The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 06, 1918, Page 6, Image 6

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?[) e Pamlierg f?eralb Tursday, June 6,1918. SHOUT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Sunday was the hottest day of the year so far. The thermometer ranged around one hundred throughout y the day, and registered 99 at sixo'clock in the afternoon. The intense heat was frequently broken, however, by refreshing gusts of cool wind. Mr. Preston Wright, an army Y. 1 -C? -* f'ftWTA To nL'_ M. (J. A. secretary uimi V^aillp uavu.- i son, was in the city Sunday and made a very interesting address at the Baptist church- Mr. Wright told of the work of the Y. M. C. A. in the cantonments, which he described as being of very great importance. Highly appreciated showers fell Monday and Tuesday throughout the county. The crops generally, with the exception of cotton, were badly in need of rain. This was especially true of tobacco, of which there is a considerable acreage planted this year. Cotton is reported to be in fine nnnriition. Rev. George P. White went down Sunday to Ehrhardt to preach the , baccalaureate sermon at tne commencement exercise of the Ehrhardt ? graded school. The pastor of the .Ehrhardt Baptist church, Rev. D. <H. Owings, filled Mr. White's pulpit in Bamberg in the absence of the - Baptist pastor. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. * F. K. Graham sympathize with them in the death of their little son, Frank yf Kirkland, who died last Saturday at the Baptist hospital in Columbia, at the age of about 18 months. The * little boy had been very ill for sev eral weeks. The remains were interred at Kingstree on Sunday. Cards have been received in the city from Messrs. W. E. Hutto, Leighton Rentz, Claude Smoak and L. M. Zeigler, and Dr. Augustus S. Weekley, advising friends and relatives of their safe arrival in France. These young men sailed for overseas duty in the army /some days ago, and made the voyage to Europe in safety. Mr. H. E. Cain, of Denmark, appears on the list of graduates from the South Carolina Medical college, Charleston. Mr. Cain is a member of the class in pharmacy, and is namV ^ed as one of the honor graduates and winner of one of the medals. The commencement exercises will be held today, and Dr. E. W. Sikes, president of Coker college, will deliver the address. The Sunday-school Training Insti tute held at Carlisle school closed on Tuesday. This was the first institute of the kind held by the South Carolina conference. The enrollment was fairly good, and it is believed that much good will have been accomplished by the training secured. The faculty was composed, of men and women who have giveti many years of stu?y to the problems confronting Sunday-school workers. We are requested to ask that the soliciting committees in each locality in the county forward to the central committee a list of all Red Cross j contributors at once. It is the purpose of the campaign managers to publish the names of all contributors together with the amounts contributed?indicating amount paid and amount to be paid. As it is desired to publish this list as soon as possible, the central committee will appreciate it if the local committees will forward their lists at once?totfay. i Sergeant Major Clifton S. Rlioad, of this county, writes: "We of the n A l"'" ^ ? tTAntrr nioocont 6U0Ln engineers nciu a ?ci j jjitucuuv trip last week from Camp Jackson to Camp Sevier. The regiment moved as a unit, and you can imagine some of the amusing incidents that had to happen when the troop train, with the band playing, stopped at a station where there was a crowd of people, especially girls. Troop train, hand, girls?enough said. The men are very favorably impressed with the camp here. If possible, they like it better than Camp Jackson." Prayed for Allied Victory. The biggest prayer meeting ever witnessed in Bamberg was held at the Baptist church last Thursday morning, in response to the request of the president for the people to congregate and pray for the forgiving of the sins of the people and for victory for t^ie allied arms. Every store and place of business in Bamberg was closed during the entire day, and practically every seat in the church will filled Thursday morning, the services being led by t??.tr Conroffl P Whitp A ea i n at ltu* . U^/Vi 5)V A ?? w, six o'clock in the afternoon a meeting was held, conducted