The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 28, 1912, Page 8, Image 8
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Thursday, March 28, 1912.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
1
Pay your city taxes before the first
of April. The penalty will attach after
that date.
Mr. H. W. Walker announces himself
in this issue as a candidate for
Judge of Probate.
Mr. W. D. Sease announces himself
in this isstfe as a candidate for
cotton weigher at Ehrhardt.
There are plenty more candidates
who want to run for county offices,
so they might as well come along.
Rev. J. W. Speaks, an Episcopal
minister of Charleston, conducted
services here last Sunday at the
Presbyterian church.
In renewing for his subscription,
Mr. Jas. E. Delk, of Barnwell, writes:
. \
"Can't do without your paper. It
is the best paper I know of."
The date of the exhibition of the
Wofford gymnasium team at the Car- 1
lisle Fitting School auditorium has
been changed to to-night (Thursday.
) ;
, The governor has appointed Hon.
S. G. Mayfield, of this city, as a del- |
egate to the Southern commercial
congress which meets in Nashville, '
Tenn., next month.
Next Monday is the first Monday '
in April and salesday. Only one
public sale is to be made, and that
by the Master, of a house and lot
in the town of Bamberg. The county
board of commissioners will hold a
regular quarterly meeting here that
day.
While here several days ago Mr
W. D. McMillan, of Hahira, Ga., left '
with us a sample of the long staple '
cotton grown over there. This cot- | ]
ton is worth 27cents the pound J
at the present time. The sample is 1
on exhibition in our show window,
and everybody can come in and see 1
it. 5
We heard this (Wednesday)
. morning just before going to press ,
that there was a wreck on the South- .
ern at Blackville last night, a pas- ^
senger and freight train having collided.
We have not been able to ,
verify the truth of the report. It
was said that the engineers of both
trains were right badly hurt.
Bamberg is suffering badly from a j
lack of mail facilities on account of delayed
trains. We have never (
. known the trains to run more be- {
hind time than they have for the ?
past few weeks. Can't we get re- j
lief? It would seem that the trains
which carry the mail should be forced c
. to run something like on time.
Fire broke out this morning about c
ten o'clock in the kitchen of Mr. L. \
M. Ayer's residence. Although the i
distance was about 1200 feet from (
the nearest fire hydrant, a line of
hose was strung and the house c
saved. Considerable damage was c
done, especially to the kitchen, but
it is covered by insurance. Again I
has the water works prevented a dis- ^
astrous fire.
The 30th annual convention of the
South Carolina Sunday-School Association
will be held at Greenwood j.
AdHI 16. 17. and 18. It will be a .
remarkable gathering of the religious
forces of the State. Bamberg county
is entitled to eight delegates.
Those wishing to go should apply at
once to Mr. Alfred B. Utsey, at Bamberg,
who will furnish credentials
for the county.
Of course The Herald is making plenty
of money, but it takes a powerful
lot of it for expenses. When
its not salaries its taxes and insurance,
or some other expense, all of
which takes cash money. When a
country newspaper has to raise forty
dollars or more every Saturday night
for salaries alone, it means that collections
must be made promptly or
the help will go lacking, something
which is not allowed in this office.
The commencement exercises of
the Carlisle Fitting School will be
held June 1-3 this year. Rev. J.
Walter Daniel, D. D., presiding elder
of the Charleston district, will preach
the annual sermon, and the address
before the literary societies will be
delivered by Prof. D. W. Daniel, of
Clemson college. The school has enjoyed
a prosperous year under the
able management of Headmaster J.
C. Guilds and his corps of assistants.
Wofford Team Thursday Night.
The Wofford gymnasium team will <
give an exhibitiion in the auditorium
of the Carlisle Fitting School Thur&
day evening at s:i>u o ciock. mis
is the first trip this team has made
to our town and a large audience
should greet them. The team consists
of twelve men and the stunts
they do always win the admiration
of the audience.
Tickets for this exhibitiion are on
sale at the Bamberg Pharmacy. The
prices are 35 and 25 cents.
Changes in Laws.
The general assembly of 1911
changed the law in this county in
regard to electing cotton weighers.
These were formerly elected by the
board of county commissioners, now
they are to be elected in the primary
by districts, just as magistrates The
law in regard to county commissioners
was also changed, the general assembly
dividing the county into districts.
The law is as follows:
That Bamberg county is hereby
divided into two election districts,
so far as the election of county commissioners
is concerned, which districts
shall be: District one, composed
of Buford's Bridge and Bamberg
townships, and district two shaJ
be composed of Midway, Fishpond,
and Three Mile townships.
