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djePamtiergJIeraftr Thursday, July 18, 1918. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. The clubs rolls of the county close on July 23rd. You cannot vote unless your name is properly enrolled on your club book. See to it today "'" -inama ia on thl> P.lllh listS. I tuttu )UUi uauio ta uu >?? Col. Dave H. Wise, of Aiken, representing the comptroller general, was in Bamberg Tuesday checking up the county officers. Col Wise has acted in this capacity for a long number of years. If your name does not appear in the published list of subscribers to war savings stamps, we would suggest that you see your local committee at once and have your name put on the roll of* honor. The Woman's Missionary society of the Methodist church will be entertained at the home of Mrs. B. W. Simmons on Tuesday afternoon next at 6:30 o'clock. The hostess desires a good attendance. Master Rufus Herndon, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Herndon, was carried one day last week to the Baker hos pital, Charleston, for an operation. The many friends of the little boy wish for him an early recovery. Although there are three four-year and one one-year scholarships to the credit of the county, there was but one young man to stand 'thse examination at the court house last Friday, Mr. Sojourner, of Denmark. The congressional campaign in this district will open today (Thursday) at Baldock, when the candidates for congress will speak at the annual picnic at that place. A large number from Bamberg expect to attend the meeting. The senatorial campaign meeting will be held in Bamberg en Wednesday, July 31. Much interest is now attached to this meeting, since the entry of the candidates for the unexpired term of Senator Tillman. The candidates for congress will also speak at this meeting. f The Herald today is publishing a . partial list of the subscribers to war savings stamps. The other subscribers in the county will be published as the lists are received. ' A number of sections of the countjr have not yet filed their lists. They are requested to do so at once. It is very probable that in compiling the long iists many errors have been made, and possibly there are duplications. ~ tttiII Ko arlo/1 fft Of\TTt*r*t XUC xioiaiu mil uu gii?u vw w*> wv any errors that may be called to our attention. 1 ? <\ The County Campaign. . The last day for filing pledges for county offices will be Monday, July 22, which is the day before the county campaign opens. All candidates should bear this in mind. Twelve o'clock, midday, is the hour for the pledge lists to close. The itinerary for the county campaign meetings follows: Farrell's?Tuesday, July 23. Ehrhardt?Tuesday, July 30. Olar?Tuesday, August 6. Denmark?Tuesday, August 13. j Bamberg?Tuesday, August 20. The excutive committee fixed the assessments of candidates as follows: Auditor and superintendent of education, $25; treasurer, $25; house of representatives, $10; county commissioner, $5; j cotton weigher at Bamberg and Denmark, $12; cotton weigher at Olar and Ehrhardt, $10; magistrate at Bamberg and Denmark, $10; magistrate at Olar and Ehrhardt, $5; magistrate at Fish Pond, $4. Candidates for county offices so far announced in cards in The Bamberg Herald are "as follows: House of representatives?J. Caldwell Guilds, W. L. Riley, John F. Folk. Auditor and superintendent of education?F. O. Brabham, W. D. Rowell. Cotton weigher at Bamberg?A. P. Beard, W. M. Sandifer, Clarence B. Free, D. K. Sandifer. Magistrate at Ehrhardt?J. H. Kinard, E. D. Grant. Magistrate at Bamberg?E. Dick- , inson. County commissioner, lower dis trict?u. Li. uopeiana. Left for Camp Jackson Monday. Monday morning five white draftees left Bamberg for Camp Jackson, as the first contingent of Bamberg's quota in the recent call for 76 men from this county. The colored contingent will leave this (Thursday) morning for Camp Jackson. The white men leaving Monday were: F. E. Dempsey. Leon McKenzie. B. A. Morris. Julius E. Crider. J..H. Shaw. WORK