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- i herns of News from . Town] and County \ Last week a carload of cucumbers was shipped by the Bamberg County Truck Growers association, this being the first solid carload of truck to be (handled from this point. A very satisfactory price was received for the "cukes." The Apollo Music club was delightfully entertained last Thursday afternoon by Mrs. G. W. Cope. An interesting programme was rendered. A salad course was served, and the club adjourned to meet next with Mrs. James T. Burch. Col. Duncan said Tuesday that he was expecting his "trumpet" plant to be in full blossom Wednesday night. This is a beautiful flower, and is rather rare .hereabouts. The blossom is large and trumpet shaped, hence the name. The folks of the town are cordially invited to drop around to the headmaster's yard and see the flower. James Garris Zeigler, of Bamberg, is among the graduates in pharmacy of the South Carolina Medical college, Charleston. The graduating exercises were held at the college last week. Mr. Zeisler is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Zeigler. Charles William Hiers, of Bhrhardt, is also among the graduates in pharmacy of the medical college this year. The Herald is prepared to furnish lithographed bonds for any amount of bond issues. Our work is identically the same as other printing offices, and we give the same careful attention to this work as to all other print ing matter delivered by us. - We can \ probably save school districts, etc., money on their bonds. We also furnish lithographed stock certificates, of lrtti-oat nriofls. CIV/, y CL\f IV" VWV Last Friday morning the creditors of the bankrupt estate of Goolsby & ' . . Son, of Denmark, and of S. W. Copelandj of Dhrhardt, met at the court house, at different hours, Pelham L. Felder, Jr., referee, presiding. The v ' creditors of Goolsby & Son voted to accept a composition of 15 per cent., and R. P. Bellinger, of Bamberg, was ' appointed trustee. . The creditors of S. W. Copeland named S. W. Moseley, of Barnwell, trustee of this estate. The First National Bank, of this city, has negotiated a loan to Bamberg county for the building of the . highway, from Bamberg to Branah( ville. About twenty-five bids were . .* submitted, the First National's bid being the lowest interest of any bid submitted. The amount of the loan is $20,000, and the note is made for one year. The loan is to be repaid with funds derived from the automobile license and other special funds. x. s. \ N .vi-aruu a. .vitjiicii.ee, ui Dcuiuam, head of" the Voorhees Industrial school, had the honorary degree of N master of arts conferred on him last week by the State Colored college, of Orangeburg, along with several % others, "who have done the state distinguished service by performing work of merit in developing the negro race." Prof. Menafee is a well -^.hnown negro educator who commands the respect and high esteem of white as well as colored people ot Bamberg county. He is a man of high character, and his friends feel that the honor is well bestowed. J. D. Brandon, of Bamberg coun ty, says: "The Bamberg County Truck Growers' association is being rapidly completed, with shipping points in the four principal business centers in the county, thus making the shipments easy for the individual. The big problem before the organization is grading., and packing, but the enthusiasm and interest developed in this direction makes the problem look easier. We held two truck meetings recently, which were well attended in spite of the rainstorms, and some good work was accomplished with the grading of cucumbers."?yews and Couri^. . McCOR>UClT FIRE LoSi. Damage to Building* Placed at About $100,000. \ t t McCormick, May 17.?Loss estimated at $100,006 resulted from a fire in the heart of the business sec tion 'here today. The fire started on the second floor of the People's Bank building at 11 o'clock last night, and was not under control % until 3 o'clock this morning. The origin of the fire is unknown. The fire department from Greenwood responded to a call for aid and arrived here in time to save the People's Bank, using water from a lumber plant on the extra tank nearby. Eccentricities of Genius. k The Interviewer?"And please, sir, what have you te say on the subject of anonymous letters?" The Great Man?"Stupid missives! I admit I invariably read anonymous letters?'but I never answer them."