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ttthr Siambwg ferali Thursday, July 29, 191i SHOUT LOCALS, itom* nf interest Throughot the Town and County. The friends of Dr. E. O. Watso will be delighted to know that he able to be out again, after being coi fined to his bed for four weeks. Married, at the home of the bride parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Piattnear Olar, on Sunday, July IS, b Rev. J. R. Smith, Mr. George Kinar to Miss Carrie Platts. An instance of the convenience c the new railroad to Ehrhardt wa the fact that on .Monday the Barnwe baseball team passed through Ban berg enroute to Walterboro over th new line. It would have been ver circuitous route by rail had the B E. & W. not been in operation. A family reunion was held las Saturday at the home of Mr. C. P Clayton, near Ehrhardt. A larg number of -the children, grandehi dren and other relatives were pres ent. A splendid barbecue dinner wa served on the grounds, and a mos enjoyable day was spent by all. Governor Manning has appointe from this county , Frankie Fail an Gilmore Lancaster as delegates to th Universal Corn exposition at Sa Francisco, Calif., on August 5th an 6th. Both of these delegates wo prizes in the county corn clubs, an were appointed with 138 omer pnz winners of the State. Rev. J. D. Chapman, of Greenvilli filled the pulpit of the Baptistchurc on Sunday morning and evenin? Sunday morning, Rev. Mr. Chapma made a talk on the Judson centennu memorial fund. Baptists are raisin a fund of a million and a quarte / dollars as mission memorial -to Adon ram Judson, the pioneer missionar to Burma, India. Messrs. D. W. Shealey and C. ( Smith live way down in Fountair Fla., but they get The Herald ever week and keep up with the "hom news." Mr. Shealey writes: "Er closed please find check for $3.00 fc subscription of C. C. Smith and mj self. We enjoy reading the horn paper very much and do not want t miss getting even one issue." Dispensary Warehouse Robbed. r Some time Monday night the ware house of the county dispensary wa broken into, and a quantity of good stolen. The warehouse was entere through the door, the Yale lock b< ing broken, probably with a chise A case of gin, containing 60 one-hai pints, was stolen, but nothing els was missed. The value of the cas of gin was about $15.00. Bcftind Over to IT. S. Court. W. V. Cauthen, who was arreste last week on a charge of obtainin money under false pretences, wa carried before the United States con missioner, J. L. Dukes, at Orang< burg, last Thursday and a prelim /' nary was held. Cauthen was boun over to the United States court on charge of fraudulent use of th mails. The charges against Cauthen r< suit from his connection with a new! paper contest conducted by the Blacl ville Herald. Cauthen is alleged t have made certain promises to soro , of the contestants in regard to th first prize, an automobile, on th payment of sums of money, and the advertising matter of a frauduler \ , nature was sent through the mails. Mr. McDowell, another of the cor test managers in this case, has bee placed under arrest at Bethune. H was released on $500 bond. Mr. Cauthen has been released o $1,000 bond. Xat Brown Captured. Nat Brown, a negro charged wit murder, was arrested at Green Pod a few days ago, and, on Wednesda; brought to Bamberg by Sheriff Ra; Brown is charged with the slaving < Alma Fields, a negro woman, net Scbofield, last year. He escaped i the time. He has been lodged in tl county jail to await trial at the X' vember term of court. Spitting in the Court House. Pome complaint is being heai about the promiscuous spitting in tl court house. One gentleman ws heard to remark that it was hard decent for a lady to enter tl building. It is a peculiar fact, hi true, that people who would be ii suited for anyone to spit in the homes will persist in spittins: in oth< peoples' places of business or j public places. It is a bad habit spi ting anywhere, but it people nm spit, they should be careful in choo ing where they expectorate?for il sake of others. Spitting in publ places is a prolific source of diseas and persons who persist in doing < should be subject to a fine. ^ New Advertisements. ~ R. S. Simmons?Lost. ^ Glendale Springs Water. A. J. Hydrick, Jr.?Bankrupt Notice. It J. B. Brickie?No .Matter What the Trouble. < Continental Mortgage Company? n ".Money." is Bamberg Banking Co.? Interest l- Piles l:p. L. P. McMillan, Supervisor?Quar's terly Report. s> Peoples Bank?Time and Efforts are Your Tools. ^ Farmers & Merchants Bank? Money in Our Bank First. >f is Free-Redfearn. 