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?bp Hkmberg iferalb Thursday, Jan. 21, 1915. ^ SHORT LOCALS. De! Sta Brief Items of Interest Throughout Enl the Town and County. C0l ~~ . j . Purch Some damage is reported to bridges caused by the heavy rains. ^ _ Them Tuesday was Lee's birthday and i6( was observed by the banks of the ^ city remaining closed all day. J. Owing to a misunderstanding, the cycje quarterly conference of Trinity Meth- ' odist church was not held Monday, I 01 is the presiding elder not being present. Fai Pnttnn was bringing eight cents a PrH(1( pound in Bamberg yesterday, the 0ur j highest price since the slump. Augusta was quoted at eight and a quar- Fi ter. La? Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Brabham en- ^ tertained a few of their friends Wednesday evening of last week with a c?mP' dinner. Several selections of music : ft < were rendered during the evening. .hot v Mr. G. Move Dickinson carried his it is s little son, G. M., Jr., to Charleston as usi Tuesday for treatment for an abcess. Aboul The little fellow is reported as doing were very well. scorcl ? " Miss Addys Hays entertained a vesti? number of her friends last Wednes- *n ^ day evening in honor of Mrs. Cable, of Danville, Va. Several games of at on auction were enjoyed. Refreshments found were served. . ing it Jim Simmons, a negro from this was ^ county, was sent to the State Hospital th6 for the Insane Tuesday morning by Tb( the county authorities. It is said joss t that Simmons attempted to kill his cons^( sister Sunday. I Sunday and Monday perhaps the systei hardest rains of the winter fell in nace ' this county. Monday was warm like possil summer and rain fell in torrents, ers h Monday night the temperature began used to fall rapidly. can b Thp sales of the dispensaries in Bamberg county last month amounted to $12,143.78, according to the Mr report published in the last issue of judge The Herald. The operating expenses Doug! amounted to $773.00. point* A good citizenship meeting will be' mercf 1.-U Thiira* Ut/lU at LUC JL>aptioc vuuivu day -night. Several speakers will ^as ^ make addresess, including the jfas-i ^ tors of the Baptist and Methodist P?int< Mr churches. The public is invited. Cope, MK B. D. Carter has handed in ty> b; his resignation as a member of the rUpt) commission of public works. Mr. ^eld Carter being now a member of the legislature, it became necessary that ' 4' he relinquish his place on the commission. On< uniqu In the absence of Stenographer E. Banib A. ,Brown, Mr. O. B. Anderson, of Gil Edgefield, was stenographer the first jones part of the session of court just end- ' . . , , . avenu ed. Mr. Brown was at his place in ^ the court room the latter part of the ... quilt, sesslon' the ft The Apollo Music club met Wed- under nesday of last week with Mrs. Robert: there Ayer on Bridge street. An interest- i ships ing programme by American compos-, been, ers was rendered. Delightful re-! more freshments were served during the! quiltii afternoon. ' . J annou ?? > I It is stated that owing to the fact,into 1 that there is a general cutting down j at S1* of governmental expenses, there will, ^roan be no appropriation this year for:turketomato club work in this county. | things An appropriation of $675 was asked j talk / for this purpose, and it is stated that] a thil the appropriation will doubtless be sPent s made next year. waj* ing at The Rev. John Lake, a Baptist , . . . py da missionary to China, who is spending . . ... . . . . i hostet a vacation at his home in this State, . . , ,1 in the is expected to visit Bamberg on the i one v fifth Sundav in this month and ad-i ., 1 provei dress the union , meeting to .j be held at the Baptist church w&g here. Mr. Lake has been a mission* ro" w arv in China for some years. aJ1 d( When someone told the reporter was r that the "crossing" at Ghent's prjze. branch was bad, he wrote it that the; pj. wj bridge was bad. As a matter of fact,I ^eu there is no bridge at all there, but j to iea one is needed mighty bad. It is'thedi rather a dangerous ford, jmd the j cream traveling public would greatly appre- ever j ciate it if the authorities would 0ries bridge the branch at that point. been In renewing his subscription. Rev. This t B. J. Kearse, one of The Herald's L:next substantial colored friends of Olar, old ti says: '"Enclosed please find $1.50 for which please send The Herald twelve months. I can't help how hard times get I cannot get along Qf th( without The Herald." It is needless ??wee^ to say Rev. Kearse takes a view of ning the matter that suits us mighty well. .ng tj Good Citizenship Meeting. attend PpllPTl a great meeting in the Interest of land n good citizenship and social service variov will be held at the Baptist church noon Thursday. 