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* & " * One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 23,1917. Established 1891 COl'NIRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. if, News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. K Ehrhardt Etchings. ^4 / Ehrhardt, Aug. 21.?Wedding bells are ringing, "How Sweet the Chime." Not a case of keeping out of the army but pure love. Will paddle their canoe upon the stream of life with but one oar, for our Master hath said "It is not good for man to be alone, so I give thee a help-meet." ?xit5 iruj s puwer yiauu >\cul uui ui commission last week and we are in ^ darkness except only as far as an old ft* kerosene lamp goes. My, how did L w? ever make out with the old lamps ^ as long as we did? When will the break-down be repaired? We all want light. , The school building, or, that is, the location, is still on the "see-saw." Seems as all can't agree. Mr. Bradley Hiers is breakfhg the record with peanuts. Several years ago he ordered one quart from Virginia and with specific care in select- j ing his seed has his whole crop now bearing three to four peanuts to each i hull. He says by next year he will * have all the peanuts up to four to the hull as the most of them are up m to that now. Xo trouble in shelling such peanuts as his. ?. Mr. and Airs. Julius Ehrhardt. of Augifsta, Ga., are visiting relatives and friends in town. No preaching at the Methodist i church last Sunday. The churches granted their pastor, Rev. C. S. Felder, a vacation and he and his family are now off visiting in the upper part i of the State. Miss Eugenia Beard, of Bamberg, spent the week-end with her friend, Miss Marguerite Fickling. Mrs, Cauley Bennett and children, 4'" of Savannah, Ga., are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Dannelly. Mrs. R. O. Williamson, is visiting her father at Kline. Miss Beulali Hiers, of Allendale, and her sister, Mrs. Gregs, of Au? r TTT TV gusta, ua., are visiung jirs. w. u. Sease. JEF. Crystal Springs Dots. ? Crystal Springs, Aug. 20.?The fodder harvest is about to close. Cotton picking will be* in full force as soon as good weather will permit. * , Some of the visitors to the spring Sunday were Mrs. Annie Behre, of r Raleigh, N. C.; Mrs. Florine Swaltz, of Midway; Misses Mary and Bertha Fender, of Ehrhardt; Mr. Howk and Mr. Leon Fender, of Ehrhardt. Mr. Frank Goodwin motored to Bamberg- Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hughe's spent Sunday in Charleston. Mrs. Mary Jane Atkinson and children, of Darlington, are visiting at the home of Mr. S. M. Goodwin. Mr. Gillie Beard was on the sick I list last week. Glad to see him out * again. Mr. J. H. Goodwin is convalescing from an attack of illness. Messrs. J. J. Hughes, and Manford and Vander Dubois are working in Augusta on the cantonment build.ings. Mr, Frank Goodwin motored r^ Islandton last week. Mr. C. K. Smoak and little daughter, Annie Lou, were on the sick list last week. Glad to see them better. *- + ~ uenmurK inns. Denmark-, Aug. 18.?Mr. and Mrs. ? J. R. Martin, John Martin, Jr., and j Mrs.^'31m McMillan an& daughter, V". r Marguerite, motored tp Rocky Mount, N. C., to spend the past week. ' After a visit to friends in Allendale, Miss Louise Zeigler is at home. Mrs. T. Stokes and Miss Ruth Stokes are visiting Mrs. Ralph Goolsby here. The Rev. and Mrs. Rogers and little daughter left Tuesday for several weeks' stay in the upper part of the State. Misses Genevieve and Lula Bess Wroton are visiting their brother in Norfolk, Ya. Mrs. Walter Latta, of Orangeburg, I was among the visitors here the past I week. Mrs. Hornsby, of Columbia, and; Miss Edna Phillips, of Sumter, are; guests of Mrs. S. D. Guess. Mrs. Edwin Stokes is in Lake City; for a stay of several weeks with her; mother Misses