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Hambmj ibrraii) Thursday, February 1,1917. SHOUT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Now is a good time to plant your garden while the weather is warm. Mr. B. T. Felder is erecting a nice five-room cottage on Bridge street. The friends of Mr. Decania Dowling will be glad to know that he is recovering from a severe illness. Mr. E. C. Bruce has accepted the position of chief of police and will assume his duties today (Thursday). The many friends of Mr. V. J. Hartzog will learn with regret of his illness at his home on Elm street. Mrs. D. A. Reid was operated on at Baker's sanitarium, Charleston, last Sunday. Her many friends will be glad to know that she is now getting along very nicely. Mr. Paul Arndt, who has been in the jewelry business here for the past several years, has moved to Orangeburg, where he will open a jewelry store. # Xew Advertisements. v R. C. Stokes?Lost. Peoples Bank?$127.50. J. B. Brickie?Call Us Up. Klauber's?Ladies, Attention. Standard Oil Co.?Rayo Lamps. Olar School Trustees?Bids Wanted. Mutual Garage?The Signs Don't Tell. H. G. Hastings Co.?Free Flower Seed. Bamberg Banking Co.?A Looted Estate. Ehrhardt Heading Mill company? Notice. Enterprise Bank?Handfull of Money. Thielen Theatre?The Sting of Victory. Peoples Bank?Christmas Banking Club. Thielen Theatre?"Neptune's Daughter." Bamberg Banking Co.?Hold Fast to the Dollar. Farmers & Merchants Bank?She Likes Her Valentine. The Reily-Taylor Co.?Two to One in Quality and Quantity. Robert Wilson Buried at Ehrhardt. Ehrhardt, Jan. 19.?The body of the late Robert Dunlap Wilson, who shot himself in Atlanta early Wednesday morning, was brought here for interment today. Last summer he suffered from a serious attack of ^ typhoid fever, from which he never completely recovered, physically or mentally. He was then a resident of Palmetto, Fla., but later went to Atlanta to live with a sister. Wednesday morning about 6:30 o'clock he fired a bullet into his brain. Death followed that nignt. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. E. F. K. Roof, pastor of Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church, here. He was assisted by the Rev. D. B. Groseclose, of Fairfax. The Rev. J. H. Wilson, D. D., pastor of St. James Lutheran church, Sumter, is the father of the young man. Robert Wilson was 30 years of age. He was graduated from Newberry college in June, 1911. The Atlanta Constitution of Thursday morning says: "Robert D. Wilson, 30 years old, died Wednesday night following his attempt early Wednesday to take his own life. He was a resident of Tampa, Fla., and came here to get work, which he was unable to do, according to relatives. He was suffering from despondency. "He shot himself in the brain at 152 Westminster drive, where he was a visitor. The shooting occurred at 6:30 o'clock, and was done with a 32-calibre revolver. Mr. Wilson was unmarried. "Mr. Wilson was said to be in the fruit business in Florida." Mack's Barber Shop. Mack's Barber Shop is one of the most up-to-date establishment's of Bamberg. For several months past the shop has been receiving a most flattering patronage; so much so, that Mr. B. C. McDuffie, the proprietor, has found it necessary to install another chair. The shop is now equipped with four chairs and the trade is served by four courteous and expert white barbers. The shop has recently been overhauled and greatly improved. The shop is fitted with all modern conveniences, hot and cold baths, etc., and a specialty is made of massaging, shampooing, children's hair cutting, etc. Patrons of the shop may be assured of prompt and satisfactory service at reasonable prices.?adv. Read the Herald, $1.50 per year. COX VICT IS KILLED. Jeff Jones Slain When Attempt Was Made to Escape. Last Saturday morning, Jeff Jones, a :onvict on the county chain gang was shot and almost instantly killed j when he made an attempt to escape, j Jones was put on the gang since the recent term of court, having pleaded guilty to manslaughter. He was sentenced to serve twenty years on the gang by Judge Gary. Coroner Zeigler held an inquest over Jones's body Saturday. Dr. Robert Black, who performed the | autopsy, described the wounds found I on the body. Only one witness testij fied at the inquest, J. E. Kennedy, whose testimony follows: "All guards and prisoners started out to work as usual. The negro, Jeff Jones, said he was not going to work; that he would die first. When a little way from the camp, he made a break through the woods. The guards ordered him to halt, and the balance of the prisoners also said stop.