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% / (Ebr Hambrrg Thursday, Sept. 10, 1908 SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Read our advertisements and patronize our advertisers. New lot stationery and school supplies in at The Herald Book Store. Mr. W. S. Hogan wants to buy a good milch cow. See his ad. in this issue. Anything the school children may need in the way of tablets, pencils, etc., can be had at The Herald Book Store. Mr. J. L. Hiers, of Ehrhardt, has been awarded the scholarship in the University of South Carolina from this county. Cotton is cheap, but don't buy pa-1 ' ' * ? it. I per bottom shoes when sona learner ones are so reasonable at W. D. Rhoad's. You can't get around this fact, Mr. Merchant, that the most successful business men are the ones who do the most advertising. f.V . ^ The post office kept Sunday hours Monday on account of labor day, it being a national holiday. No other place in town observed the holiday. Mr. D. J. Delk has had a nice cement sidewalk put dow;n in front of his store and residence. Our pdopie continue to make improvements. ? Cotton will bring the highest prices in Bamberg. Sprunt & Co., Inman & Co., and other big exporting cotton firms have buyers on this market. I have some bargains for you. Come and get them while they are m hot. W. D. RHOAD. "Uncle Sam" is treating his employees nice these days. Postmaster Murphy'was sent a check for $20 by the post office department, and given Iv'K a leave of absence of two weeas. The State board of education has continued the high schools at Bamberg, Denmark, and Olar, which means that these schools will again receive the high school appropriation . from the State. My big fall stock will soon be all in. I bought them right and will sell them cheap. W. D. RHOAD. Those copyright books are in at The Herald Book Store. They are jpSf':' , all good titles, bound in cloth, regu* lar $1.50 books, and we are selling them at 50 cents each. Greatest bargains ever offered in this section. Rev. Thos. Leitch, of Charleston, preached in the Methodist Church here last Sunday morning and evening, in the absence of Rev. T. G. Herbert. .Mr. Leitch's many friends 1$*?.'\ were glad tp hear him again. Some people think they must go to a big city to get a stylish or upto-date vehicle. They forget that ^0- ! the other chaps have identically tl\e same factories to select from that I do. G. FRAJJK BAMBERG, The -many friends of Mr. J. C. Guilds in this city will regret to of hie m ot hpr icai u ui, uvui.ii vi which occurred at Cordesville, her home> last Sunday. She leaves a husband and several children. The burial took place Monday morning. - September 14th and 15th Schloss Bros, tailoring opening at W. D. Rhoad's store. If you want the latest in clothing come and see the line. Mr. E. Paul Allen, the iew principal of our graded school, arrived ?1 ; in the city last Friday. His family will follow in a few days, and he will occupy the residence of Mr. W. E. Spann,. which is situated near the school. yijfc'' Big city dealers must charge a greater profit for the same vehicle. N than I, because of higher rents, insurance, taxes, cost of living and conducting business. G. FRANK BAMBERG. In Anderson last Saturday Hon. C. C. Featherstone was asked if he would be a candidate ror governor two years from now, and his reply was: Tt is too early to say positively, but I am inclined to think I shall be in the race." Don't say the old vehicle will (?& have to do, that it can be fixed up after a fashion. Isn't it poor economy to make yourself dissatisfied. G. FRANK BAMBERG. The track or the Southern Kaiiway between Charleston and Columbia, round by Bamberg and Blackville, has certainly been overworked the past week. All Southern trains between these points came by Bamberg, and the Atlantic Coast Line trains also passed through here. 1 cannot help it, if the bargain vehicle you bought did not turn out to be what you paid your money for and the concern you bought it of is out of business, G. FRANK BAMBERG. Mr. Carl O. Kirsch, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Kirsch, of this city, has been awarded the scholarship in the South Carolina Military Academy, as a result of the recent examination. Mr. Leon I. Metts, of Denmark, is alternate. Mr. Kirsch won the scholarship over nve contestants. At a church conference of the Baptist congregation last Sunday the following building committee was electjte\ ed to have charge of the work of erecting the new parsonage: C. B. Free, Chairman; Thos. Black, Dr. Geo. F. Hair, John Cooner, and C. W. Rentz. Work on the building