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$b? iamberg Strati Thursday, Jan. 11,. 1912. SHORT LOCALS. "Rm'of of "Interest Throuehou the Town and County. Mr. N. Z. Felder, Jr., announce! himself as a candidate for cottoi weigher at Bamberg in this issue. During the holidays Mrs. J. A. Wy man entertained most charmingly ii honor of Mrs. Wilton E. McGee, o New York. We understand to-day just as w< go to press that the water in the Ed isto river is so high that crossing a new bridge is impracticable. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. L. Owens ar< receiving the congratulations of thei] friends over the arrival of a fine gir at their home Tuesday night. Jones Bros, received this week i ear load of high class mules anc horses. See them if you need an ani mal. They can suit you in quality and price. Bridges across several streams ir the county were washed away by th* heavy rains this week. Mr. L. M Ayer started to his farm Tuesday morning from town, but had to re turn. { The Herald wants more business and is prepared to take care of everything which comes its way. If the people of this community want i newspaper, they should be willing tc support it. In the election for a fourth associate justice of the State Suprenn Court, Senator J. B. Black and Representative J. A. Hunter voted foi Watts, while Representative W. L Riley voted for Fraser. From a communication in anothei column, it will he seen that the people of the Smoaks section want the railroad down there. The question of extending the railroad to that point might be worth investigating At a meeting of the directors ol Bamberg Banking Company, held last Friday morning, Mr. Henry J. Brab ham, Jr., was elected as a directoi to fill the vacancy caused by th< death of his father, Mr. H. J. Brabham, Sr. Mrs. G. Frank Bamberg entertained at two lovely receptions last week the first on Thursday afternoon being in honor of Mrs. Greaton E. Bam berg, a recent bride, and the othei in honor of Mrs. H. H. Wyman, ot Aiken, and Mrs. J. B. McGee. ATnndav nieht was the time foi s election of officers by the local lodgs of Knights of Pythias, but nO meeting was held as the rain poured ir torrents. Officers for this year will be elected at the next meeting, the fourth Monday night in this month Itis said that H. G. Askins, Esq. of this city, may enter the race foi judge of the second circuit, as h< has been urged to do so by numbers of friends in the Pee Dee section where he formerly resided. B. Miley, Esq., is the only aspirant sc far announced from this county. The loss of D. R, Matheny in Sunday morning's fire, when his resi" dence was burned, was about $3,500 and his insurance amounts to onlj $1,300. His fam^Jy is at Dr. Hair's home in the'city for the present, but he has rented a small house in town which he will have to occupy until he Can do better. Steve Johnson, a negro, was tried before Mayor N. P. Smoak Thursday of last 4wcek on the charge of selling liquor. This was a case which had been held over for some time. He was found guilty and fined SI00 01 serve thirty days on the county chain gang. He took the days, and is now helping to build good roads for the county. Some time ago when Superintendent Wassum was in the city we took up with him the matter of providing better railroad crossings on Railroad Avenue and he promised us\ie would have the matter attended to at once However, nothing has been done sc far to improve the crossings, and il I - , seems to us that it is high timf something was done. Bamberg i? certainly entitled to better crossings on the principal residence street oj the town. Not a Candidate for Judge. J. F. Carter, Esq., of this city has been urged by members of th( general assembly and the bar to of fer for the position of judge of th< second circuit, made vacant by th< death of Judge Robert Aldrich. Mr Carter has declined to permit the us< of his name, although strong press ure has been brought to bear on him He is already prominently befor< the voters of the second circuit ai a candidate for solicitor, and un less something prevents he will b< in that race in the primary next sum mer, with bright prospects of elec tion. Mr. Carter is regarded as on< of the strongest lawyers of the cir cuit, and would fill the office to th< satisfaction of the people. L ^ New Advertisements. - W. A. Riley?For Rent. G. Frank Bamberg?You Are Just j _ the Man. King Seed & Implement Corp.? i King's Cotton. 1 t Town Treasurer?Tax Notice. i W. H. Zeigler?