Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Utyr lambrrg Herald; ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. - I A. W. KNIGHT, Editor. Published every Thursday in The j ~ ' 11 ? ;-n neraia ounuiug, uu .nam succi, m the live and growing City of Bam- , berg, being issued from a printing office which is equipped with Mer- 1 genthaler linotype machine, cylinder j press, folder, two jobbers, all run by , electric power, with other material and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an invest- 1 ment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year, $1.00, or 10 cents a month for less than i one year. All subscriptions payable t strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent inser- 1 v tions 50 cents per inch. Legal ad- *c verti6ements at the rates allowed by t law. Local reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and T other advertisements under special i head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, reso- ( lutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political char- 1 acter are charged for as regular ad- I vertising. Contracts for advertising r not subject to cancellation after first ^ insertion. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters or those t pertaining to matters of public inter- t est. We require the name and ad- v > dress 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 ex- v pressed in any communication. (3 | Thursday, January 13, 1910. I |L Some few newspapers in South j jj? . 'i Carolina no doubt feel pretty small . since Jim Farnum has plead guilty. g Comptroller A. W. Jones is a good c I . officer, but he places himself in an t unenviable position by acting as a | president of a bonding company a if, which goes on the bonds of officials a whose books Mr. Jones examines. This is a very wrong proceeding, if j |" true, and we trust that Mr. Jones can * p .. make a clear explanation. E Comptroller General Jones has sent L out instructions to the county audi- 1 tv' tors to the effect that they must re- s quire all taxpayers to return an item- j |f>. ized list of all their property, both . ||'v/ real estate and personal property, 1 and that it must be returned for tax- a ation at its true value in money, as r | the law requires. We wonder how ( &' ' many taxpayers will comply with e ? ? tWs- ^ I Our business men should get to- t gether and offer a cash prize for the c largest yield of corn on an acre in h 2 Bamberg county this year. It would t be a great stimulus to farming, and t : would be beneficial all round. In f C v , fact, the prizes need not be entirely s cash. Other articles could be prizes c as well, and the offer might be made r w. for the largest and next largest yields on one acre. The Herald will start the list with a cash subscrip- 1 itlon or >*b.uu 11 orners win join m i. for this purpose. ^ If the new county of Dillon clings c to the schedule of salaries as fixed * by the central executive committee, it e will not be long before the county * ', will be bankrupt or taxes abnormally a S'v high. The schedule is to pay the c treasurer and auditor $1,500 a year each; clerk of court $1,500 a year * and fees; sheriff $1,800 a year and P fees; supervisor $1,800 a year, * The most important office, that of b superintendent of education, only P pays $600 a year. Strange that peo- P x pie should fix such a pitiful sum as E salary for the man who is to have the E educational work in charge. The fire department needs equip- s ment, and although council has ap- c propriated $50 for this purpose, is is r not near sufficient to properly equip i \ the department. The men volunteer 0 r for this work and receive nothing for their services, so it is as little as s the business men, whose property is t to be protected, can do to help in j ttbis work. Money is needed for va- t rious things for the department, and e the firemen themselves cannot be ex- t pected to furnish it. We would sug- a gest that the ladies of the town take s up this matter and see if they can- t v 'not raise a good sum to help the fire- g men properly equip themselves. r > ; We are publishing in another column a letter from Mr. George Waterhouse, supervisor of census for the . second district of South Carolina, and it is to be hoped that our best \ men will apply for these positions. s It is very important that this work of taking the census be accurately done, and every citizen is interested in the work, or should be. In a private letter to us Mr. Waterhouse says that there should be more applications from Bamberg, Buford's Bridge, Midway and Fishpond townships, and as these include all the townships in the county except one, we suppose there are few applications on file with him. We do not know who has applied. but we do hope our very best men will make application. The pay is good, and there is every reason why men of intelligence should undertake the work. mT A few weeks ago