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? (Bbp Hmttbrrg Sirra ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published every Thursday in ' Herald building, on Main street, the live and growing City of B< berg, be.ng issued from a print office which is equipped with genthaler linotype machine, Babe cylinder press, folder, two jobber fine Miehie cylinder press, ail run electric power with other mate and machinery in keeping, the wfc equipment representing- an inv' ment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year $1. six months, 75 cents; three monl 50 cents. AH subscriptions paya strictly in advance. f Advertisements?$1.00 per i for first insertion, subsequent in* tions 50 cents per inch. Legal vertisements at the rates allowed law. Local reading notice^ 5 ce a line each insertion. Wants ; other advertisements under spe head, 1 cent a word each inserti Liberal contracts made for three, and twelve months. Write for ra Obituaries, tributes of respect, r< v . lutions, cards of thanks, and all tices of a personal or political cl i acter are*charged for as regular vertising. Contracts for advertis not subject to cancellation after f insertion. Communications?We are alw glad to publish news letters or th pertaining to matters of public ini est. We require the name and dress of the writer in every a No article which is defamatory offensively personal can find place our columns at any price, and we fnot responsible for tne opinions pressed in any communication. Thursday, Sept. 21, 19 |g& The nomination of James Cans of Tirzah, as railroad commissio certainly provides an object lessor ". perseverance. Mr. Caiisler first for this job, we believe, in 1902, j has been running ever since. In primary he lacked but about votes of nomination. As a gem thing, whether they voted for hin; not, nearly everybody is glad he nominated, for he has certainly ti hard enough to get the job. Speaking about politics, Geoi has her distinctive brand also. ' old war horse, Nat Harris, was feated by Hugh M. Dorsey, wh only claim upon the people seems have been his success in convict Leo M. Frank of the murder of M Phagan. Harris has served one te He is an old Confederate veteran,; appears to have made Georgia a s | * governor. But Georgians evidei thought Dorsey ought to be rewarc The editors weje treated pre / well in the primaries this year. W. W. Smoak, editor of the Wak boro Press and Standard, was no nated representative from Collet Mr. E. B. McSweeny, editor of Hamnton Guardian, was sent to legislature; Mr. G. R. Webb, edi of the Aiken Sentinel-Valley Ne was nominated probate judge, i Mr. R. Boyd Cole, editor of the Ba well Sentinel, lacked only a few vc of being nominated representat from Barnwell. He will be in a th race, two weeks hence, for the th place in the Barnwell delegati There may be others of the editoi brethren nominated from other co ties, but we do not think of th just now. Mr. J. R. Salley, of Orangebu Wednesday wired Governor Mannii "Congratulations. Orangeburg your banner county." Our Oran burg friend was more enthusiaf than he was accurate. Orangebi did give the governor a magnific vote, and all praise to the men v helped to roll up the majority, 1 Orangeburg is not in the class Bamberg at all. Figure it for yo self: Orangeburg?Blease, 1,6Manning, 2,803; Bamberg?Bles 411; Manning, 997. More than s en-tenths of Bamberg's total v was cast for Richard I. Manning. * , Our correspondents have been ing well, and we wish to thank th for the nice letters they have b< sending us. We hope they will k it up. The Herald is being com mented on all sides for the g< country news letters, and we wish pass the compliment on to our fai ful writers, for it is they, and us, who deserve the praise, think there is no feature of a g< weekly county newspaper that 9 compare to the news letters from rious parts of the county. Herald earnestly tries to be a i county