The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 30, 1909, Page 2, Image 2
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Wi}2 ?amhivrg ISjrralh
ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1801.
A. W. KNIGHT, Editor.
Published every Thursday in The
Herald building, on Main street, in
the live and growing City of Bamberg,
being issued from a printing
rtfiioo TvhiVh i? enninDed with Mer
gentlialer linotype machine, cylinder
press, folder, two jobbers, all run by
electric power, with other 'material
and machinery in keeping, the whole
equipment representing an investment
of $10,000 and upwards.
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of a personal or political character
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Contracts for advertising
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Communications?We are always
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.
Thursday, Dec. 30, 1909.
And we actually received a nice
dividend check in our Christmas
mail! Now wouldn't that jar you!
Honestly we would like to see
every township in Bamberg vote a
. special tax for good roads. A special
tax for roads is just as important as
a special tax for schools.
One weekly newspaper in this
State, the Abbeville Medium, is edited
and published entirely by young
ladies. The editor and type-setters
are all girls, the only man about the
place be^ng the janitor and pressman.
If everybody returned their property
at its market value we would
hear little talk of high taxes and the
burden of taxation would be borne
equally as well. But under the present
system you can't blame a man
for returning his property as low as
possible.
We wish that we could impress on
every newspaper published in this
State that the money received from
advertising whiskey is blood money.
Many counties are now dry by a vote
of the citizens of those counties and
- yet some newspapers are printing
advertisements of mall order whiskey
houses.
In this time of high prices, it is a
wise farmer who raises everything
on his farm which he can use. There
is little money in cotton at fourteen
cents with the prices of everything
else so high. The farmer, who lives
at home and has cotton as a surplus
crop is the one you will find out of
debt and prosperous.
The taxable property of the town
of Bamberg, as returned for taxation,
amounts to something over
i $400,000. We feel certain that the
actual value is four times as great,
in other words that the property of
this town is not returned for taxation
at one-fourth of its actual value.
And conditions are just as bad
everywhere else. This thing of inequality
in taxation is not confined
to Bamberg.
Remember you can get The Bamberg
Herald one year and the Progressive
Fanner six months, all for $1.25.
But you must take advantage of this
offer quickly. We cannot hold it
open long. Lots of our present subscribers
have already taken advantage
of the offer. Let others do likewise.
It makes no difference how
far ahead you hare paid for The Herald.
Pay $1 for another year and
you get the Progressive Farmer six
months for 25 cents.
This newspaper has paid no attention
to the report that editor J,
C. Hemphill, of the News and Courier,
is to become the distributor ol
federal patronage for South Carolina
thus supplanting Jne. G. Capers, nov
referee for this State. It is well
known that Mr. Hemphill is a per
sonal friend of the president, and it
is also well-known that the editor ol
the News and Courier is not a poll
tician nor office-seeker. If, there
fore, he should assist in making ap
pointments of good white men t<
federal positions in this State be
cause of his personal relations witl
Mr. Tat, why whe is to complain ex
cept the Republicans? Surely th<
appointees Editor Hemphill is credit
ed with having secured are a grea
improvement over what we have had
and for our part we are glad he ha
taken a hand in affairs, if it be tru*
that he has.
In our mail Christmas morning w
received notice from a bank as t
our note falling due. It's a sham
to notify a poor country editor aboi
: what he owes on Christmas morninf
ain't it?
[ Let one of your new year resoli
- tions be that to pay your debl
> promptly during the coming year an
not to go in debt for anything yo
r cannot see your way clear to pay fo:
5 We want the year 1910 to sho'
great growth for Bamberg. Let
all make up our minds to work fc
t Bamberg as never before. We have
! good town; let's make it a better on
L in every way.
Poor Dr. Cook! Evidently he di
not spend a happy Christmas and hi
new year is not likely to be so pleas
i ant. He has been repudiated by a
his friends, as it seems his claims a
1 to climbing Mt. McKinley and findin
| the North Pole are simply fabric*
tions. The man must be craz:
Surely he could not expect but whs
! his claims would be rigidly Invest
| gated.