by Rev. R. H. Jones. All of the congregations of the city united in these prayer services, which were intensely earnest. NEGRO KILLED AT OLAR. W. A. Ressinger Charged With Killing Lucius j>ul)liii. Lucius Dublin, a negro, was killed at Olar Saturday night, by being cut with a knife. An inquest was held by Coroner Zeigler on Sunday, and the verdict of the jury was that the negro came to his death at the hands of W. A. Bessinger, a white man. The following is a summary of the testimony introduced at the inquest: Dr. Robert Black, who performed the autopsy, testified that he found a five-inch cut across the middle of right side of neck, cutting an artery, which was sufficient to produce death, and also a six inch cut under right clavical, a slice cut of scalp in mole of head and a stab wound above right ear. Frank Guess testified: "Was in Purdy Ayer's shop yesterday afternoon. Bill Bessinger sharpening a knife. Blade about three inches long, about inch wide." George C. Morris testified: "I was passing from the automobile house in front of Luther Morris's store. Stopped there talking with him a few minutes. He said that Bill Bessinger and somebody was fighting or had been fighting and he said a negro. I asked what negro, and he said he didn't know." ^ Simmie Dickinson testified: "I stooped dovvn to crank car, I heard a man say . I raised up and Lucius Duolin was cut. Mr. Bessinger was cutting him. Mr. Bessinger called for a pistol. I found Lucius Bublin laying down on the street. I did not see any hatchet and did not see any knife." G. W. Cave testified: "I was out at pump m front of Mr. Kearse's store. I saw some three or four men come out about Luther Morris's store. I couldn't say exactly. I said, what's the matter? And I got no answer. About that time I said, what's the matter, T saw this darkey, whoever it was, running. I reckon the first time I saw this party run it must of been close a hundred yards from where I was. I never said but one person got to the automobile and that was his brother, Ed. He said he believed he would take out this package. This was after I saw the party run." Delegates to Winthrop College. Following have been named as delegates to the State short course for club women, Winthrop college, June 6-15. from Bamberg county: Mrs. D. Dowling, Bamberg; Mrs. S. G. Mayfield, Denmark; Mrs. H. J. Zeigler, Ehrhardt; Mrs. Paul Cook, Olar; Mrs. 0. M. Chitty, Olar R. F. D. Alternates: Mrs. John W. Crum, Miss Naomi Sandifer. ^ Prize-winning girls, canning club, (free trip to State short'course): Essie Carter, Eddra Fender, Ehrhardt; Ethel Collins, Govan; Mary Neeley, Olar; Edna Creech, Denmark, j ? ? Missionary Meeting. The woman's missionary society of the Baptist church will meet next Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. The mission study class will meet first. It is hoped that more of the ladies will attend this class. Rev. Mr. White is making the lessons very interesting ancL much is to be gotten from them. The attendance has been very poor from the beginning, and it is desired that those who purchased books will try to come and make th leaders' efforts worth while. j Red Cross Notes. During this, the month of June, it is hoped to enroll 20,000 Red Cross nurses. The womanhood of Bamberg county will be put to a Ai-a or>r? r\o trirttic ItJSl. V\ ilU IS U1 a i t auu enough to volunteer for this work? Bamberg has given her splendid young men, and a great many of them volunteered. Surely, our girls are just as brave! Thousands are needed for overseas service and, too. they are needed here at home: unless some willingly offer their services our boys are going to suffer. The Red Cross garments have fallen short, too. in the last two months. The chairmen of the circles are urged to get busy and give out some materials. It is gratifying to note the work of the colored Red Cross. They are very enthusiastic and the knitted garments are well made. The surgical dressing room will soon be ready for use, and then our ladies must show their energy and love for the boys who are being wounded in greater numbers now. Following is the list of shipments during the month of May: 16 pairs socks, 29 shirts, 44 sweaters: 1 sweater from the colored Red Cross. ?Contributed. Limit Club Growing. Mr. A. Kice. chairman or tne w ar Savings Limit club, announces that the club is getting under headway. The following are members to date: A. Rice. Bamberg. Jno. H. Cope. Bamberg. Jno. H. Cope. Jr.. Bamberg. Mrs. J. D. Copeland, Jr., Bamberg. C. W. Rentz, Bamberg. Any individuals or corporations willing to purchase $1,000 worth of War Savings before the end of the year are urged to hand their names to Mr. Rice. ' War Savings for May. The sale of war savings stamps suffered a decline during the month of May, for the first time since the stamps were placed on sale in December. The total sales for the month aggregated $3,668.66. The sales during April totaled over $5,600. Denmark leads the county for May, with sales of nearly $2,000. Den mark is putting in fine work now. The following are the sales by postoffices for the month of Mayj Denmark $1,909.76 Bamberg 1,244.22 Ehrhardt 340.29 Olar 108.20 Go van 66.19 JL U LCI I .... ....^y^vuu.uv The following are the sales by months up to June 1st: December $ 192.6S . January 228.97 February 475.28 March 1,111.95 April 5,619.50 May ?3,66S.66 Total $11,357.04 These figures indicate the actual amount of money paid for stamps ana not the face value of the stamps. Estimating the sales on the basis of face value would run the total up to a considerably larger figure. It is expected that the campaign to be launched in the county beginning on the 14th will materially increase the sales and put the county on a better basis. .Made Voyage to France. V I Mr. Glenn \V. Cope, who is doing duty on one of Uncle Sam's merchant vessels and who only a few I i days ago returned to America from i | a voyage to France, tells in a most ' interesting manner of his trip. Mr. I Cope is spending a two-weeks fur-, lough at home with relatives and i friends, and will leave Sunday to report for duty. The vessel on wnicn Mr. ^ope wasi assigned duty, carried a large cargo, the value of which was estimated at qonsiderably more than a million dollars, it is said. Some idea of the immensity of the ship load may be: gained when it is learned that on the. vessel there was 12 miles of railway track, some five million pounds in j weight; fifty carloads of hay, a large! number 0/ railroad flat cars, in ad-1 dition to a large quantity of other j stores and war materials. There were I thirty-odd of such vessels in the flotilla making the trip at that time, j Three weeks were consumed in j making the trip to the French port. The flotilla was met when it reached the danger zone by submarine destroyers, which escorted the ships I to port in safety. An incident of much interest witnessed by Mr. Cope was the sinking' of a German submarine by some of: the destroyers during the voyage. ! The submarine appeared some hun-i dreds of yards in advance of the j merchant fleet, and immediately the' lestroyers went after it. A depth 1 omb planted in as close proximity I as possible put the undessea craft | out of business. It required three weeks to unload | the vessel after it reached port, and' immediately the merchantman start-1 ed on the return trip, reaching an! American port in .considerably less j time than it- required to make the j I trip to France. The crews had no j | time, however, to visit any of the: | points in France, being kept busy at j port during the entire time. ^ < > ? Prize* for War Letters. Mrs. John H. Cope requests pub-i lication of the following from the1 executive secretary of the Woman's Division Council of Defense, Columbia: "I am offering a prize of $5.00 in the white high schools, $5.00 in the colored high schools, $2.00 in the white grammar schools, and $2.50 in the colored grammar schools for the best letter mailed this office before June 15 on the following subject: "America's plans for winning the war. What we have done and what we are planning to do." The best letters will be published, translated and sent abroad." Letters should be mailed before June 15 to the executive secretary and publicity chairman, Woman's Division Council of Defense, Room o07 Union National Bank Building, Columbia, S. C. 1 esieruav \%cis icgiauauuu ua* m i Bamberg, and all over the country, j All youths who have become twentyone years old within the past year were required to register for military service. These young men will be classified and given physical examination, same as the registered men of last year, and it is understood that their names will be placed at the bottom of the lists. The registration had not been completed when The Herald went to press, but it was estimated about 175 would be included in this registration