will commence in a short time. The largest and best stock of horses and mules, buggies and wagons, harness and saddlery in lower South Carolina always on hand. G. FRANK BAMBERG. Bamberg has certainly been a railroad center the past week. We had a passenger train almost every hour in the day, and at night numbers of freight trains were passing through. This was caused by the trestle of the Southern at Kingville being impassable, and the bridges of the Coast Line over the Santee being in a like condition. The flood. hit the railroads a hard lick. New fall goods arriving daily at The Herald Book Store. Last Saturday afternoon a negro named Jeff Kearse threw a brick on Main street and struck an old negro named Isaac Brabham on the jaw, inflicting painful injuries. Kearse was mad with old man Brabham's sen and was throwing at him and struck the old man by accident. He was arrested and put in the guard house. Monday he was tried before Mayor Hair and fined $10.00. which was paid. An out-of-town advertiser writes us as follows: "We wish to say that your issue of Saturday, the 5th instant, is a good one, and we congratulate you upon getting out such a nice edition; it would do credit to a great many of the city dailies." The writer of the letter named is secretary and treasurer of Thomas & Barton Co., and he is also the advertising manager. He knows what good work is, and we. highly appreciate his endorsement. Handsome Front. Mr. W.. A. Klauber has purchased the material for and work has begun on the handsome new front for his store, and when completed his place will be one of the most attractive in this city. The front will be composed of two plate glass show windows, each with a frontage of 6 x 7 feet and a recessed door, thus making two very large windows to display goods in. The top of these windows will be set off with prism glass which has a lighting angle of 45 degrees and will afford an abundance of light for the interior of his store. Mr. Klauber has just returned from the Northern markets, and says that he has purchased some of the most modern fixtures for his windows. Mr. Klauber's progressiveness is to be commended, and more of our merchants might do well to emulate his example. The Campaign Fund in Bamberg. We must say that the Democrats of Bamberg are not as enthusiastic as they should be over the town's contribution to tne National democratic campaign fund, and we believe that it is due largely to their lack of appreciation of the work which is to be done if the Democrats are to have a representative in the White House in 1909. We should all remember that because South Carolina and the rest of the Southern States will go solidly Democratic is no necessity for the work to stop at simply voting. There are doubtful States which we must bring over to our side, and it will cost money to send speakers of ability into this territory to convince them that their course is wrong and that ours is right. How long will Bamberg refrain from shouldering her part of the burden which is naturally laid on the State of South Carolina? Other towns are coming to me iront with generous contributions, while Bamberg's response is very small indeed. It is true that the subscription list which was circulated by one of our citizens some days ago was numerously subscribed to but not a single amount above $1.00 was subscribed by any one. Can we not get a few members to the "five hundred class"? This class, as 4t is perhaps generally known, is to be composed of five hundred subscribers to the National fund, each of whom contribute $5.00. The suggestion, which was made by a public-spirited gentleman, is being put info successful operation and it would, to take the selfish side, be a splendid advertisement for the town if some of our citizens, who can easily afford it, would contribute , the required amount and assist in swelling the class. So far the State is much behind the mark at which she should be. Up to this writing the entire fund collected will not exceed $1,200. When we compare this with Oklahoma's $50,000 contribution our amount ,sinks into insignificance. It may be argued that Oklahoma is much larger than South Carolina, but it must also be remembered that Oklahoma 'is going solidly Democratic, and that the State is not twenty-five times larger than our uwu oiair. Below we give the status of the fund in Bamberg, contributions for which are received at the Herald office at any time. Previously acknowledged $21.35 S. W. Johnson 1.00 Letter to H. J. Brabnam. Bamberg, S. C. Dear Sir: No man is in position to influence men with regard to their property