The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 22, 1917, Page 10, Image 10
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Thursday, Nov. 22,1917.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
Mr. J. W. Jennings has accepted
the position of night policeman for
the town of Denmark, and has entered
upon his duties.
Mr. F. D. Williamson, demonstrator
for the Kirstin stump puller, is
spending a few days in this county
demonstrating his machine.
Mr. O. A. Simmons has taken the
place of Mr. L. C. Smoak as bookkeeper
for the M. E. Ayer company,1
since Mr. Smoak was called away to
tne navy.
Married at the Baptist parsonage j
on Nov. 14th, by the pastor, Rev. G. i
P. White, Mr. John J. Cook, of Williston,
and Miss Annie Lou Hutson, of
Springfieid.
Mr. Raymond M. Sraoak has accepted
the position of assistant cashier
of the Planters Bank, of Orangeburg,
and will leave the first of December
to take up his duties there.
Mrs. W. E. Free was operated upon
at a hospital in Charleston this
week. Her friends will be glad to
know that the operation was successful
and that she is getting along nicely.
The friends of Miss Urma Black
will be delighted to know that she is
rapidly recuperating after an opera
tion at a hospital in Charleston, sne
is expected to return home in a day
or two.
In a game of basket ball here on
November 15th, between Bamberg
and Orangeburg, Bamberg was the
winner by a score of 30 to 4. The
game was well played throughout,
and the Bamberg team showed up
fine.
Twenty-five farm demonstration
agents throughout South Carolina
are waging an energetic campaign
this week in an effort to increase the
wheat acreage in this^ State the coming
year. Mr. J. J. Heard, with some
assistance, is working in the interest
of the movement in this county.
The Carlisle football team went to
Savannah last Saturday for a return
engagement with the Savannah High
school team. The local boys put up
a creditable showing for the little experience
which they have had, but
were defeated by the scroe of 14 to
12, which is practically a tie in foot
ball.
Revival services are being conducted
this week at the Baptist church.
The preaching is being done by the
pastor, Rev. George P. White. Services
are held each afternoon from
4 to 5 o'clock, and each night from
7:30 to 8:30. The public is most
cordially invited to attend all services.
Although the mail collection boxes
have been erected in the city, the
postmaster asks that it be stated that
the locks for the boxes have not been
secured, and for this reason the boxes
cannot be used yet. Everyone is
warned, therefore, not to mail letters
in these boxes until locks are attached.
The work of repairing and improv-j
ing the Baptist church building has|
almost been completed, and services!
are now held in the church. The
steeple has been replaced with a belfry
tower, and the whole of the interior
has been repainted. The
church now presents a much improved
aprearan?e. Further improvements
are planned for the future.
Cotton Ginnings.
iTn to November 1. there had been
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ginned in this State 784,071 bales of
cotton, against 639,846 to the same
date last year. The following is the
record for Bamberg and other nearby
counties:
1917 1916
Bamberg 21,040 18,496
Barnwell 45,535 36,078
Feaufort 3,348 4,010
Colleton 13.673 10,731
Famrton 16,732 14,209
Orangeburg 60,334 45,207
Thanks The Herald.
T"?a"ury Deyartment, Washington,
Fovember 10, 1917.?On behalf of
tte Woman's Liberty Loan committee
I want to extend to you our heartfelt
thanks and appreciation for the
s* lendid coo: eration you gave us in
obtaining: nation-wide publicity dur
ing the Liberty Loan campaign just
closed.
closed. Very truly yours,
MRS. WM. G. McADOO,
Chairman \ Woman's Liberty Loan
Committee.
Colston and Spring Branch Churclies.
Preaching services will be held at
Colston Branch Baptist church Saturday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock; and
on Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock,
Freiching at Spring Branch Baptist
church Sunday afternoon at 3:3C
o'clock. REV. WALTER BLACK,
Pastor.
Another Liquor Seizure.
