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<tflj? Hambrnt %tvaib Thursday, October 5, 1916. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. The Philathea class of the Baptist Sunday-school will hold a business wiAofino- TJinriHftv aftprnoon at five AUV/V VAAiQ A aa v?* ? ? o'clock at the home of Mrs. George F. Hair. Mr. R. B. Still has resigned his position as deputy clerk of court to engage in the insurance business. He is succeeded by Mr. Frank Smoak as deputy clerk of court. The M. E. Aver company, of Bamberg, has been capitalized with a capital stock of $10,000. The officers named are: M. E. Ayer, president; B. T. Felder, vice president. Mr. R. C. Stokes, who for the past several years has been located in - Petersburg, Va., has returned to DomWor onH urill this wppk onpn a JL/OI1I U^A {5 y UUU ?? *?* " ww? - ^ ? ? staple and fancy grocery business in the store recently vacated by Mr. J. M. Kinard. Mr. J. J. Brabham, Jr., who has been operating a grocery store for % some time past, has discontinued business. The store formerly occupied by Mr. Brabham has been taken by Mr. J. M. Kinard, who has moved his stock of groceries into it. Dr. Charles F. Black returned to the city Tuesday morning from Charleston, where he has been in attendance upon his father, Dr. J. B. Black. He reported the condition of ' his father as being somewhat im i . proved, thougn ne is sun very in. An important meeting of the Civic league will be held Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the residence of .. Mrs. J. J. Cleckly. All members are urged to be present and bring their dues with them. All committees are asked to be prepared to make their reports. Travelers over the Orangeburg road report that the portion of the road that is embraced in our neighboring county is in extremely bad condition, and they suggest that the Orangeburg authorities ought to wake up and put it into first-class _ condition. v.-. Large congregations were present at the services at the Baptist church jgKv - . > Sunday morning and evening. The pastor, Rev. W. R. McMillan, delivered two strong sermons. There were no services at the Methodist church, ? ___ . the pastor, Dr. E. O. Watson, being in attendance upon the camp meeting at Indian Field Sunday. IM Bamberg Cotton Market. i-;;' - Quotation for Wednesday, October 4, 2:30 p. m. * - Middling 16% Do You Want to Join the Navy? Men at Bamberg desiring to join the United States navy will be examined there Saturday" by S. C. McArthur, chief boatswain's mate, stationed in Columbia on recruiting duty. He will be in Bamberg from 10:57 in the morning until 6 o'clock In the evening and will make his headquarters there at the postoffice. Men who pass will he sent at govv ernment expense to Atlanta for final examination.?Columbia State. I . Free-Hinnant. m ? A quiet home wedding of interest occurred yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon at five o'clock, when Miss Josephine Free became the bride of Mr. H. Lawrence Hinnant. The marriage took place at the home of Mr. B. F. Free, on Bridge street, Rev. v W. R. McMillan, the bride's pastor, performing the ceremony. Only the immediate relatives were present, y After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Hinnant left for a few days' visit to Augusta. They are expected to return to the city Sunday. The bride is a daughter of the late Mr. C. B. Free, and is a most charming young lady who enjoys the friend, ship and love of a large circle of friends in the city and county. Mr. Hinnant is one of the city's prominent young men. He is assistant postmaster, a member of city council, and a past chancellor in the local K. of P. lodge. His friends are numbered by the scores. The many friends of this popular young couple wish them mighty well. Rally Day at Trinity Church. Next Sunday will be "Rally Day" at Trinity Methodist church. Special effort is being made to have every \ member of the church and Sundayschool present during the day. At 11 o'clock the business Men's Bible class is expected to attend the preaching service in a body to hear the pastor preach on "The Holy Grail of the Bible Class." At 4 o'clock there will be a full reorganization of the Sunday-school, the installation of officers and teachers, and the announcements of promotions. New Advertisements. H. M. Graham?For Sale. Bamberg Banking Co.?Statement. Black & Black?Value and Quality. Peoples Bank?We Are Still Growing. G. A. Jennings?Treasurer's Notice. J. B. Brickie?Don't Send Your Car.