^For Sale. Henry H. Stokes?For Sale. N. Z. Felder, Jr.?For Cotton c Weigher. C. R. Brabham's Sons?All Winter ^ 1 Goods at Cost. g f Atlantic Coast Line ? Over-sea Railroad Celebration. * 3 Farming With Dynamite. Demon stration on farm of C. W. Garris near c t Denmark, January 19th. c W. H. Mitchum applies for letters g => of administration on estate of Sarah p Mitchum. a I A. W. Knight, Administrator?No- j tice to Creditors. t i Rentz & Felder?A Dialogue. t * Jones Bros.?The First Car Load Received Here This Year. J A. B. Richards Medicine Co.? t f Does Your Baby Suffer From Skin 1 Disease? > v In Honor of Miss Wyman. r Mrs. J. C. Lewis entertained at E whist Monday evening of last week k ; in honor of Miss Lallah Wyman, of a . Aiken. The prizes were won by Mr. t s and Mrs. W. P. Riley, they making a t the highest score. A tempting salad a > course was served. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Jones A. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Riley, s ; Mr. and Mrs. C. J. S. Brooker, Dr. and t Mrs. F. B. McCrackin, Misses Annie v . Lou Byrd, Franke Folk, Lallah Wyman, Thelma Lewis, Moselle Cope- c land; Messrs. B. D. Carter, F. M. * Moye, Dr. H. J. Stuckey, Walter t Peeples, of Savannah, B. F. Wyman, t of Aiken, and E. H. Henderson. d i Railroad Meeting. v t E A meeting of the stockholders of f the Bamberg, Ehrhardt & Walter- I t boro Railway Co. was held in the . town hall in this city Monday at 12 o'clock. Mr. Thos. Black, vice presi- * ? dent of the company, presided in the t ? absence of President J. A. Wyman. * A majority of the stock was repre- e sented in person or by proxy. a Mr. W. D. Rhoad, secretary and 1 treasurer of the company, made his 0 financial report, showing receipts 1 . and disbursements, and Acting Presi- 1 P dent Black made a report as to the a construction of the railroad and oth- e er matters. e An election for directors was en- * ' tered into, and the same directors v were elected as follows: J. A. Wy- F 1 man, Thos. Black, W. D. Rhoad, W. a 1 M. Brabham, J. F. Carter, A. Rice, * * H. A. Hughes, A. M. Brabham, and ^ * A. W. Knight. 1 > After the meeting of stockholders J adjourned the directors held a meet- ** ing and elected the same officrs for 1 5 the ensuing year, as follows: J. A. * > Wyman, president; Thos. Black, vice a * president; W. D. Rhoad, secretary y > and treasurer. - ^ The grading of the railroad has J been nearly completed, and during ^ the recent wet weather the contract, ors have been busy cutting cross ties. r The ties will soon be placed on the ? right of way, and track laying will j : begin at an early date. c County Politics. The political pot is beginning to e L simmer in this county already, and a v,e hear of candidates and rumors ' of candidates. It seems to be pretty ^ well settled that Messrs. E. C. Bruce * and G. B. Kinard will make the race for County Supervisor.- It is not likely that Mr. J. B. Kearse, the presl ent incumbent, will offer for re-elec; tion. q ?- AA /m /N r* _ ?* For snerin, s. ij. nay, ui uen. mark, will be a candidate, and until : recently it was thought that Mr. J. , Felder Hunter would run, but in the . > t [ last few days we have heard that I Capt. J. B. Hunter, the present incumbent, would make the race. We E , have also heard that it was likely Mr. ? v . Lancaster, of Govan, would also run. , For Probate Judge, it is said that . Mr. \\\ H. Walker, of Midway, will ^ 5 enter the race, and that Dr. G. W. ^ P Garland, of this city, would also offer. It is presumed that Mr. Geo. P. Harmon, the present incumbent, will offer for re-election, although we have not asked him. t We have also heard that it is s 5 likely Col. Jno. F. Folk will not of- v . fer for re-election as county treasu- a ; rer, but would enter the race for the e a Senate. Mr. E. L. Price will possibly i; / - 1? ?' ? Wo t. mane me race iui ucaauici. ?? - ^ 3 have not interviewed any of the f _ gentlemen named as to these rumors, as our time did not permit of t 5 it, and we only give them as talk c 3 around the streets. But one thing s _ seems to be certain and that is that t 3 there is not likely to be a lack of ^ . candidates for any office. The law now requires that cotton weighers c a also run in the primary. \ See me now about your cotton 1 ? seed. Will buy or exchange for meal. I W. G. HUTTO, at Copeland's store, t \ Baptist Church News and Notices. DIRECTORY. * Preaching service every Sunday T norning at 11 o'clock and at night, >y the pastor, Rev. 0. J. Frier. Sunday-school every Sunday rnornng at 10 o'clock, J. A. Hunter, superntendent. s< B. Y. P. U. every Sunday after- g loon at 3:30 o'clock. p