The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 11, 1917, Page 8, Image 8
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Thursday, October 11, 1917,
SHOUT LOCALS.
Uriel' Items of Interest Throughout
the Town ami CountyNumbers
of Bamberg people attended
the Indian Fields camp meet?
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ing near St. George sunuay.
The regular meeting of the Young
People's Missionary society will be
held at the Methodist church Friday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
Mr. R. M. McCartlia, who was formerly
with The Cotton Oil Company
here, has moved to Denmark and assumed
full control of the Denmark
Oil & Fertilizer conipnay.
Up to September 25. there had been
ginned in Bamberg county 10.593
bales of cotton. This compares with
11,321 bales to the same date last '
year. I
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Monday morning Mr. \Y. E. Spann I
sold 26 bales of cotton. The check ]
he received in payment amounted to J
$3,475. Mr. Spann said that the j
bale^ were exceptionally light ones
(which accounts for the "smallness"
of the check.)
Mr. D. O. Steedly was displaying
two very fine ears of corn in town
x a-.- .vnio-'norl rp^TIPpfiyp
yesterua*. --c
ly one and one-half and one and
three-fourths pounds, and measured
10 and 11 inches in length. And he
says he has plenty more like it.
Mr. C. L. Andrews has moved to
Bamberg from Columbia and will
soon open up a life insurance
office here. He is at present
located at the Johns Hotel, but as
soon as a desirable house can be
rented he expects to move his family
here also.
Mr. J. B. Copeland. of Ravenel. was
in the city Tuesday. Mr. Copeland
was formerly a resident of Ehrhardt.
For the three years he has been residing
at Ravenel. Charleston county.
He dropped in the office while in town
to join The Herald family, to which
he is welcomed.
The Herald is requested to make
public the following announcement:
"Mrs. J. W. Price will be hostess to
the U. D. C. chapter 011 next Tuesday
afternoon, the 16th. at 4 o'clock.
Please be prompt, as we have much
business on hand and hope for a
large attendance."
Two recruiting officers have been
in the city lately enlisting men for
the army. Last week Recruiting Officer
Gunn was here and he enlisted
five negroes for the Stevedore Regiment,
while this week Recruiting Officer
Canady has enlisted two negroes. !
He left yesterday afternon for Beau- i
fort.
Rev. B. J. Kearse. a colored reader :
of Olar. is an enthusiastic believer in j
The Bamberg Herald. He writes: 1
"Surely everybody can afford to read '
The Herald these days for only $1.50 i
- ?i ? f..n !
for 12 niontns. 11 is uie uui> iuu t
value we have in the South; so let's
everybody in Bamberg county be a
bolster for our, county paper. I expect
to be it' nobody else."
While most of the farmers of the
county report good cotton crops, some i
of them were peculiarly unfortunate. I
In some sections cotton is particularly
poor, while in others it is better
than last year. Taking an average,
however, it appears that the county J
will produce as much cotton as it j
did last year. On this date last!
year cotton was worth 17 cents a
pound.
Pamberg has been designated a
central accounting postoffice. and this
means that the accounts of the fol-1
lowing postoffices are to be rendered i
through the postmaster at Bamberg:
"Denmark. Ehrhardt. Olar. Govan,
Lees. Midway, Embree. and Schofield.
All stamps and other supplies for the
-above named ofiices will be furnished
through the Bamberg office hereafter,
and reports and remittances ,will be
macle to this o*hce.
Mr. A. M. Denbow. vice president
of the Peoples Bank of Bamberg, was |
called to Columbia last week by Mr.
Joseph W. Norwood, one of the most
prominent bankers of the State and
president of the Union National Bank
of Columbia. The cashier of the
Union National Bank had resigned
and they were behind and in need of
expert assistance, so Mr. Denbow's
services were in demand. With his
valuable experience he soon had the
Columbia institution's business worked
up to date, and he returned to the
city Tuesday night.
Ambulance Company Number 26.
Mr. R\ T. Fairey, who taught for
thp fpw vpars in Carlisle School
here, was in Bamberg on Monday of
this week. At the close of the
session at Carlisle Mr. Fairey |
volunteered for the ambulance corps I
of the army and was placed in ambulance
company number 26 and sent
to Allentown, Pennsylvania, for training,
where he has been ever since.
He has been granted a six months'
furlough from the army and will be
in this section during most of that
time. Mr. Fairey stated that the
N boys of ambulance company number
26, of which he is a member and
which is composed entirely of South
Carolinians, are now reasonably
certain of not being sent to France
before next spring, and in that event
he will probably go across with them.
Three other Bamberg county boys
are members of this company, two
Morris brothers and Mr. James R.
Chitty, of Glar.
Midway Po^toftice.
Rev. L. K. Stoudemire has resigned
the (.Tee of r ostmaster at Midway.
