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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
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Thursday, Dec. 22,1910.
The articles in last Sunday's State
were a most valuable contribution to
the history of the beginning of the
war of secession.
The Christmas edition of the
Pj?*- Greewood Journal was one 01 me owsu
1 holiday editions which has come to
. our notice. The issue was forty-four
pages, and the ads. were as neat and
attractive as any we have seen in
some time.
The terrible tragedy at Branchville
is the result of this awful habit
i of pistol carrying. If Jones had not
had a pistol in his pocket Pearlstine
! would be alive to-day. Yet Jones
ws an attorney, sworn to uphold the
laws of the State.
Several of our contemporaries issued
very creditable Christmas editions
last week* The issuance of
such special editions is made poa;
eibl by the advertising patronage,
| hut they cannot be issued unless
I such patronage,is forthcoming. This
explains why The Herald does not
issue special editions.
The Christmas, edition of the
. Greenwood Index was a record!
breaking in weekly journalism in I
I South Carolina. The issue contained
I sixty-four pages, and the amount of
| advertising carried kept pace with
the size of the paper. If Watson
and Bailey keep up this pace long,
' they won't know what to do with
their money.
While Governor Ansel has granted t
a respite to the negro, Pink 'Franklin, j
who murdered young Valentine, we
cannot believe he will commute thei
sentence, but will let the negro hang,
as he deserves to be. Twelve good
men have found him guilty and the
courts have declined to interfere, so
it would be presumptious in the governor
to commute the sentence. '
Too much Bamberg money goes
away from home for articles which
could be bought at a lower price
from our home merchants. As long
as people do this sort of thing they
cannot expect the merchants of the
town to carry in stock certain lines
of goods. Too many people seemf to
think an article is mot good unless
bought in a city, when the same
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at home. We need to cultivate the
spirit of buying at home.
If the facts as reported be true,
the killing of Abe Pearlstine by J.
J. Jones does not look like self-defense.
The testimony of Postmaster
Byrd was to the effect that the fight
was over and Pearlstine had turned
away from Jones and was going into
the private office of Byrd when he
was shot by Jones. Truly .men are
getting to regard life very lightly
J these days. Stronger efforts than
heretofore should be put forth to
break up the pistol toting habit \
The Edisto river project is not
dead by any manner of means. Congressman
Lever says he has just help
gun to fight and will carry the matpi
ter to the secretary of war and the
president if necessary. The Orange
burg people are, backing him in his
efforts, and a hearing has been appointed
in Washington for January
3rd. At this meeting a committee
from Orangeburg will be present, and
it seems to us there should be a like
. committee from Bamberg. We must
work if we expect to get results.
Things don't come just so. Congressman
Lever can be counted on to
do more than his part, but the people
themselves must show some interest.
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. Govan Letter.
Govan, Dec. 19*.?Friday" night ai
aged white man, Jesse McCormack
was burned up in his dwelling. It h
not known how the. fire started. His
home was not far from the home o1
Dr. Jno. R. McCormack, his son. 11
is evident that the old man tried tc
make his escape through the window,
but the flames enveloped hin
before he could make his exit.
A colored girl named "Monkey'
Borden was married to a* negro boj
Saturday. Perhaps her good old
mother thought she conformed to b
near likeness of that "quadruped
family," the cause for assigning thai
name to her. These lines are applicable
here:
"Monkey married the baboon's brother,
He kissed so bard be made bei
smother."
Our Georgia friend is doubtless
getting rich on Georgia molasses
But my hoW can he charge such ar
extortionate price for his ysop," while
others sell it for 30 cents per gallon,
and to tell the truth it can be bought
for less than that price, less the
freight. With undue temerity in
the face of qualified statements as
to the price of Georgia molasses, this
correspondent asserts that he obtains
as high a price as 75 cents per gallon
for his yrup. Now brother if you
have any more syrup to sell don't deceive
your customers so by causing
them to believe that your syrup is of
such high grade that it may be compared
to sea island cotton. Of course
we know that there is different grades
of cotton, but not quite such a difference
in the short staple that it can't
be compared to the unadulterated
Georgia molasses. The Georgia molasses
is good, and its intrinsic value
is not over 30 cents per gallon, and
this means the pure unadulterated
kind. Georgia syrup can be recommended
highly because I believe that
it is made principally by white laborers,
but I do not mean to say that
colored labor is not good for the
manufacture of the good thing, but
when it ia made by white labor we
are more assured that it is cooked
with greater cleanliness, and I don't
mean to say that "some" colored
folks are not cleanly with it.
