The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 28, 1915, Page 8, Image 8

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<Eb? Sambrrg iferalb Thursday, Jan. 28, 1915 SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. The Rusv Bee Cafe has been open ed in the old postoffice building, un- ec* der the management of .Mr. Frank * Gregory. Sa Up to January 16 there had been ginned in this county 27,426 bales of co' cotton, against 27,267 for the same date last year. Co , The city election will be held in Bamberg in May. There are several m< candidates already spoken of for al\ dermen and mayor. In The repairs to the passenger station have about been completed. The Te new train shed is yet to be painted, which will wind up the work. an The weather man has fallen down on his job again. The prophecy was Ba for a temperature of 24 degrees several days ago, but is has not arrived yet. Very attarctive new oak seats cl1 have been placed in the Southern mi depot, replacing the-old dilapidated ones. The new benches add much to the comfort and appearance of the in* station. ca: "Leave it to Polly, an amateur play, was given at the Carlisle hall ^ Friday night for the benefit of Southside Methodist church. The play . was quite a success, and was largely attended. e's Waterworks connections have been \y made by the Bamberg and Walter- cr boro railroad at the passenger sta- j0 tion in this city. Direct pipe con- ^jj nections have been made fbr the en- mi gines to secure water. ra) Lumber has been cut and the j sa ground cleared for the erection of | Bamberg's flour mill, and work is 1 expected to be commenced next week on the building. The mill is to have a capacity of fifty barrels each 24 at hours. j ! Ja Shade Broughton, a - respectable i re negro residing at Midway, died last 11 Friday. Broughton was a good ne- ( gro and well liked by both white1 and colored people. He is understood to have accumulated considerable property. Mrs. A. Wilson, a former resident ?1( of this county, but who, for several j be years, has resided at Rincon, Ga., br was carried last week to the State I ^a Hospital for the Insane. Mr. Wil-i da son has returned to Bamberg, and will reside here in the future. be In another column of The Herald we print a proclamation from Governor Manning dismissing all consta- 4 ur bles and special deputies appointed by the former governor. There have ^,r ch been several constables in this county under appointment of the ex-gover- nu nor. he The Bamberg Herald remarks that' frj "the ordinary split-log drag is thejgi( most economical road working nia-jmi chine in existence." True it is, and I -Q if somebody would only split-log those seventeen thousand bridges to Bamberg, we'd' go over to see old ^ man Knight oftener.?Orangeburg Sun. Dr The union, meeting of the first di-jbu vision of the Barnwell Baptist as- re' sociation will be held in this city at! tb< the Baptist church next Saturday bu and Sunday. A very interesting and ml instructive programme has been ar- or ranged, including addresses by the Rev. and Mrs. John Lake, mission- ot aries to South China. The public is an cordially invited to attend all ser- tir vices. w* The second Sunday in December we spent at Olar, S. C., with Dr. N. re' F. Kirkland, the one man on earth;t0 we love above all others. On the UD 27th of this month, he shall have attained the end of his 84th year. We expected to hear Rev. Achille Sassard, the new preacher, but he failed to arrive in time. It rained and j of there was no service.?Southern ni; Christian Advocate. w{ At the annual meeting of the South a Carolina Bar association in Colum- ab bia last week, S. G. Mayfield, Esq., be of the Bamberg bar, was elected a st( member of the local council for the second circuit. Other members ofjha this local council are J. E. Harley, wl Esq., of Barnwell and P. F. Hender- Oi son Esq., of Aiken. Mr. Harley was th elected on the general council from ac the second circuit, and R. P. Searson. Jr., Esq., was elected vice president jec rrom iris circuit. Buy Mules for British Army. Mr. Johnigan.