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Wbz jfomfterg jjeralb Thursday, April 5, 1917. "short locals. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Mr. W. C. Zeigler is remodeling his residence on Carlisle street. Another story has been added, and the house is being remodeled throughout. Miss Virginia Ayer was operated on at a Charleston hospital Sunday for appendicitis. Her friends will be glad to know that she is getting along cicely. Pastor J. D. Huggins, of Denmark, has just closed a successful meeting in his church. He had the assistance of Evangelist DeGarmo and Singer Frank E. McCravy.?Baptist Courier. Monday was "first Monday" and salesday. Only one sale was made. The county commissioners held the regular monthly meeting, and there was the usual "first Monday" crowd in the city. Bamberg's quota of the 800 naval recruits wanted in South Carolina is eleven. Governor Manning has designated April 11 as naval recruiting day. Application should be made to postmasters. A large crowd is expected to be in the city today to hear the address of Dr. W. W. Long on the boll weevil and other subjects of interest of the farmers. The meeting will be held at the court house at 11 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Black on Mon clay moved into tneir new nome on Midway avenue. This residence, which has just been completed, is one of -the prettiest in the city, and is quite an ^addition to that part of town. The next meeting of the U. D. C. chapter will be held with Mrs. E. P. Allen and Mrs. S. A. Hand as hostesses, at the residence of Mrs. Hand, next Tuesday afternoon at the usual hour. All members are requested to be present. Dr. Vance W. Brabham, a former Bamberg resident, now of Orangeburg, was last week elected president of the Wesley Bible Glass federation for the ensuing year. Prof. J. C. Guilds was elected a member of the executive committee. Considering the high price of groceries, it would be well for the people of Bamberg to plant as large gardens as possible this spring. The weather for the past two weeks has been ideal for gardens, and there are some good ones in the city. ' On Monday, A. M. Huger, special master, made the following sale at the court house door: S. S. Ray, trustee in bankruptcy, complainant, against the Enterprise Bank, et al.; parcel "A," bid in by the Enterprise Bank for $7,075; parcel "B," bid in < bv the Enterprise Bank for $2,500. <' Miss Carrie Bamberg writes The Herald that her cousin, Miss Julia Doubet, who has been ill for some time, died a few days ago at her home in Augusta. Miss Bamberg, who has been at the bedside of her cousin for several week^, will return to the city in a few days. Saturday night a negro, too heavily laden from a gallon-per-month shipment, fell out of a wagon on Main street, and the wheels passed over his body. However, it seems that he was too thoroughly "piffiicated" to be hurt by such a little thing as wagon running over him, and evidently he was none the worse for his fall. 1 The Woman's Missionary society, of the Baptist church, will hold its regular meeting Wednesday afternoon April 11, at 4 o'clock. Subject l for the afternoon: "Unto the Uttermost Part"?leader, Mrs. J. F. Carter. All members who have not contributed to the orphanage fund will come prepared to help in this worthy cause. Mr. J. M. Grimes was in The Herald office Tuesday afternoon. He ^ said that he had completed his cotton planting, and is now planting H^Hcorn. He does not follow the usual custom of planting corn and then cotton, but reverses this order. He says that the birds do not damage his corn crop nearly so much when planted a little late. Dr. E. O. Watson, pastor of Trinity church, and^Prof. J. C. Guilds, head master of Carlisle school, are spending a good deal of their time canvassing in the interest of raising the Methodist educational funds. Dr. Watson is not expected to conduct services at Trinity for the next two Sundays- on account of his absence from the city. Here is a letter that we appreciate: "Please find herewith my personal check for $3.00 for which I have to request that you extend my subscription to your paper for a period of two years. I find your journal still an excellent paper and congratulate you on its high standard of excellence." This letter is from Lt. D. Graham Copeland, assistant civil engineer, U. S. N., now stationed at New Orleans. About thirty local Methodists went to Columbia last Thursday in automobiles to attend the meeting of the Federation of Wesley Bible classes. The Sunbeams of the Baptist church will give Easter exercises at the church next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. Three Bamberg county rural graded schools received $200 each and one school received $300 State aid. This is a total of $900 State aid re-1 ceived in this county. The campaign to raise $300,000 for the .Methodist educational institutions of the State has been launched in Bamberg county, and it is ^tated that atjout $4,000 has been raised in this county. Carlisle school will receive $15,000 from this fund. A ^ ? " - ? #\1 1* V\ *1*1 1 1 ine Domestic ocieuut; emu not meet at the regular time, Fridayafternoon, but