The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 08, 1914, Page 8, Image 8
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SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout ,
the Town and County.
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Very little cotton is coming to this (
market these days.
We learn that a new bank will
soon be organized in Bamberg.
A number from Bamberg attended .
the dance in Ehrhardt Christmas
night.
One per cent, penalty was added .
to all unpaid State and county taxes
after January first.
Mr. F. C. Aver has resigned his
position at Rentz and Felder's and
gone to H. C. Folk's.
The Carlisle School resumed ex- .
ercises Tuesday of this week, after ,
the Christmas holidays. ,
The city graded school resumed i
exercises Monday morning, after tak- ]
ing a recess for the Christmas holi- 1
days.
A pleasant dance was given in the 1
town hall last Friday evening after
* * rnv" ?>oe Tvol 1 1
vnnsimas. ALIC auan nao ><v?i ?v
tended.
The Bamberg boys and girls re- :
turned to college this week, but the
arrival of the Carlisle School students
has brightened up the town. <
Presiding Elder M. L. Banks 1
preached at Trinity Methodist church 1
last Sunday and held the first auar- J
terly conference for this year Mon- 1
day morning.
In our report of the meeting of 1
directors of Bamberg Banking Company,
by oversight we neglected to
state that Mr. H. H. Stokes was re- 1
elected book-keeper.
Mrs. H. J. Brabham cordially in- *
vites the members of the Civic
League to hold the first meeting of *
the new year at her home Thursday
afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. *
All the young ladies who teach in
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the graded school, who had spent the
holidays at their respective homes,
returned to the city last Saturday
% . * night, so as to be ready for their 1
j&K duties Monday morning,
gfef# The editor is mighty busy these <
days, and would appreciate items of ^
V v**; news handled us by friends. If you ,
y?> have friends visiting you, 'phone us }
. who they are, but longer articles
^ should be written and handed to us.
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January first the weight of par- ,
eels in the first and second zones (
was increased to fifty pounds, and
the rates are lower than ever in ail ,
zones. Our merchants should take ,
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v advantage of the great saving effected
by the parcel post system. ,
Auditor Roweli will be in his office ]
until the 14th instant, and he will i
be glad if the people of Bamberg
and vicinity will make their returns
? while he is in the office, as he will
J be out making his appointments
after the 14th of February.
Mr. J. M. Grimes gave up his posi- 3
tion as salesman at H. C. Folk's
January 1st, and will hereafter devote
his time to his farming and ]
other extensive interests. He will
continue to make his home in Bamberg,
whi?h will be pleasant news
to his very many friends. ^
Miss Agnes Hunter was married in ,
^ Branchville on Thursday evening, December
25th, to Mr. W. H. Williams.
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Rev. J. R. Fizer officiating. The
bride is a daughter of Mr. Eugene
j?- A . Hunter, formerly of Bamberg, and
a grand-daughter of Capt. J. a.
* > * Hunter, of this city. The groom is ]
^from Kershaw, but has been living
in Branchville for the past five years.
Equipment for carriers on the two
new rural routes out of Bamberg has (
been received by the postmaster and
''< / he has received notice that the ser
^ vice on these routes will be commenced
March 2nd, but so far he
has received no information as to
when the examination for carriers
will be held. Notice of the date of
the examination will be published as
soon as received. j
We regret to learn of the distress
ing accident wnicn nappenea 10 jfr.
J. H. Fender, of the Ehrhardt section,
some days ago. It appears that ^
he was going hunting and had his
gun and he was leaning on it with
hoth hands crossed on the muzzle
when in ssome way the load was discharged,
tearing off several fingers
on each hand. Mr. Fender is a most
estimable citizen, with many friends,
who sympathize with him deeply in
this most unfortunate accident.
The general delivery window at
the post office is open every week day <
from eight a. m. until six p. m. Persons
who do not care enough for ;
their mail to rent boxes will please
not ask for their mail at general delivery
when that window is closed.
We do not want to be* unaccommodating,
but we must have some rules,
and if we violate a rule for one we
must do so for all. When a window
is closed at the post office you cannot
be served there, and we must ,
carry out this rule.
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The farmers are busy hauling iertilizers
these days.
Farmers are busy hauling fertilizers
and getting ready for this year's
crop.
The tower and tank of the city
water works plant was repainted last
week.
The Francis Marion Bamberg
Chapter, U. D. C., will meet next
Tuesday, January 13th, with Mrs. .1.
W. Price at 3.30 p. m.
The county dispensary board was
in session here Monday, and made
purchases for the next quarter. The
list wilt hp fnund in another column.
The property of the estate of the
late L. N. Bellinger, consisting ot* a
house and lot in this city, was sold
by the executors at public auction
last Monday. It was bought by Mrs.
Walker for $1,500.
