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Wl)t pamtierg^|eralti Thursday, Dec. 16,1920. SHOKT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Rev. D. H. Chvings has resigned the pastorate of the Ehrhardt field of Baptist churches. Two snows are forecasted by the 'Dutch Weather Prophet" of Columbia for the holiday season. Mrs. D. R. Matheny, who has been suffering from an injury caused by sticking a splinter in her finger, is recovering. B. Newsom, a well known horse and mule dealer of Denmark, has Closed up IIIS Dusiness una sane hj Winston-Salem, N. C. A. L. Kirkland expects to move tc Bamberg the last of the month, tc occupy his residence on Carlisle street with his family. The Herald wil print more Santa Claus letters next week. Mail them early if you wish to be sure of publication in the paper before Christmas. J. D. Utsey has purchased the Harmon residence on Carlisle street from H. G. Delk, and with his family will occupy the house in the near future. The holiday vacation at the graded School will commence on Wed nesday next, the school recessinig on Tuesday afternoon for the Christmas season. Or. L. C. Merritt advertised last week for an automobile cushion that he had lost. Friday the cushion was returned. Special notices in The Herald pay. The county chaingang is now at work on the Hunter's Chapel road, which was commenced* some three years ago. and work on which was suspended about two years ago. While the bulk of the, cotton crop has already been ginned, the gins of the county are still operating one or two days in each week. The crop, apparently, is about 20 to 25 per cent, less than last season. It is generally reported that the acreage in wheat and other grain crops in this county has been materially increased, which is good news. U/vnr/\TT/\*? +Vi/\ rvlo fr r\ f Trri-n nAT7_ xiu?vc?ci( liic piautiuo \jl v\ iuwter crops has been somewhat delayed on account of the dry fall. B. McKinley Crosby was in the city a few days last week. Mr. Crosby has recently returned from Charleston, where he underwent an operation for appendicitis. He is now spending a few weeks at his old home in Colleton county recuperating. Julia Miliedge, wife of Lige Milledge, who was shot and killed near his home recently, was arrested last week and placed in the county jail charged with being an accessory with Henry Walker in the killing of her husband. Walker was arrested some .days ago. One per cent, penalty will be ridded to the taxes on January 1. Taxes are coming in slowly in Bamberg county, as is the case all over ^tke state, the majority of taxpayers preferring to pay the one per cent. penalty rather than part wun me cash early in the season. Little R. J., Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Steedly, died at his home in the Hunter's Chapel section on Tuesday of last week. The remains wer interred Wednesday at Zion Methodist church, Rev. S. O. Cantey conducting the funeral services. The ^little fellow was about six years of age, and had many friends in the community. At the meeting of the state Baptist convention in Columbia last week in Columbia, Dr. Robert Black, of Bamberg, was elected a trustee of Anderson college. Rev. Geo. P. White, local Baptist pastor, was elected a. member of the eeneral ooard, which handles the distribution of the seventy-five million dollar fund in * this state. The state aid fund, amounting to $755, recently received by the county treasurer for the schools of this county, was distributed among the rural schools as follows: Hopewell district, $55; Midway district, $100; Hampton district, $100; Fish Pond district, $100; Kutto district, $100; Oakland district, $100; Little Swamp district, $100; St. John's district, $100. Christmas Service. Sunday evening, Dec. 19th, at 7:3C o'clock, the congregation of the Baptist church will join in annual special Christmas worship in the rendition of a cantata by Carrie B. Adams, "The Christmas Adoration." Li brettos will be distributed in orde: that all may join in familiar song: during the worship hour. A cordia invitation is extended to all to com* and join in this service. Renew your subscription today. \ | SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDER. j Five Young Ladies Will Attend Short Course at Winthrop