CHURCH MEMBERSHIP IX S. C.
U. S. Census Religious Bodies, 1906
and U. S. Census Population, 1910.
* The province of the church, whal
it it ? .
To educate, to stimulate, to socialize,
to organize?
Or to divide, to stand pat, to b*
rnnklv tn hp fatal! V re
actionary?
* Which attitude shall be called bj
the sacred name of religion?whicl
as 3ome one has said transcends ethics?
In South Carolina, the populatior
gain in ten years, 1900-1910, was
13.1 per cent.
In South Carolina, the churchmembership
gain in sixteen years
1890-1906, was 1.6 per cent.
" Should you then say the church ir
" South Carolina is a waxing or s
waning influence?
Naturally a religious people, stand
ing 7th in church membership in the
y U. S.; an American people, with less
than one-half of one per cent of foreign
population, still the bulk of the
k people are outside the churches.
* > Is it their fault? Has the churcl
come along with the times, adjust
ing itself to the changing spiritua
needs of the people, adapting itself
reconstituting itself, broadening its
functions, seeing the trend ol
things, taking the lead?or has il
^ been marking time, loafing on its
| job, letting the people get away for
| ever?
| The State, 46 per cent, of churct
f membership, rank in the Unitec
[. States 7th.
< The State, 665,993 church mem
; bers, 271,844 are white people.
The State, 5,385 church buildings
2,525 for white people.
The State, 824 parsonages, 417- fo]
i ' white ministers,
r; The State, 5,099 Sunday-schools
2,203 are for White children.
| The State, 334,072 Sunday-schoo
pupils, 143,575 are white children.
*y 42,765 more children, black anc
?o,i?/^oTr_?y?liAnlQ tbnr
Willie, WCIC 1X1 UUUUo;-ovuyw?u v?__
I v in day schools.
.. The State, $10,209,043 was invest
ed in all church property, $6,842,
f 820 was. invested in white churches
I The State, 259,037 more seat*
f H were provided in churches for al
I people in 1906 than the total popu
|V: lation of the-^State in 1910.
fy Outside the principal cities th(
[v ; average salary for ministers was
i . $573 per year, with rent and al
. other expenses to pay.
217,152 persons, ten years ole
and older, were outside all churches
I* white persons, these.
I . Church services were being helc
by itinerant ministers, sometimes
. - . one service a month, sometimes twe
' a month, less often three and foui
times a month. The church build
ings were and are standing idls
? X- XX-- -+V. n?A mom
* many nays, in tut? uiuuiu, auu mauj
\v>r hours even on the Sabbath, serving
no ends whatsoever, religious, social
v civic, serving neither God nor man
? : Per cent, of church membershii
! in South Carolina counties. Coun
ties ranked from highest to lowest:
Rank Co. Per Non-churci
cent. members
1?Edgefield - ..65 3,69;
2?Lexingto n 56 11,IT'
3?Bamberg .... ..54 7,915
3?-Kershaw 54 11,18;
3?Marion 54 16,05c
c 3?Dorchester .. ..54 7,5 8 (
3?Richland 54 20,915
* 3?Hampton 54 ' 10,895
9?Beaufort 53 . 16,62;
9?Orangeburg ....53 27,585
9?Clarendon .. ..53 13,074
. 12?Newberry 52 14,485
13?Lancaster .. ..51 7,691
* *? 15 12$
sag XO vjuhciuu ? ? .-v* -~
R; ;V 15?Saluda 50 8,394
?|fc 15?Barnwell 50 17,551
|J. ' 15?Anderson 50 26,871
K",' 15?Greenville ..50 25,714
1|| 19?Darlington .. ..49 16,411
19?Chester 49 14,584
i\ 21?Greenwood ?48 14,541
fef 21?Fairfield .48 15,151
23?Florence 47 ? 14.921
j| 23?Berkeley 47 16,021
if 25?Marlboro 46 14,901
26?Charleston .. -45 48,261
fe;/ 26?Williamsburg-45 17,47(
28?York 44 23,031
28?Spartanburg -44 ~ 37,19(
\ - 30?Chesterfield ?43 11,60(
jf ? 31?Union 42 14,58(
31?Georgetown ?42 13,151
33?'Horry 41 13,60-5
B| 33?Laurens 41 22,091
33?Aiken 41 19,72(
|b 36?Abbeville 40 16,871
h 36?Pickens 40 11,57?
