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Cfjepamfcerg^eralb Thursday, October 4, 1917. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Mr. E. Bart Price has accepted a position in the store of Mr. G. O. Simmons. Mr. E. C. Bruce has accepted a position as salesman for Mr. H. J. Brabham. The weather bureau has predicted frost for this section on next Sunday, <jciouer < in. A number of Bamberg people are attending the plays at the opera I house in Orangeburg this season. The Junior Missionary society of Trinity Methodist church will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday at 4:30 p. m., at the church. There will be a business meeting of the Philatha class of the Baptist church on Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. R. P. Bellinger, Esq., is now connected with the local department of The Herald. Any items of news handed him will be appreciated by The Herald and Mr. Bellinger. Monday was salesday here and also the first of October bank notes were due, which brought a big crowd to town and altogether made a busy day for Bamberg. All the merchants enjoyed a splendid business. Our soldiers in France cannot buy American smokes over there, and we are pleased to note that Bamberg has contributed the largest amount to date of any town in this State to the tobacco fund for our boys at the front. Mr. H.-L. Hinnant has moved into the residence he recently purchased from Mr. J. F. Kilgus on New Bridge street. Mr. Kilgus and family and Dr. J. M. Love and family, who have been occupying the residence, have moved into the cottage vacated by Mr. Hinnant. The banks in this section must have recently received large supplies of the dimes, quarters and half dollars bearing the new government designs, for there are quantities of the new pieces in circulation in Bamberg. In facfc, money is apparently more or less plentiful here now, and is about the cheapest commodity to be obtained in comparison with the present prices of other articles. To date approximately 5,000 bales of cotton have been handled on the local market. This is about the average for this season of the year. Bamberg buyers do not speculate, but offer the full market prices and generally a little bet&r, they state. About 12,000 to 15,000 bales are usually marketed here in an ordinary ?r? /I % * in Av-rk/vrtf a/1 f L nnm_ oeaauii, emu it io c.vpcticu tut? number will reach that figure this season. New Advertisements. Mrs. J. 0. Ritter?Lost. W. A. Riley?For Rent. H. M. Graham?For Sale. G. L. Goodwin?Wanted. Bamberg Auto Co.?Maxwell. J. K., Faulkner?Delco-Light. Klauber's?The Biggest Ever. Mack's Barber Shop?For Sale. Bamberg Banking Co.?Build Up. , Mrs. Lilla Kinard?Card of Thanks H. C. Folk?Don't Buy That Fall Suit. Enterprise Bank?Two Men and a Book. Peoples Bank?Condensed Statement. Estate of T. J. Barker?Notice to Creditors. TTT 1 /-t _ A i.L -v wm. wngiey v^u.?Airmen in uie Great War. Peoples Bank?"How Did He Leave Her?" L. P. McMillan, Supervisor?Quarterly Report. C. R. Brabham's Sons?Thomas's Hog Powder. Bamberg Banking Co.?Estate of Neil McLaren. Farmers and Merchants Bank?All Very Rich Men. C. R. Brabham's Sons?When You Come to This Store. Bamberg Fruit Co.?The Oyster Season is Now Open. Revival at Elirhardt. Editors Bamberg Herald:?Will you please announce in your paper that during the week following the first Sunday in this month revival services will be conducted in the Baptist church at Ehrhardt, by Dr. Jno. A. Brunson, of Sumter. Dr. Brunson is one of the foremost Baptist pastors in the State and is also one of our great Bible teachers of the South. Services will be at 3:00 p. m. and at 8:00 o'clock at night. Everybody is cordially invited to attend these services. D. H. OWINGS, Pastor Ehrhardt Baptist Church. \ SKX1MJFF FOIl XK(?JlOES. Forty-Might ("oloied Soldiers to I (liven Housing Farewell. ; ('>n Friday morning 4* Bamber : <c;:nty negroes will leave here fc Camp Jackson, having been drafte into the new national army, and wi train at the cantonment near Colun bia. The special car in which the will travel is already awaiting thei at the Southern Railway depot heri The colored people of the count expect to show their patriotism an loyalty to their men. and have