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I 3V Bamberg Sieralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. W. KNIGHT, Editor. Puhlished every Thursday in The Herald building, "on Main street, in the live and growing City of Bamberg, being issued from a printing office which is equipped with Mergenthaler linotype machine, Babcock cylinder press, folder, one jobber, a fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by electric power with other material and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year $150; six months, 75 cents; three months, 50 cents. All subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal ad, vertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 10 cents "? u Wants and a line eatru iusciuuu. > ?? ?? other advertisements under special head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first Insertion. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters or those pertaining to matters of public interest. We require the name and address of the writer in every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in 1 our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. Thursday, July 23, 1914. WORLD'S RECORD CORN CROP. Interesting Facts as Recited in the Book of Corn. Capt. Drake was the world's champion corn grower. His record, made in 1889, in a corn growing contest, conducted by the American Agriculturist and open to the world still stands. The "Book of Corn" thus describes Capt. Drake's achievement: "From a single acre Mr. Drake grew 253 bushels of shelled corn, or 239 bushels of crib-cured corn. Late in February 1,000 bushels of stable manure and 500 pounds each of manipulated guano, cotton seed meal and kainit were broadcasted on the acre and then plowed under. Following the plough 600 bushels of whole cotton seed were strewn in. the furrows. A subsoil plow was run through a depth of twelve inches. The , land was well harrowed and the rows planted alternately, in March, two, three and six feet apart. An improved strain of the common good variety of Southern white dent corn was planted five or six kernels being dropped to each foot of the row. It was planted in the rows five inches deep, but covered only one inch. At first hoeing the plants were thinned to one stalk to eve# five or six inches, the missing spots being replanted. On April the 20th the six-foot spaces were plowed and a mixture composed - - *v/\/v - O OI ZVU puuuus eatu Ul guauu, Aaiun, cotton seed meal, acid phosphate and bone was applied and hoed in. On May 15, the three-foot spaces were ploughed, 300 pounds of nitrate of soda sown and worked in. On May 25, 200 pounds of guano were applied in the wide spaces. Another application of 500 pounds of guano, cotton seed meal and kainit was put on June 8 and 100 pounds nitrate of soda June 11. The crop was harvested November 25, before several reputable witnesses It yielded 14,407 pounds of corn in the ear, of which 140 pounds was soft corn. Several tests showed that 100 pounds of ear corn yielded 82 pounds of shelled com, which made the yield 254 bushels, 49 pounds of shelled corn at 56 pounds to the bushel, which, kilndried, to contain only 10 per cent of water, would contain 239 bushels." To this Col. Watson's handbook of South Carolina adds: "Capt. Drake's * " - ~ * x _ c crop contained sz per ceui ui aueueu corn, had 85 per cent of dry matter in the corn, and 87 per cent of dry matter in the cob. The green weight in bushels of shelled corn was 255 bushels, the crib-cured weight 239 bushels and the chemically dried weight 217 bushels. The total expenses were $264 and the value of the unexhausted manure $158. The net expenses per bushel amounted to 44 cents and the feeding and manurial value of the crop was $182." Explosion at Gaffney. Gaffney, July 21.?The people of Gaffney were alarmed this morning at 9.20 when a loud report was heard, which proved to be the explosion of the air reservoir at the Gaffney Manufacturing Company's plant, which is in the heart of the city. A part of the debris went through two floors of the mill, causing about $100 worth of damage. Fortunately there was no one in the room where the explosion occurred, and no one was hurt. It has been figured that no less than 50,000 birds are killed annually in England alone by dashing themselves into the lighthouses during night flights. NEW WORDS COMING, "Taxied" Herj and "Subwayed" Already in Sight. A tutor in the Columbia School of Journalism was talking privately to three or four members of the class on the subject of new and original words for which the language was indebted to the newspapers, says the New York Sun. "We haven't got around to it yet," he said, "but the public transportation facilities of New York are on the way with several new words, only now and then yet in evidence, and