- He said he was gone, 'Shoot me.' The shooting then began." It is said that several shots were fired by different guards. The verdict of the jury was as follows: "That the aforesaid Jeff Jones came to his death by gun shot wounds at the hands of the chain gang guards, in the discharge of their duty." Jones shot and killed Lemuel Rivers, a highly respectable negro school teacher, several weeks ago, and at the same time shot a colored woman, who aftertvard recovered, it was said that Rivers and the woman had informed on Jones for stealing cotton. Jones had a bad reputation. Carlisle School Notes. Bamberg, Jan. 27.?Through the kind generosity of Mr. G. Frank Bamberg, Carlisle school has been the recipient of a most highly appreciated gift in the form of 1,300 two-year-old Armour river hedge plants. They have been set out around the main walks and drives of the campus, and bid fair to add much beauty to an already beautiful campus. The music department of the school has taken on new life since the holidays. There are now over 40 pupils in the music department, which is conducted by Prof. J. A. Klein. Mr. Klein has as assistants Mrs. J. A. Klein, Mrs. H. N. Folk and Prof. Paul Whitaker. Three pianos are kept busy practically all of the time for teaching purposes. ~ * ' I * A - J The Carlisle Doys aeieaiea me Ehrhardt high school basket ball team last Friday by the score of 22 to 13. After the game the boys went through town on a big parade to celebrate the victory. The gymnasium team, which is under the direction of Prof. W. W. Daniel, formerly a member of the Wofford gymnasium team, has begun practice for an exhibition which is to be a part of the Washington birthday celebration on February 22. Death of Mr. Barney S. Brown, Jr. Mr. Barney S. Brown, who is well known in this city and county, died in Beaufort last Saturday. The remains were interred at Beaufort Sunday. Mr. Brown was a son of Mr. Barney Brown, a former resident of Bamberg, and he had many relatives in this section. The deceased was 36 years of age and is survived by his wife and four children. V. Ull^n uiiuuu^^, The following are the cotton ginnings in Bamberg and neighboring counties up to January 16th, of the crop of 1916: Bamberg?1916, 21,918; 1915, 15,933. Barnwell?1916, 42,497; 1915, 35,91 7. Colleton?1916, 12,816; 1915, 13,519. Hampton?1916, 16,689; 1915, 12,493. Orangeburg?1916, 57,693; 1915, 61,527. Thomas-Hutchins. Quite a surprise to their many friends was the marriage of Mr. Shelly N. Hutchins, of this city, and Miss Marie Thomas, of Cope, Sunday afternoon at the home of Rev. D. D. Dantzler. Only a few close relatives and friends were present. The bride wore a smart tailored suit, taupe hat and gloves and carried bride's roses. The bride is the second daughter of Mrs. Thomas P\ Baltzegar, and is I a most charming young lady, i ne i many friends of the happy young couple wish for them a long and happy married life. The groom is one of the city's energetic young business men and is to be congratulated. ^Ir. and Mrs. | Hutchins left on the Southern train for Augusta, Ga., and other Southern points. They will be absent from the city for about a week, after which they will return to make their futhre home.?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Second Anniversary. The Business Men's Bible class, of j Trinity church, will celebrate its second anniversary on February 4th and 5th. A very attractive programme has been arranged for exercises at the church Sunday, which will be followed by a banquet at Guilds hall Monday evening. The people of the city generally, men, women, and children, are cordially invited to attend the exercises Sunday at Trinity church. The following is the programme for Sunday's services: 10 a. m.?Business meeting of the Bible class. 10:45 a. m.?Business Men's Bible class and visiting men assemble in 1uu11i. 11 a. m.?Sermon to class by Rev. W. C. Owen, Sunday-school field secretary. 3:30 p. m.?Sunday-school rally. 