The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 11, 1916, Page 8, Image 8
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Thursday, May 11, 1916.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
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The friends of Mr. M. L. Zorn will
learn with regret of his illness.
The friends of Miss Mary Williams,
who was recently operated upon for
appendicitis, are glad to see her out
again.
Quit? a number of Bamberg people
motored to Augusta yesterday to
attend the Ford parade of the
p? ;
Augusta t week festivities.
The regular teachers' examination
was held at the court house last FriJ.
day. Twelve white applicants and
37 negroes 6tood the examination.
The annual meeting of the Orange.
burg District conference of the Methodist
church, which held its meeting
recently at Bowman, will be held
next year at Denmark.
Tuesday afternoon the Bamberg
high school defeated the Blackville
high school in an interesting game of
base ball at Blackville, the score being
10 to 5 in favor of the local
team.
The Bamberg fire department receives
this year the sum of $127.36
from the one per cent, insurance tax.
fv The total amount collected under
this tax in the State thi6 year is $13,452.57.
Rev. W. R. McMillan next Sunday
will preach the commencement ser
mon to the Blackville high school.
~ . The Baptist pulpit here will be filled
by the Rev. J. K. Goode, pastor of
*Vi/v Dlontvilla r?hni?nh
UIO Xiia^uiAitw vuu* vu>
The State preparatory championship,
which has been-held by Carlisle
jfi school for several years past, was
won this year by the Bailey Military
Institute, which by defeating Porter
Tuesday cinched the title.
The Bamberg Automobile company
0 has been chartered by the secretary
of State, with a capital stock of $3,000.
The officers are: Mr. G. Frank
Ijp'V-- Bamiberg, president, secretary and
treasurer, and Mrs. Nelle M. Bamberg,
vice president.
The oantata which was recently
|r v - rendered at the Baptist church will
be repeated at the Methodist church
next Sunday evening. There will be!
||:v ; no services at the Baptist church I
fe . Sunday evening. Everybody is cordially
invited to be present at Trinity
church.
gv Friday evening, May 12, will be
"Midsummer Eve in Fairyland." The
Mother Goose limited arrives at the
graded school auditorium at 7:30
o'clock. The Poppyland express
leaves for Shut Eye town at 8:30
o'clock. Queen Mab invites one and
I all. No admission fee. i
The Herald acknowledges with
thanks an invitation to be present at
all entertainments attending the
twelfth annual convention and tournament
of the South Carolina State,
Firemen's association, under the
auspices of the firemen and citizens
of Orangeburg, June 20, 21 and 22. I
TwiT alarms of fire were sounded
within the past week, both of them
early in the evening. The first was
a small blaze at the Farmers Gin
company, when some bagging caught;
\ fire. It was quickly extinguished,and
no damage was done. The sec-'
^ ' . ond was Monday night, when it was!
reported that the new residence ofi
Mr. Thomas Ducker on Bridge street;
was on fire. The report proved to
be incorrect, however. The alarms
served to bring hundreds of people;
from all over town to the scenes of
the supposed fires.
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New Advertisements.
G. D. Ryan?Reliability.
Dr. George F. Hair?For Rent.
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Peoples Bank?As Time Goes On.
v , Moseley's?Bulletin of May Spec*
ials.
Smoak & Moye?Drive It Into the
Bam.
Boyce W. Bishop?Candidate's
Card.
Southern Railway?Excursion
Rates.
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Enterprise Bank?Handing Out
Checks.
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Bamberg Banking Co.?Perhaps
He Can.
La Verne Thomas & Co.?Trade at
Home adv.
Mack's Barber Shop?Trade at
Home adv.
Star Pressing Club?Trade at
Home adv.
The Leader, Denmark?Grand
Opening Sale.
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W. M. Brabham, Chairman?Meeting
of Taxpayers.
The Mutual Garage?The Devil
Likes Punctures.
Farmers & Merchants Bank?Laid
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Off or Discharged.
LaVerne Thomas & Co.?You
Need a Real Corset.
Bamberg Banking Co.?Present
Your Wife With a Bank Book.