more than you in that little room where they tell you their troubles. Pity if you don't know how to keep a house dry and sound, any sort of structure, house store factory warehouse shop barn fence?any sort of fence, except rail; with paint. What paint? The paint that takes least gallons; for paint costs money, and putting it on costs twice as much as the paint. That is short; but that's all; it includes the rest. One paint wears long, another wears short; but the on? that wears long is the least-gallons-paint; least gallons means pure and strong, and the most-gallons means adulterated and weak, besides small gallons. Paint is one of the biggest interAfif r? + "U A T T t> i^a<3 O + n ^ An ?> + V* A ill LUC tllHCU OldlCS, IlUt tUC business of making it; no, the business of paint, taking care of property. Paint is worth a great deal more than it costs,and the best costs least: Devoe. Yours truly 19 F. W. DEVOE & CO. P. S. J. A. Hunter sells our paint. Lumber Fire in Cleveland. Cleveland, 0., Sept. 2.?Fire this afternoon destroyed lumber valued at $100,000 in the yards of the Saginaw Bay Luifcber company. The flames swept over two acres covered with lumber piles. A strong wind fanned the fire and for a time it was believed the big central viaduct and the Nickle Plate railway bridge would be damaged, although both were constructed largely of steel. The wooden ties of the railway bridge caught fire several times, but the structure was not seriously damaged. BAMBERG RACERS WIN. Horses of Jones Bros. Take Prizes at Florence Last Thursday. The fine trotting horses of Jones Bros., of this city, won all the races in which they were entered at Florence last Thursday. The following is the record of the races: First race, 3:3u class, trot or pace. Entries: Geo. T. Little, Camden, Patty Nix, bay mare. Jones Bros., Bamberg, Ben Hur, black gelding, 2.27*4. Howard Cannon, Florence, Roy, bay gelding, 2.22*4. M. H. Purvis, Timmonsville, Marietta Crow, black mare. N. E. Moore, Timmonsville, Alvin C., sorrel gelding. Roy won the above race, the time being 2.29 and 2.26*4. Ben Hur could have won, but on acount of his record, 2.27*4, he was not eligible to start in this race, and he was allowed to start with the understanding that he was to take second money, which he did. The second race was a free for all. trot or pace, and the entries were as follows: Jones Bros., Bamberg, Bad News, bay gelding, 2.08%, by Coastman. E. T. Elliott, Dillon, Alduta, black gelding. Howard Cannon, Florence, Mary Dell, sorrel mare. M. B. Huggins, Timmonsville, Celebrate, 2.11*4. J. L. Wilkes, Timmonsville, Coastman, gray gelding, 2.24*4. Bad News won this race, his time being 2.19 and 2.16%. It was said these were five of the fastest horses ever started in a race in South Carolina. The third race was a three minutes class, trot or pace, and the entries were: J. M. Truluck, Lake City, Virginia Dear, brown mare. J. F. Robertson, Florence, Dr. M., brown gelding. Jones Bros., Bamberg, Atlanta Girl, sorrel mare. H. D. Warn, Darlington, George Washington, bay gelding. M. B. Huggins, Timmonsville, Joe, bay gelding. C. P. Berry, Florence, Joe, bay gelding. Atlanta Girl won this race, her time hpine- 2.40 and 2.25. There were also some running races but Jones Bros, had no entries in these, all of their horses being trotters or pacers. Mr. L. W. Verner, who has been training these races here for the past few months, did the driving, and he managed the horses magnificently. The race won by Bad News was hotly contested, as several gentlemen of that section had gone North and purchased Alduta with the expectation of his winning this race. Mr. Verner has gone on to Virginia with his racing string, and will be in the races throughout that State, Tennessee, Maryland, and Georgia this winter. That the horses will give a good account of themselves we have no doubt, and this will bring additional advertising for Bamberg. We congratulate Jones Bros, on getting together such a fine lot of horses and on having such a fine manager as Mr. Verner. Olar Graded-High School. The Olar high school will begin it's session for 1908-09 on Monday, September the 14th, at 9 o'clock a. m. The best teachers have been employed for this session, each one being thoroughly competent and painstaking, and it ?is expected that this will be the best session the school has ever had. It is hoped that each patron will be wise enough to see the great necessity of children beginning the first day in order to get , the best results. Students -will be admitted from other districts free of charge. W. M. OXNER, ? Principal. August Honor Roll.