Cfje Bamberg Ueralli ~Thursday, Dec. 20,1917. short locals. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Mr. N. P- Smoak is out again after being confined to his home here for several days with illness. * Mr. Ben Pearson, who has been confined at home with a severe illness for about three weeks, has improved onffirientlv to be out again. Classes at the. Bamberg public schools will cease on Friday of this week, and regular school work will be resumed on Thursday, January 3rd. Mr. H. M. Graham has purchased a summer home in Greenwood and will hereafter probably spend most of the summer months in that city, but will remain a citizen of Bamberg. Mr. W. D. Cope, a farmer of Cope, is recovering from a successful operation at the Baptist hospital, after being confined for several montW He expects to leave the hospital in a few days. On account of the very inclement weather Thursday of last week the auction sale of land and lots which was to have been held In the Clear Pond neighborhood was postponed until a date to be announced later, probably within the next 60 or 80 days. The clerk of court wishes to call attention to the fact that titles, bonds and notes cannot be recorded unless war stamps are affixed. A nonflro hova hafln roppiV gUUU 11 id 11JH pdfOM O 11UIQ i/vvu ed which did not have the stamps attached. This causes much trouble and confusion. The many friends of Mr. 0. D. Faust, Jr., an old Bamberg boy, but / who for 'the past seven years has * held a position in Jacksonville, will be glad to know that he will return here to live after January 1st.' Mr. Faust expects to farm on his father's place near the city. A fine sale of Red Cross Christmas stamps is being had in Bamberg. The sale is in charge of Mrs. Glenn W. Cope, who sold out of stamps, but is expecting another supply at any time. More than $50 has been realized from the sale, the proceeds of which always go to the fight against tuberculosis. Prof. J. C. Guilds, county chairman of the Y. M. C. A. fund cam paign, has forwarded to the district treasurer $2,426.02, the amount that ^ has been subscribed ajtfl paid in in Bamberg county. There still remains $74.50 subscribed but not paid in. The county was only asked for $2,100. The ladjes and girls of the town are waging an energetic campaign this * week to increase the membership of Red Cross organization and are urging every single person to join and at least do this much for the cause of the brave boys who are suffering in the trenches. A booth has been installed on Main street and work is being done right on the street from this booth. Excellent results are being accomplished. Mr. J Frank Folk suffered a painful accident last week at the gin an4 oil mill plant of Mr. G. Moye Dickinson in Denmark, where Mr. Folk is employed. In some way. his right hand got caught in the gin and two of the fingers were terribly lacerated, so badly that he fainted and fell on a red hot stove. Fortunately, howj ever, a nejro was standing by and rescued him before he was seriously ? / injured. There will be no permanent injury from the accident. New Advertisements. Tom Ducker?Fruits. Owen Bros.?Wanted. V C llovt Stravpd Jul? V. IJkUJO wv* v?. Jones Bros.?Strayed. H. H. Stokes?For Sale. H. C. Folk?Shipment of Boots. J. J. Brabham, Jr.?Master's Sale. Bamberg Banking Co.?We Do Not Die. J. B. Brickie?Christmas Up-todate. Dr. G. F. Hair?Frost Proof Cabbage. Reid's Jewelry Store?Buy at Home. * Peoples Bank?The Man With Money. G. Frank Bamberg?Males and Horses. , Bamberg Auto Co.?Ordinary Common Sense. . Farmers & Merchants Bank?The Careful Man. Bamberg Banking Co.?The Bank of Scotland. War Savings Stamp Campaign? For Christmas. Enterprise Bank?When Opportunity Beckons. Watermans Ideal Fountain Pens at Herald Book Store. v THE LEGAL ADVISAKY BOARD. Assistance Will be Given Registrants in Preparing Questionnaires. Editors The Bamberg Herald: ? Will you please give space in the columns of your paper for the following information? Those registrants in the county who desire advice or assistance in preparing their questionnaires are informed that in response to?the call of the president of the United States a number of our citizens have patriotically promised to aid regis-; trants free of charge, realizing tne great importance attaching to the correct preparation of the question- j naire. Registrants are urged to secure aid from other persons than members of the legal advisory board as far as possible, in obtaining ideas of the matters