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.'"v { f <Hbr Sambrrg i^rralii ESTABLISHED IN APRIL, 1891 A. If*. KNIGHT, Editor?, Rates?fi.oo per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices Sc. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Cn\TMnxxcATioNS?News letters or on subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. Thursday, March 14,1907 I ' There are men in Bamberg who have made every dollar they have right here, and yet they haven't a dollar invested in any of the enterprises of the town. There is not much chance for a town to grow and prosper when such a spirit is display< i ed. ? There was some talk here of erecting a cotton warehouse last year, but nothing ever came of it. We believe . every one will admit that Bamberg needs a cotton warehouse. It would be of great benefit to the town and county. We trust some of our pub lie-spirited citizens will take tne matter up in earnest. We believe the capital stock could easily be raised. The county was put to a great deal of expense last week because * witnesses had been summoned in cases when their evidence was of no I value. The grand jury ought to take up this matter of summoning useless i witnesses and put a stop to it. ;f- v Magistrates should be notified that this wholesale binding over of wit? nesses must be stopped. It is a burden on the tax payers. Some time ago the claim was made i;,that the State dispensary was insolj vent, and from the number of claims ? being filed with the commission it looks like the statement had some foundation in fact. If the dispensary pays its debts out of the assets on hand we will be pleased, but we fear such will not be the case. The question now is: will the county dispenf $ saries be any better conducted? We j are afraid not. Rev. Thos. Leitch said in his clos1? 1 A TkiorVif tjjaf; mg remarks imt ouuuaj* iu^uv \ Bamberg would grow and prosper if her business men were more aggressive. He never said a truer thing. * Bamberg is the richest town in the low country for its size, there is much wealth here, and yet our monx eyed men are so selfish that they will not make investments which will I make for the prosperity of the town and its people. We are too selfish, that's what the matter with us. xx We trust that no dispensary constables will be appointed for this county. The law should be enforced ' .. of course, but this is the duty of the r sheriff, magistrates and their constaT bles, and the police of the various towns. They are paid for this, and they should be made to do their duty. The county and towns get the profits, : and there is no good reason for the appointment of constables. The law can be enforced without them, and they will be a useless expense. Let the peace officers do their duty. Charleston Man Suicides. Charleston, March 11.?M. S. Harris, former manager and later bookkeeper of the local office of the Postal Telegraph company, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head this afternoon. The suicide was most deliberate. tt i-n nnnm tellinc his / nftlfXO *VC11I> kV mu *vvu.| 0 wife that he had letters to write. These proved the preliminary to his rash act and showed carefully prepared plans of suicide. He adressed one letter to "The Press" reading: "I have lived honestly and treated men fairly. A complete breakdown in health and inability to perform my duties is the cause of this action." Two letters were addressed to Mrs. Harris, one to Manager Hanley of the local office and another to Supt. T. R. Ruck at Augusta. Still another letter was addressed to "Anyone Handling These Letters," in which he asked that the letters be properly disposed of. Mr. Harris was well known and was held in high regard in Charles tun. Dispensary Board to Meet. Columbia, March 11.?A number of representatives of liquor houses are in the city to attend the meeting of the State dispensary commission tomorrow at which the commission will pass on the claims against the defunct dispensary. The liquor men might tell interesting tales if they cared to talk, but it is presumed that * they will be satisfied if they can get their claims approved. This is the first meeting which the commission has had since its initial sessions, and it will probably last several days. V-.'v- s 7 To Prove He Was a Sport. A Denver hotel man tells the following story, and he says' it's true: A few days ago a bride and bridegroom from the country registered at the hotel. "What are your rates for room and board for two?" asked the bridegroom. "Six dollars," was the reply. That was satisfactory, and the two got a room. When they decided to leave the bridegroom asked for his bill. It was $24. He was staggered. "What!" he exclaimed. "Twentyfour dollars! That's an outrage. You said $6." "Six dollars a day!" came from ' < i ttrt' 1_11 M tne cierK. six aonars a ua.y. "Six dollars a day!" the bride: groom almost shouted. "I thought f you meant six dollars a week."