The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-01

There Is Such tnlnS as SelllnS too
smart sometimes, as some people We know
have doubtless found out.
A dog supposed to be mad was killed
up On Main street last Monday morning.
Several took part in the shooting.
A Young gentleman has arrived at the
home of Mr.. G. Frank Bamberg, and Us
a consequence Frank is stepping high.
The county chain gang is now at work
near Clients Branch, and is dong some
good work on the roads i'll that secl'oh
The price of cotton is still up. Ihose
of our people who have been holding ha''
better sell now. The price will l.o doubt
90 down as soon as the crop is planted.
We have inst received lot of new
type for book and pamphlet work anu
lawyer's briefs. We are turning out lotS
of nice work now, and can please any
body.
The postottice at Timmonsville was
broken into Monday night and $3oO IN
cash and lot of stamps stolen. Inc
robbery seems to be the work OF Skilled
hands.
We have been having great variety OF
weather in the past ten days, but soon
Spripr will be on us in all Of its beauty
and the cold, Gisagreeable weather Will be
a thing of the past.
Wanted. one hundred candidates this
summer. They may not all get elected
but they will help the newspapers mee'
the advance in the cost of white paper
So come along, gentlemen.
There is a circular posted up the court
house offering a reward for ana giving
descriptions of the conyicts who Killed
guard and escaped from the Marlboro
county chain gang recently.
Hon. H. H. Crum takes charge OF the
State. .dispensary this week. His family
will continue to reside near Denmark for
the present, but they will doubtless move
to Columbia some time later.
The mad dog scare has started again,
and several have been shot recently, sup
posed 10 be mad. We think it would be
a fine thing for the city council to require
that all dogs be moved out of town.
The grocery store of Mr., j. Allen Hug
gins has been closed this week tor stock
taking. The business reopens to-day
with Mr.. L. &. Price rs proprietor, ana
his friends wish him much success IN MS
new undertaking.
4 white woman named kinsey, living
on Factory Hill, attempted to commlt
suicide last Saturday afternoon by taxing
laudanum. She evidently did not take
enough, as her scheme for self-destruction
failed. 1t is said she has been married
four times and was just tired OF llVing'
Gus Moody, white man, was arrested
last Monday evening for beating his wife
and creating a general disturbance up on
Factory Hill. He had hearing before
Mayor Inslis Tuesday morning, VINO gave
him an alternative of fine of $40 or nj
teen days on the chain gang. lie tooh
the days, and was carried to the county
chain gang Tuesday afternoon.
There is movement on foot to build a
GOOD road to Cedar Springs, both for We,
hicles and bicycles, and We hope it will
Mr.. O'Nealintends erecting
a nice bathing house and making otheI
improvements at the springs, which Will
make the place a delightful summer re-
sort The water possesses merit, and we
hope to see fine hotel erected theie oe'
fore long.
The dealers in Bamberg are surely sell.
ing stock. Jones Bros last Tuesday sold
twenty-two head in one day. They re-
ceived a carload last Sunday afternoon,
and will have to buy more horses and
mules at once. Advertising in The BAN
BERG HERALD certainly pays. Our ad'
yertisers say so, and they surely ought tc
know. These gentlemen also have some
fine fine driving horses.
The regular spring examination Io'
teachers in this county was held last Fri
day by the county board of education
consisting of Superintendent SeaSe ano
Messrs. J. Arthur Wiggins and W. T.
Willis. There were several applicants
both white and colored, male and female
As soon as the county board conclude:
the examination of the papers suDml'tee
we will publish the result.
Brother Rowell appears to have an in
satiabie NAV when it comes TO once
holding. He was trial justice at Den
mark for some time, is now ticket agen
at the old depot there, is member or I'M
county board of registration, stanoihs
candidate for county auditor, and aist
wants the job of census enumerator 10
Bamberg township. If we have oml'te'
ANYTHING he doesn't want, we Will gladl.
make the correction.
Mr.. J. Fielder Hunter was given tn
rank of Page at the knights of Pythla
meeting last Monday evening, and tn
rank of Esquire was conferred upol
Messrs. H. W. Johnson and A. c. Rey
nolds in fine style. These gentlemel
will no doubt never forget their experlen
ces. A committee was appointed to dra1
suitable resolutions on the death OF Gran'
Vice Chancellor NJ. B. Woodward, o
Aiken. There was good attendance
the brethren at the meeting.
Nothing definite is known here o
how the election for officers of the Sec
ond regiment resulted, but the Orange
burg papers are claiming that Capt. ID. {
Herbert was elected lieutenant coione
This can hardly be the case, as no cand
date received majority of the votes cas'
There will no doubt be second race bt
tween Mai. Havelock Eaves and Cap
Herbert. Pluralities don't. elect, an
Capt. Herbert only received the highes
number of votes, not majority.
Negotiations are pending for the az
pearance in Bamberg on or about Marc
10th, of G. Paul Smith and Willard Go
ton. These gentlemen give a new an
novel entertainment, and one that is sui
to please, Their character imperson'
tions are of high order OF merit, an
the many unique and novel features i
their entertainment warrant US i
the statement that this will be one OF tt
yerv best attractions ever seen her
Their sand etching, rapid clay modelln
and pastel painting is said to be som
thing wonderful. More information ne!
week.
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