will meet on Thursday, April 12. The assistant State agent, Miss Smith, and the county agent, Mrs. B. W. Faust, are expected to be present at the meeting. Death of Mr. C. R. Clayton. The death angel visited the home of -Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Clayton, near Ehrhardt, on Tuesday morning of last week and took from it the beloved husband and father. He had been seriously ill for some t'ime, but for several weeks before his death he had been sitting up. Mr. Clayton was a veteran in the War Between the States, and served his country well. He had been a member of the Ehrhardt Baptist church since its recent erection, and was an excellent church worker. He was in his seventy-fifth year, and leaves a wife and five children to mourn his death. The children of the deceased are: Mesdames Berty Zeigler, and Mamie Bickle, of near Ehrhardt; j Messrs. G. B. and Laurie Clayton, of near Ehrhardt, and Mr. Willie Clayton, of Wilmington, N. C. He also leaves three brothers and one sister, besides a host of other + '"An or\rl frinr?Hc iciamco auu invuuu. His remains were laid to rest in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery Wednesday, March 28, at 2 o'clock, by the Masons, of which order he had been a member for a number of years. The funeral services were conducted by Revs. E. F. K. Roof,- C. S. Felder, and J. R. Smith. The heart broken family have the sympathy of the entire county in their sad loss. / ? Col. and Mrs. Owens in Charleston. Among the delighted folks who are enjoying: the balmy spring weather, for which Charleston is justly famous, are Col. and Mrs. James R. Owens, of Bamberg, >ho are stopping with their son, Alderman James R. Owens, Jr., at No. 122 Cannon street. Col. Owens was for mantf years a resident of this city and was during the most of that time active in the fertilizer business. He is also pleasantly remembered by the traveling public as "mine host" of the Denmark hotel. Mrs. Owens was formerly Miss Sallie Rice, of Bamberg, where she was prominently identified with business and social affairs. Both have retired from active business and are now enjoying well-earned pleasure. Col. and Mrs. Owens will remain in the nit.v until after Easter.?News and Courier. Molton-Patrick. The following announcement, from the Birmingham, Ala., News will be of interest to the many friends of the bride and bridegroom elect in Bamberg: "Mr. and Mrs. William Forrest Molton announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary England, to Mr. William Clifton Patrick, of Charlotte, N. C.. the wedding to take place in May." All Letters Now Two Cents. Postmaster Knight last week received official notification that twocent stamps must be attached to all first-class letters mailed at the Bamberg postoffice, on account of the inauguration of mail delivery service. Drop letters have always been mailed at the local postoffice for one cent, but mail delivery changes this, and no one cent first-class letters can now be mailed in Bamberg. It is very im ' * ? a - ne _ _ portant that patrons or rne posiomue hear this in mind, as it will save them a good deal of trouble. Dr. W. \Y. Long Speaks Today. Dr. W. W. Long will speak to the farmers of Bamberg county and the citizens of the town Thursday morning. April 5, at 11 o'clock in the court house. Dr. Long comes under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce to tell the citizens of Bamberg and the surrounding community some of the effects of the boll weevil, and if there is a disaster coming, he tells how we might meet it. Every person interested along these lines is urged to be present and hear Dr. Long. The admission is free. FIELD DAY EXERCISES Will Be Held in Bamberg April 12th and ltfth The Bamberg county oratorical contest and field day will be held in Bamberg on Thursday night, April 12th, and Friday, April 13th. Programmes for this occasion have appeared in The Bamberg Herald. It is the earnest hope of the committee and the county board of education that every school will be present with full enrollment and take part in the programme. Four handsome gold medals for the declamation and recitation contests have ali ready been purchased and prizes will I be given to the winners of all other JL/1V. Alt A >> " vw* J. W. JENNY, Secretary. Carlisle's Base Ball Season Opens. Thursday afternoon at four o'clock Carlisle opens her base ball season for 1917 and never in the history of the school have the prospects been brighter. With three first line pitchers, two good catchers and fielders working like well regulated machines, Carlisle is bound to put out a winning team this season. The season opens at home with Carolina scrubs as the opponent. This game should be one of unusual interest to Bamberg people as Caroline always puts out good base ball teams and especially because this year Carolina is being coached by Dixon Foster, former coach of Carlisle's old time rival, Porter Military academy. The line-up for Carlisle is at present not definitely known. "Cap." Lenoir will, in all probability be seen behind the bat in both games. Luther, Parnelle and Smith are the first line pitchers. In the two games this