^ , The clerk simply smiled. Finally the bridegroom paid over the money. "Now," he said, calming down somewhat, "wait a minute. I want to go upstairs. Keep that money in your hand." The clerk didn't understand, but he decided to humor the man. The latter soon returned with a camera. Aiming it at the clerk, he took a picture. ^ j "This is the highest priced place I ever stopped at," he explained. "I just wanted a picture to show my friends that I was a real sport here in Denver." Then he and his bride gathered up their telescope and went out.?Den- I ver Post. riust be Home by 9 O'clock. T1' ~ Viae orvnllo^ tVlP J. lie ieilUUI UUOIU 11CU uyyuvu curfew law to school teachers of Muskogee. Trom Tulsa and McAlester comes information that the , school board at each place has made ' a similar order. The boards of education in these towns have decided that the teachers 1 in the public schools must cutsociety five nights out of the week at least. The boards have given it out that they do not expect to see the teachers out after 9 o'clock at night through the school week and they do not add that the teachers are at' liberty the other nights. This order : has created a storm in the towns mentioned. Some of the teachers i are in open rebellion and say that they will go where they please and when, and some of them have done so, but it is noticed that they are waiting with some apprehension for,, the next meeting of the board.? Muskogee Correspondence Kansas City Star. Made "Monkev Jugs" in Aiken. About the time of the civil war, writes Frederic J. Haskin, in an article on pottery in the Washington Herald, a pottery was run near Bath, ; S. C., by negroes. The negroes did most of the work at idle times and they were allowed to divert themselves by making designs of their own As a result the museums and private collections have been enriph1 ed by some very novel "monkey jugs." These water bottles resemble some of the prehistoric pottery and hear every trace of inherited savage ideas of art. The writer is in error in saying that this pottery was run by negroes. It was worked by a regularly organized company, The Southern Porcelain Mfg. Co., of which the late Gov ernor Bullock of Georgia was president. Mr. Henry Lawton, an Eng' lishman, was brought from England : to superintend the manufacture of pottery. ; After the war the company was reorganized with Mr. James Hope as president and Dr. George Schaub as Secretary and Treasurer. Later the whole concern was sold for debts i incurred under the Bullock adminis tration, and bought by the McNameeCo., and from that time to the 1 present no pottery has been made, ; as it was found much more profitable to mine and ship the Kaolin clay. Before and during the war this section of the state was supplied to a considerable extent with pottery . made at this mine, and some of it may still be seen at the residence of ; Mr. Frank E. Henderson at the McXTomoa mino ? XI (U11WV/ IUIUAV* The articles made were not pure white, but of rather a creamy tint, and were rather fragile, which lat' ter fact probably accounts for so little of it being still in existence.?Ai' ken Recorder. His Honor, the Judge. There is a Chicago law yer who, his colleagues aver, has a positive genius for malapropos suggestionsto his witnesses on the stand. Recently this lawyer was counsel 1 in a suit for divorce, wherein he was examining a woman who had taken 1 the stand in behalf of the plaintiff. "Now, madam," began the attor1 ney, who is always saying the wrong thing, "repeat the slanderous state ments made by the defendant on this occasion." "Oh, they are unfit for any re spectable person to hear!" gasped the witness. I "Then, madam," said the attor ney, coaxingly, "suppose you just . whisper them to his honor the , judge." i "Doctor," said the patient upon t whom the hospital surgeon had just i operated for appendicitis, "you're i the same surgeon who amputated the - first finger of my right hand when I ; had it crushed in a railroad accident ; a few months ago, ain't you?" 1 "Yes," answered the surgeon. t "Well, you got my index then, and [ now you've got my appendix. I hope you are satisfied." 'J'.-, \ . . .' *. . ; . - . . 4;.- ' v..v5 2 .... A. -AA- ; 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 aud lot on South side of Railroad Aveuue. Lot runs from Rail-! road Avenue to Broad Street. $900.00. 