ai ranged an elaborate' programme i honor of the men who are leavin Friday. The programme is printe below in detail, and will be carrie l out on Thursday night, October 4tl at Thankful Baptist church in thi city. Programme. I Escort tor the drafted men froi the court house to the church yarc led by the Bamberg brass band. Master of ceremonies at the churc ?Rev. H. H. Matthews. Opening hymn?"My Country 'ti of Thee." Reading Scripture?Rev. W. \\ Chappelle. Prayer?Rev. L. W. Williams. Song?"Onward Christian Soi diers" Opening remarks?By the maste of ceremonies. Five-minute addresses. Recitation?"The Colored Soldier, Hattie Stewart. "Glory Halleluiah." Principal address?Rev. W. G White. "Star Spangled Banner." Benediction. Refreshments will then be servei in the church yard to the draftei men. The following is a list of th 48 colored >men who leave Friday a Bamberg's first contingent of negri soldiers: First Colored Contingent. James Hartzog. Henry Morton. Carey Reed. Monie Jones. Duck Ross. Tom Anderson. Hosea Roney. W. H. Norton. Spencer Scott. Arthur Rice. Johnnie Warren. Jim Walker. Wm. Wright. Henry Washington. Ben Orr. "llenry Green. Edward Washington. Sam Richards. David Draper. Laurie Johnson. John Rice. G. P. Johnson. J. H. Ealy. Henry Nelson. Henry Dokes. Lucius -Staley. Solomon Nimmons. Jackson Green. Julius Paul. Ben Beavers. David Breland. Mose Murray. James Dowling. Chas. Owens. Willie Stevens. J. D. Jones. Bill Porter. George Gregg. Raymond Dcnalson. Arthur Halyard. Israel Kirkland. Errie Stuart. Ben Patrick. i Samuel Sanders. Clarence Barnwell. Albert Mvers. Alternates. George Bamberg. Willie Connelly. Lonnie Brown. John Green. Dan Sease. Garrie Kirkland. Herman Daniels. Pearly Bennett. Chief Bruce Resigns. The Bamberg police force has re cently undergone two important changes, effective Monday Octobei 1st. Mr. E. C. Bruce, who has beer chief of police since some time lasl spring, has resigned that position tc devote his time to farming and othei duties: He has been succeeded temporarily by Mr. J. W. Jen nings, who has been acting as night policeman here for the past few months, but who has also been a member of the local force for a number of years, serving ir various capacities. Mr. L. C. Myers who moved to Bamberg about a yeai ago from California with Mr. D. A Reid is now filling the positior made vacant by Mr. Jennings's elevation to chief. Mr. Myers was originally* irom uoueton couniy, uu went West many years ago, anc served eight years in the army. \V< are informed that city council will ir the near future'rhake an addition o another man to the local police force. City council will hold an electioi on October 1 r?th for the purpose o: filling the positions of chief of polict and one night policeman. The Reason. Gruff Bachelor (in restaurant)?; am glad to see your baby has kepi still at iast. madam. Mother?Yes, sir. you are the onh thing that has pleased him since h< saw the animals eat at the zoo. I May Annex Part of Colleton. v >e It is probable that a small strip of Colleton county will soon be annexed to Bamberg county. The pro g posed territory includes a portion >r of Warren township about four miles id long and two miles wide. It is said 11 to contain fine farming lands, but is i- such a small area that no great fight ?y will be made over the matter of anm nexation, and as practically all of the e. voters of the territory in question ;y are in favor of the change the addid tion of this territory to Bamberg r- county is almost a certainty, n Several months ago a petition with g the names of all the voters except d one residing in the proposed addid tion was presented to the governor 1, asking that a commission be appointis ed in regard to the matter, and that an election be held for the purpose of coming into Bamberg county. On Monday Governor Manning appointj ed the following members of the commission: H. S. Padgett and W. A. , Smith, of Bamberg county, and J. M. j i A T> T"> i + u ^ P sincKiana ana a. xv. o. ouum ui Colleton county. It is hoped that the election can be held some time r between now and Christmas so that the legislature can take definite action on the matter of this addition I to Bamberg county at its next session. Bamberg