Gladys LaFitte, of Savan-j nah, Ga., and Eunice Y . of Allendale, recently visited here at the j home of Mrs. F. H. McCrae. t \ Cope Ciillings. Cope, Aug. 17.?The sound of the J gins were heard today for the first1 time this season, when Mr. J. I.j Valentine ginned a bale for a negro, who took same to Orangeburg with the hope of being the first at the county seat. The name of the negro was not learned as Mr. Valentine gins the first bale free of charge and did not bother to record his name. Cecil, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Smith, came very near being killed yesterday afternoon by falling out of a one horse wagon, and being i T!in t-liqqI noccofl AVPt' his i Uli U v C1 X liV >? w T v. I arm and neck at the back of the j head. He was unconscious for a short! while, but is getting on all right today. Mr. W. W. Kittrell, while working with several others, taking down a blacksmith shop preparatory to erecting another and better building, stepped on a nail, which caused him con-j siderable pain. As the doctor was not j here at the time Mr. Kittrell cut| away the flesh that came in contav with the nail and is now limping around. Colston Clippings. Colston, Aug. 20.?The farmers are now quite busy gathering their fodder. T.ast. Saturday afternoon Master! Norman Kirkland celebrated his fourth birthday by entertaing a few of his little friendfe at a birthday party. After many games were play-, ed a delightful ice course was served. Miss Mary Clayton is visiting her sister, Mrs. S. L. Witt, of Callison, S. C. Miss Bessie Kirkland was the i pleasant guest of Miss Mayme Mc-j Millan Sunday night. Misses Alice and Jack Pate who: have been visiting in this section, are ] now spending time with relatives and friends in Ehrhardt. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lee Kearse and' children, also Miss Claire Kearse, i spent Sunday with relatives near j Olar. Those who visited the "Isle of Palms" last Sunday were Mesdames! J. C. Beard, W. G. Kirkland, andMisses Minnie and Evelyn Kirkland, Mr. Gerald Kearse and Mr. W. P. McMillan. Master Wilbin Kirsch, of Bamberg, is visiting Master Ralph Kirkland. Mr. John G. Clayton, of Walterboro, is spending a few days with' his parents. Some of our Colston boys visits ] Bamberg regularly every Sunday !< night. There must be something at- i traction, eh? Most of us know whatj it is. Miss Mayme McMillan spent Mon-' day night with Miss Bessie Kirkland.; Messrs. Will McMillan, Maione Varn, Reuben Kearse, Horace Ray,! I Perry Lee McMillan, and Lawrence j Price, of Columbia, visited on Cols-j ton Sunday4 SUBSTITUTES, j Branchville Briefs. Branchville, August 19.?Mrs. J. B. Henderson is spending some days in the North buying goods for the Henderson stores. Leo Hamilton, Rev. Mr. Pitts and i some friends, of Chappells, are spend- i ing a week here fishing down on the Edisto river. Miss Josephine Bass is visiting] friends at Monroe, X. C., and Rock Hill. . j Miss Lillie Sue Wright, who has i been spending some time with her ; aunt, Mrs. J. B. Henderson, has re-! turned to Rock Hill. Miss Marie McAlhaney has been * * elected a member of the faculty of the Cottageville graded school for! next year. j Wallace C. Bethea. a son of Mr.. and Mrs. P. P. Bethea, of Branchville, j and a prosperous young business man of Spartanburg, has been selected as, a member of the next class to take! training at Fort Oglethorpe. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Dukes returned Saturday from a trip through the! North. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Byrd left yes-j terday to spend some time in North j Carolina with relatives. j The alarm of fire rang through Branchville Wednesday at 1 a. m.; The residence of J. Edwin Berry was in flames when the family awoke and they barely escaped with their lives. The smoke had so filled the rooms in which their little grandchildren were that they had to be called and located by sound. Mr. and Mrs. Berry are old residents of Branchville and had a : very substantial residence well furnished. Quantities of meat, canned fruits and grains were destroyed. A small part of the loss was covered by i insurance. ! About fifty young men faced the ? THEY OUGHT TO BE HUNG SAYS SAM NIC MOLLS OF NATION'S TRAITORS. Congressman Stands Square to tlie Colors.?Those U lio Co Aoout Criticising Are Traitors. Union, Aug. IS.?Speaking at a patriotic mass meeting today Representative Samuel J. Xicholls, member of the House committee on military affairs, said that traitor is the appropriate word to apply to those who are going about the country criticising the government's war policy, and that the people who are doing this ought to be hung. "Those who consider the war in the abstract," he said, "or that it is not associated with the nation's full purpose to maintain American rights, are not with us." This was Union county's second patriotic meeting and parade and the outpouring of the people of the county was all that could be desired. The meeting was held in the city park and was presided over by the Hon. L. J. Browning, chairman of the county defense committee, by whom the meeting was called. The speakers were David R. Coker, chairman of the State defense committee: Dr. H. X. Sny-! der, of Wofford college, and the Hon. Sam J. Nicholls, representative in cortgress for the fourth district, who spoke in the order named. Mr. Coker delivered an excellent address and made a most favorable impression. Dr. Snyder's address was the best that has been delivered here since the beginning of the war. He indicted the German government and people for lack of international honor, for inhumanity and for ruthless disregard for the rights of others. In j words of great earnestness and eloquence he drove home to his hearers that this country is engaged in a war for the protection of human rights the world over. It is a speech that should be delivered throughout the length and breadth of the land provided Dr. Snyder himself could deliver it. Mr. Nicholls gave-an account of the proceedings in congress during the days immediately preceding the declaration that a state of war existed between this country and Germany, told of the patient efforts of the Presdent to keep this nation out of war, and declared that those who were going about the country criticising the administration for declaring war were traitors and ought to be hung. This statement on the part of Mr. Xicholls, whose former adherence to the Blease faction is well known, is regarded as very significant and caused much favorable comment.' His manly stand and declaration had great weigkt and brought hearty applause from his hearers. Hocfs $10.75 Per U>0 Pounds. Chicago, Aug. 20.?Hog prices which have risen every day since July 21, reached a new high record! today when they soared to $19.75 per 100 pounds. On August 1, 1914, hogs sold for $8.90. A new invention permits the uppers and heels of shoes to be removed in order that they may be worn as slippers. local examination board for army service at Elloree from Branchville, making the trip in automobiles. The people of Branchville are interested in the location of the new roads to be constructed under the State highway law. Branchvile by its fa vorable location originally planned to have roads crossing from Charleston to Augusta, and from Columbia to Savannah. An effort is being made to change the natural location of these roads. The people of Bamberg want the road from Columbia to Savannah to pass through their town and also want road from Augusta to Charleston to pass through the territory^ 'south of Branchville for advantageous commercial