11 l- On Wednesday afternoon of last e week, Mr. James Drew Redfearn, of y Pageland, and Miss Evelyn Fay Free. ., of this city, were united in marriage at the home of the bride on Railroad I a von lip il I To the strains of Lohengrin's wede ding march, played by Miss Pearl I_ Myers, of Chester, Miss Harriedelle 5. Free, the bride's sister, and Miss Dora lS Stansel came in; next came the bride ;t and groom, who were met at the altar by Rev. W. R. McMillan, who performed the ceremony. The bride ^ wore a lovely putty suit, with accessories to match. Misses Free and g Stansel wore dainty white crepe " metor dresses. Miss Myers wore a charming pussy willow silk dress. ? The bride, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Daniel Free, is very e popular and her friends are numerous. The groom is one of Pageland's i, progressive young business men. and h is extremely fortunate in winning j. this charming young lady as a life n companion. tl The young couple left immediately g after the ceremony for a stay at Hen? v f! after which they i- will return to their future home at y Pageland. Death of Mrs. Kidgeway. l, Mrs. Mamie N. Ridgewav died in y this city at the home of her parents, e Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, Tuesday l~ morning. Mrs. Ridgeway had been ir seriously ill for several months, folr" lowing an operation in Atlanta. She e is survived by two small children. ? The remains were interred at Restland cemetery on Wednesday morning. For some years she had resided in Georgia. She had many friends in Bamberg, by whom the news of her '. death was received with sorrow, s , s Stabbed Mule, d One day last week a negro boy working on Mr. H. W. Adams's place near town came hurriedly to the house el?nd informed the young ladies that a e big negro had attacked him and cut Mr. Adams's mule, which the boy was plowing at the time. The ladies telephoned to town, and Messrs. W. M. McCue and H. G. Delk went out to the farm in Mr. Delk's auto. When they g investigated the matter, it pointed to 16 the fact that the boy had cut the 1 mule himself. Presumably he be' came angry with the animal and d wreakec* vengeance by stabbing it with a knife, and told the story to a I escape punishment himself. The gen6 tlemen caught the boy, and put him on the back of the automobile and " started back, but the boy jumped off and has not been seen since, c 0 Engagement Announced. e e The engagement of Miss Stella e Grose, daughter of the Fayetteville lt banker, to Mr. George R. Bullock, of lt Thurmond, was announced at a luncheon given by Mrs. E. B. Hawkins Jr., in honor of Miss Grose, last 9 * n Friday evening. The wedding is to e take place August 25. Eighteen of Miss Grose's closest friends were in13 vited to enjoy the generous hospitality of Mrs. Hawkins. A dainty twocourse luncheon was served. On each plate was an exqusite hand painted heart-shaped card, tied with pink ribbons, announcing the engagement. The color scheme of pink and white was carried throughout in decorations and luncheon. Miss Grose is one of the most popir ular and attractive young ladies and j a great favorite with a host of ,e | friends. Mr. Bullock is one of the most prominent and popular business jmen in the State. He holds a rej sponsible position with the Chesaipeake & Potomac Telephone Co.. as I general manager in this district. The I wedding will be a quiet hpme affair. ?The Tribune. Fayetteville. W. Va. The First Open Boll. ie The first open boll of cotton was brought to The Herald office Satur11 ! day by .Mr. W. I,. Turner, of near jCope, in Orangeburg county. Mr. in Turner says there are (in'ite a good t-' many open bolls in his fields, and that ?t | his cotton is fine. Mr. J. H. Cope, I