College. The following girls have been awarded scholarships to 'the state short course held at Winthrop col- j lege next summer. These scholar- ' , ships have been given for the best all-round work during the year. Ev- i erything was taken into considera- ; tion, and it is hoped that some of 5 the girls who came so near winning < except for some detail or record ne- i glected will determine not to let this i L happen again and will go to work with a strong determination to win 1 ' next year. 1 Annie Ruth Carter, St. John club, i i Ehrhardt, S. C. i Msmdo A?nf?s Nimmons. Govan i i club, Govan, S. C. i Effie Smoak, Duncanville club, , R. F. D., Bamberg, S. C. j , Rowena Hanberry, Denmark club, s j Denmark, S. C. Helen Carmichael, Denmark club, t Denmark, S. C. ' 1 Thelma Rentz was awarded the i flashlight given by J. K. Faulkner, for the best history of the year's work. Special mention should be made I ' | of little Georgia Sojourner's work in the poultry club. She handed in perfect records, won first prize on exhibit day and would have won a 1 scholarship to Winthrop, but is too { young to attend. Some of the other club members ] should copy her interest in and faith- * 1 fulness to her work.?Emma Jane 1 Varn, home demonstration agent. * Y. M. C. A. OFFICIALS HERE. t ? i Tell of Work in This State in Young Boys' Branch Organization. T. B. Lanham, state secretary, and A. C. Stratton, field secretary for South Carolina, two well known Y. M. C. A. wrorkers, met with a number of Bamberg citizens Friday evening last at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Rhoad. They came to Bamberg to acquaint the people here with the work in the interest of the junior branch of the Y. M. C. A., for boys in their teens. Mr. Lanham told of the recent meeting of 231 high school boys of 43 sections of the state, which was ( held in Sumter under the auspices of the state Y. M. C. A. organization. He stated that if every citizen could have seen the developing of Christian manhood in these boys, who, c though they live in towns in some 1 cases where there are no Y. M. C. A. r V organizations, they would more fully I realize the great work that is being 1 done. T It would be a great thing if a"*" branch of the junior Y. M. C. A. could " Ife organized in Bamberg, this organ- * ization being especially for the young * boys. c mat ^ Still in Serious Condition. c R. F. Kirkland, Jr., who was in- e jured some weeks ago by an acci- n dental pistol shot, is still confined 3 to the Baptist hospital, Columbia, f where he was carried for treatment, t The young man was shot in the leg, i the bone being shattered, and every 1 effort is being made to save the limb, though it is not certain yet that the d leg will not have to be amputated, c Young Kirkland is a strong, healthy 1 young fellow who has many friends in town who hope that he will soon be restored to good health. During the war he was selected for motor truck work in the army, and after ^ receiving special training along this *line was sent to France. On his return home he was given a position * on the chaingang, a position which a he filled well. It is stated that since c he has been in charge of the chain- c gang trucks the repair bills have * been reduced to almost nothing. Five t weeks ago while he and J. R. Mor- r ris, another employee of the gang, * were playfully tussling Morris's pis- T tol was accidentally discharged, the 1 bullet taking effect in Kirkland's leg. He boarded, while not on duty, at ] the home of W. G. Kirkland in Bam- 1 berg. ? Death of Little Boy. ? The friends in this county of Mr. < and Mrs. James D. Quattlebaum, of Prosperity, will read the following ^ from Monday's State with interest, as" they formerly resided in Ehrhardt, 1 tt>> a to Af-r Hit a f fl ohnil m WAS CDTl T T UV/i \J iUi X^UVVVVAVk/U MM* ?. | nected with J. M. Dannelly in the i sales stable business: James D. Quattlebaum, Jr., the twoI year old son of Mr. and Mrs. James ' D. Quattlebaum, of Prosperity, died j I yesterday at the Columbia hospital; . after an illness of one week. -The' little boy was brought to the hospitalj last Sunday for treatment for cerebro ; " spinal meningitis, succumbing to the j - disease. Of a sunny disposition, the little boy endeared himself to his nurses