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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

We must congratulate our people
on the get-together spirit shown re-
Gently. That is the only way to build
up the town, and if we will keep up
this spirit Bamberg will grow. OF
course every movement may not be
carried out just as you like it, but
when a majority adopts certain line
of action, don't stand off and say
you will have nothing to do with it,
but show the proper spirit and do
your share.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02
Executive Committee Meeting.

The executive committee Of the
Rivers Bridge Memorial Association
will meet at the memorial grounds
on Saturday, March 18th, at 3
O'Clock p. M, for the purpose of ar
ranging for memorial services. A
full attendance is earnestly request
ed.
DIR. N. F. KIRKLAND, SR.,
President.
J. w. JENNY,
Secretary.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02
WOMAN EGGED IN PARIS.
Frenchmen Show Disapproval of Her
ImmOdeSt Costume.

Paris has been shocked! The
French capital, home of almost any
thing and everything ultra in
fashions, has become cripper over
the new trousers skirt. BY some
feminine contraption of apparel has
designated as the ''harem scarum.' y
Paris blushed when it had heard of
the skirt, but that blush of modesty
turned into the flush of anger. A
young woman, attired in the new
mode, walking along the Avenue de
TOpera-the Avenue de IOpera mind
you-was actually egged by a mob
of disapproving men until the police
appeared and helped her escape in
an automobile.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

Now the governor has antagonized
the labor element by vetoing the ap-
propriation for the factory inspect
ors. He says he will veto any bill
which attempted to change condi-
tions for any man or woman over FL
wears of age. Of course he is wrong
as usual, but we say, 60 ahead, you
could not please us better than by
following your present course.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

Congratulations to Walter Cotton,
who has assumed the editorship OF
the Union Progress. He is one OF
the finest fellows we know and a
first-class newspaper man. By the
way, he is also a Sunday-school su-
perintendent, and there's where ne
has it on most editors.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

The ladies of the civic league Will
no doubt soon appoint spring
cleaning day." but don't wait on that.
Spring is approaching, and if you
want to get rid of flies and disease,
clean up your premises and keep
them clean.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

If the governor was sincere IN
saying he desired to save the tax pay
ers money, why did he not veto the
whole appropriation bill instead of a
few items. The total appropriations
of the legislature were more than a
million dollars, yet the vetoes
amounted to about $4,000 or pcs
sibly less.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02
After all his brag about stand

After all his brag about stand
ing by his friends" and expressing
publicly at various times his friend
ship for John Black, the governor
did not have the nerve to pardon him
outright, but committed his sentence
to a fine of $4,000. The great and
only Cole must be a great disappoint-
ment to his friends.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

Bamberg means business this
time. and we are going to get rail-
road. We are not talking much, but
are working.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

Some of the business men of this
town are doing some mighty fine
work for Bamberg just about now.
Would that we had more like them.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

The Hampton County News and the
Allendale Herald have discarded
their "ready print" outside. Coca
business.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

Don't be an obstructionist. The
town cannot grow while those who
have made their money here clog the
wheels of progress.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02
Thursday, March 2, 1911.

No doubt our readers are tlreo
hearing about Gov. B1ease. we Ii
give them a rest after this week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Under This Head 25c'
For 25 Words or Less.

Purse Found.-On the streets OF
Bamberg Monday afternoon, purse
containing a small sum of money.
Owner can have same by calling at
The Herald Office, proving property,
and paying for this advertisement.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

For Sale.-Lots at Denmark, suit
able for residences, stores, factories
or cheap tenements. Easy terms CIV
en-. Denmark needs houses to rent.
They will pay large revenue on cost
Inquiries addressed to me at Savan-
nah will receive prompt attention.
e.. H. DORSETT.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

For Rent.-The four front rooms
up-st2irs in The Herald building.
These are the very incest offices in
the city. They have electric lights
and water and all the rooms are con-
Meeting. See me quick If you want a
nice office. Will rent the four rooms
as a whole or separately.
A. w. KNIGHT.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

Statesmen Wanted to look after our
interest in Bamberg and adjacent
counties. Salary or commission.
Address: THE VICTOR OIL CON-
PANY, Cleveland, 0.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

Lumber for Sale.-I am now in
position to deliver rough lumber in
Bamberg promptly. My timber is
good, and you will be pleased with
the class of lumber you get from me.
A postal card containing your order
will have prompt attention. J. F.
JENNINGS, Cope, S. c.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02
NOTICE..

