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Wt)tpamberg^eralb I Thursday, July 11,1918. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Charity Rice, a negro woman of Lees, was sent to the State hospital for Insane Monday by the Bamberg county authorities. Don't borrow your neighbor's Herald. He does not like to lend it. Subscribe for yourself; it costs you only $1.50 a year?in advance. The regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Missonary society of the Baptist church will be held at the cruhch next Wednesday afternoon at five o'clock. n"** Cnrnnt rvf Pharles 1 Ht5 IVCV. JL/1 UUV) V *. ton, is conducting a revival meeting this week at the Presbyterian church, to which the public is most cordially invited. Dr. Sprunt is a preacher of ability', and those who are not attending the services are missing much. A heavy rain, accompanied by considerable wind, visited Bamberg and surrounding country Monday afternoon. The rain was badly neded in some sections and was a welcome visitor. Some damage was done by the wind to the growing crops. There was also a vivid display of lightning \ during the storm. Mose Daniels was arrested Satur^ day on a charge of violating the prohibition law. He was caught in the act of selling whiskey by Chief of Police Kirkland and Sheriff Ray. He had already been seen to accept the money for the wrhiskey, and was in the act of pouring it out of a bottle when he was interrupted by the officers. Daniels was sent to the chain gang for thirty days. There is now a law requiring all business houses not incorporated to register with the clerk of court. The names of all partners, owners, etc., " * ' - - J 1 / must De niea, ana me mw awu yi\jvides a penalty of $10 per day after July 1st for each day that elapses before registration. The fee for registration is $1. The law further "provides that a sign must be displayed with the name of the business and the owners printed on it. The farmers of the county are now busy gathering and curing their toC bacco crop. While it was hardly to be expected that so new a crop would be very profitable the first season, many of the planters report excellent crops, and some of them bid fair to make a splendid profit on their first crop. It is believed that another season Bamberg will have a warehouse, with the possibility of a good market being established here. Sheriff Ray and Chief Kirkland on Sunday discovered Will Johnson, an escaped convict from Georgia, in a negro house in the city and went after him. They succeeded in getting close to the house before being seen by the negro, but as they were about to close in on him, Johnson made a dash for liberty and succeeded in escaping through a cornfield. The sheriff fired at him, but the negro evidently had something else on his mind, and did not stop to argue about the matter. t fho ottontmn nf nnr Sll hsnrihprs is called to the fact that we are now required to pay postage according to zones. As this causes a considerable increase in postage rates on papers going to certain zones, all subscribers are requested to sen'd in their renewals promptly. We are how sending some papers out at a loss on account of the increased postal rates, and if you want The Herald to continue, you must renew promptly; otherwise we shall presume that ___ you do not want it longer. Although the official report of sales of war savings stamps for the week ending June 29 does not do Bamberg county justice, it does show a much better position for the county. This report places the county 16th in the sales for the week ending June 29, with accredited sales of $19,141.75, or 98 cents per capita. The total sales shown for that date amount to $1.76 per capita, or a total of $34,312.75, putting the county 21st in the total sales. A full report to July 1 is printed in another column. Campaign Opens at Baldock. The annual basket picnic will be held at Baldock, S. C., this year on Thuircdav Tiilv 1 8th Thic is onft of X XX U A CUUJ f U X W4A, Jk. the largest picnics in the State, and will mark the formal opening of the congressional campaign in the second district. Addresses will be made by Hon. James F. Byrnes, of Aiken, the present congressman who is seeking reelection, and also by his opponents, Mr. G. L. Toole, of Aiken, Hon. T. G. Croft, of Aiken, and Hon. N. G. Evans, of Edgefield. The music will be furnished by Comstock's