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Hamburg
ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
A. W. KXIGHT, Editor.
vPublished
every Thursday in The
Herald building, on Main street, in
the live and growing City of Bam1~
~~ V\*it-> o- iociind fr.i m o nVlTltinSf
WCA UCiiljj icouvu jli vixi u 0
office which is equipped with Mergenthaler
linotype machine, Babcock
cylinder press, folder, one jobber, a
fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by
electric power, with other material
and machinery in keeping, the whole
equipment representing an investment
of $10,000 and upwards.
Subscriptions?By the year $150;
six months, 75 cents; three months,
50 cents. All subscriptions payable
: _ . strictly in advance.
Advertisements?$ 1.00 per inch
I- r first insertion, subsequent inserv'-ms
50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements
at the rates allowed by
law. Local reading notices 10 cents
a line each insertion. Wants and
other advertisements under special
head, 1 cent a word each insertion.
Liberal contracts made for three,-six,
f&v,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.
Communications?We are always
glad to publish news letters or those j
* _
i pertaining to maiteis ul puunu im.ti-1
est. 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, Sept. 14,1911.
Let us hope that city council will
take a notion to strictly enforce the
ordinance against placing trash and
? papers on the street and the law
against displaying goods on the sidewalks.
And they do say that the Hon. W.
Jasper Talbert, some time politician,
gsfc- y and at one time congressman from
|j|W the second district, will be a candidate
for the United States Senate to
|fc succeed Senator Tillman. We thought
Uncle Jas. had joined the "down
an<* outs."
It is a saying among politicians,
jplS> especially by those holding office,
ithat "one good term aeserves another."
Very good, but it does not
deserve two. We believe in rotation
in office, and we believe that no man
should have more than two terms in
any county office.
We suggest to city council that it
would be a good idea to have the
county chain gang round up some
of the streets in town with the road
machine. The county must be due
the town some work for town prisoners
sent to serve their sentences
on the county gang, and the work
would cost no money.
THE SUPPORT OP NEWSPAPERS.
The last issue of The Bamberg
Herald is one of the neatest
and best that we have ever seen
from the standpoint of reading
matter. Brother Knight has
cause to be proud of the news?????
io cri-trinc hie <m hap rib
Kg->J - uc id t>"'us uiu ? ?
:?pfc\- ers. But it lacks an element
ppfcy, that goes to make a newspaper
a paying proposition?advertising?and
therein the local merchants
and business men of
B&f;'; Bamberg are failing to support
one of the best county newspa?? '*
pers in the country.
The issue in mind contained
v 38 20-inch columns of good read&
- . ing matter, all home set. But
. it contained but 10 columns of
f _ advertising. This is only 200
Kp- vr inches. Considerable of this is
foreign advertising. It requires
no end of work to publish a
newspaper with this amount of
|p| reading matter, and Editor
Knight must labor hard to keep
ll|;- from use of plate matter as a
iPSSi: ffller.
But the point we wish to
stress is that a city should not
allow a county newspaper to
| suffer from lack of advertising.
Everywhere we hear the cry
that people should trade at
* home, and they should. But
jp;'> why is it that local merchants
wish the people to trade with
||;V them when they do not advertise
in the county newspapers, when
the merchants in other towns
do advertise in these same newspapers?
The people of Bamberg
would be very unfortunate if
The Herald should suspend publication,
and it would be a calamity
to the neighborhood, and
Ip we certainly trust that Brother
Knight secures enough coin from
job work and subscriptions to
; make up for this lack of advertising,
but we repeat the people
of Bamberg are losing an excel|fc\7
lent opportunity of lending a
??.- helping hand toward making
prosperous a mighty good newspaper.?Aiken
Sentinel.
It is needless to say that we appreciate
very much indeed the kind
words above, and they give us oc?
casion to say a few things which we
have felt for some time must be said
in the business men of Ramhere. We
I. have hesitated to do so because we
did not like the publicity which must
necessarily attach, and we did not
-want to say or do one thing that
would injure Bamberg. But the time
has come when we must speak frankly,
and we shall do so, trusting that
results will justify the publicity
which we deprecate, for it seems
that our business men will not be
aroused by anything but radical action.