week, Coach Merchant announced that most likely Luther and Parnelle would do the slab work for Carlisle. The weather has been inviting base ball for some time and now that the season is about to open everybody is glad. A Bigger, Better Bamberg. We are glad to see that a number of the people have responded to the call of the Civic league and the Chamber of Commerce to help make our prosperous little city truly a "Bigger, Better Bamberg." We feel that the efforts put "forth are not amiss, and that before this campaign is over, we will have a cleaner and prettier town. But there are some who have not yet given a helping hand in this cause. It has been said that "cleanliness is next to godliness." With this in mind, we feel sure that every citizen of Bamberg will see to it that his or her premises are not only made attractive, but will kee^ them that way from now on. The thought has occurred to some of us that summer is coming, and the mosquitoes with it. And medical science teaches that in piles of trash and in cans and jugs the mosquitoes delight in rear- I monr fVi/MlcUTlH littlA m ASA 11 i t f> AS. 1U5 rnauj tavutfiAuu Avt.-w M.wwnM.vv By taking away the cause, we can get rid of the effect. There is an ordinance against throwing trash upon the sidewalks and in the streets. So barrels have been placed along the streets in order that a place might be provided to contain such matter. The marshals have asked that everybody notice these seemingly little things and help make our town clean and attractive. But what are we to -do about papers that blow from behind the stores? We feel sure that every merchant in town will have this trash put into a box until the wagon can come around and haul it off. Our motto is "A Bigger, Better BamI berg."?Contributed. / Civic League Meeting. So much interest is being taken in the whirlwind campaign by. the members of the Civic league that the meetings are held every two weeks. Mrs. G. Frank Bamberg was hostess on Tuesday afternoon, her spacious rooms being filled with enthusiastic members. The league is not only cooperating with the Chamber of Commerce in an endeavor to improve conditions of the streets and to so thoroughly clean the town that all breeding places of flies and mosquitoes will be destroyed, but it is trying to educate contests. The rule for entries says that no pupil shall be allowed to enter more than two contests, but the committee has seen the necessity of changing it so as to allow any pupil to enter three contests. But no ('pupil can enter more than one mental contest on Friday, as all mental contests are going on at the same time that day. Let every teacher be here with the fill enrollment of his or her school. This is to be a great day for the school children of Bamberg county.; .Rivers Bridge Memorial. The Rivers Bridge Memorial association will observe Thursday, April 26th, as memorial day. The Rev. E. O. Watson, D. D., of Bamberg, will deliver the memorial address. The public is cordially invited, and the,ladies are earnestly requested to bring flowers. The following committees have been appointed: Committee on grounds and order 1 of the day?D. Jenny, G. E. Kearse, J. A. Peters, H. W. Chitty, I A. L. Kirkland, H. L. Kinard, and Geo. W. Jenny. Committee on music?A. L. Kirkland. There will be a business meeting promptly at 11 o'clock. r?T? V T? U'TRVTAVn Pros the entire town in methods for keeping it sanitary the entire year round. With this end in view leagues are being organized in the mill village and among the leading colored women of the town. Permanent improvements to the town are also being rapidly pushed to completion. The playground for small children will be formally opened in the beautiful grove of trees owned by Mrs. Emma Bamberg near her residence now occupied by Mr. F. O. Brabham and family, within the next fortnight. Ali, mothers and children are cordially invited to attend this opening. There will be music, ice cream and all kinds of amusements for those wha attend. As soon as this playground is opened steps will be taken to fit up another in the mill village for the pleasure of the children in that vicinity. Work is also rapidly progressing on the site of the old Simmons ceme T+ ie + Via ofm nf tha lAPfllP tfl make this one of the most beautiful and inviting spots in Bamberg. A few years ago when permission was first secured from members of the Simmons family to clear up and beautify this place, the task seemed almost a hopeless one, so dense was the undergrowth and so covered with cans, bottles, roots, etc., was the ground. Now, with the planting of grass in spots, the blooming of plants around the graves and the placing of electric lights in the midst, it bids fair to be one of the best advertisements of the league's work. The graded school- grounds are also to be improved in the near future. At the conclusion of programme, Mrs. Bamberg served a delightful course of cakes and cream. ? First Visit to Columbia Since War. Mr. I. W. Rentz, of the Ehrhardt section, was in the city Saturday, and paid The Herald a visit. Mr. Rentz had just returned from ^Columbia, where he went to visit relatives. This was Mr. Rentz's first visit ?o the