The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 17, 1915, Page 8, Image 8
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Thursday, June 17, 1915.
SHORT LOCALS.
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Brief Items of Interest Throughout 1
the Town and County. J
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Cotton on the local market is t
worth about 8 1-2 cents at present, t
However, practically none is being ?
sold. e
At a mortgagee's sale Tuesday, the s
etock of goods of Delk's .Market was c
bought in by Mrs. D. J. Delk. It is c
not stated whether or not the business
will be continued.
^ Grant, Elliott, who was arrested
Saturday night in connection with
the killing of Delia Gadsden, was released
on Tuesday, there being no
evidence upon which to hold him.
While the recent dry weather in
? most parts of the county has enabled
the farmers to put in some good
work on their crops, there is yet a
great deal of grass to kill, they state.
. Last Friday evening the plantation
of Mr. D. Dowling was visit- ?
ed by a heavy hail, doing consider- ?
able damage. The hail was accom- j.
panied by a heavy rainfall and some c
wind and lightning. t
Warf Carter, a negro, has been ar- c
rested charged with the theft of Mr. e
Garland Smoak's bicycle some weeks t
ago. Mr. Srnoak identified his wheel i
while in the possession of Carter, a
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The case has not been tried yet. r
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There will be a picnic at Colston
church Thursday, June 24th. Miss E
Gough, of Columbia, organizer of t
missionary societies, will make an e
address. Everybody is cordially in- ^
vited to attend and bring baskets. 0
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In a suit for $100,000 damages
against the A. C. L. by Price, at
Orangeburg, a verdict was rendered
in favor' of the railroad company.
The suit resulted from the alleged 0
killing of W. A. Price by a train of i
the defendant company near Cope. E
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J. V. l\cu?cu;, WW44 Fla.,
in renewing her subscription to h
The Herald, writes: "Please con- p
.. v tinue to $end me The Herald. I want e
the old home news. We in Florida
have 'been in the soup' since the war
started, and don't see the end yet."
New Advertisements.
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A. M. Brabham?For Sale. v
H. L. O'Bannon?Master's Sale. t
Wm. H. Patrick?Ford Self-Start- **
ers. v
J. B. Brickie?Freedom From 8
Trouble.
P..- a
. Enterprise Bank?Stepping Stones
to Wealth.
Price's Grocery?Do You Like ^
Good Coffee?
m Peoples Bank?Guard Against the t
Uncertainties. t
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Farmers & Merchants Bank?Quit 15
Get-rich-quick Speculation.
LaVerne Thomas & Co.?The Most b
Successful Sale Ever Held. 0
Bamberg Banking Co.?Our Bank
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is a Conservative Institution. g
G. D. Ryan, Agent?Men Who -j
Have Driven Other Makes of Cars. D
New Schedule for Holding Court.
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At the last session of the legislature
an act was passed readjusting h
the dates for holding court in this b
county. The civil and criminal ses- y
, sions of court are now separated, o
five terms of court being fixed for F
this county, where only three terms g
have been held each year. The new y
schedule is as follows: v
CRIMINAL COURT. v
. First term?Third Monday in Jan- g
x uary, one week. h
Second term?Third Monday in n
September, one week. A
CIVIL COURT. t
First term?First Monday in t
March, two weeks.
Second term?First Monday in a
July, one week. h
Third term?Second Monday in t
November, two weeks. fi
It is provided in the new act that e
no jury cases are to be tried at the t
July term of civil court, so, of c
course, no juries will be drawn for s
that term. This is arranged so that 1
the farmers will not be required to t
attend court during the busy sea- t
son. ' t
Fourth of July Celebration. t
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It has been suggested that Bain- ?
berg should have some sort of celebration
or entertainment here on the
fourth of July. Most towns of the
State have something on this day to
entertain and amuse the people, c
Every year nunareas, pernaps. ui .
Bamberg people go to other places f
on July 4th. We should have some- t
thing at home to keep the people t
here. A field day has been suggest- j
ed. Perhaps someone else has a bet- t
ter suggestion to make. A pro- s
gramme of amusement could easily t
be arranged. As July 4th this year c
comes on Sunday, a big Saturday t
celebration might be arranged. Who +
will take the initiative to keep the | i
people at home this year? j <
BOX!) PETITION (IIMTLATK1).
special Committee Seeming. Signatures
to Paper.