> Thielen Theatre?Trade at Home Adv. ? Mutual Garage?Auto on the Brain. Bamberg Auto Co.?Scientific Proof. tti? a ? -i ? tvirt td1 o na tn Hiiiicrpnst? jDtturv?x lie x i?vo tu Put It. Louis G. Poliakoff?Notice to Customers. Farmers & Merchants Bank?The Careful Man. Bamberg Banking Co.?Estate of Neil McLaren. C. R. Brabham's Sons?Are You a Good Business Man? Residence Caught on Fire. Early Tuesday morning the residence occupied by Mr. A. B. Utsey and family on Carlisle street caught on fire, but the blaze was extinguished before any serious damage was done. The only fire in the house at the time was in the kitchen, although the portion of the roof where the fire was first seen was some distance I fr/\m fho ctnvo ohimnev. A ladder J. A vyiii WW ? V * ? ? y . , _ was secured and a bucket brigade was formed, and a^uick finish was made to the fire, which was fortunate, as the wind was blowing rather briskly, and other houses would prob| ably have caught. No damage was done to the furniture, and only a , small section of the roof was burned. Farmers Take Notice. A charter for a National Farm ! Loan association for Bamberg has been applied for. Under the terms and conditions required by the Federal Farm Loan board a number of farmers met in the office of Hon. B. D. Carter, and after hearing the rural credits system explained satisfactorily, an organization was formed and applied for a charter to establish a National Farm Loan association here. When same is granted, a complete organization will be formed, and will be prepared to receive names or iarmers wno wisa tu sc, cure loans through the rural credits system, which proposes to lend the | farmers money in sums of not less than $100.00 and not more than $10,000.00 at not more than 6 per cent, interest on a ,term of not less than five years, and not more* than 40 I years. This association will not be ready to do business until the Fed| eral Farm Loan board announces its readiness to put out such loans. Temperature Takes a Tumble. The first real touch of winter ar! rived in town last Friday morning, when the temperature suddenly tumj bled to a point that flirts with frosty mornings. . The result was the calli ing in of comforting and friendly blankets in numerous households, i More blankets were yet to be needed, however, for the mercury did not stop. It kept on falling. The present cold snap is probably the tail end of a nation-wide fall in temperature. In the vicinity of Oklahoma mercury went down to twenty-nine degrees. The fall in temperature is accompanied by a brisk * wind, which is probably the forerunner of a "gale," or something akin tn n p-filp vv ^ Mr. J. C. Folk Hurt. While working on the school building at Hunter's Chapel last week the scaffold fell with Mr. J. C. Folk, a carpenter of this city. Mr. Folk fell about twenty feet to the ground, and he sustained quite painful injuries. The fall hurt his back, and he has been confined to his bed since. . His many friends hope that he will be able to be out again soon. Indian Field Camp Meeting. ' A large crowd of Bamberg people wefot down to the Indian Field camp meeting Sunday. ' One gentleman said that he estimated the crowd present Sunday at at least three thousand persons; others estimated the number present at a great many more. It will be of interest to many local people to learn that it is contem1 n * r\ i-J + niol.-O + 1"? 1 C! O OrrOQt VA.l 1 fi fill? y> 1CL LCU IV llian^/ lllio U VUb I VA?01wv.s; centre some time in the near future. If the present plants are carried out something like ten thousand dollars will be expended on providing modern equipment for the camp ground, and the place will be converted into an institution for the holding of all manner of religious gatherings for the district. Cortland F. Bishop, of Lenox, Mass., has a parrot which has a vocabulary of seventy-five words. J Election Commissioners. Governor Richard I. Manning last __ week announced the appointment of a the following election commissioners fc for State and county elections for fii ' Bamberg county: fi State and county commissioners? A. M. Brabham, Bamberg; M. N. -in Rice, Olar, R. F. D.; D. O. Hunter, li< Bamberg, R. F. D. C? Federal commissioners?F. F. Car- bl roll, Bamberg; R. L. Zeigler, Den- lo