? Paris L'lllustration. . - * \ i / 3 Receive Diplomas at the Bamberg High Thirteen young people of Bamberg received state high school diplomas during the commencement exercises of the Bamberg high school last Thursday evening. The exercises were held at the school, improvise^ partitions in the auditorium being temporarily removed to provide room for as many of the friends and patrons of the school as possible on this occasion. The first thing on the programme was a short play by the graduating class entitled "Good Morning Teacher." This play was very entrtaining and was well carried out. The scene was a country school room and the girls aVd boys were dressed to represent pupils of eight or ten years of age. Louie Klauber, acting the part of colored janitor, was especially good. After the play, Rev. 0. B. Falls delivered several medals to different pupils for diligence and perfect attendance. In delivering these med 3.iS. AIT. ITailS LOOK. OL'L'ctSiULL iu uiatuoo the needs- of more facilities for the school. He said that a better equipment is necessary if the work of the graded school is to progress. The following programme was rendered after the delivery of medals: Commencement song, class; salutatory, Myrtle Black; history, Allene Hutto; poem, Pearle Brabham; prophecy, Miriam Utsey; class will, Louie Klauber; souvenirs, Adlaide Chandler; delivery of diplomas, Supt. E. P. Allen; valedictory, Harriet Wiggins. The following girls and boys received state high school diplomas: Miller Ellzey, Louie Klauber, Nonie Mae Moody, James Grimes, Miriam Utsey, Carrie Simmons, Allene Hutto, Myrtle Black, Elizabeth Free, Harriet Wiggins, Adlaide Chandler, Pearle Brabham, and Marie Phillips. The school had a large enrollment during the past session and the work of the session has been highly commended. Teachers for the next session have not yet been elected, but it is understood that a number of the teachers of the past session are not applying for reelection. Counties and Towns Get Insurance Money Over $100,000 in insurance money derived from fees on premiums and one per cent, tax collected in the various counties of South Carolina is being distributed by the state insurance department of Columbia. Approximately $69,000 goes to the county treasurers, while about $31,000 goes to the towns and cities of the state.. County treasurers in this section of the state receive checks as follows: Aiken $1,059.29 Allendale 199.18 J Bamberg .... 690.90 Barnwell 767.96 Calhoun 511.78 Colleton ....T. 488.45 Dorchester 357.79 Hampton 454.23 OrangebUrg 2,178.20 i The one per cent, tax fees distributed to towns and cities maintaining organized fire departments include the following: Aiken $424.04 Bamberg 161.25 Blackville ...._ 87.15 Denmark 91.95 Orangeburg 618.37 Walterboro 136.41 Rev. P. K. Rhoad in Providence. Rev P. K. Rhoad and family are visiting at . Providence this week. They came over Tuesday and expect to leave today. Their many friends are giving them a warm welcome. A fish supper was given Wednesday of fV<q Virvmo r?f Mr and Mrs. C V C11 X ilfi Ck b C U V XA v * a w \s ? * s w M ?. , . P. C. Moorer with Rev -Rhoad and family as honored guests. Others present were: Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Moorer, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Shuler, Misses Louise, Ethel and Eula Moorer, Rutledge Moorer, Dannie Avinger, and Harold D. Evans. Mr. Moorer served redbreast perch he caught himself. Mrs. Rhoad prepared delicious "pine bark" stew.?Providence cor. Times and Democrat. Elko Has Shipped 36 Cars Asparagus. Barnwell, May 26.?Elko, a little town in Barnwell county, shipped twenty-seven freight cars of asparagus this season, the freight charges alone netting the railroad $8,9 OS.87, it is said. It is not known' what the crop was worth to the farmers,,but_it is estimated t Williston shipped more than SlOo.vOO worth of aspara gus. Quite a lot of aspargus was also shipped from Barnwell and there will be more to be skipped from this point next year. It is rumored that Queen Marie of Roumania will participate in a mo-1 tlon picture. 1. C. Guilds Heads 1 Pythians of Slate At the annual convention of the grand lodge of South Carolina \ Knights of Pythias, held in Spartan- ' burg last week, Col. J. Caldwell ' Guilds, former headmaster of Carlisle^ ; school and at present president of Columbia college, was elevated to the < exalted position of grand chancellor ] of the Pythians in this state. Tn head the Pvthians of South ; Carolina, some ten thousand in num- i ber, is an honor of which any Pythian ; may well feel proud, and is an honor : that comes to few Pythians. Col. Guilds's rise in Pythianism has been ; rapid?in fact it has been remark- : able, and is probably without a paral- . lei in South Carolina Pythianism. Five' years ago Col. Guilds was i elected a Pythian by Bamberg lodge < No. 38, Knights of Pythias'. This i lodge conferred the three ranks on him, in the conferring of which sev- j eral officers of the grand lodge par- 1 ticipated. The interest in the affiairs ! * H ^ ' llM RmhHm * Hj i of the