touched upon in each question of th? questionnaire, so that if a registrant finds it necessary to obtain advice or assistance from a member of the legal advisory board, such registrant will be prepared to furnish the data and facts which i should b? embodied in his answers.] A list of the members of the legal advisory board of Bamberg county, and their places of residence, appears below. The membership of the board is widely scattered with a view to making easily accessible to registrants in the different sections ~c AAimtv aomo nno u'hnm thftV U1 I.UC UUUUL; yuiuv u ?? ? ? , can call upon for assistance as their needs may require. These gentlemen may be found at their respective offices, places of business or residences; and at Bamberg we will try to have some member of the board present each day in offices adjoining the office of the local exemption board. Under the selective service regulations registrants, have seven days only (excluding the day of the mailing of the questionnaire and excluding Sundays and legal holidays) in which to prepare and file their questionnaires, and if they wait until near the end of the seven day period the members of the legal advisory board may not have sufficient time to give assistance to all who may desire it. Saturdays are busy days; do not delay until'then, or until it suits your convenience, to obtain assistance. If you find that you need advice, see a member of the board as soon after receiving your questionnaire as possible. Eighty-five questionnaires are mailed to registrants each day, and therefore 85 (n^any more on some days) have to be answered and filed each day. This may entail an enormous amount of \tork on members of the board unless the registrants cooperate in distributing this labor. The chairman of the legal advis/ ory board requests that all citizens of the county who are qualified volunteer to give their services as members of this board, as a patriotic duty to their government, and as a service due the registrants of our county. N Those who volunteer for this service will be mailed the oath of office and will be furnished with the necessary rules and regulations concerning their duties, by communicating with the chairman of the board. Qualified Members of the Board. Bamberg?Prof. E. P. Allen; C. E. Black, Esq.; R. P. Bellinger, Esq.; B. D. Carter, Esq.; W. E. Free, Esq.; Rev. G. P. White; Rev. R. H. Jones; Rev. E. K Garrison; J. A. Wyman, Esq. Denmark?R. C. Hardwick, Esq.; J. W. Crum, Esq.; Rev. J. D. Huggins. Ehrhardt?W. D. Bennett, Esq.; Prof. Herbert Hucks; Rev. C. S. Felder; Rev. D. H. Owings. Olar?J. Ham Kirkland, Esq.; Rev. Achille Sassard; Prof. R. Fair Goodwin. * Embree?D. A. Gardner. Hunter's Chapel?J. G. Rhoad. The names of additional members will be listed from time to time as they qualify by taking the necessary oath, and forwarding it to the chairman of the board. The chairman will be very glad to be furnished by anyone with the name of any citizen who w^ll assist in this work. The legal advisory *board in its own behalf, and in beha}f of the registrants of Bamberg county, desires to thank the editors for the space given this communication. J. A. WYMAN, Chairman. Death of W. V Tyler. W. V Tyler, a prominent lawyer, died from a sudden attack of apoplexy on Thursday evening at his home in Millen, Ga. His sister, Mrs. J. P. Ott, of Columbia and her daughter, Mrs. McWillie S. Boykin, left Columbia for Millen upon receiving news of Mr. Tyler's death. Mr. Tyler was a well known citizen of Millen, but lived for many years at Bamberg before making his home at Millen. He is survived by his widow and two daughters.?Columbia State. | Knights of Pythias Elect Officers. At the last regular convention of Bamberg lodge. No. 38, Knights of Pythias, held Monday night, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: ( C. C.?M. G. Cooner. V. C.?Prof. J. C. Guilds. P.?W. L. Lovinggood. M. W.?Prof. E. P. Allen. M. E.?A. B. Utsey. M. A.?E. L. Price, Jr. K. R. & S. and M. F.?R. M. Hitt. 1 I. G.?R. C. Stokes. O. G.?L. B. Fowler. Trustee?H. C. Folk. After the meeting,* delightful ref r< nroro Kr f Via rD 11 COHUlUlltO ngic OU* * vu I/J tug ? V tiring chancellor commander, Mr. LaVerne Thomas. A matter of general interest enacted by the lodge at this meeting ' was to pass a resolution remitting the dues of all drafted men and volunteers, both officers and privates, ( during the term of their service in the army or navy. From Private J. C. Kearse. ' Mr. J. Clyde