orchestra of ten pieces, and the picnic will be followed, as usual, by a dance at Allendale, S. C.?adv. 76 LEAVE NEXT WEEK. Six Whites and Seventy Negroes t< Join Colors. Six white men have been summon ed before the local board to leav< Bamberg for the training camp nexi Monday, and seventy negroes hav< been ordered to appear to leave or Thursday next. The white men wil report to the local board at thre* o'clock next Sunday, and the colorec mefi will report at the same hour nex' Wednesday afternoon. Both contin gents will leave the morning aftei their appearance on the 8:43 train Following are the white men tc leave Monday: F. E. Dempsey, Julius E. Crider, Leon McKenzie, J. H. Shaw, B. A. Morris, H. M. Dennis. Following are the colored men or dered to appear before the local boarc Wednesday to leave Thursday morn ing; 70 of these men will leave foi the camp, the others being alternates: Hosea Roney, Paul .Odom, Albert Pow, Paul Counts. Norwood Breland, Willie Smith, Geo. McMillan, John Odom, Louis AJingo, Lawrence Glover, Frisco Johnson. G. J. Sease, Will Ford, Isaac Willams, Enox Williams, Nelson Henderson Henry Johnson, Lucius Jones, Alex Tyler, Mayfield Grayson, Joseph Mitchell, Joe Williams, J. D. Williams, Henry Johnson, Richard Frazier, Walter Little, Charlie Jennings, Freddie Crum, Lewis McCormack,Willie Felder, George WiRiams, Julius Odom, Ernest Best; Geo. McMillan, Solomon Jenkins, W. H. Nimmons, Tom Jones, C. L. Dowling, John Stukes, U. Y. Able, Curtis Williams, Alex Nimmons, George Brown, J. W. Dowling, Ernest Handy, Lucius Kemp, Clyde Walker, Odell Breland, S. A. Brinson, Charlie Dowling, Willis Reed. Solomon Parler, William Jones, Henry Williams, Henry Staley, Julius Holman, James Jennings, Willie Johnson, James Parker, Riley Jones. Edw. McCormack, Willie Hartzog, David Jeter, Charlie Rivers, Scott Halyard, Jr.,William Crum, Jack Tyler, William Jennings, Jacob Kearse, John Cain, Peter Holman, L. H. Johnson, James Sanders, Paul Sease, Vinson Smalls, Hezekiah Smalls, William Riley, Herbert Campbell, Counts Moncreaf, Frank Howard. New Advertisements. F. K. Graham?Lost. Bank of Olar?Statement. Tom Ducker.?Stones Cakes. J. C. Guilds?Candidate's Card. W. L. Riley?Candidate's card. D. K. Sandifer?Candidate's card. Ehrhardt Banking Co.?Statement Bamberg Banking Co.?Statement Bamberg Auto Co.?Fisk core tires. Bamberg Banking Co.?Thrift anc waste. 1 U. S. Rubber Co.?The war-time value. F. K. Graham.?My business has grown. Standard Oil Co.?Cook in a cool kitchen. Bamberg Banking Co.?Perhaps he may die. Eenterprise Bank.?The mone> question. Farmers and Merchants Bank? Statement. H. C. Folk Co.?We are doing the best we can. Chero-Cola Co.?Cooling! Refreshing! Delightful! Farmers & Merchants Bank.-<?Whc knows he knows. The Red Cross Work Rooms. Some weeks ago when the local chapter of the Red Cross inaugurated a beginning of the making ol surgical dressings, the chapter was confronted by the lack of propei quarters for this work, which must be handled in a very careful and sanitary manner. The Carlisle school came to the rescue of the chapter and kindly offered the use of the lower floor in the annex to the administration building, which was built last year, and which had nevei been completed in the interior Through the generosity of the people of Bamberg, and of some friends oul of the city, the chapter has been enabled to fit two rooms in this build ing in a most excellent manner foi the work of the chapter. This wort has now been completed, and actua work on making dressings and othei surgical appliances is now going on With the completion of tnes< rooms, the chapter now has comm# dious quarters. The rooms hav< been supplied with large work tables plenty of shelving, etc., and th< rooms are large enough to permit o a great deal of work being carriec on. The chapter is to be congratu lated upon securing such excellen quarters, and from now on much wil be expected from the Bamberg chap ter. This is not intended to mean however, that the chapter has beei other than active, for within th< past few months the local Red Cros: organization has made up and ship ped hundreds of garments, in addi tion to carrying on other work. \ WAIi SAVINGS FOR JUNE. ' j i > Nearly $41,000 in War Stamps Sold During Past Month. During the month of June the sale j i of war savings and thrift stamps ag-' t gregated more than $40,000 in face! i value, or $34,200.21 in actual cash, i in Bamberg county. This added to j 1 the previous sales carries the total to j i more than $54,000. Bamberg leads 1 the county with sales of $13,955.23 t in cash value. The totals in present - cash value for the various offices in r the county are as follows: Bamberg $13,955.23 ) Denmark 9,486.30 Ehrhardt 8,941.92 Embree 1,671.58 Olar 103.48 Lees 41.70 1 Total $34,200.21 No report has been received of r sales at Schofield or Govan for the ' month. It may be stated that the figures for Lees do not do that office justice, inasmuch as some large purchases were made from other offices. The sales of $34,200.21, which is the present value of the stamps, rep, resents a "face value of $40,934.00. It may be stated in this connection that all reports issued by the State war savings committee are based on face value, and not the actual present cash value. The sales in the county since the stamps were put on sale last December are as follows, together with the number of stamps purchased each month: W. S. S* December 39 January 56 February .... 81 March 205 April 1,185 May 726 June .... : ....8,113 10,405 Analysis of Bamberg Water. ,i Following is the report of the analysis of the Bamberg water supply, made by Dr. F. L. Parker, chemist and bacteriologist of the State board of health: "Sanitary water analysis No. 1962 of water, received June 28, 1918, from commissioners of public works, Bamberg, S. C. Results in Parts per Million. Color 5.00 Chlorine -2:00 Free ammonia 0.01 Albuminoid ammonia 0.01 ' Nitrogen in nitrates 0.00 Nitrogen in nitrites 0.00 I Total solids 94.00 "Bacterial analysis: Bacterial in-1 i dications of contaminations, nega-1 tive. 5 "Remarks: Analyses indicate wa-; ter to be of good quality and free , from contamination." Unsanitary, Says Civic League. j The Herald is requested to publish I ' the following: Whenever and wherever you see a : town begin to grow and prosper, take i on a new lease of life and make a j bid for newcomers to settle there, , and new enterprises to spring up, the | first step taken to bring about this I prosperity is towards making the! town perfectly sanitary. Do we want Bamberg to grow, do we long to have f a perfectly healthy as well as beau-; 1 tiful town, in order that a desira- j ble class of citizens will be attracted , to settle here?where parents will j not hesitate to send their boys and i girls to board in our midst and make ! Carlisle a power for edication and [ cause those of us who live here to feel . so well all the time that we will cease . to cast our eyes upon a more health- j ful place of abode? ? It can be done, but are any steps j being taken in this direction? Have. n't our city fathers and board of j health relaxed their vigilance and left the health of the town to take ; J care of itself of late? Numerous pe- i > titions have been sent in by the res- j } idents on Carlisle street to the town j [ council. Have these ever been act-; ed upon? Flies have been more nu-j > merous ths year than ever before and the surface closets of the town should have special attention; still in certain locations the sanitary cart has allowed two months to elapse bet tween visits. These closets should . be visited during the summer months every week. As to the neglect of i [ ditches, the railroad banks, etc., we | will not speak in this artcle, but pray j : to the members of the council and to , 1 the board of health to awaken and j r get to work. Lives are too precious 1 and health too valuable an asset to neglect so important a matter. Send Him The Herald. i Are you sending your boy in the , training camp or at the front The ; Bamberg Herald? If not you are de-; - i f priving him of one of the greatest i pleasures imaginable. You have - been away from home. Remember j t how you longed to see your favorite! 