The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-08-18
TOBACCO MEN RECIPROCATE.
Turn the Tables on Bamberg Men by
Giving Fish Supper at River.

| Co1SlO 11NSl 10 q La eASSS 49,
fish fr:es-and stews-don't forget
the stews, though it is generally a
| fry and a stew ombined-stewed
| fish, we mean, of course. However,
it is a rare thing for the tables to be
| turned on Bamberg by having some
outside parties give the folks of this
town stew and fry (the two words
reversed purposely)
| This is exactly what happened last
Thursday night. The gentlemen OF
the Bamberg tobacco market gave a
stew and fry at Cannon's bridge, on
the banks of the Edisto, as means
| of expressing their appreciation of
the treatment they say Bamberg has
| accorded them. It appeared that
there must have been hundred per-
sons there, although the official count
by Friend Kittrell showed the num-
Der to be exactly 73, and We will take
his word for it, for be it said Kittrell
is the finest cooker of fish and red
horse bread in the world, and it is
| his business not to make mistake
in the count.
The occasion was most happy
one. EVERYBODY ate fish until they
felt fnny (not funny-there was
nothing but ice water to drink
There was such a profusion of fried
and stewed fish with the usual trim
mings that another good sized
crowd could have been fed without
anybody going home hungry. In ad-
dition to the fish, Kittrell suddenly
appeared on the threshold with a
bucket full of fried chicken-they
do not use dishes at Bamberg fish
suppers, they're too small. The
chicken, said Kittrell, was for the
parson, Brother Cantey (why, OF
course, Brother Cantey was there
very muchly, we should say) and al
though the parson disdained the
sight of it in the presence of Edisto
fish, we noticed the bucket fingered
near his plate for some time, and it
left the vicinity much lighter than it
came.
After the supper, good fellowship
was enjoyed under the bright rays OF
half moon, but where two or three
men of oratorical turn are congregat-
ed together, somebody is going to
make a speech or bust-or both. And
so, although scarcely able to navi-
gate under the tremendous load the
occasion furnished, Mayor LaVerne
Thomas mounted the rostrum and
spake as never man spake before
under the circumstances. The mayor
expressed happiness, on behalf of the
folks of Bamberg, that such line
set of fellows as the tobacco men
come to this town annually, that the
town and community are proud to
have them with us.
After this Mr.. Cantey was called
upon and further elaborated upon the
10y of having the tobacco men in the
community. Mr.. Cantey started out
to talk until Glenn Cope had finished
supper-Glenn did not start until 10
minutes before the rest and was nat
urally delayed in finishing. The par
son gave this up as bad job, though,
for fear his congregation would go to
sleep.
| Then R. J. Works-the big man of
| the market, physically and otherwise
had something to say and said it.
He said that now, while everybody s
down in the mouth about the price
of tobacco, he thought fine time to
20 down to the river, eat fish and
forget tobacco for an hour. He said
he had eaten fish all over the coun-
try, but never such fish as klttrell
! prepares on the banks of the Edisto,
and when he and his contemporaries
of the market remembered the sup
per rendered them last year by Bam-
berg people, he thought the least
thev could do was to reciprocate this
year. He then talked little about
tobacco. in which he expressed his
deep regret that the farmers lost
money this year on the weed. He
assured his farmer friends that 1t
hurt him when they came in the ware
house with a frown on their faces;
he wished he could help them, as
we'll as himself, and he assured his
hearers he was just as sorry for him.
self as the planters are for them
selves; they are all losers this year.
Mr.. Works is president of the tobacco
mems board of trade, which gave the
supper.
Plain moonlight, as we'll as moon
| in fhnSo