RIVERS BRIDGE MEMORIAL.
Exercises Attended by Thousands.
Address by Hon. J. F. Byrnes.
The annual memorial exercises at
rtivers Bridge were held at the memorial
grounds last Thursday. As
usual, a large crowd, estimated at
about two thousand, attended the annual
occasion. Hon. James F.
Byrnes, congressman from the second
district, was the orator of the day.
Mr. Byrnes, as usual, made a very interesting,
entertaining, and ins{ructive
address, and was listened to with
rapt attention. The Apollo Music
club, of Bamberg, and an orchestra,
composed of Dr. O. D. Faust, Prof.
Paul Whittaker, Mr. Clarence Black
and Miss Mary Molton, rendered delightful
music during the day.
The exercises were held under the
auspices of the Rivers Bridge Memorial
association. The venerable president,
Dr. N. F. Kirkland, presided.
Dr. Kirkland has been president of
the association for many years, taking
the keenest interest in the memorial
exercises. The secretary of the
association, Mr. J. W. Jenny, was also
present. It is largely due to their
indefatigable work in the interest of
the association that the annual meetings
are so popular and successfully
held.
After music by the orchestra and
the music club, Dr. E. O. Watson
made a short address. He discussed
the meaning of memorial day in an
interesting and instructive manner,
and paid a beautiful tribute to the
women of the South, especially the
mothers, who suffered the severest
test of loyalty, yet never faltered in
their duty aftd their unswerving devotion
to the cause of the South. Dr.
Watson then introduced Congressman
Byrnes, who made the annual
memorial address.
Mr. Byrnes discussed at some
length the sectional differences in
congress, and the relation of these
differences to some of the matters
now pending or being discussed in
congress. He said that very often he
was impelled to retain his composure
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and remain silent in congress, because
it was to the best interests of
the South for Southern representatives
to do so; but that he was now
in the South, among his own people,
and he proposed to tell them plainly
the status of some of the things they
were interested in.
Mr. Byrnes then went into detail
in- regard to the pensioning of Confederate
soldiers by the United States
government, the refunding of the
cotton tax, and the payment for cotton
confiscated during the civil war.
These are matters now either before
congress or being widely discussed
and advocated. The speaker scored
the North for the ever-increasing
pension rolls, despite the fact that
the old soldiers are fast departing.
He frankly told his audience that he
thought it utterly useless to ever
hope for federal pensions for Confederate
veterans, and he deprecated
the efforts of Congressman Tillman,
of Arkansas, and others in this direction,
as it could only serve to
arouse in the old Southern veterans
a hope which would eventually fail.
The Northern Democrats and Republicans,
alike, are opposed to the fed
eral government giving pensions to
Southern veterans. , These efforts
place the Confederate veterans in a
wrong light, and give the Northern
people an excuse to believe that the
South was wrong and that the South,
by asking help of the Yankees for
the old veterans, acknowledges that
they were wrong. And, further than
tjris, the bill could never hope for
passage, because sentiment in congress
is largely against it; that is,
the majority of the Northern and
Western representatives are opposed
to the measure, and it must, therefore,
fail.
Congressman Byrnes told of his
experiences while acting chairman of
the war claims committee of the
national house. He had endeavored
to have the committee allow belated
claims for cotton confiscated during
the war go before the court of claims;
tnat, ne said, was votea aown oy lae
committee, on account of the sectional
feeling prevailing. The Northern
Democrats, as well as the Northj
era Republicans, stood against him.
With reference to the refund of
the cotton tax, Mr. Byrnes stated
that after investigating the matter,
he was fully convinced that the
farmers of the South would not materially
benefit from this matter.
Mr. Byrnes told, in a very interesting
manner, the story of the battle
at Rivers Bridge fifty-odd years
ago, when a small detachment of
brave Confederates held a large force
of federals at bay.
This narrative was especially instructive
to the young folks present
and to those not acquainted with the
account of this engagement. Mr.
Byrnes made a fine address, and was
frequently interrupted by loud applause.
