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{EfjePambergJperaltJ Thursday, August 1, 1918. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Up to Monday afternoon 683 voters had registered for the general election in Bamberg county. This is about half of the voting strength of the county in the primary elections. Fine showers fell in practically all sections of the county last week and, generally speaking, they were most welcome. In some sections there had been no heavy rains for some weeks, and the crops were beginning to suffer. Mrs. Julia E. Bliss, sister of Col. J. R. Owens, died at her home in Savannah on Monday. Interment occurred at Savannah Tuesday. Mrs. Bliss was the relict of the late J. Sylvester Bliss, who died several years ago. The many friends of Mr. F. E. Floyd, county farm demonstrator, who has been confined to his home by illness for two weeks, will be glad to learn that he is rapidly recovering, and will be able to be out again in a few days. Mr. E. C. Bruce brought to The Herald office a few days ago the largest tomato we have seen this year. It was a fine yellow tomato and tipped the scales at 21 ounces. The fine specimen was displayed in the Book Store window for several days. The registration books are now open in the office of Sheriff S. G. ;-> > Ray at the court house. One or more j members are on hand at this office continuously for the purpose of granting registration certificates. If you have not already done so, pay , the board a visit at once and get your r.c' . certificate. / Capt. J. D. Felder has been appointed a member of the board of registration for Bamberg county, succeeding Mr. H. C. Folk, who found that his duties as chairman of the Local Exemption board consumed so much of his time that he was unable to attend ?p the duties of the regis , tration board. A great many watermelons are being shipped from Bamberg this season. It is stated that within the last two weeks over 30 cars hare been loaded here and shipped to the Northern markets. The farmers are realizing a good profit on melons this year, the prices ranging around $150 to $200 per carload. Mr. J. A. J. Rice Saturday dime into the local postoffice with checks for $1,697.08 in payment of war savings stamps he bought that day. This makes Mr. Rice, his wife and daughter the proud possessors of $2,030 worth of this form of government securities. Mr. Rice says he considers W. S. S. the best investment in the world.. The following announcement was received in the city Saturday: "Mr. and Mrs. Samuel James Houston announce the marriage of their daughter, Pat, to Mr. Francis Marion Bamberg, on Tuesday, the ninth of July, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, Tunica. Mississippi. At home 'Elmoor,' Bamberg South Carolina.^ In another column of The Herald today will be found an advertisement calling for bids to construct the government highway through JsamDerg county, ine roaa win run from New bridge to Buford's bridge, spanning Bamberg county. This is a connecting link between Columbia and Savannah. Bids will be opened on August loth, at which time the contract is to be awarded. The tobacco farmers in this county this year have realized such excellent profits from their experimental patches that arrangements are being made by a large number of others to plant tobacco next year, and those who planted this season are arranging to increase their plantings another season. The biggest price , . on record is being received for the weed, the price averaging from 35c to 40c per pound all round so far for the worst part of the crop. Mr. W. H. Chandler sustained painful injuries Saturday night in an automobile accident while returning from Ehrhardt. The steering gear of his machine went wrong, and the car went into the ditch. Mr. Chandler was thrown against the windshield with considerable force. The breaking glass made several painful cuts on the neck and head. Mr. W. M. Sandifer, who was behind Mr. Chandler, picked him up and brought him home. The car sustained slight damage. ? Protected Against Freckles. New Lady Lodger (at seaside apartments)?The sun never enters this room. General Landlady?That will make it two-and-six a week more. You can sit by the window without danger of getting freckled.?Vogue. t BIG SALE OF TOBACCO. Fifteen Thousand Founds of Bam-1 berg Weed Sold Monday. Great enthusiasm abounds among i the tobacco farmers of Bamberg < county. The first