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Sambrrg ifrralb Thursday, March 23, 1911. SHORT LOCALS. I Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. No cases were tried in court after we went to press last week. The organization of "social" clubs in dry towns still continues. Mr. E. W. Duensing has been appointed as postmaster at Midway, to succeed A. M. Steedly, who resigned. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will meet next Tuesday - ' -i ii.. TM ~+V^. afternoon at 4 o ciock ai me jjciuudist church. /. Mr. $y. D. Coleman went with Bamberg Banking Company Monday inoniing as book-keeper, he succeeding Miss Myra Hooton, whq has resigned. Mr. J. A. Mitchell takes Mr. Coleman's place at the depot as freight agent. Court adjourned last Thursday morning, and the jurors were dis. ; missed, as no cases were ready for %: trial, and the judge did not care to hold the jurors longer. This term g&. if court has been the longest with less done of any ever held here. gome one broke into the drug store of Dr. H. F. Hoover last Sunday night and stole some cash out of the / money drawer, soda water tickets, r| etc. Entrance was effected through a back window where the sash was r ' not fastened down. It is said the ; V party, who is white, is known, but ; no arrests have been made. Our subscribers are urgently re3; quested to ^yatch the date on the la v belof theirpaper ana renew prumpuj. i: We do not send the paper on credit, and we treat all alike. If your subscription has expired, renew promptly;; ly, for we discontinue papers when K,;. they are not renewed. Don't blame Ipy,. ns when The Herald stops coming. | We are doing our part and it is up to you to do yours. |p ; When Mr. Finster was in BamfeiV berg a few days ago he went out pr with our real estate ^gent, Mr. J. T. pi; O'Neal, to inspect some lands, and i?a too a vprv much nleased with the MV T*j x ^ land and the prices at which it can be bought. Mr. Finster will en|jS?S^ deavor to bring some new people ing?;; io this section from the North, and . we hope he will bring in some good, P^; thrifty farmers who will buy lands, fe Both the colored Methodist and ^ Baptist churches here have been tip: U without pastors for some time, the !b;|Methodists on account of the death fej::;rpf Rev. J. B. Thomas, and the BapK J tlstB on account of the resignation of ||v^ Rev. A. W. Hill. Both churches now have pastors, however. Rev. S. D. Williams, who has been at Aiken, is |p pastor of the Methodist church, and Rev. G. S. McTeer, recently connected i%vy,,wlth the Jenkins orphanage, is pastor of the Baptist church. Subscriptions to Monument. | inn* icana fVic fAllnminj* Sri- . OillVC UUl laoi lOOUb vuv iv??? .. o Ife subscriptions have been made to the monument fund. Remember that it is proposed to install the monument -at once to have the unveiling May 10th, so now is the time to give. ; Send your subscriptions to Mrs. G. Prank Bamberg or The Herald if youi 'are not called on by the solicitors. J C. Smoak $ 1.00 T. Hughes 1.00 mRe&Vi W T*ir?? 2.00 |f| C. F. Rizer 25.00 |i? L. A. Hartzog, M. D 1.00 L D. Drawdy 1.00 ",K'Z S. Breland 1.00 ^ J. F. Breland, Jr 1.00 gifi. J. Ritter 2.00 T. G. Hiers 5.00 |pB. W. Chitty 1.00 ! Chas. J. Shealy 1.00 D. Edgar Fender 1.00 G. Ive Zeigler 5.00 ip|fG. B. Reese 50 H. Smith 5.00 J. H. Fender 2.00 J G. Breland 1.00 ?11 B. A. Still 1.00 fj \ W. H. Gunnels 1.00 ?:> J. G. Brabham 1.00 ^ W. M. Kearse 1.00 H. H. Kearse 1.00 | J. B. Cook 1.00 jfe Otis Brabham, Allendale 1.00 LeRoy Wilson, Allendale 5.00 . J. W. Pearlstin 1.00 Wz H. R. Pearlstin 1.00 S|||f H. O. Morris 1.00 m New Bank for Smoaks. fey. Application for a charter for the Bank of Smoaks, with a capital of $15,000, has been made by W. H. Vara, A. E. Vara, and S. P. J. Garris, Sr., all prominent business men of Smoaks. They have bought out the Bank of Hampton, which had built a branch bank at Smoaks. It is understood that a large amount of subscriptions have already been made by home people and that it is intended to make up the stock almost entirely in the surrounding neighbors'v hood. ? O'Riley will arrive next Monday. O'Riley will arrive next Monday. W*' CHILD RUN OVER. Little Daughter of Mr. H. G. Delk Painfully Injured. Last Saturday afternoon Lillian Eloise, the little