Prayer meeting every Thursday light. y Woman's Missionary Society meets ii Vednesday afternoons after the sec- a >nd Sunday in each month. . Sunbeam Band meets every two reeks on Friday afternoons. s< Monthly conference each fourth tl Sunday. n Observance of Lord's Supper the irst Sunday in each quarter. NEWS AND NOTICES. v The cold rainy weather was one c ause of small congregations at Sun- ^ lay-school and preaching service last lunday morning. The communion ervice was made additionally sad 0 nd tender by the announcement of d ^stor Frier that in all probability hat would be the last one of his phs- r< oral administration. His text was, s1 Remember the words of the Lord t( esus, that it is more blessed to give n han to receive," tak^n from Paul's ? arewell address to the Elders of Cphesus, in Acts, 20th chapter. There ras a larger congregation at the ^ light service. 11 Rev. Ed. F. Snuggs, one of our a aissionaries to China, who is at a tome on a uttie rest, win give au ddress on his work over there, at r< he Baptist church Thursday night ^ ,t 7:30 o'clock. Everybody is cordilly invited to be there. 11 The Woman's Missionary Society b 3 holding a week of prayer for mis- tl ions this week, every afternoon at 01 he church, when not hindered by the b weather. ^ Two churches in the upper part b ?f the State are negotiating with >astor Frier in regard to becoming si heir pastor, and he will decide be- tl ween them this week. Next Sun- b, lay, therefore, may be his last day n iere, provided that is satisfactory o vith the church. Final announce- n oent will be made next week. a ? tl nvitation to Confederate Veterans, jj The Francis Marion Bamberg 11 S) Chapter U. D. C. extends an mvitaion to the Confederate veterans of Jamberg county to be present at the xercises on Lee's birthday attend,nt upon the bestowal of Crosses of Trtr>r?^ r>n thp mnrnine of the 19th ?KJJJLKJX , V/U vuv 0 if January, 1912, at 11 o'clock in ' he parlors of the Garland Hotel, 'here will be short literary program nd light refreshments will be serv- ^ d consisting of coffee and sandwichs. There will be 28 Crosses of w lonor bestowed upon the following eterans and they are urged to be Si resent to receive their own crosses, s no one can convey the crosses to ' hem: G. L. Bishop, C. R. Clayton, '. S. Breland, W. C. Bessinger, W. C. ^ lest, Jno. F. Breland, G. W. Clayton, '. C. Copeland, F. E. Copeland, 'R. a J. Dempsey, W. T. Cave, U. M. Caves, S. W. Eaves, J. M. Felder, E. s 1. Grayson, J. W. Jenny, M. A. Kinrd, G. F. Kinard, G. H. Kearse, R. B J. Kirkland, H. Z. McMillan, W. H. lorris, J. A. Peters, D. B. Smoak, I. Sandifer, D. O. Steedley, P. M. ^ rarn, J. J. Zeigler. d o Farmers* Union Meeting. p A meeting of the Bamberg County 11 farmers' Union^will be held in the ** / e] ourt house at Bamberg on Friday, aj anuary 12th, 1912, at 11'o'clock. )elegates to the State Union will be lected at this meeting. Local unions 0 re urged to send full delegations; " D. P. SMITH, h County President. Ehrhardt, S. C., Jan. 2, 1912. a il An Interesting Address. d; tl In place of the regular preaching c< ervice at the Methodist church last P undav night, .Mr. M. W. Brabham 9 rho has recently been ejected field d; ecretary of the Sunday-school board w f the North Carolina conference for c: he Methodist church, South, gave a ft nost interesting address on Sunday- T chool work. Mr. Brabham will soon w fiove his family to Raleigh, N. C., ti rhich city will be his headquarters, tc nd their many Bamberg friends ate to give them up. Mr. Brabham ir .as already entered upon his duties, w ut his family will be here for a few c( ^eks yet. B Residence Burned. ^ Sunday morning about five o'clock u; he residence of Mr. D. R. Matheny, ir ituated about one mile out of town, n: ^*as totally destroyed by fire with _ 11 its contents, the occupants barely scaping with their lives. It is not mown how the fire originated, as the uilding was completely enveloped in ei lames before it was discovered. tl The entire family had to leave the u; luilding attired in their night T o cinclo thine- was l luiata, anu uv/v u uiuDiV D .. ? aved. Mr. Matheny had to come to C own soon- after the fire and purchase R rearing apparel for them all. F We understand that Mr. Matheny arried $1,300 insurance on the a: louse and furniture, but this will not f< tear cover the loss. The house was J' >ractically a new one, having been V milt only a few years ago. ai OPEN GAS JET POISONS TWO. wo White Men Overcome by Fumes 1 While Asleep in Hotel. Critically ill as the result of poi:>ning from inhaling illuminating ( as Bellinger C. Folk and James t oik, of Ehrhardt, S. C., were^ taken f esterday morning to the Riverside 1 lfirmary from the Pavilion hotel in i room of which establishment the c vo young men were found lying . snseless on their bed. Reports from s le infirmary at an early hour this 1 lorning were that both men were c ?