Mr. S*endemire has been in ill health
for so'> -> Mr.>e end this has forced his
retigna'icr. To date no successor
has Lren appointed for him, and we
understand that the government is
c0? :in'' The abolishment alpvtc
vor cf the Midway office. In
the event s h action is taken by the
post, hire department the mail for
the "?!ro''s of ihe Midway office will
be handed oy route number three
from Bamberg.
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! XKDItOES DISPLAY LOYALTY.
Enthusiastic Sendofi' Given to 4S
Drafted Colored Men.
i On last Friday morning Bamberg
{county's first contingent of negro
; soldiers left here 4$ strong in a
special car over the Southern railway
for Camp Jackson near Columbia.
[ There they will enter into several
months of military training and prepI
aration for the new national army.
! The interest which the colored peo!
pie of Bamberg and the surrounding
| sections took in these men and their
i mission was manifested time and
again, and hundreds of them gathered
j at the train to see them off.
But the climax of the negroes' en!
thusiasm was reached on Thursday
1 night. Probably no more enthusias'
tic celebration was ever held in Bamberg
county than that which these
people carried out in honor of the
4S drafted negro soldiers. Their
display of patriotism ana loyalty 10
j the cause was really inspiring and
'they deserve much credit for the orderly
and dignified manner in which
lit was carried out.
The drafted negroes were escorted
! from the court house to the colored
Baptist church by a guard of honor.
! being led by the Bamberg colored
brass band playing the appropriate
tune of "The Battle Cry of Freedom."
At the church the exercises were
opened with brief remarks by Rev.
H. H. Matthews, master of ceremonies.
at the conclusion of which I
the audience arose and sang the
opening hymn, "My Country 'Tis of
Thee." This was followed by Rev.
\V. W. Chappelle reading the 46th
Psalm from the Scriptures. Prayer
was then offered gy Rev. L. \Y. Williams
and a song, "Onward Christian
Soldiers." was rendered. Five
minute talks were then made by J. 1
Arthur Ximmons, Rev. E. W. Graham, j
Rev. J. D. Sanders, Rev. E. Sims, and
Rev. L. W. Williams. All of these j
speakers talked in a patriotic vein, j
expressing their opinions that America's
cause was a righteous one and j
declaring in each instance their rea- I
sons for so believing. Hattie Stewart
next rendered a recitation. "The Colored
Soldier." "Glory Halleluyah"
was sung, and then the principal
speaker of the evening. Rev. W. G.
White, was introduced and made his
address. At the conclusion of this
speech R. P. Bellinger. Esq., was
called upon and responded with a fewremarks
on behalf of the white people
present. J. D. Jones, one of the
drafted negroes, then made an extemporaneous
speech from the standpoint
of the drafted men. using the
most perfect flow of English that it
has ever been our privilege to hear j
from a negro speaker. Here the au- j
dience again stood and this time sang j
the "Star Spangled Banner." after j
which the programme was concluded I
with the benediction.
The assemblage was then adjourned
to the church yard, where an elegant
feast was served to the drafted
negroes and their friends under brilliant
electric lights which were in- I
stalled especially for the occasion.
The church was filled to its capacity,
probably as many more people having
to remain on the outside. Quite I
a number of white people were pres- j
ent and those who did not attend deprived
themselves ot something really
worthwhile. The church was taste- j
fully decorated- w ith red, white and
blue cdlors and American flags.
Ehrhardt Warehouse Reorganized.
The Ehrhardt warehouse which
was sold here on salesday in this
month, was purchased by a number
of representative citizens of that community.
The Ehrhardt Warehouse
Company has accordingly been reorganized.
and a commission has been
issued to this enterprise bv the Secretary
of State. The proposed capital
stock of the new organization is
$1,000. The petitioners for the corporation
and principal stockholders
are J. M. Kirkland. E. E. Hughes. G.
B. Clayton and S. W. Copeland.
Selling Live Stock.
Local live SIOCK aeaiers are uuuig,
a thriving business nowadays, and
many mules are being sold to the
farmers in this section. They all
seem to have the cash to pay too. and
in-the great majority of sales the animals
are purchased straight out, no
mortgages being given and no credit
asked for. That is a little unusual
and is a sure sign of prosperity for
our farmers. Several car loads of
stock have already been received here
from the Western markets.
Liquor Permits Issued.
Since the 25th of last April 2,120
liquor licenses or permits to obtain a
I quart of whiskey have been issued
from the probate judge's office of
Bamberg county. For the first month
after the quart-a-month law went into
effect practically no permits were issued;
so that the 2,120 represent a
period of really less than five months,
or an average of considerably more
than one hundred per week. And the
number is continually increasing almost
every week.
Farm Traction Engine.