mark; J. W. Stewart, Bamberg. M p< Jewish New Year Observed. a Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish new year, was observed by ^he Hebrew sc population of the county last Thurs- cc day and Friday. All Jewish estab- ^ lishments in the county were closed on these two days, and will be closed pi again next Saturday, October 7, an- ^ other holiday' connected with the Jewish observance of new year. The fc Hebrew establishments in the county ec are: M. Leinwand, Ehrhardt; H. p( Karesh, Ehrhardt and Olar; Sam Bo- ^ gen. Denmark; L. G. Poliakoff, Bamberg; L. Kobetz, Bamberg. The Jt Herald wishes each of its Hebrew friends a happy new year. jj( Fire at Cotton Oil Co. M Last Thursday afternoon fire broke out in the ginnery of the Cotton Oil company, but was extinguished with but little loss. A small quantity of seed cotton in the gin room and some w lint was burned, and the place was T1 pretty badly blackened by smoke. The Cotton Oil company has a fine system of waterworks for fire pro- T1 tection, and no difficulty was experienced in putting out the blaze. The fire attracted a large crowd, who, H( when they heard that the big establishment of the Cotton Oil company Ne was on fire, turned out in force ex- Yc H< pecting to witness a large conflagration. Ai Ritter Elected Magistrate. H( * If Cope, Sept. 27.?The election for magistrate at this place yesterday A was one of the most spirited and en- ^ thusiastic that has been held here "j for many a day. The heavy vote polled was a surprise to everybody, H< being the third primary. At this box rpj. with 155 enrolled, and two having moved away, leaving 153, there was H< a poll of 139 votes cast, or only 14 short of th? full list. . It was learned late in the after- so noon that E. E. Ritter had won over of his competitor, J. B. Williams, by 14 hz votes, he having led at this poll by ?pe seven votes, the count being Ritter wi 73, Williams 66.- d The entire vote was as follows: or Ritter Williams ar Bethlehem 16 10 le Cope 73- 63 w< Dry Swamp 32 24 "t Edisto 20 27 m Total 141 127 01 ut Our Subscribtion Price. cL Ij re The Herald has not had a great deal to say about the price of the oa ? a 9 paper. We don't lijte to talk about ' ourselves so much, but we are con- . lb fronting such a serious situation that ^ ^ we feel our subscribers ought to pr know of it. When we say we are confronting a crisis, we do not mean j merely this newspaper, but all newspapers that look to their subscriptions for revenue. The Herald has been very fortunate so far in being en far-sighted enough to purchase news- so paper when the price was low, but that supply has been exhausted, and print paper is now worth, or was worth on September J27th, 6 1-2 ^ cents per pound, or $lsO a ton. As recent as last spring we purchased ^ paper at $55 per ion. You can see * the enormous advance. And this ad- g. vance is on the paper that is used most, and therefore, the loss falls . toi the more heavily. Now, a sheet of ^ paper large enough to print an eight page, six column paper, similar to The Herald, on weighs just one- , or tenth of a pound, and, therefore, costs . inst a. little less than three-fourths " ce of a cent. The former cost was just j a little more than one-fourth cent per sheet. It is now costing us approxco imately one-half cent a week increase on each Herald printed. In other or words it costs us 26 cents a ,, th year more now to send you The _ pr Herald than it cost us eight months ago. And the end is not yet. Our "naner houses inform us thev expect r- x--- - - - . ar newspaper to be worth ten cents a ^ pound before the first of the year. The increase mentioned is on the an printing paper alone. Ink has ad- f vanced as much as paper. _ We do not want to bore our read- los ers with a lot of figures, but we do wish to impress upon them that we inl are losing money enormously on sub- in scriptions at $1.50 a year. It is ab- gu solutely necessary for us, in order to He make ends meet, to cut off every pos- of sible loss. We cannot afford to take pr? any chances on loss by subscribers soi failing to pay us. Every paper that iss credits subscribers has a large loss co; in this way. By cutting off every prj subscriber not paid in advance, we kn will be eliminating a large source of sai f \ COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. (Continued from page 1, colum 2) landing in the water, but