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;' ... V " GOOD ROADS. ;Or President Finley Writes on a Most Important Subject. Southern Railway Company.?Office of the President. Washington, D. C., Sept. 30, 1908. Editor The Herald, Bamberg, S. C. Dear Sir: In their replies to my letter of July 31st, 1908, on the subject of diversification of Southern agriculture and industries, some of the editors to whom it was sent asked me to write to them from time to time on matters of interest to the people of our section. This has led me to take the liberty of addressing you on a topic of importance to all our people and especially to the farmers of the South. If the farm is to be profitable it must not merely produce abundant crops, but its products must be put where they can be sold. By what ever means of transportation they may ultimately be carried before they reach the final consumer, our farm products move primarily over the country highway, and the condition of the road leading from the farm to the shipping point or to near by consuming center, such as a manufactur- j lug town, affects materially the prof its of the farmer ana tne vaiue or nis farm. The condition of the road controls the size of the load that can be hauled over it and the speed at which It can be carried. An improvement hy which the farmer is enabled to carry, with the same vehicle and the same team, a load seventy-five or one i. hundred per cent, heavier, will result - In a substantial saying in his time 'f? and in the wear and tear of his vehicles and teams. The construction Dt good roads leading from a market -town has practically the same effect as bringing the farms nearer the town. It extends by several miles in wrery direction the area of territory in which farmers can profitably engage in market gardening and dairying. That this is true has been effectively demonstrated in these lofcalities in the Southern States and in V-.. other sections of the country where gjj? road improvements have been carried >twit intelligently and systematically. The cost to the farmer of hauling his products over poor roads is not always appreciated, for the reason that it is rare that a farmer pays for hiring his hauling done. The United xV State8 department of Agriculture has Bade an investigation of this matter, 4'} however, and the results show the ^ coat of cotton, for instance, to be an It; average rate of twenty-seven cents i $er ton per mile for an average naui Of 11.8 miles. That road improve*!% >,. ment would materially reduce this ' cost is shown by the following strikstatement in the Y,ear Book of the Agricultural Department for 1906. Ylf it were possible to increase the average weight . N ' of a wagonioad of cotton in the United States from three bales, as it now is, to four bales, without increasv ing the cost of hauling the load, the saving on a crop equal to the one picked in 1905 would amount to $2,1 000,000; and if the averr.-*,; age load of wheat, now 55 bushels, were increased by 20 bushels, the saving effected in hauling a crop * like that of 1905 would be ?|i . more than $8,000,000." fl11 addition to what may be termed die commerical aspect of good roads they have a highly important social mspect as well. They bring the farv mer into closer touch with the world fcfj at large. He and family are not fore' ed to remain at home for days at a time because the condition of the roads may make traveling unpleasif not difficult. Good roads insure efficient and prompt rural mail deliveries, placing the newspaper on the table of the farmer early on the dtay of its publication, enabling him #3^. to transact much of his business by jj-^d mail and to take advantage of early jM- Information as to fluctuation in the prices of his farm products. Good jpi' roads mean that the farmer and the . members of his family can enjoy to & great degree the society of their fyx -neighbors and friends in the town and country. -They mean that his children can be more regular in feg school attendance and can receive to pfW* greater degree the advantages \>f education. They mean the bringing -I-* closer together of the town and country, with advantages on both sides, ?5 . tat