The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 18, 1907, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED IN APKIL, 1891
J. If. iiStii HI. fatiror.
R\TbS?>J.ou per year; 50 cents for
six months. Payable in advance
Advertisements?$1.00 per inch tor
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
N otices 8c. per line first week, 5c. afterwards.
Tributes of Respect, etc., must
fie paid for as regular advertising.
Communications?News letters or on
subjects ?f general interest will be gladly
welcomed. Those of a personal nature
will not i?e published unless paid for.
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Thursday April 18, iyu /
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Mayor G. H. Mahon, of Greenville,
will be about as successful in vindicating
his son before the board of
visitors of the Citadel as he was in
his race for congress last year.
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Bamberg was delighted with the
Epworth Leaguers, and we trust they
k were pleased with the town and its
people. Some of the young lady
delegates seemed to care more about
\ having a good time than anything
else.
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The race horses of Harry Payne
Whitney, the New York millionaire,
were shipped North from Aiken last
week on a special train composed of
a Pullman Sleeper and palace horse
cars. These horses travel in a lot
| more style and a great deal more
comfortably than can many poor
white folks.
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/ The letter 01 Mr. n. j. orauiuuu
in another column makes the Conjr,
federate monument situation plain,
and unless all the people of the
county do their part the monument
ft ' will not be erected. Mr. Brabham
has worked hard, but he has not had
the co-operation of people in other
p sections of *the county. It is now
squarely before them. The town of
Bamberg has done her part; will the
. balance of the county do as well?
|j Whatever is done must be done
Hp quickly.
fcIt is stated that Wolfe, the disP
penser in Columbia, who is short in
wJ his accounts, will not be prosecuted,
as his friends have made good the
shortage. Does paying back the
money lessen the crime in the eyes
of the law? If he was some poor
negro he would be prosecuted, and
shnnld he no favors shown him
f;' even if he is a white man. If noth-?
is done with Wolfe one may look for
; other dispensers to be short also.
He should be made an example, and
we hope the case against him will be
W:' prosecuted vigorously.
~ We wear no man's collar, and we
g think as we please and say what we
think.?Bamberg Herald.
i Well, what sort of a collar do you
%: , wear? You sure don't wear a woEg'
man's collar, or you wouldn't think
* as you please and say what you think.
P' Maybe you have turned "devil" and
wear no collar at all, but you looked
i- mighty spruce last summer.?Ches&
ter Tlantern.
^ At the time of making the asserfe
< tion above the statement was literally
true, for, on account of a pesky boil
W on the back of our neck, we were
IS,: forced to go without neckwear of
any kind. But we're all right now,
and if we can just "stand off" some
I fellow for some new clothes and
etceteras, we'll be looking "mighty
anrain tKie mimmpr at thp
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annual press meeting.
ADVERTISING THE TOWN.
It-will soon be eight years that we
lived in Bamberg, and during that
time there has been many a column
printed in our paper which was writ?
ten by us for the purpose of booming
the town and inciting its people to
greater things along the lines of
commercial and moral improvement.
If all of this matter was gotten togetherand
printed at onetime, it
would fill up one issue of our entire
a paper and no doubt a great deal
more. It took time to write all
these articles; it costs money to set
type; paper costs money; type costs
money, and if our contribution to
the growth of the town was valued
at actual cost to us it would amount
to many times more than the contri
bution of any citizen to the public
welfare, with the exception of the
gift of Gen. F. M. Bamberg of $5,000
a few years ago to the Carlisle Fitting
School. Never thought of it in
this way did you? Yet it is true as
gospel, and you can't get around it.