facilities for Bamberg. It seems that one road has been settled and that is one that passes Orangeburg to Charleston via Branchville. The first bale of cotton ginned in this section of the State was ginned here Wednesday by Peter Bvrd for Frank E. Dukes. Other farmers are getting out cotton for tlie market in j a few days. The prospects for a bountiful liarvest through this section of the State j seems good. More fruit and vegeta-! bles have been canned than ever be- j fore. Everybody is looking out for! something to eat this winter. Gardens j have been given considerable more j attention than former years. BAMBERG COUNTY MEf List of Persons Called Into the Ser First 525 Examined Who Were The following is a list of the names, addresses and called for the military service of the United States, am 25S Jas. Hartzog, Bamberg 1 109.5 Ernest Faircloth, Embree ..c. 5 14 5 Henry Moten, Lees 6 783 Cary Reed, Denmark 7 1117 R. B. O'Quinn, Bamberg 9 676 Shellie Guess, Denmark 14 275 Monnie Johns, Bamberg 15 509 Duck Ross, Bamberg 16 1267 Tom Anderson Govan . 21 126 A. S. Weekley, Bamberg 25 784 Hosea Roney, Denmark 2S 755 W. H. Norton, Denmark 30 1266 Hermon Zorn, Govan 3S 510 Spencer Scott, Denmark 43 507 Arthur Rice, Bamberg 4 6 437 Johnnie Warren, Bamberg 48 1264 W. P. Williams, Govan 54 420 Johnnie Walker, Bamberg 57 1014 James Kearse, Ehrhardt 58 514 Wm. Wright, Bamberg 60 433 Henry Washington, Bamberg 61 17-05 Bennie Orr, Olar 66 1331 Barney Bessinger, Olar 67 12S2 Henry Green, Govan 70 1236 Edward Washington, Embree 76 1751 Henry All, Bamberg 83 1395 Sam'l Richard, Olar 88 1651 David Draper, Olar 95 721 Laurie Johnson. Denmark 106 786 John Rice, Blackville .' 10S 1292 G. P. Johnson, Govan 112 972 J. H. Ealey. Ehrhardt 113 757 Henry Nelson, Denmark 115 966 Henry Dokes, Ehrhardt 116 379 Lucius Staley, Bamberg 119 1300 Solomon Nimmons, Govan 123 982 Jackson Green, Ehrhardt 136 355 Julius Paul, Bamberg 144 620 Ben Beavers, Denmark 151 1611 David Breiand, Olar 154 749 Mose Murray, Denmark 164 183 Jas. Dowling, Bamberg 171 5 L. S. Bellinger, Bamberg 175 1580 H. O. Morris, Olar 177 350 Charley Owens, Bamberg 176 1132 E. W. Walker, Branchville 1S2 1485 Jno. L. Bessinger, Bamberg 184 1054 Willie Stephens, Ehrhardt 187 711 J. D. Jones, Denmark 189 1032 Bill Porter, Ehrhardt 193 685 Geo. Gregs, Denmark 196 1016 Henry Lincoln, Ehrhardt 199 1430 Raymond Donaldson, Blackville 202 4 93 Arthur Halyard, Bamberg 203 Q11 Tno Volenti Tr "RamViprp- 207 1675 Israel Kirkland, Olar 215 1217 Ezrie Stuart, Branchville 218 356 Ben Patrick, Bamberg 225 805 Sam'l Sanders, Denmark 23v 1617 Jno. H. Bryant, Olar 233 1142 Clarence Barnwell, Embree v 236 327 Albert Myers, Bamberg rrT. 239 93 Wm. R. McKenna, Bamberg' 241 MEN IN SECOND_C Those Summoned By Local I nation Tuesday, Wednesday Summoned to Appear Tuesday, August 526 Jasper Stephens, Ehrhardt 1051 527 W. S. Gues^, Denmark 560 528 John Kearse, Bamberg 303 529 L. M. Hightower, Denmark 563 | 530 Sumter Graham, Bamberg 211 531 Eugene Felder, Lees ..1435 532 William Glover, Bamberg 1163 533 Solomon Black, Bamberg 146 534 Queenie Williams, Denmark 843 J 535 Henry Smoak, Ehrhardt 1050 536 Rudolph Jones, Olar 1376 537 Willie Kinard, Olar .......1379 538 W. H. Kearse, Ehrhardt 1008 539 Allen Ginyard, Bamberg 229 540 Harvey Tyler, Bamberg 410 541 Holman Kinard, Bamberg 299 542 Stanvic Young, Ehrhardt 1075 543 James Kinsey, Branchville a 1189 544 Leslie Milledge, Denmark 750 545 U. Glenn Hutto, Bamberg 58 54 6 Solomon Hixon, Blackville 1443 54 7 Will Ford, Olar 1654 548 Frederick Bryant, Bamberg 150 549 Julius E. Crider, Bamberg 19 550 Lemuel Stokes, Bamberg 40^ --- ^ T ^ ,, 1^4.7 ooi im. .Draunam, wmi 552 H. B. Ayer, Olar 1320 553 Clarence E. Black, Bamberg 4 554 Doll Williams, Schofield 1735 555 L. C. Smoak, Bamberg 115 556 Jack Thomas, Denmark