k ?Cherokee 40 12,72<
139?Oconee 39 14,311
40?Sumter 36 32,57*
New counties created since 1906
Tp ' '? *
Calhoun, Dillon, Lee, Jasper, Mc
Duffie.
Wonders of America.
"We have islands a mile in cir
cumference composed entirely of sul
pher," boasted the man from Xev
$ Zealand.
/ "You ought to see our big trees.'
came back the American. "Yoi
could pick up one of those islands oi
.1- r\r\ a r\f ftUP trppc and le
rne Lip ui ^ ^^
it serve as 'the head of a match."?
? Louisville Courier-Journal.
CITIES OF PRESENT INTEREST.
, Something; About Some Places Where
Great War is Raging:.
t The world's war-interest is now
held by the German-Russian cam
paign and more particularly this interest
is centred upon the Russian
; fortress of Brest Litovsk, the point
- ed'appui on the Bug, one of the
strongest fortresses in Europe, the
r central point in 'the Muscovite's Eut
ropean defense and offense, and one
- of the most important depots for, and
distributing points of military supt
plies near the western frontiers.
> Brest Litovsk rated by military critics
as a much more important strategic
point than Warsaw, around which,
, according to recent dispatches, the
armies of Russia are to be re-groupi
ed for the defense of the empire, is
i described in a geographical sketch issued
today by the National Geog
raphic society:
i ''Brest Litovsk, a powerfully fortij
fied Russian stronghold, is one of the
- oldest important fortresses in north*
ern Europe, and its history has been
a changeful and stirring one. It is
i first mentioned on the occasion of its
- capture by Boleslav the Brave, of
I Poland, in 1220. Next, Cashmir the
, Just, of Poland, built a tight castle
3 here, in country where the out-posts
f of several nations met. Princes of
t Galicia, Volhynia, Lithuania, grand
3 masters of the Teutonic Knights,
- Tartar chieftains and kings of Po~
- i j*
land held and stormed tne city ana
i ravaged the region around.
I "Tartars swept over the place like
a plague in 1241, moving most of
- ?the town into its muddy river. The
Teutonic Knights devasted its su,
burbs in 1397, and Mengly Ghyrey,
Khan of the Crimea, burned the city
r with conscientious attention to detail,
his visitation coming in the lat,
ter part of the 15th century. Polish
diets were held here. It was out of
1 the deliberations of a council of bishops
from Western Russia, held at
I Brest in 1594, that the Uniat rate
i was born. The Swedes gave the city
its last thorough pillaging in 1706.
Alt the second partition of Poland,
- it was incorporated in Russia, and
. patience, technique, and money have
s, been lavished upon it by the great
1 northern empire to make it as near
- impregnable as possible.
"Brest Litovsk is situated at the
i junction of the navigable rivers, Bug
i and Mukhovests, and at (the point of
1 j confluence stands the city fortress. It
I lies upon the right bank of the Bug,
1 is sharply cut where the river turns
, from north to northeast. Railway
from Oddesa, Kiev, Moscow, Warsaw,
I Vilna and East Prussia intersect here.
i Further, it lies upon .the inland wa)
terway from the Baltic to the Black
r ( Sea, the course of which is connect
ed;up by canal behind Brest, between
3 the upper Mukovests river and the
r Pripet river. Thus, the city is serv?
ed by a well nigh perfect system of
, j communications, reaching to the
. j north, the east, the south, and to
) | points in the interior between, and
- expanding again from Brest toward
the northwest, the west and the
i, souithwest.
