles South of Bamberg, on Odom's bridge road. See me for prices. 180 acres of land, Odom's place road, well improved, will rent for $250. Price $2,700.00. 600 acres clay land, 7 miles from Bamberg, well improved. Terms reasonable. Price $10,000.00. One 3 acre lot, with 4 room dwelling in Bamberg, well built, easy terms. Price $800.00. 5 shares Building and Loan Stock. 25 shares Bamberg Cotton Mills Stock. 20 shares Bamberg Oil Mill Stock. Fourteen acres with cabin 1 mile West Bamberg?9 acres cleared. Price $420.00. 300 acref farm two miles North of Bamberg. Good residence and fine farm. Price $6,000.00. 600 acre farm 5 miles South of Bamberg, a gilt edge farm. Price on application. 34 acre farm two miles South Bamberg., Buildings worth $300. Price $600. 200 acre farm 4 miles from Bamberg. Price $3,000. Two story dwelling on New Bridge street, lot 80 feet front and 255 feet deep, good water and stables. Price $2,000. One two story brick building in the heart of business centre, rays jlu per cent, on investment. 260 acre farm on road to Govan, 6 miles from Bamberg. Best farm in the County. See me quick if you wish to buy somethingSvorth twice the moUey. 100 acre farm near Howell's mill. Rents for $126.00. Price $1,000. 1Q00 acre farm near the town of Bamberg. Make no inquiries unless you are able to buy something of rare value. Timbered lands for sale on Edisto river at rock bottom prices. An excellent dwelling, good location, at West Denmark. Write for particulars. One acre lot with 6 room cottage on Railroad Avenue. Delightful location. Price $1,600. If acre lot with cottage, situate ou Midway street near Carlisle Fitting School. This is an excellent bargain. Price $2,250. 117 acre farm one mile from Bamberg. Well improved with barb wire fencing all around. The timber is worth the price. Price $4,000. 300 acre farm in Buford Bridge township, well improved with new dwelling, etc. Price $4,500.00. 400 acre farm, five miles from Bamberg. Rare bargain. $6,000.00. A new residence with six rooms and bath and two tenant nouses, wun 101 01 one acre, on Railroad avenue. This is something to be desired. ? An unimproved lot on Church street, 60x200, near colored graded school. Price $150. One lot with cottage, situated on east prong of Main street." Rents $4.00 monthly. Price $400. An unoccupied lot adjoining residence occupied by H. M. Graham. An unoccupied lot, 424 feet, on Bamberg or Main street, adjoining lot of W. P. Riley. Suitable for business house or warehouse. One acre with good residence, east prong of Bamberg street. The house is worth more than the price of the whole. That lot with cottage known as the Graddick place, east prong of Main street. If you wish a paying investment see me befcfre it is sold. That business lot corner Bamberg and Elm streets adjoining G. Frank Bamberg's stable lot. The most valuable business property in Bamberg.; Three unimproved lots on street in rear of colored graded school, at remarkably low figures? 110 acre farm five miles south of Bamberg. Good place. Price and terms easy. 136-acre farm six miles from Bamberg. The timber worth price of place. An excellent farm between Bamberg and Denmark. Don't write or see me unless you have the money. A good cottage with large lot on Carlisje street. Price $1,300. V anoug ouuaing 101s in ail section? 01 the town and other farm property for sale. If you wish to buy anything, or if you have any property for sale, let me sell it for you. Vacant lots for sale in desirable portion of this growing town. Come and see me if you are really interested. I am very busy but can talk to you on business. H. M. GRAHAM, Real Estate Agent Ride a Bicycle and save time. I sell the Crescent, the best wheel- on the market for the money. I also handle other models of low priced bicycles, all good ones, but cheap. Bicycle Repairing I do all kinds of bicycle repairing at reasonable prices. Can repair vour old bicvcle and make it look and ride like a new machine. Bicycle Supplies Large line of bicycle supplies in stock, such at pedals, handlebars, bells, saddles, spokes, cement, pumps, wrenches, tires, etc., which I sell cheap for cash. Guns and Pistols Repaired I do repairing of all kinds in this line and guarantee satisfaction. In fact I repair most anything? Pumps, Pipe Fitting, Tin Work, Soldering, etc. I am the "handy man" when it comes to general repair work, and will do you a good job and not want a fortune for it either. Give me a trial. J. BUIST BRICKLE BA/1BERG, - - SOUTH CAROLINA i - r - - ' 1 v.>.v . V . > . - * ? r < -- ^r -rj-yy. '. ' . ; iv-r.^Z!- .