OR FIGHT. Town Authorities Frown Upon Gentlemen of Ease. Get a gun, else get a hoe, shovel or something, quick. It's here?the work or fight programme. No longer is it safe for the gentlemen of ease to sit upon the old soap box at the grocery store and carve out works of art from the pliant pine, or debate the burning questions of the hour with other gentlemen of leisure. The chief of police is now busy serving notice upol the ought-to-be fighters that they must get busy and go to work. If they happen to be within the draft age, it will be to the front for them. If they are not with in the drtaft age, but are able to work, they will have to go to work for themselves or for the county. City council Monday afternoon held a meeting and passed an ordinance requiring every person who is able to perform manual labor to go to work. Cards were printed on which persons reported to the authorities can get the certificate of their employers stating that they are not loafers. This ordinance is one recommended by the government in order to do away with all forms of loafing as a war measure. The government says everybody must work if we are to win the war?anfd, of course, we are going to win the war; therefore, it is up to everybody to work. Inasmuch as there is no excuse for not having a job now, the chief is not arffin'ner verv much with anybody about it. If they are not working, the chief says he thinks he can secure them positions, as the town and county can use a number of laborers right now on the roads and streets. The best authorities say that loafing is not healthy, anyway, and the chief is very desirous of improving the public health. * Announcement Party. A notable event of the week was the party given by Misses Vera Wiggins and Frances Guess, of Denmark, on Friday afternoon, July 12th, at the home of the latter, announcing the engagement of Miss Ruth Guess to Mr. Reynold Connor Wiggins. The guests were entertained during the afternoon at hearts-dice. Refreshments, consisting of salad and ice cream, were served by little Miss Grace Wiggins. Immediately following, little Miss Frances Wiggins dressed as a miniature queen of hearts, presented the guests with double red hearts bearing the announcement of the marriage, which is to take place in September. Death of Mr. George E. Crouch. Private George E. Crouch, of the three hundred and twenty-sixth field signal battalion, Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, a brother of Mrs. R. S. Simmons, of Bamberg, was killed by a northbound train on the Piedmopt & Northern railway six miles "west of Spartanburg at 8:35 o'clock Sunday night. The fender of the front car struck the soldier a terrific blow on the front of the head and death was instantaneous. . The remains were brought to Bamberg and interment occurred Wednesday afternoon at Springtown church. Mr. Crouch was born in this county near the Springtown church. His father moved away some ten or twelve years ago, however. For several years the young man had been living in Texas, where he was a telegraph operator. He was drafted into the army from Texas. He is remembered by many Bamberg county people, and his sudden and tragic death is greatly deplored. To Study Labor Saving Devices. The extension service of Clemson college and the U. S. department of agriculture will hold a farm tractor school in Orangeburg on July 24 for Bamberg 'and neighboring counties. The purpose of this school is to give farmers instruction in the use of farm tractors and other farm labor saving devices. In view" of the scarcity of farm labor in tlfts section, farmers are sure to need labor saving machinery on the farm, and inasmuch as our farmers have had little experience with tractors and other labor saving devices, it will be well for them to attend this school that they may learn modern farming methods. Any further information concerning this school may be had from County Farm Demonstrator Floyd. Houston-Bamberg. Mr. Francis M. Bamberg, of this city, and Miss Pat Houston, of Tunica, Miss., were united in marriage on Monday, July 8th, at the home of the bride. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Bamberg left for a stay of some time at Asheville, N. C. Mr. Bamberg is one of the city's popular young men. He is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Frank Bamberg, and he has scores of friends all over the county, who will be interested to learn of his marriage. Bought $2,200.00 Worth of W. S. S. Gus Ximmons is one of the most substantial colored citizens in Bamberg county. He is thrifty and lawabiding, and he backs his patriotism with his money. Gus is a well-to-do planter, and has accumulated considerable wealth. Saturday morning he came into the Bamberg postoffice, and asked to buy some war savings stamps. He then produced checks for $2,200 worth?$1,839.20. One thousand dollars of this amount was for himself, one thousand for his wife and $200 for his son, Alex. Alex has been drafted into the army and is scheduled to leave for the training camp today. Gus Nimmons has set an example worthy of people j - - 1 3 i. ~ U/n ?wane aua coioreu?uu emulate. nc does not talk very much, but he is willing to put his money into the hands of the government to win the war. He is giving his son, but he does not consider that giving his boy is all that he can do. All Her Savings in W. S. S. Miss Maud Padgett, a young girl employed at the Bamberg Cotton Mills, pledged $5.00 when the canvass for W. S. S. pledges was made in June. She bought the first stamp and paid for it, and then the next week she bought another one, and has not missed a week yet. She says she intends to buy one every week until January, if possible. She is putting every cent she can possibly spare in government war stamps. This is a spirit that is to be commended, and as soon as the people as a whole get down to business like this young lady, we are going to wind up this war. The Excellency of the Hun. We have been stuffed full of talk about Hun superiority. We still hear it said, "the Germans are a great people. You have to hand it to them. Wonderfully efficient." Mr. Harry Lauder, the keen Scot, has thus punctured this bubble: "What, then," he inquires, "has the boastful Hun given to the world? Did he discover or invent or perfect: Gas? No. Electricity? No. Ike Steam Engine? No. The Telephont ? No The Telegraph? No. The Submarine? No. The Automobile? No. The Airplane? No. Anaesthetics? No. Aseptic Surgery? No. The Threshing Machine or the Farm Tractor? No. The Phonograph? No. To which list might be added the Typewriter, the Cash Register, the | Telescope, the Adding Machine, the I Sewing Machine, the Cotton Gin, and a host of other things that have promoted the welfare of mankind. Still, the Hun excels in some ways. For instance: He has made war more astrocious than any other human being since the Red Indian and the Barbary PiMto V * M bV, He stands alone, supreme, "wrapped in the solitude of his own immensity" in his bold disregard of humanity. His inhuman outrages in Belgium and Poland easily excel what any Englishman could do. His support of Turkey in the dastardly massacre of Armenians could not be equalled by any of the Allies. He is far and away our superior in breaking treaties, as with Belgium. We couldn't do that. In the matter of spies and their dirty work he is a world-beater. No Italian, Frenchman, Britisher, or American can touch him when it comes to fighting women and children. He bombards hospitals, torpedoes hospital and merchant ships, carries the civilian population of an invaded country into slavery, starves, mutilates, and insults prisoners of war, and in similar sneaking, dishonorable, and cowardly acts of ferocity is plainly our master. He was the first to use poison gas and other excellencies of frightfulI ness. He has the nerve, while doing this, to talk of his Kultur, of the superiority of German "civilization," and of being the "superman." Granted! Nothing this side of hell is superior to him, in this line. He is beyond us all in Egotism. Englishmen