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! H\)t Bamberg ^eralb I Thursday, August 16, 1917.1 SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County, The home of Mr. Ed Berry at | Branchville was totally destroyed by j fire Monday night. Xone of the; household goods were saved. Mr. S. A. Hand exhibited on the 1 TT* 1- A- _ 1 streets last weeu an cuoeria peacii j which weighed 14 ounces. The peach was picked from a tree belongto Mr. O. A. Simmons, and was an exceptionally fine one. Fire did a small amount of damage Saturday to the residence of Mr. R. L. Risher on New Bridge street. The fire supposedly caught from the flue. A bucket brigade soon extinguished the blaze. A portion of the roof was burned. It was announced from Washington Tuesday that a commission had been issued to G. D. Ryan, of Bamberg, as first * lieutenant in the engineering section of the officers' reserve corps. Lieut. Ryan enlisted in the officers' ( reserve several weeks ago. He was first sent to Fort Ogelthrope and later to Fort Meyer, Va. Air. Edwin C. Bruce has received a commision as second lieutenant in the infantry section. Mr. Bruce < graduated from Clem son College this j summer, and immediately joined the , officers' reserve corps at Fort Oglethorpe. Mr. Bruce is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Bruce, of this city, and his many friends are congratulating him upon his appointment. Mr. Claude Smoak has enlisted in the Columbia hospital corps. He ( went to Columbia several days ago to , stand the examination, which he successfully passed. Mr. Smoak was in > the city the past week-end, returning to Columbia Monday. His company is expected to go into training at once, and will probably be sent to France for hospital duty as soon as sufficiently trained. -V ' Meeting of Red Cross Chapter. A public meeting of the Red Cross chapter was held at the Red Cross headquarters in the town hall last Thursday afternoon. Dr. E. O. Watson presided. The object for which the meeting was called was mainly to have the ladies inspect the roomy headquarters secured for the chapter, and all seemed to feel fortunate in securing such dsirable quarters. Dr. Watson read several letters requesting garments, and also noted some cnanges maue iu uie scwmg iemulations. Reports were received from different committees. The supply committee reported the 25 comfort bags completed and ready to be filled with the < necessary articles. It was urged that i the chapter send someone to Den- ] mark and Kearse to form auxiliaries as those places are anxious, to get to work. Mrs. A. W. Knight, Miss Mary Livingston and Mrs. Newton Smoak were appointed for this purpose. The finance committee reported that funds in the treasury were small, but that it was sure of getting money with which to purchase needy things. ' Mrs. Owens was appointed to see after the room and to keep it open by appointing two ladies each day to serve in that capacity. The room will j be open Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week from 9 to 12 in the morning and from 4 to 0 in the afternoon. It has been arranged for certain ladies to cut the material. There are a number of hospital shirts to be cut now, and any lady who is a member and can sew is urged as a duty to call at headquarters and secure a garment to make. It is also hoped there will be a better attendance upon these public meetings in the future, because by attending, one can keep in touch with every phase of the worn. It is earnestly hoped that we will get a large and enthusiastic knitting circle. There is much to do. Let's put our hearts into the work, for our little bit will help just so much, in winning this great struggle.?Contributed. Jordan-Smoak. ^ Last Wednesday afternoon at G o'clock Miss Georgia Emma Jordan was married at the home of her uncle, Mr. J. W. Hill, to Mr. J. L. Smoak, of Denmark. The marriage was a very quiet one, only relatives! and a few intimate friends being j present. Rev. J. D. Huggins, of Denmark, performed the ceremony. Miss Jordan is the daughter of Mrs. R. A. Jordan, of Bamberg, and j j is popular among a large circle of: friends throughout the county. She! has successfully taught in several of! the schools of the county. Mr. j Sraoak is an R. F. D. carrier of Denmark. Mr. and Airs. Smoak are now receiving the congratulations of their many friends. Read The Herald, $1.50 a year. MANY A HE REEXAMINED. Seventy-three Who Had Been Dis-j charged Ordered t<> Reapi>ear. | I Tuesday morning the Local Board met to reexamine seventy-three regis-1 trains who had previously been discharged. These were among those examined 011 August 4. G and 7. They had been discharged because of defective teeth or being underweight. The Local Board later received a ruling that persons disqualified for these causes should be accepted under certain conditions. The weight regulations have been changed, low-j ering the minimum weight, and the new instructions provide that persons with