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Otyr Bamberg tfrralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. W. KNIGHT, Editor. Published every Thursday ill The c Herald building, on Main street, in the live and growing City of Bamberg, being issued from a printing office which is equipped with Mergenthaler linotype machine, cylinder press, folder, two jobbers, all run by electric power, wun omer uiaienaj. and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year, $1.00, or 10 cents a month for less than one year. All subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch V for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by iaw. Local reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special bead, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, ' * and twelve months. Write for rates. . - * Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first insertion. ^ ? OT?Q olwovc M>IIlIllUlllUtUUU9 II c ai? BintVu .glad to publish news letters or those pertaining to matters of public interest. We require the name and address of the writer in every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. s==========================^ Thursday, Dec. 9, 1909. Now, honest, most of you wouldn't like to see your tax returns published, would you? V. Say, is any attempt ever made to enforce the ordinance against spitting on the side walks, as well as numbers of other city laws? If the verdict of that Richland jury against the Gran by cotton mills is allowed to stand, factories of all sorts might as well close down. Things have certainly come to a pretty pass if employers are not allowed to discharge employees for cause. Some towns in the State are going to publish the tax returns of every property holder, in order that the inequalities of returns may be exposed. It would certainly cause a sensation if the tax returns of Bamf, berg county were published. Not only the prohibition law but every other law should be enforced in Bamberg. The law and order league should not confine their ef? forts to the illegal sale of whiskey only, but to every form of immorality and law breaking. Why should not all good citizens lend their individual efforts to lessen crime in our community? ?\ Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, is < < said to be preparing to run for attorney general. Another dispensaryite~ turned prohibitionist recently, when prohibition became so popular. No doubt the prohibitionists appreci- ; ate greatly his coming to their rescue after the fight was won, but we miss our guess greatly if the people of the State reward him for his sudden change of heart by electing him at torney general. ' * A gentleman writing to the Orangburg papers, wants to abolish the railroad commission. By all means. They are no use and pre- 1 cious little ornament. One railroad 1 inspector to be appointed by the goverhor and subject to removal by the governor, as outlined by the gentleman mentioned above, is all that is needed. The next legislature should do away with the commission, but we bet they won't. An interesting and enthusiastic meeting of the law and order league was held in the city hall last Friday evening, at which there was a good attendance of the members. The members of the league are determined that no whiskey shall be sold illegally in Bamberg, and if any are so foolish as'to attempt to violate the law, they will pay the pen 1. -f lnnmal aity. i nc men uscii ui mc icaguc will not stop at half-way measures when it comes to enforcing the law. The league should have the co-opperation of every peace officer in the j county. In referring to the large fees paid Attorney Felder and his associates by the State dispensary commission in handling the litigation brought , about by settling claims of whiskeyhouses against the State, one of the Columbia newspapers alluded to the fact that Attorney General Lyon worked for $1,900 a year and boarded himself. Well, maybe that's all he's worth. We'll warrant it is more than he made at his law practice before being elected attorney general. However, Mr. Lyon has worked hard and is entitled to a great deal of credit. It might be a good idea for the legislature to pass a resolution of thanks to him. * THAT MERGER SUIT. Again has the Southern Railway merger suit been continued. This case has been in the courts for a number of years, and really it seems that it will never be tried. In the * meantime the people who are served by the Southern Railway between Branchville and Augusta have to put up with almost anything, as the railway authorities spend as little money as possible on this line of road, the reason being, so we have been