as the farmer is benefitted by being brought into closer touch with the town, so all the business interests at the town prosper as the result of * the facility with which the farmer iV v and his family can do their shopping. Ctood roads also benefit the inhabitants of towns and cities by affording , facilities for pleasant country drives. Ipfji They invite the business man to the ^^ establishment of country and suburKj' ban homes, such as he can enjoy only when he is assured that the condition of the roads will be such as to : ~ enable him to reach his place of busi?: ness promptly in all kinds of weather. I think it may truthfully be said that there are few matters of such general importance to all the people Of any community as the provision of good roads, and I believe, theretore, that all of us who have the prog ress and prosperity of tne south at heart should do all in our poVer to aid in the creation of a public opinion favorable to road improvement. The system that should be adopted in any locality is one on which it would not be proper for me to tender advice, even if I were qualified to do so. It is necessarily a matter that can best be determined by the people directly interested and who are acquainted with the peculiar needs and conditions in their neighborhoods. The interest of this Company in good roads as a means of .aiding in Southern development was evidenced in a very practical way when, a few years ago, in co-operation with the National Good Roads Association and the Department of Agriculture, it sent a special good roads train over the system, carrying road-building machinery and expert road-builders, who built short stretches of object-lesson roads and delivered addresses at central points where good roads conventions were held. The Land and Industrial Department of this Company is keeping in close touch with the good roads movement throughout the territory traversed by its lines and will be glad, at all times, to co-operate * with the people of any locality by giving information, or in any other practicable and reasonable way. Yours very truly, W. W. FINLEY, President. Just Poured Him Back. i Arch Cook, the district passenger < agent of the Southern road, is from ] Danville. This fact leaked out when < he told another story yesterday. < An old inhabitant who had been \ absent from Danville for fourteen < years returned on a visit and was in- < quiring after some of his old friends. J "How is old Bill Jones?" < "Poor old Bill's dead. Yes, he 4 drank himself to death. We buried \ him right over there." < "Is that a fact! And how about J George Jones. < "Old George went the same route < a couple of years ago. Drank him- ] sel to death. We buried him right < over there." < "Well, well! Does Old Bill Smoots J still talk pplitics?" < "I hardly think so. Old Bill died < about a year ago. He drank himself J to death." < "Guess you buried him right over < there with the rest?" J "No, we just poured him back into < the barrel."?:Louisviiie Times. The Incumbent. On leaving his study, which is in the rear of the church, the pastor of a district in Birmingham saw a little boy, a friend of his, talking to a stranger. "What was he saying to you Dick?" asked the divine, as he came up to the youngster. "He just wanted to know whether Dr. Blank was a preacher of this church." "And what did you tell him?" "I told him," responded the lad, with dignity, "that you were the present incumbrance. "-^Tit-Bits. Has Capt. Petty Seen This Calf? Another freak of nature has been developed in Cherokee county. John Harmon, a well-known farmer, living about nine miles from Gaffney, had a cow to deliver a calf that is a combination of several things altogether out of the ordinary. The calf has two heads, one at each end of its body, two tails and six feet. Both sexes are also developed in it. The animal is quite a wonder and has caused a good deal of astonishment. ?Carolina Spartan. High Finance. The late Bishop Potter, at one of the delightful reunions of the episcopal academy in Philadelphia? " - ?? ~ AJn/intod of tViia ?51SG0p f oner was cuuuj^u venerable and aristocratic school? condemned modern finance. "I condemn at least," he is reported to have said, "that sort of modern finance that consists in getting something for nothing. I once knew a boy who would have made a splendid financier. "This boy, strolling idly through the streets?he never had anything to do?met another. "'I wish,' he said, 'that I had a nickel. Then I'd buy a good 5-cent I cigar and go into the woods and have | a smoke.' '"I have a nickel,' said the other boy. I "'Have you?' the first cried eagerly. 