The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 24, 1915, Page 8, Image 8

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(Eh? ffiambrrg iirralii Thursday, June 24, 1915. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. A large number from Bamberg went to Augusta Tuesday on a popular priced excursion. The friends of Mr. J. J. Brabham. Jr., who has been very ill, will be glad to learn ne nas nupi uveu ?c?? much. The friends of Miss Ruby McMillan, who has been quite ill, will be pleased to learn that she has greatly improved. On Tuesday the Bamberg Banking company, the Peoples Bank and a number of the stores on Main street closed during the funeral of Mrs. W. M. Brabham. No information has been received as to the whereabouts of the negro, Gadsden, who stands accused of the murder of his wife here several day6 ago. Several clues have been followed, with no success however. The Bessinger family reunion will be held this year at Spring brancn church on Saturday, July 3rd. The public is most cordially invited. This is an annual occasion, and is largely i attended by the family and their 1 friends. Monday was the longest day in the ) year, and was, perhaps, the warmest. ' Local weather observers say that the 1 thermometer flirted around a hun- 1 drea degrees of temperature during ! the day. Sunday was also quite 1 warm. ! .Monday night the city was visited ' | by a sharp electric disturbance, ac- 1 companied by a mederate rain fall. * No damage has been reported from lightning. The electric lights were ' turned out for a short while during the lightning display. Married at the Baptist church, Ehrhardt. Sunday, June 20th, at 5:30 p. m., Mr. J. E. Mack, of Cordova, and Miss M. Bft-meeter Smith, of ^ Ehrhardt. Rev. J. R. Smith, father ( of the bride, officiated. The many friends of the happy couple extend their best wishes for a long and happy married life. New Advertisements. * F. F. Carroll?For Sale. . L. B. Fowler?For Sale. Enterprise Bank?Reliability. Price s Grocery?What You Eat. L. P. McMillan, supervisor?Wanted. ^ Farmers & Merchants Bank?Bank i Book. t B. W. Simmons & Co.?Campbell's c Soups. ( t Peoples Bank?Ycu Can't Make t Money. 1 H. Wick Johnson?Opening Soda ? Fount. t V Dr. Geo. F.. Hair?Professional t Notice. ^ Bamberg Banking Co.?You'll J Never Burst Up. University of South Carolina?Entrance Examinations. J. B. Brickie?Don't Keep Tinker- t ing With' Your Wheel. Death of an Old Man. 1 4- ' 1 " -V Mr. Joe Martin, an old citizen of ^ Bemberg. died on Friday morning. ^ following a long and lingering illness. c He had been a paralytic for many years and recently suffered another stroke, from which he did not rally. For some time Mr. Martin had been supported by charity. His remains were buried Friday afternoon by the ( county authorities in the presence of 1 about a half dozen persons. Mr. Al- c bin Kirsch read the funeral services and Rev. W. R. McMillan offered I prayer. 1 ^ t Small Fire Saturday Night. ( About three o'clock Saturday night * a small fire in the home of Capt. W. A. Riley destroyed a quantity of clothing and bedding, but otherwise no damage was done, as the fire was extinguished before any of the woodwork caught. During the night a member of Capt. Riley's family! sought to light a candle at the bedside, and in doing so the netting caught on fire. The flames flared up over the netting in a second. The alarm brought other members of the household and the fire was extin guished. In addition to the loss of 1 the bedding, a lot of clothing near the bed was burned. Capt. Riley states that the loss was covered by insurance. / Spearman-Knight. ( Mr. and Mrs. John Roberson Spearman. of Newberry, announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Miss Caroline Elizabeth, to Mr. ; Achilles Wilkes Knight, of Bamberg. the marriage to take place at New- i berry on Wednesday morning, June 20th, at 10 o'clock. Turning Out Flour. Tlie flour mill erected by .Mr. Jones A. Williams turned out the first fiour on Saturday, when the mill started! operations. Monday a large quanti-J ty of wheat was received at the mill. The machinery is now kept steadily at work turning out bread for the farmers of the county who planted wheat this year. The capacity of the mill is 50 barrels a day, and it is expected that the full capacity of the mill will be taxed during the next few weeks on account