we said something about the open violation of the prohibition law in Augusta, and now the Herald of that city has quit exchanging with us. Wonder why? The ladies of the city are thinking of taking up the matter of raising funds to equip the fire department, rhis is a worthy undertaking, and we feel sure that every business man in town will assist in such an under[aking. A well equipped fire department is one of the best things a town can have. We wish Comptroller General Jones nighty well in his efforts to equalize axes, but we are afraid conditions will not improve much until audi:ors are appointed by the governor ls the law requires. This is one office Jiat should be taken out of the prinary. It is pretty hard to expect a nan to do his duty when he wants rotes. Editor Wallace, of the Newberry )bserver. had a long editorial this veek advocating abolishing free )asses to editors and requiring the ailroads to pay for their advertisng. We wouldn't mind this a bit. ,Ve get to use our passes so^ seldom hat the railroads get the big end of he bargain. We have to stay at tome and work, and have no time to >e gallivanting around on a free pass. At the auction sales in Bennetts ille, Marlboro county, the first Monlay in January, farming lands reachid record breaking prices. The av;rage price paid at the sales was ;i20 an anre. and this for farming and8 solely, it all being situated out n the country, none of it being in my town. No doubt this is the record for high-priced farming lands in he State, and we are led to wonder it what price it is returned for taxition. We'll warrant not over $15 ,n acre, if so much. It is announced that Major J. C. lemphill will retire as editor of the sews and Courier and go to Richnond in a few weeks to become edior of the Times-Dispatch. This anlouncement will be received with regret all over South Carolina, and his ;oing will be a distinct loss. Major lemphill is one of the finest writers n the South, and his editorials are .lways read with great pleasure, no natter whether you agree with him ir not. Under his management the iditorial page of the News and Couier has been a standard of good Cnglish, and it has often been a mater of great wonder to us how a man ould write the scholarly productions le does in the rush and hurry of geting out a daily paper. In addition o his literary attainments, Major lemphill is a man of charming peronality, and his very large number >f friends in the State will deeply egret his leaving us. Census Enumerators Wanted. "he Herald, Bamberg, S. C. My dear Mr. Editor: A large lumber of your readers may be inerested to learn that the time for losing the consideration of applicaions for the position of census enumrator, in the census which is to be aken beginning April 15th, is Janu,ry twenty-fifth. Applications reeived after that date will be ignored. Then on February fifth comes the est, a simple examination, which any erson with a common school educaion can pass. This examination will e given at a considerable number of daces in this district, so that no apdicant need travel more than fifteen ailes, while most candidates will be iear an examination place. The middle of March should see verything settled, with the commisioned enumerators in possession of irculars and books of instructions elative to the interpretation or meantig of the questions on the schedule f population, and of agriculture. As to the pay for the work, I may ay it varies somewhat according to he territory to be enumerated, but, n a general way, from three dollars o six dollars a day, is what may be xpected. As Secretary Nagel says, he work is honorable, and import,nt, calling for men who have enthuiasm, sentiment, and love of counry, men with willingness to serve. >uch men the department hopes will nake application. Yours respectfully, GEORGE WATERHOUSE. He Favored Race Suicide. Los Angeles, Jan. 6.?"I left my lusband because he believed in race :uicide." said Mrs. Marguerite Walk:r, a New York actress, in her suit or divorce against Clarence J. Walker, a New York business man. "We never had a quarrel during >ur married life," said Mrs. Walker, 'but I longed for children of my >wn, and it made him angry when I alked about them. Otherwise he vas a good husband and treated me tindly." Judge Houser denied Mrs. Walker in interlocutory decree on the ground hat her husband had consented to ler leaving him and coming to Los Angeles to live. The Walkers were narried in New York July 18, 1901, Jhe left him nearly two years ago. WILD PIGS ARE UGLY FIGHTERS, i Mexican Peccaries Kill Both Men and Beasts. In one of his journeys into Mexico Edward W. Walton, a mining expert, had a close call from being sliced to j shreds by the fierce little South j American pigs known as peccaries, j He told the story of his escape to a I Denver Post reporter. "I wished to secure some plumes from a number ot the beautifully plumaged birds," said Mr. Walton. "I went