7:30 p. m. Able addresses! parsoi will be delivered bv the pastor of thelmeetir Methodist church, a citizen of Co- servec lumbia, and one of Bamberg's most- by M able orators. p Every man, woman R. C. and child invited. ing t( w. r. McMillan, missic v.Vil .'- . ... - New Advertisements. is & Co.?You Can Save. >. \Y. P. Sandifer?Wanted, k's .Market.?Cabbage Plants, ndard Oil Co.?Rayo Lamps, ierprise Bank?An Owl Fool, mtv Dispensary Board?List of lases. Frank Bamberg?We Have for Sale. >ples Bank?There's No Time the Present. B. Brickie?When Your MotorGoes Wrong. mberg Banking Co.?Old Age Youth to Save. mers & Merchants Bank?The ;nt .Man Hides His .Money in Bank. urnace at School Destroyed. st Friday morning the furnace 3 graded school was practically letelv destroyed, and a fire in school was narrowly averted, school is heated by a furnace rater system. Friday morning, stated, the furnace was fired up lal, and appeared to be all right. i eleven o'clock, the steam pipes found to be very hot and ling the woodwork. An in;ation showed that all the water e boiler had escaped in some The fire in the furnace was ce extinguished, and it was nnrm insn^ction that the boiler een cracked by the heat, renderof no further use. No damage lone other than the damage to urnace. 3 <boiler was insured, and the o the school will be small, but lerable inconvenience will be 3 by the^ack of a proper heating n for some time. A new furwill be installed as early as )le. In the mean time, oil heatave been secured, and will be for heating until a new furnace e secured and installed.. Bankruptcy Matters. . H. J. Brabham has been add a bankrupt, and Mr. W. L. las, of Charleston, has been ap3d trustee. Mr. Brabham is a lant doing business in this city. , J. D. Dannelly, of Ehrhardt, ieen adjudged a bankrupt, and V. L. Douglas has also been ap4-Vtio maHor :u ti uoicc AU tuikj uiMwv*. , E. E. Ritter, a merchant of a former resident of this counis also been adjudged a bankand a hearing was to have been yesterday on this matter. 'Old Time Quilting Party." 3 of the most enjoyable and e entertainments ever given in erg was the "quilting party" last Saturday by Mrs. W. P. at her lovely home on Railroad e. The guests began to arrive ven o'clock and by twelve, the which had been arranged in ames the day before, was well way. Just at this time when is so much said about the hardof war, nothing could have in the way of entertainment, appropriate than an old time tig party, yet when dinner was tnced and the guests ushered tne spacious dining room auu jht of the large table fairly ing under its weight of delicious y, ham, salads, and other good > too numerous to mention, war ind hard, times seemed indeed ig of the past. The day was in a jolly and most informal Work was interspersed recallmecdotes and jokes of the hapys of "Auld Lang Syne." The s. not unmindful of the quilt ! frames, offered a prize to the . ho did the most work. This d an incentive to the novice as is the old timers. The result at five o'clock, when the last as made, and last stitch taken, jserved commendation, there lothing to do but cut for the Mrs. M. E. Aver was the hapnner of a dear little silver tea As the guests were preparing .ve, they were again invited to ining room and served with ice : and fruit cake. The day will ive as a green spot in the memof all. and voted by all to have one of the happiest ever spent. :hought conies?who.will be the to contribute pleasure in the me way? Week of Prayer Observed. ; Woman's Missionary society 3 Baptist church observed the ; of prayer" last week, beginWednesday afternoon and lastlrough Friday afternoon. The lance during the week was ext, averaging 30 to 35 each day, luch interest was taken in the is