One of the most touching incidents
of the exercises occurred at the conclusion
of Congressman Byrnes's address.
Dr. Watson arose and asked
if there were present in the audience
CARLISLE LOSES TO PORTER.
Two Games Go to Charlestoniam
Last Week.
Coach Foster's Porter cadets secured
revenge for their recent defeai
in Charleston by the Carlisle schoo
when Friday, on the local diamond
they won from Carlisle in a hare
hitting game, 2 to 1.
The Charleston cadets were off ir
their fielding, but they always tight
ened up in the pinches along witt
Skinner, their pitcher. Eight error!
were made by the visitors, but the]
scattered them so well that they die
little damage.
Porter's first run came in the sec
ond inning when Short Stop Aller
hit a home run. The winning rur
was scored in the eighth inning.
The Charleston team hit the bal
hard, securing eight hits for a tota
of sixteen bases. Besides a home
run, Allen got a double.
For the locals F. Moore, with three
out of four, and Parnelle, with a
double, featured.
Score by innings:
P. M. A 010 000 010?2 S i
C. S 000 001 000?1 8 2
Batteries: Skinner and Heath;
Parnelle and Lenoir.
Saturday afternoon the Charleston
cadets easily won the deciding
game of the series with Carlisle
school, the final score being 7 to 4.
While there were a number of errors
by the two teams the game was
interesting throughout, as both
teams had. to change pitchers and
there was a lot of hitting.
Porter found Ethridge, who starton
fnr Pnrlislp pa.sv nhVvinsrs. and
was yanked out and Parnelle sent in
to finish the game. Parnelle was also
easy for the Charleston batters.
Ernest, who began the game for Porter,
was hit hard in the seventh and
had to be relieved, Coach Foster
sending in Skinner to finish the
game.
Lenoir, Farnum and Elkins, for
the locals, secured three hits each.
Heath featured for the cadets at the
bat and in the field. Skinner cut off
three runs at the plate by timely
pegs to the catcher.
Three fast double plays were made
by the visitors and two by the locals.
Score by innings: ^
P. M. A 320 000 011?7 10 5
C. S 001 010 200?4 13 C
Carlisle Defeated Bailey.
In a very exciting and well played
game, Carlisle school defeated Bailey
Military institute here Wednesday af*
ternoon by a score of 6 to 4. With
the score 3 to 1 in favor of the visitors
in the seventh inning, Lenoir
secured a three-base hit with the
bases full, winning the game for the
Carlisle boys. Following is the
score by innings:
Bailey .. .. .. 102 000 010?4 9 1
Carlisle 001 000 50*?6 5 2
Hough and Edwards; Parnelle and
Lenoir. Umpires, Rentz and Cooner.
Time, 1:37.
Deny Knowledge of Whiskey.
Mr. Paul W. Sanders, president of
the Charleston Crockery company,
vigorously denies that he has any
knowledge of the whiskey seized at
Denmark recently, en route from
Savannah to Charleston. He asked
the News and Courier to quote him
positively as saying that the whiskey
in question was not ordered by
his concern.
King-Herndon.
Cameron, May 8.?A lovely home
wedding was that of Miss Lucile
King and Mr. C. S. Herndon, whc
were married at the home of the
bride's parents in Cameron Sunday,
Mav 7. Quite a number of friends
and relatives witnessed the ceremony
which was performed by the bride's
pastor, Rev. G. B. Reed, Jr. Aftei
the ceremony a bounteous dinnei
was served.
Mr. Herndon is a promising young
man of the Hunter's Chapel eectior
of Bamberg county. The young cou
pie left during the afternoon in automobile
for their new home. This
couple has the hearty congratula
tions and good wishes of scores 01
friends.
any Confederate veterans who par
ticipated in the engagement at Riven
Bridge. Four grey-haired veterani
arose. Dr. Watson then asked if anj
of the women who nursed the wound
ed at that time were present, anc
three sweet faced, beloved women an
swered that they helped to care foi
the wounded at the battle referred to
Led by Dr. Watson, loud and con
tinuous cheering went up for the foui
veterans and three ladies.
