The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 14, 1907, Image 4
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Thursday, March 14,1907
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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"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.
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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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
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X I AM NOW READY FOR^ BUSINESS *
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? you through my very complete line. Prices will
? convince you that this is THE STORE W ^
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IE. A. HOOTON B1
x Bamberg, South Carolina
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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 \ ^
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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
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|M. M. SMOAKl
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