and all who had known him during 3 his short life. To Mr. and Mrs. 1 Quattlebaum are being extended the 3 sympathy of their friends in Columbia and elsewhere in the state, all of whom grieve with them over their loss. The body will be carried to Prosperity today for interment. e HAMBURG'S WAT UK SUPPLY. j Augmented by Flowing Artesian Wellj! at the Cotton Mill. i The Santee Mills has recently com-j pleted the sinking of an artesian well! I at the mill. The well is some six! hundred feet deep, and has a fine b flow of water of exceptionally good t quality. Inasmuch as the well's flow e afforded more water than was needed' b for the use of the cotton mill, the c city of Bamberg has entered into an l; agreement with the mill to take the surplus water. Last Thursday the city authorities completed the piping of the flow to I the city reservoirs. The mill uses the flow of the well during the day, b and at night the well flows directly a tnio me city resei vun s, uuiu vvucncc S it is pumped to the standpipe. g The well furnishes about seventyfive gallons of water per minute, and solves a vexatious question about the I Bamberg water source, which, at ;imes is carcely sufficient to meet f, the requirements of the people of o the town. v MERCANTILE STOCKS. o Will Be Taxed on 42 Per Cent, of the a Market Value of Goods. ^ y The merchants of Bamberg, as well ^ is elsewhere in the state, will be rejuired to make their tax returns for 1921 on 42 per cent, of the replacement or market values of their presmt stocks, according to a recent rul- a. mg of the state tax commission. A t( learing was held before the commission last week, at which representa;ives of various chambers of commerce and other trade organizations ^ svere present. The fact was brought >ut at this meeting that a hardship w vould be imposed on the merchants rver the state if they were required ;o make their tax returns based on! nvoice price of their goods, inas-1 nuch as the recent declines in prices ^ lave altogether altered the value of ?oods. A later hearing was held and ;he commission handed down its desision in accordance with the above. ^ Vlany of the merchants of Bamberg ;ounty will receive considerable benjfit from this ruling. NEW PASTOR IS WELCOMED. a li 7ope Methodists Extend Warm s] Greetings to Him. Cope, Dec. 11.?The new pastor >f the Edisto circuit, the Rev. P. B. ^ ngraham, arrived here Thursday Horning from Pinewood to take up lis duties at this place. Accom- ^ lanying him were hie daughters, the disses Tabula and Annie, and son, p tobert. They were taken around to dr. and Mrs. R. K. Henerey's, where ireakfast was served, and later in he morning J. Fischer Cleckley tailed and took them to his home or dinner. During the afternoon a part of the p< ongregation, mostly women, gatherid at the parsonage and gave the lewcomers a substantial pounding, dr. Ingraham's car of household efects arrived the night before and ras unloaded early yesterday mornng by E. E. Ritter, G. C. Mackay, E. 1 y. Henerey and a few others. O.i Mr. Ingraham says he wishes it un- ~ erstood that he received a warm welfr ome here at his new post and that te is pleased with Cope. ^ nmt m* Russian Negotiating for Cotto11. ^ Columbia, Dec. 10.?Wladimir J. Trubnikov, a Russian lawyer, is in w Columbia to confer with Governor looper, and officials of the American Jroducts Export and Import Corpor- CJ ,tion regarding the exportation of C1 otton to Russia and other European 3 ountries. Mr. Trubnikov hopes to ^ >e able to make arrangements with 0 he export corporation for the ship- ^ nent of cotton to Europe. He came n 0 Columbia following a conference vith Governor Cooper in Washington ast week. Mr. Trubnikov lives in Washington. He will be in Colum- ^ )ia till Saturday afternoon and durng his stay will have several import- 1 int meetings with cotton officials. r Mr. Trubnikov states that there is ^ 1 need for much cotton in Europe to- S( lay. Killed in Germany, Reaches Home. E Charleston, Dec. 11.?The body of Lieut. John L. Weeks, who died from a injuries received in foot ball game c at Coblenz, Germany, arrived here j today. Lieut. Weeks was formerly a k Citadel foot ball star and widely L-nrm-r. in athletic circles. He was on duty with the American army of occupation at