Here the editor of your paper has
actually spent more money, ten
times more than the most of you,
for the good of the town. That's one
way of looking it, you say, and yet
it is the correct way. You may say
it is the duty of an editor to boom
his town. Not any more so than it
is the duty of every citizen who
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makes his living here. The Bamberg
Herald does not belong to the public;
i it belongs to the editor and no other
I individual has a dollar invested in it.
j It is not being run to advertise the
town; it is being published to furnish
a living for the editor and his family,
just as you run a store, or bank, or
any other business, and we owe no
more to the town than any business ;
located here. True we get a living i
out of the town and county; so does '
every other business. We mention
these things not in spirit of vanity
or highly developed self esteem, but
as a protest against the sentiment
which generally prevails that it is
the duty of a newspaper to say nice
things about the town, its advantages
and to keep our enterprise and progress
constantly before the public.
In this connection let us say that
we are not attempting to magnify
our feeble efforts for the advancement
and growth of Bamberg, we
* only wish we had done more, both
j through the columns of our news
paper and personally, and we expect
| to keep up the work of advertising
j the town and giving our services
| for the upbuilding of the town and
community. W.e are not satisfied
with the progress of Bamberg. True
we have done well as a people in the
last few years; let us do better; let
us go forward to greater things.
The town has the men and the money j
if we will only put these agencies to
work for a greater Bamberg. Op- ;
Dortunity is knocking at our door, 1
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' and great growth and progress will
be our portion if we will only take
advantage of our opportunities. But;
we will have to work and put our
money to work. Nothing of value
is to be had without labor.
The Herald could be of much
greater benefit to the town if it was I
better supported. We need more
Bamberg advertisers and subscribers,
especially advertisers. An
Orangeburg merchant is our largest
advertiser, and so long as Bamberg
merchants do 'not support The !
Herald, our efforts for the growth
of the town will be seriously ;
crippled.
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A WASTE OF MONEY.
The Carey-Cothran liquor law has.
some useless provisions, and one of j
the greatest is that of advertising in I so
many newspapers for bids and:
the publishing of statements. This
is no doubt a good thing for the
newspapers, but we fail to see wherein
it makes the law any more perfect
or in fact where any good is to be <
derived from it. It seems to us a
I iicolocc ovnonsp and we are not I
afraid to say so, even if we do get
some revenue from it. The stateI
ments as published convey no idea
to the general public of the real
condition of affairs, and it would
j
; take a good book-keeper to understand
them. In the matter of bids,
there is, absolutely no use in adveri
tising in the county papers, for the
| whiskey houses do not see them.
|The daily papers are the ones to
advertise in when bids are wanted.
Possibly some people will say we are
hurting our business by this sort of
j talk, as we are trying to cut off a
j portion of our revenue, but we want
to say right here that we are not
j concerned about this. We made a
j living before we received any dis
pensary auverusmg, aim we wuum
continue to get along and pay our
debts if this source of income was
cut off. We have already refused
more advertising from whiskey
houses than we believe we will get
out of the dispensary in a year. We
have no fault to find with those
newspapers who advertise whiskey.
That's their business, and if they
choose to accept it, well and good,
but we cannot understand why I.
Trager should want so much information
about the county boards and
dispensary affairs. We did not reply
to the letter he sent us enclosing a
printed blank requesting a lot of
information, the names and addresses
of the county board, etc., but we
notice several newspapers are carrying
his ad., and we presume they
must have given the data wanted.
Newspapers should avoid even the
appearance of evil, and even if we
had thought of accepting a whiskey
advertisement, we would not have
' given the information asked for.
It is not the site of a town, but its
character that makes it a desirable
Inlace to live. A live, prosperous
town is a desirable one to live in,
and a town may prosper and yet be
small. Every citizen in a town
should.be interested in its prosperity.
One of the best ways to help a
town is to speak well of it. It is
true patriotism to stand by your own
town, and interests that affect the
i town should' affect every citizen.
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Notice of Municipal Election
Notice of Municipal Election, by the
Qualified, Registered Electors of the
Town of Bamberg, for Hay or, Six
Alderman, and One Commissioner
of Public Works, for the said Town.
