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HP^jBamt>ergj|eraIb Thursday, August 4,1921. SHOUT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. The union meeting of this division * of the Barnwell Baptist association was held last Sunday at Georges Creek Baptist church, near Olar. E. L. Price, Jr., who has been with G. 0. Simmons for several years past, has accepted a position as traveling representative of the Georgia Supply company, Savannah. D. K. Sandifer, a farmer on Bamberg R. F. D. 3, Tuesday presented The Herald with three open bolls of cotton, the first of the season. The bolls are fine specimens and show no injury from the boll weevil. The flour mill of the Farmers Gin company is being run regularly, and quite a quantity of delightful Bamberg county flour is being turned out. It appears that the acreage in wheat was considerably increased last winter. Letters from Thomas Ducker are to the effect that Mrs. Ducker, who recently underwent a most serious operation in New York, is regaining Her strengtn. Mrs. uucKer nas written a short note herself to Bamberg relatives. Work on boring the new artesian well for the commissioners of public works is progressing well. The well is about fifty feet in depth at present. This will be one of the largest wells In this section. It will be eight inches at the bottom. The Johnston correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle says: "J. Y. Jackson, J. P. Hite and W. P. Cassells carried tobacco to Bamberg and received from 50 cents to $3.50 per hundred." This was probably the first tobacco grown in the Johnston section. fix , K The rain has ceased, apparently, In Bamberg there has been no downfall for ten days, and most of the planters say a Shower would be a good thing. However, in some sections of the county there has been rain during this period, though the heavy and incessant rains seem to have passed for the time being. Some folks say that Monday was the hottest day of the year to date. The thermometer in front of The Herald office registered 100 degrees about three o'clock in the afternoon, this being the first time this season it has reached this figure, although instruments in other sections of tows f have gone well beyond the century mark. A little improvement has been noted in tobacco prices on the local market this week. Careful grading of tohacco appears to be very profitable, as one farmer was offered four gfc.v cents for a lot of the weed, which was declined, and after grading the average was much higher, some of the lot bringing as much as ten cents a poiind. A list of road contracts was recently published in t'he State. Included in the list is the following paragraph of local interest: "J. K., Mayfield, of Bamberg, was awarded afe.t the contract for constructing approxsf "* ' imatelv 20 miles of roadway in Orangeburg county. The road runs from Orangeburg to Bowman. The price was $65,000." The farmers are now in the midst of what is known as "fodder pulling time." Although the corn experts advise against pulling fodder, it is a practice that the planters do not give up, and the weather so far has been very favorable to a proper curing of this farm product, and the indications A1 *- 1 ~ r?f t Vl i a fm*- I are mat a laigc 4uaum.j v* ? age crop will be stored. 'Many fields of tobacco are seen in various sections of the county apparently abandoned. Some of these fields have not been touched and from 9 the appearance of the weed there is no intention of even attempting to harvest the product. This is due, doubtless, to the prevailing prices, which are far below the cost of production of ordinary grades. The government crop report was issued Monday, indicating a yield of 8,203,000 bales. This estimate was 230,000 bales less than the previous estimate. The condition of cotton was given as 64.7, a deteriorai 5 riAints since the June re (|iVU V J. A , v JL/VAU vsr v port. Local planters say the condition is really far less than the report indicates. The report was made up as of July 25, whereas, they say, the greatest deterioration from rains has occurred since that date. The Threat Indirect. "Aw," said Willie, "you're afraid to fight; that's all it is." "No, I'm not," protested Jack, "but if I fight my ma'll find it out and lick me." "How'll she find it out?" "She'll see the doctor going to your house."