the time of his death, jThe funeral will he held Monday afternoon under the direction of the lo- v cal post of the American Legion. ^ m aoi m j. There will he an oyster supper and i box party given at the Duncanville school house on Friday, the 17th. The public is invited to attend and bring well filled pocket books.?adv. p ^ Read The Herald, $2.00 per year. LETTERS TO SANTA ( LAUS. i jit tie Folks Make Known Their I Cj Wants for Christmas Morn. I Bamberg, S. C.f Dec. 12, 1 920. )ear Santa Clans: so I am writing for you to please be ring me a big curly headed doll h< hat can go to sleep and I want nev- S( r ask you to bring me another. Also dz Ting me a little stove that 1 can ook on and some fireworks. Your hi ittle girl, " ai WILHELMINA SAXDIFER. th be Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 12, 1920. pi )ear Santa Claus: su It is most Xmas with you. Fiease r. ring me a big doll with curly hair B Iso a nice big doll bedstead also ome candy and fruit. Your little 2! irl, ODESSA SANDIFER. ac ci Kathwood, S. C., Dec. 12, 1920. sc )ear old Santa: ta I have been waiting a long time e\ or Christmas to come and as it is be nly a few more days off I thought I of rould write and let you know what he want you to bring me and my bro- in ier Jesse. I am nearly seven years Id and am going to school every day nd my brother is 20 months old. I now the times are hard but I want ou tq?try to bring me a bag of can- st y and some apples and bananas and tr train that will run and a cow boy nit, and try to bring my brotner m ome candy and apples and a whistle ee nd a digging set. Hope you will be th ble to get here on time with the &t :>ys. Your friend, or CLARENCE BEARD. Ehrhardt, S. C., Oct. 19, 1920. ri< iear Santa: Please bring me a stove and dolly iz< ith curly hair and rattler and a Pi mail and fruit and one box bl f chocolate candy. Your friend, wj VERA 'MITCHUM. da (Santa will please fill in the blank, [e knows, but the linotype man does ^ ot know what it is.) Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 8, 1920. Tc >ear Santa Claus: ci I want you to bring me a foot ball re nd a hand car and some sky rock- hc ts, fire crackers and roman candles ^ nd a flash light. I want you to bring til ttle sister a doll that can igo to leep and a doll carriage. With lots se f love, from ERNEST BRICKLE. to Ehrhardt, S. C., Dec. 13, 1920. co oar Santa Claus: , in I write you as I am a little boy just ar vo years old. Santa, I want you to u* ring me some of all the nice things ? )r Xmas, a train, fire crackers, aples, oranges and candy. Do not )rget these things, Santa. CHARLES HENRY CLAYTON. aE ? . ? ^ /-? -i a 1 o on OG Bamoerg, &, ^., ucu. 11, xouv. ear Mr. Santa Ciaus: Y( I want a bride doll, box of writing aper, fireworks. I will be a good lite girl, with love. CLARICE BRABHAM. D< Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 13, 1920. ear Santa Claus: t*1 Please bring me a white cream oil carriage, a nice basket ball, a I archessi board, a pack of rook w* irds, a lot of fireworks, and some uit. Please bring me these. Your 101 iend, William Meriwether McCrackin. Ehrhardt, S. C., Nov. 23, 1920. ear Santa Claus: I am writing you to let you know d0 hat I want for Christmas. I want pj ou to bring me a football, an air ri- yc e, jthree boxes of shot, four roman indies, two boxes of two-inch fire-ackers, two boxes of three-inch fire tV c ^ackers, two boxes of one and onealf-inch fire crackers, and all kinds f fruit. I hope you and Mrs. Santa laus a merry Christmas and a happy ew year. Your friend, EARLE HERNDON. te ' 2Q Ehrhardt, S. C., Dec. 9, 1 920. qj 'ear Santa: (jc I am a little girl eight years old. gQ want you to bring me a doll car iage, -a doll bed and a little trunK, a ar ox of handkerchiefs, some fruit, al- w. 0 some fireworks. Your friend, ZOIE BISHOP. tl< ot Ehrhardt, S. C., Dec. 6, 1920. a >ear Santa: g I am a little girl eight years old. ? 