paper. We do not attempl print all of the war news and ot matter that is handled fully in daily newspapers, but we do try print all of the news of Bamb county and surrounding territc and, in addition, print in brief f( the happenings of the outside wo And, then, we devote column a: column to choice miscellaneous re ing matter for the whole family, i we try not to print anything that be offensive to either the old or young. We want every bit of n that happens in the county. We our correspondents to remember t no matter how unostentatious a ] son may be, a local about him or will be read with interest by s( one. / ^ / * IV I The victory for Governor Manning l** was magnificent. Now let the good = work go on. The past twenty months 1 have been marked by a deep respect Pjje for the laws of South Carolina. We in hope that by the expiration of Govim" ernor Manning's second term, this ***? respect and love for good governock ment will have become so deeply ins a grained into the people of the State .by that there will not be a shadow of ffol iole a c*iance f?r election of any man est- not pledged to a continuance of law enforcement. ths. About the most ridiculous per- ; ible formance we ever heard of was pullQch ec* by J?hn DesChamps, ser- who flays South Carolina Democrats ad- and quits the party because he says he was counted out of election as and g?vernor. He says he will always be cial lieve that he received at least, so.ouu ioa. votes in the primary, but was desix tes frauded out of them by the managiS0. ers. ZNIr. DesChamps bases his beno lief upon the reception he received iar_ over the State. We are afraid he has O ing something to learn about politics yet. irst But the thing thot gets beyond us is that after making such a good imays pression, he should now go and spoil OS0 ter- by not knowing how to take his ad- medicine. Under different circumise. stances, DesChamps would undoubt?r edly have received a most flattering ; in are vote, but he ought to have known ex- better than to expect anything at all in the primary this year. 16. Our readers know what kind of a newspaper The Herald is, but perhaps they have never taken the trouble to ler ' notice just how much matter of a loner cal or general nature is printed each 1 in week. In glancing over our issue of raa September 7th, we find the followan ing: Two columns of live country on? news, from various sections of the county; three columns of editorial Jral discussion of topics of local interi Qf est; nearly a column -of short State * 1S news items; about seven columns of Med headed local news items?24 articles in all about Bamberg city and Bamberg county; the short local column, 2) 1S, The conta*n*n5 items of interest about the city and county; half a column of special notices, containing notices of iose wants, for sale, lost, found, etc.; 45 , . items of personal mention; the news of the. State and county primaries and the tabulation of the vote at each rm. and k?x in the county; two colmuns of political notices, which are always ane ^ ? read with interest; the usual legal led advertisements. of the county, estate notices, etc.; miscellaneous reading matter for the whole family, and last, but not at all least, about seventeen ter_ columns of live local and general admj_ vertisements, by the reading of which on. every one of our subscribers and their families can profit. itor Birthday Party. ! Little Lena Rhoad entertained 111(1 about twenty-five of her little friends rn. on Wednesday afternoon, September >tes at her birthday party. Mil|yg dred Rice and *Yancy Graham played ird * games and entertained the children ird beautifully. After spending a gay ?n* and happy afternoon it was a pretty ria^ sight to see the children March into un" the dining room and, assembled em around the beautifully decorated tables, delightful refreshments were served. Little Miss Rhoad received rg, a great many sweet, pretty presents. ." All