As provided by law, and in accordance
with the statutes of the State of South
Carolina, in such case made and provided,
and pursuant to a resolution adopted
by the Town Council of Bamberg, in
Town Council assembled, an election is
ordered to be held at or near the Town
Hall, in the Town of Bamberg, in the
County of Bamberg, South Carolina, on
the seventh day of May, A. D. lyuv, lor
the purpose of electing a Mayor, Six
Aldermen, and One Commissioner of
Public Works, for the Town of Bamberg.
At such election the polls shall be
opened at eight o'clock in the fore-noon,
and shall be closed at four o'clock in the
afternoon of said day.
The following named citizens have
been appointed managers of the said
election: J. D. Copeland, Jr., F. W.
Free, and G. 0. Simmons.
The said managers shall conduct the
said election according to law, declare
the result of the same, and make a
statement and return duly certified to
the Town Council of Bamberg forthwith.
G. MOYE DICKINSON,
W. A. Riley, Mayor.
Clerk and Treasurer.
NOTICEOF BOND ELECTION
Notice of an Election, by the Qualified,
Registered Electors of the Town of
Bamberg, upon the question of issuing
Coupon Bonds of Said Town
for the purpose of Waterworks.
Whereas, a majority of the freeholders
of the Town of Bamberg, did on
the 4th day of April, A. D. 1907, file
with the Town Council of Bamberg a
petition praying: "That an election be
ordered oy said Town Council at which
election shall be submitted to the qualified,
registered electors of said Town,
the question of issuing coupon bonds of
said Town, in an amount not to exceed
the sum of Seven Thousand Dollars, for
thepurpose of purchasing and constructing
a system of waterworks for the said
tne result OI tilt; same, cuiu ma&c lubuiii
thereof duly certified to the Town
Council of Bamberg forthwith.
By order of the Town Council of the
Town of Bamberg, this 4th day of April,
A D 1907
G. MOYE DICKINSON,
W. A. Riley, Mayor.
Clerk ajid Treasurer.
NOTICE.
The county dispensary board will open
bids in their office in rear of dispensary
on Monday, April 29, 1907.
E. C. HAYS,
E. L. Price, Chairman.
Clerk.
Bamberg, S. C., April 15, 1907. <
MONEY TO LOAN
We are prepared to negotiate loans on
improved farms at a low rate of interest,
in sums from $500.00 to $10,000.00,
for three, five and ten years.
J. O. PATTERSON, JR.,
J. W. PATTERSON,
* Barnwell, S. C.
CITATION NOTICE.
The State of South Carolina?County
of Bamberg?By Geo. P. Harmon, Esq.,
Probate Judge.
Whereas, Dr. S. P. Rentz, made'suit
to me, to grant him Letters of Administration
of the* estate of and effects of
Dick Hammond:
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and
creditors of the said Dick Hammond, deceased,
that they be and appear before
me, in the Court of Probate, to be held
at Bamberg, on Saturday, 27th day of
April, next, after publication thereof,
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why the said
Administration snould not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 8th day of
April, A. D., 1907.
G. P. HARMON, Probate Judge.
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This is to notify my friends
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AT THE SAME OLD STAND.
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No Use For Waste Paper Baskets
on Battleship Virginia.
HE DOTES ON CIRCULARS.
Letters, Bills and News From Home
Make Up Pedro's Dinner?Officers
Fear He Will Devour a Presidential
Message.
The only actual living tomb of literature
extant is doing business daily on '
the battleship Virginia. His name in
full is Pedro of Guantanamo.
Fedro is an ancient Cuban goat. Prior
to assuming his present duties as
mascot of the new flagship of the second
division of the Atlantic fleet he
performed a similar duty for some six
years on the second class battleship
Texas. As a kid he was trained to eat
up useless letters, bulky pamphlets
and out of date orders, and in the last
few years he has earned a reputation
as the most capacious waste paper
basket on earth. That he deserves the
reputation nobody who ever saw the
animal at work will deny.
An unusually heavy mail had been
received aboard the Virginia at the
Brooklyn navy yard just before an enterprising
Tirfies reporter arrived.
When the letter carrier came aboard
Pedro was away paying a visit to the
big white goat mascot of the battleship.