1 A number of the weekly newspar
ers of the State issued handson
Christmas editions. All were credil
able alike to the publishers and th
towns in which they were printec
We extend congratulations to al
However, we would suggest to a fei
of the brethren that if they woul
take a little more pains with thei
press work on these special edition
they would add to their looks at leas
a hundred per cent. Special edition
on good paper should be well printed
Poor press work spoils many a:
otherwise good job of printing. Thi
is advice, brethren, not a criticism
so please accept it as it is given.
Some talk is going on in som
newspapers as to a license for newa
papers in the towns in which they ar
published. A newspaper is a busi
ness enterprise, and there is no gooi
reason why it should not pay a li
cense. Charge the city authoritie
for what you do, just as you do othe
folks and thus maintain your owi
self-respect and the respect of you
people. Newspapers should qui
their cringing way of wanting favor
because they do so much work fo
nothing. Be independent, pay fo
what you get, and get pay for wha
you do. Suppose you do boom you
town free. Don't it help you as muc!
as anybody else?
Prosperity of the Farmer.
This year we shall raise 3,000
000,000 bushels of corn. It is har
to realize what that means, says
writer in Success. It is a harves
greater than the bumper crop c
1906. These 3,000,000,000 bushel
* ?-11 1? ? *?mor nvor
Will Ut; n uiw IU IUC lai iuv> VTV. T500,000,000,
or over three times a
much as the corn was in 1906. Las
year the value of farm products i
the United States was nearly $8
000,000; this year it will b
over $8,000,000,000. This is mor
than the entire wealth of Americ
in 1850. In 1850 the farms of th
United States were worth less tha
$4,000,000,000, to-day they ar
worth $28,000,000,000. Every da
the farms of the country are wort
$3,400,000 more than they were th
day before.
It is a good thing for the peopl
at large that the farmers are gel
ting their share of the general Ir
crease in wealth. The $28,000,000
000 that they get each year amount
to only $700 apiece when it is dii
tributed over all the farmers an
farm laborers in the country. Bi
the per capita rate is growing and i
bound to grow still more.
During the next twenty years w
are going to see a great revolution i
formincr A crrip.1llt.ilTft is to be mor
intelligent and more intense, ne^
plants are to be introduced, a bett
use is to be made of the land and a
. acre will produce twice as much s
. it now produces. The benefit of th:
new production should not be m(
. nopolized by railroads, elevator con
panies and harvester trusts. j
should go to the farmers and to tl
people, and it should show Itself i
better food, clothing and housin
. and in more widespread educatio
for the great mass of us.?Farmer
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SHOT-UP HIS HOME.
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. Spartanburg Man Swears Out Wa
rant for Guest who Used Gun.
^ Spartanburg, December 28.?
^ warrant was sworn out to-day t
Turner Cantrell, of the Boilir
Springs section of the county, f<
the t arrest of Roscoe Wall, a we
} known young man of the count
charging him with shooting up h
1 home several nights ago.
Mr. Cantrell claims that Wall ar
" a party of yong men called at h
home and he entertained them wil
phonograph music. While dispen
" ing music he alleges Wall drew h
3 pistol and began firing, shooting nei
5 the musical instrument, and cau
ing great excitement.
e . NEW BANK FOR BARNWELL.
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e Meeting Held Tuesday, I^arge Block ;
't of Stock Subscribed.
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On last Tuesday afternoon a number
of the citizens of Barnwell met in
the law office of G. M. Green, Esq., *
and formulated plans for starting a 1
new bank here. The proposed bank \
will have a capital stock of $30,000 '
U and will be known as the Home Bank 1
r. (
of Barnwell. A committee was appointed
to apply for a commission to
W ? _ ? v- (
, incorporate. mis wiu ue icwiycu
s within the next few days and it is
,r hoped to have all the stock subscribed
a immediately. All of the stock will be
0
placed in Barnwell county. Nq effort
will be made to get outside capital, as
it is believed that all cf the stock
^ will be subscribed locally.?Barnwell
19 Sentinel.
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11 PARSON A CHICKEN THIEF.
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^ Colored Preacher at Newberry Robi
bed Hen Honse as a-Side Line.
lt Newberry, December 22.?As a
l" side line to his ministry, a negro
Baptist preacher engaged in the business
of stealing chickens and selling
)_ them, and now he is engaged in
r work for the public, having received
a sentence of thirty days in each .
e case against him in the Mayor's
I* Court yesterday morning, his sent'
ences aggregating six months.