seemed to have had a good time. is ge~ Dog Was Not Mad. stic iirg Wednesday of last week one of Mr. ent h. M. Herndon's little children was ^'ho bitten by a dog that was supposed to but be mad. The dog was passing the of yard and suddenly "snapped" at the ur- little child, making slight wounds on ' 11; the arm and leg. The dog was aftertse, ward killed, and the head was forev warded to the Pasteur institute for ote examination. Monday Mr. Herndon lV\ot tlio Vl AO rl Via VlQDTI W as iiiiui iiicu mat m ncuu nuu uvvu examined, and that the canine was d?" not affected with hydrophobia. Mr. em and Mrs. Herndon had been under een much suspense, and their friends are eep greatly relieved to know that the P1*- child is in no danger. ood l t0 Remedying the Motto. ith- The dog had a tin can fastened to not the usual place. We Not only had it been tied on, but ood the head inquisitor (if one who can works at a dog's tail can be called a va- head inquisitor) was the son of a The surgeon. -eal He had anchored the string with t to a piece of adhesive plaster. her So when the dog had gnawed off the the string, under the first friendly to culvert he could find, he found he erg had more work ahead. Dry, He had to moisten the plaster so )rm it would come off. rid. "Whuff!" said he. "Instead of fter 'Stop, look and listen,' I have to >ad- 'stop lick and loosen.' " ?Mr. N. P. Murdaugh, of Lake Can City, Fla., \yas in the city Wednes10 day, enroute to Dublin, N. C. Mr. gWS , Murdaugh stated that he was moving o glr ^ from Lake City to Dublin, where he has purchased a farm, and will en ^L~ gage in a general farming and merJipr entile business. )me x Read The Herald, $1.50 per year. GRAND JCRY PRESENTMENT. Report and Recommendations Submitted to the Court. 0 . ~ 9 To his honor, R. Vv\ Memminger, m] o " judge presiding: ? 1 We, the grand jury, beg leave to ^ report to the court: 1. That we have passed upon all 1 bills presented to the solicitor and ^ return the same to the court. Fe O o cncif>io 1 rnmniit ? . UC1CIU1U1C a CV1A11111V F\ tee was appointed by the grand jury I TW to investigate the books of the coun- ' 14 tv affairs; the committee investigates ed the books of the officers, and found all of them well kept, and that 7 9 the officers had regularly made their settlements with the fiscal depart- ge ment of the State. , 0 3. We beg to report, however, t0 that in the office of the supervisor of an Bamberg county, we found that a ' custom had grown up in the office th which had extended back for some o q years from a former administration, and was continued by the present, al- S1C St lowing some claims to be paid that SO were not duly proven and audited; Cc while claims so paid without being properly proven were Correct and should have been paid, yet the custom is one that leads to careless- .5 ness. er T>r The attention of the present supervisor was called to this examination and we have his assurance that no claims will be paid under any circumstances unless properly proven and ordered paid. ^ We desire to impress this upon the administration of our county, and for in' this reason we call this to the attention of the court in order that the 40 practice may be corrected and utter- mi CI 1? ly eradicated. ?1J 1 < The grand jury also appointed a special committee to take into con- '' pn sideration and examine the books of Of the dispensary commissioners in this county, and were authorized to em- 1,1 ploy an accountant, and the report is herewith presented as a part of ^ this report. pe TTT In the examination of the books of the superintendent of education, 1 we find that the board of education ^ T1 extended help to the Three Mile school, of one hundred dollars; to Q S Embree, one hundred and seventyfive dollars; to Sassafras, one hun- S1< qr dred and twenty-five dollars. This St amount was extended to these > 71 schools, as being weak and unable h c to support a school for the full