The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 29, 1917, Page 8, Image 8
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Thursday, Nov. 29,1917. j
SHOUT LOCALS.
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Brief Items of Interest Throughout j
the Town ami County.
.Mr. Garris Zeigler had his arm
broken Sunday while cranking a
Ford. It was a very painful injury,
the large bone being broken and the
small one being knocked out of place.
The graded school basket ball team
leaves Friday for Orangeburg to play
the high school team there. Saturday
night the team will play the
Uammincoi' hiorp ^lion! in Charles
wm.vw.
ton.
Congressman James F. Byrnes will
speak at Blackville and Denmark on
Saturday, December 1st, in the interest
of the wheat planting movement.
The public generally is cordially invited
to be present.
The dark gray khaki uniforms for
the students of the Carlisle schoolarrived
this week and they present
a very neat appearance and give the
boys a soldiery military bearing. The
squad at drill will now probably be a
sight worth reviewing.
Saturday was the coldest day of
the winter season up to that time,
and the big change to the cold weather
must have kept many people away
from town, as neither the stores nor
the streets presented as busy an appearance
as usual for the last few
Saturdays here.
Mr. A. J. Eaves, of New York city,
writes: "Please change my address
to 4 63 West street, room 965, NewYork.
I have accepted a position
with the above company (Western
Electric company) as telegraph development
engineer with headquarters
in New York city."
It will probably be interesting to
his friends here and elsewhere in the
State to know that Lieut. G. D. Ryan
sailed about two weeks ago from an
Atlantic port for France to expeyi- .
ence actual service there in the .
American army. He has probably
landed safely by this time.
Up to November I * there had been ;
ginned in Bamberg county 22,870
bales of cotton, against 19.484 to the <
same date last year. As will be noted
this is an increase of more than 3,- 1
uuu Daies over lasi seasuu iu tut? <
same date?and the price is about
double what it was last fall.
Mr. Edwin I. Stearns, a representative
of the anti-saloon league of
America, spoke in the court house
here to a good audience Tuesday '
night, using as his subject, "The
Armageddon of Booze." His arguments
in favor of prohibition were
clear and forceful and he is a splendid
entertainer.
Coach Major, in charge of the Car- (
lisle football squad. 1T> strong, left }
this afternoon by. way of Denmark
and the Atlantic Coast Line for Dar- .
lington, which place they will reach j
/ early tonight. To-morrow they will
line up against the strong Darling- ]
ton high school team, one of the best j
in the Pee Dee. for the last game of .
the season. I
News has been received in the city <
that Mr. John Simmons, eldest son (
of Mrs. C. E. Simmons, who is i
in the employ of the United States (
government, is now doing construe- i
tion work in France. A letter to t
friends here states that he expects j
to return to the United States in time 1
to spend the Christmas holidays with <
his mother in this city. s
Mr. Raymond M. Matheny, former- <
ly a citizen of Bamberg, and a son of <
the late D. R. Matheny of this place. <
was awarded his commission as a i
second lieutenant in tlie army at the '
completion of his course at the officers'
training camp at Fort Ogle- i
thrope last week. He was placed in <
the infantry department, and was as- \
signed to duty at Camp dackson near j
Columbia. 1
Some progress is being made in this <
county and section in the movement 1
to induce the farmers to plant more {
wheat next year. Monday morning 1
Mr. H. G. Bovleston, of Blackville, 1
county demonstration agent for Barnwell
county, came down to assist 1
Countv Farm Demonstration Agent 1
J. J. Heard in the matter here. As 1
Mrs. Heard is ill, Mr. Heard could 1
not to out very much, but still, some 1
good results hav? been accomplished. !
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NOTICE.
1 onlH mv intornut in
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Barter Shop. In disposing of my
interests here and leaving the city, (
I wi-h to express my heartfelt and
sincere than! s to the people of Bam- i
berg and surrounding country for the
ratronage given me since coining to
this city. It is necessary for me to
leave on account of the health of my
farents, who need my presence. It
v is with regret that conditions are
such that I must leave Bamberg, for
I love the town and the people, and
I shall always remember the many,
good friends I have made while being
a res'dent of Bamberg-.
-?adv. B. C. McDUFFIE.
Shooting Affray at Olar.
A shooting affray took place last 1
week on the plantation of Mr. \V. I.
