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Sambrrg ifrralb Thursday, Sept. 7, 1911. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Read the new advertisements in The Herald this week. School opens next Monday. Send your child the first day in order that woTT xrith his plass. JULU JLUaj w IV In renewing his subscription, Mr. J. E. Delk, of Barnwell, says: "I do not want to miss your paper." The cotton oil mill at this place has started operation for the season, and is now crushing seed at a rapid rate. Some boys returning from, the river Tuesday afternoon ran across a large rattle snake in the road in the incorporate limits. It was killed f and had nine rattles and a button. In renewing his subscription for another year, Mr. J. T. Griffith, of the Denmark section, said he was delighted with The Herald and considered it the best county paper he ever read. ? V The Herald Book Store will not I ; handle school books this fall. Under the present arrangement the business is very unsatisfactory to the local dealer, therefore we will not carry any school books, f. Rev. E. A. McDowell will begin a series of meetings at Bethany Baptist church, near Ehrhardt, Frifday morning, the 8th instant. There will be two services daily: one at 11 a. m. and the other at 5 p. m. The board of county commissoners held a regular monthly meeting I here, but the approving of claims was the only business transacted. Supervisor Kearse and Commissioners Kinard and Folk were present. Last Monday Master H. C. Folk sold a tract of land containing 195 acres, situated in the Govan section, in the case of H. C. Rice against A. L. Milhous. It was bid in by Davis & Hardwick, attorneys, for $5,000. A card from Mrs. K. I. Shuck, who recently moved to Barnesville, Ga., to live with her daughter, says that she is charmed with her new home but misses her Bamberg friends. She says: "I am always so glad to get The Herald." , p>: In renewing for her paper for another year Mrs. Allen E. Hair, of Elko, writes: "We think your paper the best weekly we have ever seen or read. Wishing you much good luck and success." Who wouldn't try to get out a good pajg|:/ . per with such loyal and appreciative! gpSfe* subscribers! ? City council held a regular monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon of this gji?v' week, at which Mr. A. M. Brabham was elected a member of the board of public works to succeed J. F. Carf. < ter, Esq., resigned. The only other ?? business transacted by council was p a the passing of bills, although several matters were discussed. The Bamberg cotton mills started up last Monday morning, after being shut down since the middle of May, and the operatives are glad to re nrroin T'Vl.d WoralH 1R a Isft t(! SUlliC wuiri agam. xuv ? glad, as we have been without power during the day time during the shut down. We are now running full blast and can deliver all work promptly. Mr. Geo. H. Smoak is preparing to build on his lot next to Smoak's stables. He will put up a blacksmith and wheelwright shop, and will also put in a first-class grist mill. He will do all kinds of wood work, repair and build vehicles, etc. He is ready for business now at the shop formerly run by Mr. Parker Jennings, and will move to his new location just as soon as the necessary buildings can be erected. Mr. Smoak will run his machinery and grist mill with a gasoline engine. Master's Sales. At the request of Mr. S. T. Lanham, Master of Spartanburg county, Master H. C. Folk sold several tracts of land at public auction here last - Monday. The sales were made in the case of a receiver of an assessment fire insurance company. Several of the tracts advertised were not sold, as the parties had paid up. The following tracts were sold: No. 2 to C. F. Rizer for $18.70; No. 4 to S. G. Mayfleld, Esq., for $36.70. All the other tracts were bid in by H. M. Graham, Esq., for S. M. Wetmore, receiver. No. 9 for $66.58; No. 10 for $92.46; No. 11 f . ?9Q CQ. Mrt 13 fnr ?25.34: NO. 1V1 y ? V. w y 41V* xv 4V* Y - ? w - ; 14 for $21.58; No. 15 for $18.75; No. 18 for $39.66. Notice was given in several cases as to mortgages on the property, as to property not being located on the land described, and that the defend ant in the action did not own any property at the time the policy was issued or now. T The plant of the Hampton County News was sold in Hampton on Tuesday at auction and brought only $S75 under the hammer. It was bought by a Mr. Johns who will soon commence re-publishing the News. % i\ 'V New Advertisements. L. D. Odom?Milch Cow for Sale. KT. B. Brickie?I Will Credit You. /^Hoover's Drug Store?Not a Dream. yfeouthern Trust Co.?One Hundred Farms for Sale. ^Farmers & Merchants Bank?'Tis Education Forms the Comomn Mind. j/W. D. Bessinger?Bessinger's