-of the firm of Johnigan and Walker, of Atlanta, ivas in Bamberg last Friday, and purchased n* a number of mules for the British B; government, to be used in the war. tli This is the third visit to Bamberg. h< On the previous occasions. Mr. Johni- tli gan purchased two carloads of mules. P< consisting of 43 animals. As fast asjse purchased, the mules are shipped toiai England, from whence they are de-jn< spatched to the fields of operation on j b< the front. | is New Advertisements. "A. Busy Bee Cafe?Restaurant. Edi L. A. Stoney?High Grade Seed. Priest force S. A. L. Railwav?Notice of Sale. ' more Thielen Theatre?Announcement. aQ(j c G. Frank Bamberg?Estate Notice. Well, Delk's Market?Oysters J-'>c Quart, ing d* Harvey Oil Co.?Salesmen Want- as IJU' and i Peoples Bank?He Who Does Not ^en'a royal ve. They Enterprise Bank?A Joint Ac* .. 1111 my ov Gordon & Co.?Get More for Your ijeen i tton. superl R. I. Manning, Governor?Procla- course ition. de re J. B. Brickie?If You Have Run Hung to a Tree. S01 Bamberg Banking Co.?Old Age lis Youth to Save. was n _ . spent H. Karesh?A Great W ar, Panic wag ., d Percentage Sale.' thin0, " ? T A*nk Ront Thp 4.1 4. i r armers oc .>ici luau^o ^uun *.v mat f nk Book is the Best Book. restin Meeting of U. 1). C. stanza the R< The Francis Marion Bamberg "El apter, U. D. C., had an enjoyable labun ;eting Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 19, ("C the home of Mrs. Thomas Black, how t After the business a very interest% programme "Robert E. Lee" and an 03 'he Southern Cross of Honor" was thoug rried out. "Benj. H. Hill's tribute ory v Gen. Robert E. Lee" was read by stars "s. Robert Black; "Story of Lee the d a Federal Soldier at Gettysburg." ?tho Mrs. J. J. Smoak; "Ode to Lee" or ^ Mrs. Harry Murphy; "What Cross- n0 sh of Honor Stand for," by Mrs. B. "Selal . Simmons; poem, "The Southern Psalm oss of Honor," by Mrs. Willie Tht nes. Mrs. Henry Henderson and thing, - 1 rrnn iss Moselle-Copeiana gave several usical selections. After adjourn- hopin, *nt Mrs. Black served a delicious on th< lad course. thing indee< Jox Supper at Clear Pond School, might Xe^ The public is cordially invited to Every tend a box supper at the Clear jiear >nd school house on Friday night, night, nuary 29th, 1915. The ladies are on is quested to bring boxes. Proceeds an(j v be used in fitting up basket ball eaCh ounds for the school.?adv. don't Mrs. Beard Celebrates Birthday. 1 mere Mrs. Mary E. Beard, one of the ne'gh lest and most highly respected and the y< loved women in the county, cele- an<* s ated her 88th birthday last Satur- ? ,y. On the occasion of this birth- w' .y, about 150 of Mrs. Beard's rela^es and friends gathered at her re^en ime in the Colston section, and a ceue ast bounteful dinner was served. ^>as s hile Mrs. Beard is very feeble, she ?.ne' ! is able to enjoy the feast and pleas- live " es of 4he occasion. Among those ho'^' esent w?re her children, grand *s 5?r ildren and great-grandchildren, umtJimbering several sco/es. ment Every year Mrs. Beard celebrates upon - that i r birthday with a big dinner to ner lends and relatives, and the occa- garm( )ns are looked forward to with as th< uch pleasure. All present joined moun wishing her many more birthdays. k?r(* life fc Peoples Drug Store Burglarized. Thi Sunda Thursday night last the Peoples forgot ug Store was broken into by a our fi rglar or burglars, and the cash us ea gister rifled. The store was pretty While oroughfy ramsacked, but nothing is a g t the money in the register was ter bo ssed from the store. The burglar er api burglars entered the store through poems 3 back door, breaking out a panel the ft glass. There was but a small direct lount of cash in the register at the poet r ne, less than a dollar, all of which Ola is taken by the intruder. There sre a number of checks in the cash 1 gister, but the burglar did not care handle checks, so he left them a [touched. As yet no arrests have night en made. the ii i ... T! , meetii Another Burglary. B J crowd Following upon the burglarizing Eev* the Peoples Drug store last Friday Esq" ght, the store of Mr. E. A. Hooton hibiti< is entered on Monday night. Only small amount of cash was secured, er out $1.25, and nothing else has en<^ur en missed by Mr. Hooton. The ore was entered in a similar man- ^as ( ir to the drug store, a pane of the ness ; .ck door being broken out, through ^ie 1 tiich the burglar entered the store. at llv a little loose cash was left in ' smo' e cash drawer over night, which ec* t0 counts for the small amount stolen. son Attempts have also been made to sPeak iter the