Dr. F. F. Johnson has purchased
a traction engine for use on his large
plantation near town. This is something
new to the farmers of this section,
and it is believed will prove a
great labor saving device as well as
economical. The name of the machine
is the International traction engine,
and it will harrow, plow and.
in fact, do almost any kind of farm
work. Only one man is required to
operate it. and it runs from two to
three plows at a time, and will easily
| plow six acres a day. It uses about
J16 gallons of gasoline per day. mak:
ing the cost of operation per acre
I about 35 cents. The engine has ten
i horse power in the field and
! twenty at the pulley. The cost of
r the engine and the entire equipment
j is approximately $1,250, and many
'experiments and demonstrations durj
ing the past week indicate that it
i should work admirably in this secjtion.
Our farmers are eager for improvements.
and doubtless i? a few
years not a few of these traction engines
will be seen on the farms of
Bamberg county, if they prove to be
successful.
CHANGE AT COTTON MILL.
Mr. J. N. Ihi^n I lesions and is Sue- :
reeded bv His Brother.
The Bamberg Cotton .Mills have
been forced to make a change in the ;
personnel of the superintendent's o '
fic-e. Mr. I. X. Dunn, who has been su- 1
perintendent of the mills here for the ;
past several years, has resigned, the.
resignation to take effect immediate-;
jly. Mr. Dunn left today for Warren- i
jville. where he becomes superintend-!
lent of the Warrenville Mills. He be- I
j gan the operation of that mill 11* '
i years ago, and they were so anxious j
to get him back that he could not re- j
'fuse the flattering offers made to him.
although regretting to leave Bamberg, i
i While superintendent here, Mr. Dunn I
was unusually successful in produc- i
ing profitable results, and the direc-i
tors reel tnat tney nave iusi a \ai!
uable man. i
The directors believe, however, that ;
jthey have been fortunate in obtain- j
, ing the services of an experienced j
;man to fill the position made vacant j
: by Mr. Dunn's resignation. Mr. Dunn i
is succeeded by his brother. Mr. W. |
j L. Dunn,, formerly of Darlington, in
this State, but more recently of Stone- j
| wall, Miss. The new superintend-;
i ent arrived in the city Tuesday morn- i
j ing, and immediately accepted the!
j position and entered upon its duties. j
He came here directly from Stone- j
wall Mills, in Mississippi, where he i
had been for a short while, but has j
had many years experience in mil! j
work, having been superintendent of
the Darlington Manufacturing com-;
Ipany for the last ten years. He is a ;
man of family, the members of which |
will also move to Bamberg in the
near future.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements Under This Head 25c.
For 25 Words or Less.
For Lent?House and lot on
! Broad street. Apply to D. BESSIXiGER,
Bamberg, S. C. 10-1$
Notice?Choice lot of farm land
for sale. Call on J. T. O'NEAL.
Real Estate Agent, Bamberg. S. C.
Wanted?A job as farm overseer..
Good experience in farming. Can"'
give sood references. G. L. GOODWIN,
SMOAKS, S. C. 10-11.
Wanted?A good school teacher
for Ehrhardt colored school. Send
recommendations with application to
B. W. ABLE. Ehrhardt, S. C. 1 0-1!
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COATS A\I) SUITS. .
Today's express brought us another
nice selection of Suits and
Coats of the better kind. Xavy,
black, taupe and the scasou's lest
shapes: braid and button trimmed;
some with belts and :ome
without.
Price $12.50 to $32.50
SEPARATE SKIRTS.
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This has been one of the best
separate Skirt seasons we have
ever experienced. We have them
in silk-wool, garbadine-wool. poplin,
whip^cords, etc., attractively
made up: guaranteed to give satisfactory
wear.
$2.75 to $8.50.
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PREPAREDNESS.
Don't put it off: be prepared for
the cold weather when it comes.
Come in and buy your coat today.
There's none better than the Stern
garments. We have them made of
velour. Birella cloth, broadcloth.
and tlie best season's materials
and styles.
$10.00 to $25.00.
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BAMBERG, S. C.
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Beautiful 1918 Maxwell
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iNow Un Exhibition .
Without altering the world champion motor, the famous perfected
clutch and transmission or the mighty axles, the Maxwell builders have
produced a new wonder car, far superior in construction and in appearance
to anything yet turned out by the Maxwell factories?we have this
new and beautiful car?come and see it.
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The car is larger and roomier, for one thing?the And the Maxwell before was the most economical
wheel base has been increased six inches. 5^passenger car in the world.