Kearse, a private from Olar at Camp Sevier, writes as follows: . "We have real winter here now, but we are glad to say all the boys [ have plenty of good clothes to keep i them warm. I want to say to the people of Bamberg county that all 1 [ the boys are faring fine?plenty to eat and wear, and ready to cross the pond, to go over the top and give the Germans some South Carolina stunts. All we ask is that the people save and help the boys who are fighting < for the flag." Mr. Kearse's address is 118th Infantry, Co. F, Camp Sevier. ^ , Negro Girl Burned to Death. - 1 A little negro girl five years old, the daughter of Fred Watson, was burned to death last Friday morning at her home where her father is farming for Mr. H. J. Brabham on a place in this county several miles below , Midway. Her mother was boiling some clothes in the yard, walked off ( a short distance to hunt some wood, . leaving the child at the pot. In some ( way her clothing caught from the fire , under the pot and the child became j frightened and ran across the field. , This caused the flames to spread over , her rapidly, and every single particle j of her clothing was completely burnt < off of her before the fire could be ( stopped. Her ffesh from her head j down to her hips was literally cooked , and could be peeled off like so much j chaff. Her suffering was terrible, and ^ death two hours after the accident , must have been a relief. { Old Confederates, Take Notice. CROSS ELECT OFFICERS. Rev. (i. I*. Wliite Elected (Tiairman to Succeed I)r. E. O. Watson. * A meeting of the local Red Cross chapter was held in the hall here Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of electing new officers, reorganizing and planning harder work. A good attendance of the members was o~ nana ana me omcers were eiecieu as follows: Chairman of the Bamberg County Red Cross chapter, the Rev. Geo. P. White; vice chairman, Mr. A. B. Utsey; secretary, Mise Mary Livingston; treasurer, Miss Franke Folkchairman of the membership committtee, Mrs. G. Frank Bamberg; chairman of the finance committee, Mr. W. D. Rhoad; chairman of the supply committee, Mrs J. R. Owens; chairman of the transportation committee, Mrs. E. O Kirsch; chairman of the publicitj jommittee, Mr. R. P. Bellinger; chairipan of the junior Red Cross committee, Prof. J. C. Guilds; chairman of the instruction committee, Dr. J. J. Cleckley. The members determined to put their power and might into the work and resolved to carry out the suggestions and instructions of the districl and national head officers as fully as possible. A meter will be placed at the booth on Main street increasing as the campaign for additional members improves, so that the public can see at a glance just what is being accomplished in the Christmas membership campaign. Service flags will be placed in the stores and business places and a Christmas eve celebration or ceremony will be put on by the Bamberg chapter. The Timber Cart Law. Supervisor L. P. McMillan says he has reason to believe that the timber cart law is being violated in 3ome instances in the county. This law was passed at the last sessior Df the legislature, was published ir The Herald, and attention has beer called to it several times. The supervisor feels that sufficient publicity has been given this law, a$d he says that hereafter all parties violating il are going to be dealt with. The law requires that a license must be secured from the county commissionsrs for four-wheel carts.^and thai :hat two-wheel carts cannot be operated. at all on the public roads. ' II is said that considerable damage has been done lately by these vehicles tc roads and bridges, and the supervisor states that this is positively the iast warning he is going to give the awners of such carts. Preparing for Work. Dr. E. O. Watson, who has been assigned by the South Carolina confer snce to Camp Jackson, is in tne city making arrangements to move his family here and beginning his regular work at the camp. Dr. Watson will conduct Bible Masses among the soldiers, cooperaIng with the Y. M. C. A. and will do personal work among the soldiers. For the present Dr. Watson will make his headquarters in room 811, National Loan and Exchange Bank Duilding. He expects to take a house it College Place. Dr. Watson will expect the various Methodist churches to send him lists )f the soldiers from their congrega;ions, and he will be glad to hear from the parents of soldiers. In each ;ase the camp address of the soldier