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?it? Hamburg frralb Thursday, June 8,1911. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. The boys and grils are coming home from college for the summer vacation. We are all glad to have them back. Mr. Thos. H. Watson and family, who have been living in Bamberg for the past year, have returned to Whitmire, where Mr. Watson has accepted the position of book-keeper for the Whitmire oil mill. The Clemson-Winthrop agricultural train will visit Bamberg next Tuesday, June 12th. The visit of this train will be of great value to our farmers, and there should be a good attendance from all over the county. The county chain gang is now in camp near Denmark, and the road between Bamberg and Denmark is being worked. The road has been badly cut up, and the work of the gang will put it in fine condition again. The board of county commissioners held a regular monthly meeting at the court housex Monday, but there was nothing of special importance before the body. The approving of claims was the principal business transacted. * We have heard it rumored that the Bamberg cotton mill will start up about the 15th of June, but so far we have been unable to confirm it. A lot of new machinery has recently been installed and a. number of improvements to the plant made. Mr. H. Al. Ray has sent us an " . . . . .. A ? it. ? A invitation to me cumuieiicemciit caercises of the Department of Pharma* cy of the Medical College of SouthCarolina, which were held in Charleston May 31st. Mr. Ray is a member of the graduating class, being vioe president of the class. City council held a regular monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon but, on account of the small attendance of the members of council, only routine bniiness was transacted. Several matters of importance were to. have been discussed, but it was thought best to postpone them for a full meeting. c The new engine for the electric light plant has arrived and will be put Wh in position this week. The work of putting .down the foundation has been completed. The generator has not arrived yet, bnt is expected daily, and as soon as it comes the new outlit will, be out in operation. It is hoped to have the new outfit at work %$? in two weeks. Work on the grading of the railroad from Bamberg to Ehrhardt is progressing rapidly. A large force of hands is employed, and Messrs. Hays and Williams are on the grade every day, pushing the work. Bam: ' . berg is not doing much talking, but we are going right ahead building a railroad. It should be remembered * ? * ' - >- -I 1 :U v.. DnmWir XOtl 11 IS UeiJlg uunt uj oaiuu^i.5 money, too. fMr. F. W. Free and Judge of ProI a bate G. P. Harmon went to Columbia last Friday to carry Mr. Frank Had win to the State Hospital for the Insane, he having been adjudged of unsound mind. Mr. Hadwin has been in the army bik his health and mind failed, and for some time he has been at the home of his father, Mr. J. H. Hadwin, near town. Recently his condition became worse, hence his being carried to Columbia. U. D. C. Meeting. it ? June the third being the anniversary of the birth of Jefferson Davis, only president of the Confeder? - 1 1 H J u 4-V.rv ate States, IS a general uuuua; 1X1 V1XC I South, and many Chapters celebrate the day with special meetings, and many banks and postoffices close throughout the South. The month is observed by every Chapter of the U. D. C., and special programs on the subject of the celebration are arranged. The Francis Marion Bamberg Chapter, No. 71, will hold its June meeting with Mrs. Henry F. Bamberg at her home on Railroad Avenue, Tuesday afternoon, the 13th, at 5 o'clock. A program on Jefler 8011 Davis will be enjoyed by the members. Those who have not paid dues for 1911 will please carry same to the meeting to pay to treasurer, and those who have not received their certificates of membership will please be present to receive them and be ready to pay to the treasurer 15 cents for same. Married. Mr. S. D. Duncan, of Millettville, S. C., to Miss Laura H. Free, of Bamberg, at the residence of the bride's brother, Judge H. D. Free, in Bamberg, Sunday afternoon, June 4th, 1911, in the presence of a few friends