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t?hr Bambrrg ijmtlb Thursday, August 3, 1916. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. The Sunbeam Band will meet at the Baptist church next Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. Messrs. Frank Fail, of Govan, and Edward Neeley, of Olar, are in attendance upon the Clemson college short course. These scholarships were awarded to winners in the corn -club contest of last year. The rural mail carriers ask that their patrons help them along by do * ji _ ing a little repairs to tne roaas through their places. The roads are almost impassable in some places, and one or two small bridges have been completely washed away. Dr. E. O. Watson is assisting in a revival meeting at North. The meeting was conducted all of last week, and will continue through this week. Dr. WTatson returned to the city Sunday and filled his appointment at TYinity church Sunday morning. The congressional candidates in this district will speak at Bamberg on Friday, August 4th. Congressman James F. Byrnes is opposed for reelection by Col. Alvin Etheredge, ^ of Saluda. The voters of the county are invited to be present and hear the candidates. Mr. W. D. Blume has a field of j eighteen acres of cotton down on the i river bottom near New Bridge. Sev enteen or tne eigmeen acres wei? under water the first of the week, it is stated. Other farmers having river bottom lands planted were equally as hard hit by the flood. The Herald's correspondents have evidently gone away for the summer. Noto" ought to be the time to send in news. Now, let's see how many of our correspondents will write us a newsy letter for next week. Fend it in early. We would like to have a whole page full of country news letters. Any correspondent who has no stationery, let us know. We will sapply you free of charge. Quite an exciting runaway occurred on Main street Saturday morning. One of Mr. H. G. Delk's horses, liitched to an ice wagon, became frightened and made a wild dash up Main street, colliding with a mule team at Dr. Black's corner. One of the mules was knocked down and was "laid out" for a few minutes, but finally got up, and apparently was not injured. The ice wagon was not damaged very much. ?; Weather Men on the Job. , The moon weather prophets are highly elated. The moon is back on the job again. ' She missed one or two calculations in regard to the weather, but the big forecast camej true. Now, the moon weather men made verious forecasts as to when the rain would let up, cease or abate, but none of them would be quite positive that the rain would stop until the new moon on the 29th. They were quite sure that a change was bound to come then. It came. Mr. B* F. Free and Mr. D. F. Hooton prophesied that the change would arrive about eight o'clock last Saturday night, that being about the time of the moon's change. Of course, there were many others who made the forecast, but we did not happen to hear them say so?until the change had arrived. Sure enough, Saturday afternoon, late, the atmosphere began to clear up, and one could snift something happening up in the skies. The clouds rolled away, and by eightthirty a cloud could not be seen. Sunday was fair and beautiful; Monday ditto. Don't know how long it will last, but we have had at least three days of dry weather. That is the atmosphere was dry?everything else was quite wet. Mr. Free says you can always count on it that when the moon changes in the morning ^ there will be rain; when it changes in the evening, dry weather will follow. Of course the moon's change in the evening does not necessarily mean that there will be no rain at all, but that the rainy spell is broken. Manning and Wilson. Cards tearing the double picture of President Woodrow Wilson and Governor Richard I. Manning are being distributed in Bamberg county. "Our governor and our president" is the title, and the following statement is made: "Leaders in the State and nation. They have made good. They stand for reverence for law, dignity of labor, education of mankind. Real Democratic candidates for reelection on their own merits rather than the demerits of their opponents." The picture on the card was taken while the president and the governor were reviewing the parade at the celebration of the Mecklenburg declaration of independence at Charlotte, N. C., some