three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Delk, was knocked down and run over by a horse hitched to a road cart and painfully injured. The accident occurred on lower Main street, near the home of the grandparents of the I little one The little child was cross I ing the street which was somewhat I crowded at the time, and as the cart was just behind an automobile neithi er the child nor the driver of the cart | saw each other in time to prevent the accident. There was a bruised place on the side of the head and a mark on the back of the head showing where the wheel had gone. For a while the little one was unconscious, but fortunately her injuries proved to be not so serious as was feared at first, and she is now getting along nicely. The cart was driven by a Mr. Rutledge from over in Orangeburg county, and no blame attaches to him for the accident. As soon as it happened he picked the child up and carried her into the office of G. Frank Bamberg and medical aid was summoned. Later the child was removed to the home of her grand parents next door, where she remained until Tuesday night, when she had recovered sufficiently to be carried home. The accident appears to be one of the unavoidable happenings, resulting from a narrow crowded street, and it is indeed fortunate that the results are no worse. Let the incident serve as a warning to all to drive slowly and carefully on Main street Saturday afternoons when the street is crowded, as well as at all other times. The street is too narrow for fast driving or the rapid running of automobiles. New Advertisements. Found Notice. Herndon's Grocery Store?At Herndon's. Hoover's Drug Store?Pure Fruit Juices. $ Mrs. A. McB. Speaks & Co.?Spring Millinery Opening. J. T. O'Neal, Real Estate Agent? Lands Are Cheaper Now. F. E. Price & Co.?Something Different for the Next Meal. C. W. Garris et al, Board of Corporators?Notice of Opening Books of Subscription. Boys' Corn Club. Meeting of the boys' corn club for Bamberg county held March 4th, 1911. The meeting was called to order by the president, Ben. F. Hill. All the officers being present, the secretary then enrolled the new members as follows: . Roscoe Kearse, Olar, S. C.; Olar Zeigler, Barmberg, S. C.; Wilbur Starr, Olar, S. C.j.Wilten Smith, Olar, S. C.; Earle Rizer, Olar, S. C.; Rubin J. Steedley, Jr., Bamberg, S. C.; Kirkland Graham, Olar, S. C.; Richard Steedley, Branchville, S. C.; Laurie Kinard, Ehrhardt, S. C. After the enrollment of all the boys, we then had interestin0 talks from Hon. S. G. Mayfield, W. B. Chitty and D. O. Hunter, each telling us their experience in corn growing and culture. Then each gentleman above mentioned offered $25.00 each to the boy who grows 300 bushels of corn on one acre. Besides this, we received $102.00 on subscription for prizes. The meeting then adjourned to meet again on the 1st day of April, 1911, at 11 o'clock. C. LIONEL CLAYTON, Secretary. About Dr. Hartzog. Our president, Dr. H. S. Hartzog, has had a very rare and distinguished honor conferred upon him recently. He received a special invitation to deliver an address on the educational opportunities of the South at the Southern Commercial Congress which meets in Atlanta, Georgia, March 9 and 10, to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the civil war. Three other speakers will address the assembly the same night. These are President Taft, McAdoo, Pres. of Hudson Bay Tube Company, and Woodrow Wilson, Governor of New Jersey, Pres. of Princeton University, and author of the third division of Epochs of History "Division and Reunion." Woodrow Wilson will precede Dr. Hartzog and President Taft will follow him. This invitation brings grpat honor to Dr. Hartzog and to Ouachita College. CnnHuir.Srhnol Tnst.itntp. A Sunday-school institute will be held with the Denmark Baptist Sunday-school beginning next Sunday, March 26th, and continuing through Tuesday following. This institute is conducted by the' Sunday-school department of the State Baptist Convention. Speakers are: J. D. Moore, Columbia, S. C.; and Arthur Flake, Baldwyn, Miss. Schools near by are cordially invited. O'Riley will arrive next Monday. A NEWSPAPER OFFICE. "Old Timer" Writes of a Visit t< The Herald. * Wanderer's Rest, March 20.?Won ders will never cease to an old coun tryman who stays at home, watchei