county welcomes the change. * Celebrates Birthday. Little Dorthy Johnson celebrated her seventh birthday by giving her little friends a party, all having a r. good time playing games. Miss Pearl Brabham assisted in giving them a pleasant afternoon. Refreshments were served which were very much d enjoyed. Those present were: Mar1 garet Reid, Grace Price, Margaret e Price, Medrue F'ree, Ruth Cook, Bars bara Kinsey, Frances Utsey, Mary d Louise Free, Lena Rhoad, Reba O'Neal, Effie Brabham, Delle Mitchell, Frances Patrick, Marian Kinard, Hazel Ridge way, Pearl Brabham, Wilbur Free, Julian Smoak, Bennie Smoak, Charles Henry Hutto, Frank Cook, Johnny Dhcker, James Bessinger, Carl Zeigler. Week of Prayer Meetings. For several reasons two days, instead of three, were observed by the W. M. S. of the Baptist church during the week of prayer. Leaders: Wednesday, Miss Annie Hartzog; Thursday, Mrs. M. E. Aver. Talks were made by the following ladies: Mrs. Counts, Mrs. Hair and Miss Hattie Newsom; subjects: Or phanage, Baptist hospital, and work of establishing scholarships in Baptist colleges; Tnese tains were very much enjoyed. 1 Thirteen dollars was handed in as a special offering to State missions. Quite a number of the envelopes have not been handed in yet. It is hoped i that those who were unable to attend the meeting Thursday will make : their contribution within the next ; few days so that the offering can be < sent in. i Rev. Geo. P. White. 1 Rev. Geo. P. White resigned the ( pastorate of the First Baptist church here Sunday to accept the pastorate , of the Bamberg Baptist church, and will at an early day move to Bamberg. Mr. White has been pastor here for more than four years, and is a strong preacher and a wise leader. ' Many members of the congregation ! have expressed regret that he felt ; called to accept the work in Bamberg. J His successor has not been secured, * but a committee has been appointed 1 to suggest a man.?Union Times. ' t Recently Brother George P. White, ] . pastor of the First Baptist church of ' Union was called to its pastorate by 5 t the Baptist church of Bamberg. We 1 4 see from a special to the State that ! > - - f . he has accepted ana win soon enter , on his new duties. This settles and ! I ' settles well the problem at Bamberg, , but it leaves vacant one of our best ' J c ? pastorates. It also leaves vacant the 3 ; clerkship of the Union association, a ] , position to which Pastor White was s l called at the last meeting of the body * and which he was filling at the last ! meeting of the body and which he ] was filling with great acceptance.? J L Baptist Courier. < 5 Death of Mr. T. T. Speaks. < 5 ? } On Tuesday morning .Mr. A. McB. ' Speaks received a telegram calling 1 him to Hampton county on account 1 . of the death of his brother, Mr. T. 1 T. Speaks. Mr. Speaks was a sub- 1 stantial farmer of that county, and < died at his home near Hopewell about 1 seven miles from Varnville. Thej 1 funeral was held yesterday at Hope- i " --..-j K.. u;? ! l well. lie is surviveu u\ m& whg auu j several children. < ^ - ( Bamberg Cotton Market. , < r 3 Quotation for Wednesday. October 3. 2:00 p. m.: ^ Middling 20 % '* J If a man knows it all he is never < content to keep to himself. i CONFISCATE MUCH WHISKEY. Denmark Authorities Make Two Seizures of Trunks. The municipal authorities at Denmark seem to be on the alert for violators of the prohibition law, as quite a few seizures of whiskey have been made there within the past few months. Most of what has been seized, however, was not consigned to Denmark, but was in transit to Augusta or some other point beyond Denmark. On Friday of last week a leaking trunk was noticed at the Seaboard and Southern passenger station there, and upon examination it was discovered that this trunk and another one with it contained about 13 gallons of whiskey in small packages. Both trunks and their contents were immediately confiscated by the officers. The whiskey was in transit from Jacksonville to Augusta, and was awaiting transfer from the Seaboard to the Southern , road when seized. The following ( day another trunk in transit between the same two places was seized by the < officers at the same place in Denmark, . and upon