400 acre farm 5 miles of Bamberg, 12 j horse farm open, high state of cultiva- i tion, 12 tenant houses in excellent condi tion. Price on application. Vacant comei* lot on Main Street, near [ graded school. Beautiful building site, j 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 Qn,ion?Ti-oii Hmhprprt and a barcain. $L5oo.oo."" 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. G00 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 acre 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 3treet, 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. Pays 10 per cent, on investment. 260 acre farm dn road to Govan, 6 miles from Bamberg. Best farm in the County. See me. quick if you wish to buy something worth twice the money. 100 acre farm near Howell's mill. Rents for $125.00. Price $1,000. 1000 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 on MMwiir cirftpt 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 houses, with lot of 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 Mainstreetr Rents $4.00 monthly. Price $400. An unoccupied lot adjoining residence oocupied by H. M. Graham. An unoccupied lot, 42} 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 before 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. i Three unimproved lots on street in rear of colored graded school, at remark-* ably low figures'! 110 acre farm five miles south of Bam> berg. Good place, mce ana 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 Carlisle street. Price $1,300. Various building lots in all sections of 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. T 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 mn? Kinfnl o onH mo to it lnnt jrvui v/.v. ?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. Iu 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. i. BDIST BRICKIE BA/1BERG, - - SOUTH CAROLINA . -* ' ; - t:' " ' THROWS JTHT WILL* "Fainting Bertha" the Bugbear of Illinois Jails and Asylums. CAN'T KEEP HER LOCKED UP. "Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make Nor Iron Bars a Cage" When Bertha Is Inside?Picks Your Pocket While You Wait. Miss Bertha Lebecke, twenty-seven years old, is conceded by Illinois state authorities as the most troublesome person who ever crossed the state line from any direction at any time. Just now large a casn oquus uiu state treasury today might be willing to advance could it be assured of Ber BEETHA PROMPTLY FAINTED AND ROLLED OUT OF THE CHAIR. tha's deportation forever beyond the confines of Illinois Is something difficult of estimate, but it is certain that in various asylums and prisons there are attendants on salaries who would make personal contributions to help swell the possible fund. Yet "Painting Bertha" Lebecke is one of the prettiest, blondest, most delicate handed little bits of well developed femininity that ever made a marked success in deceiving people of both sexes and all conditions in public, afterward deceiving officials of jails, asylums and penitentiaries until bars and gates and frowning walls were as cobwebs before her. Bertha gets her name from her ability to "throw a fit" at any moment She faints in the arms of a man or woman wearing jewelry or carrying money and in the confusion biting the stone from a pin and swallowing it or ! with small, supple-hand taking a purse from a pocket or a watch from its fob, perhaps with innocent eyes and dimI pled face assisting the loser in the search for the missing valuable. Here is her detention record: Asylum For the Feeble Minded, Glenwood, la. Discharged. ! Insane asylum, Glenwood, la. Disi charged. Insane asylum, Nevada, Mo. DisI charged after several escapes. . j St Bernard's asylum, Council Bluffs, ; la. Discharged. | Indeterminate sentence at Joliet penI itentiary. Kankakee (111.) Asylum For the In, sane. Escaped twice. Kankakee (111.) Asylum For the Inj sane. Returned to Joliet penitentiary. Elgin (111.) Asylum For the Insane. ! Escaped twice. Present address, Asylum For the Ini curable Insane, South Bartonville, 111. Gat*, f steel never have held her in jail or iylum. In the mightier penij tentiarie. she has made herself such an uncontroli Hi fury by night?sleeping | calmly all day long and resting for the i next seance?that penitentiary gates have opened for her in the hope of having her maintained as-^n asylum ward, after which "Fainting Bertha" has se! cured keys to asylum doors and gone her untrammeled way straight back to a police record which for years has I shown her to be one of the most remarkable pickpockets, diamond snatchers and shoplifters of her