the forest, field, and flowers, and lis tens at the soft murmur of the pine! as the wind gently sways them t< and fro, and the birds as they sin* these early spring days." He can't refrain from telling thos< who have not had the pleasure of * visit to your modern printing offic< and see the presses as they turn ou copy after copy of The Herald read: to be mailed. The first thing to greet his eyes is the neat book store in front; seeing no one there he passes on toward! the noise and hum of machinery ii the rear. On entering there to hii left was a press running and printing a full *copy of a paper and placec accurately and neatly one on the oth er, never a mistake, and as the broac sheets of white paper is placed ir front it is caught and run betweer the rollers and almost in a moment it is all four sides printed and read: for the folding machine. To his righl the machine is running and the broad sheets now printed are placec in its turn is caught. Now begins the folding?at the proper time a little wheel runs the length and at this part of the operation is pasted in the middle, now folded in proper forn for reading, then the edges are trimmed, then folded again the right size ? . - j:? i ror mailing, IS caugni m a iraiue uelow, until many copies are so caughl and in this process are pressed ir form ready to be mailed. Nevei touched by human hands only three times from start to finish is the recollection of the old farmer. Here he is joined by the kind anc genial editor and many of the complex machines are explained, to the great enjoyment of the old man, whe feels never too old to learn and delights in machinery that is doing sc much for the welfare of men. Sooi he is taken further down the line and shown the other presses, nov idle, but ready to be harnessed at the proper time. Now the linotype machine is reached. That to the old man's mind performs wonders, for in front of it if a man with a copy busy touching little keys much as a type writer. The letters are cut on little metal platef and as they are finished that one if thrown by the machine to the lefl and another one is cut off from a poi of molten metal in a pot on the machine. These little lettered blockf or plates drop in with surprising rapidity and fell travel t<j the left until the end of machine is reached then they turn around the end ontc the back of the machine where little slots are cut, and each little plate goes until the right one is reached when down it goes, takes it place ii the frame where the type is made uj for a full copy of The Herald. Nov the strange part is if these little plates do not fit from any cause 11 goes again to the front, the deficiri made good, and is taaen aiong wile the others until its place is found and down it goes in its place witt its fellows. When its mission is done The Herald sent to its many subscribers, the plates are placed in the po1 mentioned above, melted, and readj to be cut again and the letters cul on them for the next copy, all done by this machine, and never touched by the hand of man until it is complete. All this is a revelation to the old farmer, who had only read of them, and he wants to congratulate the mer who placed this plant, also the towr and county that has so well equipped machinery to print the ever-welcome visitor that comes from it each weeh and so eagerly read by all in everj hamlet near its home and from othei States as well. Success to its efforts, is the wish of OLD TIMER. Interesting Situation. It is announced that the petitior asking for a pardon for J. J. Jones, the Branchville lawyer who shot and killed Abe Pearlstine, a merchant ol that town, has been sent to the governor, and he has forwarded the petition to the solicitor for his recommendation. This pardon matter is likely to grow interesting, as we have learned that Jones was an opponent of the present governor ir the last election, while Pearlstine was a warm supporter of the governoi and used his influence in the election. So if the governor has any intention of standing by his friends he is not likely to pardon the slayer ol a man who was one of his strong supporters. Accepts Call to Ehrhardt. Ninety-Six, March 17.?Rev. E. A, McDowell, formerly pastor of this place and for the past two years field editor of the Baptist Courier, has accepted a call to