?O. E. R. Bulletin. ^ BASE SEASON ENDS THIS WEEK. Last of Scheduled Base Ball Games To lie Played Friday. If the weather does not interfere, all the scheduled base ball games of the Tri-County league will be played this week. The schedule of games Friday will end the second half of the league season. The winner of the second half is yet to be decided, j Williston won the first half of the season, and that club will play the winner of the second half a series of five games, if necessary, to determine! the league champions. These five games will be played one in each ofi the towns in the Tri-County league, and they promise to be the most in- j teresting games of ball ever played in this section. The full series of: five games will not be played, how-j ' ? ~ ? fV.,-, or rvf tVio toams i .ever, 11 uuc ui ?~ playing wins three games before the, series is completed. Barnwell Loses, 12 to 10. Denmark, August 2.?Denmark j won from Barnwell here today by j the score of 12 to 10. The game was j long drawn out but was not without j features. Cox pitched a good game j striking, out twelve* of ' the visitors ! but poor support at times caused the 1 large score. Price was driven out in| the sixth inning and was relieved byj Pearson, who was unable to stop the; rally that started in the fourth. In i the eighth Hale was summoned to | the mound. The outsanding features \ of the game were a running catch by Pearson, for the visitors, and the hitting of Willis, for the locals, who se cured two doubles and a single. Score: Barnwell 10 11 6 , Denmark 12 11 3 i Price, Pearson, Hale and Hale; Cox and Able. Springfield, 3; Ehrhardt, 1. Springfield. July 28.?Ehrhardt,^ with a crippled line-up, lost here i Tuesday, though their pitcher, Pur-| cell, outpitched Pollock, of Springfield. Two infield errors lost him the game. Score: Ehrhardt 1 5 Springfield 3 5 Batteries: Purcell and Bullock; Pollock and Boland. Friday's Games. Williston 1, Bamberg 2. Barnwell 2 Springfield 4. Ehrhardt 3, Denmark 10. Monday's Games. , Springfield 6. Barnwell 3. Williston 3, Denmark 0. Tuesday's Games. Bamberg 10, Ehrhardt 3. Springfield 6, Williston 5. Denmark 12, Barnwell 10. Standing of Clubs. W L P.C. Springfield 7 1 .875 Bam'berg 6 2 .750 Denmark 3 4 .428 Barnwell 3 4 .428 Williston .... i 2 5 .285 Ehrhardt 1 5 .167 CLAIMS SHOOTING ACCIDENT. ! ? Geo. Wright Sustains Pistol Wound in Lung Last Sunday. ? George Wright, a farm hand on j the plantation of E. C. Bruce, was shot Sunday afternoon by one Jenk-i in% both being negroes, and perhaps seriously wounded. The bullet entered Wright in the breast and penetrated one lung, and the bullet had not been extracted a day or two ago. His condition is serious, tnougn tnei wound may not be fatal. Very little is known of the affair. Jenkins, so it is undersood, claims that the shooting was accidental; , that while he and Wright were seat-i ed he, Jenkins, was manipulating a j pistol when the weapon was discharg- | ed. He claims that he had had no | fuss with Wright, and that the shot was unintentional. However, it is said that some chil- j dren who were witnesses of the affair, I tell a different tale. They say, ac-1 cording to report, that the two men j were quarreling "about a woman." Third Division W. M. U. The quarterly meeting of the third division of the Barnwell association W. M. U. will be held at Bethel church on Saturday, August 13th, 11 a. m. Visitors and officers from other divisions are cordially invited, and all speakers are urged to be present. MR5 MTWTE f!AVE. President Third Division. ^ i? ? After August 1st I will sell only for cash. I will have no books and1 will not charge anything. G. 0. SIMMONS.?adv. ^ BALL I COMERS DEFEAT BAMBERG. Cat tiling of Cooner and Johnson's Umpiring Feature. ~ The Columbia base ball team defeated Bamberg in an exhibition game here Friday afternoon 11 to 1. The feature of the game was the catchin? of Cooner for Bamberg and the umpiring of Steamboat Johnson. Bamberg scored in the first inning on three clean hits, double by Gregory, singles by C. Rentz and Warren. Bamberg had no chance to score