opening it they found 39 , quarts of- whiskey and two quart 1 bottles of beer. All the liquors are ( being held by the proper authorities, ; but will be poured out in accordance < with the law. , j A white man by the name of Mor- ] ris was arrested in connection with jthe seizures, and was turned over by j the town officers to the federal au- ; thorities at Orangeburg, where he . will be given a preliminary hearing ^ before United States Commissioner Dukes. Morris stated that his home . is in Jacksonville, but he notified j several parties in Augqsta of his j hard luck, and requested the authori- ] ties to postpone any definite action ( against him until their arrival on the scene. The penalty for this offense, if convicted under the federal statutes, is very severe. ? , Four Sales Made Monday. Monday was salesdav here and an ? unusually large crowd was in town 1 for the occasion. The Ehrhardt sec- 1 tion was especially well represented, ' and numbers of citizens of that town 1 were present. r Four sales of real estate took place, the prices varying consider- * ably. Two of the sales covered town s property and two included farm ' lands. The sheriff made the first * sale, which was caused by a tax ex bcution against five lots in the town i of Denmark. The entire five lots 1 only brought $144, and were pur- * chased by L. K. Mayfield. The next judgment sale also made t by the sheriff in the case of the ? Ehrhardt Hardware Co. against the 1 Ehrhardt Warehouse Co. The sale included a warehouse and lot in Ehrhardt, and was bid in by Carter & Carter, attorneys, for $700. The two tracts of farm lands were ^ sold by the Judge of Probate and-are located in the Howell's Old Mill ^ sdction. Both sales resulted from a the case of Mrs. Rosa D. Clayton against J. C. Copeland. et al. The first tract sold contained 64 acres, and was purchased by Mrs. Rosa. D. Clayton for $800. The other tract consisting of 100 acres, and was sold to L. H. Carter for $2,225. MI s Concrete Silo Bursts. 3 Mr. J. K. Mayfield sustained a loss e Dn Thursday through one of the most d singular accidents that has occurred d in Bamberg county in a long while, i Mr. Mayfield has a large silo erected e Dn his place in the Lees section of f the county for the purpose of storing i corn products and other foodstuffs. v The silo is probably one of the largest a in th[s section of the State, being ii 45 feet high and 16 feet in diameter f ind having the capacity to hold 210 tons of farm products. It is con- c structed of concrete, and was there- p ore supposed to be absolutely reliable d so far as its stability was concerned. a rhe products, when placed in the v silo, were kept airtight and thus pre- a prved indefinitely. The project served j its purpose admirably until it was s stocked to its full capacity, and then j ihe concrete bursted, practically the j whole way from top to bottom, which j left an opening about 18 inches wide In the side of the silo all the way fown. That, of course, let in the air, and unless the hole can be patch3d up within a few days the food- 0 stuffs will nearly all spoil, after n undergoing the process which they a were subjected to. Mr J. J. Heard, 0 :he Bamberg county farm demonstra- s tion agent, and also a man sent here d by Mr. Long, State demonstration q igent, went to assist Mr. Mayfield, b who. it is said, had about $5,000 h worth of farm products liable to be ruined. It is likely tnat tne greater u part of them will be saved. The , s 2ause of the accident has been h ascribed to two possibilities, either 1 faulty construction of the silo or e improper mixing of the concrete. d Emily Stevens in "The Slackers" ^ at the Thielen Theatre on October ? 30. This is one of the best pictures af^the season. Don't fail to see it.? adv. u; Carlisle School Faculty. .Many changes have been necessary this year in the faculty of Carlisle school, only two of the members of last year's faculty having returned for this session. But it is believed that wise selections have been made and good men obtained. Prof. J. C. Guilds, headmaster since the reorganization of the school, is again at the head, and the trustees were exceedingly fortunate in retaining the services for this session of Prof. W. C. Duncan, who has been with them for a number of years. Prof. W. W. rYjiniol o.