V The* o manv rhirlrens were
X nav UP o WV* uaw*U|r ~
^ being stolen came to the attention
r of the police force some time ago.
8 Along about the 9th of the month
t Mr. W. A. Hill lost eight. / On the
s night of the 15 th Mr. George W.
Swittenberg lost eight, Mrs. Anna
Q Crouch three and Mr. W. A. McSwain
3 five. On the night of the 16th Mr.
l? W. O. Wilson lost seven chickens and
a turkey, weighing about twenty-two
pounds.
e The police force got busy. Policei
man Franklin and Policeman T. P.
e Adams went out on the trail, and Poi
liceman Austin and Policeman Lee
3 were looking for the wholesale dealer
[- in other people's chickens. Some of
s the chickens were recovered, and
r they were traced to Clarence Thacka
cr, a negro Baptist preacher.
r It was learned that Thacker would
t have some chickens for delivery on 1
8 the Mollohon Mill hill on Saturday,
r and Policeman Lee and Policeman i
,r Austin were on the lookout for him.
X Policeman Lee went in one direction
r and Policeman Austin in another. _
h Policeman Lee found Thacker, and
at the time he caught him Thacker
had ten chickens in a sack on his
back.
_ ' Thacker was tried yesterday morning
on six charges of stealing chick- *
a ens. He admitted selling the chick,t
ens, but denied stealing them, saying (
that he had got them from other ne- t
_ groes. He was convicted and sent- }
lb enced
to serve thirty days or to pay
' a fine of $50 on each charge. He is
serving on the county chain gang.
When arrested, Thacker had a pistol
on his person. He contended that
' this pistol did not belong to him.
,D Those who lost chickens are con?
vinced that the cchickens did not bea
long to him.
n Some of the parties have identie
fied and recovered their chickens. He
y also had his pockets full of eggs
^ when arrested.
The Old Home.
e Boys and girls, be patient and kind
t- with one another in your homes. Do
t- you ever think how short a time you
will all be together to enjoy the old
;s home? Very soon you will grow upx
3- and go from beneath its roof to a
d home of your own, or perhaps you (
it will go away to a distant city to earn r
is your living. Then you will know
what it is to have a home and kind
e friends who really care for you. (
n Be careful of those little differ- i
e ences that occur between you and 1
f? your brother and sister, at which you
>r flare up and say nara woras, some- 1
n times there is a quarrel which is <
ts afterward made up, but you are never ?
is again quite the same with each other J
>- as you were before. ,
i- These dear fridnds will soon pass
[t out of your life, and never again can '<
te you have any more like them. They *
n are your folks and dearer and truer .
g than any other ever will be to you. <
,n I will remember my own dear old
s' home and often wish that I could be ^
gathered with father and mother, sis- j
ters and brothers, once more (beneath
its roof. But that can never
be again, for the brothers and sisters '
r. are now all scattered. Some are :
dead, the others are far away, and
father and mother are peacefully J
A sleeping in a near-by cemetery.
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State Prison Makes Money.
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Columbia, Dec. 24.?The State
penitentiary has produced over fifty i
' thousand bushels of cotton this year
and in addition over fifty thousand
bushels of oats and corn as money !
j crops and the management will pre..
sent the legislature with a Christmas
tn
present in the form of the record
breaking iinancial showing. ]
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A Lit;L BUrpiUt) Vl cigui; muuoauu
dollars is to be turned into the State
Dtreasury.
WITH HER BRASS KNUCKLES.
Mrs. Cepola Entirely Wrecks the La
dies' Beneficial Society.
Pittsburg, Dec. 21.?Mrs. Mary Ce
)ola, an athletic looking young ma
:ron of Wilmerding, was fined $5 fo
issault and battery on the person o
Mrs. Stella Pokal and others, com
prising the Ladies' Beneficial Societ;
)f Wildering.
Mrs. Pokal is treasurer of the La
lies' Beneficial Society and Mrs. Ce
>ola had demanded an audit of th<
society books. Mrs. Pokal had as
serted that she would whip Mrs. Ce
pola on sight. Mrs. Cepola decider
svhen she started to attend a meetini
recently that she would slip her hus
sand's brass knuckles into her stock
ing?to be used in case of trouble
Dne of the members said on the stam
:hat Mrs. Pokal "sort of butted Mrs
Cepola in the stomach and knocke<
ier over the table."