There was a big hog killed on the I
plantation of Mr. W. I. Johns, sit-1
iiated just out of town, Tuesday of j
this week. The hog was twenty
three months old and weighed 740
pounds after he had been killed and
bled.
Mr. A. J. Hunter has purchased
the plantation of Mr. T. A. Green,
just out of town, and has moved to
it. We are glad to have him nearer
Bamberg. Mr. Hunter has been living
on the Simms place, below Midway,
for a numer of years.
The receipts at the Bamberg postDffice
for the month of December
were the largest in the history of the
town. The mails are geting heavier
ill the time, but the receipts do not
keep pace with the increase in mails,
rhere is so much more mail coming
in than there is going out.
Mr. W. D. Mayfield and Miss
Marion Riley were married at Den
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raark Wednesday evening 01 iu?i
tveek. The groom is a son of Hon. S.
j. Mayfield, and is a fine young man.
He is one of the largest planters of
:he county. The young couple have
1 host of friends, who join in congra:ulations
and good wishes.
Little Katherine Berry, youngest
laughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Berry,
Jr., of Branchville, a sister of
Mrs. J. B. Brickie and a half sister
)f Mrs. R. M. Bruce, of this city, died
it the home of her parents this
(Thursday) night about 11 o'clock.
She was taken sick while on a visit
to her sisters in this -city about two
iveeks ago and gradually grew worse
intil the end came.
City council is having bricks put
?n the ground preparatory to building
a brick culvert over the large
litch running through town. The
litch will be bricked along Elm
street, connecting with the present
culvert, and the work will be extended
as far down as the city power
ca Our* r?nnnril ic makinST Der
iVUOC. VUi w 4- manent
improvements, and this is
cvhat we want to see.
New Advertisements.
Y. Lippman Co.?P. P. P.
Calhoun Agricultural and Investment
Co.?Fertilizers for Sale.
/cTl. Lesesne?For Sale.
/^Gowan Medical Co.?Gowan's
Pneumonia Cure.
'The Harvey Oil Co.?Wanted.
/Dr. Thomas Black, Jr.?Professional
Card.
z^Tones Bros..?Mules! Mules.
Mules!
XT. S. Folk & Son.?Spray Your
Orchards and Make Good Fruit,
-"itiley & Copeland?Notice.
MI!ard of Thanks.
>#amberg bounty Dispensary-Purchases.
^-Stewart Cotton Co.?For Sale.
D. Thomas?Lumber for Sale.
/TChrhardt Banking Co.?Four Per
Dent and Safety.
<H?entz's Millinery Store?New
Fear, 1914.
Lost Notice.
^ Mrs. J. E. McMillan?Eggs for
Hatching.
Lir: J. Cleckley?For Sale.
#. J. Smoak?They Are Here,
bounty Dispensary Board?Monthly
Statement.
Appollo Music Club?Grand Carnival.
DIRECTORY OP TRINITY METHOODIST
CHURCH.
Preaching every Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock.
Preaching every Sunday evening
at 7:30 o'clock.
Sunday-school every Sunday afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock.
Mid-week prayermeeting every
Wprinpsdav pvpnine at 7:30 o'clock.
Epworth League every Tuesday
evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend these services.
W H. HODGES, Pastor,
Railroad Avenue,
Bamberg, S. C.
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Subject for Sunday morning:
"What She Could." Sunday even
liig. ranuiuiacss ncw^uuitu,
For a good tailored^to-measure
suit call 011 the Dixie Tailors, opposite
post office.
FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS.
Substantia Movement for Bettei
Roads in This County Starte<l.
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In responce to the notice of Super
visor E. C. Bruce, calling a meet
ing of the tax payers to meet at th?
court house last Monday to considei
the matter of the offer of the U. S
Government to aid the county ii
road building, a small but repie
sentative body of men met here las
Monday. Representative B. W. Mile>
presided over the meeting.
Letters from Congressman Byrne!
in reference to the matter were read
and the matter was thoroughly dis
cussed, Mr. Miley giving muer
valuable information in regard to tin
financial condition of the county anc
stating that he as a 'representative
would endeavor to have $5,000 o
the dispensary funds approp'riatec
to building permanent roads anc
bridges. That he had intended at the
next session endeavoring to have
levied a one mill tax to be put aside
as a fund for building permanen
bridges, but in view of this nev
movement he would forego that anc
endeavor to have the $5,000 appro
priated for roads, provided perma
nent bridges would be erected wher*
needed on these permanent roads.
The offer of the government was
discussed by several, and the mattei
I of the contract to be entered intc
I between the government and the
I county gave some concern, no copj
of the contract being available, anc
the estimate of the government oi
$1,000 a mile also being considered
excessive.