informed, that they do not care to make any great outlay of money on the road in permanent improvements until this merger suit is de cided.. More than a year ago the railroad 1 commission passed an order requir- j ing the Southern to repair its road : bed and put heavier rails on the line between Augusta and Branchville, but this has not been done. The , road is in bad condition, in tact right near Bamberg the ties are so 1 rotten that the rails have cut way ! down into them, and we regard the . road as unsafe for trains. We would ; be glad if the railroad commission would come down to Bamberg on a 1 trip of inspection and let us take 1 them out and show them some of these cross ties. We hardly think i they could fail to condemn the con- ' dition of the road as unsafe for , travel. When we will get relief, j aoodness only knows. 1 It looks like prohibition is to be 1 enforced in Bamberg, don't it? To Suppress "White Slave Traffic." ] Washington, Dec. 6.?Suppression 1 of the so-called "white slave traffic" i in women for immoral purposes, has 1 become the slogan of an increasingly powerful international movement, to '< which President Taft has given much encouragement in his comments to < those who have consulted him on the t subject. 1 The fact gives new importance to ( the reintroduction by Representative t Mann (111.) of his bill, prescribing '< drastic penalties for those convicted < of these practices. The bill would make it a crime for 1 any person to aid, entice or force any i female to go from one State to an- '< other for immoral purposes, whether 1 with or without her consent; with a < penalty of five years imprisonment or * a fine of $5,000. If the girl be under '< the age of 1 8 years, the penalty pro- c vided is 10 years' imprisonment and 1 $10,000 fine. The bill also seeks to carry out the 1 arrangements with foreign nations 11 known as the "white slave traffic ar- 1 rangement," under which the keep- * ers of immoral resorts are required to make complete reports to the ( commissioner general of immigra- f tion. That official is required to col- 1 lect information concerning alien ( women of this class. Clemson Trustees Puzzled. 1 Lexington, December 6.?Mr. Ber- ( nard H. Rawls, chief of the dairy de- . partment of the United States Gov- t ernment, has been spending a few ( days at his old home near Lexington, ( having come down on Saturday from Clemson, where he attended a meeting of the board of trustees of Clem- . son College, of which he is a mem- j ber. When seen by your correspon- ( dent and asked about the conditions ^ existting at Clemson College at the j present and the probability of secur- j ing a president to succeed Dr. Mell, * Mr. Rawl talked freely and candidly about the matter. He said that there j was no likelihood of getting a presi- \ dent at an early date. The trouble, ? L *- Kof it ic q ha/1 Hme to , JL11? 6illU| 10 iuav xv ik> M wmm w-?_ j get a suitable man, for the reason j that all of the good men?the kind j the board is seeking to put at the 1 head of Clemson?have been engaged ? for the year and that it is impossible to get them to give up their present situations, no matter how good an offer is made. He stated, however, that the board was working har- < moniously together, and that a presi- 1 dent would be secured just as soon i as a suitable man could be found. ? "Is there any truth in the rumor < that Senator Tillman might accept the presidency of Clemson?" he was < asked. * "Absolutely no truth in the state- 1 ment so far as I know or so far as i ~ c nthur momhprt; know." 1 aii) ui Lnc uiu>/i , was the reply. 1 Mr. Rawl left this morning for J Washington, to resume his work in ? the dairy department. 1 m i School Conditions Better. ( State Superintendent of Education 1 Swearingen calls attention to the fact 1 that the voting out of the dispensary l has induced many school districts to 1 levy special school taxes. "One hundred and six such levies," says Mr. 1 Swearingen, "were made during the i last school year, raising the total of 1 special tax districts in the state." i The appropriation made by the gen- 1 eral assembly last winter to lengthen ' the term of weak schools has greatly stimulated local taxation. Mr. Swearingen says the general prosperity and 1 development of the state is shown by reports received from the county su perintendents. 