'Then let's form a corporation.' " 'All right. How is it done?" "'I'll be the president. You'llAbe the stockholder. The nickel will be the capital and we'll invest it in tobacco.' \ I "The thing was agreed to and the president, taking the stockholder's 5 cents, bought a cigar forthwith. Then he led the way to the woods. There he sat down on a log, lit up and began to smoke skillfully. \ "The stockholder waited for his turn to come. He waited very patiently. But the cigar diminished. One-third of it, two-thirds of it disappeared and still the president showed no signs of satiety. "'Say!' exclaimed the stockholder at last, 'don't I get a whack here?' I "The president, knocking off the I ashes, shook his head. I "T don't see it,' he said. I "'But what,' shouted the angry I stockholder, 'do I get for my capital?' I "'Well, said the president, 'you can spit.'"?Washington Star. Counterfeit Money Found. b Buffalo, Oct. 15.?One of the most c complete counterfeiting plants ever discovered in this country has been u unearthed by United States and Canadian secret service officers on a u small farm a few miles outside of Go- a wanda, Cattaraugus county. Thomas W. Crozier and his son, Milton, J who were arrested the other day at J Oakville, Ontario, are charged with 2 running the plant. P W. L. Garmon, of the United States ^ secret service, and James Parkinson, ^ inspector for the Dominion secret ser- J vice, returned to Buffalo with a com- F plete counterfeiting outfit found on the farm, which the elder Crozier bought recently. rT~11? 1 hH "Farmers' l ue luic iu^iuuvu - ? _ Bank of Canada $10 notes, 89 Farmers Bank of Canada $5 notes, 100 Standard Bank of Canada notes for $10, and 138 United States $5 silver certificates, making a total of $3,635. They also found in a deserted house on the farm plates for United States and Dominion bank notes of various denominations. ENGINEER KILLED. Shot to Death by Naval Stores Operator. Pensacola, Fla., Oct. 18.?Eugene Wood, engineer of a logging railroad operated by a milling concern, was shot and killed vest* rday by Jack o Gilbert, a naval stores operator, near c Panama City. It is said the engi- * neer had passed Gilbert's place with- a out stopping to take on some freight. On the^ next trip, it is alleged, Gilbert placed a red flag on the track o and when the train stopped shot u Wood. t G. Frank Bamberg received Monday the first car load of horses and t mules :for this season. They are 1 beauties, and will be sold right. Full stock of buggies, wagons, harness, lap robes, etc., on hand. I.# I All New ? Every article in our store F is fresh, and the prices ? t are as low as can found * ? in any city or town.*.*.* ^ F Jumbo Brand Tomatoes, 3 lb. inr ^ F can only >UC J 9 Telephone Brand Salmon, l F lb. can only * I Imported Sardines, never sold i ri_ X ? for less than 15c, now only >UC, X F Electric Coffee, ground. The best x : F Coffee in Bamberg. Put up ~)Cr X i F in lb. tin cans, per can \ Mistletoe Hams, the best Hams In w the city. As sweet as coun- jo F try hams. Per pound only >OC a Best line of Fruits and Vegetables in a a the city can be found at my store 1 ' a at all times. 