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?V Bawtfrcnj Ifcralh ???????^?? Thursday, August 17,1911. ? SHORT LOCALS. ' - ' ???m Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Cotton is opening rapidly in this section, and the Various gins will" 6tart work next week. >^. 1 * Mr. R. 0. Kirkland was in the city Monday moving his family to Denmark, where they will live in the1 future. Mr. J. R. Owens, who is now at Ensley, Ala., kindly remembered us by sending us copies of the Birmingham Age-Herald. Mr. H. G. Askins and family will go to housekeeping this week in the Fitting School cottage vacated by the It,' family of Mr. R. O. Kirkland. fv '( Misses Edrie and Mamie Ehrhardt, of Ehrhardt, and Mr. W. H. Ehrhardt, of Atlanta, are in the city to attend the Cline-Wicker wedding.?Newberry Herald and News. In sending in his subscription a friend writes us: "It affords me great pleasure to read your weekly." Evidently he likes the paper so well he wants one of his own. fWe hear of some candidates Demg spoken of for 6ounty offices. As next year every official in the county will have to be elected, an interesting campaign may be expected. We understand that the cotton mill here will resume operations just as soon as some necessary work on the boilers can be completed. It is expected to start up about the 21st. We hope this is true. The little two-year-old chi^d of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Delk got hold of some gasoline Monday night and drank some of it, becoming very ill. however, the little one is getting along as well as could be expected, and will recover. For the first time in its history, The Herald is publishing a paid advertisement from a railroad com-L rrvL_ - J + Vi} o pany. xne <tu. ox cxuuidivu m vu<o fol Issue is paid for, and it is the first time we have received cash for an advertisement from a railroad company. ' Prof. J. C. Guilds, Headmaster of the Carlisle Fitting School at Bamberg, will speak at St. Paul Methodist church on Sunday morning. He is a very talented young gentleman Mg&r* and all who go to hear him will be repaid.?Orangeburg Times and v Democrat. Every lodge of Knights of Pythias g$r\ In the third district should send delegates to the district convention at m Ehrhardt, to be held to-day, the 17th. p? There are no better people in the State than those in the Ehrhardt community, and they will give the visitors a mighty nice time. { Wednesday afternoon of last week, at the home of the bride's mother in St. George, Mr. Frank Elmo Cope jjfcjv 5 and Miss Irene Louise Rumph were IJJV happily married. The groom is a prominent young farmer of the Cope section, and has many friends in Bamberg who extend congratulations. See the advertisement of excursion rates over the Georgia. & Florida Railway from Augusta to points in Georgia, Tuesday, August 22nd. j|%; 1 Tickets are good returning until August 31st. This is an exceptional opportunity to visit South Georgia and see the fine farming lands of that section. At a meeting of Bamberg lodge, Knights of Pythias, Monday evening of this week, the rank of Knight was conferred on Mr. J. G. Wilkerson, while the rank of Page was given Mr. J. Rubin. A. W. Knight, " J. F. Carter, and J. C. Folk, Jir., were W]' \ . elected as delegates to the district lodge, which meets at Ehrhardt toMr. G. L. Kinhrd returned last week from Columbia, and is on the ^ job as cotton weigher at Bamberg. He is ready to handle the new crop of cotton, but none has been received here so far. Mrs. Kinard, who has been ill for several weeks with typhoid fever, has recovered sufficiently to go to Ehrhardt, where she is with relatives. . We had a conference last Saturday afternoon with Mr. R. N. Pfaff, local manager of the telephone exchange, and he seems very mucb in favor of putting a telephone booth up town, either at the passenger station or at one of the drug stores. He will no "doubt recommend to the company that the booth be installed, and we hope to see this improvement soon. The Herald editor is always at work for the benefit of the town, both personally and through the columns of the paper. ?Mrs. S. H. Counts is at home again after an extended stay at Glenn Springs and in the mountains of North Carolina. ?Miss Mary Livingston is at home from a stay in the mountains of North Carolina and a visit to Spartanburg and Greenwood. ' a- r' " . First Bales of Cotton. There were