The Herald is not getting the support
it merits and must have in order
to succeed. We do not care to spend
the balance of our life waiting on a
better support for the paper. We
have put in a most expensive plant,
and by strict economy and good business
management have kept going so
far. But, to be plain, if The Herald
is to remain in Bamberg it must be
better supported. We are not "busted"
by any manner of means, but we
do not care to spend the balance of
our life working like the dickens
day and night for a bare subsistence,
which must be eked out by the strictest
kind of economy. Until recently
we felt anchored at Bamberg, and we
have no desire to leave now, but it
all depends on the attitude of our
business men. If they want a good
newspaper, we are willing to furnish
it, but we must have a decent living
for our efforts. It is up to the town
to say whether it wants a newspaper
or not. If they want a "ready-print"
paper, with two or three columns of
home set matter, we are not the man
they are looking for. We have a
number of attractive propositions to
move our plant elsewhere, where we
will be assured of the hearty support
and co-operation of the business
men, and in towns that will support
us handsomely. But we do not
care to leave, for we have many
friends all over the county, and we
appreciate our friends. We are well
satisfied to spena me Daiance 01 our
days in Bamberg, but we are tired
working without proper remuneration
for our efforts. In several places
the business men are ready to take
over our plant at its true value by
a joint stock company, provided we
will manage the business.
The Herald has stood for the
growth and progress of Bamberg at
all times, and every movement for
the good of the town has had not
only the hearty support of this newspaper,
but we have "come down" with
our money just like anybody else.
We have taken stock in many of the
enterprises started, and our financial
interest in them is as great or greater
than" that of any man in town, according
to our means.
We have not been a drone or a
parasite. We have given our time
J ? ? ? i a Vv AT* + "D O m _
ana our JLUUUC^ nccij IV ucuciit juamberg,
as every one who has any
knowledge of public affairs knows.
Yet many business men go elsewhere
for job work even, if they can get
it a little cheaper. What little public
advertising there is?and it is a
mere pittance after all?is divided,
The Herald only getting half. True
we get practically all of the commercial
advertising, but how few merchants
in Bamberg advertise! We
are not saying these things to develop
any controversy with anybody,
we are simply stating facts which
must be brought out in order to put
the matter squarely up to Bamberg's
business men. Just think of what a
black eye it would give the town if
this newspaper had to move its plant
elsewhere to make a living for its
proprietor. The question is: Is The
Herald worth anything to your town?
Do you want to keep it? Your future
action will give the answer.
OIL CAN EXPLODES, MAN DIES.
Anderson County Man Meets Horrible
Death from Burns.
Anderson, Sept. 8.?J. B. Burdette,
a blacksmith of Iva, this county,
died last night from the wounds
received from the explosion of a fivegallon
can of kerosene. Mr. Burdette
kindled a fire in his cook stove
yesterday morning. He went out of
the kitchen for a few minutes, and
when he returned he thought the
blaze had died out. He thereupon
picked up the kerosene can to saturate
the wood in the stove to start
the fire again. The explosion followed,
and Mr. Burdette was horribly
burned. After suffering untold
agony he died last night.
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Drowned in Buttermilk.
Gilmore, Neb., Sept. 6.?Thomas
Iler, a milkman, was drowned near
here in 1,000 gallons of buttermilk.
He was driving a tank containing the
buttermilk to this city, when the
wagon dropped into a depression in
tne roaa ana overcurnea. rne ianK
burst and the milk filled the depression.
Iler wag caught beneath the
tank. He was dead when found half
an hour later.
Condition of Crops.
Washington, Sept. 8.?The cropreporting
board of the department
of agriculture for the September
crop report issued this afternoon
showing the condition September 1,
and yield per acre, as indicated on
that date, of the country's principal
farm crops showed the following:
Corn, condition 70.3 per cent, of normal;
yield per acre 26.6 bushels;
spring 'wheat, condition 56.7 per
cent, yield per acre 9.8 bushels; potatoes,
condition 55.8 per cent., yield
per acre 74.2 bushels; tobacco, condition
71.1 per cent., yield per acre
714.6 pounds; rice, condition 87.7
per cent., yield per acre 32.1.
==^^SUICmE IX CALHOUN.
Thriving Young Farmer Dies by His
Own Hand.
St. Matthews, Sept. 10.?In his
lonely bachelor quarters, five miles
east of St. Matthews, a physician
and several anxious assistants strove
valiantly for three and one-half
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J1UUI & ICL3L 1115111, CV1 tn ?? ?*1 K u?u^M V.