and relatives, Rev. O. J. Frier officiating. Graded School Notes. A meeting of the tax payers of Bamberg school district was held in the city hall last Thursday afternoon. The meeting was held for the election of a trustee and to fix the tax levy for another year. Mr. H. W. Adams was elected as trustee for five years, his term having expired. The election of Mr. G. 0. Simmons as trustee was confirmed by the meeting, he having been elected by the board some time ago to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. F. M. Simmons, who moved to North Carolina. The levy for The coming year was fixed at nine mills, tlie same as at present. The trustees will add an aditional teacher to the faculty for next year. Miss Ruth Dibble, of Orangeburg, a daughter of Mr. Andrew C. Dibble, has been elected teacher of the second grade. A teacher for the fourth grade and German is yet to be elected, and the choice has narrowed down to two, Misses Davis and Boyd. A final decision will be made in the next few days. New Supervisior. Mr. N. P. Smoak recently resigned as supervisor of registration for this county, he having been elected mayor of the city of Bamberg and it being contrary to law to hold two offices. therefore sent to the governor his resignation as a member of the registration board some days ago. The delegation was asked for a recommendation, and Senator Black and Representatives Riley and Hunter held a meeting and recommended Mr. Geo. C. Turner, of the'Denmark section. He has been appointed by the> governor. Mr. Turner is a fine young man, fully competent, and his appointment will give general satisfaction. Negro Kills His Brother. Last Saturday night a negro named Frank Jennings struck his brother, Jasper Jennings, over the head with a bed slat and Jasper died Tuesday morning from the effects of the blow. The negroes live' on Mr. W. M. Brabham's platation near town. They both came to town last Saturday and one or possibly both were drinking. Anyway they had a dispute just about the time they got home and Jasper was trying to borrow a gun to shoot Frank, who had gone to his own house. In a short time Jasper came to his brother's house, and Frank, no doubt thinking he had succeeded in getting a gun, struck him with the bed slat as soon as he entered the door. The wounded negro never spoke after he was struck, and died, as above stated, Tuesday morning, from I concussion of the brain. The blow was a light one, the skin on his head not even being broken. Coroner Zeigler held an inquest Tuesday afternoon, and the verdict of the jury was that the negro came to his death at the hands of his brother. Frank Jennings is now in jail, but will no doubt be released on bond in a day or two. He appears to have had no ill will against his brother, and struck him in self-defense. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Young Men's Building and Loan Association was held Tuesday afternoon, The report of the secretary and treasurer showed the Association to be in good financial condition. A little over $20,000 has been loaned out, and the profits for the past two years have been about $1.60 a share. The same directors and officers were re-elected as follows: Geo.. F. Hair, N. P. Smoak, C. B. Free, H. H. Copeland, W. A. Klauber, J. A. Wyman, J. A. Willipms .T A. Wvtoati. nresident: W. A. Klauber, vice president; H. N.Bellinger, secretary and treasurer. Wyman & Henderson are the attorneys. Base Ball. Rowesville and Bamberg played a game of base ball here Tuesday afternoon, and Bamberg won by a score of ten to three. There was a fairly good crowd out, but the boys need larger crowdB in order to pay expenses. The same teams tflay again this (Wednesday) afternoon. Friday afternoon there will be a game between Bamberg and Cope, and an exciting contest is promised. Cope has recently strengthened its team, and as the Bamberg boys who have been away at college are returning, a fast team will represent this city. It is the intention of the young men to have some good games ' * 3 1 Al* A J AIH Here aunog lilt; auwuiei, auu JU lucu efforts to provide some amusement for the dull afternoons they should have the co-operation of our. people. Go out to the games and encourage