into the jungle and came to a small opening in which there were dry leaves, probably a foot in depth, covering the ground, and hundreda of beautifully colored tropical birds in the air and in the trees. I fired at one of the birds in flight, when it seemed to me the whole area or those dead leaves arose in front of and all around me. Being a stranger, naturally I was much frightened, especially when I saw the animals which raised up the leaves apparently ready for an attack. The older animals opened and closed their mouths, showing their big sharp tusks, formed very much like a dirk knife, and some of them started towards me. ' Impulsively I began firing my gun in the air and turned around, which 1 seemed to stop most of them momen- 1 tarily, ana as l naa lots 01 caririages I kept up the shooting and they 1 turned and ran away. I found after- 1 ward that I had saved my life by 1 so doing, and by not shooting any of the animals. "These animals proved to be the 1 peccaries, the same species as are in the inclosures at the city park. They are most ferocious, and will attack 1 any animal in existence on the slightest provocation. . When I got back 1 to headquarters and told my com- 1 panions my experience I was informthat had I shot one of the animals 1 and made him squeal the whole bunch would have been on me and would have torn me to pieces quick- . ly. They have been known to kill , bear, jaguars, cattle/horses, and any { number of dogs. Although in the 1 fight scores of their number might be , killed, they seem to have no fear when once aroused. ( "I was told that peccaries burrow f under the dry leaves to protect them- , selves from mosquitoes and other . winged pests of that hot country. ' My friends had many exciting experi- , ences to tell in regard to these fe- j rocious little animals. One of this , party, while traveling with a com- ' panion in a wage.;, stopped for luncheon under some trees and turned their horses out to graze. ' While at luncheon a large bunch of peccaries appeared, and the party , thought it would be nice to shoot 1 among them and get one or two for meat, so thev fired into them, wound I ing several, which began to squeal. ^ Then the whole bunch made an at- . tack. The men climbed quickly into ] the wagon, and kept on shooting as , long as their amunition which they j had in their pockets lasted. As they were opening their bags to get out ' more amunition the peccaries climbed up the tongue of the wagon and ' jumped into it, and the men only saved themselves by jumping onto the seat and then on to limbs of the trees, the peccaries taking possession of the wagon and tearing things to pieces, the men watching them in safety in the trees." The peccary, or South American ' wild boar, is the smallest of his species, averaging about three feet long, , nor is the animal possessed of any unusual degree of strength. To make up for this natural individual deficiency in combat with more powerful ' animals of the jungle, the peccaries always travel in large herds. When once attacked by a herd of peccaries ' the outcome is nearly always death to their .enemy. The .little pigs are \ j armed with short, sharp tusks, and no matter how great the slaughter of their own. number during the melee, the herd stay on the job until the work is finished. Travelers in tropical and South American countries tell of fierce encounters between the peccaries and the jaguar, the monster cat, which is lord of the forests. The jaguar has a fondness for a dinner of pork, but a wholesome respect for a herd of wild pigs. Whe he wants to satisfy ' his cravings for pork diet he drops from a limb of a tree on to the back of a straggler in the peccary herd. The jaguar slays his victim and then retreats hastily to his tree before the herd can get at him. When the herd grows tired of waiting for him to come down and moves along, the jaguar descends and enjoys his meal at leisure. Edmund Selous, in his romance of the animal world, has an interesting account of a fight between a jaguar and a herd of peccaries. The peccaries had the jaguar treed ' on the limb of a tree from which the bark had rotted away. He was only a few feet above them, and by harassing and jumping at their enemy they finally succeeded in bringing the conflict to the ground. After the fight was over there were eleven killed 1 J " ? ^ J Ktlf f auu WUUilUcU ica, uul jaguar was literally torn to pieces.? | New York Tribune. / ODD FAItMIXG IN EGYPT. The Native Plow is Still a Smoother Oft' Tree Fork. Speaking of farming methods h Egypt, Horace F. Coler, of Chicago 111., who has made a tour of the worl< in the interests of American farminj implements, and who is at the Ra leigh, said: "One of the curious sights in tin Egyptian harvest season is a moden thrashing machine noisily working ii a field adjoining that in which a na tive thrasher is treading out th< grain. The brown-skinned tiller o the soil, clad in his