Rice, near Olar. Two negroes. Will i
Patterson and May Rice, were!
engaged in the difficulty. It is said 1
the two negroes got into a row, and (
Rice, seeing that Patterson was arm- 1
ed with a revolver, went off to a '
house and procured a carbine rifle. '
He then returned and told Patterson 1
he was ready for him at which time ?
Patterson made an attempt to draw 1
his revolver and was Immediately '
shot throught the left shoulder by
Rice, the ball penetrating the negro's ^
body. The wound while serious, will 1
not cause death unless some unfore- 1
seen complications set in, and Rice
is in jail here charged with assault *
and battery with intent to Kin. \\ nen '
an officer was sent to arrest him he ^
was found still armed with the car- 1
bine rifle. ^
Sailor Tom Felder. }
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Nearly all the Bamberg boys who ]
have enlisted in the navy and some
of those in the army have paid brief 1
visits home since entering the service i
of their country. But the jMrt^nas i
one young man at least who has not i
been here since his enlistment many a
months ago. This is Tom Felder. j
Tom is serving Uncle Sam ably, and <
hasn't had rime to get back. He is t
passing through some exciting and ]
valuable experiences. He has been 1
across the pond and has already i
traversed the war zone several times, ]
having seen considerable service with i
the American naval fleet on the other <
side and visited both France a-lid r
Spain. While he has not had an op- i
portunity to get home, his relatives ^
and friends here have heard from i
him frequently, and Tom is sound i
and well. 1
Sent 70 Christmas Packages.
The Bamberg chapter, A. E. C., *
sent 70 Christmas packages Monday
to division headquarters. The packages
to be sent to the Bamberg county
boys will be forwarded some time
before the sixteenth. A number of
packages are now ready and others
are coming in every day. Those wh6
have not contributed to this are asked
to do so at an early date.
Every one who has sewjfag or .knitting
is asked to complete the work ^
and send in as soon as possible.
B. M. I. Wins FYom Carlisle. *
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In a long drawn out game with 1
much .wrangling Bailey Mititary in- s
stitute won over the Carlisle school i t
here in football Friday by the score ^
af 20 to 0. The game was marred P
by considerable unnecessarily rough 1
slaving, being probably one of the
roughest games played in South r
Carolina either between colleges or
otherwise in several years. The
roughness was mostly due to a lack *
V
Df experience, however, and not
generally to dirty playing. No serous
injuries were suffered. ^
Carlisle started out strong and c
lad the advantage of their opponents 1
m the first period but the yisitors a
probably outweighed them 20 pounds r
:o the man, and this with a wider e
jxperiencfc was more than the locals v
iould overcome and Bailey outplayed
:hem for the last three periods. e
Carlisle put up a scrappy game all *
:he way, and showed that she has c
:he grit and staying qualities even *
in the face of defeat. Many for- 8
vard passes were executed by both ^
sides, usually with successful re- *
suits. The Bailey eleven was fre- *
j,uently penalized for off side play r
md roughing it up, and twice was r
jailed back and penalized after cross- *
ng Carlisle's goal line for apparent 8
:ouchdowns.
Wright, playing right half back t
'or Bailey, furnished the sensation *
if the game, intercepting forward t
passes, making beautiful tackles, go- t
ing for many long gains and scoring 1
lis team's first two touchdowns, one 1
m a 55 yard run after receiving a 8
forward pass from King, a former
Carlisle student, playing centre for
Bailey. Wood, at full back for the
visitors, played a good game, as did I p
Phillip Cox, a Denmark boy, who j d
played left end. Stone, Bailey's quar- ^
ter, handled his team well and went f
through the line for ten yards and j(
the final touchdown near the close ^
of the game. Two of the three goals t
after touchdown were kicked sue- f
cessfully. For Carlisle the best work
was done by Gibson at full back, < e
while Sanders on end and Manuel in j
the line both starred, and Turnipseed "s
played well at quarterback. The offi- ,
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cials were: Referee. Carter (Caroli-ij
na); umpire, Crum (Wofford; head-ig
linesman, Ligon (Clemson.) Time of j a
periods 15, 12, 15, 12. j
The next game to be played by j.