7:30 p. m.?Address to young men and women by Rev. W. C. Owen. Monday evening at 7:30 the banquet will be held at Guilds hall. The following toasts will be proposed and responded to: "The class and the Sundayschool"?Rev. W. C. Owen. "The class and the church"?Rev. A. J. Cauthen. "The class and the churches"? Rev. Jonas Barclay. "The class for Bamberg"?Mr. A. B. Utsey. "The class as the organized good Samaritan"?Dr. H. N. Snyder. "The class and our educational institutions"?Rev. F. H. Shuler. *>? cr a. Hi orb tmver. * "?? Last Sunday morning at 9 o'clock Miss Mattie Page and Mr. Joe W, Hightower were quietly united in marriage at the Baptist parsonage at Bamberg, Rev. W. R. McMillan officiating. Only a few of the neai relatives were present at the ceremony. After receiving the congratulations and best wishes of those present, Mr. and Mrs. Hightower left foi Waynesboro, Ga., where they will spend a few days on their honeymoon. County Teachers, Attention. All of the teachers of Bamberg county are requested to meet at the Bamberg graded school auditoriun next Saturday afternoon, Februarj 3rd, at 3:30 o'clock, to organize ? county teachers' association. Even teacher in the county is urged to be present at this meeting, for we hope to enroll every teacher in the count] and have a wide-a-wake association. R. W. D. ROWELL, Supt. of Education. E. P. ALLEN, n. -L T? 1 OUpt. Bainueig vjiaucu ovuwi. E. M. McCOWN, Supt. Denmark Graded School. J. C. GUILDS, Headmaster of Carlisle School. Dyches-Williams. Married, Tuesday evening, Januarj 16th, at the Barnwell Baptist par sonage, Rev. W. L. Hayes officiating j Mr. Robt. T. Williams, of Govan, anc | liss Jessie Elizabeth, daughter ol Capt. and Mrs. Isaac A. Dyches, ol Hilda. The bride is a very charm ing and accomplished young lady The bridegroom is a popular young salesman engaged in business ir Orangeburg. Both are well knowr in this and adjoining /sounties. Mr and Mrs. Williams have the besl wishes .of their host of friends for ? long and happy life. Capt. W. G. Smith Elected. The local friends of Capt. W. G Smith, of Orangeburg, will be interested to know that he was electee State warehouse commissioner by the general assembly Tuesday. Capt Smith was elected after sixteen ballots had been taken, receiving 82 votes to 73 polled for Mr. J. A Drake, of Bennettsville. Capt. Smith is a former resident of Bamberg, having been superintendent of the Bamberg Cotton Mills company for some time several yean ago. Child Bitten by Mad Dog. About a week ago the twelve-yearold child of James Washington, colored, of this city, was bitten by 2 dog supposed to have had the rabies The head of the canine was forward to Columbia for examination, ana s few days ago, word was sent bach that the head showed unmistakable signs of hydrophobia. The pasteui treatment is now being administered to the child by Dr. H. J. Stuckey. Honor to the Uniform. The general approval with which the fine of $250 imposed upon the proprietor of a Brooklyn vaudeville the^re for excluding a sailor in uniform has been greeted, should dc much to stimulate enlistments in the army and navy.?New York Commercial. Los Angeles police last year arrested one person for every twelve ol population. Climatological Data. The Climatological Bulletin gives the following information for the month of December for Bamberg county, the observations being made at Edisto: Total precipitation for month, 2.83 inches, a departure of minus .63 inch from normal. The greatest rainfall in any one day was 1.35 inches on the 12th of the month. There were nine days on which there was a rainfall of more than 1-100 inch. The highest temperature recorded in the State was 79 degrees at Blackville; and the lowest was 11 degrees at Mountain Rest, Oconee county. St. John's Church Included. St. John's Baptist church will probably receive from the United States government the sum of $275 for damages to the church property by federal troops during the Civil war. Congressman Jas. F. Byrnes last Saturday made a favorable report on the payment of war claims. In mak. ing this report Mr. Byrnes said: "The committee on war claims to which was referred the bill making appropriation for payment of cer, tain claims, in* accordance with findings of the court of claims, submit the following report for South Carolina: John Duncan, surviving partner of the firm of Duncan & Son, of Charleston, $8,450; trustees of [ Beaver Dam Baptist, church, Marlboro county, $1,600; trustees of St. John's Baptist church, Bamberg county, $275." Meeting of Farm Loan Association. The Bamberg Farm Loan associa. tion met at the court house January i- 25. The president being absent, Mr. . J. W. Hill, vice president, took the i chair and called the body to or* der. Mr. J. T. O'Neal was called upon to explain the object of the meeting, after which he was asked to take the chair, the vice president ' being too ill to remain longer. 