of the large acreage planted in wheat. It is a unique sight to witness a modern flour mill crushing wheat into flour in Bamberg. This is the first large mill that has ever been in opera <1111711 111 lllld 3CVUVU vi viiv WM..V. . The only other mill in this vicinity is one at Orangeburg, which has recently been erected. It is expected that the installation of the mill here will greatly stimulate the wheat iniustrv in the county, and that the farmers will find it profitable to continue planting the breadstuff. The operation of the machinery is vefy interesting. The mill is visited daily by hosts of people who have never before seen a Roller flour mill in operation. The wheat is first poured into a large bin on the ground floor. From the bin the grains are fed into an elevator, operated with an endless chain of small cups, which carry the wheat to the third story. There the grains go. through a separating apparatus. which select the foreign matter from the wheat. The grains are then taken up into a second elevator ind carried through other cleaning processes, and before being ground ;oes through a third elevator, separating all bad grains, chaff, straw, grains of oats or other foreign matter. The wheat is. then fed through a hopper into the roller mills, which .'rush the grains. The old process (vas to grind the grains as corn is ground. This process has been discarded for many years. After being crushed the flour, bran and "shorts" ;o through a long and.devious process of separation, the pure, white lour being finally poured through a chute into sacks or barrels, and the >ther wheat products landing through chutes to other places in the plant. The payment for grinding wheat is isuallv made in tolls, the amount of oil being fixed by statute in this State. The Bamberg flour mill is i modern plant, and is said to be sec>nd to none in the State. The machinery of the mill is operated by the . engine of the Farmers Gin company. Condition of the Crops. in repiy to lDquincs mauc ictcunj, nany farmers of the county stated hat the general condition of the :rops is fairly good. The cotton :rop is reported to be very good, with ' he exception of the prevalence of nuch grass. The recent rains in nany sections of the county have giv;n the grass a good start, but with he fair and hot weather of the past wo weeks much has been done tovard cleaning out the cotton fields, t is reported as growing fine. Corn s said not to be so good this year. The weather conditions have not been . ery favorable to corn lately, and the J :rop will not be as good in this coun- . y as at first thought. No insect >ests to amount to much have been eported as yet. It is stated that a arge crop of corn has been planted, chile the acreage in cotton has been jreatly reduced. Cotton received a 1 ery late start this year on account ' >f the unusual cold days during the )lanting season. 1 Bamberg Wins Again. 1 ' I Friday afternoon Bamberg played ( )rangeburg on the Orangeburg dianond, winning the game by a score . )f 7 to 2. | The features of the game were the , Etching of Rowell and the good play- , ng of Rentz, both for the Bamberg , ;eam. ( Batteries: Bamberg, Rowel! and Sooner; Orangeburg, Fairey and Van Drsdell. Umpire Livingston. Death of M^ss Laura Bamberg. ? Miss Laura Bamberg died at her residence in this city on Friday norning, at the age of nearly 71. The funeral services were conducted at tier late residence on Saturday morning by Rev. E. O. Watson, and the remains were laid to rest in Restland cemetery in the family plot. Miss Bamberg was a daughter of the late W. Seaborn Bamberg, who is said to have been the first settler of Bamberg, then known as Lowrey's Turnout, and in whose honor the city was given its present name. Miss Bamberg's long life was devoted to her friends and to deeds of charity. She was a devout member of the Trinity Methodist church, of this city, une Drotner, <japi. \v. s. dhuiberg. and one sister. Miss Carrie Bamberg, survive her. A large crowd of devoted friends attended the funeral and burial services. A profuse offering of flowers on the grave of the deceased bore silent testimony to the love and esteem of her many friends. ft Handling Large (>:aiii Crop. The farmers of the county are busy that the county has ever Known. On account of the war causing the depression of the cotton market. Bamberg farmers planted