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?be Samberg feralb ~ in Thursday, January 20,1910. at SHORT LOCALS. th w! Brief Items of Interest Throughout ^ the Town and County. G. Frank Bamberg received a car Bi load of mules last Saturday. Sa If it's field or poultry wire fence you want, go to Hunter's hardware e store. Call on Dr. Garland for tombstones ^ r ? and monuments. Don't buy until I*"' , I ro you see ;:is sample*.. ar Mr. B. W. Simmons has accepted the position of book-keeper at the ^ Planters Mercantile Company. CO Bamberg had a good representa- 0fl tion at the layman's missionary con- he ference in Columbia this week. You can buy the celebrated Hart of Scbaffner & Marx clothing at cost at to ' C. R. Brabham's Sons while they wi last. th When you want the new form crop fa rtffl nA Aort ennnlv mil UiUI Igagca, 11110 urnvc vau 0u*/jfij ^ vu. We furnish them with or without ne your name printed in them. cit The repeal of the lien law has seem- T*, ingly not made any difference in ar Bamberg. Those who want credit ar can get it just as easy as usual. ru tal G. Frank Bamberg has plenty of mules on hand. He received a car load last Saturday and another car wc load will arrive to-day. See him be- an fore you buy. t0 thi Just a few colonial mirrors and several nice pictures at The Herald stl Book Store which we will sell at wc cost. Come quick if you want them at these bargain prices. atl This is campaign year, and you will want to keep posted on what is ar going on politically. If you are not sio now taking The Bamberg Herald, ro, send us your name and dollar. pr. The social department of the Ep- ha orrvrth T ^utrtte* will m'vp a miifiinale at the C. F. S. Chapel Thursday, evening, January 20th, at 8.30 o'clock. All invited. Admission 25 cents. th< i - . . Bamberg needs a chamber of com- 611 merce or board of trade, a laundry, CQ1 a better post office building, better #9 n stores on Main street, and a whole lot of other things, if we just had the money to afford them. in? to A penalty of one per cent, is now ^ added to unpaid town taxes. After February 1st an additional penalty will be added. See M. W. Brabham, clerk and treasurer, at Bamberg Banking Co., and pay up without de- er? Kty- ' he: Several of our subscribers have in* allowed their subscriptions to expire, thi , N and as a consequence they do not get an The Herald this week. We know foi they simply neglected this, but we Th cannot afford to carry unexpired toi subscriptions. A. Fa See Dr. Garland's advertisement in ' this issue. He represents a first. class marble house, and can supply cej anything needed in marble or granVY ite or any sort of cemetery work. F' Tombstone^ and monuments from $7.50 to $7,000. er' The Civic League will hold its regular meeting as usual on the fourth Thursday in the month, which ins will be next Thursday afternoon, the in ! 27th, at four o'clock. The place of ou meeting will be mentioned in next "fj week's issue of this paper. be: Remember the farmers' institute pl* in the court house here on Monday cai and Tuesday, January 24th and 25th. There should be a good attendance an of the farmers of the county. The co: institute will be in charge of Prof. D. be< W. Barrow, of Clemson College. in CP! v Don't forget the skating rink every or Friday night. Admission 10 cents to everybody. is Mr. G. A. Ducker is having pre- af] ( pared plans for a two-story brick an store, which he proposes to erect on his lot on Main street. The build- fai ing is to have a frontage of 26 feet on and will be about eighty feet long, ho Mr. Ducker will have his residence 24 in the up-stairs. to Mr. and Mrs. J. Ham Kirkland, of Olar, have issued invitations to . sis the marriage of their sister, Miss Harriet Toney to Mr. Burrell Thomas Boatwright. The wedding will take place Wednesday afternoon, Febru- f ary second, at home, Oak Grove, 1 L Johnston, S. C. Miss Toney is wellknown and has many friends in BamJ an berg. m. Rev. G. T. Harmon preached