are. a btt chesty and Frenchmen and Italians boast occasionally and we are not above blowing our own horn ourselves now and then. But our hats are off to the Hun. Egotism is his. He wrote it. We are poor pikers. And above all, the Hun has re moved God Almighty from His throne and substituted Almighty Germany. All the Ten Commandments are off. The Beatitudes are piffle. Any crime you want to commit?lying, stealing, assassination, treachery, rape or mayhem?is glorious, if it's done for the Fatherland. Yes, the Hun is wonderfully efficient, in deviltry. That's about all. And when it comes to that he makes old Mr. Beezlebub grit his teeth.?Dr. Frank Crane. BUY STAMPS EARLY. W. S. S. Pledge is Pledge to Government.?Don't Fail to Keep It. i The State War Savings committee | urges that those who pledged themselves in the June W. S. S. campaign to purchase war savings stamps I during the remaining months of the year should not wait until the last minute but should cooperate with the government by purchasing the specified amount of stamps at the earliest day possible. That is, if stamps are pledged for July, the subscriber should make every effort to purchase them in the early part of the month. This will make the work of the postoffice and agents easier, and will - - v - .. . . enable the State to mane a Detter showing at Washington in the campaign. The committee points out that the pledges were made to the government, and, therefore, all should cooperate to the fullest extent in fulfilling the pledges. Bamberg Goes up in W. S. S. Sales. The report of the State war savings committee for the week ending July 6, issued a few days ago, puts Bamberg county 10th in total sales in th ; State. This is decidedly the best showing Bamberg has yet made, having gone up from the 34th place a few weeks ago. Following are the figures for this and nearby counties in total sales: County. Rank. Per Cap. Amount. Bamberg ....10 2.86 $55,715 Barnwell ....27 1.59 54,513 Hampton 33 1.26 28,394 Colleton 44 .36 13,163 Orangeburg 11 2.83 158,756 The following are the sales for the week ending July 6: County. Rank. Per Cap. Amount Bamberg 31 .05 $ 970.50 Barnwell 26 .08 2,568.25 Hampton 27 .08 1,440.25 Colleton 37 .02 741.00 Orangeburg ..33 .05 2,880.50 Crop Estimates. The bureau of crop estimates of the department of agriculture makes the following estimate on acreage in cotton and the condition of the cotton crop under date of July 5th for Bamberg and neighboring counties: County. Acreage. Condit'n. Bamberg 52,924 86 Barnwell 116,591 85 Colleton 44,548 83 Hampton .. 43,135 83 Orangeburg 171,637 85 Additional Personals. ?Mrs. W. D. Trent, of New Bejn, N. C., who has been spending some time in the city with relatives, returned home Monday morning. ?Mr. and Mrs. Alex F. Henderson and little son, from Ehrhardt, spent Sunday with Misses Sallie and Charlotte Henderson.?Walterboro Press and Standard. ?Messrs. Thomas Ducker, A. M. Denbow, W. D. Rhoad and H. L. Hinnant and Dr. H. J. Stuckey attended the meeting of the Shriners in Columbia last week. ?Messrs. D. W. Phillips, W. H. Chandler, Allie McCue, and J. J. Brabham, Jr., left Monday afternoon for a trip in Mr. Chandler's car to Atlanta. They expect to return today. *?Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Rice, of Bamberg, and Mrs. Tom Smith, of Orangeburg, motored to Columbia on Tuesday and spent a few days with Mrs. D. A. Sandifer last week.?The State. A ?Misses Francis and Dixie Faust, of Macon, Ga., spent several days in the city last week with their father, Dr. 0. D. Faust. They left in company with Dr. Faust this week for thp mountains *of North Carolina. ?Miss Harriet Coe who recently resigned her position as postmistress of the Langley postoffice and accepted a position with the Southern railway at Bamberg is very much elated with her new position.?Aiken Standard. ?Mr. and Mrs. G. Frank Bamberg, Mr. McGee Bamberg and Miss Nell Bamberg left recently for Chick Springs, where they spent a few days. Mr. Bamberg has returned home, the others going on to Eendersonville for a few weeks stay. ?Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bruce have returned home from a visit to relatives in Georgia. Mr. Bruce says that the crops in Bamberg county are the best of any he saw on his trip. On their return, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce visited their son, Lieut. Edwin Bruce, at Camp Sevier. ?Mr. George Fender, U. S. X., of Maryland, is spending a thirty-day furlough with relatives in the county. Mr. Fender was recently operated on for appendicitis at a naval hospital in Maryland. His many friends will be glad to know that he is now recoperating rapidly. Over 100,000 women are employed in various capacities on Prussian railways. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS BUYERS. (Continued from page 7, column 4.) Eddie Williams 10.00 Clint Pressy 20.00 Edward Lebby 5.00 E. L. Frazier 30.00 Roily Williams 10.00 C. H. Holmes 50.00 Eugene Tobias 50.00 Belle Tobias 50.00 John Powell 50.00 Isom Tobias 50.00 Dan Peeples 2 5.00 J. B. Smalls 50.00 Geo Easterling 10 0.00 John Abney 100.00 William Braxton 10.00 James /Tyler 10.00 Letha White 30.00 Delilah Williams 50.00 Henry Williams 50.00 Maggie Thomas 50.00 Joe Johnson, Jr 50.00 Joe Howell 50.00 Willie Crawford 100.00 Aaron Riley 10.00 Brooks Williams 60.00 W. D. Faust 50.00 Ransom Stukes 25.00 Jack Stukes 25.00 S. B. Hicks 100.00 Robert Owen 50.00 Wm. Moncrief 50.00 Willie Brown 50.00 rr 5,. sn AH Octlu i\cnucu> uv.w Richard Staley 25.00 Ervin Johnson 5.00 Jacob Parler 80.00 Robt. Sanders 20.00 Elberta Sease 20.00 Jasper Staley 50.00 Wash Evans 50.00 William Wolf 10.00 Fred Ross 5.00 Sam Young 20.00 Alice Williams 10.00 Joh,n Sally 20.00 Ellen Dowling .... 15.00 Harry Jackson 10.00 John Smith, 25.00 Alex. Stephens 40.00 Jeff Glover 100.00 Sam Reed 10.00 Henry Atterberry 50.00 Rebecca Jamison 75.00 Hazel Downing .... 50.00 Thos. Roberson 5.00 Lucius Williams 25.00 Pluribus Williams 25.00 Judy Davis 25.00 Henry C. Guess 50.00 Philip Guess 50.00 Willie Sojourner 25.00 I Bill Williams 25.00 Cape Stephens 10.00 James Milledge 80.00 John Sellers 35.00 James Banks 10.00 Lang Atterberry 50.00 Archie Coleman 25.00 Edgar Hartzog 25.00 Geo. Fields 15.00 Ben MqNeeley 10.00 I. Young .... 100.00 Russell Dix 10.00 Oscar Parler 10.00 John Milledge 50.00 Alonzo Thompson 100.00 Elliott Hightower 100.00 Jame3 Williams 50.00 Charlie Jeter 100.00 M. L. Odom 25.00 Josie Faust 25.00 Eddie Faust 500.00 Maggie Jordan 5.00 Wallace Carter 25.00 Queenie Williams 20.00 Henry Williams 15.00 Govan Rice 100.00 Lucius Holman 25.00 Giles Holman 25.00 Shellie Guess 25.00 D. D. Jeter 200.00 Carrie Middleton 25.00 Pink Jenkins ." 25.00 W. W. Tyler : 25.00 Sylvester Atterberry 25.00 Paul Harns 10.00 Isaac Odom 50.00 Henry Coleman 25.00 Willie Wroton 25.00 Paul Sojourner 25.00 Henry E. Guess 25.00 Ed Brown 25.00 Sam Robinson 50.00 Sammy Rice 60.00 Geo. Cain, Jr., 25.00 Carroll Guess 25.00 New Advertisements. L. B. Fowler?Wanted. S. G. Ray?Sheriff's Sale. Peoples Bank?Statement. J. F. Folk?Candidate's Card. Bank of Denmark?Statement. W. D. Rowell?Candidate's Card. Est. M. A. Kinard?Citation Notice. Herald Book Store?Thrift Stamps. Chero-Cola Co.?Ask for CheroCola. Bamberg Auto Co.?Fisk Non-skid Tires. Bamberg Banking Co.?Thrift is Power. Enterprise Bank?The Money Question. Est. Mrs. L. C. Dowling?Notice of Discharge. Farmers & Merchants Bank?Money in the Bank. Bamberg Banking Co?Perhaps he May Become Insane. Est. George W .Beard?Notice to Debtors and Creditors. Byrnes on First Ballot. A thoroughly reliable citizen of : Aiken county, who travels throughj out this territory, gave it as his opinion last Thursday that Congressman Byrnes would be reelected on the first ballot. This gentleman is in close touch with people in several of the counties of the district, and his opinion is worth while. The army medical department has developed a mobile X-ray outfit for use near the front, carried on a modified armv amhiilftnPA Tt Ponsiats of a standard portable outfit made up of a