after the first inning. Bamberg used all available pitchers including Russell, former Boston Red Sox pitcher, none of whom were able to locate the plate except Whiteside, sixteenyear-old amateur. The game was good clean ball and was witnessed by a large crowd from Bamberg and surrounding counties. Score: Bamberg 16 3 Columbia 11 8 0 Batteries: Bamberg, Russell, Radcliff, Weeks, Whitesides and Cooner. Columbia, Goslin, Turk and Weismeyer. Umpires, Johnson and Hoey. Denmark Shut Out. Williston, Aug. 1.?Williston defeated Denmark here today in a pitchers' battle, the score being 3 to 0, and each pitcher yielding only three hits. Sherlock and Lott made beautiful stops for Williston, and the entire Williston infield played well, making three fast double plays. Williston was able to bunch her only! three hits in one inning, and put three runs across, two of which were made by Dodge, Williston's fast catcher, who ran for Brown, and immediately after scoring, hit and made another run. Murr played splendid short for Denmark. Score: Williston 3 3 4 Denmark 0 3 3 Batteries: Williston, Brown and Dodge; Denmark, Coten and Brown. Play Close Contest. Williston, July 29.?In one of the; best games ever played in Williston, Bamberg beat the locals today, 2 to 1. Only one error was made. Large for Bamberg did some good hitting, | getting a three bagger and a two! base hit. Williston could not bunch hits but played errorless ball. Pitching honors were evenly divided between Whiteside and Smythe, both under 17 years of age. Bamberg 2 7 1 Williston 1 7 0 Batteries: Bamberg, Whiteside and z~i ~ TTT;iHo+rt? Qmv+hc* and VjUULLCI ) > V llllO LVU f bUV v-v j Dodge. Bamberg Defeats Ehrhardt. In a slow and very uninteresting game of ball at Rhoad park Tuesday afternoon Bamberg defeated Ehrhardt by a scor.e of 10 to 3. There was no life to the game, as it was a foregone conclusion Bamberg would win, as Ehrhardt had only a few of their regular players, the others being out of the game for one reason or anotner. The 'batteries were: For Bamberg, Warren, Bamberg and Cooner; for Ehrhardt, Roberts and Roberts, Bullock. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Only Seven Transactions Recorded During Past Month. July marked the lowest mark in point of real estate activity in JBamberg in many years. Only seven transfers were recorded in the clerk o-f court's office. These transfers follow: S. W. Sandifer to Mrs. Lizzie Hill, lot on East Main street, Bamberg, $140. L. C. Rice to Mrs. Pauline Turner Halman, lots 11, 12, 13 and 14, block 56, Denmark, $1,000. Mrs. Leda K. Mayfield to Mrs. T-. I! TT.1 1 -A~ fl J 1 A raunne nuiuictu, iuls v auu j.v, uiu^a 56, Denmark, $300. John Cooner to Mrs. A. C. Farrell, ten acres adjoining G. W. Miley, $5. Mrs. A. C. Farrell to John Cooner, 10 acres adjoining G. W. Miley, $150. Sylla Wise to J. Cooner & Sons, lot on Flynn street, Bamberg, $90. Thomas W. Bell to C. A. Cothran, lot in northern section of Bamberg, $900. * m The Vesper Services. i Tho iim'nn vesnur SPrvirp 'was hpld 1 last Sunday evening at the Presby: terian church. The congregation's ! size gave evidence of the continued I cooperation between the churches in j this effort. | Next Sunday at the Baptist church. Rev. S. O. Cantev will preach. You are urged to be there on time,! promptly at 6:30 o'clock. The ladies j will again see that the song service is made interesting. Renew your subscription today. WALKER?CRUM. Hammond Criini of Denmark Married to Easley Girl. Easley, July 30.?A wedding impressive in every detail took place here Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock when Miss Obera Walker, daughter of Dr. J. C. Walker, became the bride of Hammond Crum, of Denmark. The Rev. D. W. Hiott, of Easier, was the officiating minister, the ring ceremony being used. The suburban home of the bride was a lovely scene for the occasion, the reception room, parlor, and dining room being thrown together. Ferns, potted plants and pink cut flowers were used in profusion in these j rooms. The scene was made more ef-1 fective by the use of pink shaded lights with pink candles burning. The nn n-oo nflrfnrmftH hpnoafh 3 T1 I LCI CU1WUJ ft UC pvi A.V& iuvvk ??.. | altar banked with masses