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Thursday, January 3, 1918.
SHOUT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
The many friends here and elsewhere
of Mrs. J. D. Copeland. Sr.,
exceedingly regret the recent stroke
of apoplexy which she suffered. This
was her second stroke, but Mrs.
Copeland has improved considerably
and is resting well.
The recent Red Cross campaign
here for new members was a gratifying
success and the membership of
the Bamoerg cnapier was iuu l c liiaii |
doubled. The ladies worked faithfully
in the Christmas drive and they
feel that they have been rewarded for
^ their efforts.
His friends will be pleased to know
that Mr. J. Harry Johnson will be all
right again in a few days. Mr. Johnson
was hurt by a fall through flooring
which gave way under him while
he was in Bamberg the other day.
One of his legs was very badly bruised.?Augusta
Chronicle.
The name of Mr. Ola J. Zeigler, of
Bamberg, appears on the list of successful
applicants for admission to
the officers' training camp from
Clemson college. Mr. Zeigler has
been spending a few days at home
with relatives before going into training
at'Camp Jackson, Columbia.
Mr. L. S. Bellinger, who has been
a member of the national army since
September last, and is now stationed
at Camp Sevier along with numbers
of other Bamberg county boys, is
spending a few days in the city while
on a leave of absence. Mr. Bellinger
says it is extremely cold at the camp,
but that the Bamberg boys there aregetting
along nicely.
The Rev. William Elwdl, who is
remembered by the older residents
of this city as a little boy here when
his father was pastor of Trinity Methodist
church, was shaking hands with
old friends in Bamberg last week.
Mr. Elwell has now been a minister
for several years and is preaching in
the Upper South Carolina Methodist ?,
conference. He preached Sunday,
night in Denmark.
Bamberg Business Changes.
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Mr. A. B. Utsey has given up his
position in -the store of Mr. W. D.
Rhoad, and on the first entered the
omnlAvmont rvf \fr H T Rrahhnm
WXXJ Vi. A'AA *.?. V ? ???*
as bookkeeper. Mr. B. T. Felder,
who has been keeping books for Mr.
Brabham for a number of years, resigned
that place to accept a position
with Rentz & Felder, while M>.
Henry L. Kearse has resigned his position
with Rentz & Felder, as he has
enlisted in the navy and expects soon ;
to be called into actual service.
The H. C. Folk Company has been
chartered by the secretary of State
with a capital stock of $10,000 to do !
- ^ a general mercantile business. The >
officers of the new corporation are: ;
Mr. H. C. Folk, president; Mr. H. N.
Folk, vice president, and Mr. John
\ W. Folk, secretary and treasurer.
The new firm succeeds the individual
firm of H. C. Folk, whose busi
ness is one of the oldest establishments
in Bamberg.
Mr. J. A. McMillan has resigned
his position with Mr. H.'J. Brabham
and has replaced Mr. Otis Black, who
has given up his position v^ith the
Bamberg Furniture & Hardware Co.
to go to Charleston. Mr. McMillan I
will also devote a part of his time
this year to his farming interests;
in the Colston section.
Mr. F. C. Ayer is no longer in the
store of Mr. A. Rice, beginning with
the new year, and has been succeeded
there by Mr. E. F. Free. Mr. Ayer
will give his entire time to farming.
Storms and Trees.
It is always interesting to watch
the effect of storms anywhere, but in
the woods these effects are most varied
and remarkable.
It frequently happens that a tornado
or hurricane will follow a certain
course and level only the trees
in this line, often leaping from place
to place. In such cases all trees in
>+? miffor nr oro hirtwn rlntt'Tl
ito patix ouu^; vx ?x v/ */*v *? u v?v ? M ,
but where there is a general very
high wind and all trees are hit with
about the same force it may be noted
that the best rooted ones and not
those of the strongest wood survive.
Wind resistance of the whole trees
has also something to do with the
bending character of the trunk and
branches, for where these give before
the force of the 3torm they permit
the wind to slide off. The hickory,
above all, will not yield, and consequently
receive the hardest strain
against its entire top, whether full
leaved or bare. It may be commonly
noticed that in a mixed woodland,
where a hard wind has driven, there
are more hickories down than any
o'thet trees.?Popular Science.