.Mayor Hays, a lew days ago. ap)ointed
a special committee of c-iti:ens.
composed of .Messrs C. \V.
iientz, \V. D. Rhoad and H. C. Folk,
0 circulate a waterworks bond petiion.
The petition was drafted some
lays ago, and is now being circulated
for the signatures of the freeholders.
The petition is being freely
iigned, and there seems to be no
loubt about the bond issue being
arried.
The proposition is to vote $10,000
n bonds for the purpose of sinking
1 large artesian well, about eight or
en inches, and installing the necces;ary
water mains through the streets,
rhe present system of a number of
;mall wells has been found to be very
insatipfactory, and the city was conronted
by.the problem of furnishing
t sufficient water supply for the
own.
The petition being circulated reads
is follows:
"To the town council" of Bamberg,
5. C.: We, the undersigned freehold's
of said town of Bamberg, do
lerebv petition the said town cduncil
>f Bamberg to cause to be issued
>onds to the amount of ten thousand
lollars at a rate of interest not to
;xceed six per cent, per annum, for
he purpose of extending and buildng
waterworks in the said town, and
isk that an election be held for the
rnrpose herein named."
As soon as a sufficient number of
lames have been secured to the peition,
same will be formally presentd
to a meeting of the city council.
rhich will order an election in acordance
with the law to vote on the
[uestion of the bond issue.
Literary Social.
The Woman's Missionary society
if the Methodist church will hold a
iterary social on Tuesday afternoon,
text, at the home of Mrs. B. W. Simoons.
Remember the place. The
tour is five o'clock. An interesting
irogramme has been arranged. Let
very member try to be present.
REC. SEC.
Baseball Games.
The local baseball season opened
m Monday, when the home team
k-ent up against St. George, defeating
he visitors by a score of 14 to 6.
'uesdav a second game was played
k*ith the same team on the home
rounds, the game resulting in a vipory
again for the Bamberg boys by
, score of 14 to 1.
The features of the game Monday
fere the pitching of Rowell and the
litting of the local team.
Tuesday's game was featured by
he pitching of Bamberg and the hiting
and all-round good work of the
iOme team.
The local team is playing good
all, and will soon become known as
ne of the best amateur teams in the j
tate. Games are now being aranged
with other teams, and a
chedule will be announced soon,
'he team asks the cooperation of the
eople of the city.
Arrested Negro in Spartanburg.
Last Thursday Supervisor McMilin
went to Spartanburg to bring
ack to Bamberg Luther Palmer, I
>*ho was convicted in this county
f housebreaking and larceny,
'aimer, with two other neroes,.was
tried in this county some
ears ago, and convicted. Palmer!
as out on bond at the time, and it
.as generally rumored that the nero
was dead. Recently Sheriff Ray
ad information that the negro was
ot dead, but lived in Spartanburg.
Lccordinglv the supervisor went up
here on Thursday and brought him
ack to be sentenced.
The negro states that he employed
, Spartanburg attorney to represent
iim. and paid him a fee, and thought
hat this settled the matter. An afidavit
was furnished, so it was stat
d at tne court nouse yesiciua>, iu
he effect that Palmer was dead, and
in the strength of this no further
teps were taken to apprehend him.
lis companions were sentenced to
wo and a half years each, one of
hem serving his time, and the other
eing pardoned or paroled by a forner
governor. Palmer was not senenced
at the time. He is now in
ail awaiting sentence to be passed
m him.
Summer Court Session.
The summer session of the civil
ourt will convene in Bamberg on
donday, July 5th, which is the date
ixed by the last act of the legislaure.
At this court no jury cases will
)e tried, only equity business, ap)eals,
etc., will be heard. Judge S.
iV. G. Shipp, of Florence, will pre?ide.
The session may last one
veek, if so much be necessary to
onclude the business coming before
he court. This is the first term of
ourt coming under the last readjustment
of the courts, separating the
iivil and criminal sessions.
The Sewerage Pr<>i>osition.