The usual picnic dinner was serv
ed on the grounds. After dinner, the
music club gathered around the
stand and sang old Southern melo
dies, which were greatly enjoyed b}
the audience.
The graves of the veterans of the
Rivers Bridge battle-were decoratec
with a great profusion of very beau
tiful flowers.
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FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
3 Local Company Organized With Capital
of $100,000.
Messrs. H. M. Graham, C. F. Rizer,
I N. A. Hunt, S. W. Copeland and
] other prominent bankers are organizing
at Bamberg a stock fire insuri
ance company with a paid in capital
of $100,000. The home office of this
1 company will be at Bamberg and it
. will do a general fire insurance busi!
ness throughout the State of South
3 Carolina and will be ready for busi
ness on or before July first,
j On account of the withdrawal of
practically all of the old line fire insurance
companies the success of the
{ new company is already assumed. We
, are told that application for the
agencies of this company are being
1 filed from various portions of the
I State and Mr. Graham .will during
, the month of June plant the agencies
of this company in practically all of
> the towns of any importance throughL
out South Carolina.
The organization will be perfected
within the next ten days and Mr.
. Graham will make a more compreI
hensive statement of the company
and its plan of operation soon.
9Z|ja qseo 00* 1$
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> Denmark After Blind Tigers.
Denmark has gone out after the
blind tiger industry in her midst
with a vim. Within the past few
days three negroes have been committed
to the chain gang for thirty
days each, after trial by Mayor White
in the municipal court, and several
others paid fines aggregating three
hundred dollars. Six arrests were
. made, it is stated, and all of them
were convicted, three paying fines of
' $100 each, and three going to the
county chain gang.
The town authorities recently instigated
a campaign against the tigers.
They hired a detective to work
up the cases against the tigers. Chief
of Police W. J. Hutto, with the aid
of the detective, soon got into their
midst strong, with the above result.
It was during this campaign
against the tigers that the chief, upon
the advice of Governor Manning,
confiscated the large shipment of
' whiskey en route from Savannah to
Charleston. It will be recalled that
the boxes were labeled "crockery,"
| and contained nearly 1,500 pint bottles
of "fire water."
It is quite evident that Denmark
. is not a healthy place for the blind
i tiger to ply his trade.
Crops Suffering From Drought.
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t Questioned regarding the condi.
tion of crops generally, the farmers
. of the county make rather pessimis5
tic replies. The lack of rain is be.
ing felt in every part of the county,
f especially around Bamberg, as no
rain, excepting one little shower that
. scarcely laid the dust, has fallen here
- in some six or seven weeks. Good
3 showers have fallen within the past
3 three weeks in other parts of the
r county, but the hot sun soon dried
- out the earth again.
1 The grain crop seems to be the
- greatest sufferer from the drought
r up to this time. Oats and wheat will
. be harvested now within the next
- week or two. No rain of any consep
quence has fallen since the heading
season began, therefore the heads
- are very imperfect and faulty.
j The farmers report that cotton is
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i uninjured, ana is uomg mic wunc
- it came up before the drought. Corn
r is suffering but good rains at this
time will doubtless bring it out all
} right. The weather man has promisL
ed general rains throughout the
- South for the latter part of this
week.
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Congressman Byrnes in the City. F
Hon. James F. Byrnes, representative
in congress from the second dis- v
trict, spent a while in the city Thurs-, c
day going to and returning from! n
Rivers Bridge, where he made the ii
annual memorial address. Mr. s
Byrnes came from Washington, v
where congress is now in session, t:
Wednesday night, spending the ni.?htl p
ill A ilron onH no ma tn Romhoi-or ! .c
in ixiii Vil, uiiu vuuiu l W i^ain 5 1 w
Thursday morning. He returned to j g
Washington Thursday night, leaving; c
Bamberg on the 8:17 train. ti
Mr. Byrnes said?that the prospect t;
is the present session of congress j ii
will be a long one, and that he! p
should be very busy attending to his; *
duties in Washington the greater' n
part of the summer; and he would,! r
therefore, be unable to do much cam- \ a
paigning this year. He feels that it j ai
is his duty to remain at his post in j I;
Washington, especially as many mat-j G
ters of national and international im-j g
portance are now before the adminis-; d
tration. He said that he will leave 1<
the campaign this summer largely in 1 h
the hands of his friends. j is
Mr. Byrnes said that he has thej a
greatest confidence in the president, i is
and, although it will be almost aj c;
miracle to accomplish, he believes j s<
that Mr. Wilson will steer the United i E
States clear of war. Even if we are! g
forced into the conflict, the people
may rest assured that there was not
the remotest possibility for it to be
evaded.