stores of Dr. F. B. Mc- tlie c ackin, Mr. E. O. Kirsch and Mr. J. en^u T> ^ A , Murdaugli. rtM m- Bamt Had Some Fine Hogs. sembl wide Mr. \V. H. Priester, who farms it is s ;ar the city for Mr. \V. I. Johns, of freeh aldock, stated a day or two ago not y iat he has raised some mighty fine the e! )gs this year. Thursday he killed time iree hogs, which netted about 1,500 prohi junds of pork. Pork ai present a ma. Us for about ten cents a pou/id, side, id this will make the three hogs passe ?t about $150, which Is a whole lot ?tter than cotton. Mr. Johns' farm Do famous for fine hogs, inten W. 15." Celebrates Birthday. tor Bamberg Herald:?Chief er, of the Ehrhardt police says that the writer has not than 163 birthdays each year. * elebrates every one of them, today, dark, dreary and pourawn rain, is the real birthday . down in the old family Bible, ny clever cousins, Lalla, Euand Sudie Hitter, gave me a dinner at their handsome home, know that we keep "bachelor's which means poor dinners at in home. But you should have ivith us today. The dinner was >. and splendidly prepared. ' Of i a big fat gobbler was the piece sistance, but there was someof everything and everything mething that grows upon our and farms. But the dinner ot better than the social hours around the fireside, where all nnocent merriment. The only that worried your scribe was too many anno dominis are g on his shoulders, also the i found in the works of Horace, oman poet: iu fugaces Posthume, Posthume ti anni!" )h! Posthumus, Posthumus, he swift years glide away!") . in memory today will ever be .sis in our desert life; a day h dark and dreary, yet in memrill be far brighter than the in cloudless skies. And may fe of each of our pretty cousins .? AAunina V?ft o r> Kri CTh t" UgIlllUi IUU31UO w ao such a thing be possible, may adow cross their paths of life, ti!" as saith David, the sweet ist._ > protracted rains are doing one and that is, making the oat grow. Some farmers here are g to be able to get their oats e market in May, and, if such a be possible, it will be welcome, 3, for just now cash is mighty, y scarce. vs is about as scarce as cash, thing is so quiet till one can a pin drop any hour, day or About the only business going hog killing on cold, fair days, re have only about one or two week, but our good neighbors forget us when they kill hogs, -avens fed Elijah, but we are fortunate than he, for our good bors have been feeding us all ear on sausages, pudding, pork o on. Good people, we are at irae old stand?"settin' to the and we are beginning to think the Biblical saying should be >ed: "It is more blessed to rethan to give." But the writer ome as good neighbors as any ind we hope that we will ever 1 such unity. David sang: "Behow good, and how pleasant it brethren to dwell together in It is like the precious ointupou the head, that ran down the beard, even Aaron's beard, vent down to the skirts of his ;nt; as the dew of Hermon, and ; dew that descended upon the tains of Zion; for there the commanded the blessing, even >rever more." s is a Sunday birthday and a ly letter. Yotr/see we have not Jen entirely the teachings of ather and mother, who taught ch Sunday to study the Bible, we cannot believe it all, yet it ood book to live by and a betok to die by. No, Biblical writ)eals to us as David. While his > are lacking in , exact meter, :et bungling, still they make a appeal to the heart, as no other nakes. A. W. B. r, Jan. 24. i*rohibition Meeting Held. meeting was held Thursday at the Carlisle school hall in aterest of prohil*ition. The ng was attended by a large ; of men, women and children. E. O. Watson, S. G. Mayfield. and others made talks on proon. Mr. J. K. Breedin, editor 1 Manning Herald, who is leadthe movement to secure a refer11 on State wide prohibition next was to have been present, but letained in Columbia on busiand could not get to Bamberg, neeting was to have been held 2 Baptist church, but owing to *y stove" the meeting adjournthe Carlisle hall. Messrs. Watand Mayfield, the principal ers. made stirring appeals for ause. and aroused considerable siasm. :itions have been circulated in ierg calling on the general asIv to order an election on State prohibition next September, and >aid th^t the petitions have been signed. The legislature has et acted on the bill calling for lection, but it will come up some during the present session. The hitionists claim that they have jor'ty of the legislators on their and that the measure will he d. not look backward unless you d to travel that way. JAIL DELIVERY. Three Prisoners Make Successful (ietaway From County Jail. Sunday night three prisoners escaped from the county jail by a most ingenius and somewhat perilous method. 