flowing robes o white or the favored dull blue anc yellow combination, sitting on th< high seat of the crude thrasher, whicl is dragged over the fields by a yok< of patient camels, or perhaps a coupl< of buffalo cows, appears to th( stranger who sees this for the firsi time like the principal actor in ? scene worked out by an ingenious mind for stage effect. "The native plow in Egypt is simply the forked portion of a tree, 01 two pieces joined together and smoothed off?a primitive contrivance which may still be seen in use bj Cuban farmers. The thrasher is s Bledge-like affair fitted with round 1- J r*U4 uruoutrrs ui wuuu ui nuu, aiiu wcigmed down from the top. The grain is crushed into the ground and wher gathered up it is mixed with lumps of mud, but it is Said that never a kernel of it lost or wasted. \ "American farming machinery maj be found in the remotest parts of the world and where least expected. Ir what manner it got there I could nol ascertain. The natives could not enlighten me. But I am sure there is a big market for American farm implements and machinery in all parts ol the world. And this field naturally opens other fields." Paper Money in Old Bank Vault. Charleston, Jan. 10.? Two million Bve hundred thousand dollars in paper money, many packages of bonds securities and leases were discovered to-day in the vault of the building or the corner of Broad and State streets, which is now being torn down by Contractor C. W. Blake to clear the aite for the new office building. The yault has defied all efforts at reopening for much over a half a century but with the tearing down of the place and gradually weakening the structure, the big iron door finally yielded to the crowbars to-day and the contents of the safe were made known in the presence of severa spectators, including a inepresenta e mu? 4.^ HVe U1 1 LLC OULLI7. It required some hard work with the crowbars before the door begar to yield and when it finally started tc open it was slow work before it wa* opened sufficiently to allow an en trance. The inner door, also of heavj Iron, was fortunately open and die aot have to be prized. Once this dooi was passed there was still another o] heavy iron bar and lattice work anc fortunately again this door was noi closed and the vault searchers were soon in the furthermost recesses oj the vault. A stack of papers was found on 2 shelf, black with the accumulated dirt of nearly half a century, while spidei webs hung from all parts of the vault On the stone floor of the vault were three boxes and no time was lost ir getting into these, the papers on the shelves being passed for a time. One iron box was empty. Anothei had a number of papers which were also temporarily passed, while attention was given to the third, a heaviei Iron box in which was found the $2,500,000 in Confederate money of various denominations. Contractoi Blake took out a package and the bills were passed around. An examination of the papers showed the many stacks of paper tc consist of cancelled and expiree bonds, coupons, leases, forms 01 bonds of the State of South Carolins which had never been signed anc actually issued and other papers o: value, in the days gone by. Contractor Blake tried vainly be fore he effected an entrance to get ar offer for the contents, but while th< interest in the contents was great th^re was nobody willing to put ui any money and claim the contents ol the vault, whose door has been ex posed to view in an office building which has been continuously in use but whose stout doors have always resisted opening and have safely kept from view the contents, deposited in the vault in the days that the place was the building of the olc South Carolina State bank. MEAT MARKET If you want the best meats obtainable, call on the market in rear ol J. I). Copeland's store, second doos to his warehouse, opposite the arte sian well, Broad street, or 'phone No 78 and tell us your wants, which will be filled at reasonable prices. A trial order will convince you thai this is the place to get your fresl meats. Prompt delivery. I also buj beef cattle, pork, hogs, hides, chickens and eggs. A. W. BRONSON, fe . . '.1 J .-^r ^<4ii nllltl1 , Machinei I, ] OF 1SAMBE11G AND AIJ y More than I a which has been given to 3 April 1st, 100J>. If we i customer we have not I have had nothing but g< a ders." To those who ha cordial invitation, and r f host of good friends we I f SQUARE DEALING. I DENMARK MACHINE \ - I GREE I This bank wishes to all ii a new year as it is poss are good. The 1910 oui with a cheerful and opti chances to better himsel offer abundant opportu one of our readers finds ther along on the road t< tKo 10t H than at | I?IIC mu \jl X?