programmes. Friday afterthe society met at the Baptist lage, and after the business ig, delightful refreshments were I, consisting of a salad course, rs. W. R. McMillan and Mrs. Jones. The collection, amour.t> $17, was given over to the nary work in China. COURT ADJOURNS. Farmers Mercantile Co. Wins Suit. I Other Cases. The court of common pleas adjourned Friday, after a two-weeks" i session. Very few cases were tried, < the time of the court being taken up ] with a number of large railroad ( cases. i The case of the Farmers Mercantile company, of Olar, against the S. A. L. Railway company resulted i in a verdict for the plaintiff in the < j sum of $2,500. The following cases were tried 5 j with one jury, the trial judge direct- i ing the verdicts in each case: i E. C. Hays against J. A. Spann, verdict for $1,080 in favor of plain- < tiff. i Xixon Grocery company against Spann & Simmons, verdict for plain, tiff in the sum of $191.50. ] Augusta Grocery company against ] Spann & Simmons, verdict for plain- ] tiff in the sum of $36.70. ] Black and Black against J. A. ] Spann, verdict for plaintiffs in the , sum of $1,303.50. < Pringle Bros, against J. A. Spann, i verdict for plaintiff for $597.50. ] j W. B. Brigham & Son against j Spann & Simmons, verdict for plain- 1 , tiff for $11.61. What the Civic League Has Done. ] ] In giving a resume of what the j Civic league has done for Bamberg, i since its organization, it might be well to say that the best and most ] lasting good has been its creating of ] sentiment. Its institution of fcemi-annual clean up week has done much for the looks < and probably the health of the town. It is surprising now to see how many residents, the colored as well as the white, take such an active interest in these clean up movements?not J merely cleaning alleys, side streets j and adjoining vacant lots?both to ' the side and back. Everybody doesn't do this, butfsome do, and that means 1 the betterment of sanitation in whatever neighborhood it is done. Some of the work that is perma- ] nennt is as follows: Planting of hedge around court house grounds $ 25.00 ' Planting grass on grounds of the Baptist and Methodist churches Placing of garbage cans on ' Main street $ 65.52Fence around graded school grounds $ 37.25 | Fountain at Carlisle j school $ 75.00 , Expended in one clean up ? 1 n nn I wees iu luspetiui v To boys for prizes for trash piles $ 9.00 To cleaning cemetary .... $ 4.00 Total, for that one clean up week $ 23.00 To clean up! week in spring 1914, prizes for trash piles $ 5.00 To distributing sun flower seed to school children To linen shower for infirmary, value .... $125.00 To compiling cook book .. $ 85.00 Collection from lot holders for cleaning Restland cemetary, about $ 36.00 f Entertainment in fall for making money to liquidate debt, received .... $ 56.00 To cemetary (Restland) j cleaning fall 1914 $ 12.50 ] QTl'QrHoH hnmw v of factory people for best cleaning up in fall 1914, cleaning ' $ 7.50 Furnishing and maintaining rest room on Main street for lady shoppers from the country To fertilizing grass at Baptist and Methodist churches $ 5.53 Placing of magazine stand in waiting room of Southern depot $ 5.00 This list is very incomplete, but it will give some idea to those who do not know, and who want to know, what Bamberg's civic association has been doing, and through this work of the past, glimpses can be had of what it is striving for in the future ?always advocating right living, in a sanitary town, a beautiful town and a healthful town.?Contributed. Carlisle School. Head Master J. C. Guilds, of the 1 Carlisle school, reports that only 1 three students failed to return after 1 r the Christmas holidays, which he considers an excellent record. It is 0 usual that several students drop out after the first part of the session. 4 This year two boys and one girl did not return, but the school enlisted s two new students, making the net c loss only one student. The school now has on hand 36 s bales of cotton received on tuition * and fees at ten cents a pound. Mr. Guilds has an excellent photograph c - - ~. . .. i' recently taken or tne cotton witn tne hoys who entered tne school on part r navraent of their fees with the cot- , c ton. ^ Read The Herlad, only $1.50 year. ? UNION MEETINGS. 