the boys. They want your presence as well as the admission fee. Married. Mr. W. W. Steedly to Mrs. J. E. Cox, at the residence of the bride in Bamberg, S. C., Thursday, June 1st, 1911, Rev. O. J. Frier officiating. New Advertisements. Duensing's Quality Store?Ice. / Hoover's Drug Store?Something Luscious. Bamberg Builders Supply Co.? Coal and Lumber. I / Dr. Geo. F. Hair?Special Notice. Klauber's ? Mid-Season Clearance Sale. Lawyers Rule. The government of the United States is run by the lawyers. The statistics on this point are overwhelming and leaves no doubts that the ordinary business man, manufacturer or agriculturist has little to say in the affairs of the nation. How completely the present congress is in the hands of the lawyers may be judged by the fact that they number more than 65 per cent, of its total members, says the Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution. Of the 480 members of both senate and house, 304 are lawyers. A few of the others hve been trained in the law, but are now engaged in other occupations. The judicial branch of the government is, of course, given over entirely tov lawyers. But the same is almost true of the executive branch. President Taft is a lawyer. So are Secretaries Knox, MacVeagh, Dickinson, Wickersham, Hitchcock, Fisher and Nagel. mi -i i.1? _~ ? V +V.A 1 LI US U1 I Lit: U1UC IJiClliUCiB Ul I.UC cabinet, seven have had legal training. In congress the lawyer is king beyond dispute. * In the senate there are 32 Republican lawyers and the same number of Democratic lawyers. In the house the Republicans have 99 lawyers and the Democrats 145. Thus 70 per cent, of the senators are members of the bar and 63 per cent, of the representatives. The representation of the other occupations in congress is so small as to he insignificant as compared with the army of lawyers. In both houses combined there are only 26 merchants, 24 farmers, 23 editors and 12 manufacturers. Of course many of the lawyers in congress are also engaged in oth er occupations, such as Danaing, treat estate, manufacturing and agriculture, and many of them are associated with large industrial corporations. But in classifying the occupations of the members of congress for the purpose of this article, every man has beei? put down under the vocation in which he is principally engaged. Here is a table which shows the occtpations of United States sen ators m uie yrvtmm. cuugirso. Occupations of Senators. Repub- Demoiican. cratic. Lawyers 32 32 Merchants 4 2 Farmers 1 3 Manufacturers .... .... 3 0 Editors 1 2 Capitalists 3 0 Bankers 1 0 Physicians 1 0 Cattle raisers 1 0 Mine owner 0 1 Lumber 1 0 Occupation not given 3 0 In the house of representatives the diversity of occupations is greater after the big list of lawyers is passed. Twenty-three different lines of business are represented in the house, according to the official director, and 29 members do not state their occupations. Here is the table: Occupations of Representatives. Repub- Demolican. cratic. Lawyers 99 145 Farmers 9 14 Merchants 11 9 Editors 12 Manufacturers 4 5 Lumber 4 4 Real estate 4 2 Physicians 1 4 Bankers 6 1 Teachers 1 2 Hatters 0 2 Coal operators 2 0 Miners 0 2 Cattle raisers 1 1 Telegraph oper 1 1 Ironmonger 1 0 Builder .. 1 0 Printer 1 0 Oil operator 0 I Iroj worker 0 1 Hotelkeeper 0 1 Author 0 1 Naval architect 0 1 Occupation not given 16 13 Includes on socialist. The naval architect above mentioned is Richmond Pearson Hobson, of Alabama. The author is E. W. Townsend, of New Jersey, and the iron worker is Frank Buchanan, of Illinois, and the builder and hotelkeeper are William M. Candler and George H. Lindsay, of New York, resepctively. Negro Shoots Another. Springfield, June 5.?Last night a negro, Sam Samuels, seriously shot another negro by the name of James Frederick. Sam is locked up* It is not known whether Frederick will recover. LIVE STOCK TRAIN Clemson-Winthrop Train Will Visit Bamberg Next Monday. The correspondence published below shows that the Clfemson-Winthrop train will visit Bamberg next Monday, the 12th. Every farmer in tit county should be present, for the practical lessons to be derived will be of great value. Mr. J. E. McMillan, secretary of the county