1 There were 153.807 whites and) 181,095 negroes enrolled during the : session of 1908-1909. The average attendance of whites was 107,368 and for negroes 123,481: The maximum expenditure per white pupil was in Charleston county, and was approximately $35. The minimum expenditure per negro pupil was in Saluda county, and was barely 70 cents. The per capita figure for the entire state for whites was $10.34, for negroes $1.70, an increase of nearly 10 per cent for each race. One hundred and thirty-four school houses for whites were erected during the year and 49 for negroes, at an aggregate cost of over $250,000. The erection of the large majority of the buildings has been brought about by the issuance of bonds. The average term has been strengthened two weeks, reported to be 126 school days. 1 BACK TO NEWXAN. Bishop's Ultimatum Settles Methodist Conference Trouble. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 6.?After visiting Bishop Hendrix at Searcy, Ark., and being told. '"New-nan is your charge: go there and do your duty," the Rev. R. J. Bigham returned to Atlanta to-day and prepared to resume his church work at Newnan. where he was stationed last year previously to being changed at the recent conference held here. The bishop's decision brings to a close the fight which promised to split Methodism throughout the State. Mr. Bigham was appointed to St. John's church at Augusta, at the last conference, but a protest from that church caused the bishop to change him to the presiding eldership of the Atlanta district. Here another protest resulted and to settle all difficulties, Bishop Hendrix sent him back to his former charge at Newnan. Dr. Bigham to-dav gave the following statement to a local paper: "I have been out to Searcy, Ark., to see bishop Hendrix, who is hold ing the White River conference there. I went out, not to ask him to give me any appointment, but to ask him. as I had telegraphed him before I left Atlanta, to realease me from the Newnan appointment for reasons tvhich have been stated heretofore in the Atlanta papers. "I have a great many friends that 1 fondly love in Newnan. Ga., among all denominations, but I have thought from the first that I ought not to be sent back there because they had a aew appointment and I had been removed and they were taking steps jv correspondence and otherwise with Lheir new pastor and I thought that appointment ought to remain?res idjudicata. "He said that he would not release me from Newnan. I told him [ was willing to take any appointment in the conference instead, but le replied to me: " 'Newnan is your charge; go there md do your duty.' "I suggested to him several changes which might be made, everyone of hem to my disadvantage. But he did lot know about the points I suggested, and I could not assure him that ;he brethren themeselves would be igreeable, even though it would inirease their salaries. "He seemed to have his mind posi-j ;ively made ujd. I said that there vas such an uprising in Atlanta both iraong preachers and laymen as ivould make it impossible for me to lo the work of the district to the best id vantage. That he knew I would be it such a disadvantage as would disjualify me for taking up the work of :he Atlanta district. "I desire to say to the public that low great an uprising there really vas among preachers and laymen will ie stated later by myself and many Tiends for me in this city. "Under the Methodism system I am pbliged to go back to Newnan and I lo with a very great deal of pleasure inder the circumstances. I did not priginally ask to be relieved of the \Tewnan charge and I wish to repeat ny fondness for the entire town and ny church particularly. I only resisted, as far as I could courteously lo so, because I did not think that ifter the trouble at St. John and in :he Atlanta district, it was fair to me )r Newnan tc send me back to that charge. Grateful to Friends. "Please permit me to express my ippreciation to the thousands of friends I have in Atlanta and throughput Georgia who have written and ;elegraphed me congratulations, first, n the case of my St. John appointnent and afterwards when I was appointed to the Atlanta district. "I have been quiet and courteous 'or four or five years. I mean still :o preserve wnat every gemrcmau preserves, a spirit of kindness, but I {ball, if it seems advisable to me ater, present some facts touching ne for the last three or four years, vhich I have never yet made anyi jtatement of to the public." j Commercial Congress Meets. Washington, Dec. 6.?Several hunired delegates attending the first anlual meeting of the Southern Com-1 nercial Congress, representing every section of the south, listened to ad-j iresses to-day from prominent speak- j ;rs, the tenor of which was for the :ommercial aggrandizement of that section throughout, and harmonious ,vork with and encouragement for lew settlers. Among the speakers were Secretary Nagel, Ambassadors 3ryce, of England and Jusserand of Prance, Thomas L. Field