an unprecedented acreage in grain of all kinds, especially oats and wheat. Wheat is a new crop, almost entirely, to this county. A good crop of oats is usually planted in the county, but last fall the acreage was doubled perhaps several times over, the farmers anticipating that cotton - * v _ woilIG again ue worm uuuuiig the usual price. . I Several threshing machines have been at work near the city for the past two weeks threshing out the wheat crop. Oats did not turn out well this year, it is generally stated, on account of a drought during the heading season. This drought did not affect wheat as much as oats, it is stated, but did cut the wheat crop considerably. Anticipating a large grain crop would be harvested this spring, several threshing machines were purchased and put into operation. These machines have been taxed to their capacity threshing out wheat, and now that the flour mill is in operation. it is safe to say that there will be plenty of flour in Bamberg county for some time to come. Those who planted wheat as an investment were doomed to considerable disappointment. however, as the price has declined greatly since the harvesting began. Death of Mrs. X. W. Brooker. Mrs. N. W. Brooker died at her home, 1523 Washington street, Columbia, on Wednesday of last week, following a long illness. She was 65 years of age. having been born in Barnwell county in 1850. Mrs. Brooker had been residing in Columbia for the past 21 years. She was a member of the Baptist church. She is survived by her husband. Mr. X. W. Brooker, and the following children: Mr. A. F. Brooder, of Kansas City. Mo., Dr. P. D. Brooker. Mr. X. W. Brooker, Jr., Mr. B. 0. Brooker, Mr. William Brooker, Miss Pauline Brooker, and Mi6s Georgia nt rnlnmhia. She is also! L)1 VUlVCi, v? ? survived by the .following brothers and sisters: Mrs. A. E. Hair, of Blackville, Mrs. F. G. Fiekling, of Blackville, Mrs. J. C. Matthews, of Blackville, and Mrs. D. R. Matheny, of Bamberg. The funeral services were held at her late residence Thursday and interment occurred at Elmwood, Columbia. Dr. G. F. Hair, of this city, was one of the pall bearers. Revival Closed. Friday night the revival meeting at the Baptist church was closed after being conducted by Rev. C. C. Coleman, D. D., of Charleston, for nearly two weeks. A great deal of interest was taken in the revival, and much good was accomplished. Sunday night the ordinance of baptism was administered to nine young people, eight of whom united with the church, during the revival, one uniting at the Sunday morning service. Dr. Coleman is a preacher of great force, and the revival services were largely attended during the entire meeting. Xej?ro Woman Killed. News reached the city last week of the killing of Emma O'Bryant, a respectable colored woman, near Cope. It is stated that the woman had retired for the night, when someone appeared at the window, and fired through the window, the shot taking effect in the heart, causing immediate death. The coroner's jury held the woman's youngest son, J. B. O'Bryant, for trial on the charge of murdering his mother. The sheriff of Orangeburg county, accompanied by a rural policeman, was on the ground soon after the tragedy and arrested O'Bryant, who is now in the Orangeburg county jail. Box Rents Xow Due. Postmaster Knight ' requests it stated that the rents for postoffice boxes are now due at the po6toffice. Notices of the amount due have been placed in the boxes, and the rent must be paid on or before the night ~c *'U - ^ A* v? Tnno A ftor that riatP 01 LUC own \J 1 all boxes on which the rent has not been paid will be closed. In order to avoid having boxes closed, patrons of the postoffiee should call at the office and make an early settlement. Mail Service Starts Monday. Next Monday the mail service over the Walterboro branch of the Coast Line, between Bamberg and Ehrhardt, will be started. All necessary arrangements have been completed, and the postmaster has been instructed to begin the service on Monday, the 2Sth. The mall from Ehrhardt will arrive at 12:01 p. m., and leave for Ehrhardt on the 1:20 train. The pouch for Ehrhardt wil be locked at 1:10. All parties desiring mail sent on this train must post their letters previous to this time. Death of Mrs. \\\ M. Brabham. The many friends of .Mrs. May Brabham, who has been in ill health for several years, were