Whiskey seizures at Denmark are
getting to be almost an every day
affair. The intersection of the railroads
there makes it such a fine
transfer point from Jacksonville to
' ' " if iU/vi
nearly an poinis in mis section mat
in spite of the vigilant lookout being
kept there for liquors the blind
tigers continue to bring their stuff
to Denmark to change railroads.
Last week State Whiskey Constable
J. H. Robinson did some good work
at Denmark when he discovered and
seized three large trunks and three
suit cases all leaded with whiskey.
Most of it was in quart bottles, there
being some few pints. The whiskey
was shipped from Jacksonville and
was turned over to Sheriff S. G. Ray
here, who now has it in charge. The
whole amount confiscated in this haul
is about twenty gallons, although it
has not been definitely figured* up
yet.
There were three white men arrested
in connection with this seizure,
but they were all strangers and
their names are unknown here. Two
of them have been placed in the
I hands of the federal authorities and
[ are in jail in Orangeburg. The other
man was in the custody of the
night policeman, Mr. J. W. Jennings,
at Denmark, but taking Mr. Jennings
unawares and by surprise struck him
a blow or pushed him &nd ran, making
good his escape. Mr. Jennings
was uninjured, but the fleeing man
Tint been caDtured.
Local Red Cross Activities.
The Bamberg chapter, A. R. C.,
sent to Camp Wadswortli, Spartanburg,
last Saturday 145 magazines
to be read by the 300 sick men now
in the base hospital there. The chapter
has been called upon to send more
magazines as often as then can be
gotten up.
The chapter also shipped to Atlanta
two dozen hospital bed shirts, onehalf
dozen pajamas, 25 comfort bags,
three dozen doilies, one-half dozen
table cloths, and five dozen dust
cloths.
Every boy from the county who is
now in the army or navy will be sent
a Christmas package by the Red Cross
chapter or its branches. 'The following
committtee has charge of soliciting
the packages: Miss Mary Livingston,
Mrs. B. W. Simmons, Mrs. Elise
Walker, Mrs. J. W. Barr, Miss Carrie
Bamberg, Mrs. J. J. Cleckley, Mrs. E.
H. Henderson, Mrs. E. O. Kfrsch,
Mrs. C. E. Blacky These packages
are to contain articles amounting to
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liUt IUU1C man V v. uuvu r ? a must
contain a writing pad, about
7 x 10 inches, with articles arranged
on same to the height of five or six
inches, wrapped in handkerchief 27
inches square, tied with red ribbon
and a Christmas cord under the bow
of ribbon. Parcel should be wrapped
again in heavy light brown manila
paper and tied securely with red,
green or gilt cord and Christmas labels
used. A suggested list of articles
to be used is: 'Handkerchief,
27 inches square, writing- pad 7x10
inches,. envelopes, pencil, postals,
book, scrapbook, home made, containing
a good short story, some
jokes, etc., knife, mirror, mouth organ,
electric torch, compass, playing
cards, games of any kind, tobacco,!
pipe, water tight match box, chewing
gum, crackers in packages, fruit cake,
preserved ginger, salted nuts, prunes,
figs, dates, raisins, hard candy, chocolates
in tinfoil, licorice.?Contributed.
N^w Advertisements.
H. J. Brabham?For Sale.
J. B. Brickie?Don't Send.
Bamberg Fruit Co.?Fruits.
Watkins Company?Wanted.
Dr. H. J. Stuckey?For Sale.
White Point School.?Notice.
C. H. Dorsett?Denmark Lots.
Mrs. C. R. Brabham, Sr.?Lost.
Standard Oil Co.?Slipper Time.
Klauber's?Clearance Sale Prices.
Enterprise Bank?Don't Carry a
Safe.
Bamberg Banking Co.?Experience.
H. C. Folk?New Goods at Old
Prices.
C. R. Brabhara's Sons?The Idea
is This.
Tom Ducker?Electric Peanut
Toaster.
Standard Oil Uo.?L<iKe >ienow
Sunlight.
Bamberg Pressing Club?Cleaning,
Pressing, etc.
Peoples Bank?Makes a Real
Thanksgiving.
L Hooton's?Bamberg's Largest Exclusive
Ladies Store.