of London, Secretary Dickinson and John Barrett, director of the Bureau of Amercan Republics. The southward rush that is expected to follow the opening of the canal was emphasized and the delegates lged the importance of preparedness for the southward trend of commerce. Secretary Nagel urged the states io go as far as possible in the development of their own resources and then call upon the national government for aid. He assured the assemblage he would be pleased to give whatever help in that direction was within his power. President Parker flatly opposed indiscriminate immigration. He said the Southern Commercial Congress vras for the hastened development of the south along lines that aimed at national strength, not national weakness. Ambassador Bryce urged the great importance of cooperation between the railroads and the farmers of the south and the need of increased transportation facilities. With reference to the negro, he said it was the opinion of the best minds he had met in the south that the education of the negro for economical purposes is best for that section, and it is important that the negroes be educated in habits of industry, Mr. Field pointed out the possibilities of attracting many to the south and said many Englishmen of means could be induced to avail themselves of the opportunity in the south. ?Mr. W. R. Brabham, of Allendale, spent several days in the city this week on a visit to relatives. Tale of Cannibal Isle. Some wild, weird tales from off the sea broke loose in town last night, when the kindred souls of Jonas Home, o' the barkentine Belle White, foregathered in Jeb Hobb's back room, by Greenpoint's murky tide, and cheered themselves with glowing pipes and something else besides. As usual, Jonas held the stage. With chairs drawn about, he told how ring-nosed cannibals had failed to count him out. "I was wrecked in '59." said Home. "aboard the Silly Sue. and found myself alone alive of all our husky crew. I was washed ashore on lucky waves, and woke up on the sands to find myself a prisoner in rather hostile hands. A bunch of six black cannibals, with rings stuck in their noses, danced 'round in glee, and I could see my future held no roses. "They hitched me to a near-by tree and held a long pow-wow. 1 figured they were settlin' when to serve me up, and how. At last one fellow goes away, and that was some relief, but it seems that he had been dispatched to fetch the native chief. He stayed away so bloomin' long the other dubs got sore, so they sent another fellow off, and that left only four. "Now, pretty soon the four of them began to get so weary they laid up by j a tree to doze, and that made me some cheery. And when the four be- ! gan to snore this chicken got right busy?I wriggled and wrestled with ?? w/xrv/x/i ill T nrna /iifffrtr T ! ill V 1 UJJC3 till 1 nao UKiii; . x jounwu this way. I pulled that way. I struggled like a steer, and squirmed and turned until, b'gosh! I pulled out free and clear. "And did I go way from there? Not yet! I wasn't through. Says I. 'Now, boys, you've played with me, I'll have some fun with you.' You see, these boys were sound asleep, and their backs against that tree, so I took the rope they tied me with, and went to work with glee. I strung it through the blooming rings that dangled from their beaks clean 'round the tree and tied the ends together, and left the dusky freaks. "I beat it quickly to the shore, where lay a bark canoe, and on my way I heard a fuss that tickled me clean through. Those cannibals had started up, but found their noses tied! They fought and mauled each other, while I laughed until I cried. "Well, off 1 rowed in their canoe to another island near, where I found a ship?and that is why 1 am aoie tp be here."?From the New York Herald. Cotton Goods Trade Light. New York, Dec. 5.?The imminence of the government bureau report on the cotton crop is a cause assigned for the light trading in the cotton goods and yarn markets. Buyers attach considerable importance to it and are operating in a hand-to-mouth way, hoping that something will happen to prevent the further advance in cloths which must follow the sustained value of the staple. There has been considerable trading between the second hands in the primary markets at prices showing concessions from recent quotations, but mills and commission houses are holding steady and are not disposed to accept further contracts until there is some assurance that values will warrant cotton purchases and continued production. Retailers are busy with the holidday trade and are naturally paying the minimum of attention to piece goods. At the same time jobbers and selling agents are