four bales of new cotton ginned at the oil mill here yesterday morning. Two bales belonged to Mr. Henry F. Bamberg and the other two to Capt. A. P. Miller and Mr. N. Crider. H. C. Folk bought two bales and A. Rice the other two. Twelve cents was the price paid. Mr. A. Kirsch brought a bale to the gin yesterday afternoon, which will be put on the market this morning. Cotton is opening very rapidly in this section, and it will soon be coming to market at a rapid rate. Mr. W. C. Whiteside, who bought cotton here last season, is already here to buy this season. Rumph-Cope. A marriage of interest to a number of people was that of Miss Irene Louise Rumph, daughter of Mrs. Rumph, of Greenwood, to Mr. Frank E. Cope, of Cope, Orangeburg, S. C., which was solemnized' yesterday afternoon at the former home of the bride in St. George. It was a quiet home wedding only the families and intimate friends of the young couple attending. Immediately after the I ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Cope left fo? the mountains of Western North Carolina and will spend some time there before returning to their home at Cope. Mrs. Cope as Miss Rumph is well known to a number of Greenwood people and is most highly esteemed1. She was a student at Lander here several years. Mr. Cope is a graduate of Clemson College and is a prosperous - young farmer of Orangeburg county.? Greenwood In^ dex. Shadows of a Great City. There are many in Bamberg who have visited New York, but there are a great many more who never have had that privilege. For all who have been, there will be a treat and for all who have riot been, will be a greater treat, next Sunday evening. A stereoDticon lecture showing some of the darker sides of life in that great city will he given at Trinity Methodist church Sunday night. This will he the fourth of a series of lectures. The Shadows of a Great City promises to be one of the most interesting if not the most of the course up to this time. Slum life will be portrayed, and some of the things that are being done to relieve the conditions of the poor will be shown. The famous Jerry McAuley Mission will be among the most interesting places. Last Sunday night the church was crowded, it being said that a number could not find seats. This crowd was made up of men and women and children, and all enjoyed the trip to the Holy Land. ,If possible electirc fans will be /innlor UDCU LVJ uiaae IUC OUUIIA/HUUI wwiui than usual. / The entire community is invited to be present. \ Each evening a free will offering is tp.ken to pay expenses, the lecture course being absolutely free to all. district Convention. The semi-annual convention of the Knights of Pythias of the third district will be held with Ehrhardt lodge No. 98, commencing August 17th. Hon. J. P. Byrnes is district deputy grand chancellor and will preside if his congressional duties do not require, his presence in Washington. If he can not come Dr. J. P. Lee, Jr., of Williston, district grand vice chancellor, will be the presiding officer. The Knights of Ehrhardt are arranging to give their brethren a royal welcome. Married in Orangeburg. A young couple came over from Bamberg Monday afternoon, procuring a marriage license from Judge Dibble and was married "by Rev. D. D. Dantzler. The" contracting parties were Mr. S>. O. Groce and Miss TT> rv.11. mi ??n.A/v^ f/v ?i (II 111 a. Iltjili. J. lie J HC1C IU1VCU IU come here or postpone the happy event, as the judge of probate of Bamberg county was out of town on official business and all the preachers were also out of town on Monday.? Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Colleton Supervisor Named. Walterboro, Aug. 15.?D. E. Smoak wras to-day appointed by Gov. Blease to fill the unexpired term of J. O. Griffith, deaceased, as county supervisor of Colleton county. Mr. Smoak is at present a member of the board of county commissioners. It is understood that no one will be appointed to fill the vacancy caused by his resignation. ?Mr. J. G. Smoak is at home after a stay of ten days at Glenn Springs. ?Chief S. A. Hand went to Asheville, N. C., yesterday morning to visit his son, Mr. W. D. Hand, who is in a sanitarium there. ?Messrs. D. J. Delk and J. L. Quattlebaum left yesterday morning for Spartanburg, Greenville, and other points, going in Mr. Delks automobile. They will be away about two weeks, and may visit Atlanta before returning. I