* The following persons paid their subscription dues to The Herald during the past month: R. O. Rice, E. L. Price, S. W. Pearlstin, J. A. Murdaugh. B. W. Simmons. W. G. Kirkland, C. R. Brabham, D. P. Hooton, M. M. Tyler, P. K. Rhoad, Mrs. M. A. Adams, L. M. Hiers. J. A. Williams, J. E. Whitesides, L. A. Carroll, C. R. Hooton, J. M". Steedly, J. W. Washington, Alex McDowell, N. Z. Felder, W. H. Morris, F. H. Copeland, C. A. Patrick, G. A. Rice, J. M. McKenzie, JaspeP Varn, F. M. Moye, ' Edward Sims, W. B. Moore, H. M. Rhoad, N. J. Padgett. Card of Thanks. Mr. E. C. Bruce, candidate for sheriff, desires us to extend through The Herald his hearty thanks to his friends and supporters in the first primary. He only lacked 48 votes of election, and he feels very grateful to his friends for their support, and he will be ready to serve them in any way he can. The Cotton Market The cotton platform in Bamberg is a busy place these days, and the receipts this season bid fair to go way above previous years. Cotton from J a distance is coming to Bamberg because of the high prices paid, and the receipts to date are double what they were at the same date last year. Nearly one thousand bales have been received during the past week, and the price to-day (Tuesday) is nine cents the pound. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Sept. 7.?Over two hundred bales of cotton were sold to our merchants on Friday and Saturday of last week. C. Ehrhardt & Sons ginned their first bale of cotton last year on the 10th of September. This year up to the close of the 5th of September they had ginned over 200 bales. Mr. Wilson, a cotton buyer for an export company in Savannah, Ga., thinks of locating at this place to buy cotton from the merchants for his company. We had a very heavy rain here on - a 3 Ti + vnrv T*V saiuruay it was gcmua iwj and the potato and pea crop will be benefited by the rain. Quite a noticeable change has been made with the candidates that have been left out and those that have been elected. They are not near so polite to the dear people. Lots pf the dear people are passed by without a notice or hand shake. Why is this Mr. Editor? All the subscribers in this section who owe The Bamberg Herald for their paper can hand the price of the paper to Mr. Jacob Ehrhardt, post master, who will attend to same without extra cost or trouble to them. Wedding bells will* be ringing in this section next Saturday afternoon if all reports are true. Will tell you all about the participants in the nuptial agreement if the reports are correct. Miss Josephine Copeland is at home, spending some time with her parents, brothers and sisters. Mr. O. P. Folk is very sick. Col. John F. Folk and Dr. Copeland went to take an auto ride and called in to see him. k Hope he will soon be out again. Mr. Henry Folk was in town on Saturday, selling cotton for his hands. /" */->ninl/aro o ra in crrtnd fipmnnd in this section. The warm dry weather has caused the cotton to open prematurely. The sample is not as high grade as we usually get in this section. Rev. P. E. Monroe preached to an attentive audience Sunday morning, and will preach next Sunday in the afternoon. Schools are preparing for an opening, and the young folks will soon be at work again in pursuit of knowledge. Sunday afternoon our streets were alive with promenaders. The young folks seem to enjoy such afternoons. Mr. Isaac Mitchum lost his house by fire last week. Caught about twelve o'clock at night. Saved some of his furniture. Had some insurance on the house, reported about $500, but will not near cover the cost of his dwelling. Prof. Tom D. Jones will not teach in the Ehrhardt graded school this year, as he has accepted a position with an insurance company to do office work, and will soon go to Augusta, Ga., to take charge of the office work. jee. NEGRO SHOOTS ANOTHER. Theodore Rich wine Shoots and Seriously Wounds Willis Glover. Last Saturday afternoon about six o'clock considerable excitement was created on the streets when Theodore Richwine shot and seriously wounded Willis Glover. The shooting occurred on the street in rear of the dispensary. At first it was feared that Glover would die, but he is improving right along and will no doubt get well. The shooting was done with a pistol, the bulet entering the left breast just below the heart and going almost through the body. It ranged downward and was cut out of the back, just to the left of th3 spinal column. We have not heard definitely what caused the shooting, but from what we can gather it appeare that there was no previous bad blood between them, and