defective teeth are to be accepted if dental work can restore the teeth. In consequence of these new! instructions, seventy-three, dischargl ed for these reasons, were ordered to appear for another examination Tuesday. Last Saturday several of thosej who had previously been accepted j for service were discharged upon reexamination. The board has been working every day on the draft matter and it will be some time yet before the work is completed. All those who have passed the physical examination out of the 525 ordered to appear will be heard as to claims for exemption before another batch of registrants will be ordered for examination. The work of passing upon the various claims for exemption will consume several days, after which more notices will be mailed out for others to appear before the board to be examined to fill out the required number from this county, 1S3. Physically Qualified. The following passed the physical reexamination Tuesday and were accepted as physically fit for military service: John G. Copeland. L. S. Bellinger. Walter B. Gillam. D. A. Gardner. R. B. O'Quinn. Gantt Elliott. Edward Washington. Garry Kirkland. Monnie Davis. James Grant. Hey ward Johnson. Herman Daniels. Edgar Williams. Olin Parker. Harvey Cooper. Israel Kirkland. James Wilson. Jackson Green. John Daniels, Jr. Henry A. Padgett. Robert Smith. Isaac Williams, Jr. Sam Sanders. Edmund Kizer. Pearly Bennett. Physically Disqualified. The following, reexamined Tuesday, failed to meet the physical requirements and were discharged as physically unfit for service: L. H. Lancaster. J. J. Sanders. L. B. Gibson. John E. Rhoad. James Collins. James L. Hightower. r? Tont Herbert Green. Ernest Wilson. J. W. Folk. Willie Frederick. Levi Duncan. Frank Draper. Walter Grimes. F. C. Chitty. Fletcher Rice. Spadie Sutton. J. S. Tyler. Robert Williams. Luther Wright. Failed to Appear. The following registrants were among the 525 ordered to appear before the board for medical examina tion. but failed to put in appearance. Where known, the reason is given, rulers satisfactory reason can be shown, these men are automatically drafted into the army without right to claim exemption: 12 67 Tom Anderson, Govan, col Motored from San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Byrd arrived in the city last week l'roin San Francisco. They traveled from the California city by automobile, and they relate I some thrilling experiences of their long journey. Mr. and Mrs. Byrd ; traveled thirty-three days, and tral versed about four thousand miles to reach Mr. Byrd's old home. Mr. Byrd does not intend to return to California. They left San Francisco the first inart of .Tulv. securing before they left a "trailer," containing sleeping and | cooking accommodations. Only one night was spent in a hotel during the entire journey of over a month, and that was in Augusta, on the last night of their trip. Good weather was encountered all along the trip, until Atlanta was reached, when a rainy spell had to be weathered. Mr. Byrd left Bamberg several years ago, spending some years in the West. He then spent a while in France, finally returning to San Francisco, where he has been located for two or three years. Mr. and Mrs. Byrd's touring outfit was the object of much curiosity ! along the route. Whenever a stop was made in any of the cities, large I large crowds would congregate about the automobile and trailer. These trailers are not very common, and many people when they viewed the tourists' outfit saw a trailer for the first time. San Francisco is almost the farthest Western city in the United States; and as Bamberg is almost on the Eastern coast, it will thus be seen that the journey carried Mr. and Mrs. Byrd practically entirely across the continent. The trip was not without its perils. In crossing the desert regions of the West, the travelers frequently found themselves in dire necessity of conServing their water supply. They adopted the plan of filling water1 bags to carry them over the dry sections until they could reach the next oasis. Securing gasoline was another problem encountered. Prices ranging from 10 cents to 40 cents per gallon for gasoline and a gasoline substitute used in some section was paid. ored. 7S6 John Rice, Blackville, colored. 1531 George Spells, Midway, colored. 1334 I. W. Dyches, Olar, white. 56 Carl C. Grayson, Bamberg, white. 1688 Cordoza Kirkland, Olar, colored.. 335 Clide Middleton, Bamberg, colored. 1358 H. A. Breland, Olar, colored. 1355 Rufus Breland, Olar, colored. A ? T T PoTYlhor?' y? \y. x uuc. Carson Y. Berry. David Kearse. Clarence M. Palmer. S. A. Merchant. Forner Brown. Wilbur Orr. Richard Kirkland. Lennie Parker. Jesso Kearse. Richard Mays. Frisco Johnson. Ben Washington. Oliver Washington. Sam Beavers. John L. Bruce. James Duncan. Johnnie Hughes. Cliff Banks. Joe Sanders. Isaac E. Carter. Theodore Bellinger. Nally Wroton. Willie Sam Walker. Peter Hodges. Richard Bush. Johnnie Turner. JL U <3 .). U. iviuiai uouu, uuui?v>ei white (sick.) 1585 Bezell Morris, Olar, white. 