Menu. yt. R. Brabham's Sons?Which Would You Rather Do? /Jones Bros.?Fall Announcement. t/The Millinery Store?Storm BarBargains. ,-N. F. Green?Take Notice. Mrs. Enbanks Dead. Mrs. Nancy Eubanks, wife of Mr. t. c, ruhanks. died at their home in this city last Friday evening after an illness of about four months. She was afflicted with paralysis. She was formerly Miss Matticks, of Augusta, and had lived in Bamberg about one year, Mt. Eubanks being boss carder at the cotton mill. She leaves a husband and seven children. The burial took place Sunday morning at Beulah Methodist church at White Pond. Damage at Lodge. In a letter renewing his subscription Maj. Joe Carter, of Lodge, writes us: "We are so weather beaten that I can hardly tell you how bad it is since the cyclone. The continued drenching rains every day adds further damage to the crops. Cotton is damaged at least 35 to 40 per cent., blown out, and is now sprouting in the burr. What is open seems as though it will be lost, and that was 35 to 40 per cent, of the cotton crop, which was a fairly good crop. The farmers here seemed to be fairly well pleased at the cotton crop had this calamity not come to it." Mayor's Court. Some interest was created last Thursday morning when Chief of Police S. A. Hand, assisted by Night Policeman H. W. Moody and Magistrate's Constable J. W. McCue, visited three stores on Main street where a search was made for intoxicants. The places visited were the restaurant of John Cameras, the grocery and fruit store of S. Yeitrakis, and the store and market of w w Rftard. The raids were made on warrants issued by Mayor Smoak. At the restaurant of Cameras several dozen bottles of Belle of Georgia beer were found, it being hidden under the floor, a hole being sawed out for this purpose. Some "Beerine" was seized at the store of Yeitrakis, and at Beard's about a half barrel of bottles with no label on them. Tife beverage Mr. Beard claimed was not intoxicating, having no alcohol in it, and it was not unlawful to sell it. The bottles were stored in his meat refrigerator. Cameras plead guilty to selling intoxicants and was fined $100, the trial taking place the same day. Cameras paid his fine. Yeitrakis desired to plead guilty, but Mayor Smoak postponed his case, as Yeitrakis did not have any money to pay his fine and he gave him a few days' respite in order to raise the money. He was therefore released on a bond of $200, Dr. Geo. F. Hair .going on the bond. The trial of Mr. Beard was postponed as well, as he claimed that the beverage he sold was not an illegal drink. We understand that the city authorities will have some of it analyzed. However, we are informed by Chifef Hand that the cases against Beard do not rest on the seizure. There are two or more cases against him and his clerk, and Mr. Beard's bond was fixed at $200 and that of his clerk at $200, Capt. A. P. Miller being the bondsman. When these cases will be tried ' is not known. Saturday afternoon a white man named Ambrose Williams hit a negro named McClellan in the head with an axe handle and inflicted painful wounds. The affair happened on the main business street, and was the continuation of a difficulty which had started out on the new railroad. It seems that the two were watering their mules and the negro pushed Mr. Williams away from the pump and struck him on the arm with a metal bucket, skinning his arm, and also cursed him vilely. So when Mr. Williams saw him on the street Saturday afternoon he let him have the axe handle with full force, striking him several severe blows, knocking two holes in his head and giving him a wound on the neck. Mr. Williams was arrested and is now out on bond of $10, the case not having heen tried so far. The negro was badlyhurt, but is out again and getting along all right. He is a Sumter negro and is said to be an impudent fellow. Tom Graves, a negro who lives on Mr. Jno. H. Cope's plantation near Cope, was tried Tuesday by Mayor Smoak on the charge of selling liquor on August 26th. The mayor reserved hiB decision. CARLISLE FITTING SCHOOL. Primary Department to be Added. Faculty Enlarged?Many Improvements Made?Prospects Bright. The Carlisle Fitting School will begin its nineteenth year September 20th. The prospects for a prosperous year are unusually bright. It is believed that the school will enroll just as many boarding students as can possibly be accommodated. Primary Department. At the solicitation of friends in town the authorities have put on the primary department for another year. A teacher, educated at one of our leading colleges, with a record of five years of most successful teaching, and coming most highly recommend ed by those in a position to know her work and character, has been elected