that liquor was at the bottom of it. Both negroes were drinking and got into a discussion as to who could whip the other, and the shooting resulted. Richwine was at once arested, and is now in jail. ? An "At Home." On last Wednesday evening Miss Jennie Graham entertained at an "at home" in honor of Miss Mildred Kearse, of Olar, at her home on Carlisle street. The guests began to arrive at half past nine, and were received by the hostess. Several games were played, from which much amusement wa? obtained. Among them were telephone, feathers, progressive love, and admiration society. The main feature of the evening was the flower contest, in which Miss Mildred Kearse and Mr. Charlie Black won the prizes. For refreshments partners were secured . by matching quotations from popular songs. The couples were served by little Misses Carey and Rebecca Graham. . The invited guests were: Misses Bessie Armstrong, Ethel Black, Ruth Riley, Geraldine Bruce, Lois Stead LTb{? Vf n it Pro KBo m IXlctU, DldUWlC" Ai.au, ma; Lfi auuuui) Elise Rentz, Belle Cooner, Lucile Lightsey, Annie Hartzog, Mortima Ray, Flossie Murdaugh, Alice Smoak, Ottie Simmons, Wilhelmina Folk, Louise Folk, Leonard Folk, Pearl Black, Alma Black, Ruth Byrd, Lalla Byrd, Pearl Folk, of Ehrhardt, Ethel and Mildred Kearse, of Olar; Messrs. Willie Hand, Eugene Stokes, Henry Stokes, Johnnie Simmons, Charlie Aver, Jack Riley, H. F. McGowan, Bissell Beach, Hugo Sheridan, Charlie Felder, Carl Kirsch, Charlie Black, Leroy Price, Lynwood Lightsey, Willie Dickinson, Alfred Ray, Charlie D. Free, Robert Felder, Marion Cooner, Tillman Felder, Norman Fender, Simms Fender, H. N. Folk, Charlie Rentz, Clarence Black, and Jim Herndon, of Branchville. B. B. ' ' ' :fl . II 4 Orangeburg Collegiate Institute S |Jj 4* Orangeburg South Carolina V |J to send off to school this session, but haven t decided J| J* the matter yet? Let us send you our catalouge. y gft, Rates are very reasonable. Write us to-day. :-: :-: J Address W. S. Peterson, Pres., Orangeburg, s. C. ? <3 ii Sesssion Opens September 17th, 1908 J ? ??0 gl HARD WAR r JBM ; I have the Gladiator Stalk Cutter, Avery's "Reversible" '. ^ Disc Harrow, Chattanooga Chilled (double and single) ' Plews, The Oaks Cotton and Corn Planter, Caldwell improved Cotton Seed Dropper, Blount's True BlueCast Steel Plow, Avery Dow Law Cotton Planter, Hoosier Corn Drill, Cole Guano Distributor, K. P. Guano Distributor, Lulu Seed Planter, The Little Joe Harrow, The Georgia jtnd ?| ' ^ Farquhar Plow Stocks, the best Heaters and Stoves, Fisft ? and Poultry Wire, Devoe and Hammar Paints, Harness . Oil, Crockeryware and Shelf Goods, Pumps and Piping. ' S My prices are right. Come in and take a look. ] ** t.| J. A. HUNTER, VZ&Sml^ , M ? O 'Wm An up-to-date drug store with a choice assortI ment, of Drugs, Patent Medicine^ Paints, Oils, I Stationery, Cut Glass. Combs, Brushes, Rubber Getting Ahead] J The problem of getting ahead in this life is a matter of shaving and saving. Yon must shave your expenditures until they are less than your income, then save the difference by ? r/ putting it into the bank. Or in other words, put a part of ; v your income into the bank regularly and live on the remain- > der. You do not have to sacrifice the comforts of living in order to save a little out of your income. It's the idea of saving a little and saving it with system. A bank account helps you to save regularly. Open an account with. PEOPLES BANK, . . ... . . Bamberg, S. C. A j I Thomas & Barton Company's Pianos |pf|j I NOT DAMAGED"! BY THE FLOOD! We are glad to announce that not a 8 4 single piano in our entire stock was 9 damaged by the recent flood. We 9 succeeded m moving every instru- 9, ment from the first floor to the sec- 9 * ond floor of our building before the 9 ; Jgg water came into our store. We are X i now prepared to serve our patrons ? and nil orders as promptly as ever yjgM The damage to our Furniture de- - M^fp; partment was inconsiderable and 9|?|$ every damaged article has been af * sold. Therefore, as usual, we have ra nothing but fresh goods with which 9 , 'M to supply our customers. ' I THOMAS & BARTON CO. I | f 708-710-712 Broadway, Augusta, Ga. I Wait a few days until I get in my fall stock. Some of it M- J I is delayed on account of the floods, but I have on hand a I I very swell line of Clothing and Shoes at lowest prices. ? All I want is a trial and I will do the rest, There is some- I . 9 thing doing in the way of bargains at McGowan's all the H time. Same old motto "No one can undersell me." I McGOWAN'S CHEAP GASH STORE I I ^BAMBERG^^^^^^^^^SOUTj^AROUINA^ ^