of ferns and pink gladioli and twined with ivy. The white satin love knot fell from this. Before the ceremony was performed Miss Mary Wyatt played Shubert's "Serenade" on the piano. The bridal party entered to the strains of Lohengrin's wedding march. First to enter the parlor were the pages, j Thomas Bolt, of Easley, and Powell Thomas, of Greenville. They opened the aisle of ribbon for the bridal party, i\ext came tne inuei riug bearer, Cecil Arial. She carried th'e ring in the heart of a rose. The bride entered from the dinings room with her sister, >Miss Christine Walker, as maid of honor. The bridegroom entered from the reception ? room with Hal Powell, of Augusta, as best man. The bride wore a traveling suit of blue tricotine with hat and accessories of gray. Her corsage was of Russell roses. The bride is an attractive and very accomplished young woman. She is a graduate of Winthrop college. The bridegroom is a progressive business man. Only a few relatives and intimate friends witnessed the ceremony. After the wedding an ice course was served the guests on the spacious porch by Misses Margaret and Anniebel Wyatt. The out of town guests weje: Mrs. John W. Crum, mother of the bridegroom, and Mrs. G. C. High, of Denmark; Mrs. H. R. Powell and H. R. Powell, Jr., of Augusta, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Thomas and S. B. Wells, of Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Powell, of Williamston, and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Allison, of Montgomery, Ala. The bride and bridegroom left immediately after the wedding for a trin to the mountains of North Caro lina. They will be at home in Denmark after August 7. Mrs. Burch Entertains Club. The members of the Apollo Music! club spent a most enjoyable time J last Wednesday afternoon at the j home of Mrs. James Burch. The rooms were prettily decorated with mid-summer flowers. Business was ~ ? J Erst discussed. 1 ne sacreu 'JUUCCI11 at the Methodist church was quite a success and was enjoyed by a large audience. The proceeds have been placed in bank to help start a fund for a library at the graded school. "American composers" was the subject of the afternoon, and the programme consisted of the following: Paper, "The real MacDowell," Mrs. C. F. Gilchrist; piano solo, a selection from MacDowell, Mrs. LaVerne Thomas; current events, Miss i ~ 1 ??T? +V10 iiitnei jaiacK; vucai suiu, j.u dawn of an Indian skv," by Ward Stephens, Mrs. H. X. Folk. After the programme, choral work was practiced for some time, followed by a delicious salad course. Mrs. M. E. Aver will be the next hostess to the club on Thursday afternoon, August 11, at 5 o'clock. The Difficulties. "How is the shooting in this re gion?" inquired a motorist who had halted his car in the big road. "Only just tollable," replied Gap I Johnson, of Rumpus Ridge, Arkan-j sas. "Old Ding Slappitt and old I Ranzy Rippey are still keepin' up I their feud, but they've growed so! rickety that nary one of 'em can hit a flock of barns. The revenue officers are middlin' active and the moonshiners are on the dodge, so the shootin' | on both sides don't amount to much. The feller's that drink the infernal ctnfF Qro QMin' rirmble 'till they're I as li'ble to shoot at the one that hain't there as the one that is. Since ! the ladies have took the ballot they are shootin' at their husbands about like they've always done, but with j no better aim. And the cuss that takes a shot at me from the brush now and ag'in, for suthin' or nuther ?I ham' been able to cipher out what?hain't hit me yet. Eh-yah! ' -L- 1- - - A I The shootin yuraoouis nam i uum n to?p'tu?brag of, pardner.'' After August 1st I will sell only for cash. I will have no books and will not charge anything. G. 0. SIMMONS.?adv. i DOUBLE SHOOTING SUNDAY. Xevy Kearse Killed and Jesse Hearse Perhaps Fatally Wounded. A double header shooting affair occurred at Ebenezer Methodist church, colored, near Olar, last Sunday, when Sam Singleton, Jr., shot and instantly killed Xevy Kearse and perhaps fatally wounded a brother of Xevy, Jesse Kearse. The wounded negro had very little chance of I i f i o n 1 t V* /\n or Vi of th ic I i j , it i o oa iu, aunvyuju at iuiu writing he