Re OOTA uiuutuo a&\j. | I CLEAN UP PREMISES. Board of Health Urges Precautionary Measures. Mr. W. D. Rhoad, a member of the Bamberg board of health, requests The Herald to urge the people of the city to enter into a clean-up campaign immediately. After the exces' - - ^.11 _ X? i.L . A. M sive rainiaii 01 me past iew wccna, it is Absolutely necessary that all premises be cleaned of garbage, weeds, etc., in order to insure the continued good health of the city. Many cities are now waging a cleani up campaign as a result of the rains, in order to prevent sickness. Many ! diseases often follow in the wrake of heavy rains, and the best way, Air. Rhoad says, to fight off these maladies is to keep premises absolutely clean. He especially urges that all owners of vacant lots attend to cutting down weeds and cleaning up the lots at once. Mr. Rhoad also urges the people to procure kerosene and pour into all ditches and standing water about the house or yard to keep the mosquitoes down. No kerosene is available from the town at present, Mr. Rhoad said; as the board of health had recently asked council to provide 100 gallons, but was told that the town could not afford to buy any kerosene now, and recommended the use of disinfectant, a supply of which the town has on hand, and which, bV the way, costs about 80 cents per gallon, Mr. Rhoad says. Open Cotton Bolls. Mr. Paul Matheny was the first to bring The Herald an open boll of cotton this year. Wednesday morning Mr. Matheny brought in two open bolls, picked from the plantation ot Mr. D. R. Matheny, near the city. Several other farmers report open bolls. Mr. L. M. Ayer exhibited an open boll several days ago on the streets. Tf ics efatoH that onttnn niokine: will be the order of the day within two or three weeks. Automobile Stuck in Mud. Mr. D. F. Hooton, who, with Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hooton, made the trip some days ago to Glenn Springs by automobile, had quite an adventure on their return. By the hardest kind of work Mr. Hooton managed to drive his car as far as Laurens, but he could go no farther. They -left the car there and came on by train. Sunday Mr. Hooton had an automobile driver of Laurens drive his car to Columbia, and Mr. Ruby Beard, of this city, brought the car on to Bamberg. The car bore evidences that it had truly been in the mud, as it was mud colored from wheel to top. Mr. Hooton had to have a mule to pull his car out of the mud several times, and had a man with his mule to follow on behind for several miles, until it finally became too bad for even a mule. Southern Agent Resigns. Mr. H. W. McMillan, who has been Southern railway agent in Bamberg for the past two years, last week resigned the position. He was relieved by Mr. W. C. Taylor, of Branehville, who is now conducting the office. Mr. McMillan's friends learned with j regret of his resignation, as he gave general satisfaction to the patrons of the Southern. He came to Bamberg upon the resignation of Mr. D. M. Eaves in 1914. T JH-ln PlilM PaicAnorl XJlttlVt M. V10v"VVt? The little three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Duensing, of Midway, was taken very ill Sunday with ptomaine poisoning. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Duensing will be glad to know, however, that the little girl is now rapidly improving. The poisoning is believed to have been the result of eating ice cream. The cream was made, it is said, on Thursday of last week, and eaten by the child on Saturday. Denmark a Railroad Centre. For some time after the trestles of the various railroads were washed away by the floods, the little city of Denmark was a flourishing place, and put on the appearance of a big city, insofar as trains were concerned. For several days the Southern, the Seaboard and the Coast Line operated all trains to the South via Denmark. More than 100 passenger trains passed that point over the three railway systems daily until the trestles were rebuilt or repaired sufficiently to allow ,the trains to be routed their "ffiinl -nrotT TViJn Knn f c? Plnr. uouai w clj . ?1110 ic^uiu u^ato 1 ence, where an average of 91 passenger trains pass daily. In addition to the three roads mentioned operating their trains through Denmark, several other roads used one or the other of the tracks for South- 1 ern trains. Practically all the : bridges and trestles have now been : repaired, and the trains are fast re- j suming their usual schedules and 1 routes. i ?Mr. John H. Cope spent Sunday in Spartanburg. 