order shown by Col. Guilds, ] coupled with his eminent fitness < for leadership, was discerned by the local lodge, and shortly after his in- < induction into Pythianism he was ^ > - -i n^ Ar>r* TTnl_ , maae cndnctsnur uummauuci, ? vi j lowing the usual custom, upon Col. Guilds retiring from the office of chancellor commander of the subordinate lodge, he was elected a grand representative to .he South Carolina grand lodge tw years ago. Although Col. Guilds was a new member of the grand lodge, and comparatively new in Pythianism, on his first visit to the grand lodge as a representative of Bamberg lodge, friends without his solicitation urged him for grand prelate, a position to which he was elected. His eleva| tion to the grand chancellor's office resulted naturally, it being the inva- j 1 riable custom to promote the grand i prelate to grand vice chancellor ana ; then to grand' chancellor. ( Upon Col. Guilds accepting the ] presidency of Columbia college, his ] lodge membership was transferred < to one of the Columbia lodges. Bamberg Pythians and citizens } generally feel a personal touch in the ( honor that has been conferred upon j fhe town's former citizen. For years } J Col. Guilds and family resided here, j where they have many friends. He will serve as grand chancellor , throughout the next year, retiring at the next grand lodge convention which will be held next year in Aiken, j \ County Council Meets. The meeting of the County Council of Farm Women met in Miss ( Varn's office in Bamberg Friday, May 26, at 4 p. m. There were eleven , members present from Colston, Denmark and Hunter's Chapel. Miss Cooper, the president, called J tihe meeting to order. It was moved ^ and carried that there be an election ^ of officers at this time for the ensuing year?the result being the election of * the present officers, Miss Lilly Cooper ^ president and Mrs. A. B. Cogsins, secretary and treasurer. Mrs. Coggins being absent, Mrs. ( Mayfield was asked to act for her. Mrs. Kline, the state agent oi coop- 2 attoo than intrnrliiP- 1 fc!l it LIVE Ilia 1 IVCL1U5, na>} i.uvu iu?> v?. , ed and gave one of iher best talks < on the subject. When she finished, j the women gave her a rising vote , of thanks for the splendid talk. < A committee was appointed to see 1 the proper county officers relative to some needed furniture in Miss Varn's J office, consisting of Mrs. Mayfield, ( Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Hunter. ' t Committees were appointed from s the clubs to have certain question- ^ naires distributed and filled out by . all the members so as to help the < agent in reporting her work. No ] further business, delicious refresh- ' ments were served and the meeting ? adjourned sine die.?L. K. Mayfield. ] secretary pro tem. 1 m ,ol m The Power of Love. Captain (sharply)?"Button up 1 that ?oat." Married Recruit (absently) ? ' "Yes, my dear."?The Allegheny ( Campus. ] i Only 2 0 More Days to Enter the Contest Only 20 days remain in whicn to ?et your answers in to The Herald's Busy Bee" picture puzzle contest. The contest closes on June 20th, and your reply must be mailed on or before that date. Late mailing of answers must bear postmark of not later than June 20th. A few days will elapse before the answers can be gone over, and then the prizes will be awarded. The prizes do not consist of the usual merchandise offered in contests, but It.;!! nrvnciot rtf roal pr*r?H nlri ?npnd n iii - -c ible "moil." We do not offer you a ?raphophone or a suite of furniture. A.11 prizes will be in the cash money. You see the advantage. If you want to buy a gold watch or a suit or two of clothes, you have the money to do it with. .One of the most attractive features about the Bee Hive picture puzzle is that it does not cost anything to try. ff you gain nothing, you lose nothing. Ydu do not even have to subscribe to The Herald to enter the contest, although you may increase the amount of the prize, in the event you win, by ioing so. The educational feature of this contest appeals to many people. The thing looks simple, and it is simple. 