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SLKNT, SNOW, WIND, SUNSHINK.
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Heavy Mantle of White Covers the
ftaith Hereabouts in Abundance.
Last week-end the people of Bam- ]
berg experienced the coldest weather <
ever recorded in December in this 1
section. We also received the first
real snow of the winter and the first 1
here for two years. The change came 1
Saturday, and shortly after dinner 1
that afternoon it began sleeting. Sleet
continued to fall until well into the 1
night with occasional flurries of snow j
mixed in with it, and the mercury 1
steadily descending. During that ]
night the sleet ceased, but the snow <
continued falling. Sunday morning
the ground was covered to a depth
of about two inches, being mostly i
snow, with a thin under coating of
ice where the sleet had frozen. The
thermometer at 7:30 Sunday morning
registered nine degrees above zero, or
only one degree higher than the hard
freeze of February 3, last year, and
the memorable spell of 26 years ago.
During the day the temperature moderated
slightly, but Monday morning
about nine o'clock snow began falling
again in large flakes, which grew
thicker and faster and lasted several
hours. It stuck to the ground well,
but the sun shone* brightly in the
middle of the day and a considerable
quantity of the snow melted. There
was a little wind and the atmosphere
was dry, which prevented a great deal
of suffering, but the general shortage
of fuel made it very bad for some of .
our citizens, and many water pipes
and plumbing appliances froze up
and bursted. Relief was evidently
in sight Tuesday, when the temperature
rose rapidly, but Tuesday night
the clouds again became heavy, and
during the night about two more
inches of snow fell, making the third
snowfall within three days. More
agreeable weather is promised for the
balance of the week. j
Two Deserters Captured.
Arthur Rice and Oscar Halyard,
two Bamberg county negroes who
were sent from here with the first
negro contingent to the drafted army,
were arrested Monday by Chief
of Police W. G. Kirkland and Sheriff
S. G. Ray, under orders from army
headquarters, and were carried |
back to Camp Jackson near Columbia
by Sheriff Ray. The charge
against them is desertion from the
army. The men had been absent for 1
about six weeks or more, and it is
not thought that they abtually intended
to desert, for they had been *
in and about Bamberg most of the
time and made no effort to hide or ^
get away. Several months ago they 1
were sent from Camp Jackson to a
point Jn Virginia for army work and
training, and while there they state
that an officer in charge on night
duty told them if they could get by 1
his post they could have their free- (
dom. The negroes were ignorant to
the extent of believing him and succeeded
in accomplishing the feat. 1
They consequently worked their way
home where they have been ever 1
since and really thought they *were
free for good. Under these circum- (
stances the matter against them, ordinarily
very serious, will probably
not go very hard with them.
W. M. S. Week of Prayer. <
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The Women's Missionary society (
of the Baptist church will observe ;
next week as the week of prayer. ]
Some of the members were under the i
impression that this week was to be (
observed; but we are requested to {
state that this was erroneous. It is <
hoped that the ladies will take much ]
interest in the meetings as they are a r
source of much benefit and blessing. <
The ladies of other denominations j
in the town are cordially invited to ]
attend the meetings, which will be held
in the homes of various mem- <
bers, as follows:
Monday?Home of Mrs. Geo. P. 1
White; leader, Mrs. R. M. Hitt. \
Tuesday?Home of Mrs. John ,
Cooner; leader,*Mrs. C. B. Free.
Wednesday?Home of Mrs. R. M.
Hitt; leader, Mrs. Geo. P. White.
Thursday?Home of Mrs. J. F.
Carter; leader, Mrs. Robert Black.
Friday?Home of Mrs. Miles
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JtJiacK; leauer, mis. mnco j-na\^n..
Saturday?Home of Mrs. LaVerne
Thomas; leader, Mrs. LaVerne Thomas.
N?w Advertisements.
W. C. Stiver?For Sale.
J. F. Chassereau?Wanted.
Farmers & Merchants Bank?Our
Bank.
Peoples Bank?Joing Our Xmas
Club.
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Ejllliery i ISC Dciuiv mtj .na^v; IU
Put it.
W. D. Rowell?Teachers' Examination.
Chero-Cola Co.?For Refreshing
Qualities.
Bamberg Dry Goods Store?Big
Moving Sale.
