The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-08-15
Denmark DOinsS.

s'The colour of the king doth come and go
Between his purpose and his conscience
Like heralds 'twixt two dreadful battles
set.
His passion is so ripe, it needs must break
The above lines are taken from the
works of famous dramatist, which fifty
portray in blank verse struggling con-
science. And such must have been the
musings of the poor mortal that fired the
Baptist church of this place Monday
night. This is expressing the sentiment
of the entire community, His passion is
so ripe, it needs must break" If the
calamity is the work of an incendiary
these sentiments are true. 1t would be
inhuman for your correspondent to say
that it was human, for it would be forcing
the broadness of the term into narrowest
confines. But possibly the poor church
mouse, is the cause of the disaster and not
man.
The iron tongue of night had already
spoken twelve, and gentle sleep engrossed
the town. See that sudden glare! 1t is
the Baptist church, You say this is the
work of man! Oh God, change the
mental picture, surely it is but the mis-
chievous, poor church mouse!
The fire was hard to locate, few though
that the sacred spire of half century,
was at the mercy of flames. As each man
rushed up to the scene, he quietly stood
and gazed No one entered the church.
The fire seemed to have enveloped the
building in short order
The officials of the church held an in
.surance policy of $4,000 which will ma
terially aid them in the erection Of new
church. The location was se5sed early
in the year, midway bs- the two
towns. Money and ms ~ have also
been subscribed for SAy6nage. Work
will soon begin and what the Baptist
people now call calamity will in the
end be good blessing. 1t takes a
sweeping fire sometimes to move OIL the
car of progress.
The citizens of this school district are
anxiously awaiting the final disposal OF
the entangled county affair. The busi-
ness reputation of the new Treasurer
promises much and possibly the over
drawn accounts will soon be reimbursed.
Mr.. Folk is we'll known throughout the
county as man of extraordinary capacity.
His success in past undertakings have
been phenomenal and the impress of his
intelligence on the work of the Treasurer's S
Office will soon smooth out the crooks and
kinks
Mr.. Dickinson deserves the sympathy
of the entire people His peaceful resig-
nation to the inevitable situation shines
with the integrity of honored manhood.
Taking the whole trouble into careful
consideration, he has done remarkably
well. The ex-Auditor must wear his share
of public censure for the poor book
keeping exhibited in his office. II our
hustling Supervisor issued checks, which
he knew would overdraw funds to his
credit, he too must walk up and take his
little pill. Each department should be q
check on the other We do not see how
the Supervisor is at fault.-Ed.
The Allendale base ball team tussled
with the Denmark boys Saturday after
noon and won with hands down. 1t was
a game of errors. Several boys from Bam
berg played on the Denmark team.
Youmans pitched for the Allendale
nine, which seemed willing to dub him
with the household name, "Tillman." ." The
son seems to like the name better than his
papa likes the man.
Hutto and Peterson have opened up a
general merchandise store under the ELL
zey House All stores are occupied and
others could be rented if they were avail
able. Cottages are in demand. The tran
sient dwcllers cannot find homes. Every
week brings the inquiry for 4 house.
Miss Bessie Reed, of this place, and
Miss Mamie Rowcll, of Bamberg, have
won the Winthrop scholarships. They
were formerly pupils in the Denmark
tionally e4editable ].
Denmark. S. c., August 13, 1901.