1 ENROLLMENT IN COUNTY. Number of Qualified Voters in the County is 1,533. Fifteen hundred and thirty-three voters in Bamberg county will be en titled to participate in the primaries this summer. This compares witt 1,429 for two years ago, an increase of 104. The enrollment for Bam berg central club is 420, against 36< two years ago. The county executive committee on Monday inspected the list, made a few corrections and one erasur/ST and Mr. H. C. Folk, county chairnlan, prepared the following in formation relative to enrollment. A: will be shown below there are 15; male persons over 21 years old ii Bamberg county who cannot writ< their names, and the percentage o illiteracy in the county is 10.1. Mid way heads the list with the larges percentage of illiteracy, 20.45, an( Govan makes the best showing, witl only 1.41, there being only one per son to enroll there, out of 71, wh< could not sign his own name. Th< following is the detailed statemen of the enrollment this year and ii 1914, also the number who could no sign their names, and the percentag< of illiteracy in each precinct: Enrollment X P. C 1914 1916 Mk. Illit Bamberg .. .. 363 420 57 13.5' Clear Pond .. 20 21 4 19.0; Colston 59 64 2 3.11 Denmark .. .. 238 234 19 8.11 Edisto 73 101 19 18.8 Ehrhardt .. .. 205 207 15 7.2: Govan 64 71 1 1.4: Hightower's .. 45 37 5 13.5: Hunter's C. .. 58 50 1 2.0< Kearse 76 75 6 8.0< Lees .. 28 29 2 6.9' Midway 39 44 9 20.4; Olar 161 180 25 13.8: Total 1,429 1,533 155 10.1' Much Work for the Chain Gang. *\ Supervisor McMillan said a fe\ days ago that there is a great dea of work for the chain gang to d< within the next few weeks in repair ing roads and bridges. The road were damaged to a great extent b the rains of the past few weelp, am owing to the continuous downpour the gang has been unable to do muci work for several weeks. The gani has been employed on the streets o Bamberg for the past several days This work has been about finished and Mr. MoMJllan said that som time this week the gang would b moved to Cedar Spring, where cam; will be pitched for the present. The Herald Circulates Widely. The fact that The Bamberg Heral? is greatly appreciated away fror home is attested by the fact that on day this week we received four ne\ subscriptions from various parts o the country. One came from Sa: Francisco, Cal., one from Kenans ville, N. C., one from Baltimore, Md. and one from Olar. The Herald i the best county paper in these parts and the folks who used to live her but now reside elsewhere tell us i is a joy to read it. By the way, i you have a relative or a very goo< friend who is away from home yoi could not confer a greater favor oi him or her than by sending Th< Herald. Governor Manning Pleased. In conversation with a Herald rep resentativ? last Thursday, Governo Richard I. Manning expressed grea satisfaction upon the reception tha he has received all over the State The governor stated that he is mucl gratified, in his travels over the State to find that there is such a large num ber of leading business men who ari lending him their unstinted suppor for reelection. Many of these men said the governor, did not suppor fiim two years ago in the first pri mary. The governor is much en couraged, and feels quite confiden of his reelection by a large majority Governor Manning was especiall: gratified at the splendid reception ac corded him in Bamberg. Death of Mrs. M. E. Smoak. Mrs. Maria Elizabeth Smoak, relic of the late Russell F. Smoak, diec July 27, 1916. Mrs. Smoak was ^ 1 1 O A O n-nA TITQt uuru ocyicuiuci x, loiOj <xu\j. married to Russell F. Smoak Febru ary 4, 1869. Of this union the following children survive: W. J., D D., A. L., R. F., G. C. Smoak, all ol Cordova, S. C., and Otes Smoak, ol Cope; Mrs. A. F. Livingston, ol North; Mrs. B. C. White, of Sumter; Mrs. 0. V. Fogle, of Cope; Mrs R. L. Riggell, of Manning; and Miss Losie Smoak, of Cordova. She alsc leaves many grandchildren and a large number of friends to mourn her loss. Her death was as peaceful as the sweet life she led. Her remains wprft laid to rest in Ebenezer Baptist cemetery, Friday afternoon, at 5:30 o'clock. She was a consistent member of Ebenezer church. 