30. J. G. Dukes, Greelyville, white (sick.) 773 John Pendarvis, Denmark, colored. 392 E. D. Smalls, Bamberg, colored. 889 D. E. Fender, Ehrhardt, white (sick.) 1166 James Glover, Embree, colored. 642 Willie Dantzler, Denmark, colored. 858 Luther Wright, Denmark, colored. 1347 B. C. Phillipps, Olar, white. 357 Willie Payne, Bamberg, colored. 1173 Johnnie Haynes, Bamberg, colored. 349 James Orr, Bamberg, colored. 501 Eugene McMillan, Bamberg, colored. 506 Nathan Reid, Bamberg, colored. 1591. A. R. Morris, Olar, white. 1521 B. F. Maynard, Midway, colored. 1232 Wesley Walker, Branchville, colored. Transferred. The following registered in Bamberg county, were transferred to other points for physical examination: 608 G. C. Wilkins, Spartanburg, white. 911 Leon McKenzie, Ehrhardt, white. 102 J. B. Reeves, Bamberg, white. Already in Service. The following from this county, ordered for examination in the first draft, are already in the service, and were excused from examination: O O T Alar-tin Rani lior2r rnl O O i nai KJ n *uui wi**; ored (army.) 43 George H. Fender. Bamberg, white (navy.) !."? J. Gary Black, Bamberg, white (navy.) 12S M. P. Watson. Bamberg, white (navy.) 238 J. B. Black, Jr., Bamberg, white (navy.) 1118 C. S. Rhoad, Branchville, white (army.) One hundreds pounds of beef shrink to 67 pounds after ordinary roasting. TELLS HEMAKKAiJLE STOIIV. j Bamberg Visitor Says He Was a Turkish Prisoner IS Years. ] Giving his name as Capt. H. .M. < J Laurene, a man appeared in* Bam- ; ! berg last week telling the most remarkable story perhaps ever heard first-hand in this city. The man says he was a prisoner of Turkey for over 1 S years, during which time he was held in close confinement in a dungeon, and allowed no intercourse with outsiders. He was released from a prison at the Turkish town of Ambole in December, 1915, when that town was captured by allied troops. It was then, he said, that he learned for the first time that there was a war in progress. Laurene impressed his hearers with the sincerity and truthfulness of his story. Sunday night lie gave a lecture at the Carlisle auditorium to a packed house. For two hours he held his audience spellbound. He is a .Mason, and carries with him letters from many men prominent in .Masonry. He has a large collection of rare and ancient coins. These he exhibited on the streets last week. Laurene claims to be in search of his wife and daughter, who, he says, were somewhere in this country up to a short time ago. He was born in Mississippi in 1870. In 1S7S he was carried by his parents to France. He was educated at Christ's college, Cambridge, England, and at Brien, France. He was commissioned he stated, an officer in the French army in 1S90, and took part in suppressing the rebellion of the Kurds in 1896, and was held a prisoner for 18 years, two months and tiiVoo hqvc hninc released bv Gen. ^ - ? Pierre Lemarie after the battle of Ambole, on December 3, 1915. He says he was sent by the French Government to the United States to search for his family. The following story of his experiences was related recently to a reporter for the Aiken Standard, upon Laurene's visit to Aiken: His story begins more than 20 yearr ago. It carries one to the land o harems and oriental splendor, but foi him to the land of misery and unspeakable hprror; it breathes with the fire of battle; and the Great World War figures in the story. After 18 years spent in a Turkish prison, where he suffered torture, never expecting again to see his native land or to enjoy a day o freedom Captain Laurene is now back in his native land wandering aimlessly about; but like Enoch Arden, this unfortunate man is seeking his wife and daughter, long separated from him. His story is one of cruelty, of wandering, of abandonment, want and privation. His scars?and they are from the top of his head to the soles of his feet?bear out his story. In a Turkish prison, where he was abandoned, he was whipped and punished in almost every conceivable and inhuman manner. Fate?the fortunes of war?opened his prison doors to him after 18 years, inst as fate and the misfortunes of war shut him in that prison of living j death. His story is enough to cause the blood of .any Christian to boil against ; th barbarities of the Mohammedans ?the present allies of the Germans; and he tells of cruelties which even the Spanish Inquisition could hardly : rival. : A Southerner, a native of 'Mississippi, Captain Laurene was of French abstraction, He is now more than two score years of age, but what j h? has suffered shows in his face? and he has suffered hell?making him i appear much older than he really is His wife was Miss Lauris La Raeu i also a French Southerner, her mother j a native of Columbus, Ga. The daughter, lost with the mother, is known as . Tommie, and would have been 19 < years old on July 14, last. Some 20 years ago Mr. Laurene 1 went to France, from where his