J ] "Brest lies in the government of
>. Grodno, 131 miles south of the city
f of Grodno. It has a population <of
1 j about- 45,000, more than half of
> j which is Jewish. The synagogue at
I j Brest, during the 16th century was
II regarded as the first in Europe. Prob1
j ably due to its large Jewish popula1:
ttion, Brest Litovsk has never de>!
veloped an industry, but rather a
- (thriving commerce. Grains, hides,
1 j soap, wheat and timber are the
- j staples of its trade. The lumber in
L | which it deals was floated in great
I j rafts down to Danzling before the
II war. Flax and hemp are extensively
> grown in the country around, and,
- also, form important articles of its
i ! trorio
lii MV4V*
* The older fortifications lie about
i one mile east of Brest and have a
L circumference of 4 miles. The field
* works have been kept up to date, and
> everything possible has been done by
L Russia to make them unconquerable.
* Brest Litovsk is regarded in Russia
* as the most powerful individual
> stronghold in the empire."
) SEVERAL HURT IX WRECK.
) Coaches on Northwestern, Near Sumj
ter, Turn Over.
Sumter, August 25.?A wreck on
. the Northwestern railroad yesterday
^ morning near White's Siding result.
ed in the turning over of the regu>
lar passenger coach, the colored
" coach and baggage combination car
, and four freight cars, the engine
alone remaining standing ' on the
track. Conductor Jno. D. Bowen
was injured, receiving scalp wounds
and having two ribs broken, and a
Mrs. Moody, from Horatio, had her
- collar bone broken. Several other
- passengers received bruises and cuts,
r but none were seriously injured, although
all were badly frightened and
' much shaken up by the overturning
i of the car. About one hundred and
i fifty feet of track was torn up, but
t this damage was repaired during the
- afternoon, and today trains were
I making their regular schedule.
TAX SALE.
State of South Carolina, County of
Bamberg.
By virtue of an execution to me
directed by G. A. Jennings, treasurer
of Bamberg county, I have levied
nnrm anrl will spll at nuhlic aution
before the court house door in Bamberg,
S. C., on Monday, the 6th day
of September, 1915, the same being
legal salesday in said month, during
the legal hours of sale, the real es- "
tate described below, to the highest
bidder for cash, said sale being for
non-payment of taxes due and owing
the State of South Carolina and the c
county of Bamberg:
All that certain piece, parcel or 1
lot of land situate, lying and being
in the town and county of Bamberg,
said State, containing 5 1-2 acres,
more or less, bounded on the north
by lands' of C. D. Dowling; east by "
lands of Washington Rivers; west by
lands of Joseph Milhouse; south by
lands of Thomas Grant. To be sold
as the property of estate of Sam
Spell.
ALSO
All that certain land situate, lying
and being in the county of Bamberg,
said State, containing 3 acres, more
or less, bounded north by lands of Dr.
L. E. M. Smoak; southeast by Mrs.
Anna J. Grayson; west by road leading
to colored cemetery. To be sold
as the property of Cliar.otte Davis.
ALSO
All that piece and parcel of land
lying, being and situate in the town
and county of Bamberg, said State,
containing 4 acres, more or less, and
bounded on the north by lands of
Ida Mitchell; on the east by Binaker's
Bridge road; on the south by
lands of Ellanara McMillan; on the
west by Jones A. Williams. To be
sold as trie property or aim mcjyliilan.
ALSO
All that lot or parcel of land situate,
lying and being in the town
and county of Bamberg, state aforesaid,
containing 6 acres, more or less,
and bounded north by lands of J.
B. Black; east by lands of Mrs. J.
E. Varn; south by estate of G. W.
Dyches, and west by Annie Silcox.
To be sold as the property of the
estate of H. W. Silcox.
ALSO
All that certain piece or parcel of
land situate, lying and being in Fish
Pond township, county and State
aforesaid, measuring and containing
15 acres, more or less, bounded on
North by lands of Simon Davis and
D. B. Rhoad; on the East and South
by D. B. Rhoad; on the West by Paul
F. Carter.
ALSO
All that piece, parcel or tract of
land situate in same township, county
and State, measuring and containing
36 acres, more or less, and
bounded on North by lands of Proveaux,
now owned by George W. Carter;
on East by above tract; South
by D. B. Rhoad; and on West by estate
of J. H. Smith. To be sold as
the property of Mrs. Hallie Carter.
