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r * If It's Ready to Wear Hooton's Ladies ? 1(1 THIS STORE IS FULL OF SEASO | MENTS OF THE PAST FEW DAY! TION TO OFFER YOU A MORE \ || ACCUSTOMED TO SEE AT MOS PLEASE EACH INDIVIDUAL. \ | || DRESSES OF DISTINCTION AND INDI *TT>r\TT A T TIT1TT V1L? U Aiil A X 1" f ^ y " "~* T*>4>' S i -#?r (1 ! Here you will find the most complete li^e of PRESSES ever shown in Bamberg. Why ? Because we are II making a SPECIALTY of all that's NEW and STYLISH in ready to.wear. Our line consists of Taffetas, 11" E.A.HOO' I % ___ > PERSONAL MENTION. WORLD'S FIRST LONG RAILROAD. Coi k ; in People Visiting in This City and at Building of Railroad Between Ham- j "B< * ' Other Points. ourg ana unarieston in anc 9 SPO ?LaVerne Thomas spent Tuesday 0ne Oetober morning in 1833 a cai: queer looking contrivance rolled into sch in ares,on. ... the-town of Hamburg, South Caro- of 1 Prof. E. P. A en spen as jjna^ 0pp0Sjte Augusta. It consisted i fire FViday in Columbia. of an upright iron boiler and smoke- of ?Mrs. K. I. Shuck, of Barns\ille, stac^ fastened upon a four-wheeled the Ga.^has returned to the city. platform, and chained behind it were the ?Mrs. H. J. Brabham, of Colum- ^ couple of wagon coaches filled with the b'ia, visited in the city last week. passengers. A crowd of amazed spec- hea and Mrs. R. A. Ayer, of I tators looked on with mingled feel- the Blackville, visited in the city Sunday, ings of credulity aud humor. ed ?Mrs C H. Mitchell is spending There are many points about this plo 1 this week in Columbia with-relatives. | event of special significance to a stud- cisi _ . . ' ent of history. Here was the begin- loa* ?Mrs. Helen Copeland, of Augus- . , I. .. ning of a new epoch m the industrial ter] ta is visiting relatives m the city. L ' ? nrnerress nf tho nation Tho nionoar nas ?Mrs. L. S. .-Dukes is spending tr>.p QVer first long raiiroa(j jn tjje duc some time with relatives at Branch- wor|d had been successfully made. pop ill?-. , As early as the year 1822, a patent rev ?Mrs. Henry F. Bamberg is in railway was brought to Charleston, 1 Baltimore undergoing medical treat- but from the lack of suitable motive this ment. - power, it was never used. The eager- reac Mrs. A. B. Utsey and Miss Urma ness of the south for a solution of the was Utsey spent Sunday with relatives at transportation problem is well ex- on -Round. plained by Edward C. Durand, U. son Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Field, of S. Director of Census: 1 Southport, N. C., spent yesterday in "The existing equipment of dirt- and the city. roads and the narrow, rapid, shallow, of I < Mr and Mrs. Tom Risher, of and obstructed rivers made both the dre Richmond, Va? are visiting relatives marketing of crops~and the securing the in the county suPPlies heavily expensive and dis- stri ? ? . , , ,OTrc, tressingly burdensome in the com- the ?F. K. Graham spent several days ?, ? * ? , . TT- v. v, * xv r> ? petition with the more fortunate firsi last week in High Point, N. C., on a h . southwest. Accordingly the people or liao Kiioinooe TTioir l/UOAXXOOO fiotv. - . * the southeast were on the alert for1 Firs ?Rev. P. K. Rhoad and family of some invention wbicb would soIve tbe a w Providence, visited relatives in the transportation problem and brjng ers city last week. them economic salvation." T ?Miss Genevieve Kirsch is spend- In ^7, shortly after George at r; ing some time with friends and rela- Stephenson in England had success- ma] tives in Charleston. fully applied steam power to rail- " . ?Miss Eugenia Beard, who is at--roads, Alexander Black, of Charles- gen A tending school in Augusta, spent the ton, and his associates petitioned the lian W past week-end at home. South Carolina legislature for a char- yiel r ?Miss Margaret Easterling, who to organize a railroad company. " is attending college in Virginia, spent The charter was not obtained until ceiv the Easter vacation at home. the following year, and the South Car< ?. _ ? , Carolina Rail-Road Companv was ?Miss Gertrude Moore, of Charles- . " . .. . . . . ? vr^ t o formally organized at the Charleston the ton, visited her sister, Mrs. J. ?>. . r - *1. 1 cf city hall on the 12th of May, 1828. lOtl Black, Jr., in the city last week. ' /' v The work was promptly started j Prof, and Mrs. A. J. Thackston, an(j Qne year> ten months, and twenty-! the of Orangeburg, were among the visi- one days ,ater the roa(J wag opened Q l-. 