was still alive. The shooting occurred at the church during the session of a district church meeting, or "preachers' day," as some describe it. The meeting was an all-day session. The morning session passed off without incident, and the bell was ringing dor the afternoon sermon, when shots rang out and caused a general stampede among the waiting congregation on the church grounds. Although there were perhaps a thousand person* on the ground, so it is said, a coherent story of the shooting could not be obtained by the officers, and it appeared that the more persons questioned about the affair the less definite information could be obtained. According to stories told by some of the colored people Jesse and Nevy Kearse had had previous trouble with Sam Singleton, and that the Kearses had vouchsafed the information that when they met Singleton again ther would be something doing. This source of information added that when Singleton encountered the men at Ebenezer church he nrrtnoaHaH to nnpn firp without nrp liminaries. Other stories of the affair were that one of the Kearses was the first to shoot. Witnesses were unable to sav, with anything like a definite statement, who started the shooting or what it was about. Those who appeared to be closest to the combatants say that they heard no words exchanged between the men. Nevy Kearse was the first to (all in the battle. A bullet in the brain killed him instantly. Four shots, it is said, were fired by Singleton after killing Nevy Kearse, into the body of Jesse Kearse, all four entering, according to report, in the back. Singleton used discretion by then dismiss ing himself from the congregation and hastily departing through a forest, followed, some say, by a volley of shots by some of the men standing about. None of the shots were effective, however, if they were fired, which does not appear to be certain. Singleton came to Bamberg Monday and surrendered to the sheriff. He is now being held in the county jail for trial. An inquest was held Sunday afternoon by Coroner Zeig ? * - X.Y ler over the aeaa Doay or rsevy Kearse, the verdict being that the deceased had come to his death from a pistol shot wound inflicted by Singleton. It was reported in Bamberg Monday that a negro woman was also shot during the pistol battle, but of this the officers had no information, and did not credit the report. LIQUOR VIOLATION* CHARGED. Men Fined $50 Each in the Mayor's Court Monday Morning. John Dodd and Tillman Gleaton were up before the mayor Monday morning on the charge of violation of the city liquor ordinance. Dodd was charged with storing liquor and Gleaton with transporting. After hearing the evidence in the case, Mayor Thomas imposed a fine of $50.00 on each of the men, with the alternative of serving thirty days. Both men will also have to face similar charges in the circuit court at the next term. The city charges were the result of a raid by Sheriff Ray and Chief Moody Saturday. Gleaton, whose home is in the Xeeces section of Orangeburg county, came to Bamberg Friday afternoon in a buggy to spend the night with Dodd, who is his brother-in-law. When the raid was made Saturday, Dodd told the officers to go ahead and search the house, which they did, finding two gallons of whiskey in a sack under the table. Gleaton was charged with having brought the goods with him. Mr. Dodd declared in Mayor's court that he knew nothing about the whiskey being in his house. He was surprised when the officers found it, and had no idea how it came in his home. He admitted having drunk some liquor Saturday, but said that he had bought some and that a quart had been given him, and that he had positively not drunk any of the liquor the officers found. Mr. Gleaton said he came over to meet * ?' * ?v.0,1 Kaon QlVlc in Wal IllS "W1I6, WUU uau ? terboro, and most positively had not brought any liquor with him: that he had never sold any, etc. However, the mayor appeared to be convinced the charges were true, and the fines were imposed accordingly. Largest tablet in county for 5c at | Herald Book Store. I CHECKER CHAMPION HERE. (.'apt. Fishburne Beaten Two Games By H. G. l)elk. Local checker players were entertained last week by t the southern checker champion, Capt. Frank B. Fishburne. of Columbia. Capt. Fishburne's old home is Bamberg, and every now and then he comes down and plays the "boys" a few games. 