Again I would remind the Georgia
correspondent that I was speaking
of the wholesale price of Georgia
syrup, and not the retail price. Surely
he must sell all of his at retail to
the "servile" kind of labor, and surely
they must be the most servile.
Well, slavery has long since been
abolished in America, but I must
say this has its kinship with that
awful, practice.
I would recommend the following
as a good precept for (my friend)
extortioner: ~
"Let your light so shine before
men that they seeing your good
works will glorify your Father which
IH In Heaven."
" 'My reference to Georgia and the
divorce law was only a joke, and I
beg the pardon of my Carolina
friends whom have recently made
theiri abode in that fair State. One
can hardly condemn a State for the
divorce law, for if I am not misinformed
all of the States in th$ Union
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nave me uivorue mw, save uuuvu
Carolina and condemn its existence
in one State, would be to condemn
ft in practically the entire Union. I
must say though that South Carolina
in my opinion can boast of 'the proud
honor of always taking the lead in
matters pertaining to the best administration
from an ethical and civic
standpoint. I believe that the
quotation, "First in war, first in
peace, and first in the hearts of his
countrymen" is more applicable to
the "Palmetto" State than any State
in the Union. >yas it not South Carolina
that led the States South of
Mason's and Dixon's line into that
bloody conflict of the 60's? Was it
not 'South Carolina's famous statesman
that exclaimed in the great congress
in the face of bitter antagonism:
"Truth, iustice and then the
constitution." These burning words
were supported by sons of the stamp
of Marion Sumter and others of no
less note and heroism who suppressed
and unrooted Britain's tyrannous
rule from our shores.
But we shall not close without
measuring unto fair Georgia ^hei
share of distinguished honor. It was
Georgia that furnished the great
Dougles, the master champion ol
the South's cause, who antagonized
Mr. Lincoln on the great issue "abolition."
Mr. Douglas's only mistake
was he thought slavery to be jusl
and constitutional. Indeed it was
constitutional until the addition oi
the 15th amendment. Mr. Douglas
bore the distinguished honor of the
vice-presidency of the confederacy.
White Man Stabs a Mole.
On Tuesday evening Claude Breazeale,
a young white man, stabbed a
mule belonging to Mrs. A. G. Latimer,
the wound being of a rathei
serious nature. It is said that Breazeale
was drinking when he did i1
and had no cause for mistreating th(
animal. The mule was hitched anc
he stuck his knife in its side as h<
passed.
The case will come up in the may
or's court to-day.?Belton Times.
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THREAT FATAL TO FIANCE.
Man Snatches Carbolic Acid from
J Sweetheart, Drinks it, Dies. .
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f Philadelphia, Dec. 19.?Snatching
t a goblet of carbolic acid from the
) hands of his fiance as she stood
- threatening suicide as the result of a
i quarrel to-day, Charles Morback,
aged 30, drank the contents himself
and died a few minutes later, accordr
ing to the police who investigated
I his death.
l Mary A. Kalck, the fiance, the only
I witness of the happening says she
t did not see the man drink the acid
- and doubted that he did.
Miss Kalck, suffering with acid
burns on face, hands and arms refuses
to believe that the man she
was to have married is dead. She
sobbingly insisted that he was en\
gaged4 in" a grim make-believe in
. answer to what was her mock threat
t of suicide.; Miss Kalck says she had
* no intention of swallowing the acid
, when she made her threat of suicide.
; "I thought it would give him a shock
i that would stop the continual quarl
relling that has made our engagej
ment so unhappy," she said.
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t Human Life is Cheap.
1 Jno. J. Jones, a lawyer, and Abe
1 Pearlstine, a merchant, had a fisticuff
, n the Branchville postoffice on Thurs'
day and were separated. While
Pearlstine was apologizing to the
' postmaster for raising a disturbance
1 in his office, Jones deliberately pull1
ed his pistol and shot Pearlstine
dead. On Saturday he went before
: Associate Justice Gary in Columbia
1 and was admitted to Damn tne sum
" of $3,000. The facts carry their
1 own comment. Human life is very,
1 very cheap.?Newberry Observer.
Barnwell-Bamberg Club.
Columbia, Dec. 15.?County clubs
are now in great vogue at the Uni,
versity of S. C. Fraternities being
under the ban, the boys respond
, to the social impulse by organizing
clubs. Sometimes these are composed
of the students rooming in a
given dormitory, but more usually
the boys from a county form a club.
The constitutions of these organizations
strictly forbid the intrusion
of anything serious in the proceedings.
The comic reigns supreme.