charging many goods on old orders and mills are fairly well engaged for the balance of the year on medium count and fine yarn goods. The dullness in export circles continues and the coarser end of the market remains quiet. Yarn prices have declined a little and buyers are conservatively inclined. General trade in the West and South holds up better than in the metropolitan sections in the East. Prices remain nominally as when last quoted, but on transactions between second hand values are easier. Billy, He's in Trouble. I've got a letter. Parson, from my son away out West, An' my ol* heart's as heavy as an anvil in my breast, To think the boy who's futu' I had once so proudly planned Should wander from the path o' right an' come to such an end! I told him when he left us, only three short years ago, He'd find himself a plowin' in a mighty crooked row? He'd miss his father's counsels, and his mother's prayers, too; But he said the farm was hateful, an' he guessed he'd have to go. 1 know thar's big temptation for a youngster in the West, But I believed that our Billy had the courage to resist; An' when he left I warned him o' the ever-waitin' snares That lie like hidden sarpints in life's pathway everywheres r\,,? Dili ),o ni-nmiooH faithful to be' VU1 JLJiikf uv |/i VAUAWVM - ? keerful, an' allowed He'd build a reputation that'd make us mighty proud; But it seems how as my counsel sort o' faded from his mind. An' now the boy's in trouble of the very wustest kind! His letters come so seldom that I somehow sort o' knowed That Billy was a trampin' on a mighty rocky road; But I never once imagined he would bow my head in shame, An' in the dust would waller his ol' daddy's honored name. He writes from out in Denver, an' the story's mighty short; I just can't tell his mother; it'd crush her poor ol' heart! An' so I reckoned, Parson, you might break the news to her? Bill's in tne legisiatur , Dut ne doesn't say what fur. ?Exchange. The Herald Book Store has received its line of Christmas goods and toys, and they are now on display. We have some very handsome goods, and in the assortment you can find a present for anybody. Full line toys, also story and picture books for the children. || > ''i:more complete, nor more * -' _ -' *^'- [ reasonable than ours. ? 1^I WE HAVE THE FINEST I TURNOUTS IN TOWN |~ /\ and for comfort and conI H venience of our patrons they OURS ARE THE BEST k *n the city an(* that, too at J . J . SMO A K^li PHONE NO. 68 : : t t BAMBERG, S. C. ?wbwMW?m??a???^?? I Hoover's Drug Store ^ fi We beg to call your attention to oar new soda fountain, which we have recently installed. We fl have also overhauled our entire store and have I made it inviting to the most fastidious. B We have a well selected line of Valentines. - 'if . B Sole agents for the famous Huyler's Candies. fl Our Patent Medicines, Drug and Sundry lines are * complete. I I PRESCRIPTION WORK A SPECIALTY. I , ^ : IHOOVER'S DRUG STORE! ^ , Jl ^taHBBBHBn9KHHS099mHBnS9HHHSBBBBiHBQRflflHMHBflflHI^ i APPRECIATION! | :f| I We appreciate the Confidence reposed in this bank by B our customers during the past year. We desire to show B R our appreciation by giving to you the best service pos- fi ? sible at all times. We wish you a prosperous 1910 and g II hope to merit a continuance of your patronage. We m / I shall be pleased to serve you. I IEHRHARDT BANKING COMPANY. I || TOTAL RESOURCES OVER $120,000.00 I. Ehrhardt, South Carolina. M / =sgjg I OUR FALL DISPLAY OF , * Choice Furniture is ready for inspection, and we want an expression " from you as to how you like it. Walk right in, we'll be glad you've come, and we know the verdict will be favorable to our swell display of all kinds of - V house-furnishings and the reasonable prices. 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T" Gold Band Hams, per pound 18He T B* Toxaway Coffee, 1 lb. cans 35c., or 3 lb. cans for 95c jA All we ask is that you give it a trial. ^ J TRY SNOWFLAKE FLOUR, and if it does not prove satisfactory, J *B* we refund your money. 90c only for 24 pounds. ?A Karo Corn Syrup, per half gallon, only 30c Ap Jumbo Brand Tomatoes, 3 lb. cans only 10c ^ B* Riverside Tomatoes, 3 lb. cans, only : 9c y (A Did you ever stop to think that I am head- Ap ' f X quarters for Heinz's Goods? Full line Pickles, ^ Preserves, etc., or tnese nne guuus. _ ^ Diplomat Lemon Cling Peaches, 3 lb. cans, only 20c 3 Evaporated Peaches, new and fresh, 2 lb. for 25c T Big line FINE CANDIES, also FRUITS of every descrip- f f * tion. Everything that is seasonable can be found here, fft, all fresh. Let us fill your next order. Prompt delivery. i E. BART PRICE { ? J BAMBERG, SOUTH CAROLINA t