Tlie suggestion that a sewerage
system should .be voted upon at the
same time that the proposed water
extension is voted upon has been
widely discussed during the past
week or two. It is understood that
the principal stumbling block that
has been encountered is that it is
generally supposed that unless a
special constitutional amendment is
carried no town or city can vote
more than 8 per cent, or its tax valuation
in bonds. With the bonds already
being carried by the city of
Bamberg, only about $f?,000 or $10.000
additional bonds could be voted
under the constitutional provision.
It is estimated that this would only
about pay for the proposed water
improvement, or leave only a small
mnrsrin Hnwpvpr_ it is thoueht hv
AX ATROCIOUS CRIME.
Negro Woman's Throat Cut K.oni
Kar to Kar.?Husband Suspected.
Saturday night one of the most
atrocious crimes in the history of
Bamberg was committed on the outskirts
of this city. The dead body
of Delia Gadsden, a young negro
woman, was found on the sidewalk
near where she lived, on Ex-Sheriff J.
B. Hunter's place. Her throat had
been cut with a razor or sharp knife
almost from ear to ear, severing the
large vein in the throat. The body
was warm when found lying in a
pool of blood. A patch of corn
skirts the sidewalk at this point, a
dozen or so of stalks knocked down
bore evidence of a struggle before
the slayer ended the life of his victim
with the weapon.
Laurie Gadsden, the dead woman's
husband, is suspected of having committed
the crime, strong circumstances
pointing to him. He was
known to have been in Bamberg Saturday
and to have walked away from
Main, street with her. He has not
been seen since.
An inquest was held over the body
Sunday morning at ten o'clock. There
being no eye-witnesses, but little was
brought out.
It seems that the woman and her
husband have been separated for
some time. Gadsden lived at Blackville,
the woman living in Bamberg
with her mother. Saturday, it is
said. Gadsden, with others, came to
Domtiorff fnr the rmrnrvse <->f trvine
to induce her ti return and live with
him at Blaekville.
Frank Kirkland stated that he
joined Gadsden and his wife on Main
street Saturday night, near the railroad
crossing, and walked with them
to within perhaps 200 yards of where
the body was found, a- d fVat the
body was found about twenty minutes
after he left them, in the same street
and direction they were going when
he saw them last. The couple did
not appear to be quarrelling when
he was with them, but it is said that
Gadsden appeared morose and only
talked when remarks were addressed
to him.
Sheriff Ray and Chief of Police
Miley were on the 6cene of the crime
soon after the body was found, but
a thorough search of the surroundings
failed to reveal any trace of the
woman's husband.
Monday a negro was arrested on
suspicion of being Gadsden, he answering
the description somewhat,
but was found not to be the party
wanted. He was, however, sent to
the gang for thirty days for vagrancy.
The crime has greatly stirred the
people of the city, both white and
black, and it is stated nothing is being
spared to apprehend the guilty
party or parties. The scene of the
killing was visited by hundreds of
people Sunday. A large black spot
on the sidewalk still indicates where
tlie woman's blood flowed from the
wound. The body of the woman was
buried Monday morning at ten
o'clock, being attended by hundreds
of her race.
Climatological Data.
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The following climatological data
is taken from the April bulletin, just
issued by the weather bureau of the
United States department of agriculture,
the observations being taken at
Embree, this county:
Precipitation for month, 1.58
inches: departure from the normal,
I 1.86: greatest in 24 hours, 1.14;
j numner days wnn preuiynauuu ui
| 0.01 inches or more, 5.
The daily precipitation record is
j as follows: April 1, .04: April 3,
1.14: April 4, .17; April 22, .70?
j total 1.58.
Altitude. 143 feet: length of record,
years, 27.
Fair Meeting Postponed.
On account of the absence^f sevj
era! of the parties interested the
meeting to organize a county fair for
Bamberg has been postponed. Notice
of the meeting will appear later.
Subscription lists for the capital
i stock of the fair association have
been prepared, and are now being
circulated. The first subscription to
ihe capital stock was made by Miss
Georgia Emma Jordan.
Cotton Blooms.
Saturday The Herald displayed two
cotton blooms, the first of the season.
The first was brought in by
Mr. J. M. Grimes, and was picked
from his plantation near the city.
The field was planted on April 1, and
the field of cotton enjoys the distinction
of having seen two small snows,
but is none the worse for the exM*"
Cpimoc cave thp fipld
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is about knee-high all over, and in
fine condition. The second bloom
was sent to The Herald by .Mr. J. D.