'The three were Jim Jamison, Jeremiah Brov.n and Will Walker. Two of them are charged with larceny and the third with assault ! and battery, all of them being cases j of rather minor consequence. None j of the three have oeen heard from I O ? The three prisoners who escaped with another negro, Henry Federick, I occupied one cell at the jail. Federick is charged with arson. Sunday night, as Jailor Dickinson was making his rounds of inspection, the negroes asked him to close the wood; en door to their cell, complaining j that the wind was cold. Accordingly the door was closed, in addition to the heavy iron door, the outer door not being locked, not being customj ary. All other outer doors were also ! closed on account of the cold draughts. The prisoners then got to work arranging their escape. Splinters were j secured by tearing away the inside ! door facing. By applying lighted torches to the woodwork around the j lower hinge to the iron door, suffij cient of' the wood was soon burned away to permit the door being prized ! open at the bottom, with the aid of a piece of the door facing, enough ; for one* person at a time to crawl through. For some reason Federick did not take advantage of the oppor-' i tnnitv to escape. The three then I - - , j went through the upper stairway j ; door, this door remaining most of the time unlocked, as the lower stair door was locked, and made their exit by way of the man-hole through j the ceiling to the loft, and then I through an opening in the roof made j to permit going to the top of the ! jail building in time of fire or re! pair. By piecing several blankets toj gether and tying to a rafter, the ! three slipped down the improvised , rope to the kitchen roof, jumping to j\he ground. It was then an easy ; matter to put some barrels against ! the outer wall and jump over. Federick claims to have had no knowl edge of the operations of the other negroes, saying when he awoke and | found the others gone, he called to /the jailer. The Home Building and Loan. A meeting of the stockholders of the Home Building and Loan association will be held next month to decide on whether or not the associa- j tion is to be dissolved and go out ofj business. On account of the stringency of the money market many shareholders wish to wind up the business of the association. Some of the stockholders desire it to run on, stating that as the old Building j and Loan is sooli to expire the town j will need another, and it is suggested I by them that those who wish the as ! sociation to continue should purchase j the stock of those who wish to dis! solve. Idle Speculation. J (A scientist has discovered that a i man ought to do as much mental and ; physical work in stale air as in fresh 1 air.) j I used to think my enmity to all known forms of work Was due to the bacteria that in my system lurk. ,"It is no use," I told myself, "to ryt to slave and grind: The inroads of these deadly germs my health has undermined." And then a doctor came along and said: "The system needs A lot of germ activity to prompt one to great deeds." But as I still was disinclined to toil or even spin, I blamed a frail digestion for the state that I was in. J "If I had got a stevedore's prodigious appetite," . 11 reasoned, "the mere name of work would not fill me with fright," And then another doctor came and looked at me a minute And said: "Forget that foolishness. There's simply nothing in it." "Aha," said I, "at last I know. This deadly grudge I bear Against the lothsome thing called toil is due to the stale air. If I were on a mountain top, where air is thin and pure, And there were lots of it around, I'd get to work I'm sure." But still another doctor comes and says he'd put in jail A man who will not work because the air he breathes is stale. ! And so I still must cast about to find i the reason why ' While others sweat and plug and toil, I'm standing idly by; : Much pleased to see them active in i pursuit of peace and