Each of said districts shall be entitled
to one county commissioner,
to be elected as now provided by law.
Memorial Meeting.
The Rivers' Bridge Memorial Association
will observe Friday, April
26th, as memorial day. Gen. U. R.
Brooks, of Columbia, and Dr. Lee
Davis Lodge, president Limestone
college, Gaffney, S. C., will deliver
memorial addresses. To these services
the public is cordially invited,
and the ladies earnestly requested to
bring flowers. The committee on
grounds and order of the day: J.
D. Jenny, J. C. Kinard, W. H. Chitty,
J. A. Peters, W. D. Sease, W. H. Ritter,
and J. O. Kearse. On music:
Rev. D. B. Groseclose, J. C. Kinard,
and J. F. Kearse.
DR. N. F. KIRKLAND,
J. W. JENNY, President.
Secretary.
Fitting School Commencement.
Commencement at the Carlisle
Pitting scnooi mis year win uegm uu
June 1st and run through June 3rd.
ft now seems that the school will
have one of the best commencements
in its history and preparations are
being made to make it a success.
Saturday night will be student
light. For this night the students
are undertaking something that is
lot only new for amateur players but
exceedingly difficult and uncommon.
They are preparing to render the old
English morality play "Everyman."'
This play was written during the
early part of the sixteenth century,
and is the best known of the morality
plays which formed an important
step in the development of the English
drama. In speaking of this
play Bishop Percy says: "The subject
of this piece is the summoning
Df man out of the world by death;
ind its moral that nothing will then
ivail him but a well-spent life and
;he comforts of religion."
The students are also getting up
ffioruses, etc.
Dr. J. Walter Daniel, presiding eller
of the Charleston district, will
areach the annual sermon and also
jreach before the Young People's
Christian Association.
Prof. D. W. Daniel, of Clemson
;ollege, will deliver the annual adIress
before the literary societies.
All who have heard these men
inow what there is in store for those
vho hear them at commencement.
Lyceum Course Next Season.
Mr. Dilworth, representing the Alkahest
Lyceum Bureau, was in the
;ity Tuesday and arranged with
lead Master Guilds, of the Carlisle
fitting School, for a lyceum course
or next season. The course is an
musually strong one, the attractions
>eing the highest-priced yet put on
lere, making the course cost consid;rably
more than in former years
rhere are two musical attractions
:omposed of ladies, two musical atractions
composed of men, and one
ecturer, all being the highest
less performers appearing in lyceum
:ourses. Mr. Guilds and the genlemen
associated with him have not
jone into this as a money-making
mterprise but for the good of the
own and community, and as our
)eople will soon be called upon to
mrchase season tickets, the response
>hould be liberal. These attractions
ire indeed cheap, especially when one
)urchases a season ticket, and
mough tickets should be sold with>ut
canvassing to make the venture
ibsolutely safe for the public-spirit?d
gentlemen who have pledged the
course.
New Advertisements.
G. Frank Bamberg?Plenty of
Class.
W. D. Sease?Candidate's Card.
H. Whilden Walker?Candidate's
Card.
w A Tvlnnhpr?Easter Goods at
Glauber's.
Rentz & Felder?Where Have You
Been?
The Millinery Store?For Sale.
Pastime Theater?Buffalo Bill's
Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far
East.
E. A. Hooton?Come to Hooton's
for the New Things in Millinery and
Dry Goods.
Special Train for Columbia.
Mr. J. R. Owens, who is an enthusiastic
Confederate veteran as well
as a public-spirited citizen, is much
interested in having Bamberg make
a fine showing at the unveiling of
the monument to the Women of the
Confederacy, which will take place
in Columbia on Thursday, April 11th.
To this end he has been working for
a special train to Columbia, and has
suceeded in getting the railroad authorities
to promise that if as many
as fifty will go from Bamberg a
special coach will leave here early
on the morning of the 11th, connect
' ?? + T3i-nnnVit?i11o 51 5nf?fM5ll
111 g d L L>iauv.n>iav i>
train from Charleston, which goes
through to Columbia without stops,
arriving there in plenty of time to
witness the ceremonies and returning
the same night, leaving Columbia
after the regular trains-, which gives
one a much longer day in Columbia.
The ' .10 will be only $1.55 in parties
of twenty-five, but the special
coach will only be furnished if a sufficient
number to fill it will go. Mr.
Owens has already thirty or more
names on his list,"and if any one
wishes to go they should see Mr.