Other evidence was that as Mrs
' 'orirtio ?trn cclpH tn hpr fppt. Rbft wa
igain floored by an unabridged die
lionary, which caught her in the bad
)f the neck. Mrs. Cepola appears t<
lave become angry about this time
sut before getting to her feet for. an
)ther knock she reached down int<
ler stock for the knuckles and'lDegai
;o fight. Mrs. Cepola is said to hav<
vhipped all of the 20 members wh<
vere present.
Song of the Editor.
low dear to my heart is the stead:
subscriber,
iVho pays in advance without skip
ping a year,
Vho lays down his dollar and offers
it gladly
Lnd casts 'round the office a halo o
cheer.
xT>>n novor *nvs "fiton it. I canno
afford it,"
)r "getting more papers each da?
than I read,"
But always says "send it, the whol<
outfit likes it?
n fact we regard it a business need.'
low welcome is he when he steps ii
the sanctum;
low he makes our heart throb, hov
how he makes our eye dance;
We outwardly thank him, we in
wardly bless him,
The steady subscriber who pays ii
advance.
?Buffalo (Mo.) Record
MASTER'S SALE.
State of South Carolina?Count;
>f Bamberg.
Mrs. M. E. Abies, plaintiff,
against
D. K. Ray and J. F. Jones, defend
ants.
By virtue of a decree of the cour
)f common pleas for Bamberg coun
;y, in the above stated case, date<
November 8th, 1909, I, H. C. Folk
Vlaster for Bamberg county, will sel
:o the highest bidder, for cash, a
:he court house door of Bamberj
jounty, between the legal hours o
;ale, on Monday, January 3rd, 1910
he same being legal salesday in sai<
nonth, the following real estate, to
vit:
All that piece parcel or tract o
and, situate lying and being ii
Bamberg county, State aforesaid
containing two hundred and eigh
;een (218) acres, more or less
counded on the North by lands o
VI. M. Roach and others, South b;
ands of the estate of D. H. Rice, oi
he East by lands of Mrs. C. C. Starr
md on the West by lands of F. M
Ray, now Mrs. S. H. Counts, am
)thers. Sold at risk of former pur
jhaser.
Purchaser to pay ior papers.
H. C. FOLK,
Master for Bamberg County.
MASTER'S SALE.
State of South Carolina?Count;
>f Bamberg.
The Bank of Branchville, plaintiff
against
R. C. Woods, defendant.
By virtue of a decree of the cour
)f common pleas for Bamberg coun
:y, in the above stated case, datei
November 10th, 1909, I, H. C. Foli
Vlaster for Bamberg county, will sel
to the highest bidder, for cash, a
the court house door of Bamber,
county, between the legal hours o
sale, on Monday, January 3rd, 1910
the same being legal salesday in sai<
nonth, the following real estate, -to
svit:
All that certain tract of land situ
ite in Bamberg county, said State
containing seventeen and one-hal
(17%) acres and having such shap
q nint thereof made by Prestoi
Dtt, surveyor, dated December 15th
1905, doth represent, and boundei
by lands of Wash Williams, Mrj
Ella Mays, George Stephens, and th
public road.
ALSO
All that certain other tract of lan
situate in said county and State, con
taining fifty-one (51) acres, and ha\
Ing such Bhape as a plat there
of made by Preston Ott, suveyo:
dated December 11th, 1905, dot
represent, and bounded by lands c
Mrs. William Mays, C. F. Smoal
George Stephens, Wash Williams an
the Edisto river.
ALSO
That certain other tract of lane
Bituate in said county and State, cor
taining fifty-eight (58) acres, mor
or less, and having such shape as
plat thereof made by Preston Ot'
surveyor, dated December 21st, 190i
doth represent, and bounded by land
of Mrs. Ela Smoak, Reuben Moni
gomery, George Stephens, R. (
Wood, Wash Williams and Georg
Stephens. Sold at risk of former pui
chaser.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
JL C. FOLK^
Master ror uamoerg ^uuhlj.
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Two Carloads Horses and
; Mules Coining. : : : .