It is also a stronger and more rigid machine for Compensating underslung rear springs?the last
the road. word in spring suspension?mark this wonderThe
frame is now six inches, instead of three ful Maxwell of 1918.
inches deep. They mean greater comfort?greater economy, bf
And the body rests directly on this powerful lessening wear and tear on the car.
frame, instead of on brackets extending from 1
the sides, as m the past. ~ y *
Do you know what that means? M&XWeLl INOW Mas the Style Or
It means this: The firmness with, which the
wheels grip the road and the steadiness of the the Costliest Cars
car ai mgn speeu give .you a sense 01 security
such as you have been able to enjoy before only The new Maiwell is a car of great beauty.
K?,rS 5 w 3 battery of shock ab- jt has a sloped windshield and rakish lines never
sorbers. before produced in any car costing less
This New Car is 50 Pounds Jtg goo<j looks now equal its proved mechanical
Lighter efficiency.
The new upholstery is richer and gives a new
There's a marvel of engineering for you, friends! comfort.
The car is made bigger and stronger?and yet Inside and out the new 1918 Maxwell is a perfected
actually lighter. car.
This means greater ease and comfort on the road. We're proud to sell it.
More than that?it means greater economy. You'll be proud to own one.
Touring Car $745; Roadster $745; Coupe $1095; Berline $1095; Sedan $1095 " *
All prices f. o. b. Detroit J RAMRiTPr.
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eating." P The proof of a store is'in the M
?m\mBm TRYING. Try our store this whole
I^MilAWIMala sea son through. You must really
Wmm wm ^YEAR goods to learn their QUALITY.
VjSM MM, 1 MM an(i t^e reasonableness of the price
a you are cnargea. wt, Know mar we
give you good merchandise at a low ffj
price. Try our store and YOU wiU|?||
Oar Millinery Sales more than doubled so liar this season J||j
THERE'S A REASON t|
Come in and see Mrs. Shock and Miss Kearse
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WAHXKJTS GlAKAXTKEl) IU ST hagen. grey, black and the season's All pure Silk Hosiery, double
jTd-OF COtiSK^S. ^est shades; 45c the yard. toes and heels, guaranteed to give
. , , , . , ,, , satisfactory wear, white, black
36 inch absolutelv all wool, gar- * ^ '
\ mod^I to suit overv fiaure. . u j and colors, $1.25 and -$1.50 pair.
_ A LU -U1L -ifiunr. net^ grev? green, brown, navy, and *
"S t.tt w'll a.wavs find our i-toc:i xiorti- ?i no tEo
f u I uiavu, v i.v v v&iv j v** v*.
complete. Try the V. arncr's once LIXKXS. I
and yen will always use it. 4S inch storm SerSe> dependa- A
ble quality; navy and black only, Some beautiful Linens just re-.
rviirmriMii a11 wool, $1.50 the yard. ceived.
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50 inch very fine all wool French uianaged to pick up a few
For the Infants?We have the Serge; navy and black only, $1.85 handsome pieces of Linens. Come
Reuben Shirts for the infants; all the yard. *n anc* we be ^lad to show
sizes; cotton and cotton and wool. . . _ . _ ., , ? them to you.
, ,, 36 inch French Serge, black and
oac, oOc, 60c, and < oc each. Also 36 inch Tan Art Linen, nice
. .. . , navj oiil}, $1.00 the yard,
regular little vests that button in quality, $1.00 per yard.
front, cotton and wool mixed. 50c. ' 72 inch Light Weight Linen
For the Ladies. Children and awt hhmprv Sheeting, dependable quality, $1.50
Girls?Ladies', Misses' and Chil- ONIX HOSIERi. yard ^
dren's vests and pants to match. .
50c to $1.00 per earment. Also For Infants-Silk lisle, white 36 inch Dress Lrnen. white and ?
union suits for Ladies. Misses and only. sizes 4 t0 7- 20c Pairl 2 Pairs c?PenhaSen- ,:>c the yardChildren,
from 65c to $1.00. for 35c. 72 inch Linen Damask, very
For the Ladies?Very nice silk For Boys and Girls?Fine rib- fine quaIlty> '2-"? the yardnr
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and wool union suits. Better buy bed Lisle, white and black. SizeS I - < Ilicu uaifmus iu uiaivu, f i .u\j
early. Sizes. 6 to 4 6. Price $2.00 g j.o to 10: price 30c the pair. * Per dozen. * ,
opr garment. ' "2 inch Linen Damask, $1.00
per garment. For the UidieB_SfXk Lisie< ^ ^
white and black; nicely finished. -1 ...
COTTON & WOOL MATLKIALS. 0- , -ft . . 36 mch ver> fine Sheer H*ndooc
and ooc tne pair. kerchief Linen, $1.00 and $1.25
36 inch Serge: price, 35c the Very fine Silk Lisle with Poin- the yard.
yard. tex heel and seam in back. 75c These may be the last linens we (
36 inch Garbadine. navy, copen- the pair. will have until after the war.
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