The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-13

Mr.. VI. Eartzog has taken position
at Dr. Blacks.
The Aerial Quartette is the next attrac-
ton of the Bamberg Lyceum. The date
will be announced soon.
SMALLPOX is prevalent in several sec
tions of the South, and our people should
take all the precautions possible.
Remember the meeting of the Bamberg
county monumental association IN the
court house on Wednesday, the 2Gth
instant.
Numbers of our subscribers nave paid
IN recently. There are still others who
should remember that the newspaper man
needs his money.
The editor was the recipient few days
ago of some very fine turnlps, from Mrs:
J. M. Jennings. One OF them measured
twenty inches around.
It is stated in the Washington dis
patches to the daily papers that President
Roosevelt will appoint w. G. Crum, a
negro, as collector of the port in Charles
ton.
BURGLARS blew open the safe of Bull q
Taylor at Cameron in Orangeburg county
last Friday night and secured about
$1,000. It was evidently the work of pro-
fessionals.
Governor McSweeney has issued pro-
clamation designating Thursday, Novem-
ber 9th, as Thanksgiving Day: Wesup,,
pose all the stores in town Will DE cloSeo
that day and that there will be services
at the churches.
The News and Courier now gets to
Bamberg at nine o'clock each morning,
being the first South Carolina daily to
reach us. This enterprise on the part OF
that paper is much appreciated oy Its
subscribers here.
The town of Bamberg should hire about
a dozen convicts from the State penlten-
tiary and put them to work building new
roads and improving others. 1t would be
money well spent, and would benefit both
the town and surrounding country.
Don't forget that the Masonic picnic at
Lodge takes place ON Saturday, the 22d
instant. GoVernor-elect D. G. Hayward,
of Walterboro, will be present and make
a public address on Masonry. The editor
returns thanks for special invitation to
be present.
The chain gang is still at work on the
new Midway road, and some extra good
work is being done. This will be very
fine hard road, one of the very best high
ways in the county. twill be some time
before the road is finally completed, but
twill certainly be a good one.
Mr.. Oscar Simmons showed US Tuesday
something of curiosity. 1t was piece
: of flexible stone, which he procured in
North Carolina last summer while at
Piedmont Springs. The rock can be bent
to some extent, and fully deserves the
name of flexible stone We never saw
piece of it before.
R. L. Berry & Co., of Orangeburg,
issued last week a periodical entitled En-
terprising Orangeburg," designed to De
an advertisement of the resources OF the
town and showing its growth and pro-
gress for several years past. Orangeburg
is indeed live and growing city, and the
write up is none too good for her.
The Boston Stars, a concert company,
gave good entertainment at the Fitting
School last Thursday evening, but the
show was poorly patronized. The Lyceum
here contracts with these companies
merely to furnish some diversion for our
people, but if they are not more successful,
the course of attractions will be discon-
tinued.
The Home Missions Society of the
Methodist church will meet next Tuesday |
afternoon at three O'Clock with Mrs. NJ.
W. Hook. The society is getting up a
Thanksgiving box for the children at the
Epworth Orphanage, and each member is
expected to bring two garments to the
meeting. All Methodist are also asked TO
contribute.
An attempt was made by burglars to
rob the safe of the county treasurer in
Florence last Sunday night. The safe
was damaged considerably, but something
must have frightened them away, for
lot of burglars tools were left on the floor
by the safe. Had they succeeded in open
ing the safe they would have found no
money, as the treasurer deposits all the
money collected each day in the bank.
Bamberg lodge, Knights of Pythias,
held a regular convention last Monday
evening, at which the rank of Esquire
was conferred upon Mr.. A. W. Eckel.
There is no doubt but that this occasion
will be long remembered by him. The
rank of Knight is to be conferred at the
next meeting, Monday evening, the Gath
instant The brethren will please re-
member that the hour for the meeting is
seven o'clock.
The State and Federal Election Com
missioners met here Tuesday to canvass
the vote of the recent general election.
Only 533 votes were polled, about fifty
per cent less than the vote in the Demo
cratic primary. The Republican candi-
date for congress received very few votes,
not enough to amount to anything. In
the face Of such poor showing he will
hardly make contest, as the negroes did
not offer to vote even.
LOyett'S Boston Stars.
This company gave an entertainment |