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Our Mr. f. P. Jones is now in the West boy(ing
two carltds of Horses and Miles. They will
niTTO* MM utaaIj'o Mntf (at Aorfltai* I ^
1 I ul117v OW1. mtlUl BvAl TTvvn 9 pOpvl IVI lUlUltl ?.
i. I ootice. D?it bay ntil yw see these twe loads. ,
I Jones Bros. I
j fl Bfnberg, South Carolina mJK -
I GREETINGS! 1 '
This bank wis) s to all its patrons and friends as happy
, a new year at It is possible for any one to have. Times
are good. TH 1910 outlook is bright. To everyone
with a cheerft and optimistic spirit who is looking for
t chances to bet t himself, the coming year is going to /
offer abundaa opportunities. Here's hoping that every
one of our rei ers finds himself or herself much farther
along on : e road to fortune and independence at
the end of 191 than at the beginning. We are very , i |
3 sure that our ink will be a help, in this respect to
everyone that ses it. And we ask your patronage
with the assurj ee that it will be of great benefit to you
as well as us. In the coming year, as in all previous
years, this ban will be found to be loyal to the best A
i interests of afiflts customers. *
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Q Resources over 117,000.00. 4 per cent, interest al>
5 lowed on savi ;s deposits. ' I \ 'V>'
a I EHRHARDf BANKING COMPANY. |/1?
B Ehrhardt, South Carolina. ^B 4
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gCARLOAt HORSES!!
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\ I have just nceived a carload of extra fine
I U driving hork They are the kind yon are *
! ! not accustomed t| seeing in Bamberg. Afl well I
bred, high grade Jock from North Carolina and
j Tennessee. No lestern horses in the lot They ; ^
: are FOR SALE. I yon want something nice at
t m right prices, I cansoit yon. Come see me pck.? ;
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i | Seasonate Delicacies! f ,
1 5 I HAVE JUST RECEDED AN IMMENSE STOCK OF 1 T
? T FRESH GROCERIES, |ND I WANT TO SERVE YOU. "J*
f m> LOOK OYER THE LIS AND PRICES, AND GIVE US Mm
j ? YOUR ORDER. WE (fARANTEE TO PLEASE YOU. t
T Fresh Fruit Qke Material Just In. jj # j
?- -M. sp#>df?d Raisins. 1 pound pjkages, two for 25c <|
t J Currants, per package, only.!. '. iuc x
e Citron, per pound, only x .. 20c 9
a flZ. Dates, per pound, only.. \ J5c Mm
l. 3 Brown and Pulverized Sugarfor Cakes. T
3 5 Heinz s Loose pickl ? new an^fresh, very fine, each 1c J*
e 5 Reboiled Georgia Cane Syrup per gallon, only 50c ^
Blue Label Sweet Sugar Corn, ?r can, only - 15c * )
Jt Stalk Sweet Sugar Corn, per cn .i-lOc t ' F
d j Curtis Brand Garden Peas, peitan .. -15C ^
Curtis Brand String Beans, pe^ can 15c w
jft, The finest thai are put in cans. jL
i- J Gold Band Hams, per pound...!... ;....18%c y
r, Toxaway Co.'iee, 1 lb. can 35c.f or 3 lb. cans for 85c w
h jft, All we ask is tha you give it a trial. ^
>f T" TRY SNOWFLAKE FLOUR, art if it does not prove satisfactory,
[, ^ we refund your money. 90c inly for 24 pounds. "J*
d (ft Karo Corn Syrup, per half galin, only SOc ftp
2 Jumbo Brand Tomatoes, 3 lb. cms only 10c
j* Riverside Tomatoes, 3 lb. canst only 9c
1. (ft, Did you ever stop to hink that I am head- ftp ; >
t- ~X quarters for Heinz's Gqds? Full line Pickles, ST
e Preserves, etc., of thes fine goods. y
a Diplomat Lemon Cling Peaches, :lb. cans, only .?uc mm
t? ^ Evaporated Peaches, new and fssh, 2 lb. for 25c If
'' 2* Big line FINE CANDIES, ala FRUITS of . every descrip- f|
: tionu Everything that is seaonable can be found here, V all
fresh. Let us fill your net order. Prompt delivery. ,L
i E. BARt; PRICE f
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