at a the Methodist church in this city last kn Sunday morning. Mr. Harmon has ye been a member of the conference for many years, and is now one of the ga superannuates. He is down on a ho visit to his son, Rev. G. T. Harmon, m< Jr., pastor of the Cope charge. It to was a pleasure for Bamberg people He to hear Mr. Harmon. He is the mi father of Mrs. Peter Stokes. At br night Rev. Walter I. Herbert, pre- hi siding elder of the Charleston dis- wi trict, preached. tic It's at Hunter's hardware store. The Loyal Temperance Legion will eet at the Methodist church Friday ternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Mr. J. J. Elkins brought in to us e copies of August 5th and 12th hich we asked for last week, and i has our thanks for his kindness. If you want mules, see G. Frank amberg. A car load arrived last iturdav and another car will be in -day. He has plenty of stock on md and can suit you. Subscribe for The Bamberg Herald is year and keep up with what is )ing on. If you have been borwing your neighbor's paper, quit id get one for yourself. This is campaign year, but we have lard nothing of any candidates for unty offices so far. No doubt the See seekers will let the dear people ar from them before very long. Mr. D. P. Smith, county president the Farmers' Union, requests us state that the county institute 11 meet January 24th and 25th at e court house in this city. All rmers are requested to attend. We are putting on a number of w subscribers these days. Every :izen of the county ought to take le Herald. A number of negroes e now taking the paper, and they e very prompt in renewing as a le. It is a good sign when negroes ke a DaDer. The county chain gang has finished >rk on the road between Bamberg d Denmark, and came into town work Tuesday. The county owes e town some work, and this will be ne by the gang on the various eets. Tuesday the gang was at >rk on Railroad Avenue. J. F. Carter, Esq., has resigned as iorney for the Southern Railway, 5 resignation to take effect FebruY 1st. Mr. Carter's reason for re;ning was that some times the railad cases interfered with his other actice, in that often clients of his d cases against the railroad. Farmers' Institute. Arrangements have been made by $ Farmers' Union for farmers' intutes to be held in the various unties, to be in charge of Prof. D. , Barrow, of Clemson College. The tes for the institute in this counare January 24th and 25th. These stitute should be of great value the farmers, and it is to be hoped ire will be good crowds present on th days. / Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholdi of the Peoples Drug Company was Id at the office of Bamberg Bankl Company Tuesday afternoon of is week. A dividend was declared, d the affairs of the company were md to be in satisfactory condition, e following were re-elected directs: J. A. Byrd, W. G. Hoffman, J. Wyman J. W. Hill, G. Frank mberg, G. Moye Dickinson, F. B. :Crackin, Dr. V. W. Brabham. The ectors elected the following offi s: J. A. Byrd, president; J. A. 1 yman, vice-president and attorney; B. McCrackin, secretary-tieasurmanager. Fake Insurance Companies. Some time ago some "wild cat" rnrance companies were organized Spartanburg and agents were sent t throughout the State writing the irmers* insurance," the companies Ing operated on the assessment in. Losses occurred but in many ses the claims were never settled, my of the insurers paid up later d thought they were done with the mpany, but recently an agent has m in this section serving the papers cases against the insurers, these ses being brought by the company the receivers, we are not informed lich, for money which they claim still due the company. We are raid many will let the time for swering go by and thus have judgmt entered up against them by deilt, but many of the more prudent es are going to meet at the court use in this city next Monday, the th instant, and employ attorneys fight these suits to the end. We pe that all of our people