, The latent to organize is the "Barnwell
Bamberg Club," which on last
Friday night elected the following oft
fleers: President, Floyd C. Chitty,
Olar; vice-president, T. S. McMillan,
Ulmers; secretary and treasurer,, C.
E. Black, Bamberg; .chaplain, L. R.
: Mellichamp, Williston; critic, Chas.
M. Chitty, Olar; custos forum, R?P.
Bellinger, Bamberg; . water-boy,- A
, R. Morris, Olar; drawing-card,
"Blondey" Reed's wig.
The declared object is, "To disturb
nobody." "Strictly an affair of the
heart," is the motto of the club.
Permanent quarters have not yet
been decided uppn, but for the present
they meet "next door to matrimony,"
at 12:50 p. x. Their favorite
tune is "Home Swedt Home," the
adoption of which is due to the large
fvoahmoTi mamKoraVH n flffi/vffll ^hfll.
JLl^DUXUau
ore are "bilious green" and "chocolate
brown." For drinks the club
voted unanimously for "anything
red," but discreetly named only
cherry smash and watermelon juice
to the reporter.
The members are as follows: F.
C. Chitty, C. M. Chitty, T. S. McMillan,
0. E. Black, L. R. Mellichamp,
R. P. Bellinger, A. R. Morris, R. L.
Reed. F. C. C.
Property Increase is $9,000,000.
Columbia, Dec. 17.?The sum approximately
$9,000,000 represents
the increase for all property in the
State for taxation according to returns
made to the office of Comptroll.
er General Jones.
There was a decrease of $2,189,678
, in the value of personal property.
, This decrease is attributed to the
; low assessments of many of the banks
, and the placing of the cotton mills,
, oil mills and fertilizer plants on a
. basis of 50 per cent, for taxation in
i place of 60 per cent.
The total value of all property as
. returned for taxation was $279,755,.
349 as compared with $271,106,302
( in 1909. There was an increase of
; $10,613,014 in the value of real es
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? tate. The real estate as returned iur
[ the year was $147,051,422 as com.
pared with $136,438,358 for 1909.
, The assessed value of the personal
property In the State last year was
, $92,66.4,198. For this year $90,[
474,520, or a decrease of over $2,5
000,000. The railroad property was
, returned this year at $42,229,407 as
compared with $42,203,946 last year.
A Distinguished Speaker.
A man by the name of Potts was
to address a labor meeting in one
i of the towns of eastern Pennsyl
vania, and Casey was called upon to
r introduce the speaker. He prefaced
- his remarks as follows:
t "Ladies and gentlemen," said
> Cnjspv "wp have with us this even
I iiig a very distinguished gintlemin,
J so much so that the great State of
Pennsylvania has named three of its
- cities after him, namely, Pottsville,
Pottsdam and Chambersburg."
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v LOOKING FOR A WIFE.
Wanted a "Nice Little Pensacola
Lady for a Dear Companion."
Those hustling real estate men up
at Pensacola have acquired a repution
for furnishing almost everything
that goes to make ideal homes, but
one of them, according to the Journal,
of that city, received a letter the
other day, which must have taxed
even his resources. It ran this way:
"Dear Sir: Seeing your correspondence
regarding real estate. Now
Sir if you will .Be a little Patent I
will give you a job of your Life.
1st. I started to the south, accompanied
By My Wife some months ago
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sne taKen sick on me way, aner *
days illness she Passed away and Now
1 partly reckonciled again yet I am
a stranger here and More so down
there. But Now to the Point, I have
2 trades: I am a carpenter and a
Brick Layer. Was Raised on a farm.
I teach vocal Music a great Deal of
my time especially in winter seasons
up North where we cant do eneything
Else. I want two things in
youre part of Fla. a good Little
Truck farm and a Nice little Pensacola
Lady For a dear companion the
Lady must be of the Best Class as I
Want a Wife I Make good money I
love to Work Now please sir can you
furnish the kind of goods that is required
to Make Me a home in or
about Pensacola. If so I shall Be
glad to heare from you By Return
Mail are you Married if you are you
know what I want In the Wife Line.
If you ever Farmed or Raised truck
or Cotton you know the kind of Land
I Want. If the Lady you select owns
a Little Farm I would Like to take
care of it for her I belong to the I. O.
O. F. allso a Rebecca am strictly
temperment. I can Furnish the Best
of Reference. This is strictly a business
Propision No Joke I await an
Early Reply.
"Yours For Business/'
Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of stock holders
of Bamberg Banking Company
was held at the office of the bank
Tuesday morning. The report of the
officers was very good and a satisfactory
dividend was declared. The
same directors were re-elected: H.