of Cope, states that he also has sev10 ' ieral open bolls. e-| Glendale Springs water used in ?0 j prescr'ptions and soft drinks at j Mack's Drug Store.?adv. MIRROR SHOWS BAI) CURVE. Placed as Safety Aid to Automobi Drivers. Pittsburg. Pa.. July 23.?Flashin a clear reflection of one of the mo dangerous curves in Western Peni sylvania, a plate glass mirror, 30 t 4S inches, has been placed at tf top of the Logan's Ferry hill by tl New Kinsing Automobile club, net here. The mirror is mounted so thi automobile drivers may see the cun they are approaching for a distant of fully 4 00 feet. Itamberg Loses One; Wins One. Last Thursday Bamberg play* Wiliston, on the local diamond, tf game resulting in a victor/ for Wi liston by a score of 6 to 2. Monday afternoon t..e local bo] defeated the Ehrhardt team by score of 9 to 4. Both games wei well attended by both local fans an for.* f mm tho hnmp tnwns of tf home at Ehrhardt. We extend coi gratulations to the happy couple. Victory to Fairfax. Fairfax July 22.?In a fast an snappy game of ball the locals d< feated the team from the Port Royj naval station this afternoon by score of 6 to 2. Barker's pitchin and Young's two bagger for the loca were features. Both teams pulle off several double plays. The gam was called after the seventh innin on account of rain. Fairfax 200 120 1 ? 6 9 Naval Station .. 200 000 0?2 6 Barker and Young: McCormic and'Lowery. Umpire, Cary. Tim 1:15. Robbery at St. Matthews. St. Matthews, July 24.?The stoi of the McLauchlin company on Wei Bridge street was broken into la: night, entry having been mac through a back window after tt shutter had been pried off. Polio man Jones made the discovery aboi 5 n'rinck this morning and, after gr ing the alarm, a bloodhound was s< cured and several trails were fo lowed without success. The caa taken was 30 cents from a mon? drawer. Some goods were taken, bi probably not very much. No definil clues have yet been found, but tl officers are still working on the cas During the past two years seven stores have been robbed and the di pensary was broken into twice hei and each robbery elicits discussion < the advisability of putting on a nigl policeman. A substantial elemei favors 6uch a proposition and it not unlikely that some action will I I taken in this direction in the net future. Pointed Paragraphs. A fresh youth.?a spoiled man. If wishes were horses, begga would want airships. A man is out of spirits when thei isn't a drop in the house. Our best friends are apt to appet bad?in amateur theatricals. Some people grumble because th? can find nothing to grumble about All men are equal the day they a: born and the day they are buried. Even a politician objects to beii shaved with a razor that has a pull When looking for lodgings a mi must either inquire within or i without. It's easier to point than to plea That's why the world is full of h man guideposts. Give the average young woman tl ballot and she would gladly swap for a matinee ticket. In trying to raise one chick an o hen makes exactly as much fuss she would in bringing up a dozen. By the time a man has reached tl age where he knows things, he is o enough to refrain from boasting it. I Some one has said that "Time ; money," but somehow a mar friends appreciate the money 1 spends with them more than tl Plitnoo-A VoTl'C 11 III tr. V-AI iva^v .'XAt the Thielen Theatre Friiil night?Silas Green's Country Stor Come, see what you get free.?ad visiting teams. Fiddlers' Convention Postponed. On account of the very few r< sponses to cards sent out to fiddler we will have to postpone the date < fiddlers' convention, as we have n< enough to work with. Fiddlers will please take notice. We will not have the meeting c August 3rd and 4th, as heretofoi appointed. SECRETARY. Ray-Hughes. At six o'clock Wednesday afte: noon, July the twenty-first, at tt Baptist parsonage, Ehrhardt, Mis Nannie R. Ray was married to M Robert L. Hughes. The Rev. M Smith performed the ceremony. Mif Ray is the youngest daughter of M and Mrs. F. M. Ray, of the Sprinj town section. They will make the: I , | THE OUTLOOK. By the Observer. lg 3_ Below I am giving the readers v The Herald