he pray< >r a safe journey, and when 1 lallv got home safely he was than il. We are told that there is nothii sw under the sun, but don't b eve it. There is a negro near he tiled "Blind Calvin." He is total ind, and perhaps it is true that tl iss of one gift develops anothe aybe his being blind makes him )et. Milton was blind and he w poet. Blind. Calvin is blind ai e is a poet. And here is whe >mething new comes in. He h >mposed a song. It is called "Tl iar Song." He will sing it, and a >mpany it with his accordeon ai 'ovided a nickel is occasional irown to him he will sing it f Durs. I enclose you a printed co] ?r publication, although it is prin 1 "Price 5 cents," yet I have h emission to have it published le Herald. THE LIAR SONG, ist let me tell you what a liar wi do [ways coming with something ne^ e will steal your heart with a fall pretense ake out to you he is your boso friend. CHORUS If you don't want to get in troubl If you don't want to get in troubl If you don't want to get in troubl You better let that lie alone. hen you meet a liar on the streel le first thing he will do is showh teeth, le first thing- he will do is show h the dew le next thing he will talk aboi you, hen a liar wants to defend an prove 3 will lay 'round his neighbors an catch the news, iarlv every day when you look 01 >u'li see the liar coming 'bout. 3'11 tell you about the women an men id make you lose your boso: friend; s'll order you out to trace the tab you don't mind he'll put you i jail. liar and a hypocrite raises a fuss, hypocrite's bad but a liar is wors( 3'N go to your house in a rush, can't stay long, I've got to go 1 work." s'll tell you something that wi cause you to pout; len the liar will borrow you out. len if you will ask him for pay s'll fall out with you and* st? away. I want to tell you what happen* me time ago: There was a par young men fishing in Big Saltk itchie, when one of the party dre >d his knife in the stream and tl ater was perhaps six or seven fe >ep. He recovered his knife wit it getting his clothes wet. Now n not going to use any word in th tter when the very first syllab ould be "dis," or "stark," < )uck," but the query is how did 1 anage to get his pocket knif* I do not believe there are many ? ir citizens who have got the sta es or acts of the last legislatur id I think it would be interestir ading to some of them if you worn iblish the fish and game law as fj i it effects Bamberg county. We have heard today that cottc selling on our local markets f< I cents, but one, at least, of 01 ogressive farmers got 24 cents f< s staple eight or ten days ago. Ar think others got the same price. OCCASIONAL. California has 10,057 factorie riploying more than 200,000 pe ns. Book Store Specials. The Herald Book Store has ju; ceived the nicest line of Bibles ths .s probably ever been shown i imberg. Family Bibles, teacher bles, and the extra thin India pap< bles are included in the shipmen Large supply of the famous Bo ? * T~> rti 1 OB o**nAri Am a n L O n i I uunai rcntii onai pciici o uu nuu ie dandiest sharpener ever inven Last spring we bought up plenl Normandie and Monument! hool tablets. They are worth te nts everywhere, but as long as the st we are selling for a nickel each. Big stock of ledgers, day book unter books, etc., on hand. We have the biggest stock of men andums outside of a large city i e State?bought before the rise i ices. Our inks, mucilage, paste, etc ire all bought last spring. The e the same old sizes and the sam I prices. We have plenty of full size penc d ink tablets?full size and b< re-the-war prices. Call on us. ss to the paper. Another thing: It will be to th L X - c ^; K^4. ^ LeresL 01 everv suustnuci iu advance, for we certainly cannc arantee to continue sending Th >rald for $1.50 a year if the pric paper continues to advance. Th ospects are that, unless the tide i Dn turned, the paper on which 5 ues of The Herald are printed wi st more than the subscriptio ice. If you pay in advance yo ow you will get the paper at th me old price. t . . -Sj. ' --/- I - HISTORY OF FLEECY STAPL Earliest Mention of Cotton 400 Yc 5(* Before Christ. le 1r . The earliest mention of the cot plant was 400 B. C., when Herodc lg writes of the wild trees of Ir e~ which "bear fleeces as their fr re surpassing those of sheep for bea and excellence, and the Indians cloth made from these trees." !r* Nearchus, an admiral of the f a of Alexander the Great, describe as machine used by the Hindoos 1(* separating the seed from the 1 re thus showing that even in th as early days the progress which h p been made in preparing the raw ,c~ terial for weaving into cloth. 