J. Brabham, J. B. Black, J. D. Copeland,
Henry F. Bamberg, E. C. Hays,
J. A. Byrd, W. D. Rhoad. The directors
held a meeting immediately
after the stockholders adjourhed and
re-elected the same officers: H. J.
Brabham, president; J. A. Byrd, vice
president; D. F. Hooton, cashier; M.
W. Brabham, assistant cashier; Miss
Myra Hooton, book-keeper.
Send The Herald to a friend next
year and make that friend happy.
CITATION NOTICE.
The State of South Carolina?
County or uamDerg?Dy ueo. r. narmon,
Esq., Jujige of Probate.
Whereas W. G. Hutto hath made
suit to me to grant him letters of
administration of the estate of and
effects of L. B. Lee, deceased:
\These are therefore to cite and
admonish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said L. B.
Lee, deceased, that they be and appear
before me in the Court of Probate,
to be held at Bamberg, on Friday,
December 30th, next, after publication
thereof, at 11 o'clock in the
forenoon, to show cause, if any they
have, why the said administration
should not be granted,
Given under my hand and seal this
10th day of December, A. D., 1910.
GEO. P. HARMON,
Judge of Probate.
CITATION NOTICE.
The State of South Carolina?
County of Bamberg?By Geo. P. Harmon,
Esq., Judge of Probate.
Whereas C. B. Free, Clerk of Court,
hath made suit to me to grant him
letters of administration of the estate
of. and effects of Daniel W.
Jones, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular th? kindred
and creditors of the said Daniel W.
Jones, deceased, that they be and appear
before me in the Court of Probate,
to be held at Bamberg, on Saturday,
January 21st, next, after publication
thereof, at 11 o'clock in the
forenoon, to show cause, if any they
"have, why the said administration
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snoaia not oe granted.
Given under my hand and seal this
10th day of December, A. D., 1910.
GEO. P. HARMON,
'/ Judge of Probate.
MASTERS' SALE.
In pursuance to an order of the
court of common pleas made in the
case of Edward R. Fishburne et al,
vs. Claude C. Fishburne et al., dated
November 23, 1910, I will sell at
public auction, in front of the court
house at Bamberg, S. C., during the
legal hours for sale, on January 2,
1911, the same being sales day, the
following described land to wit:
All that tract of land, situated in
Bamberg county, S. c., containing
three hundred and sixty-five (365)
acres, more or less, and having the
following boundaries: On the North
by Lemon Swamp; on the East by estate
of R. W. Sandifer, L. N. Bellinger
and W. H. Morris, on the
South by D. D. Utsey; and on the
West by lands of C. C. Fishburne,
Mrs. Eliza Fishburne, and estate of
E. H. Dowling. The said sale to be
for cash, and purchaser to pay for
papers.
Witness my hand and seal this
12th day of December, 1910.
H. C. FOLK, (L. S.)
Master for Bamberg County.
WYMAN & HENDERSON,
Plaintiffs' Attorneys.
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outfit your home complete, as we carry a complete line Z |jjj
of Furniture, Rugs, Mattings, Pictures, Crockery, Glass- X
ware, Stoves, Ranges, and all sorts of house furnishing
On account of the shortness of the cotton crop, we are X i
sellings every article in the store at greatly reduced x 1
prices. Now is the time to reap the harvest of bargains. 0 ;^|jg
We can suit you we know, and the prices are bound to
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Every article in our large new 11 ';$f?a
stock is being sold at greatly vj|Jg
reduced pricey come and see. . fllfl
We have an immense line of iM
everything in FURNITURE, ?J|g
also Coffins and Caskets, and >1
we must reduce. V. .*. .*. J
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X Go to Hunter's Hardware Store for Sugar Cane 5'Li^Sl
A Mills, Sugar Kettles, Two-Horse Turn Plows, Field . X l?y
Wire Fence, Heaters, Ranges, Grates, Bugggy X ?|||I
? Robes, Sulky Plows, Barbed Wire, Axes, Paints, NP
@ Guns, Bicycles, Tricycles, Boys' Wagons, Athletic w ^^1
@ Sweaters, Foot Balls, Christmas Goods and Toys, A ' J
A Brass Andirons, Oil Heaters, Nails, Harness, A J
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Food Choppers, Lard Presses, Gun Shells and Am- 5?
munition. We also handle Hard and Soft Coal. '5^1
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THE HARDWARE MAN. BAMBERG, 8. C. Sk