who are ing sued by the company will ret payment to the fullest. Robbery at Denmark. Denmark, January 15.?The store ^ O Tiro o loef + v^. kj. JL'v^irv rv a.o iuuucu uifeuw. Le thief or thieves made an entrance boring around a large space with auger and knocking the piece out, iking an opening large enough for man to enter. Mr. Folk does not low what his loss will amount to t. Foreman Smoak, of the chain ,ng, as soon as possible brought iunds from Bamberg and they imediately took the trail which led the house occupied by Adam )lmes, a negro, living about three iles from town. Holmes was ought back, and as his account of mself was very unsatisfactory he is locked up for further examina>n. Baptist Church News and Notices DIRECTORY. Preaching service every Sunda morning at 11 o'clock and evenir at 7:30 o'clock by the pastor, Re O. J. Frier. Sunday-school every Sunday mori ing at 10 o'clock, C. W. Rentz, si perintendent. B. Y. P. U. every Tuesday evenic at 7:30 o'clock, David G. Felde president. Prayer meeting every Thursda evening at 7:30 o'clock. Woman's M. U. meets Wednesda afternoon after each 2nd Sunday. Conference each fourth Sunda after preaching service. AhoorvonM r>f tho T.nrrt'c Siirm< the first Sundav in each quarter. NEWS AND NOTICES. Sunday-school went over the hui dred mark again Sunday with tt usual good collection. Splendid congregation attende the morning service, the paste preaching from the second tempt tion of Christ and its great life prii ciple fixed in its triumph. Preached at night on the evidence of repentance. Dr. Geo. F. Hair left Monday fc the great layman's movement mee ii.g in Columbia, he being one a] pointed by the church to attend. The theme of the prayer meetin talk Thursday evening will be, Hi man Errors and the Christian att tude toward them. The minutes of the last session c the Barnwell Baptist Association ai out, being somewhat belated. The reveal the fact that the wrong bod of brethren met recently in Blacl ville, as the executive committee c the Association, proceedings of whic appeared recently in these column! so mat meeting ana its proceeuing are null and void. The mistake o< curred in getting the old executiv committee mixed up with the new, i being guided simply from memor; The new and legally appointed execi tive committee will, no doubt, me< nght away and start things off righ A Fine Report. The following report of the a< countants who checked up the affair of the Bamberg county dispensar shows that the business in this cour ty has been well managed: Columbia, S. C., Dec. 17, 1901 Hon. W. B. West, Dispensary Aud tor, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I beg to transmit herewith cor densed report on the affairs of th Bamberg county dispensary boarc prepared with the assistance of Mi R. L. Gaffney, deputy auditor. All receipts and 1 disbursement have been thoroughly checked an are found correct. The invoices io goods received and invoices of good shipped to dispensers from th warehouse have also been checkec We found two errors in outgoing ir voices which have been corrected The aocounts of the dispensers fo the whole time from March, 1907, t Nov. 15, 1909, have not been gon over as yet. The affairs of the board seem t have been well handled and are noi in good shape. We wish to commend the booh keeper, Mr. E. L. Price, for the eh cellent manner in which he has kep the books and records and to than him for assistance rendered us in th preparation of this report. Respectfully submitted, H. P. DEW, Assistant Auditor. Bamberg County Dispensary Boar* Profit and loss account, March 2( 1907, to Nov. 15, 1909. RECEIPTS. Sales Mdse l..$219,285.0 DISBURSEMENTS. Purchases Mdse $122,813.9 Supplies 10,924.9 General expense 2,675,7 Dispensary expenses 12.573.0 Salaries 8,765.1 Freight 168.6 Furniture and fixtures .... 98.6 Profits disbursed County ....$18,717.47 Schools .... 9,358.83 Bamberg .. 8,118.53 Denmark .. 4,859.60 Ehrhardt.... 3,005.71 Olar 2,690.20 Midway .... 