Whetstone in his effort to end his
own life. At one time there was a
slight response from his livid lips,
his pulse reasserted itself and "the
pleasures of hope" revived the
drooping spirits of those who were
helping him to regain his consciousness,
but the soothing potions which
he had imbibed bound him too securely
in their grasp to allow permanent
relief. Just why a young man,
23 years old, in the pink of health,
of a splendid family and in prosperous
and well-to-do circumstances
should wish to die will doubtless
never be fully known, but there was
abundant evidence to show that he
deliberately planned the deed. He
was apparently of a- happy and genial
disposition and a young man of great
energy.
Had Been Drinking.
His father noticed during the day
yesterday that he was drinking some
and pleaded with him to abstain and
go to his home in the country. He
told him that he would lose the respect
of his friends and injure his
prospects in life. The young man
cncniriniislv rpmarked that he would
"wind it up to-night" and drove
alone to his farm in the country.
Others noticed that he wabbled
slightly in >his gait, but displayed
evidence early of being somewhat
under the influence of a "dope." He
and his younger brother, it appears,
had some words during the day about
a horse trade, but there was no row
or great ado over it. The colored
woman at his home said that he
emerged safely from his buggy and
entered his house unattended; that
he complained of feeling very badly
and refused supper. He prepared
for bed and knelt down for some
time as if in silent prayer.
Left Note to Parents.
As he arose he called for pencil
and paper to write a note. Sealing
it up he put a fish hook through the
envelope and a St. Matthews bank
deposit slip for $35, and then passed
the hook through the paper covering
the little table upon which he
wrote, thereby making sure that they
would not be lost. Upon tne outer
envelope was written "Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Whetstone (his parents.)
Please don't open except yourselves."
Across the top of the inner envelope
were the words in a bold hand: "I
did it myself." Within the inner
envelope, on a large sheet of paper
and in a still bolder but steady hand,
was written the six lines as follows:
"I have been cursed out for the lowest
I have all of this life. I will
find a better home above." His
father and brother testified to the
genuineness of the writing, to which
he did not sign his name. In one
hip pocket of his trousers was a
small vial of laudanum with a neat
and fresh label and barely a tea
?..1 4-nlfunm lfo orintoritc
spuumui uxrvcii xiuiii iuj wuwuw.
Buried by Woodmen.
Mr. Whetstone was a member of
the Woodmen of the World and will
be buried by the order in West End
cemetery, St. Matthews.
SALUDA'S NEW RAILROAD.
Grading Almost Completed?Trains
Within Four Miles of Town.
The Independent Construction
Company, which has the contract for
building the railroad from Wards to
Saluda, is now on the last stretch
of grading. The camp has been moved
to the southern edge of Saluda.
All told there are not over two miles
of grading yet to be done. The steel
bridge and trestle over Mine Creek,
four miles from Saluda, is about
completed. The track laying is
completed to that point and trains
are running as far as the track is
complete.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements Under This Head 25c.
For 25 Words or Less.
For Rent?Store room 25x75 feet,
on Main street in town of Bamberg.
Apply to J. T. O'NEAL.
Lost.?Savings bank book of Bamberg
Banking Company, No. 87.
Finder will please return or mail to
bank or H. Z. McMILLAN, Ehrhardt,
S.%C.
Wanted.?A good cook and housekeeper,
white or colored; liberal salary.
Apply at once. W. W. CONE,
/M /"I
.L.oage, ?. u.
For Sale.?Five thousand feet ceiling,
in lots from 1,000 up. Cost
$24 per thousand; will sell for $22.00
per thousand. CLIFF JOHSON,
Bamberg, S. C.
For Rent.?Nice office rooms in
The Herald building. Have electric
lights and water. The most desirable
offices in the city. Will rent singly
or in suites. A. W. KNIGHT.
If You Wish to Sell That farm,
timber land, store or residence,
write us at once and send full
description as we have an attractive
proposition to offer you.
LIGON LAND CO., Sumter, S. C.J
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BANK STATEMENT.