1 big doll, a bed, a cap, a trunk, a arriage, a box of handkerchiefs, a umping jack, some, fire works, all Di \ inds of fruit. Your friend, ARRIE BISHOP. so th Govan, S. C., Dec. 11, 1920. P< )ear old Santa: m I know times are awful tight, but h* ~ ~ ou have plenty 01 inuuey. r icaw iring me a silk dress, a pair of sUk lose, lots of fruit and a pair of vase3. have lots of dolls, so you can take D ny share of dolls to the other litle girls this Xmas. Hope you a mer- es y Christmas and a happy new year, a four little friend, a BEATRICE KENNEDY. VACATION BEGINS FRIDAY. irlisle Students Given Two Full Weeks For Holidays. The holiday vacation at Carlisle hool begins next Friday, when the >ys will leave for their respective )mes for the Christmas festivities. ?hool work will be resumed on Monly, January 3. During the past week the boys ive been hard at work on their exninations for the quarter. Due to te heavy work incumbent on the >ys during examination periods, the lblication of the Carlisle Bugle was Lspended until after the holidays, his accounts for the absence of the ugle the past week. The enrollment at Carlisle is now 29, silghtly less than last year, on ;count of the fact that the finan-j al condition prevailing has caused j ime of the parents to be obliged to j ke their boys from school. How-j rer, the loss from this cause has j jen small, and there are a number ' applications for entrance after the )lidays. There are now 211 boardg students on the campus. Might Be Much Better. The railroad official invited the) ern' citizen to communicate his j oubles. "I want you to igive orders." deanded the visitor, "that the engin>r of the express which- passes .rough Elm Grove at 11:55 be rerained from blowing his whistle 1 Sunday mornings." "Impossible," exploded the official. iVhat prompts you to make such a diculous request?" "Woll vrm ?iop " evnlained the cit " J ? ? ~ ~ ~ 7 J. _ en, in an undertone, "Our pastor eaches until he hears the whistle owr and that confounded express as twenty minutes late last Sunly."?New York Central Magazine. ? > fm rs. Tom Harrison Dies of Wounds. Greenville, S. C., Dec. 11.?Mrs. >m Harrison died tonight at the i ty hospital as a result of wounds . ceived in a shooting affair at her >me early Friday morning. "Monk" Dung, who was shot at the same me, is still in a critical condition I it his chances for recovery tonight emed somewhat better, according local physicians. Tom Harrison, who is held in the unty jail, charged with the shootg, maintains his policy of silence, id will make no comment whatever Ion the affair. * Ehrhardt, S. C., Dec. 11, 1920. sar Santa Claus: I am a little girl seven years old * id live four miles from town, and want you to bring me a kimona and id room slippers and a bed for my , >11 and plenty of fruit and nuts. )urs truly, MARJORIE YARLEY. j Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 11, 1920. ;ar Santa Claus: As it is getting near Christmas, ought I would wjite and let you iow what I want you ,to bring me. ( ? ? i.-t+ick o-irj thrpe vears old. I it ill a. 111. no on.* ? ? int you to bring me a doll, a doll ( air, bicycle, some sparklers and * ts of nice fruit. Your little friend, ( ELEANOR KEARSE. < ! < Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 11, 1920. I y dear old Santa: Please don't forget to bring me a ' 11, doll chair and lots of nice fruit. ; ease bring "baby" a teddy bear. )ur little friend, FRANCES KEARSE. P. S. Also a nice bottle of toilet iter. Embree, S. C., Dec. 13, 1920. jar Santa Claus: This is a letter from three chilen, Ruby, Pearl and Robert Carr. Ruby and Pearl are going to hool and they both want Santa aus to please bring them a doll and , >11 carriage and some fruit and me fireworks, if he has enough 1 oney to spare that much, as there 1 e so many children to buy for it ill take a lots. Robert Carter is a 1 >y four years old. He wants a lit3 gun and some large blocks and her nice things he can bring, like horn or a whistle. Please don't for>t us. 1 UBY, PEARL, ROBERT CARTER. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 13, 1920. sar Santa Claus: I want you to bring me a bicycle, j me soldiers, a gun and a jack-in- j e-box. I hope you are not too j )or to bring me all these. My ma- j a says I'm a good boy and study j ird. Wishing you a happy Xma3, j JENNINGS CLECKLEY\ j Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 11, 1920. ear Santa Claus: Please bring me a wagon, some :tra coaches for my engine, a gun, bugle and some fireworks. I am good boy and study hard. ALEXANDER McORACKIN. EACH SHOOTS OTHER. Joe Whitmore and William Moye, Colored, Roth Wounded. ? Joe Whitmore and William Moye, both negroes, were more or less severely wounded Sunday night as the result of of a reciprocal shooting affair near Bamberg. Moye was shot in the neck and it is not thought that his wound will prove serious, while Whitmore w^s shot in the left eye, * the bullet coming out in the region of the left ear. The extent of hig injury was not known iMonday, and may be serious. It is not known what the trouble was between the negroes. 