Farmers and Merchants Bank?
The Best Thanksgiving.
Bamberg Banking Co.?The U. S.
. Treasury at Washington.
Good wide guage 1916 model Ford
roadster for sale. See Dr. H. J. Stuckey.?adv.
Watermans Ideal Fountain Pens at
Herald Book Store.
| SUCCESSFUL TOBACCO MEETING.
Farmers Present Convinced That Tobacco
Planting is Profitable. v
j A meeting which it is hoped and
j expected will result in much benefit
to the county, and especially to the I
farmers, was held in the court house
| here Friday morning of last week.
The meeting was called in the interest
of a widespread movement of the tobacco
growing industry in Bamberg
county. There were about thirty
representative farmers present, most
of whom, however, had already pledged
themselves to plant some tobacco
for next year. Additional acreage
in this product was accounted for at
the meeting, though, and considerable
euthusiasm worked up among
those present. It was planned that
in the near future some of the leading
citizens of Bamberg, including
Mr. C. R. Brabham, Sr., and Mr. J.
H. Cope, would make personal calls
I along with County Farm Demonstration
Agent J. J. Heard, upon many
prominent farmers in an effort to promote
a general planting of Bamberg
county lands in tobacco next season.
The chief speakers for the occasion
were Mr. E. L. Ring, leading tobacco
expert of the Southern railway,
and Mr. W. J. Sheeley, of Georgia.
Mr. Ring used actual government
statistics and proved positively beyond
a doubt that of the total acreage
planted in cotton and that planted in
tobacco in the United States for the
past twenty years the average profit
per acre in tobacco for the twenty
year period was practically 50 per
cent, more than the average profit
per acre of cotton. He showed further
that in the face of the recent
high prices for cotton the average
profit from an acre of tobacco for the
same time was nevertheless greater
than that from cotton. He pointed
out that it also required nine months
for a cotton crop, while only three
months are all that is needed for tobacco
raising, and that the crop is
marketed in the off season before
cotton comes in and when money is
badly needed. Mr. Ring stated that
tobacco had practically made Horry
county the prosperous community
that it is today, from an.almost barren
section, and that Bamberg county
soil to his certain knowledge is |
equally as well suited for raising tobacco
as Horry or any of the other
counties of the State. He did notj
advocate the abandonment of cot-J
ton for tobacco, but believes in the
planting of both, and said that it is
a fact that in four or five counties
of South Carolina where tobacco is
grown the progressive farmers with
money in the banks were almost
without exception those who planted
tobacco as well as cotton. This statement
was substantiated by the Rev.
E. O. Watson, D. D., who has lived
all through that part of the State.
Mr. Ring discussed the proper methods
of planting, raising, curing and
marketing the crop, and stated that
more assistance along those lines
| would be forthcoming if our farmers
I would only take advantage of their
opportunities and reap the profits of
a larger acreage in tobacco. He said
that if 300 acres could be planted as
a minimum the coming year he would
guarantee that special buyers would
be here and a warehouse erected to
place Bamberg on the map as a tobacco
market. /
Mr. Sheeley discussed the boll weevil,
which is certain to soon be upon
us, and told how important and even
necessary it will be to have some
crop besides cotton which can
depend upon when the weevil Arrives.
He said the boll weevil was far more
terrible than any/ one wfto naa not
seen its work could imagine, and pictured
the havoc it had already
wrought in the unfortunate sections
visited by this pest. Mr. Sheeley
was farming in Mississippi when the
weevil literally took charge of that
State, so he knew whereof he spoke,
and how important it is that we
should be prepared for its coming.
He told of the great bank failures
out there caused by the destruction
and devastation of the weevil, and
compared its work with the ravages
wreaked by gigantic storms, tornadoes
and floods, and went on to say
what a godsend the tobacco growing
industry would be to us in view of
the rapid approach of the boll weevil,
if our farmers would only begin
on it at once.