in this county. Homespun is a good choice for an every-dav coat. WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN*. Drive for $7S,000 Sales to l>e Madel June 14-128. The council of defense held the regular monthly meeting on Monday afternoon. The principal business to come before the council at this meeting was the planning of the campaign for the sale of war stamps. This campaign is to be waged all over the country from June 14th to 28th, inclusive. June 28th has been named as war savings day by the president. It is planned to have a committee in practically every school district in the county. This committee is to solicit cash sales and subscriptions from every person in their territory. No one is to be overlooked. Bamberg county has responded to all calls, but I she Is sadly behind in war savings. The county's allotment is over $370,000, and less than $15,000 sales havt, been made up to this time. The plan is to sell during the campaign of two weeks $78,000 in cash sales, face value of stamps, and to secure pledges for the purchase of the remainder. This is a tremendous task, the biggest task that has yet been presented to the county. The amount is considerably larger than the county's allotment for liberty bonds in all three of the campaigns combined. This means that more' effort is going to be required in the forthcoming campaign than the county has ever yet experienced in order to put the drive across. At least one hundred people in Bamberg county are going to* be asked to buy one thousand dollars worth of stamps before the end of the year, j This will give the county a fairly good start toward the subscribing of j the- allotment. It has been planned for each member of the local committee to meet at the court house in Bamberg on Friday next, June 7th, for the purpose of organization, and making final arrangements for the big drive. It is urged that every member of all committees, men and women, white ana ' \ colored, attend this meeting, as it is nf iHtoi l'mnnrtanffl that each one shall become thoroughly acquainted! with the duty th'at is confronting him or her. This meeting will be held at 4:00 p. m. Friday, new time. Let every committeeman be present: On Thursday, June 13th, the campaign will be formally opened in this . county with great patriotic meetings. Preliminary plans call for three meetings in the county, one each for Bamberg, Ehrhardt and Denmark. The definite hours of these meetings will be announced later. A band will be secured for these meetings, and some speaker of State-wide note will be invited to address the people on the issues of the day. It is of the greatest importance that the people wake up to their duty in this line. This is no child's affair. If Bamberg county is to "go across" it is going to require the most earnest effort of everybody, men, women and i children, white and colored. Bamberg oversubscribed in the last liberty loan by sixty thousand dollars; she trebled almost in subscriptions to the Red Cross, and she oversubscribed^ the Y. M. C. A. The county must not fail to do her duty in the present campaign. Executive Committee Meets. The county Democratic executive committee net at the court house on Monday for the purpose of fixing the assessments, preparing for the primary, and the transaction of the usual routine of business. The following members of the committee were pres ent: W. S. Bamberg, J. B. Padgett, G. A. McMillan, J. W. Crum, Jr., A. G. W. Hill, J. L. Copeland, J. W. Steedly, J. A. Peters, I. B. F. Middleton, A. L. Kirkland. Hightower's, Govan and Lees were not represented. Mr. W. D. Rowell was elected secretary and treasurer of the committee. Mr. H. C. Follv, the retiring county chairman, was present and stated that it would not be possible at this time to fix the assessments j for the candidates, as only a very few had up to that time indicated their intentions to offer for the various offices. It was decided to postpone fixing the assessments until a later date. The county chairman, J. F. Carter, Esq., Capt. W. S. Bamberg and Mr. A. L. Kirkland were named as a committee to ascertain the cost of the Austrailian ballot system. It was decided to leave the matter j of fixing the dates for the various j campaign meetings in the county to j the county chairman. The county > chairman will confer with the citizens J of the various sections of the county with reference to this matter before fixing the dates. The