'rogramme of Unions to He Held in liarnwell Association. The Barnwell Baptist association mion meetings will be held January 50 and 31 at the following churches: Division No. 1 at Bamberg, No. 2 at Dlar, No. 3 at Elko. No. 4 at Mt. ^.rnon. PROGRAMME. I. What service does the denomilational college render to the kingiom of God? II. The Lord Jesus Christ's work ind word. (1) His estimate of his vork. Jo. 14:10-12. (2) His estimate of His word. 2 Tim. 3:15-17. III. The requisites of a good Sunlay-school and the benefits from a ;ood school. SPEAKERS. At Elko?I. H. J. Hair. G. E. Birt P. H. Funderburk. II. S. A. Hair, R. R. Johnson, W. M. Jones. III. R E. Woodward, J. W. Kennedy, W. G Britton. Sermon on Sunday by F H. Funderburk. At Olar?I. J. O. Sanders, W. T Dave, J. D. Huggins. II. J. L. Profeaux, H. E. Creech, E. A. McDowell [II. L. W. Abstance, W. H. Collins E. A. McDowell. Sermon on Sundaj ay J. D. Huggins. At Mt. Arnon?I. J. A. Jenkins, T I. Deer, J. R. -Cullom. . H. J. W Bates, W. O. Barker, D. W. Heckle [II. J. R. Cullom, D. W. Heckle, W L. Hayes. Sermon on Sunday by D W. Heckle. At Bamberg?I. D. O. Hunter, J H. Fender, J. R. Smith. II. J. C Kiirard, Thos. Clayton, W. R. McMillan. III. J. R. O'Quinn, J. C. McMillan, George Hopkins. Sermon or Sunday by Rev. John Lake, of China The Bamberg Delegation. The Bamberg delegation to th( general assembly, consisting of enaLor J. B. Black and Representatives B. D. Carter and J. Wesley Crum, Jr. have been assigned to the following lommittees: Senator Black?Medical affairs chairman; mines and mining, manufactures, police regulations. Representative Carter?Privileges ind elections, chairman; commerce ind manufactures, State Hospital foi the Insane. Representative Crum?Ways ane means. Bamberg County Measure. Senator J. B. Black has offered i hill in the senate to strike out Bamjerg county from the measure passed it the extra session of the legislate forbidding the hunting of deei md wild turkeys. Senator Black itates that the bill had a provision vhich made the killing of turkeys and leer in this county a misdemeanoi 'or a term of three years, but thai for some reason, the bill as enrolled Joes not contain this stipulation. The Jill which he has now introduced strikes out Bamberg entirely, putting ;his county just where it was before. "he bill passed at the extra session ipplied only to Orangeburg and Bam)erg counties. WHEN THEY EXD THE WAR. settlements Will Be Quite Sordid, Instead of in High Ethics. At Washington expectancy, hope ind ambition fill the iiigh places. The European war is to end; our governnent is to be brought in to umpire he diplomatic negotiations the finish vill necessitate; service to humanity s to be performed with a detachnent hitherto unknown, and a dis egard for incidental benefits and irivations that cannot be matched in he history of a world which has at east acquired its second set of teeth, lonor, fame, the applause of all just nen; these are to be the rewards of hose who can already see themselves :omfortably seated on the judgment eats of a future fondly conceived to )6 not remote. Such are the vagaries of the dreamir's mind that the actual composiion of the dispute may be different lever for a moment rec Ives considerition. The delusion fondly nourished is that the nations are draining heir blood, scattering their treasure md prostrating their interests, not or the attainment of definite and ;ordid ends, not to accomplish particilar and long cherished objects, not or purposes carefully considered and inderstood, but to furnish an un>aralleled opportunity for the applieation of disinterested academic priniples, the employment of ideals whol y unrelated to tneir progress ana heir own conception of their needs. When the war will end, no man is o bold as to pretend to know. But ?f its end one thing is as certain as mything can be in the future of a ometimes surprising humanity; teace will be concluded on terms fixid by the trafficking and bargaining if uncommonly hard headed men, ininfiuenced by any noticeable adnixture of idealism. We gravely fear that there will be lisappointment in high places near he banks of the Potomac river.?Jew York Sun. -/ - - .v. - SAIN DISPENSER ORANGEBURG. Decision of Judge