Carlisle, which will conclude her \ 8
schedule for this season, will be! ^
against the Darlington high school at ^
Darlington on Thanksgiving day. c
Candv will be sold at the court ' ?
e
house on Saturday, December 1st, by! c
the Domestic Science club. Proceeds
to go to the Bamberg Red Cross
chapter.?adv. I
Pit. WATSON TO LEAVE.
Hitch Regret Over Transfer of Methodist
Pastor to ("amp Jackson.
News .Monday morning which carried
with it much regret to practically
every one in Bamberg was that
:he South Carolina .Methodist conerence
at its annual session in BisliDpville
had transferred the Rev. E.
D. Watson, D. I)., from here to the
juperintendency of army religious
^vork at Camp Jackson near Columbia.
Dr. Watson has been pastor of
Trinity church here for the last three
rears, and not only the .Methodists,
but the town generally, had hoped
that he could return for another
rear, the maximum allowed under
:he rules of the conference for a minister
to remain at one church. He
ikes to get out in public life and to
mingle with the people, and during
bis pastorate here he made hundreds
pf friends among all classes and delominations,
and has endeared himself
to the hearts of Bamberg people.
Dr. Watson is recognized as a
broad minded public spirited citizen
ft-ho works untiringly for God. He
s a preacher of the type which adds
more assets to a community than
ilong religious lines, and while keeping
the advancement of the cause of
Grod and Christianity above every:hing
else, he, nevertheless, also uses
bis splendid talent in every under:aking
which makes for the betterment
of his fellowman and the uplifting
of the community from a busness
and social standpoint,' as well
is from a spiritual view. His sernons
are eloquent, logical and convincing,
and doubtless Dr. Watson
bVill not cease to be a Bamberg favorte
wherever lie may be. His ability
is a preacher is known throughout
:he State and as a man he is easy to
nake a companion of, and is admired.
respected and held in the highest
esteem by all our citizens.
Dr. Watson is justly and properly
;onsidered one of the foremost minsters
of South Carolina, and Bam)erg
is reluctant to give up such a
nan. He and his estimable family
ire citizens which any town, no mater
how large or prosperous, can ill
ifford to lose. However, he goes to
i fertile field, one in which there is
i glorious opportunity to perform a
loble and patriotic service for his
jod, for his nation, and for those
jallant boys who have offered their
ives upon the altar of our country,
t is only with this feeling on the
>art of the people that he can be
urrendered cheerfully. With his na
ure and tendencies we believe this
vork will be both agreeable and
ileasant for Dr. Watson, and the
own of Bamberg will wish him godpeed
in his new work and predict
nagnificent achievements for him.
n years to come wherever he may go
lis career will be followed with inerest
and affection tfv Bamberg peo>le.
Dr. Watson will be succeeded at
Trinity by the Rev. R. H. Jones, who
oraes from Bennettsville, where he
s highly regarded and looked up to
is a man and a preacher. Mr. Jones
anks high in the Methodist confernce,
and Bamberg will welcome him
vith open arms.
The mill chapel here was also giv:n
a preacher for next year, whose
ime will be divided between that j
:hurch and the one at Embree. Ser-j
'ices will in all probability be held
it each of these churches every other
Junday, "Being conducted by the new
>astor, the Rev. E. K. Garrison. This
s a good move, and one which should
esult in much good here. Mr. Garison
is a recent graduate of Wof-[
ord and a young man of recognized
ibility as a preacher and as a worker.
The Rev. J. M. Rogers, pastor of!
he Denmark Methodist church,!
he Rev. Achille Sassard. pastor of
he Methodist church at Olar, and
he Rev. C. S. Felder, pastor of the
Chrhardt Methodist church, were reurned
to their respective fields for
mother year.
Appointed County Chairman.
Prof. J. C. Guilds has been ap ointed
by R. G. Rhett, Esq., State
irector for South Carolina National
Var Savings committee, as chairman
or Bamberg county. Prof. Guilds
eft yesterday morning for Columiia
to attend a meeting of the couny
chairmen of the State at the Jeferson
hotel. At this meeting full
nformation and instruction was givn
to the county chairmen.
Under a recent act of congress the
ecretary of the treasury was author- i
zed to issue war savings certificates |
n small denominations to an aggregate
of two billion dollars and to
accomplish this purpose a War Savngs
committee has been created by
lim. Each State is put in charge of
l State director, Mr. Rhett being the
lirector for this State. The State
lirector appoints a chairman for each
:ounty, under whose direction the i
:ounties will be organized as direct>d
by from Washington through the
State director.