polling preceincts of the conn- j ty will remain as heretofore fixed, J and each voter will enroll at his nearest club. The secretary was instructed to prepare as nearly as possible a statement of the cost of the last campaign to present to the next meeting of the committee. There being no further business, the committee adjourned. Denmark Serves 0,392 Soldiers. At midday. May 23rd, the offer; came to the Denmark branch of the Red Cross to furnish hot coffee for five days to >,392 soldier-recruits passing through on their way to a cantonment. The Red Cross tremendously wanted to furnish the coffee, yet at first it was staggered by the immensity of the undertaking. Other towns along the route, some of them larger than Denmark, had conscientiously expressed their inability to carry out so large an undertaking. However, Denmark, through her Red Cross, resolved to do the thing, and she did it. She did it by means of the cooperation a.nd svmnathv. not onlv of the 89 members of the Red Cross, but, as well, of the cilizenship of Denmark, for men, women and children?all?were interested. The coffee was really hot, and tht* boys liked it; otherwise they couldn't have cheered quite so lustily for the Red Cross as each lot of splendid youths did. One lot, and it hailed from New York State, too, gave three mighty cheers for "The Women of the South." Thermos milk-cans loaned by the May Field Dairy farm kept the coffee hot. A truck from the Cocoa Cola Bottling plant collected these 10-gallon cans from the individual homes where the coffee was made. The firm of McCrae & Son put some sweetness into the life of the boys' when it donated 100 pounds of su-' gar. Mrs. Frank James, vice-president of the local Red Cross, did splendid work in organization: a supervisor of serving was appointed for each day, and thus the strain did not j fall too heavily on one or two individuals. ^ i m > mm Cotton Meeting Here June 18. At the Cotton conference held in Columbia on May 14th, a special committee was appointed to perfect plans for the formation of community marketing clubs and county marketing associations throughout South Carolina. The members of that committee met in the office of the State warehouse commissioner on Monday afternoon and arranged for meetings at several county seats. Below are the names of the places at which and the dates on which these meetings i will be heldSumter?June 10. Darlington?June 11. Manning?June 12. Chesterfield?June 13. Barnwell?June 17. Bamberg?June 18. Hampton?June 19. Anderson?June 27. Greenwood?June 28. Newberry?June 29. These meetings will be held in the county court houses at 11:00 o'clock a. m. on the dates named. Other dates and other meetings I will be provided later. Cotton farmers and all others who j are interested in the establishment J of the State-wide system for marketing cotton and cottonseed are urged to attend these meetings. The pur- j poses of the South Carolina Cotton Marketing organization will be fully discussed and every farmer will be given an opportunity to enroll his name as a member of the State organization. Certain interests, inimical to those of producers, are exert ing every possiuie muucuio ^ 1"~ | duce the government to fix the price of the 1 91S crop, that is, to fix the price before the crop has been produced and before the cost of production has been ascertained; hence the farmers of the State should associate themselves together, and should there be any price-fixing, their voice and their influence should be felt in fixing a reasonable and just price for a crop produced by their own hands.? T. B. Thackston. Prosperity Proclamation Edition. Pictures are being taken and write ups being made for The Herald's illustrated prosperity edition. This is going to be one of the largest and i best printed editions ever issued in this county. It will carry views of all the leading merchants and farms and manufacturing plants of this county. The photographs are being posted in the window of The Herald Book Store and from day to day others will appear, which will give some idea of just what we are going to illustrate our paper with. Won't you help to make this a wonderful advertisement of our city and county? This is the place where you live and make your living; why not help make it a grand success? All we ask of you is to buy copies of the paper which will be mailed for you free of postage. Every citizen and merchant of Bamberg will