3pen the page now. You see a picture there with many objects on it. A.11 you have to do is to pick out the objects the name of whi^h begins svith the letter "B," write them down on a piece of paper, and send in to rhe Herald. It will sharpen your wits, for the more you study the pic picture the more objects you will [ind. Some of bhem will put your mind :o work. You know what they are, aut maybe you just can't recall the ight name. But thinking and studying will solfe this difficulty, and you tv'ill soon become so engrossed in the picture that you will hardly want to luit. A good many of those/hunting "B" svords are working on them at internals. There is danger in that. You may put it aside and forget about sending in your answers. The best plan is to finish this picture right iway and send in your answer. Some of our friends are under the mpression, too, Chat in order to qualify they must send in sombeody else's subscription to The Herald. This is dot correct. You do not have to send iny subscriptions at all, but if rou wish to qualify for one of the larger prizes, you can send in your )wn subscription as well as any one ?lse's. Of course you expect to con:inue reading The Herald. If your, subscription does not expire for some time yet, you may renew it for a rear, and you will get full credit, or pou may ask a friend to give you jither a new or renewal subscription. But it makes no difference to us? iew err old subscriptions are just the same with us. Another thing. No one connected with The Herald in even the remotest iegree is eligible to receive a prize. S'one of the employees of the paper ior the members of employees' fannies can receive a prize. Don't procrastinate. Send in your mswer today. - - Former Carlisle Boy is Drowned in Spartanburg D. B. Rhodes, of Estill, former Carlisle student, was drowned in Spartanburg, where he was a student )f Wofford college, last Friday. 5Toung Rhodes at last year's commencement won the oratorical medil in the literary societies contest. 3e was highly esteemed by his fellow students and the Carlisle facul:y. He entered Wofford at the beginning of the session now coming :o a close. The following Spartanburg dispatch gives the details of ihe unfortunate ending of this ex;ellent and promising young man: "D. B. Rhodes, a student at Wof'ord college, member of the freshman class and substitute halfback on ast year's foot ball team, was drowned at Cleveland park lake here this ifternoon. He was a son of J. E. Hhodes, of Estill, Hampton county, tnd before coming to Wofford was a student of Carlisle school at Bamberg. "Rhodes with ihis roommate and a party of Wofford students went to ;he park immediately after dinner tolay and one ofter another dived into ;he lake from a concrete bridge to >wim across to the diving tower. When he had gone half the distance le was seen to throw up both hands md sink, but for the moment his companions gave this disappearance no consideration, thinking he had lived. His body never came to the surface again until it was recovered 20 minutes later by the use of grappling hooks. Physicians were called ind for two hours_ restoratives were idministered, but without result. The college authorities notified his parents and the body is to be taken to Estill tomorrow, where the funeral will take place. "The young man was 20 years old. When a student at Carlisle he received a medal. He was intending later to study medicine." 'State Candidates to 1 be Here July 6 th. State candidates and candidates ; for congress from the second con- i< gressional district will speak in Bam- 1 berg on Thursday, July 6th, accord- k i ing to the itinerary announced by the f< state Democratic executive commit- r tee last week. The opening gun of the candidates for state offices will be ? fired in Columbia on Tuesday, June 20th. The party will come to Bamberg from St. George, where they will exhort thp voters with their various and sundry fitnesses for office on the preceding day, and from here they go to St. Matthews to seek the pat- a ronage of the voters of Calhoun coun- t: ty on the following day. There being no senatorial election this year, the congressional candidates will be included in the one itinerary, instead of coupling them with the senatorial candidates, as is usual in senatorial election years. So far there is but one candidate for congress from this district, Congresman Byrnes, who offers for nomination to succeed himself. The dates arranged for counties in this section of the state follow: Aiken?Saturday, June 24. Barnwell?Monday, June 26. Allendale?Tuesday, June 27. Hampton?Wednesday, June 28. t Walterboro?Saturday, July 1. e St. George, Wednesday, July 5. s Bamberg, Thursday, July 6. St. Matthews?Friday, July 7. Unit of Medical Corps Organized in Bamberg The one hundred and eighteenth 1 regiment, medical corps, thirtieth division of the national guard, is the . latest organization for Bamberg. The Q military company was formally or) c ganized here last Saturday afternoon, with Dr. Augustus S. Weekley as * captain. The company has thirty members, all of whom have been duly sworn in. A short time after the preliminary oragnization was completed, the 1 young men were inducted into the j army by an army officer, who was present for the purpose. The company has not yet selected f its non-commissioned afficers and an- ~ other meeting will probabily be call- . ed within the next few days for that J purpose. . j