the Baptist church a1 Ehrhardt, to which place he and his family moved this week. Mr. McDowell has been a resident of this place for 10 years. O'Riley will arrive next Monday. Baptist Church News and Notices. | DIRECTORY. > Preaching service every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and at night, by the pastor, Rev. O. J. Frier. Sunday-school every Sunday morn ing at 10 o'clock, J. A. Hunter, super. intendent. B. Y. P. U. every Sunday after-. s noon at 3:30 o'clock. Prayer meeting every Thursday 5 night. y Woman's Missionary Society meets r Wednesday afternoons after the sec5 ond Sunday in each month. Sunbeam Band meets every two 5 weeks on Friday afternoons. x Monthly conference each fourth a Sunday. ; Observance of Lord's Supper the t first Sunday in each quart r. f NEWS AND NOTICES. The superintendent fnade an3 nouncement Sunday morning in Sun> day-school about the Sunday-school j 3 institute to be held at Denmark be 1 ginning next Sunday, and running 3 through Tuesday. It is hoped that > a good representation will go from 1 our school. A fairly good congregation attendl ed the morning service; and a special 1 offering was made for the relief of 1 the famine sufferers in China. The t situation over there is critical, and T should touch the hardest heart it t seems. * The pastor's theme at the mornl ing service was the dignity of hu mility and the greatness of service. 3 The B. Y. P. U. elected officers 3 Sunday afternoon, and several new J names were added to the memberi ship. A small congregation attended the J evening service on account of the * rain. The choir and congregation t were made up of young people. They i are the hope of the future. Pastor Frier concluded his series 3 of sermons on the prophecy of Amos. J The judgment of God against Israel's nnnfin liOfl onrl dtrcravfltoH cine with I the foregleam of messianic hope con stituted his theme. . ' } O'Riley will arrive next Monday. Going to Spartanburg. ) ______ 1 Bamberg county will have several i representatives in the South Carolina ' Sunday school association which * meets in Sartanburg March 28, 29, ' 30. Last Thursday afternoon a few representatives workers from different J parts of the county met in the Baptist church at this place and enjoyed * a short program bearing on Sunday} school work, after which the matter 1 of the Spartanburg convention was ^ taken up. The following will be the ^ accredited delegates from this county: Rev. W. H. Hodges, Miss Mary J Belle Inabinet, Miss Llewellyn Cleck? ley, Mrs. E. O. Kirsch, Mrs M. W. Brabham, Mr. J. A. Hunter, Mr. J. Arthur Wiggins, Mr. M. W. Brabham. > In addition to these there are sev! eral who have spoken of going; if * there are any others who wish to go ' from any of the Sunday-schools, cer1 tificates will be issued by the mem) ber of the executive committee re7 siding in this county, this being Mr. J M. W. Brabham. The convention next week prom\ ises to exceed anything of the kind 1 ever undertaken in this State. Sev' eral special features will be noted 1 on the excellent program which has ' been gotten together by the general secretary, chief of these are the * Men's Bible Class parade with 2,000 [ men in line, carrying their banners ' and other special forms of identifi5 cation of their several classes; a tabI leau of the nations of the earth; in this 75 or 80 children of Spartanburg will take part; Messrs Tul^ lar and Meredith, the well known ' musicians and choir leaders, will be / in charge of the singing. A well 1 trained choir of two hundred and * fifty voices will lead the singing for * the convention. This one feature alone promises to repay a trip to Spartanburg. The railroads will grant a reduced rate to the convention. The opening session of the convention is on .Tuesday morning at half past ten o'clock. The closing [ session is Thursday evening. Noted speakers will be present and j address the gathering, which will r meet from day to day in the magnif[ icent Baptist church of Spartanlpirg. This edifice is said to have cost $80,000 and is one of the very best } equipped churches in the South. O'Riley will arrive next Monday. ? 