ALSO
All that parcel or lot of land lying
and being in the town of Denmark,
Q+oto and nmmtv aforesaid, known {
UtUbVy W**u ? ,
as lots 5 and 6, in Block 41, former- *
ly belonging to B. H. Smith; levied
upon and to be sold as the property
of T. M. Pifer et al, for taxes due
and owing the said State and county.
ALSO
All that parcel or lot of land situate,
lying and being in the town of 1
Denmark, State and county aforesaid,
and bounded by lands of J. E. Steadman
and estate Nallie Holman, levied
upon and to be sold as the property
of Mrs. Hattie Mitchell for taxes due
and owing the said State and county.
ALSO
All that lot or parcel of land lying
and being in the town of Denmark,
State and county aforesaid, known as
lot No. 1, in Block 39. Levied upon
and to be sold as the property of the
estate of Mrs. R. M. Bamberg, for
taxes due and owing the said State
and county.
TERMS CASH.
'S. G. RAY,
Sheriff for Bamberg County.
Bamberg, S. C., August 17, 1915.
RUB-MY-TISM
Will cure your Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
" /^t J C/v?nn Cit'n >vn f Tncanf c
JDUrilS, W1U OUi C3, OUUgS Ui 1UOCV.IO
Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used internally
and externally. Rice 25c.
Dr. THOMAS BLACK, JR.
DENTAL SURGEON.
Graduate Dental Department University
of Maryland. Member S. C.
State Dental Association.
Office opposite new post office and 1
over office Graham & Black. Office
hours, 8 30 a. m. to 5.30 p. m. ,
BAMBERG, S. C.
CHICHESTER S PILLS
w TIIE DIAMOND BRAND. A 1
?YL* l*3*J Si ?Hf 5!Sf\V/
ft Take no other. Bur of your V 1
I / fjg Dracarlxt. AskforCIU.ClIK8.TEB8
W Jl DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for 85
VV B years known as Best, Safest, Always Reliabio
A?r SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERF
R. P. BELLINGER
ATTORNEY AT LAW '
Office Over Bamberg Banking Co.
General Practice
? ]
FRANCIS F. CARROLL
Attorney-at-Law
Office in Hoffman Building
GENERAL PRACTICE. ?
BAMBERG, S. C.
J. F. Carter B. I). Carter
CARTER & CARTER
Attorneys-at-Law
GENERAL PRACTICE ]
BAMBERG. S. C. j
J
1 ' ^ -
RILEY & COPELAND
Successors to W. P. Riley.
Fire, Life
Accident
INSURANCE
Office in J. D. Copeland's Store
BAMBERG, S. C.
LODGE MEETING.
Bamberg, Lodge, No. 38, Knights
>f Pythias meets first and fourth
donday nights at 7:30 p. m. Visitng
brethren cordially invited.
H. L. HINNANT,
Chancellor Commander,
F. C. AYER,
Keeper of Records and Seal.
| "Cured" |
m Mrs. Jay McGee, o! Steph- m
R cnville, Texas, writes: ' For
fl| nine (9) years, I suffered with A
V womanly trouble. I had ter- W
1 rible headaches, and pains in JL
M my back, etc. It seemed as if E
(S 1 would die, I suffered so. At V
m last, I decided to try Cardui, ft]
I the woman's tonic, and it m\
K helped me right away. The 91
|M full treatment not only helped IjU
H me, but it cured me." M
JJ TAKE ll
i Cardui |
fl The Woman's Tonic kfl
R1 Cardui helps women in time [ft]
k of greatest need, because it 191
ft] contains ingredients which act IftJ
Ml specifically, yet gently, on the rjl
91 weakened womanly organs. I El
J So, if you feel discouraged, EI j
blue, out-of-sorts, unable to El
do your household work, on
h account of your condition, stop M
k worrying and give Cardui a El
E trial. It has helped thousands Ml
E of women,?why not you? ml
Try Cardui. E-71 N
E. H. HENDESRON
Attorney-at-Law
BAMBGKG. S. C.
general Practice. Loans Negotiated.