I have formed a. partnership for
the nractice of law with Hon. 8. G..
Mayfeld, and will therefore move
nv office to the building formerly
occupied by the Bamberg Banking
Co.. opposite Southern passenger
depot.
w. e. FREE
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

For Sale.-Eggs for Matching.
Barred Plymouth Rocks. $1.O0 for
fifteen. J. M. GRIMES, Bamberg,
S. C..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

Lost.-On Saturday, February 4th,
on the streets of Bambcrg, one Colts
automatic pistol, 80 calibre, blue
steel. Finder will be literally re-
warded if returned to Bamberg Her.
aid office.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

For Sale.-Selected, Thoroughbred
Single Comb Brown Leghorn Eggs
for setting, 60 cents per dozen. NO
eggs sold over five days old. CLIFF
JOHNSON, Bamberg, S. G.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-03-02

movable, standing, with his hands at
his side, like a thin black stump.
"This strategy goes on for per-
haps 20 minutes, at the end Of which
the blackfellow is probably within 10
yards of his prey. Then, like light
ming fash, he bends for his spears,
and one after the other they are flung
ouivering into the flanks of the kan
earoo. The animal bounds off, but
the blackfellow follows confidently,
as he knows before the second mile
is covered the kangaroo will be ex-
hausted.
"This is the usual way in which
the kangaroo was taken. Occasion
ally, however, it was killed with the
boomerang. The kangaroo has a
very thin skull, and if the boomerang
hits it on the head it drops instantly.
"The boomerangs I have been
mentioning do not return to their
owners, as all boomerangs are SO
often stated to do. Boomerangs used
| for killing game or in war just go
| for the object aimed at; and what
ever they hit or miss they never come
back. but end their course just like
any other missile. The returning
boomerang is really a Toy, and is
especially constructed. 1t is made
| and used by the same blackfellow
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18

best-known lumber companies in Put
nam County and vicinity engage Mr..
Hanley to look after this branch OF
their business for them, and he not
only furnishes them with locomotives
whenever they are in need Of them,
but keeps same in good repair all the
time. He employs large force OF
skilled workers, and frequently re
ceives contracts for work from con
siderable distances
During his long and active career
ia Palatka, Mr.. Hanley has devoted
himself strictly to the upbuilding OF
a modern and unusually efficient
plant, and has never taken part in
political wrangles or similar contro-
VERSES likely to distract attention
from the more important interests
to which he has devoted his life, He
owns considerable real estate in some
of the most attractive sections Of
greater Palatka, and is altogether a
man of solid abilities and worth.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
WHOLESALE And
retail. KARDWA Are
The Estate of Martin Griffin.

By its complete stocks, which cover
the entire range of household and
farm needs in the hardware line, and
by its progressive and thoroughly re-
liable trade methods, the Griffin
Hardware Company has done much
to enhance Palatka's prestige as the
commercial capital of the st. Johns
River country.
Martin Griffin was for years one of
the most able and respected merch-
ants of central Florida, and when he
died Putnam County lost one of its
business pioneers The Griffin Store
was opened in Palatka over twenty
eight years ago, and has occupied the
present prominent location on Lemon
Street for twenty-one years, enlarg-
ing its capacities from time to time.
Floor space to the amount of nearly
thirty-nine hundred square feet is
Utilized, with a large warehouse in
the rear.
The store, though of long establish
ment is kept up-to-date in every par
tcular, it having always been the
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
]. D. POINTS & GO.
Palatka Firm Qualified to Do Best
Work in the State in Plumbing,
Steam Fitting, Timing and Sheet
Metal Working.

Twenty years ago young
Virginian came to Palatka and en-
tered the hardware business of Martin
Griffin. His name was Joseph d.
Points, and it was not long before he
was known as one of the towns most
capable and energetic workers. He
devoted himself particularly to plumb
ing work for the Griffin concern, and
did much TO build up the splendid
business which that establishment
has always enjoyed, AT the same time
he devoted his leisure to civic activi-
ties, and has a record today of seven
teen years service in the City Coun-
cI, besides having been elected MAYOR.
DIX years ago he severed connec-
tons with the Griffin store and form
cd the above mentioned company,
which consists of himself and. his son.
John ID. Points. Already well-known
throughout Putnam county, it was
only natural that the Points should
very rapidly build up large, solid
clehtele OF patrons. They make a
specially Of the finer grades of work.
and keep from ten to twenty employees
busy the year round Their shop on
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
sHINGLE MILL OF N. J. T1LGHMAN 4 SONS.

the business which has been develop
cd by this house has been new bust
ness, directed to the local channels
by their efforts, thus making a most
important addition to the city's trade.
The firm at the present time is
composed of George E. Gay and Ben
jamin |. Gay Eugene J. Gay, the
junior member of the company, died
a short while ago. He was an able
and conscientious worker, and has
been badly missed Both OF the other
brothers have always taken leading
part in the affairs of the city govern
ment. Geo +. Gay served three terms
as mayor, and two terms as chief OF
the local fire department. He filled
both Offices with wisdom and ability
A. present he is acting as Secretary
Ct the Board of City Bond Trustees
Benjamin /. Gay was hre-chief during
one year. He has been member
OF the City Council ten years, alto
gcther. Both brothers are members
OF the Board of Trade Every practi-
cal movement for the betterment Of
industrial and civic conditions is sure
to enlist their interest and intelligent
support. Their long residence in this
part of the state, and familiarity with
business conditions generally, has
fitted them with a clearheaded un-
derstanding of the peculiar advantages
and needs of this part Of Florida.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18

