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5V?? ' -V - " "i . - -v :-.r-" m _ Hamburg Ifrralii ? Thursday, June 20, 1907 Short Locals. Rev. A. McA. Pittman preached at the Baptist church last Sunday. The little child of Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Cleckley, which has been very ill for nearly a week, is improving. Mrs. Meta Riley, wife of Dr. R. W. Riley, died at Barnwell recently. She was a daughter of John C. Dowling. Dr. J. Wm. Flinn, of Columbia, - * * A A _A iL. filled fiis regular appointment at tne Presbyterian church here last Sunday. Pay your commutation tax to A. M. Brabham, city clerk and treasurer. The penalty will be added after July 1st Mr. C. W. Rentz, Jr., brought us some very large cucumbers this week, which were raised on his father's . truck farm near town. Remember the musical entertainment at the Fitting School chapel to morrow (Friday) evening. Admission, ten and fifteen cents. It is given by the Epworth League. Miss Mamie Bunch and Mr. Benjamin Thomas, both of Bamberg, were married at the home of the f bride's parents in this city Sunday afternoon by Rev. J. C. Thomas, pasv* tor of the mill chapel. Mr. P. J. Quattlebaum, manager jp; of the oil mill, has moved his family & here from Denmark. They are occupying the T. S. Rice house on North ? street. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Watkins iv are boarding with them. The Bamberg Guards will meet * tiAvra-fr-or pvprv Thursday evenincr for I drills and business. Col. Folk is determined to develop a high class military " organization here, and his efforts should have the support of our citizens. It is stated that there will be no : election on the dispensary question in Marion county, as the petitions did not contain the required number of signatures. That county had voted out the dispensary, and some people wanted it back. Congressman J. 0. Patterson is now engaged in taking testimony in nis election contest. He has been in Beaufort and Aiken counties recently. There is no danger of Myers I being seated. He is only after the expense money. , The high school movement has been > started. Bamberg and Hampton & school districts will unite for the purpose of holding the election. The petition asking for the election is at Thoss Black's sto^e. Call there and sign without delay. Mr. Alpheus Watson who was married to Miss Felder of Bamberg, passed through Greenwood Monday, with his bride en route to his home at Whitmire, He spent several hours % here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. . Herbert Watson.?Green wood JournTko ^icnoncarv has Kppn movpd tft (( the building formerly used by W. H. Patrick as a repair shop. The store from which the dispensary was moved will be occupied by A. Nimmer, who comes here from Georgetown. He will carry a line of general merchandise., Invitations have been received by the editor of this paper from the South Carolina commission for the Jamestown Exposition, to participate in the exercises on South Carolina day on Friday, June 28th, and to a reception to Governor M. F. Ansel at the Virginia State building, the same evening. > The play at the opera house last Friday night, for the benefit of the Confederate monument fund, was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed. The ladies have taken hold of the monument matter in earnest, and we confidently expect the memorial to our honored dead to be i- erected. &Mr. B. D. Carter, of Saluda, who graduated at Clemson College last week, won the medal for the best orator of the three societies. The medal was offered by the trustees. Mr. Carter is a brother of Jesse F. Carter, Esq., of this city, and the winning of such a prize is a cause for congratulation. Mrs. Anna Guess, widow of the late Gardner Guess, died.at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Geo. W. Goolsby, near Denmark last Saturday moraing. She had been in feeble health for some time on account of her age, she being in her 82nd year. The in ? A vlftrt/v C!nfni?J nxr oflnr ?'' rermeilt IUUJV uauui tukvi g noon at the Denmark cemetery. A protracted meeting was begun I at the mill chapel in this city last Sunday, and it will doubtless