1 The chair stated that Mr. G. E. Sabin, a member of the board of directors and appraisal committee, asked to be released because of the distance being too great for him to do active work. Same was granted, ? and Dr. E. O. Watson was nominated 5 and elected to fill the position on the 1 board of directors, and on the loan 7 committee. In accepting the posi1 tions tendered him, he spoke of the 7 responsibility of the work and outJ lined valuable points of interest tc * be considered by the committees, 7 specializing the work of the loan committee as being of vital importance in making the proper estimate upon land values consistent with the rural credits act. Mr. S. u. Mayneia, a memuer ui the Denmark association, being present, the chair called upon him to address the audience, to which he kindly responded. He spoke on the general principles of the work, and advised of the great opportunities ofr fered by the government to the farmers who should speedily accept the terms of its requirements and enjoy j the benefits tendered them. f A motion by Dr. Watson that a f supply of application forms, for the benefit of the work of the appraisal committee be ordered, was adopted. * It was suggested by the chair that * a compensation fund be raised and ^ known as an association fund, to defray the expenses of same from time ^ to time. It was accepted by the body and Dr. waison movea uiiii nu asL sessment of one half of one per cent, on each thousand dollars applied for be collected from each member in order to make up the amount neces. sary to meet such demands, and the - appraisal committee to make a statel ment of actual expenses and present ? same to the secretary-treasurer for . payment as soon as sufficient funds - are collected. ! Mr. G. E. Sabin, being a manager . of his mother's property, who lives in Tennessee, wished to know if he fc could borrow money from the asso ciation and sign as her agent for ; same. For information of the as5 sociation, the chair called upon Mr. S. G. Mayfield to answer the question. He stated that she being an absentee landlord the government would refuse such an application, and that the only chance to borrow on the property would be for her to 1 make him a title direct. "1 - -x J The secretary-treasurer-eieci, imu1 xing that his business demands would 1 require his absence from town most L of his time, tendered his resignation. ' Same was accepted on the terms as stated. Mr. M. P. Watson was nomi^ nated and elected in his stead, after which the association was adjourned subject to any call by the president. ! J. J. O'NEAL, Secty.-Treas. Y. L. >1. S. Meeting. ) Mrs. G. C. Padgett and Mrs. E. 0. Kirsch will entertain the Young Ladies' Missionary society next Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock at the home of Mrs. Kirsch. All the - members are requested to be present, : and any others who desire to join.? Rec. Secty. "LET THERE BE LIGHT." Day Will Come When History of! Early Man Will Be Revealed. The history of early man is yet to be written. For ages the dim past has been a sealed book. Historians could only go back as far as the beginning of the angular or modern handwriting. The archives of the Greeks and Hebrews was the source of the major part of what we call ancient history, but it is far from being ancient; in fact from an archaeo- j logical viewpoint it is modern history. From the light of the 20th century there begins to be made plain the secrets of the past, lost for ages beneath the sands of time. Archaeologists have now begun to wonder at what remote period and how primal man did record his thoughts and actions. What signs or symbols did he employ? It surely was not the engraving on stone