to do this work. Those who patronize the primary department are assured that they will receive most I excellent service. Improvements. A considerable sum of money is being spent in improvements and re. pairs. Handsome opera chairs havh been ordered for the auditorium, and ( it is expected that they will be in place for the opening. This will give Bamberg one of the best auditoriums 1 in this section of the State. The old < class rooms will be to some extent < re-furnished, and two additional class ( rooms established. The library has been moved to the flnst floor and will have splendid quarters another year. [ Faculty Enlarged. \ The teaching force at the Car- ( lisle Fitting School next year will be . the "largest in the history of the school. Four men will be actively engaged in teaching in addition to the music and primary teachers. With this force it will be possible for the school to do the best work of its career. In two more weeks the boys and girls from all parts of South Carolina will be coming into our little city. Let us give them a royal welcome and make them feel at home among us. ??<??????? . Baptist Church News and Notices. DIRECTORY. Preaching service every Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and at night, by the pastor, Rev. 0. 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. g 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 and wife have returned from their vacation trip to Washington, D. C., reporting a most delightful and instructive trip. Pastor Frier took in the Sunday-school convention at Olar before reaching home. The Sunday-school convention was most hospitably entertained by the good people of Olar. The attendance was good considering the weather. The urogram was hamper ed by the absence of so many who were appointed to speak on the various topics, but a lot of good things were said. The address by Miss Clara Johnson, of Elko, on the benefit of the teachers' training course was one of the best things of the convention. The convention did a wise thing in electing her as supervisor of teacher training in its bounds.. Pastor Frier preached at both ! hours Sunday, and little Miss Von Etta Rentz was received for baptism at the morning service. Two candidates now await the solemn service. The pastor announced that he would preach next Thursday evening, if the inclement weather did not interfere, and probably Friday evening also. Why should not some others decide : now for Christ and begin a Christian [ life? Why should not you church I members speak to your children and (friends about this important decision? Tha assoeiational year and pas toral year, too, are nearing their close. Let us betake ourselves to rounding up the year's work. Stereopticon Lecture Friday. Next Friday evening at 8 o'clock, a free stereopticon lecture, showing many scenes in India, will be given at Trinity Methodist church. This will be the sixth of a series of lectures and will no doubt be a very interesting number. Over eighty views will be shown. U. D. C. Meeting. Mrs. John Cooner will be hostess to the Francis Marion Bamberg Chapter U. D. C. next Tuesday af ternoon, the 12th, at 5 o'clock, at her home on Railroad Avenue. Every member is urged to be present, as plans for the unveiling of the monument to our Confederate heroes, will be discussed. After the summer's rest it is hoped that the Daughters will resume work for the fall with much enthusiasm. v.,.V ; --- .... - '//-Zrs-'St: u ewgggggggggg | Bessii | A FEW SUGGE BREAKFAST Tetley's Tea Monogram Coffee Corn Flakes Oat Meal Airo Corn Olympia Floor Syrup Waffles Boneless Swift's Breakfast Boiled Ham Bacon Saratoga Chips Pearl Grist Jumbo Tomatoes Snow Flake Brookfield Crackers. Creamery Batter. 8? Watch my ad1 ? s I to eat. Every I W D. is; "The Store With Fresh A* $ Just received a * ? ? to Death of Mrs. Kinard. Mrs. Lilla Kinard, wife of Mr. G. L. Kinard, died at the old home near Ehrhardt Sunday evening. The burial took place Monday afternoon at Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church near Ehrhardt, of which she was a member. Mrs. Kinard had been sick for several weeks with typhoid fever. She was at the hospital in Columbia, but recovered sufficiently to be brought home some weeks ago. It was hoped that she was on the road to recovery, but some days ago her condition became serious and she grew worse until the end. She was about 39 years old, and leaves a little daughter, Ruby. She was a daughter of the late Capt. W. E. Sease, and is survived by her husband, mother, sisters, and brothers, who have the sincere sympathy of their many friends. Mrs. Kinard had been living in Bamberg for the past two years, and the friendB she made here sorrow at her untimely death. Mr. Kinard is