-bn tmicht hprp VPflr returned to take up his duties at the beginning of this session, but was enlisted in army duty, and will have to report at an early date. He left Saturday and is now in Columbia. He was succeeded by Prof. Z. L. Madden, who graduated from Wofford college in the class of 1913, and has had several years experience in te^iahing, having been superintendent of the Blackville public schools last vear. Another new member of the Carlisle faculty is L. A. Brooks, also a graduate of Wofford, and a man of considerable experience in teaching. The other new men are R. S. Scheider, a 1917 graduate of Wofford college, and C. S. Major, who finished Clemson in 1916 and also took post graduate work there last year. The music department is in charge of Prof, and Mrs. J. A. Klein, and the primary department is conducted by Mites May Bowman, of Orangeburg, i Winthrop graduate. The girls' hall this year is in charge of Mrs. Emmie rennings, while Mrs. Josephine Beach, who has done so much for the school in the oast and has endeared herself :o the hearts of all the old Carlisle Doys, is again matron of the boys' lormitories. Football Season Opens Soon. Lovers of football in Bamberg will ioubtless be given an opportunity to vitness several good games this sea?on on the Carlisle gridiron. Carlisle las never had a paid coach before, 3ut in keeping with her progress ilong all lines making for the upifting of the boys she has added this lew feature now. And Coach "Dopie" Major, former star Clemson base)all and football player, has the boys scrimmaging hard- each afternoon, james will probably be played with ;he teams from the Charleston ilavy rard, Porter Military acadmy, Bailiy Military institute, Richmond Vcademy, of Augusta, the -Carolina 'reshmen, the Clemson freshmen and )ossibly others. The first game of! he season will probably be played in ibout a week with the Orangeburg ligli school here. - J ? | Naval Reserves Called to Colors. j Last week two young Bamberg nen who previously enlisted in the American naval coast reserve forces vere called to the colors. These 'oung men are J. Garland Smoak md Glenn W. Cope. They have both low reported to headquarters at Charleston for active duty, orders vere sent to them last Thursday, and ?Ir. Smoak reported on Friday, but .s Mr Cope was in New York at that ime lie had to be wired and conequently left here for Charleston on donday. There are six other Bamberg boys nlisted in the coast reserve who are [lily expecting orders to report for iuty. Mr. Cope and Mr. Smoak enisted at Charleston, while the others nlisted at Beaufort, which accounts or them not vet being called out. Jut as the Georgetown enlistments rere called out about two weeks ago nd then Charleston, the boys think t would follow in order for Beau-| ort's contingent to come next. The duties of the men in the naval oast reserve will be confined to atroling the American Atlantic coast luring the period of the war unless .n exceptional emergency arises, irhen they may be given any general cciornmont in the navy. The six ,00*0* Jamberg boys who volunteered their ervices at Beaufort are: George ""ender, Willis K. Herndon, J. Benamin Black, Jr., Laurie C. Smoak, 3. Roy Cooner and M. Pierce Watson. Death of Mr. C. S. Folk. Denmark suffered the loss of one f her substantial citizens Friday ight, when Mr. Christian S. Folk, prominent merchant and farmer f that place, passed away after a hort illness. His death will prove a istinct loss to Denmark, and was uite a surprise to friends in Bamerg, who had not even heard of is illness. Mr. Folk was 61 years of age, and iad been a resident of Denmark ince 18S1, moving at that time from is home county of Newberry. In 885 he was married to Miss Deliaj !. Sojourner, who, with twelve chilren, survives him. He also left one rother, Dr. William Folk, of Newerry. Mr. Folk was well known nd admired by all who kni,w him. There has been quite a breaking p in the fuel coalition. r WILL GRIND VELVET BEANS. Proposed That Machinery to Manufacture X^v Crop be Installed. I The Cotton Oil company here may shortly install an addition to its , plant which will be a splendid