3he loved her church and everybody was her friend.?Orangeburg News. Read The Herald, $1.50 per year. POSTOFFICE RECEIPTS. 3 Material Increase in Business Shown \ Over Last Year. i A material increase in the receipts - of the postoffice for the past year is c 3 shown over the preceding year. The d i increase in receipts amounted to t 3 about $1,000, and a corresponding n - increase in the other business of the y 1 office is shown. The outlook, stated 1 3 the postmaster, for a still further in- l 3 crease in the postoffice business for a 3 the next year is good. d 7 Rural route number 3 has been extended one and one-half miles on the i: 5 Charleston and Augusta road, and t ^ maHo q ctnnrinrH rmit#* All four nf / V? . vv. 1 the routes from the Bamberg postof2 fice are now standard routes. # t The increase in business at the - postoffice is a good index of the, t growth of the town. As is generally i known, the financial depression since 1 the European war began, has affect- 1 - ed all lines of business, and doubt- t ) less the receipts would have ' been f 2 much greater except for this fact. \ | River on Rampage. | t r For the first time in several years T 2 I the Edisto river reached the flood , stage Saturday last. Although there have been very heavy rains for four ^ weeks past, the river did not rise suf- ^ . ficiently to be dangerous, but the ? ) ? rains of the past week in the upper ^ ? part of Aiken county, Edgefield and ' Saluda, swept down the Edisto Sat^ urday with a rush. Much damage is ^ reported to river bottom crops, and ^ several bridges have been badly dam- r q aged. New Bridge, on the Orange- \ j burg road, was "floating" Saturday I ? and Sunday. The water was running t XL. U J A AnnsAiirov ( over L lie unugc, auu mc wauocno; v g was completely covered by the water, i and the bridge was impassable. Many i q Bamberg people went out Sunday af> ^ ternoon to view the raging rivei. j They stated that the causeway did i not appear to be damaged, but that i v portions of the bridges had been j ,1 washed away. i 0 ?1 Lightning Strikes Barn. < * S i Early Saturday morning, during * the electric storm that passed over ( this section, a barn on the planta^ tion of Mr. W. I. Johns, near Bam- * berg, was struck by lightning. The j barn caught on fire and was burned ^ < down. A small quantity of hay and j" feedstuffs was destroyed. During ^ ? this storm one of the hardest rains e < of the year fell. The past four ^ weeks have been characterized by . P ' hard rains, but several persons said this was the hardest rain of the year. i New Advertisements. 1 1 ? C. W. Rentz?For Sale. ' e H. C. Folk?Preparedness, v Mutual Garage?Two Questions. f Bamberg Banking Co.?Economy. $ Rizer Auto Co.?New Price on Fords. g Enterprise Bank?Our Efficient Service. >? e D. A. Reid?Watches, Clocks and t Jewelry. f Thielen Theatre?'The Idol or 3 Millions. 1 Standard Oil Co.?"I'm One of 2,1 000,000." e Farmers & Merchants Bank?The Careful Man. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.? Prince Albert. Bamberg Banking Co.?Perhaps r He May Move. 1 Star Pressing Club?Trade at * Home Advertisement. Mack's Drug Store?Trade at Home Advertisement. > DEATH FROM ACCIDENT. 3 ???? t Greenville Man Killed by Automobile , Driven by F. H. Shuler. t Greenville, July 29.?J. T. Ellis, - aged 59 years, was knocked down - and killed this afternoon by a car t driven by the Rev^ F. H. Shuler, of c Columbia. Mr. Ellis was taken to a n ? hospital immediately after the acci- r - dent and died there several hours t later from concussion of the brain. From all reports, the killing was an Q accident, for which no one is specifi- t t cally to blame. c ^ The Rev. Mr. Shuler, a Methodist h , minister, gave himself up and is in ti , the custody of the county officials, f . Mr. Shuler formerly hied a charge in c . Greenville county. r ii ^ The Rev. Mr. Shuler was recently t< relieved of a pastoral charge at Lat- fi . ta, in order that he might . take n charge-of a canvass, the object of f, which is to raise a fund of $300,000, fj | within the bounds of the two South Carolina conferences, Methodist, y Episcopal Church, South, for the en- 0 L dowment of the three colleges of the j denomination in this State. These schools are Wofford college, at Spartanburg; Columbia college, at Columbia, and Lander college, at Green f< wood. The Rev. W. W. Daniel was C assigned to the Latta pastorate and ei the Rev. Mr. Shuler established his ir residence in Columbia, in order to ir be more conveniently situated for s< j traveling about tne state. | oj - . . . .i ? 