some day we may expect to read intelligently such news items as these: 'Knickie Bocker, of Washington Square, subwayed up town Sunday to see his best girl;' 'Miss Marryot Harlem L-ed down to the shopping district on yesterday;' 'H. J. Bleecher surfaced across town on business;' 'The bridal couple was taxied from his house to the railway station:' ".Mrs. tsame Wagon tubed to Brooklyn last night;' 'Miss Pensie Rhodes tunneled over from Jersey City. Saturday.' "And why not? Taxied is already almost as well established a word as ferried, and ferried we have had on our tongues ever since the first ferryboats." Rebecca Motte's Sacrifice. Some persons are prone to think that strong-mindedness originated among Southern women in the last half of the 19th century, but a careful perusal of the pages of history will show that as far back as the Revolutionary war there were women in South Carolina who exercised all the rights of man except voting and fighting. Many of them were left by the fortunes of war to manage large plantations and troops of slaves, as well as perform the more womanly duties of housekeeping and child training. And most nobly did they arise to the re sponsibilities. Notable among these heroines o! South Carolina was Rebecca Motte,fo r whom the large and flourishing chapter in Charleston was named. She it was who smiled when informed of the necessity of burning her house in the destruction of the British encampment and who furnished the bow and arrows to start the conflagration. Rebecca Brewton was born, according to the family Bible, on June 28, 1738, and was married to Jacob Motte in 1758. She was the mother of six children, three of whom died in infancy. Her two oldest daughters married one after the other Gen. Thomas Pinckney and the third became the wife of Col. William Alston of Charleston. She died at the age of 77 at her plantation on the Santee, leaving a memory which is not only cherished by her descendents but by all patriotic South Carolinians, A historian says: "Fort Motte, the scene of the occurrence which so strikingly displayed the patriotism of one of South Carolina's daughters, stood on the south side of the Congaree river. The height commands a beautiful view, severar miles in extent, of sloping fields, sprinkled with young pines and green with broom grass or the corn nr ttryn croDs. The steep ovfer- < looks the swamp land through which the river flows "and that may be seen to i great distance winding like a bright thread between the sombre forests." After the abandonment of Camden to the Americans, Lord Rawdon, anxious to maintain his posts, direct- . ed his first efforts to relieve Fort Motte, at the time invested by Marion and Lee. This fort, which commanded the river, was the principal depot of convoys from Charleston to Camden and the upper districts. It was occupied by a garrison under the command of Capt. McPherson, of 165 men, having been increased by a small detachment of dragoons a few hours before the appearance of the Americans. The large new mansion house of Mrs. Motte, which had been selected for the establishment-of the post, was surrounded by a deep trench, along the interior margin of which was raised a strong and lofty parapet. Opposite and northward, upon another hill, was an old farm house to which Mrs. Motte had removed when dismissed from her mansion. On this height Lieut. Col. Lee had taken position with his force, while Marion occupied the eastern declivity of the ridge on which the fort stood; the valley, running between the two hills permitting the Americans to approach it within 400 yards. "McPherson wrs unprovided with artillery, but hoped to be relieved by the arrival of Lord Rawdon, to dislodge the assaillants before they could push their preparations to maturity," relates one writer. "He therefore replied to the summons to surrender, which came on the 20th of May, about a year after the victorious British had taken possession of Charleston, that he should hold out to the last moment in his power. "The besiegers had carried on their approaches rapidly, by relays of working parties, and aware of the ; advance of Rawdon with all his force, - ' ^ ' - - - _ f L: _ ? MAX KILLS SON-IN-LAW. T. W. Williams is in Jail at Bennetts- < ville. I Bennettsville. July 16.?T. W. Williams is in jail here, charged with having killed his son-in-law, Jesse Fields, near Clio, last night. It is said that Fields has a wife and chil- i dren in North Carolna and that after : living in that State with another woman for some time, deserted her and ran away with and married the daughter of Williams, and that for same time he has been cruel and brutal towards this last wife. It is also understood that he was mistreating : her at the time the shooting occurred. Williams is an uneducated man, who has the reputation