1(* The Romans used cloth made ^ cotton very extensively, and its nr was well known in China in reir periods. L*~ It was found .in use among the ' ^ ^ /Hono 4 4- 1 A *v? ^ uia.uo in v/cntiai ALUCI lwa aiiu .MC; in when the Spaniards came. Spinn and weaving were practiced by women of the West Indies when M umbus landed in those islands. T1 v suspended beds were made of 30 cloth, and called "humacs," wh we have the modern name of hi ni mock*. Its early discoveries of the > cha-cehe, or Mississippi, saw cot e' growing in 1726. It was the str e, product of Hrtspaniola, and in 1 Jamaica exported two thous; bags. It was stated in Carroll's Histo is al Collections that experiments w made on the Ashley River as ez 11 as 1670 in the growing of cotton, i ^ it was found to thrive well, but some reason it was given up, pre id bly because of the difficulty in sei ating the seed. The earliest attempt to plant < ^ ton in South Carolina as a crop 1 made in 1748, when seven bags w m exported to England, bringing th pounds, seven shillings and sixpe ^ per bag; again in 1751 cotton 1 exported in small quantities; this not pay, however, and it was not ?; til 1788-90 that it was planted a market crop to any great ertent. In 1770 there were shipped to ' 11 rope three bags of cotton from ^ York, four from Virginia and fi Maryland, and three from North C ty 0linaIn 1.785 these exports amountec ^ fourteen bags; 1786, six; 1787, J hundred and nine; 1788, three h *_ dred and eighty-nine; 1789, ei p_ hundred and forty-two, and 17 ie eighty-one. et The first bags of cotton sold South Carolina in 1784 were l j chased by John Teasdale from Br is CopeI In 1787, small quantities were s or in Charleston, brought from Orac ie burg; principally purchased by dies for lining bed quilts. of In 1794 an American vessel ar: t_ ed at Liverpool from South Caroli e As part of her cargo were eight bi of cotton, which were seized on ^ ground that- so much cotton co not be raised in the United States The invention of the cotton gin Eli Whitney gave great impetus 3r the growing of cotton in 1794. first his invention was carefi 3r guarded and exhibited to ladies oi id A man disguised as a woman saw working model, made certain provements, and so introduced it the public, s, The State of South Carolina p r- Whitney the sum of fifty thousf dollars for the privilege of the f use of his gin in the State. The first improved gin was used Gen. Wade Hampton, the father st our .late governor and senator. In 1 793 Gen. William Moult [n, planted one hundred and fifty ac s of cotton on Northhampton plan ar " tion, but the crop failed because c lack of knowledge as to the culti S~ tion. ' Capt. Peter Sinkler,- of St. Job Berkeley, planted his cotton in hi four feet square, leaving two sta y . to each hill after thinning. In 11 SI1 he planted three hundred acres | Belvidere plantation in St. Joh ' which yielded an average product of two hundred and sixteen pou] s, per acre. He sold most of this crop for cents per pound, some of it for 50 Four, workings were deemed s ficient for a crop. The seed \ planted in drills, and thinned and lected by hand. The dailv task o IV man being three and a half acres ie the first thinning per day, and f< .j for the second. No manuring of fields or atten " at fertilizing was made; as one fi . showed signs of failing, another v selected. .e Before the introduction of mach v ery the seed was separated from 1 >t lint by hand;Ahe average yield v e one pound lint to three pounds se :e Very little care was taken, as qui e tity and not quality was the objec is The first gin was a clumsy affc 2 and was worked by the foot. 1 11 greater part of the ginning was dc n at night or in the early morning, u hand doing four or five pounds es e time. In 1787, two bags of cotton wr< ./>* i| E. sent to England as samples. It was reported back that it was not worth >ars producing because of the difficulty in separating the seed. This, however, was before the invention of the gin. ton Cotton planting advanced rapidly >tus a'ter 1794, and finally entirely supl(jja planted the culture of indigo, which uit, previous to that time