'c i,' '-C. v-w V,? . * COUNTY CAMPAIGN. nil Open at Ehrhardt on Thursday, I August 10th. The Democratic county executive ommittee held a meeting on Monay last at the court house, at which! I he dates for the county campaign P meetings were fixed. The meeting I /as attended by the full committee. I 'he county campaign will open on 'hursday, August 10th, at Ehrhardt, nd will close at Bamberg on Thursay, August 24th. 1 The /ollowing are the county meet- t ngs and the places at which they will I ?e held: t Ehrhardt?Thursday, August 10th. f Colston?Friday, August 11th. t Farrell's?Tuesday, August 15th. t Olar?Thursday, August 17th. c Denmark?Tuesday, August 22nd. i Bamberg?Thursday, August 24th. 1 The committee went over the club ] ists as presented by the club secrearies.. Very few irregularities were C ound in the lists. Only one name i vas striken from the rolls, that of a lolleton county man who enrolled hrough error in this county. Three lames were transferred from the i Bamberg club to Midway, that being ? he nearest voting precinct. j The managers of election will be t ippointed at a later date, and the j ull list will appear in the regular < election advertisement to appear oe- J ore the primary. ] In Honor of Miss Coleman. ] Rowesville, August 1.?One of the nost enjoyable events of the season vas a delightful shower party given diss Eulalie Coleman, of Bamberg, ^ vho is to wed Mr. George Morris, of ^ 31ar, next Wednesday, by her sister, Mrs. B. C. Crum, on Friday mornng, from 10:30 to 11:30. The } quests were assembled in the front Darlor and on the veranda. The j ooms were decorated with roses, j lasturtiums, and other cut flowers. ^ Appropriate bridal selections, consist- j ng of instrumental and vocal music, j were furnished by Misses Maittie Jhuler, Genevieve Stephenson and ( Azalie Bowman. 1 Receiving at the door with Mrs. Drum was Miss Estelle Crum. An imusing contest was entered into, ? Mrs. R. L. Fairey winning the prize, j which she presented to Miss Cole- | nan. Fortunes and good wishes ^ were written for the bride-to-be, and read to the guests. The gifts were ;arted in on a small wheelbarrow by 1 little Margaret Haden and Wiley Drum. The quantity and usefulness )f the gifts attested the popularity inH octoom nf thp tiriHo-fn-hp Mrs. T. J. Hayden and Mrs. Julia Bowman assisted Mrs. Crum in servng the refreshments. GETTING BACK TO SCHEDULES. southern Resumes Trains to Greenville and Spartanburg. Columbia, July 26.?The Southern ailway will resume running of trains )n the Greenville and Spartanburg iivision tomorrow, it was announced onight. It was the intention to run \To. 10 through from Spartanburg tolight and regular schedules to both Jreenville and Spartanburg will be?in tomorrow. The Southern railway will also )robably resume the schedules on the ^olumbia-Kingville-Lancaster line tonorrow. The trains on the Spartanburg division will be operated as far as Mel ose grade. It is thought that trains vill be running through from Colum)ia to Asheville within four more " lavs. Rivers Falling. The Catawba, Wateree, Saluda, Sroad and Congaree rivers were fall ng today, while the Santee was said ~ o be rising, the waters which for j he last few days caused the other e ivers to rise just now getting down ^ o the streams in the Southern part f the State. However, the rise is t iot expected to be great, and the ? ivers will hardly be forced out of _ heir banks. Columbia has been visited by fre- * r uent showers of rain for the past j. wo days, and the farmers are con- erned over the strides which grass 3 making. The recession of the wa-'j ers of the Congaree and Broad rivers j y rom the bottom lands left the crops ( ^ overed with mud, and the steady1" ainfall since the river returned to jr ts banks has prevented any work! P owards salvaging the crops. It isj n oped that the rain will cease by to- v lorrow at the latest, and with a ew days of the hot summer sun the^ irmers can tackle the grass, which i CJ > just at present making great head- a ray towards overrunning the fields u f cotton and corn. ~ UlUlUl u?VI vuon J-J 0 The 100-inch diameter reflector * )r the Mount Wilson