2 I All we ask is for you to X ? pay our place a visit, and | if our prices and goods F nlease vou we will be X ' glad to'serve you. But ? [ don't purchase until you J [ have visited our store. o 1 ; E. BART PRICE r Bamberg,South Carolina o , O o Id. j delkI CARRIAGE WORKS I MYTBJNSONWBffilS I: t Delivery wagons, one and two I j horse farm wagons, ice wag- I i ons, log carts, sewing machine I 3 wagons, or any kind of special I < work built to order on short I i notice. First-class repair and I 5 paint shop, does pipe work and I 1 carries piping and fixtures, i brass fittings, engine supplies, I i injectors, steam gauges, en- ] gine oils, large stock of bug- I i gies, harness, lap robes and I ( whips for sale cheap. All work I ^ will be airoreciatea and satis- | 1 faction guaranteed I D. J. DELK I BAMBERG, 5. C. I J. H. DIXON Machinist and Engineer General Repair Shop. We repair all kinds of machinery and carry a full line of Pipe, Pipe Fittings, Valves, Injectors, Lubricators, Oilers, etc. Bring your engine and have the cylinder bored. Maae it rim like new and give you more power. Bring your cotton gins and press parts and have them repaired before the busy season. A stitch in time saves nine. We repair saw mUls, grist mills, cane mills: in fact we run a hospital for sick and disordered machinery. Bring it in and have it cured. Gas en glnes and automobile engine cylinders I bored, and new pistons and rings made that won't leak. Gives you more power and better efficiency. We re imir and charge storage batteries. Call when in trouble and see what we I ( can do. ^ SHOP AT COTTON MILL I j TAX NOTICE. g The County Treasurer's office will r e open for the collection of State, ounty, school and all other taxes a rom the 15th day of October, 1908, c ntil the 15th day of March, 1909. i From the 1st day of January, 1909, r ntil the 31st day of. January, 1909, i penalty of 1 per cent, will be added t :> all unpaid taxes. From the 1st t ay of February, 1909, until the 28th i ay of February, 1909, a penalty of s per cent, will be added to all un- t aid taxes. From the 1st day of c larch, 1909, until the 15th day of t larch, 1909, a penalty of 7 per cent, c dll be added to all unpaid taxes, t 'ollowing is the levy: For State purposes, 5% mills. For county purposes, 3 mills. Constitutional school tax, 3 mills. Total, 11% mills. t pecial school levies: I Bamberg, No. 14, 7 mills. , Binnaker's, No. 12, 4 mills. T Clear Pond, No. 19, 2 mills. Colston, No. 18, 2 mills. Cuffie Creek, No. 21, 6 mills. ^ npnmnrk. No. 21. 6 mills. t Ehrhardt, No. 22, 2 mills. c Govan, No. 11, 4 mills. Hunter's Chapel, No.-16, 1 mill. c Hopewell, No. 1, 3 mills.Hey ward, No. 24, 2 mills. Hampton, No. 3, 2 mills. Lees, No. 23, 4 mills. Midway, No. 2, 2 mills. ? Oak Grove, No. 20, 2 mills. ? j Olar, No. 8, 4 mills. < All male persons between the ages ^ >f twenty-one and sixty years, ex- \ ept Confederate soldiers and sailors, ( /ho are extempt' at fifty years of age, \ re liable to a poll tax of one dollar, j Capitation dog tax, 50 cents. I All male persons who were 21 years j ^ age on or before the 1st of Jan- ( lary, 1908, and have not made re- ( urns to the Auditor, will do so on ir before the 1st of January, 1909. i I will receive the road commuta- i ion tax ($2.00) from October loth, i 908, until March 1st, 1909. t JOHN F. FOLK, ( Treasurer Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 15, 1908. i PHOTOGRAPHING BY LIGHTNING. Alabama Town Comes to the Front With a Peculiar Case. i A strange case of photographing by lightning, which took place some! weeks ago, has just been discovered at a residence in West New Decatur. On the afternoon of the 7th day, of last August lightning struck a: house in West New Decatur, killing NIr. S. W. Goree and badly shocking! his wife. Mr. Goree was standing in the door of the house at the time the flash came which cost him his life. There was a large glass in the front door where Mr. Goree was standing. It has just been discover-: ed that .there is a perfect photograph j on this glass. The picture shows Mr. and Mrs. Goree. Mr. Goree's head is slightly elevated, as if he was watching the storm. Mrs. Goree's lips are slightly parted as if in the act of speaking when the flash came that killed her husband. The picture on the glass also shows a portion of the front yard fence, a large fig bush in LUC liuui jai u, twu punro about 100 yards away, a house and a skirt of woods about a quarter of a mile distant and a number of other objects. The glass is now in possession of Walter M. Grubbs, editor and proprietor of the Decatur News. He has the glass on exhibition in The News office, and it has been viewed by several hundred people. It is regarded as being one of the greatest cases of