continue for two weeks. Revs. Samuel ? and J. A. Danner are doing the preaching, both of whom are earnest, consecrated young men, full of vigor and enthusiasm. One service each day is being held, at eight o'clock in tne evening. All are cordially invited to attend the services. Street tax is now due and payable to A. M. Brabham, city clerk and treasurer. The penalty will be added f- after July 1st. A private letter from Mr. G. A. Jennings, now at Seville, Fla., gives " ' i-- 1 the pleasing lniormation to nis large number of friends here at his old home that he is doing well. He likes the section where he is located. It is cool in the shade and the nights are delightful?no mosquitoes and few flies. Mr. Jennings is glad the Herald is pushing the scheme for another railroad, for he knows what a benefit it would be to the town, and he is always interested in the growth and prosperity of Bamberg. ' &KNe-v-' mike.I . v New Advertisements. Peoples Bank?Statement. Bamberg Banking Co. ?Statement. Bank of Olar?Statement. Bamberg Guards?Meetings. Bamberg Banking Co.?Do You Appreciate the Value of a Checking Account. Peoples Bank?Getting Ahead. Epworth League?Musical Entertainment. Bank of Denmark?Statement. Help the Editor. Every newspaper wants to publish the news. The better the paper tne more prosperous it will be. Local news items are especially hard to run down. How many times have you, dear reader, been approached by the newspaper man for an item of news and told him that you knew nothing of interest. Probably at the time your family were away on a visit or some one from out of town was visiting at your home. Of course you did'nt mean to deceive the scribe, yet when you received your paper you wondered,why your family or friends were not mentioned. A good way to avoid all of this is to kindly inform us of the facts or drop a note in the postoffice to the paper. The one item may not amount to much, but several columns of such news is the life of a local paper. Negro Drowns Himself. Last Saturday morning a negro named Willie Glover, about thirty years old, was arrested here by Constable W. M. McCue. The charge ncainst him was obtaining goods un der false pretenses. Glover had been working at the cotton mill, and he had given several merchants orders on the mill, saying he had money to his credit. This proved incorrect, hence his arrest. While in a store with the constable, Glover made a break for liberty,, and ran down Main street towards the power house of the electric light plant, next to which is located the large reservoir of the cotton mill. Glover's pursuers were close behind him, as several had taken up the chase while going through Main street, so he jumped the wire fence which enclosed the reservoir and called back that he would drown himself before he would be arrested. Before he could be reached he plunged in and made no effort to save himself, A large crowd quickly gathered and as soon as possible the body was recovered and efforts made to restore life, but to no avail. An inquest was held by Coroner Zeigler soon afterwards and the jury rendered a verdict that he came to his death Q/?+ US Hi XCBUlb U1 1UO wnu CM.V. Glover came from St. Matthews, and had been in Bamberg about four. years. He married a woman from near Midway. A collection was taken up by some of the colored people to defray his funeral expenses, and he was burried at the colored cemetery near town. This is one of the most unusual suicides we ever heard of. The negro was not drinking, and why he should have preferred drowning to serving a sentence on the chain gang for thirty or sixty days is inexplicable. Glover was tried recently for cruelty' to animals, it being charged that he beat a mule to death. It seems that Glover owned the animal, which he had purchased from Mr. M. L. Rowell. He was found guilty, but sentence had been reserved, pending the result/ of/ the other charges against him. Coining riarriage. We acknowledge receipt of the following handsomely engraved invitations: "Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Kearse will give in marriage their daughter, Roberta, to Mr. William Maxwell Walker, on Wednesday evening, the