Suggestion was made that a resolution
be passed asking the count:
deiegation to have the entire dis
pensary profits for the county sei
aside for building permanent roads
also the one-half mill now levied
along with the commutation tax
which would give a road fund o
something in the neighborhood o
$12,000 or $15,000 a year. During
the course of the meeting the mat
ter of securing additional convict:
from the State came up, and the
statement was made that the governor
had written stating that on ac
count of the convicts being used ir
the chair factory recently establish
ed at the penitentiary, no more con
victs could be leased to the coi^nties
Supervisor Bruce then offered a reso
lution that the legislative delega
tion be requested to use their influ
ence to have the chair factory abol
ished and the two State farms sole
and the convicts leased to the coun
ties for road building. The resolu
tion was discussed and adopted.
Finally a committee consisting o
Messrs. W. B. Chitty, J. K. Mayfield
J. D. Felder. H. B. Grimes, J. A. Lain
and M. W. Rentz was appointed tr
confer with the delegation and en
deavor to have the dispensary pro
fits accruing to the county set aside
as a fund for building permanen
roads and bridges. The action of th<
committee and their recommenda
tions will be found below:
Report of the Committee.
At a meeting held in the count]
court house this 5th day of January
1914, pursuant to a call through th#
county papers made by E. C. Bruce
Supervisor, for the purpose of con
sidering the Federal aid road o'tfer
obtained through the efforts of Con
gressman Jas. F. Byrnes, a committee
| was appointed consisting of WL B
Chitty, chairman, Olar, S. C.; H. B
Grimes, secretary, Lees, S. C.; J. D
Felder, Bamberg, S. C.; J. A. Lain
Govan, S. C.; J. K. Mayfield, Den
mark, S. C.; and M. W. Rentz, Ehr
hardt, S. C.
| The committee met with all mem
j bers present except Mr. Rentz, o
Ehrhardt, who was unavoidably de
tained. The phase presented by the
government's road expert last wee!
and the expert's estimation of tin
cost of the road the government re
quired to be built under their super
vision being close to a thousand dol
lars a mile was considered carefully
The committee felt the people of th<
county would not stand for an ap
pnopriation so great and with sucl
small mileage. Ten thousand dollar
of the county's funds against five
thousand of the government's wouh
result in fifteen miles of model road
The committee unanimously recom
mends the government's offer be no
accepted, until its requirements b<
less stringent.
At a mass meeting Representative
B. W. Miley stated he would be will
ing to see five thousand dollars of the
county dispensary profits to be se
aside exclusively for roads. Tne
suggestion remained in the minds o
the committee. They met and wrote
each member of the delegation re
questing them to have the county':
entire nortion of the disDensar:
profits set aside for roads exclusively
The county delegation has this uude
advisement.
Representative J. A. Hunter am
Senator J. B. Black were seer
personally. Senat r Black state'
the dispensary profits now wen
two-fifths to the county, two
fifths to the towns, one-fiftl
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c to education. Representative T*
Hunter suggested that, it would be |4|lll
fair for the towns, who benefitted by * "1*
^ all good roads, to contribute a portion
of their dispensary profits. The This bank g;
committee has written each town in cent, compound
; the county maintaining a dispensary, hoard your mon
t askinS them t0 divert one-half of carelessness_ 't]
,, their profits to the good roads move1
ment. way, to bring yc
We, the committee, would like to y?u an income,
call your attention to the fact that they will bring
the schools' portion of the dispensary Our 0fficers
profits would remain fixed as former- .
f .. .. this insures you
; ly. The towns would divert only
, half of their portion of the profits. Stronger than i
The county would use its two-fifths
, exclusively for roads. I4 LyiL
We, the committee, express our JLtAU II
, appreciation and thanks to Congress
man Jas. F. Byrnes for his efforts in
? this matter. In Hon0r
W. B. CHITTY, Chairman,
H. B. GRIMES, Secretary, McColl, Janu;
J. A. LAIN, party was given
, J- K. MAYFIELD, Carlyle Book cl
J. D. FELDER, noon by Mrs.
M. W. RENTZ. uew home on A
January 5th, 1914. living room w
. ? flowers, pink cai
[ Monday's Sales. sacred lilies. H
phine Beach, of
3 Several tracts of real estate were guest of honor c
i sold at public auction here last Mon- programme, "C
; day. Master H. C. Folk made the interesting. <4T]
- following sales: Christmas," Mrs
In the case of Ellzey vs. Ashe, one First Christmas
- tract of thirteen acres and one of fit- Beach; "Music,'
. ty-five acres, the first track being in "Christmas Stoi
s and near the town of Midway, and Laurin. The gi
- the other in Buford's Bridge town- e(j to the dininj
1 ship. The first tract brought $125 piece of the tal
3 and the other $200, both being bid and vase of poir
2 in by B. W. Miley, attorney. hostess served
* nooa af Qimmnn.Q VQ FfindfiV. aaiircno with pn
I 111 lllC CAVI. U14MUWMW | v.yU4WV? ??*w?