Farmers' I nion, has been active in securing the visit of this train, as the following letters will show: Ehrhardt, S. C., June 3, 1911. Editor The Bamberg Herald: Dear Sir: Please find enclosed herewith two letters from Prof. D. N. Barrow. Will you be kind enough to publish them in next week's issue? They are self explanatory. The farmers of the entire county are invited to meet at Bamberg on June the 12th. Yours truly, j. e. McMillan. Clemson College, May 4, 1911. Dear Sir: As you are doubtless aware, Clemson College and Winthrop are planning to operate an educational agricultural train over the State this summer. Among other things we will have a carload of live stock, both cattle, horses, and hogs, and it is our intention to make this train as largely an educational feature as possible. In other words we are attempting to carry the agricultural college to the farmer. . It is planned to make stops of not less than one day's duration and we hope to include every county in the State in the work of this train. It will be necessary to try and get over the State by the first of August, as otherwise the heat will be too severe for the stock we are carrying, therefore it will not be possible to spend more than one or two days in each county. I am very anxious to ! make these stops at points at which we will reach the largest number of people and am requesting the Farmers' Union or its representatives in the different counties to advise with me as to the best points at which these stops could be made. I am also largely relying upon the Farmers' TTnirm awaken an interest in this train and secure a good attendance. I will very much' appreciate it if, within the next week or ten days, you will consult with other members of the Union in your county and give me their opinion as to the best places to make these stops. We will have with us on the train a representative , of the Farmers' Union. I am in , hopes that this will be the presi- . dent, but if he cannot accompany us j then some one designated by the ex- ( ecutive committee.' ' I Assuring you of my appreciation ( of your co-operation in this matter, ( I remain, . Yours very truly, D. N. BARROW, Superintendent. Clemson College, S. C., May 29, 1911. , Mr. J. E. McMillan, Ehrhardt, S. C. j Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge ] receipt of yours of recent date suggesting that the best point for the stopping of our agricultural train would be in Bamberg. In compliance with your suggestion I have arranged that we will be at Bamberg on June 12, spending*the day there. I presume that you have seen accounts of this train in the paper as j to just what it will consist of, and . will appreciate it if you will do what 1 you can to get a good attendance. j With best wishes, I remain, ^ Yours very truly, D. N. BARROW, : Superintendent. Monument Subscriptions. 1 i The following additional contribu- 1 tions have been made to the Confed- 1 erate monument fund: i L. N. Bellinger , $ 2.00 Mrs. E. J. Wannamaker, Orangeburg 20.00 ( W. T. Cave 2.00 i N. Crlder 50 T. L. Cox 1.00 Calvin Rentz 6.00 '< Jake Zeigler 1.00 i Tommie Black 50 j S. G, Ray 50 ( J. A. Byrd 10.00 1 A. L. Myers 50 D. H. Rice 2.00 Vernon Brabham 2.00 J. B. Kearse ....... 10.00 ; W. B. Chitty 1.50 J C. R. Brabham, Jr 1.00 < Dr. Robert Black 3.00 , Polk Miller, Richmond, Va 1.00 Parker Jennings 1.00 4 J. W. Smith 5.00 Va. Ca. Chemical Co 10.00 Dr. Coleman, Augusta 1.00 R. W. D. Rowell 5.00 Frank M. Moye 2.00 M. N. Rice 2.50 : G. W. Boylston, Blackville.... 1,00 Isadore Brown 1.00 Paul McMichael Chapter U. D. C., Orangeburg 5.00 D. M. Eaves 5.00 J. D. Copeland, Sr 25.00 , E. L. Price 5.00 A. Rice 5.00 J. II. A. Carter 2.00 Ralf Johnson, Elko 1.00 F. M. Zeigler 5.00 J. G. Kinsey 1.00 J. M. Felder 1.00 Mrs. M. Muse, Orangeburg 1.00 Jack Riley ...? 