be called on by our representatives, but in case you are missed, call at The Herald office and see about this wonderful plan to further the prosperity and growth of Bamberg?"The Gateway to Success." Afternoon dresses often have flaring sleeves. MERCHANTS* DAY'. Stores Asked to Invest Sales June 21 in W. S. S. Friday, June 21, has been designated merchant's war savings day by the South Carolina war savings committee. Plans are being perfected to the end that the merchants in. every town in the State will agree to invest their total cash receipts that day in war savings stamps. This will be one of the features of the great intensive war savings campaign which is to be conducted from June 14 to 28, and is expected to be a memorable event of the campaign. > This plan originated in Camden, S. C., where the merchants patrioti cally entered into a similar agreement, and it is believed- that the plan will be adopted nationally. New Advertisements. Lost Advertisement. F. W. Free?For Sale. Dr. J. M. Love?For Sale. Mrs. J. P. Hiers?For Sale. Furman Glee Club?Coming. J. B. Brickie?:The Tired Tires. G. L. Toole?Candidate's Card. Enterprise Bank?Steps to Wealth. + Wm. Shield Mfg. Co.?Red Devil Lye. F. K. Graham?Carload of Furniture. Bamberg Banking Co.?Plenty or Funds. Tom Ducker?Lightning Silver Cleaner. CherG Cola Co.?Our Shield and Defender. * \ U. S. Rubber Co.?War Time Responsibility. . Standard Oil Co.?Gas Stove Kit chen Comfort. ^ Herald Book Store?Lend Uncle 1 Sam Your Money. Farmers and Merchants Bank? My Money is AH Gone. i Bamberg Banking Co.?Estate of Philip Seymour, Deceased. TO DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF BAMBER COUNTY. Attention of the Democratic voters of Bamberg county is called to the { rules of the party requiring a new I enrollment of all voters for this year. The county, as heretofore, has thirteen clubs (hereinafter named) and each voter should enroll his name upon the club roll of the nearest club, measuring distance by the most practical route. The enrollment committees are as follows: Bamberg?W. S. Bamberg, J. J. Brabham, Jr., W. D. Rowell. Clear Pond?G. W. Folk, J. B. Padgett, F. C. Ayer. Colston?C. M. Varn, G. W. Kearse, R. L. Kearse. Denmark?J. A. Wiggins, J. S. Walker, M. R. Willis. Edisto?L. E. Cooner, J. W. Webster, A. G. W. Hill. Ehrhardt?J. L. Copeland, J. H. A. Carter, J. E. McMillan. Govan?J. B. Browning, J. H. Lancaster, B. I'. Hartzog. Hightower's Mill?L. W. Abstance, C. J. Creech, A. B. Hightower. Hunter's Chapel?J. W. Steedlv, B. W. Smith, A. W. Hunter. Kearse?H. W. Chitty, Havelock Clayton, H. A. Kearse. Lees?H. B. Grimes, H. S. Walsh, G. B. McClendon. Midway?J. P. O'Quinn, B. D. Donald, J. Y. Hicks. Olar?H. H. Kearse, L. A. Hartzog, G. O. Barker. In accordance with the rules of the party, the books of enrollment j will be opened at each club from the first Tuesday in June, 1918, to the last Tuesday in July, 1918, on which last date the club books shall close, and within three days thereafter each secretary shall transmit j the original roll to the county chairman, under rule 1 2 of the party. The secretary of each enrollment committee will be furnished with a copy of che rules of* the party and the enrollment will be conducted strictlv according to said rules. J. F. CARTER. County Chairman.for Bambers: Co. June 3rd, 191S. SPECIAL NOTICES. Rice fibre crepe toilet paper for sale at the Herald BoBok: Stare. For Sale?Some fine yellow pine shingles. Apply to F. W. FREE, ' Bamberg, S. C. It For Sale?Mule for sale cheap. Is . sound and gentle. Apply to DR. J. M. LOVE, Bamberg, S. C. tf For Sale.?A few more good sound > peas, at $3.00 per bushel. H. W. BEARD, Bamberg, S. C. 6-6. For Salo?One Ford roadster in 1 good condition. Will sell cheap. See ' me quick. MRS. J. P. HIERS, Bamberg, S. C. It V For Sale? 2 tons 8-3-3 fertilizer, manufactiir>d by Reic- Fertilizer Co. Will sell cheap. Apply ,to W. D. COLE.MAX, Bamberg, S. C. It Lost?Automobile liecnse number between Bamberg and Mr. E. C. Walker's on May 25. Reward will be paid for return to THE HERALD OFFICE. It ^ For Sale.?I am prepared to deliver top dressing on short notice and at right prices, also cotton sheets, bagging, and ties. J. T. O'XEAL, Bamberg, S. C. tf For Sale?One unused Gullett 70saw basket feed cotton gin, one press, one cotton seed culler, one 1,500 gallon iron water tank, and one plantation fertilizer mixer. Apply to J. A WYMAN. Bamberg, S. C. tf *