school term of schools in this county. We Cf commend this practice of the board 6 ^ of education in supporting our weak o 1 schools, and we hope that the memKi bers of the board with the supervisor will take such steps \within their mi power to help the weak schools. This ! OQ we recommend, so as to extend aid; to those schools where there is less; S1C I TJV wealth, far removed from railroads 21 and-centres of population, and allow each child in the county to grow 24 up in the light of education, and that every assistance De given uy mc AT; county. We beg to acknowledge the petiq o tion filed with your honor in regard to the Ritter's Mill pond. In regard ! s*c Hr to that we beg to say: (a.) We have investigated, not! ^ I Q 4 fully, but partially, the condition of the neighborhood, and we find that ^ Oi] the old Ritter mill dam has been re-j built, and that is one of the causes i ma that has led to the complaint filed by] Be the public of the neighborhood in the I C01 J f petition which was handed to your honor. Bil (b.) We also ascertained that a portion of this complaint has been 00 founded as a matter of right upon me the cutting of timber in swamps, and leaving it in the streams, or portions of it, by the Schofield Lumber Co. s*c He (c.) We, therefore, recommend ? i Sw that relief from this be granted in; . the neighborhood, and that the mat-! ter be referred to the solicitor of the '0 circuit to take such judicial action ml as may be necessary to protect the health rights and property of the 20 people in this neighborhood, where pl( the complaint arose. We call attention of the court ^ sic to the fact that a play ground has So been placed upon the* square on the back of the court house, by the civic Al 44 league. While we regret to inter- ~ fere with any matter of the league, Lo 11c yet, by reason of the operation of this VT r play ground, it causes so much noise * 4 and disturbance, to amount to a nuisafice, and we respectfully recommend that the civic league be requested to remove the equipment to some other portion. In the event the Civic n0 league does not take the necessary dl< action, within a reasonable time, say thirty days, that the supervisor remove the same. Looking to the further improvement of the public roads and to enable the supervisor to do his work with efficiency, expedition and to better advantage, we recommend that the nf tllft flni/tltv KftO Tel rv f ?' 5UJJC1 V lOUl U1 1.1IU I.VU11V,' uuui u u ^ commissioners buy a road tractor and that the delegation from Bamberg county in the general assembly do f?1 i i ^ 3? pass such legislation as is required ar< thereof, in the appropriation bill. th< We extend to your honor, and the na officers of the court, thanks, for the c^a uniform courtesies and kindness extended to us. $ I Vote in Neighboring Counties. Orangeburg?Governor: Manning, 784; B!ease, 1,617. Railroad comissioner: Cansler, 2,369; Fant, 1,1. Solicitor: Hydrick, 2,733; inn, 1,703. State senate: Friday, 304; Zeigler, 2,115. Sheriff: ikes, 2,4 62; Kennerly, 1,962. erk of court: Jones, 2,105; Saliey, 317. Supervisor: Edwins, 2,939; dder, 1,461. Magistrate, Elloree: <ans, 315; Griffith, 150. Magisite, Cope: Ritter, 141; Williams, 1. Cotton weigher, Bowman: >ok, 138; Inabinet, 115. Cotton ;igher, Cope: Griffith, 114; Turner, . Cotton weigher, Elloree: Hun rpillar, 105; AlcHaciiern, zzv. uotn weigher, Springfield: C. S. Glean, 251; J. G. Gleaton, 176. Ritter d Williams, having tied for magisite at Cope, will have to enter a ird primary. Barnwell?Governor: Manning, 1,6; Blease, 898. Railroad commis)ner: Cansler, 1,395; Fant, 575. ate senate: Johnson, 1,464; Pattern, 903. House of representatives: >le, 1,180, Davis 1,222, Ellis, 1,067, ltson, 139, Owens 1,165, Searson 108. Supervisor: Diamond, 1,022; ches, 1,211. County commission: Dunbar, 1,052; Owens, 1,281; ly, 1,039; Barker, 1,635; Moody, 367; Ruddcll, 811. Searson and ivis were nominated