43.62 46,794.0 Undivided profit 14,470.9 $219,285.0 Assets and liabilities Novembe 15, 1909: ASSETS. Cash on hand $25,392.1 Furniture and Fix. (est.) 35.0 $25,427.1 LIABILITIES. Sundry creditors $ 8.094.0 County and schools 2,862.1 Undivided profit 14,470.9 $25,427.1 I A Business-Like Paper. In remitting for an advertisin contract, the Marjenhoff Company, c Charleston, says: "It will be a pleas ure again for us to favor you wit some business, as we consider you paper a very business-like editioi Thanking you for the way you hav displayed our ads." New Advertisements. B. F. Maynard?Ladies and Gentlely men. lg Jones Bros.?Two More Carloads v. on the Way. A. W. Knight?For Sale. ^ Culler & Salley?Automobiles for a ig S? e. 6' r' 1. C. Folk, Master?Master's Sales. s iy J. R. Owens?Stolen. L is G. Frank Bamberg?Two More ^ ty Carloads. g iy G. W. Garland?Tombstones and Monuments. n IT m, t Union Meetings. ^ l- n ie Union meetings of the Barnwell 0 Baptist Association January 29th r and 30th. f( )r DOUBLE POND?SATURDAY. p Introductory Sermon Rev. B. F. a , Allen, 11 o'clock. s Subject No. 1. The Need of a Re- a >s emphasis of Spiritual Regeneration, ^ Converted Church Membership, and c )r Spiritual Life in our Churches. Led j by Rev. J. D. Pitts, and followed by n general discussion. g Subject No. 2. The General Out- tj s look Before us this Year; or the f( Claims of Local and Denominational 0 [. Work for 1910. Led by F. M. Hau- jj ser, followed by general discussion, q )f SUNDAY. ^ e At 10 a. m. in connection with g ,y Sunday-school exercises a general p y discussion of Sunday-school Ideals, ^ c_ led by Rev. J. K. Hair. j. )f Sermon by Rev. J. E. Freeman 11 |g h a* m* s B> SEIGLING?SATURDAY. p rS Introductory Sermon by Rev. J. K. ?_ Goode. ti e Subject No. 1. As above. Led t] n by Rev. J. Hopkins. r( ^ Subject No. 2. As above. Led by p j. W. G. Britton. ;t SUNDAY. At 10 o'clock, Sunday-school discussiion as above. Led by Dr. J. R. McCormack, of Olar, followed by r general discussion. s At 11 o'clock sermon by Rev. W. 0 y C. Baxley. n t- WILLISTON?SATURDAY. 0 Introductory Sermon by R. P. Gal). Pin. , * [- Subject No. 1. The Temporal 0 Concerns and Interest of a Local cl Church; or the Secular Side of w Church Life and Service. Scripture ei e History and Emphasis. Measuring lt Ourselves by it. Led by R. M. Mixon, ^ r. followed by general discussion. L Subject No. 2. The Temporal s Needs and Demands of the Kingdom, ai d Common to all the Churches; or, the s1 ir Claims of our Denominational Work s and Institutions, and the True At- ^ e titude of the Local Churches to the I. same. Led by W. M. Jones, fol- r( l- lowed by general discussion. I. SUNDAY. e' ,r At 10 o'clock, in connection, with 11 o regular Sunday-school, .-general dise cussion of Suhday-school Ideals. At 11 o'clock, sermon. Office and A o Work of a Deacon. 1 w O. J. FRIER, 81 For Program Committee. A 1*7 v- A naming. g. * " ft k Canon Hensley Henson, during his e lectures at Yale, said at a dinner in New Haven: "In my condemnation of this Amer- e ican custom I was mistaken. Yes, I was as ludicrously mistaken as the M, 1. woman in the third-class smoker. u ), "At Banbury a half-dozen young t Methodist ministers once boarded a third-class smoker wherein sat a 8 frowsy woman smelling of beer. The j young ministers had been attending ^ 8 a ministerial conference. In their w 4 black garb they conversed gravely pi 5 on conference affairs, while the frow4 sy woman nodded in her corner. ^ 4 "As the train approached the long 2 tunnel the woman roused herself. She I pinned back lazily a tail of her hair that had fallen on her shoulder and B she fixed her glassy eyes on the six pale, black-clad divines. Then she took from her basket a huge bread- e: knife. q "Making a few unsteady flourishes 0 and lunges in the air with the knife, she said, fiercely: " 'Don't none o' you boys try none q 6 o' your tricks on me in the tunnel, jg 2 mind, or I'll open ye.' "?Washington C( - Post. d 8 g ;r May Have Been Cured. A colored man complained to the ? 