the cotton weigher for Bamberg, but for several days he had been at the bedside of his wife, while his brother, Mr. W. H. ' 1- ? Kinara, naa oeen penormiug iuc i duties of weigher here. ; Mr. Brabham Elected. J. F. Carter, Esq., who has been a member of the board of public works for a year or more, has resigned because of other pressing public duties and Mir. A. M. Brabham has been elected by council to fill the vacancy. He will finish out the unexpired term of Mr. Jno. H. Cope, to which Mr. Carter had pre viously been elected. Mr. Brabham was elected by city council at its meeting Tuesday afternoon, and has already entered upon the duties of the position. He is a public-sprited, progressive, and energetic young man, and the other members of the beard expect good work from him. Census Figures. From a bulletin sent out by the government census bureau we note that the total population of South Carolina is 1,515,400. In 1900 the total population of the State was 1,340,316, and in 1890 1,151,149. The white population for 1910 is 679,162, in 1900 it was 557,807, and in 1890 the total was 462,008. The negro population figures are as follows: 1910, 835,843; 1900, 782,321, 1890, 688,934. For Bamberg county the figures are: Total population, 1910, 18,544; 1900, 17,296; white population 1910, ~ ??a. * r\ n n r /?ro. n/trtula+irm 0,0 ( U j lyuu, ?J, DUO, ucgiu puy 1910, 12,874; 1900, 11,638. For Barnwell county the total population In 1910 was 34,209; in 1900, 35,504; whites 1910, 9,561; 1900, 10,088; negroes 1910, 24,648; 1900, 25,416. A study of these figures is interesting and shows that the negro race is decreasing in population in the lower tier of counties. Where they are going to is a matter of conjecture, but it is our opinion that they are dying off. We do not believe that the negroes are increasing in the low country. Tuberculosis and other fatal diseases are taking them away rapidly, no matter if they do breed rapidly. The Cotton Market. Cotton is selling in Bamberg today (Wednesday) for 11% cents the pound. Receipts of the week 434 bales; receipts for the season 859 bales. ' - ' ' -"'.it. ??V.. ' rowgottqiqHMHpg?g nger's STIONS FOR YOU DINNER Boiled Rice Boiled Cabbage Boiled Potatoes Curtis' Sifted Blue Label Sweet Peas Corn Boiled Dove Brand Ham Durkee's Salad Dressing Heinz's Sweet Heinz's Sour Pickles. Pickles. Cherries Peaches and Sugar Lady Finger Crackers Lord Calvert Coffee vertisement each week ft - article in my store is ne BBSS! G<>OdS," TELEPHONE NO fresh shipment of Lowney's loose and ;IHI * ;I? il? Ij? jl? ;I? il? ilMl? ill Visit of the Good Roads Train. The citizens of this section will be given an opportunity to learn about the importance of good roads and the best methods of building and keeping them in repair, wHen the "road improvement train" being operated by the Southern Railway and affiliated lines working in conjunction with the United States office of public roads, .visits Bamberg on Thursday, September 21st, at 9:30 a. m. and Denmark at 2 p. m. the same day. The train consists of lecture and demonstration coaches equipped with a stereopticon, exhibits and working models, and is accompanied by Messrs. L. E. Boykin and H. S. Fair banks, two government road en-1* gineers, who from wide experience are qualified to give the most valuable information on good roads building. W. J. Hurlbut, of the land and industrial department of the Southern Railway, goes with the train. It is the object of the "road improvement train" to not only stimulate interest in the good roads mo*ement but to give practical instruction in the building of roads and their repair. All the lectures and demonstrations are free. The lecture and'ex hibits are bound to prove neipiui w to all interested in good roads and the experts will be ready to answer all questions whose solution may be puzzling the individual as to how best to improve his road. The working models will be shown in actual operation, the motive power being furnished by a gasoline engine installed for the purpose, and with these the experts are enabled to explain what materials make the best roads and how they are made and repaired at the smallest necessary cost. The "road improvement train" will be on the road continuously all the summer and fall, completing an extensive tour over the whole South at Richmond, Va., at a good roads convention to be held there in October. The tour began at Mobile, Ala., May 1st and a warm reception has been accorded the train at all stops. Those in charge of the train extend a cordial invitation to the people of this community to attend the exhibiting All nnnntv nffiMalfl and road supervisors are asked to take part and the ladies will be especially welcomed. To Electric Light Customers. We wish to call the attention of all patrons of the city light plant to the fact that on the 15 th instant Mr. E. V. Camp, of Dal ton, Ga., will assume charge of the light plant, and the commissioners of public works wish to make a change In the method of running the business.