4? - ikn loot Tlinrerlav at th. ..... _ ? , | luio in iuc v.n.j' ?- tor puoiic travel as tar as tsrancn- cess P base ball game. ville, a distance of sixty-two miles. Soui ?Mrs. Katherine 0. Riley left a jn October, 1833 the trains ran to data few days ago for Baltimore for med- Hamburg, on the Savannah river * ical treatment. She was accompan- about 135 miles from Charleston, the ied byMrs. J. D. Copeland, Jr. The total cost of the enterprist Rail ?J. W. Price left Sunday, accom- amounted to $951,148.39. 229 panied by his physician, for a hospital The first locomotive constructed in rece in Charleston for an operation for the United States for regular service ber appendicitis. His friends will re- on a railroad was built in New York 1st, gret to know that he is q,uite ill. for the South Carolina Rail-Road 29,2 & v V f- * * ^ . * Store and Readv NABLE MERCHANDISE IN BOTH PIECE GOODS S AND DAILY ARRIVALS FROM OUR NEW YORE rARIED ASSORTMENT IN PIECE GOODS AND RE T PLACES. OUR SPECIALTY IS ONE OF A K! STE INVITE YOU TO COME AND SEE. Messalines, Crepes, Combination Materials, -Figured Foulards, Figured and Plain Plaid Volies, in all SIZES and at REASONABLE PRICES. Materials and Workmanship considered. If it is a DRESS of anv KIND come to HOOTON'S. COAT SUITS AND COATS. In this showing you will find all that's new. The suits are in all of the Latest Weaves and Styles, some strictly Tailored, others Fancy Trimmed. COLORS and SIZES to please and fit. The Coats are more beautiful than ever, the length is just the correct effect for wearing with the new SPRING dresses; the colors are such as you will admire, serviceable and STYLISH. Come and let us show vou what von can find in a real READY TO WEAR DEPARTMENT. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. Come and ask to see this DEPARTMENT. If it is UNDERWEAR of any kind, it is here for you. We have the GARMENTS heeded, for general wear or for particular occasions; the Prices and Styles are as varied as the Qualities, for when we added this NEW DEPARTMENT, we placed a line of Underwear that will please the mist discriminating. PIECE GOODS AND ACCESSORIES. In this department it would be impossible for us to even give you an idea of what we are showing in so small a space, however, we will say that if it is anything you need'for a DAY or an EVENING DRESS, it is here for you in Voile, Silks, Mixed Materials, and, FA\I D L C n iun, Daniuerg, o. ^ upany'anQ arrived in Charleston Another earlier issue seriously anOctober, 1830. It was christened nounces: Bst Friend," weighed four tons,' "It is found that the rail-road cars I moved on four wheels with rigged with sails will go with a favorkes. Most of my readers will re-| able wind at the rate of nine or ten I the incident related in their miles an hour." ool histories about the tragic fate; On March 20th, 1830, one of the the "Best Friend"?how the negro cars was actually rigged with sails in man became annoyed by the noise the presence of a large gathering near the escaping steam, and sat upon Charleston. With fifteen men on board safety-valve, which action caused the car was shoved off, and main"Best Friend" to explode, and tained a speed of fifteen miles an hour unlucky fireman was hurled ] until suddenly the mast and rigged venward. Following this accident; collapsed and fell overboard, together patrons of the road became alarm- with several of the crew. After this at the prospects of another ex-j unfortunate mishap was passed, the sion; and to -allay their skepti-1 car was soon under way again, and n the directors caused a flat-car the "Charleston Courier" assures us ded with bales of cotton to be in-1 that the experiment "afforded high posed between the engine and the! sport." senger coaches. With the intro-j In a letter written two years after :tion of this "barrier-car", the the completion of the railroad, a mlarity of the railroad travel soon j prominent Charleston lady describes ived. her first ride to Augusta: .''he second locomotive received for "We rose at drum-beat.to depart in road was the "West Point," which the rail-road car forfAugusta. Those :hed Charleston in June, 1831, andj who travel with the desire of seeing ; the last locomotive constructed; social life, will of course be disapthe principles of George