Bamberg Banking Co.?The Bank
o? North America.
A Soldier's Appreciation.
Camp Sevier. Greenville, S. C., Dec.
25th, 1017. .
Editors The HeVald:?I want to express
my appreciation to the Red
Cross chapter of Bamberg for the
box received before the holidays.
These boxes that we boys get show i
that the people think of us, and are \
willing to lend a helping hand to the i
boys who are with the colors. |
sai-iroH mir Ptirictmac Hinnpr i
today, and I will speak for one and i
ill that it was enjoyed by all the I
boys. I am a cook and helped to i
prepare the dinner for the boys. Sincerely,
SERGT. J. C. KEARSE,
118th Infantry, Co. F.
P. S. Cook's rank and draw sergeant's
pay.
Slight Damage by Fire.
Last Saturday night a little after
six o'clock, when the sleet storm here
was at its height, the alarm of fire
was sounded, and it was discovered
that the residence of Mr. Vastine J.
Hartzog, on Church street, was on
fire. The house caught from a defective
flue in the kitchen and for-1
tunately was seen and the alarm
given before it made any headway
whatever. 'A crowd quickly gathered
on the scene and the blaze was extinguished
with buckets of water
without the use of the new motor
truck, although the truck was there
on time and made a splendid run
with Mr. J. B. Brickie, the efficient;
driver of the truck, at the helm. On-1
ly a small hole was burnt in the;
kitchen of the home and little dam-j
age was done, although it might have j
been very serious as it was such a I
bad night for a fire.
Preaching at the Baptist Church.
Sunday, January 6th, at 11 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
Morning: "The Signs of the!
Times."
Evening: "Men for the Times."
Public cordially invited to hear
the discussion of the topics above.
Sunday-school at 10 a. m., Dr.
Robt. Black, superintendnt.
Graham-Harvey.
Bamberg afforded another surprise
marriage Monday night when Miss
Cary Graham, daughter of Mr. and ,
Mrs. H. M. Graham, and Mr. W. Hilton
Harvey, of Ware Shoals, motor3d
to Orangeburg and were quietly
married by the Rev. W. A. Massa- j
beau, pastor of the Methodist church !
it that place. The family here and
friends of Mrs. Harvey had thought
probably tbe. marriage would take
place at some future date, but no
Dne suspected it at the present time,
although her parents had given their
eonsent to the marriage later.
The affair was therefore a complete
surprise to everybody and the
:eremony was only witnessed by several
friends. They returned to Bameerg
Monday night after their marriage
and left on the 8:17. Southern
;rain and are now at Ware Shoals,
vhere they will make their home.
Mrs. Harvey was a student of Lanier
college, Greenwood, where she
vas a member of the junior class and
;ook a high stand in her studies. She
s considered one of the most beau;iful
girls in college, and at the time
)f her marriage was only at home for
;he Christmas holidays. She is recpgnized
at home as one of our most
attractive girls and one of the
nost popular members of Bamberg's
younger society set. She had attended
Lander for the past three years
lad had numerous friends over the
State who will be both surprised and
interested to hear of her marriage.
ine Dnaegrooin was ungxiian^ uuui
jreenwood, where he comes from a
prominent family and is well* liked.
For the past four years he had been
in employee of the Farmers and Merchants
bank of that city, but resigned
that position about a month ago
i;o become paymaster of a large cotton
mill at Ware Shoals, where he is
aow located.
No Railroad Changes Here.
President Fairfax Harrison, of the
Southern railway, has wired the local
agents and employees of the road
an official announcement of President
Wilson's proclamation taking over
the railroads to be operated by the
government as a war measure. Mr.
Harrison suggested in his telegram
that all employees continue with their
work as if no change had occurred,
and assured them that their duties
and positions would be exactly the
same as heretofore. He thanked the
men for their loyal cooperation and
services to him in the past, and asked
that they render to the govern- I
ment the same hearty cooperation and
patriotic service to tl\e end of winning I
the war. His telegram gives a splen-i
did idea of the desire which the big j
corporations have to serve the nation '
in the emergency and the efficiency
with which they intend to work.
No postmaster"s pay will be increased
during the war, according to
an order by the postmaster general.
LAWYERS JMHXG THEIIi 15IT.