New Advertisements. S. T. Lanham, Master Spartanburg Couty?Master's Sales. Hoover's Drug Store?They Certainly Are Coming Our Way. C. H. Gattis, General Passenger Agent ? Homeseekers Excursion Rates. H. C. Folk, Master?Sale of real estate in case of H. C. Rice against A. L. Milhous. A Letter of Interest. T5niviKor(* C P Alltrnct 14 1 Q1 1 l^CLLXX 5, KJ. V/.) aj.w0mww * a) a v a** | Editor The Herald?Dear Sir: Will you kindly publish the enclosed let-1 ter for the benefit of quite a num-| ber of your subscribers who expected to visit the Clemson College coast experiment station this week. If a later date will suit them, or if they would rather Mr. Garrison come to Bamberg, if they will notify me, I will arrange for same. Yours truly, D. R. MATHENY. Summerville, S. C., Aug. 10, 1911. Mr. D. R. Matheny, Bamberg, S. C. Dear Sir: Your card of the 7th received and carefully noted. I ex? ~ A ^ +Vl A Of O +A fWA peui IU ut: av\ay 1i uiu iuc uiaic mu or three weeks, and on my return will be glad to have you and your party come over. I will arrange to get up the dinner. Now, if not convenient, when I return, for you and party to come down here, I will come to Bamberg and talk drainage, provided you write President W. M. Riggs at Clemson College and ask him to send me to Bamberg or wherever you want me to speak. When you answer, address to Summerville and my mail will be forwarded to me. Very truly yours, W. D. GARRISON. Picnic at Colston. Bamberg, S. C., Aug. 14, 1911. Editor Bamberg Herald: Please announce in your paper for this week and next week that the Colston Sunday-school will give a basket picnic at Colston church Saturday, August 26, 1911. Refreshments will be served for the benefit of the Wo* 'man's Missionary. Society of that church. Everybody is cordially in vited to attend with well-filled baskets. Yours respectfully, MISS NELLE CLAYTON. Back from the Canal Zone. We have received the following letter from Lieut. D. Graham Copeland, - ' ? " i?. a T. 1J _V. ana we taKe tne uoeriy ui yuoiibuing it, as it will be interestng to~his many friends in his old home: New York, Aug. 13, 1911. Editor Bamberg Herald, Bamberg, s. c.: * Dear Mr. Knight: Please change the address of my paper to general delivery, Troy, N. Y. As the above will indicate, I am once more in the "good old U. S. A." having arrived this a. m.?one of my first thoughts being to get my Herald. I had a very fine trip to the Canal Zone, and as my duty was inspection, I saw all that was to be seen. The canal is a marvel, and something every American citizen should be proud of. Take a few days off and look it over?this on my recommen aauon. Am sure you won i ue uisappointed. I came back about a month earlier than I anticipated, being recalled by cable to take part as Navy Representative in a special survey in the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain, where I'll be for some time with headquarters at Troy. Am in this city for a few days rest. Mrs. Copeland is with me, but will go to Hendersonville with my folks at their summer home until I finish my work in the Adirondacks. With best wishes, etc. Respectfully, D. GRAHAM COPELAND. Made a Good Talk. Prof. J. C. Guilds, Headmaster of the Carlisle Fitting School at Bamberg, talked to the young people of St. Paul's Methodist church on Sunday morning. Every young man and young woman in this community should have heard this talented and eloquent young man. Such a man as Prof. Guilds is a positive force for good in the lives of the young people with whom he comes in contact. We would like to see such a man as he is at the head of every graded school in the State.?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. No Better in the State. That's the People's opinion of the Carlisle Fitting School at Bamberg. This confidence is based on its knowledge of the right training and admirable temperament of Headmaster Guilds. Behind it is a history of honorable achievement and now supporting it heartily are many of the best people of one of the best communities in the State. Read the advertisement, get a catalogue and you will approve the Carlisle as worthy of a liberal and loyal patronage. ?Barnwell People. . ' - / Baptist Church News and Notices. DIRECTORY. Preaching service every Sunday morning at II o'clock and at night, by the pastor, Rev. O. J. Frier. Sunday-school