shocked to learn of her death in Florence on .Manday morning. .Mrs. Brabham was carried to an infirmary in Florence about eight weeks ago. but only about two weeks ago did her condition become serious. Many of her relatives were at the bedside when she expired on Monday. The remains were brought to Bamberg Monday night at 11:30 from Florence, and the funeral and interment occurred at Restland cemetery Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. E. 0. Watson, pastor of Trinity Methodist church, conducted the funeral services. A profusion of flowers covered the grave. The active pallbearers were Messrs F. M. Moye, J. IC. Moye, H. J. Brabham, A. M. Brarbham, H. F. Bamberg, and A. M. Denbow. The honorary pallbearers were the following gentlemen: Messrs. G. F. Bamberg, J. Frank Brabham. D. F. Hooton. W. E. Spann, H. F. Spann, and John F. Folk. Mrs. Brabham was 52 years of age. She had a host of friends in the city and county, whose sympathy is extended to the bereaved family. She was a devout member of Trinity nil"rnti onH o Hovntod and attentive mother and wife. Mrs. Brabham was the daughter of Mr. Frank H. Dickinson, of Mozelle, Colleton county, who survives her. She is also survived by her husband. Mr. W. M. Brabham; one son, Mr. Will Brabham; four daughters, Mrs. C. F. Gilchrist, of Florence. and Misses May, Leona and Ida Brabham; six brothers, Messrs. B. E. and H. E. Dickinson, of Estill: C. L. Dickinson, of Varnville; F. M. Dickinson, of Mozelle: C. M. Dickinson, of Waycross, Ga., and W. A. j Dickinson, of Bamberg; and four sisters. Mrs. B. F. Varn and Mrs. S. j G. Varn, of Varnville: Mrs. J. E. Varn, of Mozelle, and Mrs. John M. i Kirkland, pf Ehrhardt. Former Bamberg Man Suicides, j I I G. W. Dunn, a former resident of this city, committed suicide at Newberry on Monday by drinking poison at the passenger station there. Mr. Dunn worked in the cotton mill in Bamberg several months ago, and was well known here. The following Newberry dispatch tells of the suicide: "G. W. Dunn, of Round, Colleton county, committed suicide this afternoon by drinking poison in the union passenger station here. Efforts to communicate with his family have so far proved fruitless, owing to interrupted connections. "Dunn came to Newberry this morning from Columbia. He was about town all day and this after-' noon started for the station. On the way he stopped and purchased the poison, a pad of paper and a pencil. v "Arrived at the station, he wrote a note addressed to "the authorities of Newberry,' put the note on his; ... i hat, stretched out on the noor witn: I his head on a bench and drank the, poison. In a half hour, it is sup-1 posed, he died. "Several passengers saw the man. lying in the waiting room, but paid no attention to him, thinking him j resting. Finally, however, a travel-1 ing man was struck by the appear-1 ance of the body and bent to examine it. He found that life was extinct. The note read: " 'To the Authorities of Newberry: " 'I am going to kill myself. It will be no use to notify my people and I do not care for them to know of this. The city authorities can bury me and then write my brother, A. V. Dunn, at Round, S. C. My name is G. W. Dunn." "The note was clearly written and , carefully folded and put into an en? velope at the man's head. "Dunn appeared to be about 40 j years of age. He had lost one of his, legs about the knee. "Communication with Walterboroj 1 -^ *v, 1 tVi/% man a'9C knrtU'Tl I reveaieu Uiai Uic ?~ j there, but efforts to apprise his fam-' ilv were futile, owing to meteorological disturbance of telephone connections." Victory for Fairfax. Fairfax. June 1 7.?The locals defeated the strong Barnwell aggregation in a fast game this afternoon by a score of 3 to 2. The pitching of Reid for the locals was a feature, he striking out 15 men and yielding only five hits and winning his game by securing two hits, one for an extra base. The lack of kicking by both teams was very noticeable. Fairfax 000 110 01*?3 7 . 2 Barnwell .... 