representares and a second race for the third ice in the house is necessary beeen R. Boyd Cole and A. W. Owens, irker, Owens and Moody were nomited county commissioners. Colleton?Governor: Manning, 1,0; Blease, 1,176. Railroad comissioner: Cansler, 1,986; Fant, 586. leriff: Ackerman, 1,134; Padgett, 155. Highway commissioner: Hill, - TTl? -? o 4 o n 2. j zvo; uimer, i,6ic?. ouuenmeiiat of education: Black, 1,006; ijickland, 1,591. Master: Beach, 051; Jeffries, 1,536. Coroner: jpson, 1,496; Langdale, 1,089. agistrate, Lowndes and Blake: Cars, 43; Sweat, 42. Magistrate, arren: Smoak, 222; Wilson, 215. agistrate, Red Bank: Hill, 132; nder, 129. Magistrate, Heyward: lompson, 126; Givens, 165. Dorchester?Governor: Manning, ;0; Blease, 657. Railroad commismer: Cansler, 1,171; Fant, 463. licitor: Hydrick, 722; Mann, 925. ate senate: Gross, 933; Wright, 1. Sheriff: Owens, 651; Lime use, 967. Supervisor: Berry, 746; izer, 899. County commissioner, irroll, 974; Knight, 1,063; Rumph, 8; Nettles, 552. Coroner: Knight, 5; Taylor, 819. Carroll and light were nominated county comissioners. Beaufort?Governor: Manning, 9; Blease, 238. Railroa4 commis>ner: Cansler, 413; Fant, 109. )use of representatives: Beckett, 7; Fripp, 321. Coroner: Sams, 7; Cunningham, 294. Magistrate, laufort: White, 151; Brant, 107. igistrate, Sheldon: Lubkin, 26; irvin, 22. Aiken?Governor: Manning, 1,4; Blease, 2,238. Railroad com?ner: Cansler, 2,088; Fant, 1,826. >use of representatives: Williams, LI2; Keenan, 2,114; Brigham, 1,8; Bush, 2,094. Probate jud^e: Imondston, 1,789; Webb, 2,105. perintendent of education: Chap,n, 2,349; Seigler, 1,556. Coroner: 11, 2,050; Spradley, 1,923. Chief mmissioner* Foreman, 2,078; Gun , 2,105. County commissioner: I cks, 509; Johnson, 707; Weatherse, 519; Timmerman, 392; Roton, 4; Yaun, 519; Miller, 167; Ful;r, 381. Hampton?Governor: Manning, 2; Blease, 620. Railroad commis?ner: Cansler, 1,046; Fant, 522. use of representatives: Mc reeny, 920; Whatley, 651. Superindent of education: Gooding, 3; O'Hanna, 819. County comssioner: Mixson, 603; Padgett, 9. Magistrate, Goethe: Bowers, 6; DeLoach, 196. Magistrate, Peejs: Murdaugh, 420; Pulaski, 353. Calhoun?Governor: Manning, 2; Blease, 368. Railroad commis>ner: Cansler, 578; Fant, 383. licitor: Mann, 854; Hydrick, 116. iditor: Furtick, 529; Huffman, 0. Probate judge: Hiott, 504; I ryea, 4 64. Superintendent o.f edation: Bruner,^520; Crout, 447. igistrate, St. Matthews: Hane, 305; igener, 324. Mann Nominated Solicitor. Ed C. Mann, of St. Matthews, was minated solicitor in the first ju3ial circuit. The vote by counties is as follows: Hydrick Mann Berkeley 463 648 Calhoun 11 6 852 Dorchester .... 722 925 Orangeburg .. 2,776 1,708 4,077 4,133 OTICE TO SCHOOL TRUSTEES. The school trustees of Bamberg jnty arc requested to see that the mes of teachers In their employ 3 registered in this office before By approve any claims. Unless the mes of teachers are registered no ,ims will be approved. R. W. D. ROWELL, County Supt. of Education. Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 20, 1916. 3t. % ' - 1.: y > ' competitors are saving. Do likeuhse ^I/Jjr \ andyou unit have the L*l&C necessary capital LI "' 11 ACCOUNT to keep pace With /5 THE Ihetn in business $f%SURMCE Come in and inquire about our rates of interest and discount. 4 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Savings Deposits. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $100,000.00 Bamberg Banking Co. . ?? .mi i i.. .... . . . i ? ESTATE OF JAMES K. ELUM, Dec'd. Elum, aged 32, died, leaving estate of $20,000, a widow and baby daughter. Widow married again j a man named Parr. Parr took the money, put it in , A his own business. Then in a few years wife died, > leaving daughter by Elum and three children by ' Parr. On Parr's death he left the money that had come from Elum. to be divided among the four children. Elum's oaughter only got $5,000 of her J <PO/-k AAA Tk rv /mi ttto rk 4- n r\ av fr\ B M ?clllltl 2> tp^U,UW. uu ,yuu want anuuici mail w \a?vide your Estate among his children? / May we tell you why this could not happen to ANY Estate where we are Executor? We will be glad to advise you without charge. All consultations strictly confidential. BAMBERG BANKING COMPANY 0 Bamberg, S. C. , n\\K STATEMENT. 