It surely seems that raising tobacco
will be a prime factor in our future
welfare and prosperity, and it
will be nothing short of folly not to
advance while we can. Another
j moDey crop for Bamberg county is
! essential. Tobacco is sold and marketed
in the summer when money
. has heretofore been almost an unknown
article in this county. Let's
get busy and talk and plant tobacco.
Bamberg Cotton Market.
Quotation for Wednesday. November
21, 2:00 p. m.:
Middling 28V8
Good wide guage 1916 model Ford
roadster for sale. See Dr. H. J. Stuckey.?adv.
Girls' Canning Club Prizes.
The following is the prize list for
girls' canning club to be awarded at
the annual exhibit on December 1st:
Money prizes will be given for
best and second best product in each
class.
1. Two scholarships to Winthrop
summer 1918, to girls making best
all around record.
2. Best record book and history.
3. Best display tomatoes in tin.
4. Best collection canned vegetables
in glass?six containers alike, or
each different.
5. Best display canned fruit?six
containers.
6. Best display of preserves?any
varieties.
7. Best display jellies?any varieties.
8. Best quart tomatoes in glass.
9. Best quart beans in glass.
10. (a) Best jar mixed pickle,
(b) Best jar cucumber pickle, (c)
Best jar pimento or Dixie relish, (d)
Best jar chili sauce, (e) Best bottle
tomato catsup or puree.
Also:
1. Best loaf of bread made with
Bamberg county flour.
2. Best six rolls made with Bamberg
county flour.
3. Best display bread made with
a part wheat substitute, as peanut or
potato biscuit, corn meal muffins, oatmeal
cookies, etc.
"The Armageddon of Booze."
The above is the topic upon which
Dr. Edwin L. Stearns will speak next
Tuesday, November 27th, at the court
house, at 7:30 p. m. Dr. Stearns is
one of the strongest speakers in the
country. He represents the Anti-Sa
loon League of America. As a speaker
he is brilliant, witty, pathetic and
powerful.
It is not often that a community
the size of this has the opportunity
to hear a man of such national reputation.
Come to hear him. The
admission is free.
Making 'Em Ante Up With Taxes.
People whose names are not on
the tax books of the county had bet-!
ter be careful how they-are allowing
them to be placed on the books of
the probate judge's office to order
whiskey. County Treasurer G. A.
Jennings is right after them, and has
already discovered more than 100
f names in which whiskey has been
ordered, but in which no taxes have
ever been paid. This will get in a
good bit of money for the county, as
I these people, of course, have to come
i across for their back taxes as well
i as those due at present, both road
I taxes and poll taxes. Mr. Jennings
is making it amount to something
worth while for the county. Occasionally
names can also be found on
the probate judge's books, the bearers
of "which are residents of adjoining
counties, and it is against the
law to order whiskey under such
circumstances. These, non-residents
of the county are laying themselves
liable to trouble.
Good wide guage 1916 model Ford
roadster for sale. See Dr. H. J. Stuckey.?adv.
SPECIAL NOTICES. ~
Advertisements Under This Head 25c.
For 25 Words or Less.
Notice?Choice lot of farm land
for sale. Call on J. T. O'NEAL,
Real Estate Agent, Bamberg, S. C.
For Sale?Ford roadster, 1916
model, wide guage. See DR. H. J.
STUCKEY, Bamberg, S. C. It
Lost?Bamberg Banking Company
savings pass book No. 553. Finder
will please return same to MRS. C.
R. BRABHAM, SR., Bamberg, S.
C. 12-6
For Sale?Six cylinder Buick roadster
or Paige three-passenger roadster.
Both in good shape and at bar.
1 TTl 3 J
"gain prices. A1SO, ruru luausici.
H. J. BRABHAM, Bamberg, S. C. It
For Sale?One lot in the town of
Bamberg, containing one and onethird
acres, adjoining L. P. McMillan,
for cash. Apply to J. F. Hunter,
Orangeburg, S. C., or B. W.
Miley. Bamberg, S. C. J. FELDER
HUNTER. 11-26
j Wanted?a Few good men beI
tween the ages of 32 and 50 years
to fill vacancies in this State. This
is an opportunity whereby you may
enter a very profitable business and
better your financial condition, provided
you can meet the requirements.