Stephen-! pointed here. Our plantation resid's "Rocket." * ! ences are rarely stationed on the pub'he railroad between Charleston; lie road, but if time could be spared . Hamburg enjoyed the distiction to cross that field; and penetrate )eing the first continuous one hun-! beyond those woods, many a chaste d miles of railroad in tfte world; j building, blushing garden and family, first road in the world to be con-j would be found where the stranger icted from the very beginning for; would feel no longer like a stranger, use of locomotive power; and the: But the car darts on like a rocket, i t also to transport the mail. Wil-j and we have Woodstock. We hurry' [i N. Brown in his "History of the our breakfast; and we have just time st Locomotive in America" pays; to gather pretty snowdrops from the ell-deserved tribute to the found- garden wall, and away. We pass a few of this road. cotton fields and rice-plantations, 'he following paragraphs selected; Aiken, at the inclined plane, is a roandom from the early newspapers,! mantic spot. Several Charleston chil - ^ i J *1? ?.4 ?* ? T nere D6 OI mieresi; uien iu iue vai wcic 4U11C v?nu at lixc On the 2nd instant 141 passen- prospect of a real hill. We not only 5 went up by the steam-car Wil- had no accident, but no tendency to i Brown is operating to Aiken, one, in our 135 mile flight between ding $607.38." sunrise and sunset; and it was like Two new locomotives were re- magic to be seated with a dear circle ed from Liverpool for the South of friends at Augusta, sipping a quiet olina Rail-Road." i cup of tea at twilight. There was but A free boy of colour was killed on( one thing to make us sad on the way, railroad near Hamburg on the j and that was the numberous temptal instant." | tions to intemperance, th? sickening Sunday trips are discontinued on! display of gin and brandy decanters South Carolina Rail-Road." . j in the heart of a wilderness. Must ne editor to illustrate the "sue-1 it be so?" of the railroad experiment in J The earliest roads of rails, are th Carolina," cites the following traced back to the latter part of the t: eighteenth century, when they were In the month of January, 1834, used to haul coal in the mining disr.nr.a.iTstc nf tho Smith Pavftlina itrirfs nf Flnelanri The first in Ameri 1 V/*. VfcAW -wv** | - ? ? -Road Company amounted to $4,-i ca appears to have been constructed' ; the past January (1835) the; in the Lehigh coal districts of Pennipts totalled $13,290. The num-j sylvania not later than 1825. Of of passengers carried from April course horse-power was used to draw 1834, to April 1st, 1835, was the cars. 48." In 1826 another horse-car railroad i Yoj Will Find It Ai | to Wear Parlor AND READY TO WEAR. SHIPr RTTV'FTPS! BT.Aflf TTC! TXT A T3nC!T k a/w x juavm x xinvxi uu XXI XX X v/kJX" IADY TO WEAR THAN YOU ARE [ND, AND A KIND THAT WILL in fact, any Material that's being used this Season. The Trimmings, Hosiery, Corsets, Gloves and Small "\Un ltnri it'ln nil nun nmiinllir /-I -i -PC -.1X i.- J ? L ?? ?" H aiva w men aic uouanv UliliCUll LU llliU cU'f Here IUI' vou. Come and make vour shopping center at HOOTOjSTS. SHIRTS AND SHIRT WAISTS. Here you will find a line of both that you will be pleased to select from. The showing is large enough to please each INDIVIDUAL, the SIZES and Styles are so varied that the most discriminating can be pleased, the prices are in accordance with the SKIRT or WAIST you select, for they are here for you in many QUALITIES. A look will convince you if it is either a skir or waist vou need that it can be found at HOOTON''S. ^ ^ B^DY OTITS. The most popular G ARMENT of the day for MISSES and YOUNG LADIES. WeVhave a showing of | these SUITS that will please you to look at. That are in Cope, Rose, Blue, Pink, and White; the sizes will FIT you and the PRICES will please you. Phone 83 ? | was opened at Quincy, Massachu-1 NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE, setts, and hauled granite from the quarries to the sea-shore. This road Notice is hereby given that the un, ,. . . ... dersigned administrator of the estate was probably used to carry the granite Qf H w Herndon> deceased, will on for the construction of the Bunker Wednesday, May 5, 1920, make his Hill monument. In 1829 an English final accounting to the probate judge locomotive was run over the Carbon- Bamberg county at his office in , . . ? . , . . , Bamberg as such administrator, and dale and Honesdale route in Pennsyl- w,? at ?he 3an!e tlme appIy f?