Owens or leave their name at the
Bamberg Pharmacy or at The Herald
office.
It is likely that the students of the
Carlisle Fitting School will attend
the exercises, and a delegation from
Camp Jenkins, No. 627, U. C. V., will
also attend, and no doubt the F. M.
Bamberg Chapter Daughters of the
Confederacy will also send a number
of representatives, whicn win possibly
make up a sufficient number to
fill two coaches. Wouldn't it be fine
if we could get two special coaches
filled with Bamberg people? Don't
delay if you want to go, but notify
one of those mentioned above right
away.
Entertainment Last Friday.
The Eugene Field Literary Society,
assisted by the music department,
held its regular meeting in
the graded school auditorium Friday
afternoon from 1 to 2 o'clock.
Monday being Calhoun's birthday,
the following program was carried
out:
Song by Society?Ho! for Carolina.
Reading?Life of John C. Calhoun
?Tom Felder.
Instrumental Solo?The Contented
Bird?Mamie McMillan.
Recitation ? Carolina ? Bessie
Kirkland.
Recitation?Carolina, Our Pride
?Willie Ott McCue.
Instrumental Solo? Dreaming ?
Mary Lee Grimes.
Recitation ? To Calhoun ? Roy
Free.
Reading?South Carolina ? Evelyn
Brabham.
Instrumental Solo?"Under the
Double Eagle."?Arrie Free.
Recitation?Butler and the Pal-'
metto Regiment?Mamie McMillan.
Recitation?The Women of the
Confederacy?Mildred Jones.
Reading?Emily Geiger's RideRebecca
Dickinson.
Instrumental Solo ? Tanzgeisterchen?Virginia
Hill.
Recitation ? South Carolina ?
Gene Price.
Recitation?The Swamp Fox?
Benjamin Rentz.
Instrumental Solo ? May Bells
Chiming?Ruth Herndon.
Reading? Ferguson's Defeat ?
Jennie Simmons.
Song by Society?Dixie.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
Many of life's so-called luxuries
are but base imitations.
A good place to pass away the time
is at a pawnbroker's.
The ratio of officeseekers to officeholders
is about 1,600 to 1.
Poets are born just the same as
other poor unfortunates.
Woman's inhumanity to man
makes the divorce lawyer happy.
A r\ A wnn oonoKIn
ri SICil'lllClUC ULlCtU lO O^iuvxju vuyuuiu
of loving more than once.
An average man is one who thinks
he is away above the average;.
Many a man who never saw a ship
is capable of handling schooners.
Some men, like mules, do little
head work and are always kicking.
It isn't a bachelor's ways that count
so much with young widows as his
means.
After might has prevailed it is called
right by those who were benefitted
thereby.
Cows Caused Fatal Wreck.
Savannah, Ga., March 22.?At 6:45
o'clock this morning near Oconee, on
the Central Railway, a train carrying
a large number of men to work filling
in a trestle ran over three cows. The
flat cars which made the train turned
over and two men were killed and
several injured. The dead are: F. M.
Trainer, engineer of Tennille, Ga.,
and W. L. Sledge, trainman of Macon.
Seriously injured: B. L. Wright, Gordon,
Ga., conductor; T. W. Hodges,
Oconee; D. T. Tedard, Macon; W. H.
Godwin, Macon; C. S. Ham, Teanille,
The iniured were carried to Macon
and the dead men to the towns where
they lived.
Soil Survey Later.
Washington, March 18, 1912.
The Bamberg Herald, Bamberg,
S. C.
My Dear Sir:?I have for some
time endeavored to induce the Department
of Agriculture to make a
soil survey of Bamberg county. The
government's experts are now in
Barnwell county. Senator Tillman
very kindly joined me in my request
to the department, urging them to
make the survey, and the chief of the
bureau, under date of March the
11th, writes as follows:
Upon examination of the status
of the field work at this time, I find
that the work in Barnwell county is
only about twenty-three per cent,
completed, leaving about six hundred
and seventy square miles to survey.
The weather conditions have been
unfavorable for field work all through
the South, and I find that under exceptionally
good conditions, we could
not complete the Barnwell county
survey before the latter part of June
and our schedule for summer assignments
should begin in April. The
season for northern assignments is
somewnai nmuea ana you can reaauy
see that it is impossible to extend
the time of this four-man party to
take up any work in Bamberg county.
We have about twenty parties working
in the field and we should have
all the men in the northern assignments
as soon as possible in order
to satisfy, in part, the eight hundred 1
requests we have on file in this office.