twenty-sixth of June, nineteen hundred and seven, at half after eight o'clock, Mizpah church, Olar, South Carolina." Both of these young people are very popular and the news of their onnmnshiner marriace will be read o owith interest. Mr. Walker is bookkeeper for C. R. Brabham & Sons, and the young couple will make their home in Bamberg. Program of Union Meetings. June 29 and 30 at Healing Springs, Springtown and Friendship churches. | Query No. 1.?"The Origin and End of the Drunkard." Query No. 2.?"Christian Consistency." HEALING SPRINGS Introductory sermon-W. M. Jones, D. D. Query No. 1.?D. L. Roton, Geo. Boylston, S. A. Hair. Query No. 2.?C. M. Billings, R M. Mixon, G. E. Birt. v Missionary sermon?C. M. Billings. SPRINGTOWN Introductory sermon?H. J. Snyder Query No. i.?A. J. Foster, J. B. Black, J. C. McMillan. Query No. 2.?S. P. Hair, A. J. Chassereau, W. Folk. Missionary sermon?A. J. Foster. FRIENDSHIP. Introductory sermon?W. G. Britton. Query No. 1.?R. W. Sanders, J. A. Jenkins, C. M. Edenfield. Query No. 2.?G. W. Garner, W. T. Cave, W. C. Baxley. Missonary sermon?G. W. Garner. A mass meeting to be held Sunday morning in interest of State missions at all unions. Dinner expected on the grounds Saturday. VOTING CONTEST AT HOYE'S For Most Popular Young Lady and Gentleman In Bamberg. Have you been to vote at Moye's? If not, why not get the habit? The lady of your choice should be in the contest and there with a large number of votes to her credit. The fount is always well filled with voters, and they are not all twenty one years of age. Are you twenty one? If not that doesn't matter, for you can vote as you please without any such legal requirement. This is the contest, and it is for everybody. Handsome Drizes are being offered and they will be worth having. So get the habit. The contest as it stands to date is given below; this is up until Monday afternoon 4 o'clock, and does not include any names with less than three votes. There were about two thousand names which had less than thai number and the list is too long to print, so just the ones who are leading are given herewith. Names No. of Votes Miss Blanch Garland 282 " Leonard Folk ,...181 " Sadie Brabham 163 " Ottie Simmons 113 " Pearl Black 74 Mrs. E. A. Hooton 68 Miss Wilhelmina Folk 66 " HiberniaCounts.. 58 " Mozelle Copeland 43 " Florence Dickinson 28 " EulaRowell 17 " Frankie Folk 14 " Annie Lou Byrd 13 44 Florence LaFitte 13 " Xania Easterling 11 " Gedelle Brabham 7 44 Ellen Felder 7 44 Lucille Folk 7 44 May Brabham 6 44 Annie Laurie Rice 4 44 Mary Williams 4 44 Louise Sheridan .3 44 Pearl Delk 3 44 Willie Meriwether 3 44 Vista Brabham -. 3 " Mary Gertrude Brabham 3 Mr. Eugene Stokes 22 " Carl Kirsch 21 " Dave Felder 19 " Roy Bessinger 18 " Henry Stokes.... 14 " Ben Wyman 13 " Hewitt Dickinson 9 " H. N. Folk 7 " Glenn Cope A 7 44 H. H. Copeland 5 44 0. D.Faust Jr 4 44 Charlie Free '. 4 44 J. J. Smoak 4 BAMBERG GUARDS REGULAR MEETING EVERY THURSDAY 8:30 P M An Ideal Home for Sale Situated on the West end of Railroad Avenue, and fronts Calhoun and Broad Streets, contains 14 acres of land in town of Bamberg, with eight room ! modern dwelling in good repair; good orchard and vineyard; about five acres in pecan trees, about one-half bearing; artesian well 417 feet deep flowing 16 gallons of good, pure water per minute; water piped through dwelling; swim- < ming pool and fish pond; one acre in flowers and shrubbery; good servant house and all necessary outbuildings; also conservatory aud two summer houses with beautiful vines growing over them; healthy location. Population of town about 2,500, ships about 15,000 (bale of cotton per year, and only 45 | miles from Aiken, the great health resort of South Carolina. This property lies on the Southern Railway, ana the | land without the improvements, cut into j residential lots could be sold from $600 to $1,000 per acre, but will be sold at a 11 " "~< ii -?i? ? ? 