jhould be given so that Dr. Watson may have no difficulty in finding him. ?The State. Colored Declamation Contest. An entertainment and declama;ion contest was held in the negro school house here Monday night. The mtertainment part, aside from the leclamations, consisted of music, ringing and short talks, while a prize vas contested for in declaiming by jirls of the seventh grade of the Samberg colored graded school. Refreshments were also served and the cublic Invited to attend. The affair vas gotten up by C. H. Jones, principal, and G. W. Grimes and Law"ence Stephens, local trustees. The gentlemen asked to act as judges for ;he declamation contest were Messrs. W. D. Rowell, G. O. Simmons and Rev. George P. White. The prolamine was a very entertaining and interesting one. Baptist Church Services. Sunday, Dec. 23rd: 10 a. m.?Sunlay-school, Dr. Robert Black superntendent. 11 a. m.?Preaching by the pas:or, Geo. P. White; subject: "The Message of Malachi to Modern Civilzation." 7:30 p. m.?A Christmas cantata, 'The Star of Bethlehem." Public invited to all services. Twenty-five cents will start you in the new government's war savings plan. Ask your postmaster, rural tarrier or teacher to tell you about it. War Savings in Bamberg County. The chairman of the war savings committee for Bamberg county has handed us this statement: "This war must be financed out of 1 the savings of the people?not so ! much the past savings, but the future. ' The national war savings committee, ' headed by Mr. Vanderlip, has worked out a splendid scheme, fashioned 1 after the English plan but, we think, ' with some improvements. This plan mi rrJ-1 + trt Intaroqt civorv ATI A ftB and I UUgjUt IV AAAVWA'WWV V? w?w, ? ' j young, rich and poor, whit? and !J black. It brings the possibilitity of 11 helping the government within the reach of everybody. "There are two war savings stamps: 5 The war savings certificate and the thrift stamp. The war savings cer tificate is worth $5.00 at maturity in January, 1923. It costs now $4.12, bearing interest at 4 per cent., compounded quarterly, and can be redeemed at any time at any postoffice. "The thrift stamp costs 25c. The 1 purpose of the thrift stamp is to enay ble those who cannot pay for a war savings certificate at one time to save ' the small stamps until enough is ' accumulated to exchange for. a certificate. "This month a special nation-wide campaign is being made among the school children of America. They 1 may *not be able to buy a war savings certificate but all can get a start with the thrift stamps. "The government must sell $2,000 xl UUU,UUU worm ui wai oavi 1150 toi uu1 cates. Bamberg county's share is $20 per capita. The slogan we have ! adopted for the present is: 'A thrift L stamp in every stocking and a war savings certificate in every home.' * Let us keep this in mind as we plan and spend for Christmas. "America is at war! we must all do our bit! We will be happier and > will hasten peace if we do. Your postmaster, rural carrier or i teacher will be glad to give you fur5 ther information. l "Bamberg county, as usual, will do i her part and more." Make Long Auto Trip. r Messrs. D. Paul Matheny, J. ' J. Heard and Ruby L. Beard, j three of the eight young men who left here some two weeks ago for Detroit to drive back motor cars, arrived in the city Tuesday night, each driving a car and each in high spirits. They experienced a ' very eventful trip and also some extremely cold weather. They left the balance of the party, or most of them, in Raleigh, N. C., with everything j going well, and the others got in the city Wednesday morning. The boys say they had very little trouble with the roads until they reached Raleigh, when they were poor for a considerable distance. As . an idea of how cold it was in the Northwest, they said the water in i the radiator of the car which Eddie . Jackson was driving near Akron, rvfc.rt fm7o -a.