2 storekeeper that a ham which he had 0 purchased there was not cured. "The ham is all right Zeph," in- ^ 2 sisted the storekeeper. "No, it ain't boss," insisted the ne- ^ g gro. "Dat ham's shore bad!" 2 "How can that be," continued the 2 storekeeper, "when it was cured only ^ _ last week?" 2 The colored man scratched his head reflectively, and finally suggested, "well, sah, then it must have had r< ? a relapse."?Cosmopolitan. _ o B >f ii 5_ Don't forget the skating rink every k Friday night. Admission 10 cents r to everybody. i. We filled an order thia week for si e 7,000 legal blanks for firms and d; banks in a near-by county. tl i . _/; - " ^ .iiZ.uk ->?-x&i-'&tr. '--r-< -&rt&tfkr; ?'? AIMS BLOW AT COAST LINE. Lttorney General Lyon Claims Roacj is Violating Constitution. Columbia, January 17.?That the itlantic Coast Line Railway is operting in this State in violation of a eetion of the Constitution will be a tatement made by Attorney General -yon in his annual report to the legal atu re. The legislature is asked tc ake some action with regard to this tate of affairs. In the annual report of the Attorey General it will be stated that "in he case of the Seaboard Air Line tailway, against the railroad comlissioners of South Carolina and thers, the Atlantic Coast Line Raiload Company, was made a party deendant. In answering the com laint, it denies that it is inoorported in any other State than th tate of Virginia- This is, in effect, n allegation of the Atlantic Coast ane Railroad Company, that it is hartered under the laws of Virginia, 'his being the case, it is doing busiess in South Carolina in violation of ection 9, Article 8, of the Constituion of this State, which expressly orbids a foreign corporation from wning or operating lines of railway a this State. In the case of th< Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railay, against McCown, as Secretary ol tate, the Supreme Court has interreted this provision of the Constituion, and it is my opinion that the Atretic Coast Line Railroad Company 5 violating this section of the Contftution, as construed by the Sureme Court. I deem that it is my uty to call this matter to the attenx.-i of your honorable body, in order nat you may taxe sucn action m egard thereto as you may deem roper." School Trouble Settled. Columbia, January 17.?The inrrnal trouble at the Colored State ollege at Orangeburg was thrashed ut at a conference to-day in Govercr Ansel's office at which a number f the members of the board of trusses were present. The entire trouble as settled amicably. There was no fficial report given out at the conlusion of the conference. There ere present at the conference: Govrnor Ansel, Dr. G. B. White, of Ches>:r; J. W. Floyd, of Liberty Hill; A. . Dukes, of Orangeburg, and W. R. owman, of Orangeburg. One of the members of the board t the conclusion of the conference uited that there had been a fight beveen Tom Miller, the president of le institution, and one of the inductors, and that this fight was the jsult of a fight between two of the :udents of the institution. "Howper," said the board members, "the utter was satisfactorily adjusted." When the fight occurred and an lvestigation was ordered Governor nsel said nothing about it to the ress, as is his custom in cases of ich nature. Negro Fatally Shot. Aiken, Jan. 17.?Joe Jones, a nero, was shot this afternoon by B. tonroe Weeks, a prominent white ian and nrohahlv fatallv wounded. Jones was employed by Weeks, bo is proprietor of the Weeks' Livry and Transfer Co. This afteroon he sent the negro out driving Ith a customer and in a few minues, it is said, the customer reirned, saying the negro was drunk tid another boy was sent with the lan. The drunken negro became isolent and upon being reprimanded !r Weeks is said to have made at him ith a pitchfork, whereupon Weeks icked up a shotgun and shot him in :ie stomach. The negro is still alive, ut will