001 010 000?2 5 2 Reid and Rivers: Pate and Creighton. Umpire, Riley. Time, 1:13. The king of Spain certainly demonstrates that he's wise enough at this stage of the game to favor the idea that in the case of a European monarch right now, it is a whole lot better if he can watch it all from the grandstand.?Butte Miner. THE OUTLOOK. By the Observer. I always read the advertisements j ?that is some of them. I think the j advertisements in newspapers arej one of the most interesting things | about a newspaper; but some of I them. I must confess, are not worth reading. People ought to tell something in their advertising. They ought to offer something?value. And if they will do this, I'll warrant that the advertisements will be read. But that is not what 1 wanted to say. In a bank advertisement I read not long ago, I noticed the statement that it was the easiest thing imaginable to start a bank account?only a dollar would start it. That's true. It is not a new statement, but it was good advertising, because it impressed a well-known truth. But what I would like to nave read Is how to keep a bank account going after it is started. You know that the mass es as a rule do not have very fat bank accounts, and, being one of the masses, the observer is in just that fix. ?savings accounts, too. Bamberg has three excellent banking houses, and I am sorry that they have not got more savings accounts. The glorious fourth of July is approaching, as it does every year. It brings to mind old Father George cutting down the cherry tree, our great independence, and many other cherished memories. It is a great day. Down here in the South, we do not celebrate the day very much, and I am constrained to think it is a mistake. It should be celebrated with rejoicing and good fellowship. That suggestion to have a big celebration in Bamberg is a most excellent one. and here's hoping it will come about. Pessimism and progress are mortal enemies. They would not recognize one another if they met on the street. But we all have pessimistic inclinations at times, and it is a trait we should fight against. If our town is to progress, we. should be optimistic and tell its advantages to outsiders. Try to bnng new capital to town. There are just a nuifaber of things we need in Bamberg, and if we had a good trade body I really believe we could get them. When I go into one of the drug stores or soda founts in Bamberg during the day, I feel very keenly the lack of the cooling, refreshing breezes from the electric fans. I thought for a long time, perhaps the owners were trying to cut down expenses, but no, that could not be it, for they had the fans, plenty of them. So, 11 just sauntered up to the clerk ana asked him the whyfores and wherefores of the thing, and was met with the astounding statement that there was no day current in town. Well, that was a shock. I don't circulate about town much, as I have years, tender cares, and a sight of work to keep me busy, so there's a lot of things I never know until some obliging friend tells me. I had been in The Herald office, of course?who has not??and saw that they run their machinery every day by electricity, but I am now told that a generator down at the cotton mill, where our friend, Mr. Dunn, holds forth, furnishes this current. Well, its mighty bad w*e have no day current. They say that the town is not large enough. Why, there are so many babies in Bamberg that I really thought the town was large. Surely when all the babies grow up it will be a real big place. But that will take a long time. While we are waiting for the babies to grow up, we might as well go ahead and get . . I something here that would use a lot of electricity. That would serve a double purpose. It would add to the town's growth, and at the same time help us to get day current, and day current would keep us cool while sipping a soda, or eating our dinner, or chatting with our friends, to say nothing of the help to the business men. I am not a leader among men. If I were I would see if I could not induce the people of Bamberg to use enough day current to pay the public works commission for the trouble of running the plant during the day hours. I would ask all the stores to put in electric fans, the markets to put in electric meat grinders, the ladies to get electric irons, and so forth. Some time ago The Herald urged its readers and friends to get the habit of going to church. Well. I am I one that has been going to church| better since I read so much about j how the good pastors of the city | would welcome us. So T went out a good deal to hear Dr. Coleman's good sermons. He preached two 6ermons that I thought especially food for thought. One of them was on what he said was the best