60 NO FARTHER
The Evidence Is at Your Door.
Bamberg proof is what you want
and tiie statement of this highly re*
spected resident will banish all doubt.
E. Dickinson, janer, Rice St., Bamberg,
says: "1 was subject to severe
backaches and my kidneys did not act:
regularly. The kidney secretions were!
unnatural and irregular in passage. 1 j
used Doan s Kidney Pills, procured at!
the People's Drug Store, and tney i
benefited me greatly. - They regulated
the action ot my kidneys and removed
the lameness and soreness in
my back."
NO TROUBLE SINCE.
On May 29, 1914, Mr. Dickinson
said: "The cure Doan's Kidney Pills
made for' me some years ago is still j
lasting. My back is now strong and !
my kidneys act regularly. You can
keep on using my recommendation."
Price 50c, at, all dealers. Don't
aimply ask for a kidney remedy?get
uoan's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mr. Dickinson had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
JOHN FOLK
REAL ESTATE, STOCK, BONDS
Real Estate for Sale.
160-acre farm, 2 miles from Bamberg.'
94-acre farm near Midway.
290-acre farm near Hunters Chappel.
1 house and lot, Bamberg, 4 rooms.
1 house and lot, Bamberg, 6 rooms.
8 vacant lots, different parts of
Bamberg.
290-acre farm near Ehrhardt.
2 dwellings and lota in Ehrhardt.
4 vacant lots in Ehrhardt.
2 desirable lots in Denmark.
353 acres near Howell's Old Mill.
Stocks and Bonds for Sale.
10 shares Bamberg Cotton Mill
stock.
15 shares Peoples Bank stock.
5 shares Enterprise Bank stock.
Bond and Mortgage Real Estate
Value.
$400. 8 per cent, interest, due in
3 years.
Communications from parties having
real estate, stocks or bonds for
sale solicited.
JOHN F. FOLK
No. Six-Sixty-Six
This is a prescription prepared especially
or MALARIA or CHILLS &. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
C Oft A o tfio ITaita# U71 11 nnf
i la&cu uiwu ao ? iuuit i givi "?4* MW.
pturn. It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken! 25c
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Peoples Drug Coi
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"The Time
may come
when you
will regre
Keeping tr
sured trinl
in the hous
stead of a S
Deposit Ya i
Many trea
less tokens h
lessness but
The thoug!
tect them fr<
our steel safi
safe plkce to
you always h
in our vault:
you carry th
4 per cent Ini
PEOP1
Bamberg, - I
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Ban
BUSY
are the clerks in our bar
cause we handle the t
part of the business dc
this section. We are pal
ed by the shrewdest and
careful business men, bi
they have faith in our con
tive methods and perfec
tern of banking. We a
liciting the accounts c
sponsible firms and indivi
and all such will find
T'on to Ofnrtlic t A VlllCinOC
v ama^cuuo iu uy kj uom vk;
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Enter]
5 Per Cent. Interest Paid
- '> ' ' V .x
*iven for Coupons and KJ
iggett & Myers Cigarettes 11
3. Big stock of their pre- U
ind. Come and see them.
me to ladies.
C K JOHNSON II
mpany's Stand Bamberg, S. C. pfl
afety ^k ^"1
lilt/9 8| -j
tsured trinkets and priceave
been lost, not by careby
thoughtlessness. ; M
btful thing to do is to pro- I
>m fire, ood, and theft in '
ety deposit vault, the sane I
keep valuables and where 8
ave access to them. Boxes I
are rented by the year and B
ekey. I
terest Paid on Savings Deposits. 1
.ES BANK
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iberg, S. C.
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