The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-12

this morning.
Mrs. B. King will move to Charles
ton. where she has relatives.
Make YOUR tax returns before the goth
and save the fifty per cent. penalty
The Columbia Record has come out IN
a bran new dress, and seems to be pros
pering.
The regular spring examination OF
teachers will take place at the court house
on Friday, February GOTH
Superyisor E. C. Bruce was one OF the
sneakers at the good roads convention
held in Columbia last week
Mr. rDJ. Cain has been elected police
man by city council for the unexplreo
term, and he is now serving.
How many men in Bamberg county
give liens on their crops for supplies and
yet pay cash for their whlskey!
will pay the highest cash price for
beef cattle delivered at my home,
G. B. CLAYTON, Ehrhardt, 3. Y.
The figures 1903 added together make
IS. The astrologers predict much calamity
for this year, and some OF it has come
already.
The county pension board will meet at
the court house the first Monday IN March.
Applicants for pensions must present
their claims on that day.
If every Supervisor in the State took
as much interest in good roads as Bam-
berg's excellent official, the good roads
problem would soon be solved.
NoTIcR.-M. Moye is now buying all
kinds of hides and will pay you the high
est prices for them.
This newspaper does not have to carry
a lot of dead-head non-paying subscribers
in order to obtain a circulation. The
people appreciate it and pay for 1t.
The rule requiring certificate of charac-
ter from applicants for teachers certif-
Gates unknown to the county board is
regulation of the State board of education.
Z. For SALE.-Will sell cheap one car.
riage, canopy top, with pole and set OF
double harness. ID. j. DELK.
The negro Crum will not be confirmed
as collector of the port of Charleston.
The committee to whom the nomination
was referred have agreed not to report 1t.
81 miss your paper so much that must
have it again" is what subscriber said
to us q few days ago on re-enrolllng his
name for this year. Numerous express
ions like this come to as continually.
Mr.. M. F. Nixson, proprietor of the
Columbia hotel, in Columbia, died last
Sunday morning. He is said to have been
from Barnwell county originally, but had
been living in Columbia for number OF
years.
Mr.. F. Dukes, young man of Orange
burg, has rented Mr.. Kirsch's ice house
for the coming season, and will open an
ice house here the first of April. He ex-
poets to sell ice at fifty cents the hundred
pounds.
s. Among those in town last Thursday
were Magistrate NJ. D. Reid, Coroner A.
w. Bessinger, A. P. Gray, Geo. j. Bessin-
ger, E. D. Bessinger, of Olar; T. ". Dan
nelly, of Ehrhardt; S. D. Guess, Geo. j.
Fogle, j. A. Walker, of Denmark.
will pay cash for all hides, such
as cow, coon, fox, mink, otter, and every
other kind of hide. NJ. MOVE.
Next to c. r. Brabham.
Mr. J. A. Peters, of the Ehrhardt Sec
ton, is in luck. About two weeks ago he
had Jersey cow to give birth to twin
calves, both heifers. They are alive and
doing well, and Mr.. Peters now values
the cow and her offsprings highly.
Mr. E. NJ. Cox had stroke of paralysis
last Wednesday evening, but is getting
along right nicely now. He was affected
on the left side, but has recovered the
use of his limbs to great extent. 1t is
thought he will soon be out again.
The State Press Association is to meet
at White Stone Lithia Springs on Tues
day, July 7th, next, and will be in session
three days. The editor of this newspaper
has been put on the program, and is to
read paper on "The Job Office in Con-
junction with Country Newspaper"
LOST OR STRAYED,-A black fee, with
white breast and white forefeet, named
ssTip." Liberal reward if returned to F.
NJ Bamberg.
Through the combination with this
paper, the twice-a-week News and Courier
has become the most largely circulated in
this county of any paper published outside
of the county limits. We are gratified at
the results, and We have no doubt the
Courier people are equally well pleased.
G. W. Croft and P. H. Nelson, attorneys
for J. Fl. Tillman, charged with the muir
der of N. G.. Gonzales, served formal
notice on Attorney General Gunter last
Saturday afternoon that they would ap-
DIV for bail for their client. The hearing
is to take place at New5erry Thursday
afternoon before Judge Pope.
Mr.. G. E. Bamberg, son of Capt. W. S.
business of Mr. Decania Bowling, and
will continue the business at the same
stand Mr.. Bowling will devove his en-
tire attention to his typewriter business
hereafter. and it is probable that he will
change his headquarters to Columbia in
the near future. /
The subscription list of TEs: HERALD
is in better shape to-day than it ever was.
We have more subscribers than ever IN
the history of the paper, and the list is
better paid up. In fact we are sure that
few weekly newspapers in the State have
a better paid-in- advance list than THE
HERALD. For all of which we return
thanks to the good people of BambeFg
county, and pledge them our renewed
efforts to give them better paper during
1903 than ever before.
A number of the Sheriffs from different
counties in the State met in convention
in Columbia last Thursday night to make
an effort to revive the Sheritf's asSocla-
ton of the State, which has died out i'll
recent years. An organization was effect
ed BY the election of president, vice
president, and secretary. and the matter
of having the general assembly provide
salary for deputy sheriffs was discussed
also the matter of having the law forbidd-
ing sheriffs to ride on free passes repealed
A committee was appointed to draft reso,
Iutions to be presented to the general
assembly. Deputy Sheriff j. Fielder
Hunter, of this county, attended the
meeting.