Watermans Ideal Fountain Pens at
lerald Book Store.
Motor Fire Truck Arrives.
At last the motor truck to be used ]
in lighting fires has arrived in Bamberg
and presents a very attractive
appearance as it runs through the
streets. The order for this truck bad
been placed many months ago, so long
in fact, that many people had forgotten
about it, and it has been bad-1
iv needed time ana again since uie
order was sent out. It finally got
here Friday, however, after being
driven through the country from
Charlotte. The machine is a splendid
addition to the scant fire fighting
apparatus which the town had before,
and will enable the fire fighters to get
the hose and reel to the scene of fires
in short order -now. The truck is
painted in bright red, the color which
practically all city fire departments
have adopted, and bears the large
gold letters, "B. F. D.," meaning
| Bamberg Fire Department. This is
! the step in the proper direction and
I may mean a great thing for Bamberg
| some day.
Prof. Madden Resigns.
| Prof. Z. L. Madden has resigned
| his position on the faculty of Carlisle
school to accept a very flattering
offer as a secretary in the army
Y. M. C. A. work. He left last week
to enter upon his official duties at
an army training camp in Alabama.
This was Prof. Madden's first year
at Carlisle, but had impressed those
j who knew him here as being an effic
ient man, and his place at Carlisle
j has not yet been fifilled by the school
I authorities.
Meeting Domestic Science Club.
I At a meeting of the Domestic Science
rlnb held at the court house on
last Friday morning plans for the
exhibit on Saturday, Dec. 1, were [
made. The Domestic Science clubs
j of the county will have their display
: in the court house on that day ahd :
! all interested in home demonstration !
j work are invited to be present. All
members of the club and others us-,
ing government bulletins are asked j
| to send exhibits to the court house
on Friday, Nov. 30. The following ,
! committees will have charge:
Committee to solicit exhibits?
'Mrs. D. Dowling, chairman: Mrs. C.
E. Black, Mrs. J. J. Jones.
| Committee in charge of booths?
Mrs. G. W. Cope, chairman; Mrs. J.
| R. Owens, Mrs. B. D. Carter, Mrs. C.
J. S. Brooker, Mrs. F. B. McCrackin,
( Miss Pearl Counts,
j Committee to solicit and sell candy?Mrs.
J. J. Smoak, chairman;
I Mrs. Charles F. Black, Mrs. C. J.
Field, Mrs. B. W. Simmons.
A suggested list of exhibits is:
1. Each club having 50 to 100
containers?bottles, jelly glasses,
pint and quart jars, (a) Canned
! fruits, (b) Canned vegetables, (c) j
Jelly, (d) Preserves, (e) Catsup and1
chili sauce.
2. Miscellaneous products. (a)
Cut flowers, (b) Pot plants. (c)
Butter, (d) Eggs, (e) Syrup, (f)
Country ham.
3. Fancy work, (a) Embroidery,
(b) Crochet, (c) Tatting, (d). KnitI
ting.
4. Relics and curios.
5. Home made conveniences.
6. Bread display, (a) One loaf
bread made of Bamberg county flour,
(b) Six rolls made of Bamberg county
flour. Part wheat substitutes: (c)
corn meal cakes or sticks, (d) peanut
meal muffins, (e) Soy bean meal
muffins.
X?\v Advertisements.
| Tom Ducker?Toys.
F. K. Graham?For Furniture.
| J. B. Brickie?The Worst Spill.
Enterprise Bank?Steps to Wealth.
Bamberg Banking Co.?Statement.
Ehrhardt Banking Co.?Statement.
Standard Oil Co.?Plenty of Light.
I
Peoples Bank?Join Our Xmas
Club.
Standard Oil Co.?After the Cold
Walk.
Bamberg Banking Co.?Stephen
Girard.
Thielen Theatre?"The Dollar ,
Mark."
Rizer Auto Co.?Attention Auto
Owners.
Farmers & Merchants Bank?
Statement.
La Verne Thomas & Co.?Get
Ready Now.
Bamberg Banking Co.?Training
and Experience.
Farmers & Merchants Bank?If
You Died Today.