big sale of the Bamberg county product was made : Monday last at the Mullins market, when approximately fifteen thousand pounds of Bamberg tobacco was dis- 1 posed of at very flattering prices. Tobacco is no longer an experimental i crop in Bamberg; it is *an assured 1 staple crop. A number of local planters went i up to Mullins Monday to be present at the sale. Previously a solid car- < load of the weed had been shipped 1 to one of the Mullins warehouses. These gentlemen returned to the city Monday night very enthusiastic over : the excellent sales they had witness- 1 ed. Several of the local planters had sold small quantities of tobacco pre- : viously to this sale, receiving fairly ' good prices for it. The first tobacco, < is, of course, not so good as the balance, and the prices were not nearly i so -good. Mr. J. P. O'Quinn sold the 1 first to be shipped from this county. ' Mr. J. J. Heard shipped about 500 i pounds to Mullins last week and sold i for 35 cents all round. < The following gentlemen were represented in the sales at Mullins Monday. The amount per pound received by each is given: J. W. Hill...: 43c C. R. Brabham 39-41c John H. Cope 43c H. F. Bamberg 40 2-3c 1 J. J. Smoak 41c < A. M. Brabham A. M. Brabham 43 3-4c H. H. Stokes 38c < About 14,000 pounds of tobacco was included in the Bamberg car, 1 and the total proceeds amounted to < more than $5,600. i Mr. O. F. Thornton, the local tobacco expert, is very jubilant over < the success of his first year's stay in Bamberg. None of the local planters had had any previous experience in i tobacco raising and curing, but with the assistance of Mr. Thornton, the crop has been made a decided success . even the first year. i Candidates Spoke at Ehrhardt. I The county campaign party spoke 1 at Ehrhardt Tuesday to a good crowd. 1 An interesting feature of the meet- 1 ing was a "questionnaire," which re- < quested each candidate to express his ] sentiments concerning the war, his 3 preference for United States senator, 1 whether or not he would support a 1 Bleasite for governor, and whether 3 he had contributed to the Red Cross, ' and bought liberty bonds and war 1 savings./stamps. Some of the candi- * dates answered all the questions, some answered a part of them, and j some made no reference at all to ^ the "questionnare." So far it has been impossible for a representative of The Herald to visit any of the county meetings. We hope to be able to present a full account of at least several of the remaining ( meetings, and it is our present ex- ( pectations to attend the Olar meet- i in? fcext Tuesday. Methodist Missionary Meeting. g 1 It was the good fortune of the a members of the Methodise Woman's ^ missionary society to be entertained i last week at the home of our presi- i dent, Mrs. B. W. Simmons. While ^ quite a few of our regular attendants j were away on a vacation, it was our ^ privilege to partake of Mrs. Sim- c mons's hospitality. The president <j presided over both the devotional c and literary part of the afternoon's i programme. For the Bible lesson t she read a verse on stewardship and c followed this with a striking article ^ on "The Stewardship of Personality." Mrs. C. R. Brabham, Jr., then read a most instructive article on "Women in the Field of Missions." How little we have known of the lives and g works of our great missionary wo- l men! It thrills us to hear of what 1 they have done and it behooves us j to be up and doing our parts well. t A poem which gripped us was "If t You Were I and I Were You." This s was read by Miss Patrick. How true j it is said that no one else can do the ? work that was intended for the in- t dividual to do. j An article which has caused us to t think seriously and prayerfully was f "To Women of Draft Age." This ex- < cellent appeal was read by Miss Bessie Lee Black. More and more we women were urged to look about us ] and over "the fields white unto har- 1 vest." ( Before leaving this home where ] we had spent a delighful and most ( profitable time together in sweet, helpful comradeship, the hostess, assisted by her sister and Miss Franke 1 Folk, served a salad course with iced ( tea. REC. SECRETARY. ] Iron and brass molders throughout ( Colorado have secured the eight-hour day. Recruiting Officer Here Aug. 17. About the 17th of this month, Private (first-class) Charles M. Hall, of the Columbia Army Recruiting Station, will visit Bamberg and this vicinity for