of being an ' honest, hard working farmer, who < rents his lands. He is well thought of and his neighbors and friends have employed counsel to represent him. The city of San Diego. Cal., has an electric fountain in its largest park. 1 The effect is produced with colored lights and an automatic flasher be- ( hind the water jets. A nice spotted pcny for sale at Jones Bros', stables had every motive for perseverance. In the night a courier arrived from Gen. Greene to advise them of Raw- 1 don's retreat from Camden and urge 1 redoubled activity, and Marion persevered through the hours of dark- 1 ness in pressing the completion of 1 their works. The following night 1 I^ord Rawdon encamped on the high- ! est ground in the country opposite 1 Fort Motte. and the despairing gar- 1 rison saw with joy the illumination ' of his fires; while the Americans were ! convinced that no time was to be lost. The large house in the centre of the encircling trench left but a few yards of ground within the Brit- ] ish works uncovered; burning the mansion, therefore, must compel the surrender of the garrison. < "The expedient was reluctantly re- ' solved upon by Marion and Lee, who, unwilling under any circumstances , to destroy private property, felt the duty to be much more painful in the present case. It was the summer residence of the owner, whose deceased husband had been a firm friend to his j country, and whose daughter (Mrs. j Pincknev) was the wife of a gallant t officer, then a prisoner in the hands * of the British. Lee had made Mrs. ' Motte'6 dwelling his quarters at her pressing invitation and with his offi- 1 cers had shared her liberal hospital- . ity. Not satisfied with polite attention to the officers while they were entertained at her luxurious table, she had attended with active benevolence to the sick and wounded, soothed the infirm with kind sympathy and animated the desponding io hope. It was thus not without deep regret that the commanders determined on the sacrifice, and the lieutenant colonel found himself compelled to inform Mrs. Motte of the unavoidable necessity of the destruction of her property. "The smile with which the communication was received gave instant relief to the embarrassed officer, Mrs. Motte not only assented but declared that she was gratified for the opportunity of contributing to the good of her country and should view the approaching scene with delight. Shortly after seeing by accident the bow and j arrow which had been prepared to car- I ry combustible matter, she sent for I Lee, and presenting him with a bow and its apparatus, which had been imported from India, requested his substitution of them, as better adapted for the object than those prepared." Everything was now ready for the concluding scene. The lines were manned and an additional force stationed at the battery to meet a desperate assault, if such should be made The American entrenchments being within arrow shot, McPherson was once more summoned and again more confidently?for help was at hand? asserted his determination to resist to the last. "The scorching rays of the noonday sun had prepared the shingle * roof for the conflagration. The return " of the flag was immediately followed Dytne snooiing OI ine arrows iuwuicu balls of blazing rosin and brimstone were attached. Simms tells us: "The bow was put in the hands of Nathan I Savage, a private in Marion's brig- ' ade. The first struck and set fire, al- 1 so the second and third, in different , quarters of the roof. McPherson im- J mediately ordered men to repair to < the loft of the house and check the flames by knocking off the shingles, ] but they were soon driven down by J the flames and the fire of a six-pounder, and. no other effort to stop the < burning being practicable, the com- j mandant hung out the white flag and 1 surrendered the garrison at discre- } tion. If ever a situation in real life afforded a fit subject for poetry, by filling the mind with a sense of moral grandeur?it was that of Mrs. Motte contemplating the spectacle of her : home in flames and rejoicing in the triumph secured to Tier country?the benefit to her native land by her surrender of her own interest to the public service.?K. L. B., in the State. < WHEAT FIELD FIRES. Quite a Number Have Occurred in Kansas. A number of large wheat fields in Kansas have been destroyed by fire in the last few days. The wheat is so dry and ripe that the blaze spreads and gets beyond control in a few minutes. The efforts of fire fighters seem to avail little, and hundreds of acres of fine wheat are being destroyed by fire spreading from one field to another, the cause usually being sparks from locomotives or threshers, or the carelessness of smokers. Every day, reports of wheat field fires are coming in to the State fire marshal's office at Topeka