grand- i father came to- America as a mili- j tary attache of the French lega- 1 tion at Washington. There he joined the French army, which went over- ; seas to fight the bloody Turk. In an i engagement Mr. Laurene, together i with many other gallant French fighters, was taken prisoner. He was im- 1 prisoned and subjected to all manner < of hardships and barbarous treatment, i at Ambole. < For IS years he remained in prison i ?peace having been made between ! the fighting forces, and the prisoners, who were thought dead, having been : forgotten?while the world rolled cn 1 unheeding, and while his wife and i child, not knowing of his whereabouts 1 or his fate, became lost to his knowl- ] edge. i In December 1915, the French and | English armies captured the village i of Ambole after tierce engagement. i After the Turks had flown, the prison < doors were thrown open and Mr. I (Laurene and his companions were res- < cued. Mr. Laurene had been captured ] by Murad Achmet Bey on August 4. < 1S96. He had been held a prisoner < IS years, 2 months and 3 days. He I was released by Gen. Pierre Lemarie \ Made Fine Crop of Beans. .Mr. J. H. Tant. of Denmark, stated Tuesday that he is an enthusiastic believer in the velvet bean. He planted beans last year for the first time, md had such good success that he has planted on a much larger scale this year. Last year he planted five and five-eighth acres of his corn in beans. From this acreage he harvested 7a bushels of corn and 12,3S0 pounds of beans in the hull. He sold $66 worth of beans at one dollar per hundred pounds. On the remainder he has been feeding 34 head of hogs and three cows, and he has not yet ex hausted liis supply or Deans. mis year he has 17 acres planted in beans and expects to make a fine crop. This will give him all he can feed and a large surplus to sell. He says that corn is easier to cultivate where beans are planted, and the beans, of course, enrich the soil. It costs nothing to raise the beans but the cost of he seed an.d the work of planting. Many other farmers have had equally as good success. The Keaxse Club. The Kearse Home Demonstration Club met with the president, Mrs. H. M.. Brabham on Friday. Nearly all the members were present, and joined in a discussion of their can ning experience, very rew ianures being reported. The lesson for the month "Preserves and Jellies" was'studied; the club took up breadmaking also. Mrs. Faust gave recipes worked out by department specialists using corn, soy and peanut meal, potato bread with yeast, and other substitutes for white flour. The hostess served an ice course, after which the meeting was adjourned to be entertained next month by Mrs. Sallie Brabhani. The Red Cross Room. ^ Having secured a room in the town hall, we want everybody, gentlemen and ladies, to make the Red Cross headquarters their rendezvous and come in, all the folks in town and country. It is our duty, so don't fail to come. The hall will be open every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 to 12 a. m., and from 4 to 6 p. m. for work and general discussions. Let's each of us do our duty. We are ambitious for all sorts of things for life as a whole, which somehow never gets in today. If w*e thought of each day by itself as a life time comprehended between sun and sun, we should be less likely to fall into postponement of duty which makes life a failure. Let each of us do our duty to this Red Cross work. Ladies and gentlemen, there is work to do. MRS. JAMES R. OWENS, Chairman Red Cross Headquarters. "Love is said to be blind." "I don't know about that, but I do know that most wives seem to think that .married love ought to wear blinkers."?Smart Set. on December 8, 1915. During the long period of incajcereration he had no contact with the outside world, only with his fellow prisoners and with his hardened guards. Hearing that his wife and daughter were in Africa, after he had gone to Paris in search of them, Captain Laurene?for he had been commissioned an officer in tne engineering ueijaitment of the French army on June 19, 1S96, when the French went forth to put down the Kurds who rebelled against French authority in 1S96? went to Cape Town as soon as'possible, aided by the Frencn government. Arrived at that far off corner of the world, his search was just beginning, his loved ones were not to be found there. They had come to America. So Captain Laurene waited upon the turn of fate's wheel, and in time was sent to this country by the French government. Over a year after his release from prison he saw the shores of his native land for the first time in 19 years, landing at New York April 15, last year. His wife and daughter preceeded him to America by two years, and he traced them to Baltimore, and there?the trail was broken, and he has not been able to take it up again. His wife and daughter disappeared as completely, it seems, as though the earth had opsned and swallowed them. They were in Baltimore as short a time ago as