the purpose of canvassing for recruits for the United States army and any young men here between the ages 18 to 21 and 31 to 40 who are anxious to do their patriotic duty in helping to win the war will be given opportunity to talk with this recruiter and enlist with the colors, if they so desire. Private Hall will visit Denmark first, arriving there on the 12th of August; from Denmark he will go to Blackville on the 14tli and then to Bamberg on the 16th or 17th. There are yet many young men in this section who may volunteer for service with the military forces of the nation and the government sends Private Hall here that these young men may talk with him, and gain information relative to the service and the urgent need of men at the present time. * From Bamberg, Private Hall will go to Columbia and theh to Sumter on the 22nd of the month; after canvassing Sumter, he will visit Manning and Bishopville for the purpose of talking with the young men of these communities. A Word About The Herald. The war situation in regard to labor has hit newspapers, perhaps, harder than most lines of industry, rhe Herald is having to bear its share of burden, which it does without complaint. The working force of The Herald has been on the decline tor more than a year. It finally got iown to the two managers, Bruce and Hitt, and one assistant, Wheeler. Now Mr. Wheeler has received an offer better than we could make him, and he has gone to Charleston to work for the Coast Line. Inasmuch as he can make considerably more money there than we could afford to pay him, we don't blame him for going. Every fellow must look out for his best interests. This leaves Bruce and Hitt to hold down the job. It is a matter of impossibility to get printers or linotype operators. We have tried and we know. However as long as Uncle Sam is good enough to let us stay at home, we will be on the job and do the best we can, like the little Hindoo. Dur friends can help us out a good leal by turning in any copy they may have for us any time before Monday at noon. We can't promise to get in psint anything coming in later than that. Our friends can also help us out considerably by banding in to us any items of news that they happen to be in possession jf. We will print The Herald and we will turn out as much job work as we can, and in the meantime maybe something will turn up to better our situation. Anyway, here's aoping. s ^ hi ^ Red Cross Work at Glenn Springs. Bamberg's never tiring chairman >f Red Cross work, Mrs. Jno. H. 3ope, is not idle though away on ler summer vacation. Last Saturday evening ,a cake walk and an old;ime square dance were held in the spacious ball-room of Glenn Springs] lotel, for the benefit of Red Cross vork, Mrs. Cope helping in many vays to make it a success. Many nembers of Bamberg chapter and ler auxiliaries took part in the cakevalk, among them being' Mr. and drs. W. P. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Max IValker, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald West:oat, Mrs. J. D. Dannelly and chilIren, Miss Mary Williams, Miss MilIred Jones, Mr. Jas. Roberts, Mr. G. 5. Kearse and Mr. B. V. Kearse. In he quadrille which followed the :ake-walk', Mr. Geo. B. Kearse led vith Mrs. Max Walker. W. S. S. Sales Increase. The sale of war savings and thrift stamps in Bamberg county is steadiy increasing. The Jast report of the iVar Savings committee of this State -mtc Ramhorc tenth in the State in otal sales. Charleston county leads :he State in total sales and also in >ales for the week. The total sales n the State for the week ending July 20 amount to $119,769, and the :otaal sales since the stamps were )ut on sale amount to $4,436,605.50 ;o the same date. Following are the igures for Bamberg and neighboring iounties: SALES FOR WEEK. County. Rank. Per Cap. Amt. iampton 10 .11 $2,058.50 Bamberg 21 .05 1,164.00 )rangeburg ..34 .02 1,231.75 3arnwell .. ..35 .01 491.00 Bolleton .. ..36 .01 370.75 TOTAL SALES TO JULY 20. County. Rank. Per Cap. Amt. 3amberg 10 3.06 $ 59,600.50 Drangeburg ..12 2.98 167,294.50 3arnwell .. ..30 1.82 62,439.75 Hampton 37 1.43 26,500.00 3olleton .. -44 .39 14,297.00 < <? ? Read The Herald; $1.50 a year. I Another Contingent for Aug. 2. The Local Board of Bamberg county has mailed notices to twentyone colored men to appear before the board on Thursday, August 1, at 3 o'clock p. m., and they will be entrained for the army training camp on