1.00 j 5 or 6 doses "666" will cure any case of Chills and Fever. Price, 25c. i j " ' SC' ; .. ??: LETTER FROM MR. BRABHAM. Reminiscences from One Who Was Born and Reared Here. Editor The Bamberg Herald: ? Dear Sir: Through the kindness of my brother, Dr. R. C. Brabham, of Ellenton, I have been receiving the Herald for several months. That part of old Barnwell county that is now Bamberg county is my native heath, and Bamberg is what I call my home town, though I left there some thirty years ago. In October, 1866, I left the old Buford's Bridge neighborshood and went to Bamberg and clerked for A. E. Simmons & Co. one year. The next year I worked for Mr. I. S. Bamberg. About this time, I think it a. r n i j t. * i%_ was, mat ivir.. camuerg ana nis Dromer Frank dissolved copartnership and the latter went into the stock business. I remember the first car load of horses Mr. Frank Bamberg had shipped to your town, and recall one specially fine bay mare he sold to Mr. Ben T. Izlar, who was then keeping hooks for Messrs. Rice & Counts. At the time of which I am now writing Ben Sanders and I clerked together for Mr. Bamberg, and boarded at his home. Mr. B. was a good gardener, and had a small plow rigged up for man power, and he would occasionally have his clerk pull while he himself would hold and drive. I told him that I knew before how to drive a plow but that he had broken me to work at the other end. Mr. B. was humorous as well as businesslike and we boys had quite a lot of fun with our kind-hearted employer. * After this I returned to the old home community, married meantime, and after about ten years moved back to Bamberg where I spent two more years. In 1880 I kept books and sold sroods for J. D. Copeland. and ever since then "Jeff" has felt somewhat like a brother to me. The year following I transferred my services to J. W. Rice, and in December of that year (1881) I joined the South Carolina conference which met at Union ?? nx_x_ j i J ^ J in our oiaie aiiu was picaiuvu uvci by the late Bishop Geo. F. Pierce. To my surprise and delight I was assigned as pastor to Allendale, considered one among the best charges in the conference. We spent Christ-1 mas, however, at Bamberg, and it was at the "Christmas tree" given in the old Methodist Church that I received one of the most agreeable surprises of my life. The church was lighted - - - ? KT witn lamps or can<ues ana ~ j&ck Hoffman, with a long beard of gray moss, was Santa Claus. I was sitting by the side of Mr. Rivers near one of the doors and he and I, with the crowd present, were enjoying the pleasure manifested by the children and young people as they each received some gift from Santa Claus. Surprise at hearing my name called out I went forward and received an envelope, which, on opening later, I found to contain one hundred dollars In gold. It was a decided surprise to me, and the donors, many of whom have crossed over the river, never knew how profoundly grateful I was for the^* gift?grateful not only for LIS intrinsic value, out uiure esjieuieuly so for the spirit that prompted the grift. True, I had once in a while preached on off Sundays in the old church; preached to people with whom I had mingled and worked luring the week. But if I had thought at all of a monem side in connection with my preJIhing, I should probably have felt that the preacher was debtor to his long-suffering and patient hearers, rather than the reverse of the order. After four years of service in the low country I was moved first to Newberijy, and in that section of the State I remained for twenty-three years, serving different charges in near by towns. I am now on my third year at Lancaster, about ten miles from the North Carolina line, and one of the most progressive and delightful towns in all our Piedmont. In these thirty years I have had eight differ ent charge*?two of the thirty years, however, on account of a had throat, [ was unable to do active work? and I have found the life and work of an itinerant Methodist preacher, in spite of what are called its hardships, a very agreeable one. But, Mr. Edfcor, I must beg your pardon for the nature > this communication. However my apology liee in the fact that your paper has awakened in me the reminescential spirit, and as is the case with the average gray-haired man under similar circumstances, I have allowed my mood to lead me far afield. Your paper often speaks of " - " 99 J "Kearse's" ana "uiar auu timhardt," etc. Not much said of "Buford's Bridge," for, like most of the old people, this old place seems to have given way to newer names and places. Forty-five years ago I would