time. Her latest escape was from the asylum at Elgin on the night of Dec. 25. Christmas eve she fainted in the arms j of an attendant, and in the scurrying which followed she secured the keys to the gates. On the night of Christmas she went out of the Elgin asylum, boarded a car for Aurora and from Aurora bought a railroad ticket for Peoria. On the way to Peoria she relieved the conductor of $30 in bills, secreting them in her hat. In Peoria within forty-eight hours she had stolen a thousand dollars' worth of goods from stores, registered at three hotels under assumed names and was in a chair car with a ticket for Omaha when the Peoria police had followed her easy tracks through the city. Perhaps the broadest, moat easily identified track was that which she left In a barber shop in the National hotel, where she appeared for an egg shampoo. Two eggs had been broken into her shiny hair when Bertha promptly fainted and rolled out of the chair. As a count of shop equipment showed nothing missing an^hour later, the barber shop was at a loss to account for her faint. Dr. George A. Zeller, superintendent of the asylum at South Bartonvllle, where Bertha is now, promises that if she faints there she will get a bucket of cold water In the face. ^ | KOHN'S the PLACE FOR UP-TO-THE-MINUTE GOODS 1 No where in the State can be found such a complete line of everything new and novel in Dress Goods, Silks, Wash Goods, Linens, Laces, Belts, Gloves and Hats. , ^ Embroidery Bands and Flounces, shown in lovely ^A-, match sets. Just the thing for handsome white dresses L\K lU yL J U? v/$fj Ready-to-Hake Corset Covers, made of good Nainsook, with lovely embroidery edges. Ready for the ribbon and straps. A JTA ^ 8 sensible noveltv. Soecial. each e/v vvllW %% ! Striped Silks, will be in great demand. Style calls for them and the up* _ ' ? I to-date dressers will wear them. Our line of these very HE rAflfo -r^ lovely Silks is very extensive. Beauties, per yard only id UmUSK Chiffon Panama, a light weight, silky luster all wool fabric, grand fo* spring dresses. Shown in all the pretty shades of the jja rAnfc - ^ season. A big bargain, per yard vv tvulh Spanish Combs, the very latest is the high top, broad combs that look so handsome in the hair. We show ten different pat- HE*, IT M terns, each prettier than the other s3v 10 fltAV | GRAND EASTER OPBININQ7! | |j| Worlnoo/loiT ond Thnrcdflv Ifnmh 9.ftfh and 21st Vfi < ^ TT (/U11VAJUUJ Uliv* XUWU.WV4MT ^ aiami. \/aa mv v*? ,, L . . ..J will show the most complete line of Handsome HsAsm^Jm to be found in' the State at prices 25 per cent, to 50 1 ; per cent, less than other cities. \ *. \ \ % *. \ \ t. \ *. ' THIS IS NO IDLE BOAST $ Hundreds of pleased customers tell us so f .Why not nm oyer for this Graad Occasion? THEODORE KOHN'SI i ORANGEBURG SOUTH' CAROUNit iyfl M Wk !riu|jcuj vmitiap DOES VOUR ROOF LEAK ? I ?5l| IS YOUR ROOF RUSTY ^ Paint Your Roofs With W. Jay McDonaldS |J Patent Fire and Water Proof Cement Roof Paint j I Equally good for Tin, Metal, Paper, Shingles, Iron^ fiSSg Stacks, Boilers, and everything that needs protection. This paint will not crack, scale, fleak, nor blister, X Jij ,stands 245 degrees of heat; absolutely waterproof. 3 || ' Try it. Fifteen yeaite test. Call and get rt. W ; |? THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST IT STOPS ALL LEAKS.-.-.-.-.-.-. ? J W. B. McDonald, Mgr.! J IwcuMhD^fiftnii^crfip^ J glUrTT I/HI uuuyj jivivupi X I AM NOW READY FOR^ BUSINESS * |j YOU HAVE WAITED ON ME, NOW I WANT TO WAIT ON YOU X f! ? Everything new. Give me a call and let me show X ? you through my very complete line. Prices will ? convince you that this is THE STORE W ^ ? My Dress Maker Will Arrive A ^ the Last of this Week jt Jt Jt X IE. A. HOOTON B1 x Bamberg, South Carolina g^iPOiPOgigtigilHBiBCipipqtaiiPigCOgiligaM jjReady for Work Again!] 1 = I was burned out, lock, stock and barrel, as the say- 4 |jrp|? ; ing is, a few weeks ago, but you can't keep a work- j l\? ing man down. I am open and ready for business ; ? j? again. I have purchased the Rouis building on Hail- ? K, fj road Avenue, next to Jones Bros', stables where I \ ^ ; * am ready to do your :::::::::::::::::: * i Rf AffSHTI AND WHEELWRIGHT WORrlll fUJUn VUV^U A A U Ml,. - - - ?1 have my same force of hands, including my horse shoer, and can serve my patrons with satisfaction as 3f *'X. heretofore. Since my fire loss, I need patronage 3L. 'y more than ever before, so now is the time for ray * J / friends to remember me < I ? i ( ih |M. M. SMOAKl * ? ROUS LOT RAILROAD AVENUE BAMBERG, S. C. j f jf? il? il? ili ili ill il? -I? il? il? il? gl gllP ^