~_i- t->_n: ? i,~ ^ - er> wean. oeniiigci ruiiv uau a, i * ulsion yesterday afternoon and the bances are all against his recovery, c [is brother has a somewhat better l hance for life, though it is feared aat both men will die as the result i f what appears to have been a very. t eplorable accident. s The two Folk brothers engaged a ( jom at the Pavilion hotel, on King * treet, on Tuesday night. They went j d bed about 9:30 o'clock. In the i lorning threy failed to appear and the c dor of illuminating gas was noticed c 1 the neighborhood of their room, ( lough it was not at first supposed j iiat the odor came from the apart- ] lent occupied by the brothers. Finlly, however, a colored boy employed ] t the hotel climbed out on a shed i f nd looked into the window of the < 3om. He saw the two white men j ing on the bed, and seeing that \ leir bodies presented a somewhat i nnatural appearance, he summoned < elp. The room was then entered ^ irough the window and the two oc- ( upants were found senseless on the ed. The rom was full of gas which ] ras escaping from a jet which had j een turned only partially off. ] Dr. Lane Mullally was instantly j nmmoned and went to work over < ae "two brothers. He found them in ] ad shape and at once had them re- ] loved to another room. He worked ver them for the greater part of the ight in a desperate effort to counterct the effects of the deadly poison aat they had inhaled. In the mornlg a nurse was secured and the two ' 1 men were removed to the Riveride infirmary. Letters found on the persons of ( le two men gave their names and \ ie information that they resided at 1 Ihrhardt. Relatives in that town ere telephoned for and three broth- : rs arrived in the city yesterday. It 1 sems that Bellinger and James Folk J ad come to Charleston for the pur- 1 ose of buying a tombstone for anther brother, Leander, who died resntly. The family is a large and 1 ell known one in Bamberg county. The asphyxiation of the brothers eems to have been an accident pure nd simple. They simply failed to urn the gas completely off when 3 ley retired to bed and the fumes of i ie poison overcame them while c sleep.?Charleston News and Couri- ( r. . ; ECONI) GAS VICTIM SUCCUMBS. j ???? r oth James and Bellinger Folk Die ( from Inhaling t Fumes. ^ Alter lingering at the Riverside in- ? rmary for three* days, James Folk , ied yesterday afternoon as the result ^ f inhaling illuminating gas at the ( avilion hotel Tuesday night. Bell- ( lger Folk, his brother died, from . ie gas Thursday afternoon. Some light hope had been held out for t ie recovery of .James, but the Dung man had received the poison f the gas throughout his entire sys1 ?x ?? ? f A eotro illl ana 11 was imyusaiuic . t im. The two young men, who were of well known Bamberg county fam- ; y, came here from Ehrhardt Tues- 1 ay afternoon to buy a tombstone for T leir brother, Leander, who died re- 1 rntly. They engaged a room at the c avilion hotel and retired at about c : 3 0 o'clock Tuesday night. W^dnes- r ay morning, a strong odor of gas ? as detected near their room and up- * n investigation both the Folks were t >und lying on the bed unconscious. * he gas was leaking from the jet ,c hich the brothers had evidently not t lrned completely off when they went ) bed. Both were taken to the Riverside c lfirmary and Dr. Lane Mullally i orked hard over them to try to c Dunteract the action of the poison. ; ellinger had convulsions shortly af- 1 ?r being taken to the infirmary and * ied Thursday afternoon. The young t * ?,-A1 tKio ftitv onft ' len s reiaiives, uuiu m img v?i,j ~ 1 Bamberg county, had been sum- t toned and were present at the end. -Charleston News and Courier. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockhold- 2 rs of the Peoples Bank was held at t le bank Monday of this wek. The c sual satisfactory dividend was paid. > he following directors were re-electi to serve for the ensuing year: H. * . Folk, Jones A. Williams. W. Paul r iiev NT P. Smoak. C. B. Free, Jno. > 9 - ? - , . Folk, and D. M. Eaves. The directors then held a meeting I nd re-elected the same officrs, as ? )llows: H. C. Folk, president; ones A. Williams, vice president; s 7. P. Riley, cashier; N. P. Smoak, s ssistant cashier. t BELLINGER FOLK SUCCUMBS. foung Man from Ehrhardt Dies from \ Effects of Gas Fumes. C. Bellinger Folk, of Ehrhardt, S. 3., died shortly after 6 o'clock yeserday afternoon at the Riverside inirmary, as the result of inhaling a arge quantity of illuminating gas n his room at the Pavilion hotel, luring Tuesday night. His brother, rames Folk, who is a victim of the ?ame accident, was pronounced at a ate hour last night to be in a very jritical condition. His system, however, seems to be withstanding the effects of the poison better than that )f his brother, and a slight hope is leM out against his death. The two young men, who are of a veil-known Ehrhardt family, came ;o this city Tuesday to buy a tombstone for the grave of a brother who lied recently. They engaged a room it the Pavilion hotel Tuesday night md retired about 9:30 o'clock. The lext morning they were found lying )n the bed overcome by the fumes >f the illuminating gas, which was escaping from a jet which they had 'ailed to turn completely off before *etiring. From the first it was seen that Bellinger Folk could not recover. He vas attacked by'convulsions Wedneslay night, and his condition never mproved until he died yesterday af;ernoon. Several of his relatives, ooth in this city and in Bamberg :ounty, had been summoned, and vere at his bedside when the end ;ame. At a late hour la&t night James Folk's condition had not changed n any respect from what it was earier in the riav. Dr. Lane Mullally s at work on the case, and has done everything in his power to save the ife of the surviving brother.?Cha^eston News and Courier. Damaged by Rain. The heavy rain of Monday and Monday night did considerable damige. Several wells in town caved badly, the roads over the county ire washed up, and it will make lots >f work for the chain gang to do. kt the city power house water got nto the wheel pit of the big engine rnd it had to be shut down and the small machine started. Even then ;he water gave a great deal of trouble jy backing into the exhaust pipe, and t was only by the hardest sort of vork on the part of Superintendent Rvan and his force that the plant >vas kept running. However, no ma;erial damage was done. Negro Kills Another. Last Sunday afternoon Sheriff J. 3. Hunter received a telephone message conveying the information that :>ne negro had shot and killed anpther on the plantation of Mr. H. Z. McMillan in the Colston section. An inquest was held over the dead jody by Magistrate Lain, of Olar. The negro who was killed was nam3d President Green, and his slayer vas John Evans, a negro who has served several terms on the chain ;ang for, various offenses. The .veather was so- bad that. a deputy jould not be sent until Tuesday, but Sreen had made his escape. It appears that the killing occurred about eleven o'clock Sunday morning, and hat the negroes were gambling. Hoads and Birdges Damaged. The damage to the roads and iridges of the county by the heavy aihs of Monday and Monday night /ill cost the county hundreds of dolars. The rural route carrier on vhat is called the Colston route could lot not cross Lemon Swamp Tuesiay, and in Consequence the patrons >n that route could not get their nail. We learn that it is also impossible to cross at Odom's bridge, over Mttle Saltkehatchie, and that the. waer is so high at Cannon's bridge over he Edisto river that one cannot :ross. The town is certainly cut off his week because of the rains. Death of Thelma Beard. On Monday morning, December 15, 1911, at one o'clock, the death mgel visited the home of Mr. antf drs. J. W. Beard, and claimed as ts victim, their sweet young daugher, Thelma. Her remains were laid o rest at eleven o'clock Tuesday norning in Colston Branch cemeery. She was sick only three days. Her leath came unexpected to her many riends. Thelma was a kind gentle girl, tnd her sweet young life had so en.wined its cords around the hearts >f those who knew her, that they vere hard to be broken. No one knew her only to love her. 5he leaves a host of friends and elatives to mourn her departure, but ve feel that our loss is her gain. Her parents have the sincere sym)athy of the community in their sad tffliction. May this sad incident draw the itricken ones nearer to Christ, who ilone is able and willing to comfort hem. HER FRIEND. POISONING RESULTS FATALLY. i Bellinger Folk Succumbs to Asphyxiation at the Pavilion Hotel. Bellinger Folk, of Ehrhardt, 21 ' years old, who was asphyxiated with his younger brother at the Pavilion hotel on Tuesday night, succumbed to the effects