photographing by lightning on record.?Decatur, Ala., special to the Nashville Banner. Good Showing for South. The preliminary report of the CenBifs Bureau on cotton consumption in the United States l|or the year ending August 31, 1908, recently issued, showed that during the period covered the mills of the South consumed 2,256,613 bales-, against 2,410,993 bales in 1906-07, or a falling off of only 154,380 ba.es (6.4 per cent.), whereas in the same interval Northern establishments exhibited a decline of 255,118 bales (9.9 per cent.), rhis Census Bureau report, so far as [t applies to Southern consumption, is in approximate agreement with the : result disclosed'in our annual cotton 3rop report issued September 4, and shows, as President Pinley of the Southern Railway in effect says, that the cotton mill industry of the South suffered less during the period of general business degression than, the mills in other sections of the country, md this notwithstanding the falling jff in the trade for China, upon svhich many Southern mills place arge dependence. With good reason, Mr. -Finley looks upon the report asj !urnishing additional evidence of the superior advantages of the South as ;he location for cotton mills. The strides the South has taken in ;otton manufacture in recent years ind the comparatively moderate decline in the volume of consumption ast season is certainly a cause of satisfaction and gratification. From m average weekly consumption of ess that 3,000- bales per week 30 rears ago?in 1877-78?there was a steady and quite rapid advance, *until . ;he early part of 1907-08 it reached learly 50,000 bales, and averaged 'or the season (notwithstanding the general decline in all business in the more recent months) almost 43,000 sales. In the meantime Northern sonsumption, which in 1877-7 8 averiged 28,500 bales, rose to an average slightly in excess of 50,000 bales in L 90 6-07, and according to our figires, was slightly more than 41,000 >ales in 1907-09. Or, dealing in toals rather than averages, the South :onsumed 148,000 bales in 1877-78, idvancing to 443,373 bales 10 years ater, 1,227,939 bales in 1897-98 and 5,234,395 bales in 1907-08, the aggregate in 1906-07 having been 2,187,088 bales. The excellent showng under adverse circumstances nade last season led us to remark in sur annual report that "Southern :otton mills have done relatively beter than those at the North, the deTease in the volume of consumption laving been comparatively moderate, t thus happens that, for the first ime since cotton-manufacturing be- . :ame an established industry of the South, the mills of that section used nore raw material than was consumsd by Northern establishments." The idvance thus far made, furthermore, :an be taken as indictative of the irogress yet to be made tfhen waranted by industrial conditions. And t is not without the range or possi>ilities that the not very distant fuure will find the South, with its natiral advantage of contiguity to lources of supply outranking in coton-manufacturing prominence most >f the world's centers of activity in he industry.?New York Commersial and Financial Chronicle, Octo>er 3, 1908. From Far Off Germany. "Please send me by return mail 1 hree boxes of Tetterine," writes Max jewy, of Schonebeck, Germany. "I lsed your salve with best results vhen residing at Salisbury, N. C.," vhich shows that the great cure has ;stablished a reputation abroad as veil as at home. Get it at a druggists 50c or send direct to J. T. , Jhuptrine, Savannah, Ga. Bathe with Tetterine Soap, 25c :ake. To Vote on uispensary. i Two counties will vote on the dis-1 >ensary on November 3, the date fori. :he general election?Laurens and Chester. Mr. C. C. Featherstone, 4 vho was in the city yesterday, beieves that Laurens will go dry by an >verwhelming vote. The recent fight ;o prevent the issue going to a vote, le thinks, is evidence that the dlsjensary people are afraid and the jrocedings were such that many have lecided to vote against the county lispensary. . 