and clay tablets the cuneiform characters employed by a number of ancient people scattered in several different parts of the world; surely not when the Egyptian with picture language on pillar and palisade, on obelisk and tomb, made those mysterious characters of animated life represent sounds and words. From the light now before us the age of the cuneiform and hieroglyphic was the midway between the beginning of which we know nothing and the angular or modern way of writing. Four times we are sure has the mode of writing changed in the Nile delta. When in recent years the secret of the cuneiform and hieroglyphics was made plain, then did a part of the past, the long dead past, come to life. Some of these writings have been deciphered, the art is fully known, and makes interesting reading; not the cultured kind; no flights of fancy, no beautiful sentiment, no grandilo, quence, no scraping of the stars, no bombast, no romance, but plain and lucid, short and terse, to the point, always, boiled down, with nothing superfluous. Yet it exposed man as man was then as man is now. In him there has been no individual | change. He was the genus homo then as now. His life was the same, his passions the same, his laws, his living, his all was the same as now. ,/ Centuries have past, generation after generation has gone to the dust, but in man himself there has been no , change. I'ne man wno Degan 10 pick uy , fragments of what man was and , what man wrote some 5,000 years , ago believes that the long lost secrets i . of the past must soon be made plain. i Archaeology is making wonderful > strides, for now its devotee has a lamp to his feet; those symbols so ; long unknown have rendered up . their meaning and each year there . opens new and wider avenues in the . dim vista's of the long ago. From . temples and tombs, from mural tab. lets and blocks of clay, found deep . down in the sands of time, are being . exhumed and their secrets worked j out, and we of today are holding communion, a literary seance, a spiritualistic, perhaps mentalistic converse with the shades of the crowned , heads of learning of some 50 centuries ago. Rich indeed are those finds made in that part of Asia and Africa known as the Near East, comprising Assyria, Babylonia, Egypt and other places of ancient note. Much has been found, but it is safe to say that thft ereatest surprises are ahead. One day when the Sphinx shall have had the sands removed from around and about it, this the most gigantic . piece of sculpture art, once a solid i living stone 200 feet long, 50 feet . high and 40 feet wide, representing in one solid mass 400,000 cubic feet, . weighing more than 40,000,000 i pounds, the greatest mystery of the ages, will be explored and beneath it . will be found many, if not all the j secrets of the lost art of Egypt and i the East; beneath it will be found . the greatest temple of all times, left . intact with its treasures of hidden . secrets of more value to modern man than was the Alexandrian library so . ruthlessly destroyed by Caliph Omar. On what base such a declaration? From minor towns and cities, where the landmarks are small and insignificant, there are being brought to , light valuable finds in modest and unpretentious temples. The Sphinx . evidently was "the watchman 6n the i tower" of the greatest temple of the ages. Hard by are the pyramids, silent and lasting monuments of the ; golden age of Egyptian culture, from . whose vaults much light has been , taken in modern times?secrets oi fminri in their sarco It lie >- liO/i uuii M phagi, and these the most gigantic works of man demonstrate that there upon this spot beneath the Sphinx was the centre, the vortex of the superb enlightenment of the East. In this now deeply buried temple the arts of the ages were safely deposited and sleep there to this day "in dull cold marble" or stone, imperishable, waiting only to be excavated and deciphered. When this is done, man will no longer ask for what purpose did the Egyptians place on the west bank HE MADE A LUCKY IN VESTMENT. Stock Purchased for $50 Ten Years Ago Now Work $35,000. Out at Pikes Crossing, Ind., a former Pittsburg man, James Jacob Weaver, is at work as a teamster on i a new line of railway, unconcerned by the prospect of soon recovering $35,000. , A muddy bit of paper?a stock certificate representing an investment of $50?that had been locked in o tiMinV far* tan VOArs bfiCam? 