Delco gas electric set, high-ten- -< sion transformer, special type Coolidge tube, and includes an X-ray table, dark room, and complete set of apparatus for the localization of foreign bodies. Some of these outfits are already in service abroad and 55 are in course of shipment. Three Candidates Enter. The entries for the short senatorial term to succeed Senator Christie Benet, appointee of Governor Manning, closed Monday at noon with the formal entry of W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw, in addition to Senator Benet, and Thomas H. Peeples, attorney general. Richards is For Blease. At the campaign meeting in Walhalla Tuesday, John G. Richards was forced out from under cover, and was made to declare himself, very reluctantly, however, and he declared that if he was spared to vote this summer he would cast his ballot for C. L. Blease for United States senator. Thos. H. Peeples was called on by W. P. Pollock at Florence to state where he stood regarding Blease. He ^ evaded a direct reply, and refused to commit himself. This was taken by the crowd and everybody else to mean that he is a Bleaseite. Women stenographers and typists are now being enrolled in the Naval Reserve as yeomen. Over 3,000 women are at work in the production of gas masks at the Long Island gas-defense plant. LITTLETON COLLEGE^ Hot water heat, electric lights and other modern improvements. The 37th annual session will begin September 25th. Write for new illustrated catalogue; also for particulars concerning our special offer to a few girls who can not pay crcir catalogue rate. Address J. M. Rhodes, Littleton, N. C. MR. BISHOP WITHDRAWS FROM RACE. To the voters of Ehrhardt: On account of the press of personal business, I have found it necessary to withdraw from the race for cotton weigher at Ehrhardt. I find it will not be possible for me to attend to the duties of the office; therefore I ? A MA M/N 1 /?/>* A AA A f fit A <x lu iiu luugci a uiuuiuaic iv/i iuc position. I wish to take this method of expressing my thanks to all my friends for their promised support. ^ BOYCE W. BISHOP. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. t All persons having claims against the estate of George W. Beard, deceased, will file same, duly verified, with the undersigned, and all persons indebted to the said estate will make payment, on or before Friday, August 2, 1918. G. W. BEARD, July 15, 1918. Execfftor. CITATION NOTICE. The State 4 of South Carolina? j County of Bamberg?By J. J. Brab[ ham, Jr., Esq., Judge of Probate. Whereas, G. W. Rentz, hath made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the estate and I effcts of M. A. Kinard, deceased. These are therefore to cite and k admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said M. A. Kinard, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court or Probate, to be held at Bamberg, on Wednesday, July 31st, next, after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given un ier my hand and seal this 17th day of July, Anno Domini, 1918. J. J. BRABHAM, JR. Judge of Probate. NOTICE OF DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given to all and singular the creditors and other per- ** sons, interested in the estate of Mrs. Laura C. Dowling, deceased, that the undersigned Executors of the will of t'ae said deceased, will on the 10th day of August, 1918, file with the Judge of Probate for Bamberg coun' * ? flnnl n nflrtlin tin Ct Q n H at Qfltfl ty tlicil uuai avwuuviuq, muva u>v time will ask for Letters Dismissory as such Executors. MRS. LINA DOWLING NEAL, N. P. SMOAK, Executors of the last will and testament of Mrs. - Laura C. Dowling, deceased. July 12th, 1918.-8-8. SPECIAL NOTICES " Wanted.?Ten laborers at once. A' Apply to L. B. FOWLER, Bamberg, S. C.?tf. Wanted?Young men from 18 to 40 years of age to fill positions of conductors and motormen. Excellent wages paid beginners. Apply to A. H. ROBERTS, Supt. Transportatior Charleston Consolidated Railway and I ighting Company, Charleston, South Carolina 7-25 '4~ 0T