The present floor space of the San
itary Steam Laundry approximates
1000 feet, but Mr.. Blackwood thinks
that the plant will have to be enlarged
10 keep pace with the continual in
crease in business. A large and con-
veniently arranged drying room oc-
cupies the center of the building 1t
is steamheated and through it the
clothes pass with great expedition
from the automatic washers, the mos
ture being absorbed from them very
rapidly. Two large Sun Beam gas
lamps, which are run by gas gen
Grated on the premises, furnish ade-
quate light to all parts of the estab-
lishment
Although having been in business
but short time here, Mr.. Blackwood
has already built up a substantial Gus
tom which extends as far out of town
as Lake Butler, Crescent City and
Rodman.
Free delivery service is supplied
the people of Palatka, which will also
be augmented as rapidly as the proper
arrangements can be made.
Mr.. Blackwood is not only doing a
large trade in linen and starched
work, but is building up a large Gus
tom in what is known as rough-dry
FIAT work, suitable for plain family
washing. This is done on very rea-
sCnable terms, and the people find
that it is a great saving in time and
convenience, while they are at the
same time guaranteed the most care
ful and sanitary handling of all things
washable.
Sponging, cleaning and pressing of
ladies' and gentlemen's suits accord
ing to the best metropolitan methods
and prices is also a special branch OF
the service that Mr.. Blackwood has
laid out for the benefit of his Gus
cmers,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
The Putnam Machine
and Iron Works
Important Metal Working Industry
Founded by R. H. Hanley.

One OF the oldest and most note
worthy of Palatka's many industrial
concerns is the Putnam Machine and
Iron Works, which was started here
fourteen years ago by R. H. Hanley,
ard is still hourishing and broadening
its scope under his able dictatorship
AT his large and modernly equipped
plant, Mr.. HanIey turns out all lines
of high-class castings and machine
work, moulding work and high-gradc
foundry work. In the casting line
his force is especially efficient, and
everything in the way of CRATE bars,
screen plates, hue bases, piston rings
mill work and all descriptions of light
castings are manufactured.
Mr.. Hanley gives the establishment
his personal supervision at all times
and allows only the very best of ma
terlals and the most approved meth.
DDS to enter into the construction n,
all work. He is a veteran at the bus.
mess, has made a diligent and ex.
haustlve study of all its branches
and toIerates only perfect work which
will sustain the reputation of his es.
adjustment.
Mr.. Hanley is a native of Florida
and learned his trade in the shops
OF the old F. c. & P. Railroad At
Delemata. He was also a foreman
on the J. T. & K. w. Railroad and
was the first machinist to be EN-
pIoyed by the Florida East Coast
Railroad. Altogether he has been
working on machinery of yarious
kinds for some thirty-two years Re
ing somewhat handicapped for mean,
AT the start, he began operations here
Ill a very small way, but the excel
lence OF his productions and the reIia
bIlity of his repair work soon gained
him a very wide patronage, and he
was enabled to install the latest ma
chnery, increase his working room
and improve his plant in every way
At present there is no better euuipned
shop and foundry of similar size in
the state.
A speciality is made of repairing
buying, selling and leasing locomo-
tves for lumber and deyelonmen+
companies. A number of these are
kept on hand at all times and almost
any requirements in this line can be
met on short notice. Many of the
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18

a4zssa..st sai---l''s. .s,.us-.s.s
First street contains the most q
plete stock of piping, tin, sheet-mf
and plumbing accessories to be roy
in this part of the State. The roy
act as special agents for the Y
Standard Acetylene Gas Genera'Y
the most popular and efficient Y
supplies of their kind now on the n
kct; the wilmington Hot Ar rug
ing Engines for installing PRIV
water plants, and the celebrated
jestic" Ranges. made Of maIIe1
iron, and in wood, coal and gas y
binations. Irrigating plants are
installed, as well as storage ''II
cesspools and septic tanks coHPI
sewerage systems, hot ar, steam
hot water systems, closets, SINKS I
rooms and lavatorics. All A''u'
roofing, cornice, skylight and ye"'l
ton work is also handled WIN
skill. Many of the finest Te''u',
and public offices in PaIa'Na a"O
entity have been ou'Il''u y
Points, and throughout the '"'"
tricts their services are i'll 'o"'
demand.
No better evidence OF lnu"'
growth and stability IS "''u'O
activities in the building and P'aI
ing lines, and taking the WON
Points company as a cr'',.'V
section of Florida OF which ra''''
the commercial center has d O'
foundation of successful enls'p
and is also going rapidly '"'"'
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
Who're Foot Comfort
is Sold for Cash
Something About the Boot and Shoe
Store of William M. Curry & Com
pany, Who Run Their Business on
First-Class Metropolitan Lines.