every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, J. A. Hunter, superintendent. B. Y. P. U. every Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Prayer meeting every Thursday night. Woman's Missionary Society meets Wednesday afternoons after the second Sunday in each month. Sunbeam Band meets every two weeks on Friday afternoons. Monthly conference each fourth Sunday. Observance of Lord's Supper the first Sunday in each quarter. NEWS AND NOTICES. Pastor Frier reported a pleasant Tin'tVi Doetrtr< Vrooman flt LUCCLlilg vtliu i. aotvi A 1 Plum Branch. Large, appreciative audiences attended the services. There were three additions to the ' church by letter. This is a fine farming section, and a growing little town. Pastor Frier preached Sunday morning on the divinity, greatness and power of gentleness. Ac night on the accusation of Christ: "He receiveth sinners and eateth with them." Miss Grace Hill united with the church on profession of faith, and awaits baptism on the pastor's return from his vacation. As Pastor Frier wfll be away for a couple of weeks on vacation, there will be not be any preaching services in our church until the first Sunday in September unless otherwise arranged. Road Improvement Train. The special "road improvement train" being operated by the South* * ? ? I'nivi.nfo Crtiif^arrt cru railway, iue auguoia ouuwwu railroad and affiliated lines in cooperation with the.United States office of public roads, will commence its tour of South Carolina on September 4. It will spend practically a month in South Carolina making exhibitions at points along the Southern railway. The "road improvement train" is being sent out by the Southern railway to further the movement for better wagon roads throughout the South and at the same time to give practical information to farmers and road officials as to the building of roads and their repair. The schedule for Bamberg and Barnwell counties is as follows: September 21, Thursday?Bamberg, 9:30 a. m.; Denmark, 2 p. m. September 22, Friday?Barnwell, 10 a. m.; Allendale, 2 p. m. Free lectures and demonstrations showing the importance of good roads and how to build them and keep them fn repair at the smallest necessary cost will be conducted at each stop by two road building ex perts of the United States department of agriculture, L. E. Boykin and H. S. Fairbanks, assisted by a representative of the land and industrial department of the Southern railway. Two coaches of the train are filled with exhibits, pictures afid working models, and the lectures are illustrated with stereopticon views. The Orangdburg Boosters. TVia r?f rirantrohnre' hnsinpss x uc uvnu vi v*wa*ovvv.?0 ~ men -who were out on .a boosting trip, visiting various towns in this section, paid Bamberg a visit last Thursday about boon. There were fifteen automobiles carrying the party, which consisted of a number of the most prominent business men of Orangeburg, accompanied by the Orangeburg military band. It was a pleasure to us tq meet several friends from our sister town, among them Messrs. M. O. Dantzler, A. H. Marchant, W. G. Smith, R. L. Berry, the Sims boys, and others. As the party was late on their schedule, the stop in Bamberg was short, but a number of people were on hand while the band played several selections and a lot of advertising matter for Orangeburg merchants, including the booster edition of the Times?and Democrat, was distributed. The booster trip was a fine idea, ad it will be of benefit to Orangeburg, and its success is due to the live secretarf of their chamber of commerce, Mr. Atticus H. Marchant.. Should Sign the Bills. Last Thursday we received the following telegram, and we publish be1 r\ ttt nnr IV TT VUi i V^/iJ Chicago, 111., August 9, 1911. Editor Herald: In your judgment should President Taft sign the wool bill, the farmers' free list bill, and the cotton bill? Do you believe the president should veto these bills andi wait for reports from the tariff commissioners on which scientific reductions can be based? Please telegraph reply at our expense. CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Bamberg, S. C., August 10, 1911. Chicago Tribune, Chicago, 111.? President Taft should by all means sign the wool bill, the farmers' free list bill, and the cotton bill. The prosperity of the whole country demands such action on his part. A. W. KNIGHT, Editor Herald. SENSATION IN SHIRER CASE. Detective Howard Arrested, Charged with Subornation of Perjury. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 14.?A sensational turn in the Robert C. Shirer death mystery came this afternoon. A warrant was issued and served on Private Detective Thomas Howard, charging subornation of perjury. Howard and Kelly, operating a private detective agency, have been working on the Shirer death, at the instigation of a brother, of Charleston, and last week had warrants issued charging J. H. Cunningham and C. V. Kiisel with murder, as a result of which they were confined to jail. Bond was fixed by Judge Hammond Saturday, but Cunningham was unable to get surety and is still in jail. The chief feature of the case as presented by Howard, is that he had the information from a negro by the name or Bin Glover, to the effect that he (Glover) was asleep on the river bank the night Shirer disappeared, and he was awakened by two men coming from the river; that he followed the men to 310 Washington street, where ther entered. Shirer and the two young men boarded there. Howard furthe claimed that the negro would identify Cunningbam and Kiisel. His supporting testimony was claimed to be a statement from Charlie Davenport, white, that Cunningham tried to pawn a watch to him, which he would identify as Shirer's. Statements were made to Chief George Elliott to-day by both these alleged important witnesses, tnat tne things claimed by Howard could not be supported by them, and that they had not made such statements to him. The negro charges, in his affidavit, that he had gotten some small sum of money from Howard and 'was promised more. A preliminary hearing was held this afternoon and Howard was released on bond of $1,000. He. declares his arest will amount to nothing. Finds Death in Strange Way. Abbeville, Aug. 14.?Charles Nickles, son of L. C. Nickles, of the Santuc section of this county, died last night from the effects of burns received last Friday, when he made an attempt at self-destruction, with the result that his father's barn and its contents were destroyed. Young Nickles had been suffering for some time with melancholy and Friday went into the barn on his father's farm, covered himself with fodder and set fire to it. Others on the place were attracted by . the smoke, and with great difficulty saved the young man fom immediate death. It was impossible to check the flames, however, and the building and its contents were burned with a total loss. Young Nickles lingered until Friday, when death ended his suffering. He was 22 years of age and had been farming with his father. Outrages by Night Riders. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 14.? News comes from Spencer, Van Buren county, situated in a remote part of the Cumberland mountains of a series of outrages committed by moonshiners and developments of the past few weeks have proved that in spite of stern efforts to break up night riding, continuous marauding in the mountain is still a thing to be dreaded. Following a recent raid by revenue officers near the little town of Spencer in which a man named Sullivan was killed, eight mountaineers organized themselves into a band of whitecaps, went on horseback to the home of Dan Whittenberg, who, it is alleged, had given lodgipg to the revenue officers. The outlaws entered his house at 2 o'clock this morning, took Whittenberg away from his wife and children, and earning him out in his own yard, whipped him almost to death. Before arriving at the home of Whittenberg, the night-riders visited his father, Pete Whittenberg and threatened him. While they were beating him, Whittenberg recognized the entire band, some of them by their voices, omers Dy .uieir uuiks. When he had sufficiently recovered from his terrible experience, Whittenberg swore out warrants against the eight suspects. When the case/was called for trial a few days ago, Whittenberg failed to appear and it was alleged that he had been threatened by the night-riders, so the case was dismissed, but the criminal court which meets in October will investigate the matter thoroughly. Only a day or so before this, Slate Morris of the same vicinity who had given lodging to the officers, was shot from ambush while plowing in a field. Part of a load of buckshot entered his body, one striking him in the face. A pretty good way to judge of a man's character is by the way he meets his financial obligations. The fellow who is careless about paying his debts and who will not pay them if he can get around it^s not much of a man. He may safely be put down as a bad citizen in almost every respect. ' < . 