Many Registrants Being Aided by the
Legal l^ofession and Others.
For the past two weeks the lawyers
of Bamberg have been "doing
their bit" by rendering gratis their
services to the nation or to the registrants,
whichever way one chooses
to term it, in filling out the question
naires sent out to each registrant by
the selective draft board. Each
questionnaire is a book in itself and
contains 16 pages of printed matter,
about 12 of them being solid questions
in small type to answer. Some
of them are difficult and Uncle Sam
has furnished no small job for the
legal fraternity and others who have
volunteered their services. An average
questionnaire requires about 45
minutes to an hour to complete, and
the registrants have literally swamped
the offices of Bamberg lawyers during
the entire time. It is really a
patriotic service which the lawyers
are performing (for practically all
the questionnaires are made out with
their assistance) for the members
of the bar have not had a day's time
for their professional business and
will not have for some time to come,
and furthermore t.hev refuse to ac
cept a cent for their services. Taking
this into consideration every registrant
who can do so should be
thoughtful enough to fill out his
questionnaire without assistance if
possible, so that those helping the
registrants will have more time to
devote to the ones who need aid the
most. The time is so limited that
there are many men who will be unable
to get help for the simple reason
that the lawyers will be so crowded
that it will be impossible to get
to them. A man should fill out all
the answers he can before goin^ to
a lawyer or a member of the legal
advisory board for assistance on
questions which he needs help. A
few other loyal citizens are also helping
in this work, Mr. J. A. Wyman,
Rev. R. H. Jones, Rev. George P.
White, and several others, and there
are many others who could give some
time to it and should by all means
do so. It is not necessary to be a
lawyer by any means. The doctors
had their task in giving the physical
examinations to the men free of
charge to anyone, and well and loyally
did they perform it. The lawyers
and the doctors are not the only
ones quannea 10 ao pairiutic awyxw
at home, and while giving them praise4
and credit some other competent men
?
should come to the ftont with their
services. They can if they only will,
Bamberg Boys at Halifax.
Messrs. Tom and Henry Felder,
both of whom are in the nav? recently
did rescue work at Halifax, after
the terrible explosion, which wrecked
the Nova Scotia city. Henry arrived
on the scene only three hours
after the accident, while Tom's ship
got there" within six hours. They
write home that the experience which
they went through was something
wonderful, but the devastation
wrought and the scenes before themv
were pathetic and something terrible.
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Dale Didn't Shout.
Congressman Dale, of Vermont,
needn't shout to America to wake up.
Outside of Vermont, at least, we are
awake, and we are doing big things.
If Mr. Dale feels the need of shouting,
if he seeks to be the successor
of the late "Firm Alarm" Foraker,
let him wake up his own State. That
State, once famous for the fighiing
spirit of the "Green Mountain Boys"
of the revolution and the civil wai,
has not yet supplied one whole company
to the army of the United States.
Let Mr. Dale wake up Vermont; that
is the only part of the country fhat
is not up and doing.
In the raising of men, the raising
of money, the clothing, arming and
equipment of a million and threequarters
of soldiers, the building of
16 cities for a population of 40,000
each from the selected draft, besides
the many camps for regulars and national
guard, the sending of troops to
France, the increase of the navy from
300 to over 1,000 vessels in commission,
the building of more than 300
naval vessels besides the submarine
chasers, the increase of the navy personnel
four-fold, the expansion of nattqI
training stations from a caDacity
of 6,000 to a capacity of 113,500
men, the commandeering of 413
steamers in process of construction
and the contracting for 738 others,
and the construction of the largest
shipyards of the world, which are already
beginning to launch ships?in
these and other directions, America
has done and is doing the most enormous
task it ever undertook, the
most enormous task ever undertaken
by any nation, with the possible exception
of Great Britain, and a task
so huge that it simply confuses and
bewilders a man of Congressman
Dale's perspective.?Philadelphia Record.
Worthy of America.
Verified details of the recent German
raid on the American soldiers
in the French trenches establish beyond
question that the. American
i
soldiers acquitted themselves like
the men they are. The men had
been in the trench only about three
hours after having marched most
of the night, and were very tired.