Address me at Bamberg. W. H.
CHANDLER, for the Watkins Co. It
ARMY Y. M. C. A. SUBSCRIPTIONS.)
Bamberg Responds Generously for
the Red Triangle.
A supreme effort has been made, j
and with success, to raise $35,000,-!
000 throughout the United States;
for the purpose of placing the Red
Triangle, the Y. M. C. A. privileges!
and comforts, in reach of our boys in j
the French trenches and also those,
in American camp life. This is a|
grand cause and well merited the!
consideration and support of all who;
have the interest and welfare of the; :
American heroes at heart.
Sunday morning in the Methodistchurch
here a union meeting of all
the congregations of the city was heldj
in the interest of this Y. M. C. A. cam-|
paign for the army and navy. Bam-! 3
berg citizens opened up their hearts j
and pocket books as well, and the.
old town and county have responded!
to the movement more fully than to
any war undertaking advanced yet. 1
Prof. J. C. Guilds was in charge of
the movement for the county and he j
is due congratulations for the splen-j <
did results accomplished. From a!
Bamberg town and county standpoint; ]
as well as throughout the nation the:
campaign was a glowing success.
The speakers at the church Sun-!
day morning were favored with a ca->
pacity house, and thrilled their large;
audience with unbounded enthusiasm.
Those who addressed our citizens
were Sergt. North, of the regular
army, and Dr. Newlin, one of
the secretaries of the army Y. M. C.
A. work. They both came from :
Camp Jackson near Columbia.
Bamberg county's allotment in the
$35,000,000 fund was $2,100, which
would mean an apportionment for
the town of Bamberg of approximate- 1
ly $1,000. These amounts have been
exceeded both in the town and county.
In a few minutes at the church
here Sunday the subscriptions for
the town of Bamberg totaled $1,235,
coming in all the way from 25 cents
to $100 each, there being two of the
latter amount. The total for this
town now amounts to nearly $1,300,
thus reaching more than 25 per cent,
more than its quota.
Prof. Guilds handed The Herald
the following statement of the camyr.
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anticipated.
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self-reliance, of J:
dence, of freedom
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every inducemej
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Tabulation of Registered Men.
A complete tabulated record of all
the men registered in Bamberg county
for the selective draft, has been
made by the local board with the assistance
of a few patriotic citizens.
The job required no little work, and
was done throughout the country at
the request of the president. Each ^
of the 1,800 registered Bamberg
county men is classified, and the record
shows what disposition has been i
made of every man called for phys- I
ical examination so far, and the J
status of each registrant. / 1
Mr. R. S. Simmons Tuesday pre- |
sented The Herald with a fine collard.
He says he has about a thous- *
and of them. Mr. Simmons had no
Intention of starving this winter? ,
nor letting his friends starve.
paign Tuesday afternoon: '
"Bamberg county has responded
nobly to the call issued by the War
Work council of the Y. M. C. A. In
the great national campaign for raising
$35,000,000, Bamberg county
county was apportioned $2,100. Subscriptions
to date (Tuesday afternoon)
were reported as follows:
City of Bamberg $1,262.25
Denmark 426.25
Ehrhardt 318.67
Olar and community.. 20,0.00
Hunter's Chapel com- r
munity 116.55 .. v
Pleasant Hill community
70.06
St. John's community 40.00
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Total $2,433.72
"It will be noted that several communities
of the county are not representee!
in the above list. I hope
these communities will make up contributions
for this great work. Headr?'
quarters report that the new sitvation
in Italy and Russia is making
great unforeseen demands upon the
association. God bless every oine
who has contributed to this work and ^
the boys in the colors for whom the
contributions were so cheerfully . i* 1'
made." ^
That is a showing to be proud of,
and we are glad that Bamberg'county
has come to the front where she
hpinnsrs in all things tending toward
the upbuilding and comfort of the
gallant boys who are offering their
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lives upon the altar of our country. %
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