4 * In Chester county an active can- J rass has been made, but the result is!, n doubt. Mr. Featherstone recently; < eceived a request from the prohibi- \ ;ionists of Chester to make an ad- < Iress there, but is is doubtful if he 4 will be able to accept.?Columbia < State , ' '?C' .r' ' ' * - '"r. TEN DC Why should your home you can have a really g easy payments? You c the choice of selecting yc world's best makes, on p ?terms so easy that any own a piano. Think of th grade pianos being fou Weber, Everett, Meh Packard, Stultz & Ban Sterling, Harvard, Wi Dayton, Rudolph, Sto< and other well known We are quite positive thi purchase a thoroughly money, or upon such fa\ can of us. We would be ferent styles and quote yo like strict comparison of THOMAS S Also Acknowledged Leaden Saint Angeli Aiken, Soul Select'Day and For Young Lai This well known institution affords excellent opportunities for a thorough, practical, and refined education. The courses are Primary, Grammar, Commercial, and Academic, with additional facilities for perfecTbe Location is Ideal in 1 Academy Opens Sept 14, 194 REV. DIRECTRES 1 DON'T THRO ? ? |g That broken gun o ? a * ? i 1 > B it's a Dicycie tnat ? order. Don't thr< J? me repair it so tha f much service as t] if I am fully prepare work promptly ; $ and solicit your p ^ J* 3. 3 l? The Repair Man - ' Why Spend A Yon might get sick or be You might want to ma Now?"Takes Money to You might be visited by t with us prevents loss, pendent and overcome a keep your savings each v how. The saving habit get into. Come in, tali and acquainted. w PEOPLES BANK, . . . 117 1 TfHEC Cleaned, Polished, Oiled fT A1 vllhJ from $1.00 to $1.50 each ">n - -i? rvi J ?J C/IOCKS lueaneu, ruusncu anu Oiled from 50c to $1.25 each. Jewelry repaired. Satisfaction guaranteed H. E. Dickinson, Bamberg,S.C. j H. Wi. GRAHAM Attorney-at-Law Bamberg, C. Practices In all the Courts of this State. OFFICE IN THE HERALD BUILDING. cknoX* Hornpcc Pprmi finer l711UV 1IMI ?IW >XwrM.. 9 I have moved Into the store lately occupied by The Bamberg Herald, where I am better prepared to serve you than ever. All sorts of harness and shoes repaired and satisfaction guaranteed. I manufacture harness of all kinds, bridles halters, etc. Give me a trial. D. W. Johnson, Bamberg, S. C. fdr'o"rhair"! 1 Denval Surgeon - - - Bamberg, S. C. X f In office every day In the week. Gradu- X I ate of Baltimore College of Dental Sur- 4 T gery, class 1892. Member S. C. 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Beaaiy mi BeaMtfihea )8. -fepr Information Apply >S, P. 0. Box 343 iw IT AWAY 11 t pistol, or perhaps f I . : is not in working i } >w it away, bat let i \ t it will give you as 1| i:M aough it were new*. i I d to execute repair j I and satisfactorily, i 1 atronage. i i RICKLEjj - - Bamberg, S. C. \ \ ill You Earn ? ^ .. I hurt?be prepared for it. \ I ilrfi an investment?Start 1 Make money" you know. ^ hieves or fire-?An account You WILL become indeII the above by letting us reek. Try it awhile any- , ; is a mighty good one to I : it over, get a Pass Book rl ^.4 > ... . Bamberg, S. C. J r j I "~2 .. - ?"? SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (complaint not served) The State of South Carolina?County of Bambenr?Court of Common Pleas. H. C. Folk, plaintiff, against EL R. j Steedly, defendant. To the defendant, E. R. Steedly: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this ac- 3 tion, of which a copy is herewith served ? upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said Complaint on the subscriber, at his office in the Herald Building, Bamberg, S. C., within twenty days after the service nereoi, exclusive of the day of such service; and if yon fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demand in the Complaint. It will be noted that the summons and \ ; service hereof has been ordered published by C. B. Free, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas, upon the defendant^ E. R. Steedly, a non-resident, as provided by Section 156 of Volume 2 of Code t 1902, and the summons and complaintaze^ filed in his office of Clerk of Court for Bamberg County, Bamberg, S. C. Dated Bamberg, S. C., this 22 day of September A. D. 1908. Attest: m H. M. GRAHAM, * C. B. FREE, Plaintiff's Attorney. C. C. P. & G. S. Vf . ... 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