Statement of the condition of the
Peoples Bank, located at Bamberg,
S. C., at the close of business September
1, 1911.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $142,468.30
Overdrafts 3,495.86
Furniture and fixtures. . 2,459.36
Banking house 3,329.40
Due from banks and
bankers 19,959.86
Currency 577.00
Gold 65.00
Silver and other minor
coin 215.52
Checks and cash items.. 1,956.43
Expenses, including taxes
and interest paid.... ' 5,731.19
TOTAL $180,257.92
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in....$ 25,000.00
Surplus fund 4,000.00
Undivided profits, less
current expenses and
taxes paid 10,080.17
Individual deposits subject
to check 29,530.58
Savings deposits 30,493.14
Time certificates of deposit
436.50
Cashier's checks 436.50
Bills pajrable, including
certificates for money
borrowed 80,000.00
TOTAL $180,257.92
State of South Carolina?County of
Bamberg. f . /
Before me' came W. P. Riley,
Cashier of the above named bank,
who, being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said bank, as shown
by the books of said bank.
W. P. RILEY, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 11th day of September, 1911.
C. B. FREE,
Clerk of Court, S. C.
Correct-Attest:
C. B. FREE,
JOHN F. FOLK,
N. P. SMOAK,
Directors.
BANK STATEMENT.
Statement of the condition of the
Bamberg Banking Co., located at
Bamberg, S. C., at the close of business
September 1st, 1911.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts .... $257,135.51
Overdrafts 417.27
Bonds and stocks owned
by the bank 1,000.00
Furniture and Fixtures.. 2,051.61
Banking house 6,199.00
Due from banks and
bankers 31,835.55
Currency 4,860.00
Gold 265.00
Silver and other minor
coin 462.22
Checks and cacsh items.. 4.47
TOTAL $304,230.63
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $ 55,000.00
Surplus fund 40,000.00
Undivided profits less current
expenses and
taxes paid 17,747.51
Due to banks and
bankers 1,282.82
Individual deposits subject
to check 48,020.77
Savings deposits 32,714.59
Time certificates or deposit
9,447.22
Certified checks 5.22
Cashier's checks 12.50
Bills payable, including
certificates for money
borrowed 100,000.00
TOTAL $304,230.63
State of South Carolina?County of
Bamberg.
Before me came D. F. Hooton.
cashier of the above named bank,
who, being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said bank, as shown
by the books of said bank.
D. F. HOOTON, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 8th day of September, 1911.
M. W. BRABHAM,
Notary Public, S. C.
Correct-Attest:
J. B. BLACK.
W. D. RHOAD,
J. A. BYRD,
Directors.
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flavor and of th<
\ are always to be 1
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BANK STATEMENT.
Statement of the condition of the
Ehrhardt Banking Co., located at
Ehrhardt, S. C., at the close of business
September 1st, 1911.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $70,505.13
Furniture and fixtures 1,396.47
Banking house 2,250.00
Due from banks and
bankers 4,477.84
Currency .. .. : 3,022.00
Gold 272.50
Silver and other minor
coin1 224.57
Checks and cash items.... 16.95
TOTAL $82,165.46
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $20,000.00
Surplus fund 4,550.00
Undivided profits, less current
expenses and taxes
paid * 4,482.36
Individual deposits subject
to check 23,477.51
Time certificates of deposit
24,655.59
Bills payable, including
certificates for money
borrowed 5,000.00!
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. TOTAL i $82,165.46
State of South Carolina?County of
Bamberg.
Before me came A. F. Henderson,
Cashier of the above named bank,
who, being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said bank, as shown
by the books of said bank.
A. F. HENDERSON. Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me.
this 8th day of September, 1911.
F. H. COPELAND,
Notary Public, S. C.
Correct-Attest:
J. L. COPELAND, M. D.,
J. C. KINARD,
JACOB EHRHARDT,
Directors.
BANK STATEMENT.
Statement of the condition of The
Farmers & Merchants Bank, located
at Ehrhardt, S. C., at the close of
business September 1st, 1911.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $22,899.52
Overdrafts 97.60
Furniture and fixtures.... 2,150.06
Banking house 1,435.75
Due from banks and
bankers 1,105.17
Currency 1,870.00
Gold 60.00
Silver and other minor
coin 516.02
Checks and cash items.... 192.42
TOTAL $30,326.54
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $10,800.00
Undivided profits, less current
expenses and
taxes Daid 461.23
Individual deposits subject
to check 6,858.85
Savings deposits 444.74
Time certificates of deposit
' 3,761.72
Bills payable, including
certificates for money
borrowed 8,000.00
TOTAL $30,326.54
State of South Carolina?County of
Bamberg.