Hadwin, of near Denmark, having
been picked from his plantation. *
Mr. U. M. Eaves, of Govan, sent
in a blossom on Tuesday from his
place at Govan.
A blossom was received yesterday
from Mr. J. K. Mayfield, plucked
from a field on the Dowling place.
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some that the proposed 8 per cent,
limit does not apply to waterworks
or lights. There seems to be some
ground for this impression, as it is
stated that Allendale and Blackville,
among other nearby towns, are installing
or preparing to install sewer
systems. These towns could hardly
have installed systems under the 8
per cent, provision. It is generally
believed that the people would now
vote for sewerage bonds, and the
law should be looked into to ascertain
if there is any possibility of
Bamberg being enabled to float a
bond issue of sufficient amount to
put in a complete and modern system
of both waterworks and sewerage.
Bamberg is a growing town,
,and it must keep progress with its
neighbors, else remain in the small
town class.
j Mail Service on B., E. & \V.
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The postmaster has received noj
tice that mail service will be started
i on the Bamberg. Ehrhardt and WalI
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r LCI uui u lain vau un v uu^
official of the postoffice department
was in the city some weeks ago, and
secured data to present to the department
in regard to the beginning
of railway mail service on this
i branch. The new mail service will
extend the present mail service entering
Ehrhardt on to Bamberg. This
will be a great convenience to both
; Bamberg and Ehrhardt,' and other
points south, as at present mail to
Bamberg and Walterboro and intervening
points is routed via Charleston.
Mail from Bamberg will reach
Ehrhardt about a day earlier over
the new line than at present.
"fhe following letter, relative to
the mail service, was received by
Congressman Byrnes from the second
assistant postmaster general:
"Hon. James F. Byrnes, Aiken,
j South Carolina. My dear sir: Your
communicatioii of tl\e 3rd instant,
relative to the proposed establishment
of mail service on the exten
j sion or tne Atlantic v.oast uut railroad
between Bamberg and Ehrhardt,
S. C.. has been received. In reply I
am pleased to advise you that an
order has been issued establishing
this service from June 28, 1915.
Yours very truly,
"JOSEPH STEWART. .
"Second Assistant Postmaster General.
Special Meeting of Council.
A called meeting of city council
: was held on Tuesday night. The
most important matter transacted
was the adoption of a resolution to
pass an ordinance prohibiting any:
one having free electric lights.
Matter of the proposed boring of
l a flowing artesian well and the proposed
. extension of the city's water
mains were discussed.
No other business of importance
was transacted at this meeting of
council.
l?ar? t',ir RvnOsitiOn..
Sunday a party of Bamberg people
left for San Francisco. California,
to visit the Panama-Pacific exposi!
tion. In the party were: Dr. J. B.
Black, .Miss Ethel Black, Miss Urraa
! Black, Mr. Thomas Black. Miss Nell
I Black, Mr. Bennie Black. Miss Alma
: Black, Miss Minnie Lee Ayer, Miss
j Mary Ellen Eaves. Mr. W. D. Rhoad,
i Jr., Mr. and Mrs. G. Moye Dickinson,
, and two children. Master George and
Miss Rebecca, and Mrs. Hardwick, of
Denmark.
The party went to Atlanta Sunday,
and from there to Nashville, where
they joined a Radner excursion party
for the Pacific coast on a special
train. The party will return in about
a month's time, after visiting the
I San Francisco exposition aim umn
| points. Two weeks will be required
to reach San Francisco, a stop being
made at Yellowstone Park, where
several days will be spent. The
Grand Canyon will be visited, and
stops for a short while will be made
at Denver and other Western cities.
After spending a few days at the
Panama-Pacific exposition, the party
will proceed to San Diego. California,
to spend a day or two at the San
Di^go exposition. The return trip
will be made direct from San Diego.
While on the Pacafic coast, several
side trips will be taken, including a
cruise on the Pacific ocean.
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THE OUTLOOK.
By the Observer.