--..V^-'* ' WILL RAFFLE HERSELF Girl's Odd Scheme to Get Money For Musical Education. PUTS TICKETS "ON THE CURB" Miss Mirian Edwina Sells Chances on Her Youth, Beauty and Voice to Wall Street Brokers at $1 to $350 Per Chance. AGREEMENT. , For the purpose of assisting in the completion of the musical education of Miss Mirian Edwina ? agicu lu uic sum ui uunaij of the number of this ticket. Name Address If this number should be the lucky one and all interests being mutual, matrimony will be considered. The form printed above is a lottery ticket which is being sold in Wall street by Miss Miriam Edwin a, who thinks she can sing. She is raffling herself for money to obtain a musical education. She has 350 chances, and they range in price from $1 to $350. Miss Edwina has a high soprano voice, and grand opera is her aim. She says she has heard of all kinds of raffling schemes for making money, and she certainly wants to accumulate enough to take her to Italji Miss Edwina is beautiful. She is only nineteen. She is svelte and graceful, but the charm which she cherishes most is her voice. Here is her own story of how she came to raffle herself in the hope of raising money for her musical education: "I have been trying to earn enough money to complete my musical educa THE ENTERPRISING YOUNG WOMAN DESCENDED U1JQN WALL STREET. tion, but it seems that it is impossible. My father, who was once a United States consul in Cuba, died three years - - *--j? ?a. ago, ana 1 nave naa iu ?upyuiL ui/ocu. I tried stenography, and that Is how I earned money * to study music for awhile. Then I went on the stage. I have had voice lessons here in New York Xonr years, bnt I want two years abroad. Of course that is necessary for any one who has grand opera aspirations." Miss Edwina has a letter from Gustav Kerker in which he states his confidence in the young woman's musical future. "It seems a shame for me to let my voice go for nothing," she said, "when there are so many rich men with more money than they can use. And then lots of people think I am attractive. So as I have nothing else to raffle the idea suddenly occurred to me that I would raffle myself." The enterprising young woman descended upon Wall street with a small valise in which she carries her chances. Each ticket is numbered and put in a sealed envelope. When all the tickets are sold the drawing will take place in some hall to be engaged for the occasion. The ticket holders, if they so desire, may attend the raffle. Miss Edwina says that she intends giving a concert before the drawing, so that her friends may hear her sing and judge of her voice. That will be worth something to each ticket holder, she thinks. As to the man who may win she "? W mnfnol 8&7S, 11 our luieiesui ?uc uvi uiuiuw the. man who draws the prize ticket wili get half of what I earn during the first year of my concert work." Korean Students Cut Off Their Fingers "Unable to get further aid from their families, twenty-one Korean students In Tokyo were without funds and in danger of starvation. Their first appeal to the government authorities at Seoul having been unanswered, the twenty-one met in their rooms and decided to renew their appeal for aid in a form which could not be overlooked. Tliev agreed to cut off a finger from the hand of each man, and these ghastly proofs of their desperate circumstances were forwarded to Seoul with the second petition. They Informed the government that each man would cut off another finger if aid was not forthcoming within three days and If that failed to move the authorities arms and legs will follow In quick succession. V ^ , ...... :% \ ' /" ' * ' I \ IgetTSS ^ We Are Ready 4 f ? to Supply Your !|i H Wants For\fcW III ! @ Plows, all kinds, | ? Plow Stocks, Trace < j I C. J. S. 1 ^ THE HARDWARE HAN |jKn^^pn^\yAyiiyiy#iyiy^Ay @@?@@?@?@??@ I We Have t x Come to se 2g horses and @ nice lot on ? your want: 1 Buggies, Wa ? Robes, Harm ? is full and c ? us a call ai ? you buy an x will save y 1 JONES X BAMBERG, SOUT FURNITURE REPAIRED Estimates and Plai Agent for Sash, Doo L. L. CH/ CONTI Practica and Dra . \ Mr. Chartrand states that he own home at St. Matthews, i few days. HE WANTS AL or* r?r*P UTM TA TTSTTMAT IUW uui All 111 Jiv No Job Too La Small-for Him INEWDR Y< X I AM NOW REAI 1 YOU HAVE WAITED ON IE @ Everything new. Give ? you through my very < @ convince you that th & My Dress M a the Last of IE. A. H0( x Bamberg, - - - Sot f ffiil! ili CI; fli fl; $ $ iliffi gi I Reajdy for < ! I * 5: I was burned out, lock, g > ing is, a few weeks ag< ; _ ing man down. I am ??? '" T )i?vo nnrrVinai $r "s""1* - ?~ ; * road Avenue, next to ; ; am ready to do your : i - L??? f BLACKSMITH AND it T, I have my same force t ; ;? shoer, and can serve nr heretofore. Since my ' ; more than ever before friends to remember n 1m. m. g ROU1S LOT RAILROAt V . ; "- - " j; .-J " v: - *"' i'- ; ':; ^_5?y5?s x v - - :i -' ? . " - ' ? IAT In Everything? III / That a Fanner $ ,v| lllf Has Need For X || Hoes, Collars, Bridles, ? ;%j Chains, Backhands, etc. 9 BROOKER | ??????????ffi??? f e us if you want to buy X I mules. We have a S hand and can supply s. Our line of : : : : : ft ^ igons, Lap- ' X|g Z=T| lis Promptly Furnished rs, Blinds, Mantels, Etc. LRTRAND I {ACTOR I Builder ughtsman is about through remodeling his md will return to Bamberg in a fl L THE WORK HE CAN GET,, I WS E FOR YOU :: :: :: ,:: ;; :! rge and None Too to Attend To...... OY FOR BUSINESS , N9WI WANT TO WAIT ON YOU A i me a call and let me show jf complete line. Prices will ? ,1 is is THE STORE g aker Will Arrive S this Week jl ji ^ WAM wE?5?r I J 1 vJiN pbSSdSu? x ii ith Carolina * Work Again!I \y stock and barrel, aa the say- . >, but you can't keep a work* j t' >i| open and ready for business j ";.(i 2d the Rouis building on Rail Jones Bros', stables where I ^ WHEELWRIGHT WORK | >f hands, including my horse $* / patrons with satisfaction as fire losrf, I need patronage 3j. M , so now is the time for my smoakI AVENUE BAMBERG, S. C. jg'