Some of them had been permitted to
go to sleep in a dugout, twenty-five
feet underground. The raid was
preceded by a heavy barrage fire
that cut off a portion of the trench
from help and the attack came as
a surprise. The men in the upper'
luit'or of the trench fought to the
d^ath, and the soldiei'3 down in the
dugout did not know of the racket
until the Germans began throwing
hand grenades on them. Nevertheles
they fought desperately as is evidenced
by the fact that the steps of
the dugout, especially the upper portion,
were covered with blood?lots
of it. These were the men who were
taken prisoner. One corporal in an
observation post was ordered by a
lieutenant to go into the dugout; but
he did not understand the order and
remained where he was. When the
barrage was over he saw five Germans
around him, and he killed three
of them before he was put out of action
by a piece of hand grenade that
struck him in the back. He is now
in the American hospital behind the
lines.
Heroic Work of British Captain.
A? staff captain is mentioned in
the orders of the day issued by the
general commanding a certain British
division on the Cambrai front as
follows:
"By his heroic conduct he saved
the whole brigade, if not the division.
, This little note hides the story of
the remarkable bravery displayed by
this captain under the stimulus of
hatred aroused by the crippling, of
his baby girl by a German air raid on
England. During^the attack near
Marcoing on Nev. 30, single /Handed
an^d armed only with a heavy stick,
he attacked and killed or dispersed
a group of Germans who were in possession
of an ammunition dump near
his headquarters south of Marcoing.
He then collected a small and heterogeneous
force and pushed on to Les
Rue Vertes, where, in desperate
hand-to-hand fighting, he effectually
, cleared the place of Germans. He
hiitself, armed with two revolvers,
shot down eight German machine
gunners and held the position until
relief arrived. Other thrilling incidents
are tofd of British commanders
in desperate situation going personally
among the men in the front lines
to cheer them. In one cas$ a colonel,
already blinded wfs led among
his men by an orderly." ^
Caught President Grant.
-Dr. James Thorington had a "Panama
dinner" for some of his conferes
who shared the exciting life on the
Isthmus in the early eighties, and he
told this story of how his father, that
doughty civil war veteran, Col. Thor
lugiuu, uuiiinieu me pusi ujl uuxisui
at Colon.
Grant was the first president to install
civil service regulations governing
appointments to federal office.
Col. Thorington ior once in his
life turned pale when he went to
Washington and this question faced
him on his examination paper:
"How many.- soldiers did England
iend to the colonies during the revolutionary
war?" ~
He ga^ed at the paper and the paper
gazed at him for many precious
minutes. Then in desperation the
colonel wrote:
"A d sight more than even
went back!"
He trudged home to his hotel muttering
to himself: "Oh, well, it's all
off now!"
Some time later orderly knocked
at his door. . Go*. Thorington, the
president would like to see you, sir."
.He went tcx the white house feelinC
"shaky."
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The president, smiling broadly,
wrung his hand. "Colonel, you're a
man after my own heart," he said.
"Here are seven consulates. Which
will you have?"?Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Boy Burned to Death.
Cope, Dec. 26.?On Saturday
morning Ed. Wright, a prosperous
negro farmer of this section, lost a
fifteen-year-old son by being burned
to death, and came near losing his
home and another child, a girl. In
the morning, as the boy Duther
went to make up fire he got hold of
a can of gasoline instead of kerosene.
The same exploded with great
force, scattering flames all over him
and the room in general.
A neighbor ran to their assistance,
and by hard and quick work saved
the dwelling, although Wright lost
a lot of clothing, bedding, etc., and
the girl was burned about the head
| before she got out of bed.
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jFORCED TO DIG JTHEIR GRAVES.
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I The Horrors Visited I'pon a Helpless
People by Austrian*.
! London.?Compelled to dig their
own graves, drowned, burned alive,
hanged, or shot down with machine
guns, the Serbians of Hertzegovina, ^
Bosnia, Istria and Dalmatia were the
victims of Austro-Hungarian atroci- i
ties, supassing the human imagina- '
tion, recently declared Dr. Tresic
Pavicic, a Slav member of the AustroHungarian
Chamber of Deputies.
Narratives of Serbians made prisoners
were related in detail before the ^
Austrian Parliament by the Slav
deputy. j|
According to Dr. Pavicic, these out- 1
rages were practiced upon the civil- Jj
ian-*population, old men, women and
children, when orders were given by
Gen. Potiorek, described as the auto,
crat of Bosnia, to remove the Serbians
from the frontier districts.