5 - I ? ? . I SMITH URGES REDUCTION. Governor Would Have Georgia House " Appropriations Cut. Atlanta, Aug. 14.?Gov. Hoke Smith appeared before the comittee on appropriations, of the State, to-day and urged the reduction of the appropriations fixed by the house by the sum of at least $150,000. In addressing the committee, the gover- ? nor stated the total amount appropriated by the house exceeded the pros*pective revenues of the State for 1911 by the amount named in hi* recommendation and unless the appropriations were scaled a deficit would be created. , 9 ? After considerable deliberation the committee succeeded in cutting Hi the appropriation to the extent *f approximately $58,000. The appro- . i > priations now aggregate about five onH a Viol* ,3,01a.m. ?* ucui UlllUUU UUilOl o. Cows in Virginia. A cow in this town recently dr&nk j four quarts of ammonia, and she's been giving ice cream ever since.? Charleston News and Courier.1 That's nothing. Norfolk, having long since outgrown the village state, no longer harbors specimens of the _ J bovine species within its corporate limits. In the neighborhood of this | ,f. city, however, there is a cow that feeds on bran and mint and daily gives four gallons of brandy juleps. ?Virgiftian-Pilot. And in that same neighborhood there are plenty of another species to consume the total production of this remarkable cow.?Richmond Virginian. Mr. John B. White of near this ' '' \ city, who recently sold out his place of 300 acres to Dr. H. M. ?tuckey of this city for $20,000, has pur- J| chased a place of the same area near - V; Bamberg and will move to that place ^ in +Via. naor fnfnro flnmtar Wofflh iu UV^4A AUVUA V? MUMAW* ?V M W? ' -'-v VT man and Southron. JHT fieri?rMP*StayhWta*tfJ*22dA W UlebtaftyM|MV M1WL V A {WT^ Call and examine our /JBj . i j ^JW fine of the Famous ^1*? ' ^ t#J KUHKUtmt " .Tools and Cutlery to- 2*^*1 -*??1 |IS?a day. They cost no - H more than the ordinary !j3 g Ail our claims are 1x01 f ^1 ( jf^JI . backed with a "money ^*J|TT ,v| L?H refunded if you're not |n| > ;;v ? satisfied" guarantee. Hi ' '| i. F. Outer & D. Carter .; | CARTER & CARTER | Attorneys-at-Law Bamberg, S* C. r;': -M Special attention given to setr ?. j tlement of estates and investl- j f| ~~J| Piano Contest. ' 7*$ Following is the standing of the '11 contestants in the contest for the piano now .being given away by The j Bamberg Herald and Hoover's drug ;p store. No names of contestants are published, each contestant having a f v number. Get in the game early and make the contest interesting: 1 .. .. 36,995 75 .. .. 35,220 2 .. .. 36,525 79 .. .. 63,090 9 .... 6,625 89 2,225 /^/1 21 .. .. 98,080 90 .. .. 88,410 23 .... 6,140 112 2,325 / I 35 .... 3,025 119 .. ~ 2,005 , y 41 .. .. 23,780 140 .. .. 65,840 ---M 42 .. .. 2,035 141 .. .. 2,040 43 .. .. 2,715 146 .... . 42,285 49 .. .. 2,030 147 .. .. 42,000 - -?? .?? /?n AAA 50 .. .. ? Z,U5U 1<5) .. m D4,UVU / .*? 50 12,240 197 .. .. 45,075 66 M M 2,785 198 .. $9,105 MASTER'S SALE. State- of South Carolina?County * )|| of Bamberg?Court of Common . rv|l Pleas. ' W H. C. Rice, plaintiff, against A* L. U' Milhous, defendant. Pursuant to a decree of the court ; " M in the above entitled action, dated m March 9, 1911, I will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, on Monday, September 4, 1911, during the legal hours of sale, before the court house door in Bamberg, S. C., the following described real i estate, to-wit: jm All that certain tract of land lying w and being in Bamberg county, Bu- ^ ford's Bridge township, State of South Carolina, said to contain one hundred and ninety-five (195) acres, more.or less, and bounded North by lands of J. O. and D. J. Hartzog; East by lands of Mrs. S. C. Hay; South by lands of Jeff Gunnells, and i&J the estate lands of "Odom," and - ?r f known as Tract No. 3, reference to a plat of survey made by R. F. Lee, % surveyor, on February 26, 1875, will more fully appear. Purchaser to pajr for papers. H. C. FOLK, Master Bamberg County. DAVIS & HARDWICK, , fig Plaintiff's Attorneys. Bamberg, S. C., August 7, 1911. TO THE PUBLIC * ! ^ The undersigned have formed a copartnership for the purpose of practicing law under the firm name of Mayfield & Free. S. G. BAYFIELD,