1 home paper? Just imagine your boy1 - being in France, 3,000 miles away and i , then think what a joy it would be for! i him to get The Herald?all the news a from home?and then hurry to The s Herald office and subscribe for him. - He is busy fighting. He hasn't time - to write letters, so attend to this for him?today. NEGRO KILLED AT CHURCH. Sank Williams Slays Willie Faust at Sweet Home. Another homicide was added to Bamberg county's credit last Sunday. This time it occurred at a church? the Sweet Home church, a few miles from Bamberg, and Sank Williams is accused of the killing. Willie Faust is the dead negro. The killing occurred Sunday, and the inquest was held over Faust's body on Monday, the verdict of the jury being that Faust came to his death from pistol shot wounds at the hands of Sank Wiliams. Williams has been arrested and is now in jail awaiting trial. The papers in the case ->n file in the clerk of court's office reveal very little about the killing. Two witnesses, Bertha Nelson and Clara Kellev, both testified that they saw Williams shoot Faust in a row at the church. As to what they were rowing about, there was no evidence, and The Herald has not heard any of the circumstances. Clara Kelley, in addition to testifying that she saw Williams shoot Faust twice, adds that she saw him pull his pistol out of his pocket and exclaim to Faust, "I have got you," and then fire. Dr. Robert Black, who performed the autopsy, testified that he found two, wounds in the dead negro's body, one in the chest, which penetrated the lungs, and was sufficient to produce death; and another in the right arm at the elbow. amps. Thrift Stamps. Face Value. 128 $ 227.00 233 ' 338.25 563 545.75 1,053 1,288.25 2,807 6,626.75 2,594 4,278.50 1,476 40,934.00 8,854 $54,238.50 Thanks Bamberg County. Chairman J. C. Guilds, of the war savings committee for Bamberg county, is in receipt of a letter from Hon. R. G. Rhett, State director of the national war savings committee, extending his thanks to the people of the county for the county's magnificent response to the call for pledges during the campaign. The letter follows: "Prof. J. C. Guilds, Bamberg, S. C. "Dear Mr. Guilds:?I want to thank you personally and officially for the magnificent results which you have secured in Bamberg county. Your organization has been splendidly worked out and has done its work in a remarkable way. You have inspired them with your enthusiasm and the results must be as gratifying to you as to all of us. "Kindly extend to your workers the heartfelt thanks of myself and this entire office. They have done a hard job at a difficult time and done it exceedingly well. Sincerely and gratefully yours, R. G. RHETT, ' "State Director." To Colored Red Cross Contributors. To all the colored subscribers in Bamberg and community to the second Red Cross war fund:?x wish to call your attention to the fact that each subscriber who has not already paid his or her first installment to the Red Cross fund can pay the said installment at L. C. Stephens's market, H. W. Johnson and Bro., or the Royal Cafe, or to Mr. W. D. Rhoad, who is treasurer for this fund. No one should fail to pay his installments to the Red Cross fund. The boys are giving their lives for their country and for us. Let us do all we can to encourage them because it is right. The pastors at Bath, Mt. Carmel M. E. church and Thankful Baptist church are cordially asked to remind the subscribers at these places who have given to this impartant fund that installments are now due, and assist the collector in getting the installments as near as possible from each subscriber. Committeemen at Mt. Carmel M. E. church?L. C. Stephens, J. A. Nimmons, Paul Reddish. At Thankful Baptist church?Wash Rivers, H. W. Johnson, G. W. Grimes. H. H. MATTHEWES, Chr. a i ~~^ Tomatoes Dying. "What can I do for my tomatoes? They are just beginning to bloom and are dying. I pulled one up and could see nothing wrong." Your soil is doubtless infected with the Fusarium fungus. Of course you can see nothing with the naked eye till the plant succumbs. There is no way to check or prevent this disease. The only thing that does any good is to save seed from plants that live where others around them die, and thus breed resistant strains. The agricultural department at Washington, D. C., has been doing this, and I suppose will give you some of the seed if application is made to the Bureau of Plant Industry. I would suppose that in Alabama you would have ripe fruit by June. If you can still get plants you can set some out in the fields where the soil may not be infected.?Progressive Farmer. I Have Xot Returned Questionnaires. The Bamberg county Local Board calls attention to the fact that the registrants named below, who regisered on June 5, have not returned their questionnaires. Inasmuch .as the time for returning has already expired, it is suggested that it