the following morning, Friday, August 2. The board wishes to impress upon the draftees summoned that their failure to report at the time and place designated constitutes desertion, and as such they are liable to arrest and trial on that charge. Following are those summoned: Ben Washington, James Kinard, Joe Daniels, Willie Smith, Frisco Johnson, George McMillan, Will Ford, Julius Holman, Ben Thomas, Wilbur Halyard, Charlie Jennings, Jesse Govan, Asbury Parker, Linwood Rice, Ed. Grimes, Hezekiah Irons, Charles Williams, Joe uavis, James Sanders, Lige Grant, William Grayson. Ten Left Monday. The following colored draftees left Monday morning for Camp Wadsworth : Solomon Jenkins, William Hartzog, David Jeter, Hezekiah Smalls, Vinson Smalls, Mingo Green, "Willie Felder , Edward Banks, Julius Odom, Frank Childs. tmt ^ Vodka Again Sold. The Republic of the Ukraine has revived the spirit trade for the sak? of the great revenue obtainabk therefrom and will produce 9,000,000 kegs a year. It will be remembered that the Czar abolished the vodka monopoly, which brought ir huge sums annually to the government. Private manufacture continued, nevertheless, and there was much drinking in both city and country, a fact which was frequently re^ in fho "Russian Dress. Dur ICHCU IV AU VUV ^ ing the revolution vodka depots wert looted in St. Petersburg and elsewhere and there were veritable orgies of drunkenness. It would nol be surprising if what the Germans refer to as Residue Russia were tc reestablish the monopoly for the profit in it. The reaction has startec in the lost province of the Ukraine ?Montreal Gazette. There's more patriotism in swinging a hoe in the war garden than in waving a golf stick on the green. And more exercise and food. CANDIDATES IN BAMBERG. (Continued from page 1, column 3.) ance, wliere she now stands. He does not believe that State rights should be abolished, but there an some matters that can better be handled by the federal government, and he mentioned the whiskey matter as one of them. He hopes the day not far distant when the manufacture of whiskey will be abolished. He promised to do all he could to further agriculture and to solve the questions connected with that indus try, favored good roaas, drainage oj low lands, and wanted to see more gattle raising. He is in favor of putting the German prisoners tc work on building roads and working on the farms. He had built the second bonded cotton warehouse in the State. He favors an extension of the warehouse system to a national project. He discussed national and State issues in a clear-cut and intelligent manner. Congressman Byrnes. Speakers for congress were next introduced, Mr. Byrnes being the first to speak. Mr. Byrnes was greeted with hearty cheers and a great deal of enthusiasm. He was happy to again meet with the people of Bamberg, and after serving eight years as congressman from this district he said he can come before them feeling that he had conscientiously and faithfully performed his duty and had been true to the trust imposed in him. He said that he had worked for the drainage of the low lands in this territory. He discussed the cotton situation, and said that he had worked to have the government lend farmers money at six per cent., a provision to this effect being inserted in the land bank bill at his request. All of his opponents, said Mr. Byrnes, consume their entire time in jumping on Byrnes, and as he was the first speaker he had to anticipate what they were going to say and reply to them in advance. Many voices throughout the crowd assured Mr. Byrnes he was all right, we're with you, etc. He said that Mr. Toole had been wound up a long time and had been running a race with "Tanlac" for space in the newspapers criticising him. Mr. Toole had asked him why he did not follow Hilliard in regard to the sale of coal lands in the West. Hilliard he described as being disloyal, and had been read out of the Democratic party. "That's the reason I did not follow him; but I did follow Franklin Lane, secretary of the interior," | he said. Only 40 members of the | house voted with Hilliard on this ; measure. Regarding Mr. Toole's charge that he was against investigation of the high cost of living, Mr. Byrnes said ; he helped to get through a measure Appropriating $750,000 for this pur: pose. Some time later the investiga: ting committee asked for $400,000 more, and he thought they ought to i spend the