thing?love; the other on the worst thing?sin. There ARIZONA LAUNCHED. , 1 Shares Honor With the Pennsylvania of Being Woihl's Largest. New York, June 19.?The new battleship Arizona was successfully launched at the Brooklyn navy yard. The Arizona shares with her sister, ship, the Pennsylvania, recently launched at Newport News, the * honor of being the world's largest battleship. The Arizona slipped into the water at 1:12 o'clock. She went to the river with the wine and water of her christening trickling in rivulets down her bow ? from two broken bottles, that swung, bound together, by a long red white and blue cord of silk. Miss Esther > " Ross, of Presscott, Ariz., the sponsor, made a fair throw as the big hull quivered and slid slowly forward; the froth of the wine spattered her gown and the clothes of those in her party. From the navy yard, black with a ^ , ' ! holiday throng, from the spans of the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges, i from the docks and piers along the Manhattan and Brooklyn water fronts, from scores of craft hugging the far shore of the East River and from every vantage point In the vi- 4 cinity many tens of thousands saw the newest of American battleships glide down the wafrs. * %:; Boston VarnacuJar. 'Good youth, may I assume that you are vending newspapers?" inquired the stranger who was trying to act like a native of Boston. "In sooth, I am, sir." v< ? "And may one acquire a copy for .. the usual consideration?" '4 . . ' i "Ay, verily. So the transaction was concluded. * Walterboro Wins First. . Walterboro, June 19.?The first # match game of Walterboro's crack amateur baseball team resulted in a victory of 13 to 7 over Ehrhardt on tne local grounds yesterday. Tins shows clearly that Walterboro has one of the best amateur baseball teams in this portion of the State, "for ' the Ehrhardt team has been signally. / successful this season, having played '" j many other towns in this section. ' The features of yesterday's game for Walterboro was the superb battery work of Witsell and G. Griffin. The battery worked hard and with better support in the pinches the op- 4 posing score would have been much smaller. For Ehrhardt the hitting of Clayton was the feature, he securing ' four hits cut of four timefe at bat _ and reaching his base on balls the fifth time. Witsell, the local pitcher, in the second inning with two men on base, knocked a home run and he secured another hit during the . ; game. is a constant battle raging between love and sin. Love is a whole sermon within, itself. Love thy neigh- t bor as thy self, saith the holy book. With a broad interpretation, this one command includes all others. Which reminds me of-one James Whitcomb / . . Riley's matchless poem$. I wish I . * . could repeat it all, but I can't. It' was in The Herald some months ago, and I hope everybody read it. It ends: "But let me live by the side of the road V '4 And be a friend to man." v v' It is a noble sentiment. Be a friend to man! If a fellow geta in bad. just reach out a helping hand and pull him out. Give the despairing neighbor a kind word. It will . make you better for so doing, and make him a lasting friend. / SPECIAL-NOTICES. v ig i Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. - * < For Sale?One Tyson & Jones Rubber tire buggy and set harness. Bargain. J. J. CLECKLEY. tf. i __ For Sale?See L. B. Fowler, agent, j for sash, doors, blinds, moulding, etc. Bamberg, S. C. tf i For Sale?About 16 bushels of < seed peas; $1.75 per bushel. F. F. CARROLL, Bamberg, S. C. It. For Sale?Pigeons. Colored Homers $1.50 pair; White Homers $2.00 pair. Squabs, 25c each. J. J. CLECKLEY. . . tf. y For Sale.?Ten Berkshire pigs, ! about three months old, $8.00 each, - ,J $15.00 per pair. A. M. BRABHAM, ' Bamberg, S. C. 6-24 =? Lost?On Tuesday in Bamberg, ladies' white and black checked coat. Return to Bamberg Herald office and receive reward. It. For Sale?500 bushels of Fulghum Oats for sale. These were made at the rate of 50 bushels to the acre. Apply to F. W. FREE, Bamberg, S. C. Professional Notice?I will be out of the city during July. All parties aooirino- Hontol ivnrk are requested to call at once. DR. GEORGE F. HAIR. , It. Wanted?300 bushels good ear corn, delivered at Bamberg. Will buy for cash from the lowest bidcer. Will buy in any quahtity. L. P. Mc- _ MILLAN, Supervisor. 7-1. , - . v *