1?.. low ng"ure. uau eany n yuu wam. a uojgain. Price on application. I will sell ten acres of this lot, with three-room tenant house and five acres of pecans, for $2,500.00. J. T. O'INEAL Real Estate Agent : : Bamberg, 5. C. SHERIFF'S SALE. State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg. Southern Cotton Oil Co., plaintiff, vs. S. G. Mayfield and D. F. Hutto, defendants. By virtue of an execution to me directed in the above entitled cause I have levied upon and will sell on Monday, the first day of July A. D., 1907 (it being sales day in said month) during the legal hours of sale, in front of the court house in Bamberg, S. C., the following described real estate (there being no personal property available) to wit: One tract of land in Bamberg county, near Lees, containing 64 acres, more or less, known as the Daniels tract and bounded 11 ? l a on/1 as IOllOWS, UV ftuguowi emu vkuiwivu stage road, Eugene Fickling, Dr. J. H. E. Milhous, H. B. Grimes, and Mrs. Mary Grimes. Also one tract of land in Bamberg county, near Denmark, known as the Turner tract containing 600 acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of S. G. May field's homestead, as per plat of L. N. Bellinger dated Mav 29, 1907; also by lands of estate of G. W. Turner, Joseph Carroll, J. W. Walker, Henry Zorn, Mrs. H. C. Folk, Little Saltkehatchie swamp, and Mrs. Annie Hartzog. Levied upon and will be sold as the property of S. G. Mayfield to satisfy saia judgment if so much be necessary. J. B. HUNTER. Sheriff Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., June 5, 1907. i MORE FAT, LESS ALIMONY. 8ign Painter's Avoirdupois Cuts Down Ex?Wife's Allowance. The alimony to be paid to Laura A. McKinley by Jolm II. McKlnley, sign painter, was ordered reduced by Judge Keeler of the common pleas court in Cleveland, O., on the plea of McKinley that he had grown too stout to work at bis trade. The McKlnleys are divorced. The alimony which the husband was ordered to pay his wife was $25 a month. This amount was based on the supposition that McKinley was making about $100* a month. It was shown that Mrs. McKinley was deriving an Income from her own work and that of her children of $46 a month. McKinley himself asserted that because of his weight he could no lonurer eet work at the trade he had followed since boyhood and could do only common labor at $1.50 a day. He weighs over 200 pounds and cannot climb ropes to paint signs on walls of buildings. Judge Heeler reduced the alimony from $25 to $12 a month. SHE IS FULL OF NEEDLES. Dollio Deusalor Swallow* a Package of Them?Fifty Recovered. Mrs. t)olly Deussler, aged twentytwo years, who swallowed a packet of needles several months ago, is under treatment In Bellevue hospital, New York city, where the surgeon states she still has scores of needles in her body. At the Fordham hospital, where the woman was first treated, five operations were performed and fifty needles extracted. Some of the needles are located as far apart as back, chest and arms, and it Is feared that two of them which have traveled to the vicinity of the heart may puncture that organ. A charge of attempted suicide may be made against the woman. It Is not known how she came to swallow the needles. TRIES TO SEE HER STOCKINGS New Orleans Man Frightens an Actress In the Street. "She has got on red stockings. See if I am not right" That was the cry which greeted pretty Grace Feltes, an actress, at Baronne and Canal streets. New Orleans, on a recent evening. It was a man who accosted her, and he threw himself to his knees in order to make a closer examination. Miss Feltes fled screaming and ran into the arms of Patrolman Raggio. The 81range man followed and made another effort to get a glimpse of the "8 HE HAS GOT ON RED STOCKINGS." girl's hosiery. The persecutor asserted that on Sunday night while in company with a young woman who resembled Miss Feltes he was robbed of $10. He remembered that his fair charmer had on red stockings, and he was anxious to satisfy himself on that point when he sought a peep at the actress'ankles. The man got away in the quickly assembled crowd before his Identity was revealed. It is believed he is demented. Miss Fsltes, with her mother, called on Inspector Whitaker and made formal complaint. Hand Nailed to Telegraph Pole. The little hamlet of Forestville, Md.t was recently stirred over the discovery of a human hand nailed to a telegraph pole. The authorities