Dig Their Own Graves.
The inhabitants of the village of
Svic, young and old, were all led
away and on arrival at Mount Rudo,
were compelled to dig their own v|
graves and to lie down each in his j
own. Many women, the deputy said, fl
lay down in their graves with chil- ^
dren in their arms and the soldiers
then shot them one after another, v--fbe*
livine- nuttinsr earth over the
dead until their own turn.came.
The ordinary method of executing
these civilians who should have,
been interned, said the Slav deputy,- $g
was to hang them, but instead the y
whole Serbo-Montenegrin frontier had
been transformed into a desert.
Eighty-two persons, he said, were -4
hanged without trial at Zubac, 103 at ,*|s
Trebinjo, seventy-one at Foca and 1 j|
300 at Tuzla. He gave the names M
of victims and the dates and localities
of the outrages.
Of those who were not executed, , J
he declared, the very young and the
aged died of destitution. It was the' m
vigorous, competent and courageous
who were arrested, falsely accused,
condemned, tortured and executed.
The deputy was informed, he said, ^
that 5,000 persons had been arrested '
in Dalmatia,. Istria and Carniola. Dr.
Pavicic was one of those arrested,
herded with brigands, insulted by -
Hungarian soldiers and beaten with
rifle butts. Many of his fellow pris- ^
oners lost their reason and he says
one hurled himself from a train un- jj
der the wheels of another which was fl
passing. Thousands of Serbians, he qk
declared, were taken for internment 1
to Mostar, Hertzegovina, to Doboj,
Bosnia* and to Arad, Hungary.
Upon these unfortunates their jailers
inflicted peculiar punishments according
to the narratives of two surviimra
rolatofl hv Hr Pavinin On A
of ;the jailers at Mostar was charaoterized
in the speech as a "ferocious 1
beast," who beat his prisoners with fl
a hooked baton of iron which he ' J
called "Krownprinz." A priest nam- 1
ed Tichy afterward died at Arad, I
Hungary, as the result of the tortures
the jailer inflicted.
If those gathered at Mostar sur- V
vived they were transferred later to U
Arad, where "thousands of living ^
skeletons were congregated from Bos- 5nia
and Hertzegovina," said the dep-?
uty. Famished, naked, half dead
from the blows of rifles and bayonet
thrusts they were driven to the casements
of the Arad fortress. In its
subterranean corridors they died* in
masses from typhus.
"As the days became colder," said f
Dr. Pavicic, "they took clothing from J
the dead to clothe the naked. The W
number of deaths at Arad is estimat
ed at between 3,000 and 4,000. ifl
"At Doboj things were worse. IH
Along with Serbians and Montenegrin
prisoners came crowds of civil- V
ian old men, women and children I
driven from home and forced to trav- M
el in open cattle trucks. Hunger was
found to be the simplest and cheap*
est means of sending these people to
another world. Often the mother 1
wnnld ha Hpnr? whpn bar little* philrt 1
J
shook her to ask for bread. Trust- J
worthy figures show that ihore than '
i 8,000 innocent victims met their $.
death in these places."
SPECIAL NOTICES. J
Advertisements Under Tills Head 2SC. B
For 25 Words or Less. J
For Sale?1,000 bushels e&r corn, dfl
Applv to C. R. BRABHAM, Bamberg,
s. c. , i-io M
Notice?Choice lot of farm land 1
for sale. Call on J. T. O'NEAL,
Real Estate Agent, Bamberg, S. C.
Wanted?Experienced painter to ^
paint dwelling inside and out by job; :
none other need apply. J. F. CHAS- "VSEREAU,
Box 132, Ehrhardt, S. C. 1 J
For Sale?Ten Fords, 1915, 1916, |Jfl
1917 chasis, runabouts and touring
cars, in perfect condition. W. C. B
| STIVER, JR., 115 Church St., Char- B
j Ieston, S. C. It t J
Wanted?A good man to represent fl
us in Bamberg and adjoining coun
ties in selling Marble and Granite 'S
Monuments and cemetery work. We rM
have a good proposition for a good
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