- ,et. ! vama by oration Allen. ters dismissory as such administrator. | When the Baltimore and Ohio rail- H. C. h^rcXwN, , road began construction on the A . r ' Administrator. ! i-. . * Y i ,ooo . APnl 5, 1920. 4-29 | Fourth of July, 1828, stone cross- ______ ! ties were employed and wooden rails NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE. ; topped with heavy straps of iron. XT . ~~~ ~ _. . . ., , . , Notice is hereby given that the unThirteen miles was opened for traffic dersigned administrator of the estate in 1830, and 135 miles in 1835. The of Mrs. Mollie E. Herndon, deceased, Baltimore and Ohio railroad continu- will on Wednesday, May 6, 1920, ; ed to be worked by horse-power until make final accounting as such Noon ^ ^ ..! administrator to the probate judge j 1832, although experimental trips had Bamberg county at his office in J previously been made with locomo-l Bamberg, and ,will.at the same time tives on that road. apply for letters dismissory as such The advance of mechanical science) administrat?r_ - _ rl. HJ^JKiNIUUiN, i may be likened to magic. Today the i Administrator. United Sfhtes is embraced by a net-j April 5, 1920. . 4-29 work of shifting steel; and huge lo-; i voTin? nio mrTATiov comotives rush across the continent j at a speed of sixty miles per hour. The i The state of South Carolina, Counvalue of American railroad properties j ty of Bamberg. By J. J. Brabham, may be reckoned in billions. Touched j Probate Judge, v .. ? ?. . - | Whereas Joe E. Bishop hath made by the wind of modern p ogress, | gu-t tQ tQ grant hjm letters of adtowns, cities, and industries have; ministration of the estate and effects sprung up wherever the railroads J of Leon Bishop. have pushed the way. I These are, therefore, to cite and ,1T> , . ? , .. . f admonish all and singular the kinThe 'Rocket and the -Besti dred an(J creditors of the said ^ * Friend" have been replaced by the, Bishop, deceased, that they be Twentieth Century Limited, but let and appear before me in the us not forget that debt of gratitude court of probate, to be held at B&zn, ., ? . , .. berg, S. C., on the 22nd day of April, we owe to those far-seeing men of the next> after publication hereof, at 11 thirties, pioneers in the march of civ- o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause ilization, by whose faith and perser- if any they have, why the said adverance trains were first placed upon ministration should not be granted. Given under my hand this the 7th . j? the rails. dav 0f April, anno domini 1920. In spite of that opposition with j. j. BRABHAM, JR., which society always meets a new Judge of Probate. idea; those men toiled on; and with eHRHARI>T STORES CLOSE AT their fortune, brain, and labor laid C P. >L the foundation for a hope fulfilled * and a vision realized.?A. W. Dell- *e- lhe undersigned merchants of T xL.urua.xui, o. agree 10 ciose our quest, jr. stores at 6 o'clock p. m., beginning ^ April 12 and continuing to August Just received, line of Westing- 15, 1920, except on Saturdays. house electric irons. FAULKNER S. W. COPELAND, ELECTRIC SERVICE CO. tfn ? HEARSE!, L. M. HIERS & SON, Box paper at less than wholesale EE^j^^p5' prices at Herald Book Store. j yj KIRKLAND H. KARESH. DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATION. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. Notice is hereby given that a stock holders' meeting of Bamberg Cotton Notice is hereby given that on Ap- , Mills Company will be held in the ril 15th, 1920, I, as the administraoffice of William Elliott, 910 Nation- tor of the estate of Mrs. Mary P. Bial Loan and Exchange Bank Building, kle, deceased, will sell at public aucin Columbia. South Carolina, on May tion for cash the following personal 8, 1920, at 10 a. m. o'clock for the property: Two mules, one 2-horse purpose of voting on the resolution wagon, one 1-horse wakon, one bugof the directors oi the company that gy, two sets plow harness, one set ' - - .... I , l J J V ? tne corporation go into liquidation, ouggy narness, corn, iuuuw, uues, wind up its affairs and dissolve. farming implements, cured bacon, JOHN H. COPE, President. lumber. LOUIS A. BIKLE, M. G. DUNN, Secretary. Administrator. Bamberg, S. C., April 6, 1920. 5-8 i March 27, 1920. 4-15 .