I have asked the management of
! The Herald if they thought a few
! rambling thoughts would be of any
value as a space filler. Well, they
didn't say much about it; in fact
seemed not to think much about just
filling space. But then we all just
fill space. Each one of us fills just
a small space in the great universe
of things, so maybe a space filler in
the paper may not be so bad. I am
pretty busy these days?reading war
news and one thing and another?and
I don't know whether I will keep it
up regularly or not, but I will try
to talk to you a little every now and
then. <
I got a long letter from a fellow
the other day?or other month, maybe,
I don't keep tab on time as much
as I used to?wanting to pay me a
hundred dollars a month for putting
in a "little spare time." There was
a whole lot more to the letter, but
1 didn't notice much about what it
was, for I was most interested in
that hundred dollars proposition. I
hastened to reply that it was a cinch
I had teen snendine?I almost said
how eld I was, that won't do?all
my life looking for. But when he
wrote me, I found he wanted, me to
sell something and make the hundred
dollars a mouth ir commissions'.
That was all very well but mighty
disappointing, for I >.ad been counting
up how many th'ngs I would buy
with the hundred every first of the
month. But that brings up the question
of getting something for nothing.
It can't be done. If we are
honest most of us must work for
our bread. You know, I am a strong
believer in work anyway, but, human-like,
I was "took in" by that
flattering proposition.
Well, I will know better next time.
You know, I am a great believer in
my home town. I believe if there is
anything good about a town?and
there always is?people ought to tell
it. And it does not require magnifying
glasses to find good things about
any town. And, then, there are always
some things about a town that
we are not generally proud of. Well,
don't know as there is any use in advertising
that. Better get busy and
remedy, these bad conditions. This
leads me up to saying a few things?
no, I won't do it. I thought I would
express myself on some things about
our town, but I promised not to advertise
the things we did not like,
so I won't have anything to say this
time. I don't mean to say, however,
that we should never discuss these
things. Not at all. Talk them
among ourselves and then formulate
plans to eradicate the bad things.
Those are mighty big words for me
to use. but I think they are correct.
Mno ic trt /Ooan ViniiGO thpn
tell it to the world.
Turning from one thing to another,
I just thought about an old man I
saw the other day. He hass been
paralyzed a long time, and lately suffered
another stroke. He is without
money or friends or relatives, aDd
I'll tell you that is a bad combination.
He does not live more than a
thousand miles from Bamberg, either.
His house is as bare as a farmer's
cotton house before he starts
j picking cotton. No luxuries, not even
the necessities of life. His condition
is pitiable, but I think he is being
cared for very well now. The
point is. we do not have to send our
money to New York or Chicago for
charitable purposes. We should first
care for our own folks who have met
with adversity. Every church and
every society should have a charity
' committee to hunt for just such cases
I as these. I daresay, there is not a
I person in Belgium who suffered more
j from poverty than did this ojd man.
j I see by the paper that the town
council is thinking about calling an
J election or citizens' meeting or something
of the sort to 6ee if the town
pan't secure a sewerage system. I
think that is a mighty good move.
But I understand that lots of the
monied people of Bamberg have al
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reaay gone emu put m
tanks. I was just wondering if those
people are going to consider the poor
folks who can't have septic tanks
enough to vote for a sewerage system.
Of course, the rich ones don't
need a city system, since they have
ones of their own, and their money
will be wasted, so to speak. Well, the
town needs the water and sewerage
system, and I hope the people will
vote for it, if they get an opportunity,
and I hope the council will see that
the people have the opportunity to
vote.
Rivalry is a great thing. That is,
the right sort. Rivalry makes the
jealous youth redouble his energies
i to win the apple of his heart; causes
the farmer to fret progressive and
grow bigger and better corn and cotton
than his neighbor; causes
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Revival at Baptist Church.
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! The revival meeting being con- ; i
ducted at the Baptist church in this i
' city by Dr. C. C. Coleman, of
; Charleston, will continue until the
j latter part of this week. Services }
! are being held twice daily, at 10 a.
m., and 8:30 p. m. A great deal of
interest has been taken in the meeting,
and much good is promised as a
result of Dr. Coleman's visit to the '
(city. He is a preacher of great force 'i
and eloouence. and an evaneelist of
considerable note.
Fountain Pens.
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Are you going away on a vacation * J
this summer? Going to visit the sea- A
shore? Going to the mountains?
Going to camp? Then you shonld *
carry with you one of those new selffilling
Waterman Ideal fountain pens.