was the staple uty crop of this section of the country. * use Gol. William Thomson, of Orangeburg county, was the first extensive leet Pinter of that section in 1794. John ,s a Mayrant, in 1797, was the first to for plant cotton in Sumter. Gen. Wade int, Hampton introduced it into Richland LOSe county in 1801. He was the first to had use water power for propelling the ma_ machinery of the gin. He gathered a crop of six hundred bags from six 1 , 0f hundred acres. ' use Weaving of cotton cloth was done i0te entirely by the hand loo,m until 1813. The power loom was not successful In- until 1822. rico The first sea island cotton was , ting was planted on St. Simon's island, the Georgia, in 1788, from seed brought q0_ from the West Indies. Mr. Kinsey leir Burden obtained some seed and was the the first to introduce it into South iere Carolina. His first experiment fail- J am_ ed, but he persisted in vhis efforts in/** the face of difficulties. . ) jes_ Mr. William Elliott planted a sm^ll ton cr?P on Hilton Head and met yfith iple success. Mr. Burden continued his 753 efforts, and by a careful selection of and seed, noting results obtained, finally improved the staple, and developrjc_ ed the sea island cotton as we now ere know it. For many years he kept irly the secret of his success. In 1825 he an(l sold sixty bags for one dollar and. for sixteen cents per pound, and in 1828 for two dollars. Mr. Burden was the )ar_ first planter to use Hessian cloth for packing his cotton. So carefully was m 30t_ this precious product put up that for was a time the outer bags were lined with I ere cotton cloth to protect the cotton .'1 ree from dust and dirt. / 9 nce At first some of the English spinwas ners complained that the staple was too long, and used to cut it shorter. un_ The cultivation of sea island cot- r s a ton increased enormously, and the. sea coast planters grew rich. Many EU. ar? the tales told of the wealth and jew hospitality of these ante-bellum cot om ton growers. iar- So well known were their brands that often the crop was sold by that, I t0 rather than by sample, one Of course the civil war brought < un_ ruin and desolation to this industry, ght The seed deteriorated to such an ex90, tent that after the w^jr the only pure seed known was contained in an orjn dinary envelope, whch was given by >ur- Capt. George C. Heyward to Mr. van Joseph T. Dill. Mr. Dill planted sea sland cotton that came from this old small remnant. Lge- The value of cotton seed was alia most unknown, and thousands of ? tons were annually thrown into the riv- fields and allowed to rot as a fertna. tilizer for the next crop. For many lies years both the short and long staple the cotton was packed only in bags. The uld cotton bale came later, and then the 3. compress. . by Following are some Of the prices to obtained for short cotton in the early At days of its cultivation: ? illy 1790 14% lly. 1791 26 g the 1792 29 A im- 1793 32 1 to 1794 33 1795 36% / a ^ j 1 r A /> ct i / ' . am ?<yo ooA/fc md 1797 37 ^ ree 1798 39 1799 44 by 1800 28 of 1S01 44 1814 , 15 :rie 1818 34 res 1824 15 ita- ?By Joseph I. Waring. if a """ va_ The United States last year produced 3,868,152 short tons sulphuric .ns, acid. Iks SPECIAL NOTICES. i99 on Advertisements Under This Head 25c. ns. For 25 Words or Less. ion = ids 6?Galvanized roofing, tin shingles of all kinds, V crimp roofing and siding. L. B. FOWLER. 75 For Sale?Nice family horse and ' , surry. Will sell cheap for cash or on % easy terms. H. M. HERNDON, Bam-vas berg, S. C. . 10-6. ^ se- ?????__ f For Sale?My place at Ott's, cona sisting of 73 acres, with all necesfor Sary buildings. L. D. ODOM, Bamlur berg, S. C., R. F. D. 4. 10-6. For Sale?Two nice building lots, npt one on Railroad avenue, and one on eld avenue leading to G. Ffank Bam,.oc berg's. H. M. GRAHAM, Bamberg, S. C. tf. in- J. W. Harr, of Bamberg, S. C., rep- r the resents the Reo Motor Car Co., of Lansing, Mich. If interested in the i v Ilest Car in America at the price, see ed. him before you buy a car. tf. an- ??????????? t Watkins Medicine Co.?Good, reliable men wanted to fill vacant terlir' ritory. No capital required. See W. "he h. chandler, Bamberg, S. c. tf >ne : ^ Why Let Your storage batteries < / . run down? We have installed up-toIC date machinery and guarantee all i work. Electric troubles a specialty. ' 5re MUTUAL GARAGE, Denmark, S. C. * /