September, 1914. Three months ago Captain Lau rene was in Augusta. since mat time he has been to France, returning to America only recently. He has been on some of the battlefields which have figured conspicuously in the newspapers for the past few months. Some one asked him yesterday if the stories printed in the newspapers of the horror of this war were not ?xaggerated. and if as many men as the newspapers report have been killed. He replied that the newspapers have not been able to tell one-tenth Df what, he saw. People, he declared, :annot realize the horrible nightmare that has seized upon France and Belgium. /- .... FIXE CROPS WILL BE MADE: Prospects Point to Biggest Harvest on Record in Baml>erg. Reports received from various sections of Bamberg county indicate that perhaps the biggest crop on record * will be harvested this fall. It appears that all crops are fine, cotton, corn, velvet beans, and other farm products. Cotton prospects point to .a better yield even than last year, and the price is almost double. The stalks are well fruited. In some sections seme of the fruit is being thrown off. but this is always the case at this season of the year, and is no cause ror aiarm. ine uous are now Degmning to open; soon the gins will be ' . ^ started, and the staple will be thrown 4 upon the market at the highest price within the past fifty years. The corn crop is considered better than last year, and there is more of it. planted. {The planters prepared themselves against a possible food famine, and the result will be barns bulging with corn this fall. A large acreage of corn was planted in velvez beans this year. While the county is inexperienced in this farm product, a fine crop is expected, which will yield a large percentage of profit, as f i the expense of growing velvet beans J is negligible. * ' Gardens this year were more profitable than ever before in the history of the county, if appearances are to be believed. Not only were there * j plenty of vegetables for home use, j but thousands upon thousands of jars ' of eatibles were canned for use this i j winter. It is conservatively estima| ted that more vegetables and fruits | have been canned and preserved this j year than in any previous five years i combined. There will be no famine j ' ... hj or starvation in Bamberg county this year. ^ The grain crops were not as good this year as hoped for; still, a good . average crop was made. In other sections of the country grain crops are reported as being about normal, ^ or slightly under. Much grain was killed in this section by the extreme f\ cold in February. A considerable V * acreage survived the cold, however,, *' /> and turned out fine yields. Spring . 7 planted oats did not turn out rr/ well, according to reports. The wheat crop was not injured by the V " cctfd and a fairly good crop was harvested. The very dry spring caused considerable deterioration of all grain t crops. Hails did a considerable amount , , v of damage in small areas in several - ^ sections of the county. While few ; | farmers were affected, some of them sistained serious loss. All in all the farmers bid fair to J enjoy the most prosperous fall in the history of the county. -1?T*1?1^^ ^ a tr Pqf^t JJli tuu?J a wavjf . > __L_ , ..'-- M Last Friday afternoon^from' 5 to 7 o'clock, Master James Bessinger en- ,S'Y tertained about 16 of his little friends. At 5 o'clock quite a number of little boys and girls had gath- ; y ered. They played many games; then ^ they were called to the piazza, where 4 there were tables, and a delightful ice course was served. Later the little tots left wishing Master Bessinger many more happy birthdays. ' r',-V . ; ? New Advertisements. ??? . f * ; , Peoples Bank?Sickness. Bamberg Auto Co.?Maxwell. Bamberg Banking Co.?Thrift. W. L. Warren?Notice to Creditors. * * * v A ' y Dr. G. F. Hair?Professional No' , .*'.{> tice. , .-it. :i Enterprise Bank?Handful of Money. ? Standard Oil Co.?Come Out of the IC itr>Vien ' Mack's Drug Store?Overjoyed With its Effects. , Bamberg Banking Co.?Perhaps He May Be Weak. Farmers & Merchants Bank?The Careful Man Knows. Xo Flowers in 'Em. , Mrs. Flatbush?She has no artistic taste. . , Mrs. Bensonhurst?Why not? Mrs. Flatbush?Just look at all of those empty cans in her back yard. 9 Not a flower in one of 'em!?New V York Herald. New line of Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens just received at the Herald Book Store. nnti/ITAT WATTfiPQ orjciv/inxj iwiJ.VUO. Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. For Sale?Dry stove wood; delivered on short notice. B. F. FREE, Bam- J berg, S. C. tf. Professional Notice?Dr. George F. Hair has returned to the city and is again in his office on Railroad ave- . ,, i nue.?It. For Sale?Cotton seed meal, nitrate of soda, acid phosphate, and all other fertilizer materials, prompt or future shipment. Also buy and sell, farm products. Get in touch with us before vou trade. BRABHAM COMMISSION CO., Columbia, S. C. 8-23 %