a little Dit of a poem th ie is to my mind most striking. I thii it was "clipped from the Baitimc ir* Sun, and it is a whole sermon, in lt way, unto itself. It is called ""Stic .e ing to It:" " Sticking to it?that's the thing Turns the toiler to the king, Makes the slave a master strong In the thunder of the throng, ;(j In the moving ranks of time ,e Where the minstrel mornings chin fSticking to it?that's the way rs .Men are more than dust and clay, a Strong in purpose, true in might To the spirir of the day 1{j Ringing with the tune of right, ie Lovely with the lyric lay. Sticking to it?that's the rule Helps the winner in this school Hard with lessons of the strife, e- Sown with shadows all through lift s. Big with meaning, bright with sun >f Sticking to it fill we're done. )t Stick to it. That's the idea. Stic ing to it is something very tew of n do. We start something, but ofte e times somebody else has to finish I do not mean it as a reflection up> them, but nearly all of our great i ventors failed to complete th< tasks. But, in their case> it was n r- a lack of ambition or enthusias: ie Applied to the ordinary tasks of lil sslit means that when we start a jc r. J we should stick to it until it is finis r. ed. .Most of us have an ambition 5S! accomplish something in this worl r. We should never lose sight of th 5- goal. And if our task seems hard, t ir . should go at it with an increas l- vim, for things that cost no effc ! aro rme worth while. There is a 1 of pleasure in doing your work, you look at it in the right way. i work is a pleasure?that is there ^ the possibility of its being made B" pleasure; but, unfortunately, most us view work with disdain, as drud a ery. s Is I see that in Walterboro there is 'd big building boom on, "despite t ie cry of hard times." The old sayi; is prepare for war in the time peace. We might change this aroui * and make it read, prepare for bu ~ ness in the time of dullness. T1 k appears to be what is going on ov e' in Walterboro, and it is a pretty go thing too. Our merchants and bu ness men have not been over bi dened with work now for some tim e so why not utilize the spare time st preparing for the good business i are promised in the near future? le ie There are just a lot of things 1 e_ can do all the time. Fact is I doi lt think one ever has any time waste. When there is no real bu ? ness going on, the time should a~ ? j. used in getting ready for the bu ih ness you expect to come after a whi ,y If our merchants?I don't mean ji the merchants of Bamberg, but i merchants?utilized their spare tii ie in keeping their stores neat and s e> tractive, what a lustrous, shini a] place our stores would be! s -e I believe Bamberg i$ about t j{ best town in the State. What you think about it? Don't think s Well, the town is unfortunate, if is has many residents who think this )e not a fine place. If there are thin lr about the town that you don't like and no town is perfect?instead giving vent >to your feelings abo things in general, why not ta where the talking may be benefici and try to remedy these conditio] rs Now there are many?yes, many improvements I would like to see re Bamberg, and if I live here lo enough, I expect to see them. Ar ar do you know, small atom of an i dividual that I am, when these i ;y provements are made. I am going feel very proud of the fact that I cc re tributed what I could in the way encouragement toward the cau: lg Don't mean to eay that my encoi agement is worth anything?pro! in bly not?but I gave all I could. Ha lo you? By Inference. a. 11Peter and his small boy were pa in? St. Pauls church yard when t ie . father pointed out some of the larg monuments about. ^ The boy asked why they were ere ed. His father explained that th aS e A were in memory of good men a women. Soon the boy noticed soi ie - ~ *t>V.oro laid flnt He noil Id ^lUUCd ?"?VXI C*A V, I v. . v. f ed to those and asked: "Do they put those that way keep the had ones down?"