probably die. EXPLOSION WRECKS LAUNDRY. uitfing Demolished and One Man Badly Hurt at Lake City, Fla. Lake City, Fla., January 17.?An icplosion of a gasoline tank in the olumbia Steam Laundry at 10 clock to-night completely wrecked te building, which was practically ew, and perhaps fatally injured laude Sheldon, manager of the .undry. After the explosion fire impleted the wreck, and it was with ifficulty that the firemen extricated iielton from the mass of timber. The victim of the explosion was issing along the street, near the undry, on his way to get supper at a sarby restaurant, and when abreast r the buildine noticed a liight in le rear. Opening the door to invesgate, he saw that a small fire was urning briskly near the gasoline ink, and the next moment the exlosion occurred, which was probbly hastened by the sudden inrush f air into the room. The walls fell in, pinning Sheldon nderneath, in which condition he jmained until the firemen arrived, y this time the flames were burning i the very spot where the unconfious victim lay, and quickly the remen threw the water on the man. he physicians state that there is nail chance of his recovery. The amage will amount to several lousand dollars. H. M. GRAHAM i Attorney-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. 4. Practices in all Courts of tills State. Offices in The Herald Building. ' Railway Mail Clerks Wanted t The Government Pays Railway Mail Clerks $800 to $1,200, and Other < ? > Employees up to $2,500 annually. 1 Uncle Sam will hold spring examinations throughout the country for Railway Mail Clerks, Custoih 1 House Clerks, Stenographers, Book! keepers, Departmental Clerks and other Government Positions. Thous anas 01 appointments win ue ui&ue. Any man or woman over 18, In City or Country can get Instruction and free information by writing at once to the Bureau of Instruction, 76 N. Hamlin Building. Rochester, N. Y. / t Ladies and Gentlemen! _ V. Our pressing club is now ? next door to Price's ice house, on Broad street. We make a 1 specialty of renovating carpets and rugs?a fine finish given. * We dye garments any color de- t.i sired in a flrct-class manner. * r We want more club members. We also clean and renovate fg Hats of all kinds, and we can I - I please the most fastidious per- I r I son. Ladies1 skirts and coat I > ' I suits cleaned and pressed nice* I I ly. o We will appreciate your IV ? ' 9 patr age. and guarantee satis* f > a faction. I If F. MAYNARD j WL DOUGLAS $3>35?&S4.SH0ES THE LARGEST MAKER AMI RETAILER OF MEN'S FINF SHOES IN THE WORLD. "8UPERI0R TO OTHER MAKES.** "I have worn W. L. Oougliii shoe* for the past six years, and always find they are ffcr superior to all other high erode shoes Instyla, comfort and durability.'* W. Q. JONES, m 119 Howard Ave., Utica. N. Y./. If I could take 70a Into rty large no lories at Brockton, Mass* and show yea how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are made, you would realize why they held their shape, fit bettor, wear longer, and are of greater ealue d|fl|Nh|^hther Budsa, /' CAUTIOBT?8eethst W.&0OQfltas asms sad pd? Is itsmped on the bottom. Take We aehstttwte. If yoor dealer cannot fit yoo with W.LDwugMlboa i write for Hall Order Catalog. -WX-Doo^ssTBrocktoO ^ lORSAUEhT J. A. BYRD BAMBERG, S. C. I Good News I I "I write to tell you the I > Hand 1 think it is just H H "I do hope and trust H, H that ladies who are suffer- H H God's blessing to me, and H H will certainly help every H > H lady who is suffering." m n/mnin lEUMnUU! _ The Woman's Tonic * H B- B No matter if you suffer B B from headache, backache B fl feel tired, weary, worn- B > B out and generally miser- B B it a trial, you will be fl fl thankful ever after. B ) fa MOTC'dickOTSON ! INSURANCE AGENT t Z WILL WRITE ANYTHING X 4 Fire, Tornado, Accident, Lia T bility. Casualty, in the I X strongest and most re- X liable companies. J 'Phone No. 10-B. Bamberg, 8. C. | AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA / 4':