Carolina capital sincp the War Between the States. His previous visit to Columbia was under much different circumstances.. He was with his com* r of fhA I uiauu a. t, UT1 CCilOl/V/A V, 11, v.) uv vuw time of the surrender. He walked to Columbia, where he signed a parole. At that time Mr. Rentz said the business district of Columbia was immediately in front of the capital building. The city now bears no resemblance to the town where he received his parole in 1865. Mr. Rentz is 82 years of age, but he is very active, and does not look a day over 70. He has many friends in Bamberg, and though he does not come to town often, they are always glad to see him, and trust that he may be able to make his annual trip for many years yet. Men Are Urged to Enlist. The Herald has been requested by Capt. F. F. Pooser, of Co. "M," 2nd S. C. infantry, Orangeburg, to give publication to the following call: ENLIST NOW. "A call is hereby issued for ablebodied young men of good character to enlist in the National Guard of South Carolina. [ "Enlist now and join the second j regiment, whose standing among National Guard organizations is at the head. "I will be glad to have quite a number of enlistments from Bamberg and vicinity. "Young men?and middle aged? who are willing and ready to serve are requested to telegraph or mail in their names and addresses at once. Child Fatally Burned. A house in the section of Estill known as the negro quarters burned Friday night at 10:15 o'clock. There were three negro children asleep in the house, one of whom was burned to death, another is expected to die, and the third is badly burned. The fire started by a lamp left burning on the foot of the bed being upset, and this caught the bed. The fire was in a large blaze when discovered by a negro man, who, rushing in to save the children, was overcome by smoke and, with two children in his arms, he fainted and fell and the children were rescued by several other negroes in the neighboring houses after being severely burned. The bones of the dead child were found immediately after the fire. The loss on the property was not much. The house was the property of Mr. Lee Solomons, of Estill. MAIL BY CARRIER. Village Delivery Service Started Mon* day Morning. Bamberg now has mail delivery service. On Monday morning, April 2, the service was started, with Mr. Emile Price as the carrier. Mr. Price carried out a large bag of mail on his first trip, and more homes are being added to his routes every day. Two deliveries are made to the business sections and one delivery to residential sections of the town. The collection boxes?five of them will be erected?have not yet been received. The department has notified the local postoffice that the order for the boxes has been filed, but that there will be some delay before shipment can be made. The department has officially notified the postmaster that all residences i where mail is to be delivered must be provided with suitable mail receptacles. There is no regulation box or receptacle for this purpose, but a box of some sort must be provided, or a slot must be cut in the door, through which mail can be dropped. This is no regulation of the local postoffice, but a requirement of the department. Stamped letters may be handed the carrier to be mailed, but the carrier will not sell stamps. New Advertisements. B. F. Free?For Sale. J. T. O'Neal?For Sale. J. S. Breland?For Sale. Klauber's?Shoe Specialties. W. A. Klauber?Easter Sale. J: B. Brickie?Figure on Riding. Miss Roberta Johnson?For Sale. J. K. & W. D. Mayfield?For Sale. Miss Llewelyn Cleckley?For Sale. Mutual Garage?Grateful Passengers. Mack's Drug Store?It's a Good Idea. Enterprise Bank?All Kinds of Money. Peoples Bank?The Man With Money. Bamberg Banking Co.?A Niagara of Nickels. LaVerne Thomas & Co.?We Know Your Wants. Farmers & Merchants Bank?You Are Welcome. W. D. & V. F. Bryant?Every Part a Quality Part. Bamberg Banking Co.?Perhaps He May Go Insane. Gibson-Smoak. Smoaks, March 31.?Mr. J. Law/ rence Smoak, a prominent merchant and business man of this place, returned Sunday evening from Denmark with his.bride, who was Miss Meta Gibson, a popular and charming lady of that place. Quite a few friends met at his residence and welcomed Mrs. Smoak to Smoaks, and to extend their congratulations and best wishes. Pension Money Now on Hand. Clerk of Court A. L. Kirkland stated yesterday that he has received the pension money for the old soldiers, and all pensioners may now call at his office, or send a written order to the clerk, and get their money. The Herald will next week publish a list of all pensioners, the list having been received too late for this week's issue. Bamberg Girls Win Games. Last Friday the Bamberg high school basket ball team defeated the Branchville high school team on the local grounds by a score of 31 to 4. Tuesday afternoon the Bamberg girls defeated the Orangeburg team on the grounds of the latter Dy a score of 18 to 8. Quite a number of Bamberg folks went to Orangeburg with the team to witness the game. Brooker Elected Mayor. In the primary election held Tuesday, Mr. J. Z. Brooker was elected mayor of Denmark by a majority of 16 votes over the incumbent, Mr. J. B. White. Mr. Brooker's entire aldermanic ticket was also elected by a safe majority. The race was hotly contested, and created quite a good deal of interest in the town. She Was From Boston. i A young lawyer in a Western city was introducing a young woman friend as the lecturer of the occasion. "Miss Gladys Van Dyke, who will address you this evening," he said, "was born in Boston, and she is so proud of the fact that she has ever since refused to be born again."