S32 557 Joseph Johnson, Branchville 1180 558 Angus Generett, Bamberg 206 559 George Grimes, Bamberg 22S 5'60 Joe W. Hightower, Bamberg 14S9 561 Charley Breland, Bamberg 136 562 Maurice Clayton, Ehrhardt S72 563 Freddie Washington, Bamberg 430 564 Isaac Mincer, Bamberg 328 . i .. . rro SERVE UNCLE SAM vice of the United States From the Neither Exempted or Discharged numbers of persons who have been duly and legally i who have not been exempted or discharged: 9")7 Geo. Bamberg, Ein-hardt 244 1625 Willie Connelly, Olar 255 1565 Luther E. vDrawdy, Schofield 257 154 Lonnie Brown, Bamberg 258 12SI John Green, Govan 259 406 Dan Sease, Bamberg 272 134 6 J. R. Peters, Ehrhardt - 284 1677 Garrie Kirklarid, Olar 287 1639 Hermon Daniels, Olar 291 906 Stacy Kearse, Ehrhardt 294 1337 J. P. Hiers, Ehrhardt , 295 1425 Pearley Bennett, Blackville 304 1151 Wm. Y. Carter, Branchville 306 169S Sullivan Myers, Schofield 310 919 Jesse O. Rentz, Ehrhardt 315 1339 J. H. Jokps, Ehrhardt 317 814 Jno. Sanders, Denmark 318 1167 Moses Green, Embree 322 221 McKinley Grimes, Bamberg 330 1064 Isaiah Williams, Ehrhardt 338 1205 Sam Rivers, Bamberg ; 339 1507 Jas. Grant, Bamberg 344 1023 Stanley Moore, Ehrhardt 357 424 Sam'l Wells, Bamberg 359 300 Walter Kirkland, Bamberg 366 1 COO Pfltor Cortar nioy 1U ? ? JL OlUi vax ) V/iUi W VV 305 Ben Kinard, Bamberg 386 1433 Gant Elliot, Lees 390 438 Marion Winn, Bamberg 410 S7S B. T. Carter, Ehrhardt 411 331 Hobert Myers, Bamberg 418 1201 Willie Orr, Bamberg 421 1447 Ed Izlar, Blackville 425 1049 Murray Smalls, Ehrhardt 426 1596 L. McD. Reid, Olar .....432 1407 Johnny Washington, Olar 434 875 J. G. Copeland, Ehrhardt 1 438 1528 G. E. Smith, Midway 440 1291 Eddie Johnson, Govan 443 1520 Louis Mingo, Bamberg 450 1393 Eddie Rush, Olar 453 555 W. B. Gillam, Denmark 455 1260 H. M. Ray, Bamberg 457 435 Julius Washington, Bamberg 466 . _ _ 1478 Tannie Thomas, .Blackville 469 1472 Charley Sumter, Blackville 477 156 Joseph Bryant, Bamberg 481 808 Arthur Smith, Denmark 483 1183 Isado Jones, Branchville .r. 487 1218 Robert Smith, Bamberg 491 1700 Elijah Trotty, Olar 493 1254 J. H. Morris, Govan 496 396 George Smith, Bamberg 500^ 989 Rheuben Goodwin, Ehrhardt 502 1702 S. H. Nimons, Olar 1 503 1270 Bill Barnes, Govan 506 862 Willie Williams, Bamberg 507 867 Robbie Bennett, Ehrhardt 516 930 Jim Alston, Ehrhardt 517 185 Willie Easterling, Bamberg 518 1313 Henry Ransom, Jr., Govan 523 1477 Ben Thomas, Lees 499 . ' m ALL FOR COUNTY ? Exemption Board For Exami? ? J ' 1 #] #% it /\i" Tk,C CL11U 1 UldUajf Ul 1 11IO Tf^Ai 565 Adam Connelly, Ehrhardt 965 566 Lonnie P. Frye, Bamberg 96 567 Edward Manigo, Bamberg : 1519 56S J. F. Hiers, Ehrhardt 896 569 J. R. Griffin, Brancliville 1098 570 Johnnie Bussey, Denmark 624 ? 571 L. S. Jones, Denmark 570 572 W. E. Folk, Denmark 544 573 Lucius Moore, Ehrhardt 1021 574 Thomas Middleton, Denmark 747 575 Holland Brabham, Govan 1269 ?76 B. F. Padgett, Govan 1258 577 George W. Warren, Ehrhardt 929 578 Vernon Grant, Midway 1508 579 Alizie Martin, Branchville 1194 580 Charles Brown, Bamberg 138 581 Page Holland, Schofield 1667 582 Jackson Murdock, Branchville 1199 583 William Best, Olar 1619 584 B. R. Morris, Bamberg 91 585 Samuel ^Villiams, Denmark....' 1 ..838 586 John Carter, Jr., Denmark 635 587 H. A. Cave, Lees 1416 588 B. N. Williams, Denmark 861 589 Theo. Crawford. Denmark 633 590 B. F. Brown, Olar 1326 591 Willie James, Denmark 712 592 Glenn W. Cope, Bamberg 17 593 Henry Reed, Denmark 802 594 J. S. Mather, Govan 1255 595 Walter Hartzog, Denmark 691 596 Jacob Sease, Bamberg 378 597 Frank A. Byrd, Branchville 1083 598 Ben Harrison. Bamberg 237 599 Lewis Willis, Bamberg 422 600 Samuel Braxton, Denmark 619 601 Ulvses Walker, Ehrhardt 1058 602 Enox Nimmons, Bamberg 34$ 603 Willie Myers, Bamberg 1766 (Continued on page 5, column 2) -