1 TRIED TO BURN BABE. ! _____ Knoxville Woman Arrested on Serious Charge. t Knoxville, March 18.?Local police i discovered that Mrs. Lizzie Needham, ^ an indigent white woman, residing in *Vna rivor sppfirm nf thp pitv. had on Tuesday night, attempted to burn an infant which was born to her on Tuesday. The woman confessed, claiming > that she thought the child dead at I birth, and that when she attempted to burn it she did not realize it was ; fully developed. She stated that i after casting the body into the grate, as a blaze iluminated the features, i she quickly removed it from the flames. O'Riley will arrive next Monday. ONE SHOT, OTHER CUT. Difficulty Between White Men in Marlboro May End Fatally. Bennettsville, March 18.?John A. Odom was shot five times last night by William Barrington, who was badly cut by Odom. The difficulty occurred at the new school buliding, recently erected as a result of the nf + Vi151"?crVi+eTrilla otiH VI. VU^ U1 I^UVCTIllV UliV j Antioch schools, where a public entertainment was being held for the purpose of raising funds to defray the expenses of painting the school house. Four shots entered the stomach of Odom and his recovery is deemed impossible. Barrington, while seriously cut, is expetced to recover unless complications arise. Want Train Continued. The citizens of Blackville are being considerably exercised over the report to the effect that the Southern railway intends to discontinue the train operating between that town and Augusta, known as the Short Train, with the close of the present tourist season. The service has proved of material benefit to the citizens and merchants of Blackville, and they are very much displeased at the prospect of being jAnottr/ul A# if itiH Viovinc fn Hn itiffi. UCJJi ITCU \JL It uuu UUTIUQ vv uv ** ??? out it. Their feeling in the matter is expressed in a petition, signed by a number of citizens of the t6wn, which they presented to the authorities of the Southern, and in which the road is asked not to discontinue the Short Train. In the same petition the suggestion is made to the authorities to extend the service as far as Branchville, if it be found necessary to make it a paying train. In the movement to induce the Southern to continue the Short Train the co-operation of Bamberg has been enlisted and a similar petition is about to be presented to the Southern, if not already presented, by the citizens and merchants of the latter town. Blackville has sought the friendly offices in the matter of the Augusta postoffice and the chamber of commerce. It is not known what the postoffice will, or can, do in the premises. The chamber of commerce, however, has offered its assistance to Blackville in its efforts to get 'the Southern to maintain the short train between Blackville and Augpsta permanently.?Aiken Journal .and Review. Farmers* Union Meeting. Ehrhardt, S. c., Marcn 18, iyiJ. Editor The Bamberg Herald:? Please state through the columns of your paper that the. next, meeting of the Farmers' Union of Bamberg county -will be held at Bamberg on Saturday, April 1st, at 11 o'clock a. m. Each local union is requested to send delegates. j. e. mcmillan, Secretary. Fancy Dress Masquerade Party. The fancy dress party to be given by the ladies of the Civic League at the graded school Friday evening of next week promises to be one of the enjoyable sociable events of the season. Those who attend unmasked will fancy themselves in another land where colonial dames, Indian princesses, gypsy fortune-tellers and hosts of other characters will mysti-' fy the spectators and each other as to their identity. The young men will all be in fancy costume and masked also, while scores of children in their dazling costumes will add to the beauty of the scene. Hearts-dice will be played while the players are still masked. Prizes will be given to the winners of this game. Prizes will also be given to the lady wearing the costume best representing the character chosen, also for the most original costume. Prizes will be awarded under like conditions to the young men and to the children?both to the boys and girls. The merchants of the town have been most liberal in giving these prizes; a list of the donors will be given in next week's paper. The small admission fee of 25 cents will be charged for adults and 15 cents for children; which includes refreshments. Home-made candy will be for sale. A crowded house is expected, as the evening will be one of pleasure and enjoyment to