occasionally go with my father's wagon to Ehrhardt for lumber, and it was then just a big saw mill where the intelligent German who founded it was cutting as fine yellow pine lumber as could be found at all. Now Ehrhardt is said to be a thrifty and growing town, soon to be connected by rail with Bamberg. Neither the place nor the name of mmsuBsmm , ?M<5 < POWDER Absolutely Pure med?f#SwwAye/Sl55r HUMIKMHl "Olar" was known to us thirty years t j ago; for no railroad touched the old ] Buford's Bridge section till a nun* * VI ber of years after this date. Now Olar has its churches, its good graded ^ j school, its business houses, its bankr j and its thrifty and progressive people. J My last visit to Bamberg, after ait 1 absence of ten or more years, waw 3 in November, 1909, when I had the* j f pleasure of performing the marriage . ? n ceremony for a little kinswoman and '% I her handsome groom, of which pleas- J?| ant occasion I often think. These visits to the home section are always- % enjoyed, and yet there is a sad feature to them, and that is the numer- -J) ous changes that time and death always make. I see the effect of time ^ ^ on the faces and forms of those who thirty years ago were young and <?|j middle-aged; and I miss greatly the ';M presence of those who have gone 1 away?gone upon that bourne, from \ whence no traveler returns. All this * has its saddening effect, but above it 1 all we may see the cross, the symbol 4 of hope, and the prophecy of ultimate conquest to every one that believeth on Him who died on thafe?/^-|P cross. In view of this we brush sway ^ the tears of sorrow and look with joy to the home beyond, where time's sad changes, and death's ravages shall effect us no more forever. And now, if Editor Knight, knows only through his paper to this writer, will accept with due apology this long 4 . and utterly unexpected communis** tion, bristling as it does throughout with the first person singular, IUappreciate his kindness in. allowing me through his worthy paper to let my friends of other years know that ^ they,are remembered still, and that their long-time silent friend is concerned in that which affects their weir -{M fare. Very truly, ? M. M. BRABHAM. | Piano Contest. . TTnllntiritur thft standine of the contestants in the contest for the J piano now being given away by The J Bamberg Herald and Hoover's drag store. No names of contestants are H published, each contestant having a number. Get in the game early and H make the contest interesting: ^ 1 6,195 66 .. - 2,736 M 2 ~ 6,525 75 - ^ 19,300 'Wj 9 .. .. 6,625 79' ~ ~ 3,140' ; M 21 .. .. 29,680 JJ ~ ~ f'ff* .:^(P no c 100 ~ - 5,750 m 23 .... 6,100 112 2,335 ,, ij 35 .... 3,025 140 3,670 ft M 41 - 16,825 141 .... 2,040 c : ; i 42 .. .. 2,035 146 .. .. 2,230 43 .. - 2,715 147 .. .. 2,025 49 .. .. 2,030 146 .. .. 2,235 Wi 50 2,050 197 2,026 .:pM 59 /-.. 9,240 198 34,946 / NOTICE OP PARTNERSHIP. Notice is hereby given that <H. M. W Graham and H. G. Askins have ?* formed a co-partnershij for the prao> 0 tice of law, with offices at Bamberg, Mm S. C., under the firm name of Gra- M ham & Askins. We practice is the yfe United States and State Courts hi K any County in the State. Ofllcm ' open at all times. H. M. GRAHAM, H. G. ASKINS. M SPECIAL NOTICES. j Advertisements Under This Head 29c. .For 25 Words or Less. t|i- g ,.r" i ? Special Notice.?I will be out of my office from June 28th to August 4th. Parties wanting work done will please make their engagements be- i fore I leave. DR. GEO. F. HAIR, Bamberg, S. C. ________ " J ^Ice! Ice! Ice!?We are pleased to M inform the public that our ice house : is finished and that we can sen yon * ice in any amount, from five pounds ? up, at competitive prices. Give us jS a call. DUENSING'S, the "quality" store, Midway, S. C. jjjQ For Rent.?Nice office rooms in The Herald building. Have electric lights and water. The most desirable J offices in the city. Will rent singly /i. or in suites. A. W. KNIGHT. ~f-1 Farm Wanted.?I desire a good farm of large acreage with good improvements, well located as to town M and railroad; must be good value for price asked. Give full particulars In j | first letter. MARLBORO FARMER, J Lock Box 121, Bensettsville, 8. C. J