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Negro Surrenders to Sheriff. E
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Govan Rice came up to the court; o
house one day last week and volun-i 0
tarily surrendered himself up to! k
Doir D1HA nioo j
tjuciiu IUCVJ ivivu noo luiiiicuiaiui j
committed to jail. It will be recall-: y
ed that on March 9, Govan Rice kill- j p
ed Leon Watson at Denmark. He es- j f<
caped at the time, and his where- [ tl
abouts were unknown until he ap- a
peared at the court house to sur-, s<
render to the authorities. Applica- t<
tion for bail was made before the p
presiding judge at Aiken Tuesday, j cj
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Former Bamberg Boy to Marry. j
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Mrs. John Ancel Newsome gave a:
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beautiful luncheon yesterday at 11
o'clock at her home, 1521 Post!1*
street, Riverside, when she anw
nounced the engagement of her sis-!
ter, Miss Ruby Jane Branch, of
Louisville, Ky., to Mr! William Had- ^
don Johnson, of Aiken, S. C. , ?
Miss Branch has been spending
the past two months with her sister
in this city and her many friends ^
here wish her every future, happi- j ^
ness. Miss Branch is a graduate of i
the College of Music, in Cincinnati,
and also studied under Douglas .
i
Powell, in New York. .
Mr. Johnson is the son of the late ^
Senator William Johnson, of South
c(
Carolina, and is a graduate of the
University of South Carolina. He is
a member of the law firm of Gunter
& Johnson in Aiken, and is a very
popular young man in that city.?
Florida Metropolis, Jacksonville, May
. 7 t<
Mr. Johnson is a former resident
of Bamberg, and has many* friends
here.
Rain Promised This Week. d
The following is the weather re- ^
port sent out from Washington forj
this week: ^
"Temperatures above the seasonal e:
average are indicated for the middle
Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Gulf s
States is the weather bureau forecast P
for the week beginning May 7th. fi
"By the middle of the week local
showers and thunderstorms are prob- &
able over the great central valleys
and the plains States, and the latter N
part of the week in the middle Atlantic
States and throughout the *South.
"The weather will be generally ^
fair the first half of the week
throughout the Southern States."
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Memorial Day Observed. e
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Yesterday being Confederate me- a
morial day, a legal State holiday, the
banks of the city remained closed a
throughout the day. The postoffice v
woe pigeon fftp tho flftftrnonn. ?
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No public memorial exercises were r
held this year by the F. M. Bamberg ^
chapter, U. D. C., but the regular ^
ipeeting of the chapter was held at
four o'clock in the afternoon at the
residence of Mrs. J. J. Smoak, and
after the session, the members of the
chapter were divided into committees s<
who visited the three local ceme- S
teries and decorated the graves of c
veterans with flowers. c
Base Ball Friday.
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The last school game of base ball .
to be played by the Carlisle school
will be played Friday afternoon, at
4:30, between the Columbia high *"
school and Carlisle at Rhoad park.
This promises to be one of the best
games of the season, and a large
crowd is expected.?adv.
Carlisle played Norway high "
school, in an unscheduled game Mon- $
day, resulting in a tie, 11 to 11. G
Escaped FYom Gang; Quickly Caught.