Before me came W. Max Walker,
cashier of the above named bank,
who, being duly sworn, says that
the above and foregoing statement
is a true condition of said bank, as
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shown Dy tne dooks oi ?a,m uau*..
W. MAX WALKER, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 11th day of September, 1911.
F. E. ROBINSON,
Notary Public, S. C.
Correct-Attest:
S. W. COPELAND,
J. H. ROBERTS, M. D.,
G. B. CLAYTON,
Directors.
Road Notice.
All road overseers of Bamberg
county are hereby notified to warn
out the road hands at once and work
up the public roads. By order of
the board of county commissioners.
J. B. KEARSE,
H. D. FREE, County Supervisor.
Clerk of Board.
Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 12, 1911.
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BANK STATEMENT.
Statement of the condition of the
Bank of Olar, located at Olar, S. C.,
at the close of business September
1st, 1911.
RESOURCES. ?
Loans and discounts $160,821.89
Overdrafts 285.74
Furniture and fixtures.... 565.54
Banking House 915.50
Du? from banks and
bankers 8,370.13
Currency 1,251.00
Silver and other minor
coin 8(15.38
Checks and cash items.... 113.57
TOTAL $173,188.75 M
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $ 20,000.00
Surplus fund .20,000.00
Undivided profits, less
current expenses and
taxes paid 9,617.40
Individual Deposits subIndividual
deposits sub
ject to check 22,718.85
i Time certificates of dei
posit 22,852.50 i
| Bills payable, including '-.1
certificates for money
; borrowed 78,000,00
i
. TOTAL $173,188.75
i State of South Carolina?County of
| Bamberg.
Before me came G. M. Neeley,
! Cashier of the above named bank,
who, being duly sworn, says that the
, above and foregoing statement is a
| true condition of said bank, as
shown by the books of Baid bank.
G. M. NEELEY, Cashier.
I Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 8th day of September, 1911.
A. H. NEELEY,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
C. F. RIZER, Director.
NOTICE OF SALE.
I State of South Carolina?County } - -
j of Bamberg?In the Probate Court.
I W. G. Hutto, administrator of the
estate of L. B. Lee, deceased, plainj
tiff, against Annie Lancaster, Mary
Hutto, R. F. Lee, R. E. Lee, Irene
I Rush, Mildred Lee, Henry Lee end
' Mrs. M. C. Bellinger, defendants.
I Pursuant to an order of this Court,
in the above stated action; bearing
date the 31st day of August, 1911,
I will sell at public auction to therighest
bidder, for cash, on the first
I Monday in October, 1911, (being the
j 2nd day of the month,) within the
i legal hours of sale, before the court
! house door in Bamberg, S .C., the
following described tract of land, to
wit:
All that certain piece, parcel or
tract of land lying, being and situate
in the County of Bamberg and State
of South Carolina, containing one
hundred and seventeen (117) acres,
more or less, and bounded on the
i North by lanas 01 n. r. uws, uu
: the East by lands formerly of Wade
j H. Faust, now of Williams, on the
! South by lands of Scott Kennedy,
! and on the West by lands of Mrs. S.
j H. Counts.
G. P. HARMON,
Judge of Probate of Bamberg
County.
GRAHAM & ASKINS,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
Piano Contest.
j
j Following is the standing of the
j contestants in the contest for the
j piano now being given away by The
| Bamberg Herald and Hoover's drug
| store. No names of contestants are
published, each contestant having a
number. Get in the game early and
j make the contest interesting:
j 1 .. .. 36,995 75 .. .. 35,220
! 2 .. .. 36,525 79 .. .. 63,090
! 9 .. .. 6,625 89 .. .. 2,225
! 21 .... 142,990 90 ..... 136,000
i 23 .. .. 6,140 112 2,335
! 35 .. .1 3,025 119 .. .. 2,005
i 41 .. .. 53,790 140 .. .. 65,840
I 42 .. .. 2,035 141 .. .. 2,040
i 43 .... 2,715 146 .... 42,285
i 49 .. .. 2,030 147 .. .. 42,000
i 50 2,050 179 .. .. 62,000
: 59 .. .. 12,240 197 .. .. 45,075
1 66 .... 2,785 198 .. .. 69,10o
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