would be wise for them to look after this matter at once: Maxwell Earl Rizer. George Smalls. Strover Murry. Jeff McMillan. Ben Jones. DEATH CLAIMS U. S. SENATOR BENJAMIN R. TILLMAN. (Continued from page 3, column 2.) of the United States." The funeral train reached Trenton at 1:30 o'clock and the funeral services were held at 4 o'clock in the Presbyterian church, which stands in a small grove of oaks in full view of the town and the senator's residence. The ministers who conducted the services were the Rev. R. G. Shannonhouse, the Rev. E. C. Bailey, and the Rev. B. R. Turnipseed. Services were held both in the church and at the grave-in the Trenton cemetery. Magnificient floral decorations banked both the casket and the rostrum of the church. These came from President and Mrs. Wilson, the members of the South Carolina delegation in congress, the senate of the United States, Secretary Daniels, the Trenton Masonic lodge and countless friends from different places. Hundreds at Cemetery. At the cemetery where many hundreds of persons had gathered who could not gain entrance to the little village church, the total crowd numbering about 3,000, the services were concluded and mother earth fell softly upon all that was mortal of the aged senator. Loving hands then tenderly placed flowers upon the newly made grave andv the family repaired to the residence just beyond the little grove. Distinguished citizens acted as pallbearers. It was the desire of the members of the special committee from Washington to return there as quickly as possible to their work, therefore the special train which brought them down started on its way back north immediately and will make a quick run back to the national capitol. Among other well known South Carolinians who were present at the funeral were: Governor Manning, Ex-Gov. Sheppard, Paymaster John Shuler, a son-in-law of the deceased senator; Paymaster George W. Stackhouse, Charles W. Galloway, United States civil service commissioner, and Ex-Gov. Heyward. Christie Benet Succeeds Tillman. Columbia, July 6.?Governor Manning 1 late this afternoon appointed Christie Benet, of Columbia, United States Senator to succeed Senator ^"P ill TV* O Y\ x litiiiau. In appointing Mr. Benet the Governor said: "My responsibility in appointing Senator Tillman's successor impresses me deeply. The occasion calls for a man of full physical and mental vigor who can present to the people of our State the grave issues of the war and the supreme necessity that every sacrifice should be made, who can gain for the government the full support of our citizens, and who knows and can explain the colossal l task that confronts President Wilson and his assistants. I havp appointed one whose sterling Americanism undoubted, who is familiar with the plans and needs of the admin- j istration, and who will stand four! square and undismayed in support of the war and the successful and forcible conclusion of it. "I have appointed Christie Benet, of Columbia. He had his papers prepared to enlist in the army, and had notified the proper military officers to that effect, but I am justified in appointing him by the valuable work he can do." Mr. Benet, who is thirty-eight years of age and a son of former Judge W. C. Benet, was a star football player at the University of Virginia and afterwards coached the line of the Virginia eleven. He has been engaged! in the practice of law at Columbia for a number of years. Tobacco Barn Burned. Last Friday Mr. C. R. Brabham had the misfortune to lose his tobacco barn by fire. The house had been filled with green tobacco, and in the process of curing, which is done by means of heating the barn by a furnace, in some way the tobacco caught on fire. The barn and contents were a total loss. The barn and the tobacco in it were valued at between four and five hundred dollars, but Mr. Brabham's heaviest loss is because of the fact that his tobacco is ripening fast, and he has no barn in which to cure it. This being Bamberg's first season in tobacco, there are no barns except those constructed by individual planters. i * -* - --.. _ - i CARD OF THANKS. [ To all of the kind friends who so tenderly rendered assistance in word, deed or spirit to our dear departed husband and father, John L. Kinard, in his illness, death and burial, as well as to us in our bereavement, we, his heartbroken family, wish to