The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26

ter, who have been visiting relatives III
Anderson, returned home Tuesday night
MIR. and Mrs. H. F. Rice left las
Saturday for visit to relatives in Green
vile. Mr.. Rice returned Tuesday.
Z Col. W. G. Smith, of Orangeburg
was in the city last Friday attending the
reorganization meeting of the BamberE
Cotton Mills.
MIR. John NJ. Jennings, who is boring
an artesian well at Hampton, spent few
days at home this week. He says he Ii
getting along nicely with his well over
Z there.
The oil mill will run only few weeks
longer.
Fine weather we've been having fol
the last few days.
Considerable sickness is reported in
several sections of the county.
Court convenes in Barnwell on Mon
day, March 9th, Judge Gary presiding.
Beef cattle wanted at once by D. w
Shealy. Highest prices paid.
The tax books for the collection of city
taxes are now open at the office OF the
q city treasurer, W. P. Riley, at the BAN
: berg cotton mills.
Those of our subscribers at Denmark
3 who care to do 50 can settle for their sub
seription with Mr.. w. H. Wroton, our
correspondent at that place.
Mr.. H..W. Adams, son of Mr.. Henry
s W. Adams, is now living IN Curtis,
Arkansas. The Herald keeps him posted
: ON happenings at his old home.
A few more of those Wheeler & Wilson
ball hearing, rotary motion sewing ma,
chimes, to close out at cost $22: 80, S235O
and $500 E. G. HAYS.
Z: The general assembly passed the law
living magistrates jurisdiction in cases OF
larceny from the field, where the value OF
the property stolen does not exceed ten
dollars.
Next.Monday is the first Monday in
March and salesday. The sheriff will sell
q tract of land in Three Mile township,
and the Master will sell lot in the town
of Bamberg.
REPRESENTATIVES Black and Bowling
are at home from the legislative session
in Columbia. DR.. Black did not arrive
until Monday night, as he went hrst to
Edgefeld to visit his daughter MIS-
Bailey.
Col. Jno. F. Folk is at St. XaviersIn-
firmary in Charleston where he has been
: forsthe past week under treatment. His
many friends will be glad to know that
be is improving, and is expected to re-
turn home in short time.
Mrs. Petermane-and the family take
this means of expressing their gratltaee'
s to- their friends for their prompt and
generous kindness and many expressions
( of sympathy in this hour of sorrow and
Bereavement. The Lord reward you all.
Cotton has reached ten cents, and is
still going up. 1t is somewhat strange
that the price generally goes up each
year just at the time the farmers are pre-
pairing to pitch their crop. The specuia-
tors must think this good plan to IN
crease the acreage.
MIR. u. 3. Hammet, of Barnwell, has
been appointed chief constable by Gov
ernor Hayward. This appointment is
made under the new law creating the
Office of chief constable who shall have
the appointment of all other constables
subject to the approval of the governor.
Last Thursday the boiler of the engine
used at the Southern Railway pumping
. station at Denmark exploded, blowing
Adam Dunbar, the negro in charge,
through the window and infiicting in
iuries from which he died Saturday night.
& Coroner Bessinger held the inquest Sun
day.
James s.. Rogers, who was shot by
William King in Florence county a few
weeks ago, died last Sunday night. This
is the killing for which King was arrested
at Denmark a couple of weeks ago, but
now he will be tried for killing two men
instead of one. King shot both father
and SON and now both are dead.
We trust that good results will come
: from the change in our county affairs re-
garding county commissioners. This is
the general law of the State, most coun-
ties now operating under the plan of nav
ing two or three commissioners instead
of one from each township. 1t makes the
county board smaller body and is said
to reduce expenses.
The Columbia papers state that pollce-
man J.. A. Walker, of Denmark, has
written to the governor claiming the 500
reward offered for the capture and con-
: yictlon of King, the man recently arrested
in Denmark. The reward cannot be paid
until he is convicted as it was offered for
the capture and conviction" of King
However We were not aware that Mr.
Walker had anything to.do with the ar
rest.
Mr.. 8. q. Crum, formerly of Denmark
but who has made his home in Orange
3 burg for several years past, will soon be-
come benedict. He is to be married IN
that city early in April to Miss Lou, q
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs |. ". Mordecai
Mr.. Crum's many friends here extend
congratulations and good wishes. He Is
a son of Hon. Jno. W. Crum, who last
year represented this county in the legis
lature.
A meeting of the stockholders of tht
Bamberg Cotton Mills Company was hel(
at the mills office in this city last Friday
The organization was permanently ct
fected by confirming the tempOrar.
officerseiected few weeks ago, and al
other matters necessary to getting tn
affairs of the company in shape were at
tended to. The mill is well otficered, AM
the enterprise will no doubt be . mos
successful one
The bill authorizing the town councl
of Bamberg to spend money on the pub
lie highways leading into town wa
passed by the legislature. It provide
that the sum of $4,000 may be expende
during the year 1903, but no more none
may be expended in any subsequent yea
unless majority of the freehold voter
of the town shall SO decide at an electio
held for the purpose This limits the ea
penditure to $1,000 In order to spen
more another election must be held.
1t is likely that cotton weighers in thi
county will hereafter be elected IN
special primary held solely for this pu
nose, and we are favorably inclined
the plan. Let the voters in the township
or part of townships vote for cotto
weigher in the town nearest to them. !
Bamberg county, for instance. Buford
Bridge township would vote tor cotto
weigher at Olar; Denmark school dlstrl
for ue;rher at Denmark Three MI