The Herald Book store has a large
and varied stock of all designs, ranging
in price from 52.50 to $7.25, a
pen suitable for anybody and any *
taste. The new Waterman self-filler
is different from any other. No . V ,.
twisting of the rubber pocket,-no coin
arrangement, just a little clip to pull
out and snap?and the pen has been
filled. A
Repairing and Improving.
Notwithstanding the' "hard times"
there is a great deal of improvement
work being done in the city. With-. f. .
in the last few weeks a number of A
business houses in the business sec- %
tion have been repainted and brieht
ened up. Several new residences have ' ' j.been
recently erected, and work Is ,
progressing on others at this time.
We also understand that others in .
the city are contemplating erecting ,
residences in the near future.
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Kasily Paid. .
Grateful Patient: Doctor, how ^
can I ever repay you for your kindness
to me? i
Doctor: Doesn't matter, old man
check, money order or cash.?Boston
Transcript.
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churches of different denominations
to work harder to save people's souls; / n
in fact, makes people work harder |
and better?I think that is what
rivalry was first instituted for. Of
course, some times, it is put to wrong ' > a
uses, but in the main it is all right. .
A little friendly rivalry is just what
most of us need. And I was thinking
what a fine thing it will be to v
have a fair this fall. That will cause
a friendly rivalry among the people ,r
to exhibit the best wares, the best . *
farm products, and the best of everything
that can be produced in the
county. Fairs are fine things; the
biggest potatoes, the finest cotton,
the most productive corn, and last,
but not least, the biggest pumpkins
I ever saw were at fairs. So let us
u...... v.. ^
nave Liitr lclii, uy an uicauo.
Mr. Editor, I am thinking what a V"-^
hard time you would have getting )
all this in type if you had to set it ' v
by hand. I have been :n your office,
and I know that you have a big ma- /
chine of some kind to do the work, * :
and you don't have to set it by hand !
at all, but the thoughts of it cause
me to quit for this time.
SPECIAL NOTICES. T
Advertisements Under This Head 25fe?- ^
For 25 Words or Less.
For Sale?One Tyson & Jones Rub
ber tire buggy and set harness. Bar- gain.
J. J. CLECKLEY. tf.
Shoo Fly?Give me your order for
screen doors and windows. L. B. ' v
FOWLER, Bamberg, S. C. tf. :
For Sale?Pigeons. Colored Horn- .. .jg
ers $1.50 pair; White Homers $2.00 ^ ,
pair. Squabs, 25c each. J. J. CLECK- !.
LEY. tf.
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For Sale.?Ten Berkshire pigs,
about three months old, $8.00 each, $15.00
per pair. A. M. BRABHAM, "
Bamberg, S. C. 6-24
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For Sale?500 bushels of Fulghum
Oats for sale. These were made at iv
the rate of 50 bushels to the acre.
Apply to F. W. FREE, Bamberg, S. C..
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Threshing?Parties having wheat,
oats or rye to thresh will do well to . -. '
see or write us. We have all new i'
machinery and can thresh from 1,000
to 1,500 bushels per day. FELDER
& BRUCE, Bamberg, S. C. 6-17.
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MASTER'S SALE.
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State of South Carolina, Barnwell
County?Court of Common Pleas. . , j
Elizabeth W. Rice, in her own right - /
and as Administratrix of the estate
of Benjamin T. Rice, deceased,
plaintiff, against B. T. Rice, et al, - '
Defendants.
By virtue of a decretal order to me ^
directed in the above entitled cause,
I will sell at Bamberg, in front of the > t
court house, on Monday, July 5th, A.
D. 1915, it being salesday in said
month, within the legal hours of sale,
the following described real property:
All that certain piece, parcel or 'j
tract of land situate, lying and being
in the County of Bamberg, said State, ? f
Buford's Bridge Township, containing
five hundred acres, more or less,
and bounded on the North by lands
of Patrick Starr; East by lands of V'
Malcome M. Rice and P. H. Starr;
on the South by lands fo Frances J.
Pelzer, and on the West bv William ;
Phail.
Terms of sale: Cash, purchaser to s
pay for papers.
H. L. O'BANNON,
Master for Barnwell County.
Master's office, June 11th, 1915. i
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