4 To beat Capt. Fishburne is the ambi- 1 tion of every checker player in the south, and it is a feat that is rarely accomplished. Of c&urse, in the long run, Capt. Fishburne "mops up" with any amateur player hereabouts, and they are all amateurs to Fishburne. However, once in a while an extra good amateur can wedge in a victory. * H. G. Delk, one of the best amateur players in this section, is very proud of having attained two victories over the southern champion. Last Thursday, while Capt. Fishburne was in town shaking hands and renewing old acquaintances, Mr. Delk engaged him in a small tournament 1 r> aoV a- ? -? * 1 * i/uacj 3 uai ucr suop. ADout tnirty games were piayed, and out of this number Mr. Delk won two games, while he succeeded in tying the champion five or six times. , Capt. Fishburne, it is said, plays a better game blindfolded than when he seets the board. He has nothing to distract his attention from the game when he does not use his eyes, and Mr. Delk is very prouff of having defeated him one game blindfolded. The other game he won while Capt. Fishburne sat at the board. Onlookers were highly entertained during a few games Capt. Fishburne played while he was being shaved. L. C. Price represented the champion at the board and moved according to Capt. Fishburne's instructions. Mr. JDeik has the distinction of being the only local player to defeat the southern champion. , Mr. Delk went to Williston where he will engage; L. S. Mellichamp, state champion, in a few checker games, the result of which will be given next week in The Herald. Being Nice to Him. Din.'i.i T> 1 ---<* ..-13 " ? i iduiai, xvauuiuamon lOid 111 HIS New York flat the other day a story about his boyhood. "When I was a very little fellow," he said, "I played at a reception at a Russian count's, and, for an urchin of seven, I flatter myself that I swung' through Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata' pretty successfully. "The 'Kretuzer,' you know, has in it several long and impressive rests. Well, in one of these rests the count's wife, a motherly old lady, leaned forward, pattec^me on the shoulder, and said: " 'Play us something you know, dear.' "?The Christian Advocate. Favored, if Not Flovored. Angry Diner?"See here, waiter, j what's this collar-button doing in mv soup?" ] Waiter?"Not so loud, sir, please. ' Don't let that gentleman at the next taftle hear you. He's dined here reg- 1 ularly for two years and we've never thrown in anything extra for him." ?Boston Transcript. SPECIAL NOTICES. f MISCELLANEOUS. For Sale?75 bushels seed rye @ 4 $2.50 per bushel. T. J. CRIDER, Bamberg, S. C. 8-llp For Rent.?Apartments and stores on Main street. Apply to JOHN F. FOLK, Bamberg, S. C. tfn For Sale?Three steel corn cribs. 250 bushels capacity. $130 each. L. B. FOWLER. Bamhersr. S. C, tfn For Sale?Best quality domestic lump coal, always on hand. THE COTTON OIL CO., Bamberg, S. C. tfn . For Sale?Wood for stove and chimney, oak or pine. LELAND F. SAXDIFER, Bamberg, S. C. tfn For Sale?One peanut picker and one engine hay baler. Both run one year, and in good shape. W. M. BRABHAM, Bamberg, S. C. 8-14 p. For Sale?Twenty-five feet of 4 inch double-ply leather belt. Has been used a Short time. Will sell at half price of new belt. HERALD OFFICE. Liberty Bonds?If you are thinking of selling your Liberty Bonds see us at once, as we are in the market for $25,000 worth. We will pay you New York quotations. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Bamberg, S. C. tfn Position Wanted?Young man, ste- j nographer and book-keeper, several years experience, employed at present-. hut- would like connecti n in Bamberg. Best of references. XYZ, care Bamberg Herald 8-4-n Lost?Savings pass book No. 933, issued by the Bamberg Banking Company, Bamberg, S. C., to Miss Helon G. Davis. If found, please return to BAMBERG BANKING COMPANY, Bamberg, S. C. 8-11-n Wanted?Abruzzi rye. Quote pric- i es and furnish sample. State amount on hand and whether sacked in even sacks or not. GRAHAM SEED & STOCK CO., Bamberg, S. C.. tfn. >-J t