1. | Statement of the condition of The RICB Farmers & Merchants Bank, located Shorthand-Typewriting-Bookat Ehrhardt, S. C., at the close of keeping. ^ business September 12th, 1916. Day and Night classes. RESOURCES. Also Home Study Courses. Loans and discounts .. ..$103,570.88 One Course Free. Special Terms Overdrafts 1,771.82 to First Twenty-Five Enrolled. Furniture and fixtures .. 2,000.00 Pupils receive benefit of Banking house 1,435.75 years of practical experi- !? Other real estate owned.. 545.23 ence in commercial and Due from banks and legal offices. Brepares bankers 86,065.59 for Civil Service examiCurrency 3,929.00 nations. INDIVIDUAL Gold 175.00 INSTRUCTION. Silver and other minor High Class Stenographic Work Socoin 1,286.86 licited. Phones 878 and Checks and cash items ~ 1,167.77 2895-J. No. 4 Broad Street, Upstairs, cor- j Total $201,947.90 ner East Bay. LIABILITIES. / CHARLESTON, S. C. Capital stock paid in ....$ 20,000.00 ^? Surplus fund 5,500.00 Undivided profits, less BANK STATEMENT, current expenses and __ taxes paid 3,473.30 statement of the condition of the Individual de- Bamberg Banking Co., located at posits sub- Bamberg, S. C., at the close of busi ject to ck. .. 7n,816.44 I ness September 12th, 1916. Savings deposits 21,018.42 RESOURCES. Time certifi- Loans and discounts .. ..$311,867.72 cates of de- Overdrafts 3,005.11 posit 13,738.92 Bonds and stocks owned Cashier's cks... 400.82 110,974.60 by bank 1,075.00 Bills payable, including Furniture and fixtures .. 2,506.37 certificates for money Banking house 5,237.04 borrowed 62,000.00 Due from banks and bankers 146,994.91 1 Total $201,947.90 Currency 7,017.00 ^ State of South Carolina, County of Gold 275.00" Bamberg. Silver and other minor Before me came W. Max Walker, coin 1,393.66 cashier of the above narbed bank, Checks and cash items .. 947.77 who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement Total $480,319.58 is a true condition of said bank, as LIABILITIES shown by the books of said bank. . . W. MAX WALKER, Cashier. Capital stock paid m .... 5o,000.00 ? J A K Sworn to and subscribed before { sunuus iuiiu -xt/,vw.w me this 19th day of September, 1916. Undivided profits, less W. B. MOORE ' current expenses and Notary Public for S. C. taxes paid 21,547.19 Correct-Attest: Dlle to banks and bank- , J. E. MCMILLAN, ?rs - ? 3,820.64 J. H. ROBERTS, M. D., Individual deG. B. CLAYTON, Directors. P?slts sub" r Ject to ck. ..171,801.39 BBBIBBBiHHHflfl Savings deposits 79,822.99 COMING! I lg Certified cks... 5.22 1 Qnrtf 97 TIiiiiIq RofQ 31 Cashier s cks... 362.67 254,951.75 iJvJJu Ld I 1 llvllfl Ddl a. H Bills payable, including A l A p. ri SI certificates for money UCt. 4?dt. tlmO. borrowed 10,000.00 VI *1 T! H Total $480,319.58 I hlPIPn I hpafrp B Before me came D. F. Hooton, 1 lllvlvll 1 llvU.ll v uj; cashier of the above named bank, BB | who, being duly sworn, says that the ~T J ototomPTif is a C tU 1/V4AAWM V -w w true condition of said bank, as shown TEACHERS' EX AMINATION. by the books of said bank. D. F. HOOTON, Cashier. The regular fall examination for Sworn to and subscribed before me teachers' certificates will be held at this 19th day of September, 1916. the court house in Bamberg, S. C., H. H. STOKES, on Friday, the 7th day of October, Notary Public, S. C. 191 6. Applicants are requested to be Correct-Attest: on hand promptly at 9 o'clock, a. m. G. FRANK BAMBERG, R. W. D. ROWELL, JNO. H. COPE, County Supt. of Education. W. D. RHOAD, Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 20, 1916. Directors. ^ f " ' - -r fy|