DENMARK HAS NEW INDUSTRY. * Box and Crate Factory now in Operation for Truckers. c ? The Denmark Box and Crate company is a new manufacturing enterprise that ihas been established in * Denmark and at present the plant is 1 making several hundred crates per day. When all the machinery is in- T stalled the plant will have a capacity of about 2,000 crates per day. Tfie plant is along the Seaboard Air Line tracks wihere it will be convenient to unload incoming material and to = ship out the finished product. s At present the veneer is being fur- i nished by a local veneer plant, but a veneering machine has been purchased and will soon be installed. All ^ equipment, including the veneer ma- chine, is to be operated by electric power, furnished by the power plant in Denmark, and an arrangement has b been made by which all waste mater- ial from the crate factory is to be used by the power plant for fuel. Den- j mark is an excellent location for this 2 industry, it is said, as it is in the heart of a prosperous trucking disr.m'1 n* o r 11 n OQ trict, ana wim uuicc io"n?; through the town it is a fine distrib- i uting center for this product. The box and crate factory located in Denmark through the efforts of the Den- ^ mark ^chamber of commerce, it is p stated! 5 $ C 6 WHITE MEN IN DEATH HOUSE. First Time in History of Penitentiary 0 When All Occupants Were White. ^ I For the first tim,e since electrocu- | tion was established as the legal method of execution in South Caro- \ lina the death house at the peniten- 1 tiary is filled with white men. At r no time since 1912, when electrocu- ^ tion was established in the place of " hanging, has the death house been occupied exclusively by white men ^ until the present time, according to t; Capt. C. C. Roberts, head of the peni-, !b tontiiirv ornarrl [ ^ O ?- ^ In the death house are C. 0. Fox, b Jesse Gappins, S. J. Kirby, Edmund A Bigham, Ira Harrison and Frank M. j Jeffords. Fox, Gappins and Kirby I are under death sentence for June 16, t | while Harrison and Jeffords are to o ! die June 15, unless appeals are taken d 0 from the circuit court sentences. j A minister visited Harrison and af- i ter reading several passages from u the Bible, Harrison told the minister J that he was more interested in pas- t sages dealing with repentance than t I with any other sections. I Executive Committee Fixes Assessments / A meeting of the county Dempcrat3 executive committee was held on 'uesday, for &he purpose of arrangig the campaign for the summer and or fixing the asessments for the va- 4( ious candidates for county offices. County campaign meetings were xed as follows: ] Farrell's?July 14. J Camp Branch?July 21. Eiirhardt?July 28. Olar?August 4. Denmark?August 11. ; Bamberg?August 18. Meetings are scheduled to begin ? t 10 o'clock a. m., on the dates men- * ioned. Assessments were fixed as follows: County treasurer?$50. County auditor?$50. County supervisor?$50. Hniisp nf rpnrpsentatives?$15. Cotton weigher at Denmark?$5, Cotton weigher at Olar?$3.50. Cotton weigher at Bamberg?$5. v *\ Cotton weigher, Ehrhardt?$3.50. Magistrate at Bamberg?$10. Magistrate at Fish Pond?$5. Magistrate at Denmark?$10. Magistrate at Ehrhardt?$7.50. Magistrate at Olar?$5. County commissioner?$5. A formal legal notice concerning fi he campaign and the opening of the ; nrollment books appears in this isue of The Herald. DEATH OF H. R. GILLAM. .4 m *rominent Citizen of Denmark Passed Away Last Week. On Tuesday morning of last week, J I. Ruby Gillam, a prominent and i*ell known citizen of Denmark, passid away at his home there, followng a stroke of paralysis on the pre- i\ eding Sunday nigiht. Mr. Gillam's ondition had been critical for sever.1 weeks, and his death was not unixpected. The funeral and interment were - ] teld in Denmark on Wednesday af- ?' ernoon at four o'clock in the presence of manv friends and relatives. jI dany beautiful floral tributes were aid on his grave. The deceased is survived by his ridow, who was before iher marriage o Mr. Gillam Miss Bessie Goza, of . 1 )enmark; one brother, Deputy Sherff J. W. Gillam, of Orangeburg; and he following sisters: Mrs. John S. Parley and Mrs. J. C. Gleaton, of / )rangeburg, and Mrs. J. C. Kemp, of ^ees. Mr. Gillam had many friends ' hroughout this section, and his leath. brought sadness to many A tomes. Mr. Gillam was a man of li'gh character and was devoted to he interests of his town and comQunity. " ^ Trieste first received historical . - nention in 51 B. C. ^ Renew your subscription today. t SPECIAL NOTICES For Rent?Apartments on Main i treet. Apply to' JOHN F. FOLK, Jamberg, S. C. v tfn White Spanish Peanuts for Sale.?' 'rice oc per lb. THE COTTON OIL !0., Bamberg, S. 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