? Pittsburg Post. How Did She Know. Flossie Flirt?Jack, that man hasn't taken his eyes off me for an hour. Her escort?How do you know??j Punch Bowl. 1 I : / I * * ' '*' # , Want Road Straightened. * Editors Bamberg Herald:?For the information of those interested in straightening the road from Capt. Riley's Cedar Springs place to Bamberg, I request that you publish the letter herewith from Capt. Riley. This letter from Capt Riley is a /' straightforward business proposition, such as was expected from a hightoned honoVable gentleman. I am also sending you another letter similar to a dozen or more which I have received from citizens in different parts of the county expressing their approval of the effort being made to overcome the obstacles in the way of this much needed improvement in \ this road. Respectfully, JOHN F. FOLK. jj| Mar. 7, 1917. V Col. Jno. F. Folk, Bamberg, S. C., Dear Sir: ? Yours of 3rd just received. I am willing, as I told you last year, to give right of way through my place, provided the road is made a straight line from my place to Bamberg. Un derstand through Laurie McMillan that the straight line could not be made on account of Dr. Black's objection. This being the case, of course I am unwilling to give the right of way and have put the price f at $100.00, which is the least I'll take. McMillan understands my position thoroughly: Talk to him. I want it distinctly understood that the road must not be cut through my v! place as planned until my price is < paid or a straight right of way be J Van lunjr duu ill mij cotauiiou^u. tci; truly. W. A. RILEY. Bamberg. S. C., March 13, 1917. Col. John F. Folk, Bamberg, S. C., Dear Sir:? < - it I noticed what you had to say in " ^ last week's issue of The Herald con- - \ cerning the new road from Lemon pjaj Swamp to Bamberg, which I under- \J| stand has already been surveyed. This road will be of untpld benefit to. , |?J the community as a whole, and I .'tt trust that t^ere will be no obstacle ttt that may prevent its being built. I understand that this road will pass* through the lands of Capt. Riley and | p Senator Black and with this fiict in * j | view I feel sure that we will have this road, gince both of these gentlemen haye always been very strong P p|| advocates of good roads. Yours ^ truly, ?LELAND F. SANDIFElt ^ g Amusing Incident. 1 How a Ladies* Maid Played Hamlet. "Our maids were French and teachable,"/ writes Louise Homer, the famous opera star, in the March Woman's Home Companion. "One of these, I remember, was ? / very anxious to hear me upon the -> stage, but her religious scruples trou- ' , 'J bled heT. She was very devout and x . ?? had never been inside a theatre, . j&fc which she supposed ?tp be a very wicked place. She finally decided " that it would not be sinful to sit quietly behind the scenes in order to '{M hear me sing, so one^night we took her with us and placed her in a chair . in the wings, well out of the way. v "The opera was Hamlet and I sang 1 the Queen-Mother. After the great > ; ^ coronation scene in the first act, I as the queen, descended the throne with " . , the king, and we swept majestically V j off the stage followed by the entire s ^ chorus attired in gorgeous court cos- r\ Wi tume. .When Marie saw me going off the scene and everyone else, toprwhy, she got up and followed afters "She was a shy, quie? little thing, dressed in black peasant dress with a little black hat, and when the startled r ; audience beheld her demure figure walking slowly across the open stage behind the long train of court ladies and pages, there rose a shout * of 5$ laughter. She did not discover her situation till well across and then went bravely on?still slowly, but in deep dismay. The artists were hugely amused." ills SPECIAL NOTICES. . Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. f For Sale?Dry stove wood; delivered on short notice. B. F. FREE, Bam- 40 berg, S. C. N tf. For Sale?A few bushels of big ^ boll King Cotton seed. Apply to J. T. O'NEAL, Bamberg, S. C. It. For Sale?Imperial Barred Rock eggs, 75c per setting. Apply to MISS ROBERTA JOHNSON, Bamberg, S. C. 4-26. ./m Why Let Your storage batteries run down? We have installed up-todate machinery and guarantee all work. Electric troubles a specialty. MUTUAL GARAGE, Denmark, S. C. For Sale?June pick, very early . ^ tomatoes, plants 15c dozen. Brinner extra fine tomatoes, plants 15c dozen. Salvia plants, 15c dozen. MISS LLEWELYN CLECKLEY, Bamberg, S. C. It. For Sale?150 bushels of select Brabham long staple cotton seed at $1.25 per bushel. Cotton from these seed sold for 26c. Also have a few bushels of red hull shinny peas at $2.25 per bushel. J. S. 3RELAND, Olar, S. C. It.