thing for our farmers. The vast crop of velvet beans raised in this section this year requires additional facilities for grinding them into feedstuff for cattle, hogs and stock. It is proposed that the oil mill install in connection with its other machinery a very large mill which will grind up these beans either alone or will grind the beans, hulls, corn stalks and vines into an excellent mixture of feeds. The food value of the beans ^ has been analyzed and found to be considerably in excess of that of cotton seed meal, hulls, or anything of the kind. Previous to this year, several small mills here have been all that was needed for this purpose, but the farmers have taken to planting them in such quantities that these private mills will not be sufficient this year. The acreage of the beans^has been wonderfully increased and the yield is also more profuse. Thousands x and thousands of bushels of them will be harvested in Bamberg county shortly, and their value when ground into feed preparations will reach ** thousands of dollars. So that the operation of a big mill here for grinding them has come to be almost a necessity. To Open Poultry Farm. ' Bamberg is shortly to have an industry not only new to this county, but to this section of the State. Mr. J. C. Byrd expects to open up a poultry farm just as soon as-he can purchase a desirable location consisting of several acres of land somewhere close to town. This farm ^ will be operated on a very extensive' * scale for the purpose of supplying ' * eggs to wholesale dealers in all the large nearby towns, such as Charleston, Augusta, and Columbia, and, of course, the local market will be furnished also. Mr Byrd has recently moved here with his wife, but an old Bamberg boy, being a son of the late John A. Byrd, of this place. About 18 years, ago he left here going to the Pacific coast, and finally located in San Francisco. While out there he saw a great deal of the line of business which he has come to introduce here, and sees no reason why it should not prove to be a thriving enterprise in his home town. He states that poultry farms form a considerable business in the far West and just at this time, when food pro iCts of all kinds are becoming a potent factor in the war, it would seem that this should be a rather interesting Bamberg enterprise. The Wise Husband, <, Mr. Barton lived in a, suburban town. His wife asked him to pur- * M ' # ' i chase i. shirtwaist for her while in New York. After telling the sales- if girl what he was after, she displayed , a number. . \ "Here are some very pretty ones. What color do you prefer?"'she said. "It doesn't make any difference," replied Mr. Barton. * "Doesn't make any difference!" exclaimed the salesgirl. "Why, don't you think your wife would like a cerA-i 1 O >> Lain uuiui : "No, it makes no difference what color I get or what size. I will have 3 to come back tomorrow to have it A changed."?New York American. When She Knew. ???? .}* Their long acquaintance had ripened into love, and he had proposed. "Dearie," he asked confidentally, "when did you first learn that you loved me?" "When I found that I became very angry whenever I heard anybody refer to you as a brainless booby," she answered. K SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements Under This Head 25c. ^ For 25 Words or Less. =?===========?-: Hj Notice?Choice lot of farm land for sale. Call on J. T. O'NEAL, * Real Estate Agent, Bamberg, S. C. For Sale?Fine bull pup, 6 months old; weight 42 pounds. Inquire at MACK'S BARBER SHOP, Bamberg, S. C. It Want?*!?A job as farm overseer. Good experience in farming. Can give good references. G. L. GOODWIN, SMOAKS, S. C. 10-11. Wanted?A good school teacher for Ehrhardt colored scftooi. sena t recommendations with application to f B. W. ABLE, Ehrhardt, S. C. 10-11 For Rent?30 acres of land on my Cedar Springs plantation, two miles from Bamberg. Address W. A. RILEY, Orangeburg, S. C. It Lost?In front of Mrs. E. A. Smoak's house in Bamberg last Sunday afternoon, Sept. 30, pocketbook with some money and some old jewelry that is highly prized. The finder 1 will be liberally rewarded if the jew- i elry is returned to above name. MRS. i J. O. RITTER, OLAR, S. C. It 1 A V ^ r