extend our sincere thanks, and assure them of our sincere appreciation of their loving kindness to him and to us. ELIZABETH KINARD & Family. SPECIAL NOTICES. Lost?Between either Denmark and Bamberg; or Bamberg and Ehrhardt on last Friday night one 9x12 velvet art sq(uare. Liberal reward for information leading to its whereabouts. F. K. GRAHAM, Ehrhardt, S. C. It Wanted?Young men from 18 to 40 years of age to fill positions of conductors and motormen. Excellent wages paid beginners. Apply to A. H. ROBERTS, Supt. Transporta tion unarieston uonsonuaieu ruiuway and I ighting Company, Charleston, South Carolina 7-25 CANDIDATES' CABDST Cards inserted in this . column charged for as follows: All county offices, excepting magistrate, cotton weigher, and county commissioner, $5.00; magistrate, cotton weigher and county commissioner, each $3.00; congress and U. S. senate, $10.00; all State offices $10.00. Cash with card. PleaSe don't ask us to insert card unless check accompanies same. FOR CONGRESS. I hereby announce my candidacy for reelection to Congress, pledging myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic party and to support the nominees thereof. JAMES F. BYRNES. I an. a candidate for Congress from the second congressional district composing the counties of Saluda, Edgefield, Aiken, Barnwell, Bamberg^ Hampton, Jasper and Beaufort, subject to the present and future rules and laws of the Democratic party. Platform?one hundred per cent. American. G. L. TOOLE. Aiken, S. C. I hereby announce my candidacy for election to Congress from tne second congressional district, pledging myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic party, and to support the nominees thereof. T. G. CROFT. . HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I hereby offer to the people of Bamberg County my services as a member of the House of Representatives and announce my candidacy for that office under the rules of the Democratic party. J. CALDWELL GUILDS. I hereby announce my candidacy for the House of Representatives, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party, and promise to support the nominees thereof. W. L. RILEY. AUDITOR AXD SUPT. EDUCATION. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Auditor and Superintendent of Education, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary, and pledge myself to support the nominees thereof.' F. O. BRABHAM. COTTOX WEIGHER BAMBERG. -i I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Cotton Weigher at Bamberg in the primary; subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. A. P. BEARD. I hereby announce myself* a candidate for Cotton Weigher at Bamberg, pledging myself to abide by the result of the Democratic primary and to support the nominees thereof. W. M. SANDIFER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Cotton Weigher at Bamberg, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary, pledging myself to support the nominees thereof. CLARENCE B. FREE. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Cotton Weigher at Bamberg, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary, pledging myself to support the nominees thereof. D. K. SANDIFER. COTTON WEIGHER EHRHARDT. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection as Cotton Weigher at Etirhardt, S. C., pledging myself to abide by the rules and reg- ^ ulations of the Democratic party and to support the nominees thereof. OAVnp Ttt DTOUAD DKJ 1 VjD TV . UlOliVl . MAGISTRATE AT EHRHARDT. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the office of Magistrate at Ehrhardt, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. J. H. KINARD. Having been induced by a large number of my friends, I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Magistrate at Ehrhardt. pledging myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic party and to support the nominees thereof. E. D. GRANT. MAGISTRATE BAMBERG. T herphv announce mvself a candi date for reelection, to the office of magistrate at Bamberg, pledging myself to abide by the rules of the Dem- < ocratic party, and to support the nominees thereof. E. DICKINSON. COUNTY COMMISSIONER. Lower District. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the office of county commissioner for the lower district of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demoratic primary. O. L. COPELAND. j fc