?Xi . York Post. i s [ tie r Glendale Springs water used soda fountain and in conipoundi prescriptions at Mack's Drug Sto: ?adv. At the Thielen Theatre Frid e- night?Silas Green's Country Sto v- Come, see what you get free.?a< * -si It. F. HAYXSWORTH I)KA1>. I*resident First National, Sumter, Fx pires Suddenly in Birmingham. t Birmingham, Ala., July 23.?Rob """, ert Francis Haynsworth, president o ?^|the First National bank, of Sumter atjS. C., dropped dead here early thi J morning at the terminal station >re while waiting to catch a train fo a his home in South Carolina. Deatl was due to heart failure. .Mr. Haynsworth, with his son. Rob ert Francis, Jr., was returning fron Shreveport, La., where the two hai been visiting the older Hanysworth' brother. They reached Birminghan at 6:30 this morning and were wait ing to change trains when Mr. Hayns worth became suddenly ill. He die< within a few minutes. The deceased was prominent ii South Carolina banking circles, am in addition to being president of th Sumter bank was a director in othe institutions'. His remains were ship ped from Birmingham this afternooi to South Carolina. A Warm Weather Lyric. !, It's a fight and never tire, ? The devil is to blame! But fight him with the fire And he'll beat you at the game! kus Raised where the blaze n" Is a-burnin' allHhe days, >t- you'll never?never match him a on the fire-fighting ways! n;ir Oh, it's "fight and never tire!" ot Anrt still vpt r>hnnf>p is slim m- But s'pose you turn from fires tha burn b' And aim the hose at him? ht0 Turn and turn about, Where the fire fiends shout, at A better show you'd have I know, t< ve put the fire out! ed ' ,rt "Killed in Action." ot Xorah Sheppard is the author o this touching war lyric, in the To i6 ronto Mail and Empire. It is called ? "Killed in Action." a of "He was so young, O God! The path where Youth and Man hood meet he trod. ^ And life was full of promise, rich an< he This blow which Thou hast dealt Qg V scarce can bear; nd O, help me, comfort me in my de Bi_ spair. lis er He was my only son! od I try, 0 God, to say, 'Thy will b done!' Sl~ But Thou whose Son upon the Cros didst die? e; Thou who alone dust hear my bitte in ve cry' Cans't know my bitter grief and m: heart's agony." *'6 The Lusitania's Babies. t0 The illustrated Sunday Herald o s*" Cork says there was on the Lusi tania 50 babies who were less thai si" 12 months old and more than on le- hundred others, wnose ages did no ls* reach two years. They all have beei all drowned. ne The babies were the talk of th ship and everybody tried to look af ter them when the time came. Ther are numerous cases recorded wher both passengers and crew strippei he themselves of their own lifebelts t d? put around the little ones, but it wa ?' useless and about 150 of the infants It it is calculated, died from shock an< Is exposure. They.were afterward see Ss floating in the water with lifebelt tied around their little bodies, bu ?* they were past saving. lUt Their mothers recovered conscious L'k ness in the rescuing boats only t find that the little ones they wer 1S- hugging to their bossoms were deac One mother lost all of her thre in children, one six years, one four an nS the third a babe in her arms, 6i months old. She herself liv?s. Sh in~ held up the three of them in the wa m" ter all the time shrieking for hell *? When rescued by a boat party the tw ,n" elder children were dead. Thei room was required on the boat an se- the mother was brave enough to real ir" ize it. )a- "Give them to me," she shriekec ve "Give them to me. my bonnie we things T will bury them. They ar mine to bury as they were mine t keep." ss_ With her hair streaming down he he back and her form shaking with soi rer row* s"e t0?k ?' eac^ l^tle on from the rescuers and reverentl ct_ placed it in the water again, an |gv people in the boat wept with her a she murmured a little sobbing praye me to the great God above. But her cu at_|0f sorrow was not completed. Jus | as the rescuers were landing he t0 [third and only remaining child die ew in ner arms. At the Thielen Theatre Frida night?Silas Green's Country Stor* ng Come, see what you get free.?adi re. No danger of contamination fror {impure water?we use Glendal lay Springs water. Mack's Drug Stort ?adv. re. iv. Read The Herald, $1.50 per year. SHOT BY A JINK PILE. * " Man liunuiuijcing