. one tract of 25*6 acres was sold to I ?MiSS Sophij
- W. M. Fail for $315. Denmark to be
t In the case of Copeland vs. Miller. riage of a relati'
5 one lot in town of Bamberg, was bid asides in tha
in by E. H. Henderson, attorney, for Piedmont.
3 $275.
In the case of Hampton vs. Cleck- * Peop
3 ley, one lot in town of Bamberg, was
t sold to E. H. Henderson, attorney, The annual
3 for $200. holders of the
I m held Monday of
3 t Notice to Veterans. port of the year
__ satisfactory, th<
5 Dear Brethren and Comrades of dividend being
y Camp Jenkins, No. 627, U. C. V:? added to surplu
. I want you to meet in the court fits. The same
r house at Bamberg on Monday, die elected, as folh
19th instant, at ten o'clock in the A. Williams, N
i morning to reorganize and elect of- Free, C. B. Fre
l ficers and delegates to the different J. F. Carter.
1 reunions. A very important meet- elected the same
t ing. president; N. I
J. K. RISHER, Williams, vice
i Commander. Denbow, cashiei
have passed, you must I
)RK I
?d Work You Must
ID STOCK
deceived Another Car of
IA FINE MULES
II Sell You at the
RIGHT PRICE 1
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UTH CAROLINA ^
r Per Cent, and Safety
W
ives you protection for your savings and pays you 4 per
ed quarterly, for the privilege of serving you. When you'
ey it earns you nothing and you assume all risk of loss from j
biieves, fire, and poor investments. Which is the better . ,
>ur savings here where they will be absolutely safe and earn . -?
or put them away in some place of fnc'ies security where
you nothing but worry?
are men of long experience in the banking business, and
every protection for your savings, for a bank is no
It's MANAGEMENT.
ardt Banking Company J
Capital Stock and Surplus $27,500.00. ^
of Mrs. Beach. Foreign Missionary Society. *;
As the January meeting of the
irv 3.?An attractive Woman's Foreign Missionary So- i
the members of the ciety the following officers were eleciub
on Monday after- ed for the year:
Bissell Beach in her President?Miss Bessie Lee
larlboro street. Her Black.
as decorated in cut First Vice President.?Mrs. J. W.
rnations and bowls of Stokes, _ %
er mother, Mrs. Jose- Second Vice President?Miss ^
Bamberg, being the Llewellyn Cleckley.
>f the afternoon. Tne Third Vice PPresident?Mrs. C. Or
hristmas," was very Kirsch. N ^ v ;
he Best Way to Spend Recording Secretary.?Mrs. G. F.
5. T. B. Gibson; "Tne Bamberg.
Gifts," Mrs. Bissell Corresponding Secretary.?Mrs.
' Miss Marie Gibson: W. P. Jones. y: ' ;
ry," Miss Virgie Mc- Treasurer?Mrs. W. D. Rhoad.
tests were then invit- Press Superintendent.?Mrs. W.
I room. The center- H. Hodges.
ole was a lace cover The society has just closed the t
isettias and fern. The m?st sucessful financial year of its
salad and sweet existence. Two hundred and thirty .
ffee and mints. dollars has been contributed to the
r\9 fnroicn misainna
i Blythe has gone to I iu*v*e" ~?
present at the mar- When we consider that all of these v
re, Mr.' May field, who women have made their contribuit
town.?Greenville ti?ns missions through the oth
er regular channels of the church, ja
, this is a good showing. Much credit y
?les Bank. is due the faithful and efficient treae
urer, Mrs. Rhoad. With its new ofmeeting
of stock- ficers the society feels better equipPeeples
Bank was ped than ever to press forward in
this week. The re- the great work to which it owes its
's business was most existence. "For Zion's sake will I
a usual 8 per cent, not hold my peace, and for Jerusapaid
and a nice sum lem's sake I will not rest, until the
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s and undiviaeu pro- riguieuu&iicaa mcicvi wimi ?? \-jzg
i directors were re- brightness, and the salvation there- ^
dws: H. C. Folk, J. of as a lamp that burneth."
1 P' ^?^k' F* The u- D* c- 'adies will give a Iftk
se, D. M. Eaves, and carnival in the city hall Thursday,
The directors re- January 15th, commencing at four
? officers: H. C. Folk, P- m. Side^ shows and clowns and
^ t a all sorts of amusements. Proceeds Mfc
SmoaK" and J' A' for a good cause. Let everybody vfif
presidents; A. M. co,mei You will enjoy it. Something
\ new for Bamberg.?adv. '