John Green, a negro, one day last
reek effected an escape from the
ounty chain gang, which is, situated
ear Ehrhardt. Green had evidently i
1 some way previously cut his
hackles loose, tying them together
ith strings, to await an opportune
Ime to make a get-away. This oportunity
soon came when he was
ome little distance away from the
uard, whose attention just then was
ailed by another convict. As he
urned, Green made a dash for libery,
leaving his shackles behind, tearig
them easily away. He eluded his j
ursuers, and waited until night,
rhen he entered the stable of a farler
and stole out a horse. Green
ode the animal for some distance
nd then entered another farm yard
nd was hitphintr tlia f/% ?-> K.
u.vvoiug 1,11V/ itui OC tU CI UUgg V ,
a some way the horse got loose from
'rreen and he went into the lot to
et another horse, when the yard
ogs got after him, and he had to
save rather hurriedly. A little later
e was recaptured at Hilda, and he
5 now safely back on the gang
gain. Green also broke into a comjsary
and had stolen a quantity of
anned goods. v He is now serving a
entence for breaking into a store in
tamberg, and has escaped from the
ang once before.
Mr. C. Arthur Best Dead. *
Mr. C. Arthur Best, a prominent
ttorney of Barnwell, and a former
iamberg county boy, died in Columia
yesterday morning, following an
peration at a hospital there. None
f the funeral arrangements were
nown here yesterday.
Mr. Best was born and grew to
oung manhood in this county, his -x i
arents being residents of the Bund's
Bridge section. He attended x ^
le public schools of the county and
fterward graduated from Carlisle
3I100I. After studying law, he wrent B I
) Barnwell, where he began the
ractice of his profession. He be- II
ime a law partner of Former Solici- I I
)r James E. Davis, and a few years
go this partnership was dissolved,
nd he has since then been associate
i with Mr. Emile Harley in law
ractice.
Mr. Best is survived by his wife,
ho was Mies Pate, of Barnwell, and
vo children, both boys, of a tender
ge. He is also survived by one sis- ^
jr, Mrs. H. L. Kearse, of Buford's
ridge, and one brother, Mr. G. A.
est, of Ulmers.
The deceased had become one - of
le best known lawyers in the State,
ie was a hard student, which is atjsted
by the fact that for the past
sveral years his firm, Best & Har>y,
have been the attorneys for the
outhern railway, the A. C. L., and A
ie S. A. L., the Southern Express
Dmpany, and the Western Union
elegraph company.
What They $biirk.
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The Greenville Daily News recentr
undertook to ascertain the sentilent
of the legislators with regard
j the insurance matter. The fol>wing
questions were a&ked:
1. Do you believe an extraordi- i
ary session to consider the question
esirable? .J
2. If such an extraordinary sesion
were convened, would you vote
Dr a modification of any nature of
ae insurance acts passed by the genral
assembly of 1916?
3. What action, in your opinion,
hould be taken in regard to the ,
resent situation with reference to
re insurance in South Carolina?
The following answers were made
y the two Bamberg representatives
l the house, as printed in the
iews:
Bert D. Carter, representative:
>oes not favor extra session, but
rould vote for repeal or modiflca- v
ion. "I am in doubt at present" as
d what should be done. f
J. Wesley Cram, Jr., representaIve:
Favors extra session "providd
the legislature has changed its
entiments and will repeal the act
nd go home. I believe there is seniment
sufficient for modification, but
m not certain as to repeal. I would
nf o f At" ronoal TXT?
ivi 1 uuiilguk, * V c lia V c
o assurance that modification would
emedy the situation, and I believe ?
re should have assurance for vot^
Children's Day Exercises.
The King'6 Garden will be pre- y
ented in a very impressive manner
unday morning at 11 o'clock by the
hildrpn nf thp Trinitv "Moth n Hi at
hurch.
This day, being celebrated aa
lother's day, everyone is urged to
ay a tribute to mother by attendig
some service during the day. '
The Rosary, May 17th.?adv.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
clvertisenients Under This Head 25c.
For 25 Words or Less.
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For Rent?Six room cottage:
12.50 per month. Apply to DR /
rEORGE F. HAIR, Bamberg, S. C. J
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