of the gas poisoning at the Riverside infirmary late yesterday afternoon, without recovering consciousness since being overcome. His brother, James Folk, 19 years old, is still lying unconscious and very weak at the infirmary, and has slight chances of recovery. He has not been at any time in as serious a condition as his brother, and may successfully withstand the effects of ? * Li-l- xT tne illuminating gas wmcn uiey uvm breathed in their room at the hotel' for a period of 12 hours. The two young men are members of a large family in Ehrhardt, and have many relatives in Bamberg county and also in this city. When their condition was first discovered, word was sent to their people and three older brothers immediately came to Charleston. When Bellinger Folk died yesterday, several other members of his family were at bedside. The accident that caused the death of one of the young men and may result fatally for the other is one of the saddest that has come to public notice for a long time. The two Ehrhardt boys#had come to Charleston for the purpose of buying a tomb- A stone for the grave of another broth- m er who had died recently. They went U to their room at the Pavilion hotel early on their first night in town, and were not seen until tne next arter- ? noon, when a bellboy noticed the odor of gas when passing their door, and upon entering through a window found them both unconscious and the room dense with the fumes of V gas. They were worked over all that ] n!_ht by Dr. Lane Mullally and re- 1 moved to the hospital where everything possible has been done for them since, but to no avail in the case of the elder brother, who died last night, having had convulsions yesterday and Wednesday. The body was removed to the Connelley undertaking establishment, where the coroner's inquest was held this morning. The body of the young man who met4 such a tragic and un>?timely end will be sent back to his / home outside of Ehrhardt early tomorrow morning.?Charleston Evening Post. Look at the date on the label of your paper and renew if your subscription has expired. We need the money due us. If you don't want the paper, let us know and we will disGontinue. We can't afford to send / The Herald on credit. x Free. Windows of Heaven No. 10. Send 12 names and addl|esses of, music leaders or teachers, written' plainly, and I will mail a copy of my new song book to you. No. 10 is the best book I have published. J. B. VAUGEAN,-Athens, Ga. CARD OF THANKS. Mrs. H. J. Brabham and children take this opportunity of thanking all' their friends for kindnesses shown them during their recent sore bereavement. Only those who have passed through the same deep waters of affliction know the comfort of true friendship at such a time. May God's blessing rest upon all who have shown such consideration In this time of need. . IN MEMORIAM. ' My heart is sad, for a dear friend has bidden earth a last good bye and gone home. Henry Jasper Brabham has passed away. Yes, my friend is gone, but he leaves behind him a life of devotion to every cause he espoused. I have been intimately associated with him though life and always found htm to be a true and loyal friend. I soryow with the dear ones left behind, but not without hope of meeting him again in the snraot hva OTlfi hvo \f A O >? Utv IjFJ V UUU V. Af?t Fairfax, S. C., Jan. $, 1912.. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. Bamberg, S. C., January 5th, 1912. Whereas, God in His infinite wisdom saw fit, on January the seo6nd, A nineteen hundred and twelve, to re- m move from us, by death, our friend ^ and co-laborer, Mr. H. J. Brabham: ] And whereas, we, the directors of the Bamberg Banking Co., Jeel keenly the loss of one who has served this bank so long and so faithfully, as director, cashier and president; therefore be it Resolved, That in the death of Mr. H. J. Brabham the Bamberg Banking Co. has lost its strongest supporter, the directors their ablest coun celor, and the community at large one of its best citizens. Resolved further; That we extend to the bereaved family our heart-felt sympathy, and pray that God's richest blessings may rest on them in this sad hour. Be it further resolved; That a page * in our minute book be inscribed to his memory and a copy, suitably engrossed, be sent to the bereaved family and also published in the county papers. J. B. BLACK, J. D. COPELAND, J. A. BYRD, Committee. BRICE WORE I am an experienced brickmason and do all kinds of brick and concrete work, plastering, kalsomining, etc. Satisfaction guaranteed. JOHN DATS \ BAMBERG, S. C. '