3. X XX U bi U111V 4V4 VVM ^ < _ treasure to Weaver, who learned learned from a newspaper advertisement that search was being made for him in an effort to buy the certificate for $35,000. Weaver was sitting in a station at Lebanon, Ind., a few days ago when * he picked up a discarded newspaper, several days old. He saw the advertisement, indicating that he may get a fortune. In the spring of 1906 he was at his home in Pittsburg and invested $50 in fiVe shares of stock in a land company in Florida. Since that time he had some misgivings as to the value of the investment. A few days ago rain kept Weaver from working at Pikes Crossing, and he occupied the day in cleaning out his old trunk. He found the certifi cate. "I've had that old thing long ? J wa r* a eilUUgU <1X1U XL XX?L?> UU1IC IUQ uu gwu, I guess I'll just burn it," he mused. Later he thought better of the cer- ./ tificate and tossed it back into the trunk. That is the paper now said " to be worth $35,000. * Joseph E. Wilson, an agent of the land company, advertised for Weaver. Wilson said Weaver's stock was being sought by prospective buyers, who were willing to pay $35,000 for it.?Pittsburg Gazette-Times. Celluloid for Wounds. The use of celluloid to lessen the ** i distress from a soldier's wound seems a novel idea. In certain wounds, dressings that became adherent gave such pain on removal as to retard recover/ and search was made for a dressing not only non-absorbent but v^:permitting the passage of fluid to the injured flesh and of discharges away from it. Perforated celluloid in sheets 1-150 of an inch thick, after soaking several hours in a 5 per cent. . -331 carbolic acid solution, became so soft and pliable that it fitted like cloth , into all irreguarities. Dr. S. R. Douglas, of London, reports that on redressing the celluloid is ' removed without pain, discharges through the perforations leave the wound clean, and as the material soon hardens d ' ' again it keeps the tissues at rest. Thicker sheets, molded on a limb, serve as splints. One Iowa college includes in its course for agricultural students, instructions in running aiy automobile. of the Nile this gigantic effigy of a couchant lion with th^rhead of a man upon it. It was for a purpose?a me- ' morial as lasting as earth itself, j which the raging elements cannot destroy, or fire consume, or man J<> move away?a piece of art indestruc- . v * tible as time itself, a lasting land- / mark guarding in silence and oolitude the secrets of the lost arts. * Facing the east this guardian of the hidden treasures of the past, so old, so hoary with age till the human mind cannot grasp the significance thereof, will yet yield up its mine of [ wisdom. "*14 i uis nine piuyiic?,y 10 yiuiuyivu from reading the past year some of \. the Assyrian and Babylonian literature which has come to light in re- ^ cent years, and which has behind it v some fifty centuries. These writings > found in out-of-the-way places, where the ancient landmarks are I ' meagre, clearly show to the thought! ful mind that only a beginning has * been made in the ancient arts of science; and in these finds are making plainer the dark and misty paths of * time, opening ways in which the gloom of night, even Plutonian dark- ; j ness, has ruled supreme for unknown ages?emitting, until recently, no ray of light to guide the wanderer over the rough and rugged way the * man of the long ago had trod; whose ^ 1 footprints had long been swallowed i up in darkness; but from the haunts / 7 of gloom?of an unknown past?a faint gleam is dawning and ere long a voice, a sepulchral voice from the dust of the dead will cry out, "Let there be light."?A. W. Brabham, Olar, in the State. SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. ============= * For Sale?Dry pine stove wood, delivered anywhere in city. H. L. HINNANT, Bamberg, S. C. 2-5. . . -r; Lost?A black silk hand bag con i T"? _ taining a pair or eyeglasses, reward for return to MRS. J. W. STOKES, Bamberg, S. C. It v Why Let Your storage batteries run down? We have installed up-todate machinery and guarantee all t work. Electric troubles a specialty, MUTUAL GARAGE, Denmark, S. C. _ . y - ... ; J|||