-M1 o thp par was run V/Ull/) II VOV Tf II**V VMV vw > ning. Community Christmas Tree. ? Christmas will be celebrated in Bamberg this year with a community Christmas tree. On Christmas night at half past six o'clock a tree will be lighted on the court house square. There with song and story we will commemorate the birth of our Lord Jesus. A large choir will, lead in the singing of the Christmas carols; and it is earnestly desired that all present will join in with them, as the joy of Christmas time can he expressed in no way so well as in song. The children under twelve years of age will be remembered with gifts of fruit. It is suggested that instead of having inays in Which to Return. The questionnaires containing the list of questions to be answered by each registrant under the selective service act are being mailed this week by the local board to the various young men throughout the county. They are being mailed to the men in the order in which they were called up for examination or the order in wnica tney win De called. rne ooara has 20 days in which to get them all mailed, and the registrant has seven days from the date it is received in ^ which to answer the questions and return the questionnaire to the board. Any lawyer or well informed citizen will be glad to assist any registered f> man free of charge in preparing his answers. There are any number of questions, making about eight printed pages in all, and the matter requires considerable thought, etc. It forms almost a complete history of a man's life and it is certain that the government will have a splendid biography of each registered man in the nation. The term "Selective Service" really implies the purpose of the questionnaire, and in this way the authorities can easily ascertain what work ^ and branch of service a man can best enter into. All answers must be sworn to before an officer authorized to administer an oath. Union Meetings. The Barnwell association union meetings will be held December 29 and 30 at the following churches: 1, Ehrhardt; 2, Friendship; 3, Healing Springs; 4, Mt. Arnon. TOPICS. 1. Our enlarged opportunities, i abilities and duties, and how will we' perform them? * 2. In what rsepects are ou churches behind the times, and what (f is needed to bring them up in line? 3*. The message of the season; the lesson# of the past; the aims and \ endeavors of the future. 4. Echoes from the Baptist State \ convention. . \ i SPEAKERS. At Ehrhardt?1. G. W. Folk, W.V M. Jones, J. C. Kinard. 2. G. J. ^ Hemdon, Dr. Robert Black, D. H. Owings. 3. D. 0. Hunter, N. H. A Fender, D. P. Smith. 4; Dr. J. B. Ik Black, J. E. McMillan, W. M. Jones, w Missionary sermon, W. M. Jones. At Friendship?1. Dr. J. R. Mo- y Cormack, C. W. Jones, J. O. Sanders. 2. W.'H. Hutto, J. gins, J. L. Proveaux. 3. L. S. Still, C. W. Jones, J. W. Bates. 4, *L. W. Abstance, J. D. Huggins, J. T. Still, Missionary sermon, C. W. Jones. 3 At Healing Springs?1. G. W. Mathis, E. C. Watson, R. B. Fickling. 2. R. E. Woodward, D. W. Heckle, T. J. Grubbs. 3. F. P. Lee, W. L. Hayes, H. J. Hair. 4. E. C. Wat- ' son, S. A. Hair, R. R. Johnston. Missionary sermon, E. C. Watson. ai Mi. Arnon??. l,. t>. sneaiey, J. . C. Fields, O. W. Barker. 2. J. R. / j CuUom, S. E. Miller, J. L. Bradley. 3. George P. White, T. J. Deer, A., * " W.Manuel. 4. J. R. Cullom. Id-' sionary sermon, George P. White. i Wofford and Converse colleges at Spartanburg, and Anderson college at Anderson began their Christmas holidays one week earlier this year due to the nation-wide shortage of coal. Bailey Military institute, of Greenwood, suspended exercises last week until next March because of an absolute lack of fuel and the impossibility to obtain more. The time will be made up in the summer months and the school year will extend on * through July. SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. For Sale.?A good bicycle in first class shape; see me quick. H. H. j STOKES, Bamberg, S. C.?It 1 Notice?Choice lot of farm laad for sale. Call on J. T. O'NEAL, j Real Estate Agent Bamberg, S. C. 1 Frost Proof Cabbage?I am still l? JjM the business and have plenty of frost Jjfl proof cabbage plants. Address me at^T^ Bamberg or Meggetts, S. C. G. F. J HAIR.?It. Strayed?From the home of Lige Williams (colored) one black mare . j mule. Is a little hard to.catch. Any 6ne taking her up will please inform JONES BROS. Bamberg, S. C. It For Sal??One unused Gullett 70- J saw basket feed cotton gin, one press, j one cotton seed culler, one 1,500 gal- \ Ion iron water tank, and one planta- j tion fertilizer mixer. Apply to J. j A. WYMAN, Bamberg, S. C. It' rj Strayed?Last Friday from mf place, one black mare mule and one ' > / j gray horse mule?both medium size, j Reward will be paid for return or / information leading to recovery. B. / 4 C. HAYS, Bamberg, S. C.?It / J Wanted?A good man to represent X us in Bamberg and adjoining counV 'I ties in selling Marble and Granit/ \ Monuments and cemetery work. W J have a good proposition for a go/ d 1 man. Address OWEN BROS. MA A BLE & GRANITE CO., Greenw^ ' jB