both old and young. The proceeds will be used to improve the graded school grounds. Let every parent and every pupil be present and help swell the fund. BUSINESS LOCALS. O'Riley will arrive next Monday. Screen wire doors and windows of all sizes and quality at Hunter's hardware store. See C. C. Rowell about your tin roof at once. He will repaint it and stop the leaks. He also contracts for house painting of all kinds and guarantees satisfaction. Marriage certificates for sale at The Herald Book Store. Old newspapers, suitable for wrapping purposes, for sale at The Herald offiec. __ } Makes Home Baking Easy % &AKlNG I POWDER j Absolutely Pure 2^??sssr | uraam of Tartar jju^jyjgFMMgt : p HOUSE BLOWN 12 BOLES. Was Being Moved on Lake Champiaia When Wind Caught It. Westport, N. Y., March 20.?dPeopie living along the shore of Lake Champlain were astonished yesterday to see a hotfse running away across the ice. The owner of Willsboro Point, & peninsular opposite Burlington, wished to move a house to a site about half a mile further along the point. "XS To move it over the land meant the destruction of many shade trees. To disengage it from the foundation and push it down on the icy surface of the lake and slide it along to its new position was much easier. This was accordingly done, but > while the workmen were arranging 4V./V nlrl Arv VMtfllt fVlA V* AnflA Koolr AH cut; DIUUO IU puou tuu uuuo^ uava vu land a great gust of wind struck the house and it started at a lively gait up the lake. It took a southeasterly course for the Vermont shore, and was soon traveling at a 40 mile clip over the ;$ frozen surface of the lake. The . sight of this forty foot two story . w building as it twisted, tumbled, twirled and turned over cracks and bro- V? ken ice terrified the fish hut colony, t which lay directly in the path of the Mm runaway. : The house finally banged diagonally ok ^ ridge of ice and came to a standstill after a twelve mile ' - ' . - J? run, almost to Split Rock, without I any damage except to one side and nart of tha niazza. -JjZj When the wind subsided a team' of horses towed the building back tojts site, where it was securely tethe^fed *'>:?Sl0 to trees. Mrs. H. F. Bamberg Entertains. That the church of to-day does not provide for any feature which ap- i ?'j| peals to the social nature of her peopie, was delightfully contradicted Tuesday afternoon when the Wo- - | ihan's Home Mission Society of the Methodist church met with Mrs. Henry F. Bamberg. About 40 guests were present at * the hoanitahle home of Mrs. Bam berg, and many took part in the IS short program of the afternoon which ^ had been arranged by the president, Mrs. E. O. Kirsch. This was the time for the regular monthly meeting of ^ the society. Papers bearing on home mission work, scripture reading ap- / propriate to the occasion, sacred hymns .fitting in with the spirit of missions, and several instrumental solos, constituted the spiritual side of the program. - One of the most interesting features of this program was that of the distribution of cards with questions relative to the improvement of the society here at home. The answers were decidedly interesting and helpful, some of them proving suggestive of lines of operation for the uplifting of the work. " The social siae 01 me uccusiuu y* was a pleasure and a fitting part of , . t the afternoon's enjoyment. The so- * cial and the spiritual blended with utmost harmony and neither overshadowed the other to such an extent as to lessen the helpfulness of the day. Mrs. Bamberg was assisted Mrs. C. R. Brabham, Sr., Mrs. Jones A. Williams and Mrs. J. A. Wyman in receiving the guests. Mrs. M. W. * Brabham assisted in many ways, but especially in helping with the refreshments. Misses Mildred Knight, Harrie Delle Free, Vista and Evelyn Brabham served the guests. The course of refreshments was exceedingly palatable, consisting of salads and sweets. 35 At tne close or tne aiiemuuu? pleasure, the society by a rising vote of thanks, evidenced a small portion of their appreciation to Mrs. Bamberg for the "occasion of delights and joys" which she had afforded them. With the singing of "Blest be the tie that binds," the members dispersed, carrying with them a happy feeling of spiritual up-lift and social enjoyO'Riley will arrive next Monday. ^ ^ ^