Louisiana, which- is berthed on
the same side of the yard.about 300
yards south of the dry dock in which
the Virginia is being fitted with submerged
torpedo tubes. Captain Schroeder
of the Virginia, most of his officers
and perhaps a third of the crew received
letters, pamphlets or papers of
some sort It was apparent at once
that Pedro's services would be needed.
/'Where's Pedro?" a young midshipman
asked a junior lieutenant as he
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Town, and the citizens tnereoi, as pruvided
by law, and in accordance with
the statute in such case made and provided."
Now, therefore, pursuant to a resolution
adopted by the Town Council assembled,
an election is ordered to be
held at or near the Town Hall, in the
Town of Bamberg, in the County of
Bamberg, South Carolina, on the
Beventh day of May, A. D. 1907? at
which election shall be submitted to the
qualified, registered electors of said
Town, the question of issuing coupon
bonds of the Town of Bamberg, in the
sum of seven thousand dollars, for the
purpose of purchasing and constructing
a system of waterworks for the said
Town, and the citizens thereof,, as provided
by law, and in accordance with
the statutes of the State of South
Carolina, in such case made and provided.
At such election the polls shall be
opened at eight o'clock in the fore-noon,
and shall be closed at four o'clock in the
afternoon of said day.
At such election those qualified, registered
electors who favor the issuing of
said bonds shall vote a ballot upon which
shall be written or printed tne words
"for waterworks bonds," and those
qualified, registered electors who are
opposed to issuing said bonds shall vote
a ballot upon which shall be written or
printed the words "against waterworks
bonds."
The following named citizens have
been appointed managers of said _elec
tion: J^D. Copeland, Jr., F. W. Free,
and G. 0. Simmons.
The said managers shall conduct the
said election according to law, declare
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tion In a girl's handwriting.
The ordnance officer had a large catalogue
sent to him by a powder firm.
The executive officer had a two pound
volume sent out by a naval tailor. In
fact nearly everybody had mail of
some sort they were ready to dispose
of.
The officers were about to send a
marine In search of the missing Pedro
when suddenly the gray coated old
animal was sighted coming at full
speed across the little bridge in front
of the ferry landing connecting with
the Cob dock on the other side of the
PEDBO TACKLED CATALOGUE.
yard. Pedro had seen the letter carrier
when he came aboard the Louisiana
and knew the moment be saw him
that the postman had left plenty of
work for him on the Virginia. *
Up the gangplank he trotted at a
twenty-three knot gait, his mouth watering
for the literary treat he knew
! was awaiting him. The midshipman
shoved forward the missive in the feminine
hand, and Pedro snapped it up.
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attended to by the ironclad digestive
organs of the goat Then Pedro tackled
the naval tailor's catalogue, next the
home papers, then a business letter
that somebody was very anxious to
lose, then another love letter and finally
a batch of circulars.
It took an hour for him to finish with
the officers' mail. Then when the last
sheet of somebody's letter from home
had disappeared he headed, still unsatisfied,
in the direction of the crew's quarters
for dessert He was not disappointed,
for every man from the gunner's
mates to the stokers had saved
something from the afternoon's mail
for him.
At 5:11 p. m., just exactly two hours
and ten minutes after the feast began,
he had finished. There was then not a
piece of paper not needed for future
reference left on the battleship. Pedro
had done his duty. Ten minutes later
he was sound asleep just abaft the
armored wall of the forward twelve
inch turret.
As Pedro has an inoffensive disposi1
*? fr, boon nrpsi
llUli, t'ilLC 19 CAC1UOU4 wv/ u.Wj^/ V~dential
messages out of his bill of fare.
"Corpse" Reprimands Undertaker.
Willis Mackey Hall of Lockport, N.
T.. an athlete, awakened from apparent
death several hours after life had
been pronounced extinct Although he
died some time afterward, Hall recovered
his sense of speech, called for his
mother and reprimanded an undertaker
for ejecting her from the room.
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