or Jtrrnce George's county are unable to tell whether it is the hand of a white person or a negro on account, of Its decomposition. It was found by Atwill Gray while returning from church. The hand, according to Deputy Sheriif Suit, wty reported the case to the local police, looked as though it had been chopped off with an ax. The third finger was missing, and the authorities at Forestville believe the finger was taken from a woman's hand to obtain a wedding or engagement ring. Bride the Prize of Pool Tournament. William Brittou and Edward Hill of I Trenton, N. J., recently finished a pool tournament in which a bride was the prize. Britton won. The girl consented to the novel play, she being unable to choose between her rival sweethearts. Hill has promised to act as best man. The games were hotly contested. Britton won the first, 25 to 23. Hill took the second, 25 to 21. The' third Britton took by 25 to ID. < ' ' MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT BY LOCAL TALENT I ?? -cj| Friday Evening, June 21, 19Q7 twitting scnooi wnapei, ?s30 p m ^ ADMISSION lO and IS CENTS Refreshments on lawn Fnnds for Epworth leape M v . A Checking Account is a business neees-' ^Jll L)0 YOU Ap? sity; and the man who tries to get along . , preciate the Without one is at a p?af disadvantage, y I nf a 1S n that a man should , Valllc OI a,?? have a larere hulk of readv mnnev in order to open an account. fliorlritlff A Professional men, farmers and even v ,/f vflvvKlIl^ M many women are running Checking Ac- , yt . . fa counts. If you have never done business A CCOil fit *n this way, and are not familiar with f ? 5>! the plan, come to us and we will get ^ you started. BAMBERG BANKING COMPANY ' iffp Bamberg t t i : t t i South Carolina OLD FOLKS' BIBLES! J Old Folks' Bibles, big1 bold print, for dim eyes, long 9 wanted, a regular $2.00 book. Type as in a family . : s'M Bible, yet handy size to use. Sent on receipt of $1.00, I and 25 cents for postage or expressage.. I H. W. FINLAYSONl SrmmbmH S Why not be comfortable? , 1 have X * a nice assortment of hot weather X X accessories, such as J* J* J* X I Ice Cream Freezers, Water Coolers, Hammocks X g ffi and anything you may need in X S the line. Donrt fail to get my 0 i fi prices on Hardware and Stoves. ? I C. J. S. BROOKER ? f THE HARDWARE HAN - . - BAMBERG, S. C. ? Greensboro Life Insnrance Company f I jg "A SQUARE DEAL TO EVERY MAN" 9 1 | OUR MAGNIFICENT RECORD | 9 SK Insurance in Force December 31, 1906: 3,667 $5.948.178.00 9 W Insurance in force December 31, 1905: 1,093 1,798,300.00 0, / NET GAIN MADE IN 1906]: ^Ov t^ Z A Assets December 31, 1906 : $ 220,878.90 X A Assets December 31, 1905 : : 134,309.30 Xj , X gain in assets: 86569.40 Zv -||i * Surplus as to Policy-Holders December 31, 1906:..: ...$ 175,895.86 9 V^Ji ? Surplus as to Policy-Holders December 31, 1905: 128,375.30 0 * a gain in surplus as to policy-holders: $ 47,520.56 A sp jK Total Receipts During 1906: ...i$ 238,396.86 0 Total Disbursements During 1906: ! 174,404.79 X ? mwoo rw ocrPiPTfi nVRR DISBURSEMENTS: $ 63,992*7 It'' mm 2KL v*- 1WVW v . ? -. I FORREST TAYLOR i jjg General Agent - Sumter, S, C. * FOR BARGAINS IN . h AR'AABBflBflA ' ^ Farms and Town Properties 1U A U X L11 f GALL* ON OR WRITE f ? f||V I L II I J. T. O'NEAL FIFTY COLORED LABORERS Who has 48,447 Acres of Land for AT ONCE Sale, in Tracts of from 50 to _ . _ ? ^0000 acres some of For Logging, Railroad 40,000 acres, some of ^ Sawmj? Wo#fc t|f| which are finely / timbered ! STEADY WORK J| . GOOD WAGES ALSO houses and lots, ana unini for residences'on Paid Every Night Withfflf ALSO one single story brick store 25x75 feet in business center of Main ttimCu IfltO OlflCC CVCfy street, with a nice six-room dwelling and t\vrn u/eekc tn hp racbpd large lot with necessary out. buildings lWO WeeKS 10 Casne?^ ALSO one large., .o^en lot _ont Main HOUSB ROIlt flM || street, measuring tv ieet irunc uj nv Also can use white labor, J-gj center of Main street. A bargain awaits Call or Address ' you in these properties. . ' All - ? m ' COME AND SEE ME gREON LUMBER GO. ds J. T. O NEAL ULMERS, S. C. :m Real Estate Agent - - Bamberg, 5. C. Located on S. A. L. Railroad.