"I am glad that Professor Marbut
had an opportunity to talk this matter
over with you, explaining the situation
in detail, and I am excedingly i
grateful to you for consenting to let <
this matter go for the present. I <
shall take pleasure in recommending
the survey of Bamberg county dur- j
ing the next winter season." i
From the number of applications
you can appreciate how important the
farmers of other sections regard this <
survey, and I can assure you that I
shall, next fall, present to the chief
of the bureau, his letter promising
to recommend the survey next winter.
Yours very truly,
JAMES F. BYRNES.
MAKE WAITA HORROR.
England Considers Shell Filled With
Smallpox or Cholera.
If the nations of the earth do not
want peace, then let them have war
in earnest. This is the nature of the
programme now being considered by
the English government, a pro- ,
gramme that, instead of explosives
now used calls for shell filled with ,
smallpox, cholera or typhoid fever,
fire bombs, "Blindite" bullets and (
other methods of destruction and
desolation. The warfare of the fu- (
ture, if any of these plans are adopted,
will be a war between chemists
instead of gunmakers, and the nation
with the most ingenious scientists
will be the one to conquer.
One of the plans now being consid- .
ered calls for an airtight shell, filled j
with billions of germs of cholera or (
smallpox or typhoid. Fired into a be- ,
sieged city, these deadly shells will do ,
| their work far more effectively than (
any melanite, lyddite or other explosive
ever invented. The thickest ar- <
mor plate or the heaviest guns in the ]
world will be useless against them, j
In a week the besieged city would <
be a mere pestilence-laden graveyard,
which even the victors would hesi- (
tate in entering. j
Another idea of a chemist inventor 1
is a shell filled with material that will j
literally set the atmosphere on fire, j
When this shell bursts over a town or ]
camp the air will be filled with blazing
red-hot sparks that will settle
down and burn everything within
reach. The atmosphere itself will be- <
come so heated that no living being
could exist in it for more than a few i
minutes.
The war office of Great Britain is ]
giving serious attention to a new fog
shell, long the dream of many na- 1
tions. When the fog shell explodes,
the air for hundreds of yards around 1
the spot will be filled with a thick,
dense fog. The largest Dreadnought <
would be rendered useless in a few
minutes by one of these shells, and ;
that without injuring the ship in anyway.
It would simply be shut in by i
| the fog, a mist, so thick that no
search-light could penetrate it. A
few torpedo boats, once the fog shell
had been exploded, could sink their
huge enemy with practically no danger
to themselves. It would render
a submarine invincible.
But the most horrible of the new
inventions has been called "Blindite."
As its name implies it is a ghastly
substance which blinds anyone with4?
? " v. T+ if. rtloi'mo/1 tVlot onrtll ph I
Ill I CdUii. XL is i^iauiiLu Liiub \^uuu0..
"Blindite" can be put into an or- :
dinary rifle bullet to blind a dozen
people. A shell filled with this would
blind every one within a radius of
100 yards. Such a shell exploding
over a warship, would leave it absolutely
helpless, while it would put
whole army divisions out of action
nt o aincrla ctml'il Thp ohpmist. W'hO
| at a uva viw. * ? ?
discovered the substance has been almost
blind ever since.
BA^NG
Absolut
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The only Bakii
from Royal Crap
NO ALUM, NO
Church to be Built in One I>ay.
On the vacant lot at the corner of
South Church street and Bomar avenue
a handsome, up-to-date church
will spring up between the rising and
the setting of the sun on a day yet to
be named. Work will begin as soon
as it is light enough to see and at 8
o'clock in the evening the congregation
will worship in the new edifice.
The members of Bethel Methodist
church, under the leadership of their
en erprising pastor, Rev. John W.
speaKe, ana unas. r. nammona,
chairman of the building committee,
have arranged to build this church
about the first of May. The date for
the completion of the building will
be set within the next few days.
Plans and specifications have already
been submitted and adopted.
The auditorium of the church is to be
35x60 feet and the Sunday-school
room will be 15x31 feet. Another
class room will be 18x29 feet, and
there are to be two entrances, each
with a vestibule. It will be handsomely
finished, painted and completed
in every respect in one day. Every
carpenter and mechanic in Spartanburg
will be employed for this task,
and if there is not enough in the city,
others will be secured from other
Iriwns A heavv rroat nf naint will be
put on the building, both inside and
outside, before the hour named for
the beginning of the dedication services.