pelf, ' But very firmly disinclined to do the s like myself. What influence affects me thus I really cannot "guess, i Unless, as certain friends insist, it's just plumb laziness. NO OIIANGES TO PICK. So Hoys Are Tramping Hack to Horn in Kentucky. Two young white boys, about 1 years of age, giving their names'a Joe .McCann and Thomas Hubert are having a very hard time tramp ing. They were arrested in Denmar .Monday night for beating a ride o the train but made their escape Tuesday night they were arreste in Aiken by Officer Busbee and spen the night in the city barracks, bein released the following morning. Wee nesday night they were picked up b am officer in Augusta for bein tramps. The boys gave Kentucky as thei home and have become very indig nant because they have been arresi ed. They claim that they had bee down in Florida, going there for th purpose of picking oranges. Durin their entire stay there they only sa two orange trees.?Aiken Jourm and Review. Earthquakes and Concrete. Earthquakes differ from other a lamities in the fact that the loss the inflict is generally underestimated i first reports, while first reports ( other disasters are generally grossl exaggerated. We hear of a railroa wreck in which forty persons wei killed outright and more than oe hundred injured. The number dwii died until at last we learn that oe man was killed, three or four serioui ly injured and a dozen or so shake up. The ratio of fancy to facts i railroad wrecks is at least sixteen 1 one, while the list of earthquake vi? tims increases as more complete ii formation is obtained. The earthquake that wrought sue wholesale destruction in Italy a fe days ago was the second in the la: decade. In both the king of Ital proved himself a brave man as we as a king. The present king was n( in power when South Italy was deva tated, but his conduct in the presei emergency is very much like that < i Ills Ittiuer vvas uicu. Civilization'has not done much i defense against the devastating fo ces of nature, but we think it hi done enough if men will avail then selves of what they know to min mize losses from earthquake. Wooi brick or stone houses splinter < crumble in earthquakes, but concrel or steel stands. Houses built of thes materials stand as if hewed out < the solid rock or forged from or piece of metal. In countries were earthquakes ai frequent, these materials alone shoul be used in construction. Of cours they are more costly than materia with less endurance, but a concrel house costs very little more than or of brick and less than one of ston In Europe there is very little woode construction, and there would be li tie, if any, difference between the coi of concrete houses and houses sue as the people build. Concrete woul last longer and would give safet; The concrete, hardening into or solid rock, would stand where othei j would crumble. SHE ENDORSED THE CHECK. How a Fond Wife Followed the Pa; ing Teller's Instructions. I Frank A. Vanderlip, the New Yor banker, tells of a young lady una* customed to the ways of finance.' "Young she was," as I say, "an [charming. She came-to the windo of the paying teller and, handing i a check for $100, stated that it wt a birthday present from her husban and requested payment. The tellf informed her that she must first ei dorse it. " 'I don't quite understand,' si said, with a pleading look and a air of hesitation, 'just what do yc mean.' " 'Why, you see,' he 'explaine 'you must write your name on tl back of the check, so that when v return the check to your husband 1 will know we have paid yofa tf money.' " 'Oh, yes. I understand,' she r plied, apparently much relieved. "After a moment she returned 1 the window and presented the chec Looking for the endorsement, the te ler read: '.Many thanksvflarling bo: I've got the money all right. Yoi loving little wife, Dorothy.' Hearst's Magazine. s OLI) AUK IKLLh YOUTH TO SAVF while he is still young.- It i; easy to acquire the savinj habit then. It is harder latei on. Besides, the earlier yoi begin to save the sooner yoi will be in a position to viev old age without fear or worry Why net open an account hen H and now? I BAMBERG BANKING CO 9 4 j>er cent. pd. on Sav. Dejiosits DIVIDED POLES. W e Opinion Not Unanimous as to Tsar's Good Faith. 