observatory in alifornia, which will be finished d arly next year, will be the largest ri lirror ever cast. It will be thirteen & g; iches thick and will contain, in one h >lid piece, four and one-half tons 0] f glass.?Engineering Record. C BASE BALL DOPE. lamberg Now Heads Bamberg-Barnwell County League. Standing of Clubs. ' " Won Lost P. C. lamberg 10 4 .714 Fairfax 9 4 .692 lenmark 5 10 .333 Jarnwell 4 10 .286 Bamberg Wins From Fairfax. Bamberg went into the lead of the eague by defeating Fairfax Tuesday >y a score of 2 to 0, in six innings. Fairfax left the field in the six, due o a decision at home plate, thereby orfeiting the game by a score of 9 0 u. tfamoerg wouia nave easily lad a walkover and the Fairfax team :ould not stand the defeat. Score by nnings: ' f Bamberg 002 00*?2 4 0 Fairfax 000 000?0 3 3 Batteries?Bamberg, Rowell and Sooner; Fairfax, Youmans and Fenlell. Umpire, Folk. Bamberg Beats Denmark. Bamberg won a slow, but interestng game from Denmark Monday in 1 slugging match by a score of 9 to ). Both teams hit the ball hard, but ;he home boys put up the better jame and won a deserved victory. Score by innings: ^ 3amberg 112 400 01*?9 11 3 Denmark .. ..113 000 000?5 10 6 Batteries?Bamberg, Bamberg, F., ind Cooner; Denmark, Bessinger, Baxter and Abel. Umpire, Folk. Denmark Wins One. In a hard fought and exciting ?ame Bamberg lost to Denmark on^^H :he latter's grounds Friday, by score of 4 to 3. The local boys play^^H 3d a hard, uphill game, but fell one run short of tying the score in a J linth inning batting rally. The J breaks of the game were against M Bamberg all the way through. Score Dy innings: WM Bamberg 0.01 000 002?3 8 3 [>enmark 200 010 01*?4 8 2 flH Batteries?Bamberg, Rowell and ^Hj Sooner; Denmark, Baxter and Abel. Umpire, Folk. Bamberg won from Denmark rhursday by a score of 6 to 1, in a ast game. The home boys outclassed the visitors at all stages ' of the ?ame. HEAT KILLS TWO AN HOUR. Prostrations Numerous and Deeds of Violence as Result of Heat. Chicago, July 29.?Excessive heat killed one person every thirty minutes here today, according to reports made to the police and the coroner's ^ office. Heat, prostrations were reported by scores and many accidents md deeds of violence were attributed to the high temperature. The maximum reached 95 degrees. Lake Michigan afforded the only real relief, and ft -was estimated toaight that hundreds of thousands of persons- had visited the various beaches during the day. Early in the afternoon several beaches ran ' t short of bathing suits. At the Clarendon, the newest nunicipal beach, one man was injured and about twenty were over-, lome by the heat when a crowd of several hundred persons tried to 'orce their wray through the doors vhich had been closed because all he bathing suits were in use. Twen- f y policemen were required to quell he disturbance. Read the Herald, $1.50 per year. SPECIAL NOTICES. Ldvertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. For Sale Clieap?Several pure bred ersey heifers. Also a few develop^ d milkers. C. W. RENTZ, Bamberg, . I. C. tf. For Sale?A few extra nice regis,ered Berkshire pigs, five months Id, at $12.50 each. H. H. stokes, iamberg, S. C. 8-5. Watkins Medicine Co.?Good, reiable men wanted to fill vacant teritory. No capital required. See W. 1. CHANDLER, Bamberg, S. C. tf Why Let Your storage batteries un down? We have installed up-to ale machinery and guarantee all fork. Electric troubles a specialty. IUTUAL GARAGE, Denmark, S. C. 4 Wanted?Old rags. Save your ags, we pay $1.75 per hundred ounds and pay the freight to Savanah. Prompt settlement on receipt f rags. PALMER & NESS CO., Saannah, Ga. 8-10. For Sale?I have one beautiful eifer for sale or exchange for beef attle. Will be fresh to milk about ugust 12th, next. She is from heavy lilkiifg strain. G. B. CLAYTON, Ihrhardt, S. C. 8-5. New Price for Ford Cars effective . .ugust 1st: Runabout, $345^00, f. I h riotmit* Tonrinff Car. $360.00. K/ j JU' vy * V y ? ? w , , -o. b., Detroit. To get delivered rice add $39.35 for freight, assemling, gasoline and oil, gives you a elivered price anywhere in the teritory. These prices are for narrow auge care, but we can furnish wide auge for $15.00 additional. We ; ave thirty cars in stock. See us at nee. RIZER AUTO CO., Olar, S. 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