In walking through the business
center of Palatka, one of the first
stores to attract the visitors attention
is the handsomely fitted establishment
of William NJ. Curry & Company. A
complete assortment of the best and
most modcratcly-priced footwear of
every description greets the eye
through the plate glass windows, and
peep within intensihes and cnlargcs
the first favorable impression.
Tiers of footgear of every saleable
pattern and price encompass the
room. and courteous and attentive
statesmen are always on hand to sup
ply the needs of the most eXacting
customer. Exactly the same service
and price-scale is maintained as is in
vogue in the great cities
1t was Napoleon Bonapartc, we be
lieve, who said he judged the clviliza-
ton of a country by the shoes the
people wore. According to that rule,
the people of Palatka are far in the
van of racial progress, and the house
Of Curry has been largely instrument
tai in keeping the standard high.
The business was started in 1908
under the firm name Of Curry & Lane.
1t was begun in a small and unpre-
tcntious way, but before very long
people came to know that they could
depend with absolute certainty upon
getting full shoe value for every dol
lar expended there, besides prompt
and intelligent service. No running
accounts were kept Therefore the
innumerable expenses of a credit sys-
TEN were not added to the goods sold,
The people got the benefit in the
shape of cheaper shoes, and at the
same time the little shoe store waxed
larger and more prosperous-looking.
In 1000 Mr. Lane Withdrew from
the business, and for some time Mr..
Curry continued in the business alone.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18

Rapid increase in the sales, however,
with the resultant increase in working
details, decided him to seek another
partner. and he found one of congen-
ial makeup in Mr. A. T. Anderson, a
young man well known and well
liked here.
Since that time, tine patronage OF
the Curry store has steadily increased
and larger quarters will have to be
provided in the near future. Leather
goods specialties, such as suit-cases,
trunks, bags, etc, have been added to
the stock, and the company also acts
as special agents for two Of the most
popular tailoring establishments in
the cOuntry-Strauss Brothers of Chi
cago and Mayer & Company of Gin
cinnati-both makers of fine clothes
to measure for boys and men, They
also have the Palatka agency for
"Wundcrhose," and have worked up
very large trade in this popular
brand Of hosiery.
In mems shoes, the makes chiefly
pushed are those of Howard & Eos
ter, of Brockton, Mass, and of the
Forbush Company, of North Grafton,
Mass. For ladies' wear their chief
business is done in the makes of the
Krippendoff-Dittman Company, OF
Cincinnati, and the Union Tread
Easy brand, Growers Soft Shoes
for Tender Feet also figure as a
prominent speciality.
A well-selected line of all kinds OF
leather and canvas ties are always
kept III stock, and are probably the
most popular sellers of ALL
Altogether, the house of Curry &
Company is one of the most enter
prising and attractive concerns in Pa
latka, and the proprictors are general
taVoritcs in social and business cir
Giles. Mr. Curry, the founder of the
business, is one Of the w de-awakc
members of the Palatka Board OF
Trn de
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-08-18
the SANITARY
STEAM LAUNDRY
First Glass Enterprise Being Estab-
lished Here by w. N. Blackwood,
Veteran Laundry Operator.

A long-felt want was supplied the
citizens OF Palatka at the beginning
of the present year, when Mr. w, N.
Blackwood came here to open the
new and up-to-date Sanitary Steam
Laundry in place of the old laundry,
which had fallen into disuse. Mr..
Blackwood is a native of Winchester,
Tenn, but during the fifteen years pre-
vious to his opening here, he lived in
Gulfport, Miss. During all but four
OF those fifteen years he was in the
steam laundry business there. He is
ar expert in every branch of the work,
and Palatka is fortunate in gaining so
able an addition to her industrial
forces.
Mr.. Blackwood has already made
numerous improvements in the old
building, and put in new machinery
and fixtures. He already has a large
two-roll mangle, body-ironer, neck
ard-volk-bank ironer, collar-ironer,
seam dampener, collar-shaper and col
lar-starcher, besides two large wash
ers. a water-extractor and a starch
cooker.
He will not be satisfied with the es-
however, until he has
installed complete outfit OF the very
latest and best equipment. In fact
the orders are already in for this ad
ditioual machinery. Every branch OF
the work is being thoroughly system
atized as rapidly as possible, and hf.
teen hands are already required to
take care of the work that hasl
;ome in, .-