7 Opinion among the Poles, especially s in this country, where it is less int, fluenced by the war spirit, is very i- much divided as to the acceptance of the Tsar's good faith in his imk pressive promises to the three secn tions of the Polish people, says the i. j New York Times. Apparently the d i Russian Poles, to whom the promises t j are expressly directed, are most disg | posed to credit the autocrat's sin1-1 cerity, or at least to argue that coy operation with Russia affords the 4 g best basis of hope for the emancipa- . . tion of their people, r The secondary object of the Tsar's policy was to draw German and t- Austrian "Poles to the Russian side, n So far as the Austrian Poles are con ^ tciucu IUC1C 13 little 4/1 XJL DUVg! c#s for this plan. They already en- w joy, under the dual empire, most of , il the rights and advantages promised by the Tsar, a considerable degree of local autonomy, fairly equitable rights of property, the use of their im own language, and freedom in the ,y matter of education. q In Germany the Poles have be^n treated even more cruelly than in * ly Russia. The German aim has been d the same, the eradication of nation.e ality and the merging," or submergie ing, of the Poles in the German systern; but the process has been more ie ruthless in the ratio that German 3_ methods are more thorough, sustainn ed and energetic. n The effect upon the unfortunate 0 Poles can be imagined. They are ^ ? likely to prefer, as far as possible, j_ the Russian to the German domina- . ? tion. >h There is another phase of the matw ter. If Germany succeeds in this 5t war there is no chance whatever for ly a union of the three branches of the j"j Polish race. The Russian Poles will ' \ . 5t come under German rule, and the fors. tune of the Austrian Poles will not . hA imnrnved. if it can be keDt as at u - ? - 3f present. If Germany fails there will be at the least a possibility of such , ^ jn a union, and this must appeal to the r_ Polish national spirit, vivid and perls sistent as it has, through dishearta_ ening reverses, shown itself to be. i_ IN BEHALF OF COTTON LAWS. d. ; ??_ >r Resolution Presented .Gov. Manning -e by Farmers' Union. >e _____ )f Columbia, Jan. 26.?A resolution ie in the interest of the State cotton | warehouse system and the cotton e acreage reduction law was presented , Id today to Governor Richard I. Man- 1 e, ning by a committee, representing ls.J*he South Carolina State Farmers' te union. The members of the committe tee calling on the chief executive e. were: Wade Stackhouse, M. D., presn ident of the South- Carolina Cotton 7 j t- congress; W. A. Stuckey, of Bishop^ 3t ville, and R. M. Cooper, of Wisacky. - g :h John L. McLaurin, warehouse com- 1 * \ 1 !d missioner, also attended the, hearing. y. The resolution was adopted at the >j ie meeting of the State Farmers' union 4 rs held several days ago in Columbia. The governor received the- matter presented as information. SPECIAL NOTICES. ^ 7- .. j Advertisements Under This Head 25c. * v For 25 Words or Less. k Salesmen Wanted to look after our c- interest in Bamberg and adjacent ? counties. Salary or commission. Ad. dress THE HARVEY OIL CO., Cleve- > a land-O. It. w ??? _____ ' n (let More for Your Cotton by con-' ' signing it to GORDON & COMPANY, 18 Savannah, Ga. They obtain higher j id prices and narrower differences than ; | ?r those paid in the interior. 3-1 J a"l Wanted?One of the large maga> zine publishing houses desires to emle Ploy an active man or woman in this n community to handle a special plan which has proven unusually profit,u able. Good opening for right party. Address with two references, PUBd, LISHER, Box 155, Times'Sq. Sta., iejNew York City. 1-28 I *e j Thousands of Pounds Cheapest I ie I High-Grade Seed?Cucumber any va- I jriety 44 cents lb; eaen, Burrell's gem I |cantaloupe 44;Watson melon 40; rat- I i tlesnake 35; Kolb gem 29,?1-4 lbs I e-Jl4c; tomato any variety $1.35?1-4 1 lib 40c; okra 25?1-4 lb 9c; postage I t paid quarter lbs. War corn, very I i prolific, only weevil-proof variety, I k- i dollar pk., bushel three. Big money I :1- trucking; three crops year same land; I L.: directions cultivating marketing giv- I ' ' en receipt 4 cents stamps. Upland J long staple cotton selling 14 cents; ' M ~ write price prolific seed. L. A. / 1 STONEY, Allendale, S. C. 3-25 Capital and Surplus $100,000.00 I | I I I ! If A' ^ :.V . . ..... , . . . -.1 .-.JSZ-. .-- *. --