from the township clerks, whose duty it is to file in formation concerning fires in their townships. Fire guards plowed around the fields will save adjoining wheat fields and it is too late to plow a fire guard after a spark gets in its work in the dry stubble of a neighbor's crop.?The Journal of Commerce. Lad Kicked By Mule. Chester, July 21.?Charlton Lipford the 16-year-old son of Mr. E. B. Lipford, of Chester, R. F. D. 8, was ticked by a mule Thursday afternoon, but was only slightly hurt. As the boy was driving the mule into the stable after the close of the days tvork the animal suddenly made a vic3us kick and, the hoof landed on the small bone just below the ear. For tunateiy tne young man was a niue too far away to receive the full blow, ?lse he no doubt would have been instantly killed. Aggravated Case. Jones?Say, Smith, what is the leight of antiquarianism? Smith?Don't know; what is it? Jones?When a fellow goes out to Chestnut Hill to read "Twice Told Tales."?The Beacon. For up-to-date stationery come to The Herald Book Store. LETTERS DISMISSORY. On Saturday, August 8th, I will lie my final account with Geo. P. Harmon. Judge of Probate for Bam)erg county, as administrator of es:ate of Mrs. W. H. Priester. deceased, ind will, thereupon ask for letters lismissory as such administrator. W. H. PRIESTER, Administrator. 3amberg, S. C., July 22nd, 1914. We Beg to Announce A change in the style of the firm name of our business made necessary by the entrance of Mr. W. C. Patrick, an old Bamberg boy, who will in future be glad to see and serve you at our store. Just at this time we also wish to say a word regarding the policy of this store for the future. .It shall be our purpose to continue it upon a high plane; a clean store; clean goods and clean business methods. We thank you for past patronage and trust to merit a continuance in future. Respectfully yours, B. W. Simmons & Co. The Corner Grocers 'Phone 18 Real Estate Bargains 200 acre farm with dwelling worth 52,500 and other, out buildings, all for |5,000. Situate near the Kearse neighborhood. This is a bargain. Several good farms in Buford's Bridge township for $lo.00 per acre. Good bargains and terms to suit purchasers. A good piece of Main street property for sale. Rents for $32.50 per month or $390 per annum. Will sell for cash for $4,000. 650 acre tract of land lying on Southern Railway near large lumber plant for sale $13,000. Well .tim->oror? with Avrpllpnt irrmrovements. Land suited for trucking or tobacco. Timber worth the money. H. M. GRAHAM BAMBERG, S. C. E. H. HENDERSON Attorney-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. General Practice. Loans Negotiated. PURCHASES OF BAMBERG COW JULY 6,1! CLERMONT DISTILLING < Cost Pri Ca 5 cases Clermont Rye 512 5 cases Clermont Rye 13 5 cases Clermont Rye 14 BIG FOUR DISTILLING C 5 cases Harper Rye $10 5 cases Harper Rye 10 5 cases Harper Rye 11 5 cases Shaw's Malt 9 5 cases Shaw's Malt 10 5 cases Shaw's Malt 11 FREIDMAN KEILER C( 5 cases Possum Corn $S 5 cases Possum Corn 9 5 cases Possum Corn 9 ELDER-HARRISON CO 5 cases Green Spring $11 o cases ureeu oynug a5 cases Green Spring 13 FRANKLIN DISTILLING 5 cases Mt. Vernon $11 5 cases Mt. Vernon 12 5 cases Mt. 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KELLY CO., 5 barrels 100 proof Rye at $1.65 per gal 5 barrels 100 proof Corn at $1.65 per gj 5 barrels 100 proof Gin at $1.65 per gal ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWINI 1 car Budweiser, quarts, $10.99; pints $ GERMANIA BREWING CO 25 casks Imperial Beer, $8.00 cask CONSUMERS B. B. ESTABLISH 25 casks Premium Pale Beer, $8.00 cask WINDISCH-MUHLHAUSER BREW 25 casks Lion Export Beer, $11.25 cask The above awards were made (subject t submitted in accordance with the advertis 6, 1914. By order of the Bamberg County Dispen J. S. WALKER, I OPENING MAC ai L/ciiinaj We have recently pure ern and well eqnippe Denmark Machine \\ - opened up, and am ? any kind of machiner employ skilled machin first class work. .Oui as low as any first-cl work guaranteed. W of machinery and s satisfaction is our su< a trial order. _ ^ EDISTO IRON Denmark If you want a blank boo! The Herald Book Store. II we will get it for you. JTY DISPENSARY BOARD, 914. ?0.. Louisville, Ky. ce Selling Price se Qt. Pt. 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C. ,* .10 ^ MENT, Charleston, S. C. .10 ING CO., Cincinnati, Ohio. .15 o increase or decrease) upon bids lement of Board and opened July sarv Board. J. M. GRIMES, Chairman, J. B. KEARSE, > W. H. FAUST. ' , i ;? HINE SHOP rk, S. C. "?? chased the mod- , t d plant of the "orks Co., and ?ady now to do y repairs. We ists and do only ^ c r prices will be ) lass shop. All e sen any kiuu upplies. Your i ccess. Give us , i WORKS CO. S. C. 1 t of any kind come to I F we haven t it in stock n