Shipp After Hearing Controversy. Orangeburg, Jan. 18.?Judge Shipp today announced his decision in the Orangeburg dispensary case. There were four interested parties to the case. Sain and Weeks, candidates for dispenser: Holman and Oliver, as members of the board of control. Judge Shipp's decision upholds the action of the governor in removing Henry S. Holman from the board, while overruling his action in ap. pointing Dr. J. M. Oliver. In the case of the latter the appointment failed on the ground that Dr. Oliver had not been recommended by the t legislative delegation. The court I held the election of Weeks as dispenj ser void. This, therefore, leaves Mr. i Wm. Sain dispenser, and leaves a ! vacancy on the board of control, j Messrs Edgar L. Culler and A.. S. ; Dukes Ueing the remaining members ; of the board who will continue, it is ! presumed, to act as a board. As soon as the decision was au. | nounced this morning 'the dispensa| ries opened up for business. ' ENGLISH GUNS SHOOT FURTHER. r Garrison Compares Longest Range Coast Guns With British. Washington, January 16.?In re sponse to Representative Gardner's ; resolution making inquiry concern! ing the coast defences, Secretary ' Garrison informed the huose today j that there are no guns of more than "l 12-inch diameter on the defences in the United States proper; that those I guns have a range of 13,000 yards when mounted on disappearing carriages, but that twenty-nine mounted on barbette - carriages have a ? range of about 18,000 yards. British dreadnaughts of the Queen ; Elizabeth type, the secretary reported, carry 12-inch, 45-calibre guns fjwith a range of about 21,000 yards, j which, he said, was about four miles , greater than the guns on the coast .; defences. The guns, however, he ! said, could be brought up to prac5 tically the same range by slight ; | changes in the present mountings. LADY'S PURSE SNATCHED. 1' ' Bold Robbery at Orangeburg.?Bandit Not Y'et Caught. Orangeburg, Jan. 14.?One of the boldest robberies in. this vicinity for II some time occurred last night when an unknown man snatched a silver 1 vanity case containing money from the hand of Mrs. Dan K. Dukes. From what could be learned Mrs. Dukes ' was walking on Whitman street to1 ward her home, accompanied by Miss J Agnes Shuler, shortly after dark. On | reaching a point opposite College ave' | nue, the couple noticed a man coming 1, up behind them, but owing to the in! | tense dhrkness at this point, they j could not distinguish any of his feat' j ures. On coming up with the two, j apparently intending to pass, he snaicnea me case auu sevciai articles from the hand of Mrs. Dukes and made off at a rapid gate down College avenue. The other articles were found on the ground near the , scene of the robbery this morning. The matter has been placed in the hands of the police, but the culprit has not been apprehended as yet. There is said to be a gang of thieves, well known to the police, , headed by several voting white men, which has been operating in this city for some time. It is likely that before long the whole gang will be apprehended and dealt with to the full extent of the law, say the police. The Valuable Quail. The most expensive meat in America is that of the quail. The price of the bird may be moderate enough but the loss caused by lyll; ing it is another matter. Competent I authorities estimate that each quail 1 is worth from $10 to $25 to the American farmer, as a destroyer of insects and devourer of weed seed. This is particularly true in those parts of the South afflicted by the boll weevil. Quails are as fond of ' weevils as weevils are of cotton, and ' more than one farmer has noticed that when his fields are well stocked with quail the cotton crop is safe. There is liable to be some very vig I uruus piOCi VIU5 Ai-L A/1A1V, vu ! economic grounds rather than for ; sport, during the next dozen years.? J Chicago Journal.. I OLD AGE TELLS S YOUTH TO SAVE 9 while he is still young. It is I easy to acquire the saving hab9 it then. It is harder later on. I Besides the earlier you begin 9 to save the sooner you will be I in a position to view old age without fear or worry. Why J not open an account here and now? KILLS WIFE AND SELF. , ' \ Double Tragedy at