Electric light fixtures will be
installed as the work progresses from
hour to hour, and not a moment will
be lost.
The material will be purchased before
hand and when the spade is
placed in the ground to excavate the
first foundation, the work starts.
Dinner will be served on the ground
by the ladies of Bethel church and
the workmen will not be away from
their duties more than several moments
for the midday meal. The
mechanical work will be in charge of
J. M. Crawford, of this city, who will
superintend the building of the edifice.
Photographs will be made of
the building once an hour, showing
the progress that has been made
every 60 minutes.
This church will be a part of Bethel
and is to be known as "El-Bethel"
Methodist church. Rev. J. W. Speake
will act as pastor of the church for
the year, in addition to his duties at
Bethel.
The congregation and Mr. Speake
are most enthusiastic over the new
building and are determined to see it
:arried to completion. Many other
citizens of the city are interested and
the scheme is sure to be made sue
2essful.
"Churches have been erected in a
single day in other cities, and we are
not only going to duplicate the feat
here, but we are going to surpass it,"
said Mr. Speake this morning.
At Waco, Texas, a building was
completed in one day, but the church
in this city is to be 50 per cent, larger
than the Texas building. Others have
3een built in other cities, among them
Nashville, Tenn.?Spartanburg Journal.
Our Ways and Theirs.
We bake bread; the Chinese people
3team it.
We keep to the right;they keep to
the left.
We use a soft pillow; they use a
harH r?np
Our sign of mourning is black;
theirs is white.
Our windows are made of glass;
theirs of paper.
We shake a friend's hand; they
shake their own.
Our language is alphabetic; theirs
is ideographic.
We eat with knives and forks;
they with chopsticks.
We blacken our shoes; they whiten
their shoe soles.
We write with a pen or pencil*
they write with a brush.
We locate intellect in the brain;
they locate it in the stomach.
Some Dad!
Denver, Col., March 22.?In columns
of two, 14 youths, ranging in
ages from 6 to 16 years, filed into
the lobby of a local hotel to-day. A
stout man who brought up the rear
went to the desk.
"All mine," he said to the clerk,
"and there are 13 more back in
Goodland, Kan."
He wrote "Nathan Alexander" on
the register.
"Single rooms and 15 of them,"
said Alexander. "I never doubled
the boys up yet and I don't propose
to do it now."
PCWDER
_ ' A
:e/y Pure ,
\g Powder made
>e Cream ofTartar
LIME PHOSPHATE I
$1,000 TO ENTERTAIN BOYS. ? t
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coiumoia tuy council neips v,Hre
for National Corn Show Visitors.
Columbia, March 21.?The Columbia
city council to-day appropriated
$1,000 for the entertainment of the
boys who will attend the national
corn show here in 1913. George ' 4 .
Stephenson, secretary and general
manager of the national corn show,
appeared before council and explained
that he expected at least two boys \
from every county of all the States
of the union to be in Columbia in attendance
on the corn show.
SPECIAL NOTICES. =
Advertisements Under This Head 25c.
For 25 Words or Less. *
For Sale.?Barred Plymouth Rock *,
Eggs for hatching, fifteen for $1.00.
J. M. GRIMES. )
For Sale.?Fine White Plymouth
Rock eggs, from $1.00 to $1.50 per
setting. Apply to J. D. FELDER,
E^moerg, S. C., P. O. Box 136.
For Sale.?Farm, two miles Ehr- jj
hardt- R-rnnm bnnse. barn, stables. <i
other out buildings; good condition; J
good water. JOE. L. HIERS, Ehrhardt,
S. C.
For Sale.?One Leonard Cleanable
refrigerator, porcelain lined.
Capacity 100 pounds. Will sell cheap.
Also a stair carpet, extra good quality.
A. W. KNIGHT. ?
y:m
Wanted.?To buy stock in either
Bamberg Banking Company or Peo- j
pies Bank. Address in writing only
to "W." care Bamberg Herald, * 7?
stating number of shares offered and
lowest cash price.
For Sale: The H. J. Brabham
home place. The lot contains about
three acres. Has a good eight-room 7j
house on it, artesian well, swimming
pool, fish pond and all kinds of out- ?
buildings. Also one lot on Main
street next to H. J. Brabham, Jr.'s A ;J
store. Also three residence lots on
Carlisle street. All at a bargain to
quick buyers. Apply to MRS.
ADELLE J. BRABHAM or H. J.
BRABHAM, JR., Bamberg, S. C.
1 DIALOGUE |
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RENTZ & FELDER
Bamberg, S.