in Heap of Old Metal Receives Bullet. * As Constantine Fauraski was sonify ing junk in the yard of a smelting i ' plant. Orthodox street and the Delas ward river, a loaded cartridge which lay among the old metals exploded r :and the bullet was imbedded in Fauh raski's abdomen. He is in a critical ' t condition in the Frankford hospital. - ?Philadelphia Record. j The Merchant Prince. S ??? ? There was an old geezer and he had . u a lot of sense; He started up a business on a dollar ^ eighty cents, The dollar for stock and the eighty for an ad, ^ Brought him three lovely dollars in , a day, by dad! Well, he bought more goods and a little more space, ^ And he played that system with a smile on his face. Ttie customers nocKefl to nis two-Dyfour And 6oon he half to hustle for a.regular store. Up on the square, wnere the people i pass, He gobbled up a corner that was all plate glass; 1 He fixed up the windows with the best that he had, 1 And he told them all about it in a i h^lf-page ad. : He soon . had 'em coming and they never quit. And he couldn't cut down on his ads one bit; Well, he kept things humming in ^ . + V?f/txim over Qinpp And everybody calls him the merchant prince. -Exchange. . ~ \ Planning Ahead. ? - 2P A farmer lived on a lonely place and eventually a railroad was run * f through the district. There was one ~ train a day and it stopped at the * " farmer's station on signal. The farmer one day set the signal and the train drew up. But he did , not climb aboard. "Well, get on!" shouted the con- < / ductor. "Get on, can't you?" v * "Excuse me," said the farmer. "I don't want to get on. I only want 1 to say that you are to stop here at : '/ this time tomorrow, as my wife is . going to town to do some shopping." o Short Career of a Big Gun. e In a lecture on modern artillery ,.at the Royal institution, recently, Lieut. ^ s Col. Hadcock, of Elswick, contrasted . the life of big guns with that of a r butterfly. In the case of tie latter he supy posed that 24 hours would be old, age. The big gun, on the other hand, looked everlasting, but it only lived^ ^ when it was being fired, and if an incessant stream of projectiles coul& be poured out from it its active life in that sense would be only 12 seo- A-.:; Q , onds.?London Times, e ^ t His Own Fault. v * Q There had been an accident on the*,. e worst railroad in the United States: $ - You know the name of the road as ; e well as I do, so what's the use of ,4e risking a libel suit by mentioning it? I The sole survivor of the Avreck . o was sitting up in his hospital cot t- * s 6wathed in bandages. "I suppose i, you're going to sue the company for d damages," said the friend at his bedn side. /" ' 1 1 , s "No,", said the damaged one,. "I t shall do nothing of the kind." "Why not? You've certainly got i- a clear case against them." / y,* 0 "Clear case, nothing! Any intel- * e ligent jury in the world would bring I. in a verdict of contributory neglie gence. I ought to have known bet- . v d ter than to travel on the blamed x line." ? '* l- SPECIAL NOTICES. >. 0 Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. ? : < d For Sale?See L. B. Fowler, agent, I- for sash, doors, blinds, moulding, etc. ?' 4.S ' iv ! bamDerg, s. vj. u. ^ i ???????????? i For Sale?75 bushels native rye e seed; also plenty of dry stove wood, e Prices reasonable. See L. F. SANDI- L o FER, City. tf. 1 For Sale?Pigeons. Colored Homir ers $1.50 pair; White Homers $2.00 ~:jT' _ pair. Squabs, 2 for 35c. J. J. CLECK- ' d e If! ? 4 y For Sale?500 bushels of Fulgjium d Oats for sale. These were "made at 2 the rate of 50 bushels to the acre. Apply to F. W. FREE, Bamberg, S. C. p Lost?Gold medal, between Mr. J. ,t W. Jennings's and Mr. R. S. Sim- . mons's residences. Engraved on top I r was "Reward." and on the bottom ^ d I ' Jennie." Reward if returned to R. ;S. SIMMONS, Bamberg, S. C. "MONEY" . The mint makes it and under the ' terms of the CONTINENTAL MORT- * n GAGE COMPANY you can secure it e at 6 per cent for any legal purpose . r; J on approved real estate. Terms easy, tell us your wants and we will co- ? operate with you. 908-9 Munsey BIdg., Baltimore, Md. / ;"V; -5^