Lexington.?Man Left Note. Lexington, Jan. 18.?Wallace M>~ i Murray, a light mulatto, shot and instantly killed his wife, Annie McMurray, also a mulatto, at the home of . Boston Battles, colored, near the Lexington depot, about 9 o'clock this morning. A few minutes later I.IcMurray turned the gun upon himself | and blew the top of his head off. The ; double tragedy attracted a great deal J of attention and it was not long beI fore a large crowd gathered, lie j Murray is said to have spent.last | night at the home of Battles, while his wife is said to have spent the night with her sister, who cooks for "V, a traveling show which is stopping in Lexington for the week. It seems that n<^ one witnessed the double shooting. The wife of Battles and , her daughter were in the room when McMurray and his wife came in. The ^.r i! man asked tor Battles's gun, saying | that he was going bird hunting. It is claimed he went to the depot and purchased five shells from W. D. George. When McMurray shot his wife she was on the porch of the house. Battles's wife and little daughter heard the woman scream. 1 She ran back into the room and fell : aeainst the bed. death being almost^ && j instantaneous, n The entire lohd en-Y j tered the left side around the heart > , j As soon as he shot the woman Mo- 'J? Murray walked out to the gate to the corner of the yard, reloaded the gun, placed it to his chin and fired. . , The entire load took effect In the ; head and he fell dead in his tracks. : * H. W. Howell, magistrate, acting- -5/ ' coroner, conducted an inquest oVer I the dead bodie^. The verdict of the J jury was in accordance with the facts* ... * stated above. McMurray wrote a note this morning, giving his name _v and the name of his father. He said 'v .*7 that his home was in Sylvester, Ga. .* \ gj The woman came to Lexington to rv"_' join her sister, followed by the man: yesterday. The woman's sister stat| ed that McMurray wanted the girl to go with him to Columbia." In his pockets was found fifty cents. The woman had $2.22 on her person. The woman s body will be shipped to Ash ville for burial, while the body of the negro man will be sent to Sylvester, Ga. . / . The Sleepy Egyptian. Egyptians can lie down and go to 'gjpgjj Sleep anywhere. They look around , until they find a particularly busy " place in the street where there is a .f? patch of shade, wrap a dusty cloth around their faces, curl up and peace- . fully glide off into a dreamless sleep. , In walking along the street one has , to be careful of every spotch of sha- ; dow that he comes to for fear of step- , . ing on a native's face. Even when ' you do step on this usually sensitive / part of the anatomy, they merely sit up,' yawn thankfully that you are a ' \ mediumsized man and lazily ,turn over on the other side. But these - .'yi. are the people that the papers -are quoting as being in . bloody revolt. '-'if The only danger of revolt would, be if some country should come along ^ and pass a law prohibiting the use v * of all shady spots from one till three? . v. Then there would be trouble?the ' /' amoiint of bloodshed makes even thd most uninteresting shudder. As soon as an Egyptian finds out that a nerson is an American his first breathless question^ is, "Will there be many Americans doming over this winter?" High and low, mer- : chants and donkey boys, they ask the same question, for half of Egyptlives on the tourists and the great- - / est number of these are from the United States. Last winter 7,000 v-;? ( Americans came to Egypt, so that the - ; Egyptians know that if the war holds ! back the Americans there will be a | good many tight belts in and around j the Pyramids.?Leslie's Weekly. ~~ special Notices. \ ' Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. . "' \ ' i Wanted?A few boarders. Appiy i to MRS. W. P. SANDIFER, at the* H. J. Brabham residence. Phone Wanted?One of the large magazine publishing houses desires- to em-.. \ ploy an active man or woman in this 'community to handle a special plan ; which has proven unusually profitable. Good opening for right party. Address with two references, PUBLISHER, Box 155, Times Sq. Sta., M New York City. 1-28 J Capital and Surplus $100,000.00 mf? ^ if i vK'M" ' g*3 I - *+.* ;'*' ?mJ ' / . '"v3v--(