/J.V uu*u w? sure that our bank will everyone that uses it. i with the assurance that i ; as well as us. In the c< years, this bank will be interests of all its custoi ' Resources over $117,000 i lowed on savings depos I EHRHARDT BA B Ehrhardt, ; ?? NEW STEP FOR CLEMSON. Training School May Be Establish* , at That Institution. A committee consisting of Senati ^ Tillman, chairman; Messrs. W. 1 Bradley and W. D. Evans, were at tl > college working in pursuance to tl r resolution of the board of truste * passed at the August meeting, whi< 5 was as follows: "Resolved, That a committee ? three be appointed to take into co 1 sideration the amount necessary ' run the college and the amount nece 7 sary for reasonable extension, ai 1 that the remainder be set apart as J fund to build a fitting school, ai 1 that this board memorialize the legi * lature to enact such law to carry in effect this scheme." 1 The committee will not be able 1 make a satisfactory report to tl ' board before the coming session 5 the legislature, because of the exte Sive worn necessary to reacu au a r curate and satisfactory conclusio I They have decided that it will 1 necessary to find out whether tl ^ deficit in the barracks of sever ' thousand dollars, owing to the ri ^ in price of provisions and the lc * board of $7.50 per month charg* ^ to students, can be done away wit The committee will consider j 1 matters relating to the expenditu ^ of money in the past to discover if is practicable to secure greater econ my, because it is of paramount ii 1 portance that nothing be done 1 cripple the college. * Acting President Riggs will c operate in every way to facilitate tl work of the committee and enable J to report to the board at the meetii " in July. irsnS" B "I would like to guide ( B suffering women to a sure f B cure for female troubles," writes Mrs. R. E. Mercer, . B of Frozen Camp, W. Va. "I have found no med icine equal to Cardui. I had suffered for about four years. Would have headache for a week at a B time, until I would be B nearly crazy. I took Car) B dui and now I never have 1 B the headache any more." ICARDU i The Woman's Tonic I The pains from which many women suffer every month are unnecessary. It's not safe to trust to strong drugs, right at the time of the pains. Better to take Carduf for a while, before and after, to strengthen the system and cure the cause. I This is the sensible, I the scientific, the right way. I .1 / ?S? 7 ' ' J' * **'"'V' \S -.. ;v *; *-> .... - '- ' .. ,-.ii>AJ HANK THE ry Owners JOINING COUNTIES FOR THE > liberal Patronage us since we opened our shop have failed to please a single iear(l of it. On the contrary we x>d words and "repeat orive not tried us, we extend a - ? .1 If \ ?l,o eicr infill \ u uevcrsaar/ / w ms iave made by GOOD WORK and I Yours truly, I YORKS, = DENMARK, S. C. I ITINGS! 1 ts patrons and friends as happy I ible for any one to have. Times I hook is orignt. to everyone mis tic spirit who is looking for f, the coming year is going to nities. Here's hoping that every * himself or herself much far> fortune and independence at ; the beginning. We are very be a help, in this respect to * t And we ask your patronage t will be of great benefit to you oming year, as in all previous found to be loyal to the best iters. _________ .00. 4 per cent, interest al>its. NKING COMPANY. South Carolina. . ?" j" F.'CAETEE' ' 'I t Attorney-at-Law Z BAMBERG, S. C. o Special attention given to set- o J tlement of estates and invest!- J [ or Z gation of land titles. y Loans negotiated on farm lands , f in Bamberg County.. * J Z Office over Bamberg Banking Co. o ' < " J. Aldrich Wyman E. H. Henderson v :h Wyman & Henderson ! Attornevs-at-Law to BAMBERG, S, C. ,s_ 1(j General Practice. Loans Negotiated a MMItMUMMUlim | W. P. RILEY ;j t0 | Fire, Life ][ t? t Accident ;; : insurance:: BAMBERG, S.\C. o Z * be |?MM *e DR. GEO. F. HAIR ; al \ I Dental Surgeon...Bamberg, S. 0. 0 ?w o In office every day. in the week. i t a(j Graduate of Baltimore College < ~ J[ of Dental Surgery, class 1892. J[ Member S. C. Dental Associa- <> J tion. Office in old bank build- < > re J} Ing. ' !t it o- ?? S DR. 0. D. FAUST DENTIST ?- BAMBERG, S. C. 2.e. Office in Telephone Building. II is * sa P???^ _ If yon need a safe that Is a safe see me before buying J. D. FEEDER BAMBERG, 8. C. Agent Victor Safe & Lock Co. Anything in Safes Cincinnati, O. WLD0U6LAS $3>3?o&*4SHOES I THE LARGEST MAKER AND RETAILER OF MEN'S FINE SHOES IN THE WORLD. "8UPERI0R TO OTHER MAKE8." "I have worn W. L. Douglas shoe* for ths past six years, and always find they are far superior to all other high grade shoes In style, comfort and durability." W. G. JONE8. 118 Howard Ave., Utlca. N. Y. If I could take you into my large fac? tones at Brockton, Mass^ and show you how carefully W. L Douglas shoes are made, you would realize why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater value than any other make. C A.TJT10BT?See that W. L. Douglas name and pries is stamped on the bottom. Take jlojaHaiwts, II xi your ae&ier cannot m 70a wuu tt wnte for Mail Order Catalog. W.L.DoaglM, Broektoft HAM. T0& SALS BT 1 J. A. BYRD I BAMBERG, S. C. . ? ' ' / . -i '*3