The Original Strollers quartet of!
fered the first number of the Alka
hest Lyceum system's fall and winter
schedule of attractions for Bamberg
in the Carlisle auditorium last Thurs:
day night. Their performance pleased
those present.
Bamberg Cotton Market.
Quotation for Wednesday, November
28, 3:20 p. m.:
Middling 29%
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TWO RESIDENCES DESTROYED.
Messrs. E. ( . Rrucc and ?J. C. Folk
I^ose Homes.?Others in Danger.
.Many of Bamberg's handsome res- j <
idences experienced a narrow escape i
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from destruction by fire last Thurs- '
day. What threatened to be one of j
the worst conflagrations in the town's |
history occurred that day when, withil
an unusually strong wind blowing, j;
two fires were burning at the same
time in widely separated parts of theh
city. It is a godsend for our people);
that the fire did not break out in; 1
the dead of the night, for there is ]
no telling what damage would haveji
been done had such been the case. i1
The fire originated in a small outhouse
on the property of Mr. E. C. j
Bruce on Main street, close to his
residence. That was about one
o'clock in the day. It is not known
how it got started, but when the little
blaze was first noticed by Mr. J. i
M. Grimes it could have in all probability
been put out with two or
three buckets of water. It seems 1
that there was no water at Mr. j
Bruce's, however, or at least none,
could be found at the time, and fann-j1
ed by the high wind the fire soon I
spread to the residence which burn-!
ed rapidly and was totally destroyed.;
A considerable portion of the furni-i
ture was saved, but much of it was j
damaged and even broken up through
excitement and hasty handling by the
people. Mr. Bruce carried $1,500 insurance
on the house and $1,000 on
his furniture, but this was not near
enough to cover the property burned
and consequently he is a heavy
loser.
The wind swept the fire in a north-1
easterly direction, the home of Mr.
J. M. Grimes, across the street, being
directly in its path and once caught.
With valiant work this house was
saved. It is possible that the dry
shingle roof of the home of Mr. J.
C. Folk, more than a quarter of a
mile distant, may have been ignited
from a flying spark/ With the people
working nearer the scene of the
original fire this one was almost unnoticed
until the entire house was
in flames. That gave very little opportunity
to save anything and the
house and nearlv all the furniture1
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tain and part owner
Invested savings were
ported the governmen
dollar loan in the 1812
for poor boys is his i
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of men's achievements. T
earnestly and savestas mt
investment generally is the p
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Now is the time for
future. Begin by depositing
this week. Get the saving t
Multiply your money
4 Per Cent. Interest Pai
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS
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BAMBERG BAN!
Bamber
Hit on Head With Hammer.
In a difficulty about six o'clock en
Wednesday evening of last week at
Midway, Lonnie Stokes, a negro, was
langerously wounded by a blow *
:he back of the head with a hammer.
The blow was inflicted by another ne?ro
named Smith. It is said that the w
Stokes negro is half-witted amd
brought about the affair, even though
Smith was trying to avoid him. The
wounded man is badly hurt, though
the injury will probably not Npro*e
fatal. Smith is in jail heVe pending
the outcome of his victim's injuries
before any definite charge can be
made against him. w
were completely destroyed. Mr. Folk
was in Charleston at the time of the
fire, as he is working in the nary
yard down there. Mr. Folk was a *
hevvy loser, as he had recently allowed
his insurance policy to lapse,
and he, therefore, had no insurance
whatever.
The home of Mr. W. C. Zeigler,
on the opposite side of the street to
that of Mr. Folk, caught severe!
times and it was only by the hardest
kind of work that it was .prevented
from burning. Many other homes
were endangered, and with the serious
situation which confronted the
people a good many of the stores
were closed to allow everyone poreible
to help fight the two fires, as the
wind was still blowing furiously. Fortunately
the waterworks and hose
worked admirably and splendid work
was accomplished, the fire being
checked before any serious damage
was done to Mr. Zeigler's home. BOjb
from the Carlisle school rendered
efficient service along with the citizens
of the town especially in saving
the Zeigler home.
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Notice?Choice lot of farm land
for sale. Call on J. T. O'NEAL,
Real Estate Agent, Bamberg, S. C.
Lost?Bamberg Banking Company
savings pa?s book No. 553. Finder e
will please return same to MRS. C.
R. BRABHAM, SR., Bamberg, 8.
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