The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-15
Denmark DOingS.

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Cailiff, formerly a merchant of Nor
way, Orangeburg County, has dis
posed of his store and stock of goods
at that place and will in the near
future begin business at Denmark.
Mr.. Cailiff has recently purchased
from DR.. S. ID. NJ. Guess beautiful
square on Palmetto Avenue, upon
which he will commence to build Us
soon as possible d large store and
livery stable. One enterprise seems
quite sutticiency for the average
modern business man, but Mr.. Cal
lift will manage both, and will sue
ceed. He will be a valuable citizen,
a help to the town and community,
for he is public spirited and thrifty.
He is thrice welcome to Denmark.
The Spoke and Handle Factory is
running on full time and yet it is
impossible to fill all orders promptly.
The demand for spokes and handles
manufactured by this company have
been very great, far beyond the act
nal capacity of the plant. The
quality of material and workmanship
cannots be surpassed by any like
enterprise in the United States. Such
a comparison might seem high-sound
ing to the readers of this statement,
but where can be found the hickory
superior to that of South Carolina
swamps and where is the workman
ship better than that of South Caro-
lima mechanics, especially, when they
have at their convenience machinery
invented and perfected by the great
American Yankee? | fear the word
"Yankee" will soon become provin
cial and forgotten by the people to
whom it was first applied, for the
New Highlander and his factories
are coming Southward. 1t seems
that Denmark may soon become a
"Yankee town." certainly so, if she
succeeds in getting her 100000
cotton factory. How strange that
the industries, enterprises can be
snatched, so to speak, from the
hands of New England and placed
into the lap of the progressive South.
When will the turbines on the old
historic Merrimac cease to turn?
The hum of machinery along the
banks of this grand old river soon
to stop2 The idea seems preposter-
ous, yet it is not unusual to see in
magazines head lines like these:
"How may the agricultural lands of
New England be reclaimed?"
The streets and public crossings
of Denmark have been greatly i'm.
proved by the present town council.
1t is not often that town can boast
of having her best business MEN at
the head of affairs, but the public
can see it and appreciate it when
such an accident does occur. An
office is great trust. don't mean
the kind of trust that has been re-
Gently disturbing our farmer friends
and maybe the whole world, but
that expression Of confidence mani
tested by tie people in favor of any
individual which makes that fortu-
nate one a benefactor. The man
that doesn't succeed in his own bus
mess should not ask the people to
express their confidence or to bestow
upon him duties which demand Of
him peculiar business tact. heard
an influential man of a sister county
Say not many days ago that he would
never vote again for man that got
drunk or drank to an excess. Suppose
every intelligent man in South Car
olina thought that way. Wonid the
politicians meet the issue? Very
likely, even if they had to bring to
life the once famous social organi
zation known as Good Templ;Irs." "
DER UNTERzEICHNER.