1 CALIFORNIA MOB LYNCHES X Ex-Convicts Pay Penalty ror Slaying Officers.?Hanged in Cemetery. 1 Santa Rosa, California, Dec. 10.?rThrongs of curious, more than 3,0#0 of them, before sundown viewed the bodies of George Boyd, Terence Fitts and Charles Valento, alleged gangsters and murderers, who were lynched here early today. ^ Shortly after midnight a party of 50 or more men, all masked .in black, entered the jail, overpowered the officers and secured the three prisoners. Waitinig automobiles took the party to a cemetery beyond the city, where, from the branch of an oak tree, the men were hanged. A coroner's jury today returned two verdicts, one clearing the sheriff of this county and his deputies of all responsibility for the lynching and the other holding the hanged men responsible for the slaying of Sheriff J. A. Petray of this county and De tectives Miles M. Jackson and Lester H. Dorman, of San Francisco, in an affray here last Sunday. It was these killings that led to the lyffichings today. An effort was made Sunday night, following the arrests, to take the men 4 from officials, but it failed. * Following the inquest the bodies of Fitts and Valento were claimed by relatives. Valento's body is to be taken to San Francisco for burial. No one came to claim Boyd. The sheriff and district attorney's offices were set to work to round up the lynchers, but the district attorney stated that" the task appears almost hopeless. Supply of box files just received at Herald Book Store. SPECIAL NOTICES. For Sale?Wocd for stove and chimney, oak or pine. LELAND F. SANDIFER, Bamberg, S. C. tfn For Sale?A five passenger touring car, in fine shape; looks just like new. P. 0. BOX 314, Bamberg, tfn For Sale?New cane syrup put up in one-gallon tin cans, $1.25 per gal- / Ion. H. H. STOKES, Bamberg, S. C. > ' 12-23n For Sale?100 feet of 4-inch drain tile. Apply to H. L. HINNANT, at ? the Bamberg Banking Co., Bamberg S. C. tfn Los??One gray mare mule and Dne black horse mule. Reward for infprmation leading to recovery. G. FRANK BAMBERG, Bamberg, S. 3. tfn For Immediate Sale or Rent?One iesirable dwelling and lot in town \ 3f Govan, on Main stredt. Price reasonable. MRS. J. A. LAIN. Govan. 3. O. " "" ltn For Sale?Several nice milch cows md sow and pigs. .Can be seen at my home here. F. K. GRAHAM, Bamberg, S. C. ltn Trespass Notice?All kinds of hunting prohibited on my lands in Bamberg and Celleton counties. JOHN F. FOLK. Bamberg, S. C. l-?a For Sale?I have secured the agency for the Acme and Defiance Trucks. If you want a good truck, see me. 6. F. FREE, Bamberg, tfn Farms For Sale?Choice general farming and tobacco lands. Some in very high state of cultivation. Apply / 4 to J. T. O'NEAL, Real Estate. tfn For Sale?One horse, cheap for cash, or will trade for middling cotton. For further particulars, write or see MRS. A. E. FOLK, Bamberg, S. C. ltp Wanted?You to know that I am still selling McConnons Stock-Dip and Stock-Tonic, also Flavoring extracts and Medicines. E. F. FREE, Bamberg, S. C. tfn Lost.?Savings pass book No. 781, issued by the Bamberg Banking Co. to Midway Gin Co. Finder will please return to tne aoove namea Dana, ax Bamberg, S. C. 12-16p Trespass Notice.?All parties are hereby notified that trespassing in any manner on my lands is expressly forbidden, under penalty of the law. MRS. JULIA R. SANDIFER, Bamberg, S. C. 12-16n Fine Farm For Rent.?3-4 mile from Ehrhardt, 3-horse farm with % tenant houses and outbuilding. Finest state of cultivation. To rent to partv able to finance own farming. J. FRANK CHASSEREAU, Ehrhardt, S. C. ltp v Notice;?We have taken charge of G. H. Smoak's blacksmith and wheelwright shop and have a first-class horseshoer and blacksmith. All wojk given us will have prompt attention. MARION DAVIS and L. NEWSOM, Bamberg, S. C. 12-16p