first appropriation before , they asked for more, and he opposed it. Mr. Byrnes denied that he had i ever voted to exempt himself from i any form of taxation. He had paid i his income and other taxes and had , the receipts to show for it, he said. He said that Mr. Toole had even fooled Mr. Croft on this matter. Mr. Croft had written to Lever for the record against him, and Lever had replied that there was no such record. He offered to give the Red Cross $150 if any man can show he had ever voted to exempt himself from any kind of taxes. Unlike Cole Blease he was not afraid that the blood of our boys will be on the head of President . Wilson or himself. He had voted for the declaration of war, which he described as a holy war, and that he had voted for war against Austria. His opponents are asking the people to join hands with the kaiser and defeat Byrnes, he said. Regarding his opponents' charge that he was against the draft law, Mr. Byrnes again made his position clear on this matter, and said that the act he had opposed had been drafted by Gen. Scott, who had proGerman tendencies, and who afterward had been ousted from his job. This act, he said, provided conscription for all men between the ages of 19 and 25, with exemptions only for those employed in manufacturing industry. Although agriculture is essential to winning the war, no exemptions were allowed on this ground. The bill also provided pay for the boys at only $15 per month, while it increased the pay of brigadier generals from $6,000 to $9,000 a year. Six of the seven congressmen from this State, he said, were opposed to this measure. Senator Tillman had personally urged him I to oppose it. He had asked his op. ponents if they would vote for it, ana he again asked them. Not one indicated that he would. The military . committeie had defeated this meas l ure, and the Dent bill was then pre[ sented, and this bill became law, after being amended and perfected, He had supported and voted for the Dent bill. The object at that time, said Coh gressman Byrnes, was to raise an 5 army of only a half million. The 1 speech his opponents discussed did 5 not refer to the bill that became law 5 but to the Scott bill, providing age ' limits of 19 and 2 5. Congressman Stevenson and numbers of other 5 prominent Democrats had opposed the same measure he had opposed. 1 When the draft measure was per1 fected he, with all other loyal Dem! ocrats, supported it. Only 23 had opposed the draft measure that pass^ ed, one being from South Carolina. 1 Mr. Byrnes said that-he stands with the president, and will favor sending ' every dollar and every man to the front that is necessary to win the ! war. He said that he had originally favored allowing volunteers, thai L France was calling for men quickly, and that inasmuch as it required sev^ eral months to put the draft into efL feet, a volunteer system would have provided men for immediate use. There had been 134 administration measures in the house, he said, and i he had supported and voted for 134 . of them. He had worked to have ; Wilson elected, had stumped Northern States for him, had supported ' him throughout his administration, : and had been personally thanked by . the president for upholding his hands in congress. He had never voted against his party caucus, he said. He charged Mr. Croft with having, during his service in congress, recommended for appointment a Republican as postmaster at Aiken, and he also read a letter written by Mr. Croft before the war in which Mr. ; Croft said the people were turning to Roosevelt because Mr. Wilson copld not answer a note. In regard to the charge that he had been one of the signers to a telegram to Lloyd-George, in reference i to the Irish question, Mr. Byrnes said the telegram urged the settlement of this question by England in accordance with the principles as laid down by President Wilson. "Who would not urge the settlement of a question according to Wilson's principles?" he asked. Mr. Byrnes said he does not want the vote of any man who thinks lit has been disloyal, but "anybody who says that I am disloyal is an unmitigated liar and a contemptible coward." He was given hearty applause throughout and at the close of his speech. G. L. Toole. Mr. Toole was the next speaker. He only asked the people for a fair showing. He devoted practically all of his speech to a criticism of Congressman Byrnes, and did not waste any time in getting