^ Heretofore the bills each month wbre presented ~ ? o~|.A<4 + personally, wnieu cuusumcs a, tm, deal of time and is very expensive as well as unsatisfactory. Under this system it took a week or more each month to collect the bills, and as the superintendent must of necessity do this work it interfered greatly with the service, as he cannot give the proper attention to the plant and be on the streets so much of the time collecting. Therefore we have decided to mail bills hereafter, and customers can either mail checks to Mr. E. H. Henderson, town clerk and treasurer, or to Mr. Camp, or they can pay either of these gentlemen in person by calling at the office of Mr. Henderson or at the plant. We have also made arrangements with the Bamberg gggggggggggge Menu 11 17 y - a [R NEXT MEAL $ | SUPPER * \ Pearl Columbia River 0 Grist % Salmon > ^ Saratoga Chips * Heinz's Pickles Bull Head Jelly Heinz's Preserves i Five O'clock Cheese Sandwich 1 Tea Crackers Crackers I Cream Brookfleld j Cheese. Creamery Butter. I Tetley's Ice Tea >r good things $ * ||s sw and fresh. :: j i JS. INGBRi 1 . 32. Bamberg, S. C. ij boxed Candies. ? X | ; \M Banking Company to receive these payments, and you can pay your bill ofe there, and the bank will give you a ' UI receipt. j? All lamps, wiring, supplies, etc., must be paid for cash at the time of 4 ' ^ delivery or when the work is flnished, except by special arrangement, for it is our intention to reduce * .5 the book-keeping to a minimum. . We trust the patrons will co-op- 1 % ^ erate with us in this matter. The commissioners give their time to this work for nothing, and we are run- % ning the plant in the best interest of {"'M the town, as we see it We get no pay for our services, and if others $ think they can do better we are perTrillins, frt otan ^/wm #nd AH* awx/vaj n AiiAug uv ovvy uv nu uuu vuu The present chairman of the board has served the town in this capacity since before the plant was installed at a great sacrifice, and the other. v m members give their services at a great sacrifice as well. Therefore we feel that it is not asking too much of our people to co-operate with us :iM to the extent of calling at the bank and paying their bills or mailing 8 check. It is your plant and we are | endeavoring in every way to reduce expenses and make the investment a profitable one for the city, and the old method of personal collecting was ^ | the largest item of unnecessary expense. Our rate for current is less ; J than any town this size anywhere, and we would like to still further re- * duce the price if possible. Help us to make the plant ?. success, for it is the property of the citizens of the town. Make any complaints to Mr. Camp, who will be glad to adjust ' them. ' Bills will be mailed the first or second of each month, and they must be paid by the 10th of the same month. If this bill is not paid by that 'time the lights will be cut out M without further notice. We will make no exceptions, so save your- . v selves and the board trouble. A. W. KNIGHT, G. M. DICKINSON, <1 A. M. BRABHAM, Commissioners Pubic Works. Booth to be Installed. Mr. R. N. Pfaff, manager of the m telephone exchange, was In the city last Friday afternoon and told us " that he had signed a contract withN J the Peoples Drug Company for the installation in their store of a telephone booth for long distance and local service. The booth will be equipped with the regular automatic slot device. By this device the per- .4 son wanting to talk drops the money in the slot before he talks and the operator at the central office gives you the connection after you drop in > the money. Mr. Pfaff says the booth will be installed just as soon as pos- ^ sible. This is a progressive move for Bamberg, and one which will be a great convenience to the traveling I public, as they will not have to go i down to the central office for long distance conversation. "Uncle" Joe O'Bannon, now 84, Barnwell's oldest inhabitant, was the only colored Confederate veteran from this county to attend the State reunion in Columbia last week. He 0 went to the front in 1861 with the three Hagood brothers, Augustus, Thomas B. and William H. and remained until peace returned. When Mr. Augustus Hagood was severely wounded Uncle Joe brought him f home on a train. He is still an unreconstructed rebel. His health is first rate and while he cannot march as in his younger days he can wield * M an axe with the best local wood chop- * pers,?Barnwell People. ; A v