down to the sub* >i ject. Mr. Toole made practically the 1 j same speech as he made at Baldock, to which The Herald has already given considerable space. He accused Mr. Byrnes of being the greatest twister of words in America, and in- ^ dicated that the country would be in a bad fix if Byrnes were reelected. He made his usual charge that Mr. Byrnes had been opposed to the selective draft, and that Byrnes had fooled the people. He put Byrnes down in the class with La Follette, et al., and considers that he is doing a patriotic service in "exposing" Byrnes's record. As usual, Mr. Toole had th? "record" with him, but again ^ he failed to read from it. Said Mr. Byrnes had brought out a few fol lowers to the meeting to shout for him; that we can't win the war with i such men as Byrnes in congress, etc. Practically all of the charges made by Mr. Toole were anticipated by Mr. Byrnes in his speech, and the charges and answers are incorporated in the report above of Mr. Byrnes's speech. Mr. Toole received applause from a few of the voters. N. G. Evans. J Mr. Evans said he entered the race M t because he had an ambition to rep- I resent the district in congress. He * has served in the legislature. That i there is but one issue now, that of , the war, and that he was whole. heartedly in it. He had made many ; speeches for various war objects . throughout the State. Mr. Evans also spent a considera ble portion of his time to making , charges against Byrnes. These charges were in substance the same i as made by Messrs. Toole and Croft. Mr. Evans said he was proud of the fact tha t he had helped Bamberg > to be the first county in the United i States to go over the top in the war j i savings drive. He also paid his re- J spects to the Charleston American, ^ saying it was a disgrace to the State. He praised the virtues of the selective draft law, paid a tribute to the 1 soldier boys at the front in France. Mr. Evans also criticised the gov ernment for its method of paying soldiers' allowance money to the negroes, and in this it was thought by some he did a very unwise thing. Mr. Evans received some applause. T. G. Croft. Mr. Croft said he was not a stranger to congress, having served a short time there. Said nothing can be said against his record in. coni gress, and that Mr. Byrnes's criti- I cisms of him were mere trifles. Re. garding" the .appointment Of a \" Republican as postmaster in Aiken, i he said 373 of thfe citizens ; of Aiken had asked him s to make the recommendation, and s that although a Republican, the / . > t postmaster had always voted in the , Democratic primaries. He does not remember . endorsing fciim, but may have done so. Regarding his criticism of Pres. ident Wilson, referred to by Mr. Byrnes, Mr. Croft said that the peo. pie were a little hot headed at that ?,, time because Americans were being/ killed on the high seas, and were kicking about Wilson. Mr. Croft repeated his charges against Byrnes made at the Baldock (i picnic, and accused him of using the cloak of his office to fool the people, and that Byrnes .loved his job better than the interests of the people, and asserted that the president v would no tnow consult him on administration matters. He received a few hand-claps when he closed his speech. Mr. Croft read portions of Mr. Byrnes's speech in opposition to one of the original draft measures. Mr. Byrnes, being the first speaker, had, of coarse, no opportunity to reply to any of the charges except those he anticipated would be made, and he stated that he would make full reply at the Aiken meeting today. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic destroys the malarial germs which are transmitted to the blood by the Malaria Mosquito. Price 60c. I WANTED I Young lady to learn to > I ODerate LinotVDe Ma chine. Clean, refined work. Good wages when 4 trade is learned. Sufficient knowledge can be v learned in a few weeks to secure fair wages. Women make expert operators. Good operators command highest wages of printing % business. Start now; there will be big demand for women operators. Apply at once to The Herald office. Also want girl as assistant in office. Can work in afternoon and morning during school v session. Apply at once. I THE HERALD OFFICE, R Bamberg, S. C. B SPECIAL NOTICES.^ Wanted.?Portable mill and man to cut about 2 % million feet of pine timber in North Louisiana. BENOITCLANTON LUMBER CO., Cheniere, La. 8-29. ^ ^ i H ... ]