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Published weeklv. Enter- /\ I 1^?* I Photographs illustrating a^s^nas: lld)? ihUllttHt ij IJJPtcUU FidiK11''"" "ia'" " A$2.00 Per Year in Advanced Volume 27. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1918. No. 41. Compiled by Arthur Fields. Prosperity Proclamation Edition -1 A THE CARLISLE SCHOOL. A First-Class Preparatory Institution At a Very Moderate Cost. The Carlisle School was erected in 1892 by the friends of Christian education in Bamberg and presented to Wofford College. Its aim is to offer the benefits of moral and intellectual development, under the best conditions, to the youth of this State. How well it fulfills its high mission, the large number of young men and k young women it lias sent out wnn " quickened minds and exalted purposes, bear ample testimony. It is a school of character. It seeks to em-1 body as its ideal the spirit of the man for whom it is named?the late H Dr. James H. Carlisle. Recognizing the fact that the fu- ture prosperity of South Carolina depends upon the degree of intelligence with which its citizens administer the business interests of the commonwealth and uphold the standards of modern Christian civilization, the Carlisle School bends its best efforts I / ? WBBfe " fit t ^bhjes^ ^^mshv * Scene on Campus BAMBERG COUNTY. One of tlie Best Agricultural Counties In the State. Bamberg county, situated in the j southern part of the State, is one of: the smallest and most fertile counties i of South Carolina. With neighbor-1 ing counties or colonies the early j v settlers well knew the meaning of a j hard struggle and on the banks of her streams stand manuments ded-1 icated to the valor and courage of her j sons. Entering this territory, the set- j tiers desirous of peace and prosper-; ity, engaged with wisdom and patri- 1 otic zeal to establish their homes and future prosperity. Unbroken in his- j tory and service, generation after generation has followed in regular human succession. Wave after wave of human achievements have surged forward toward a higher mark upon the shores of industrial improvement. Tiis advance from year to year turned the attention of this progressive people to the untilled but fertile v lands of this county, and within a few short years this section was readily recognized as the most fertile and I productive land of South Carolina, I and here industrious liomeseekers and enterprising business men rapid^ ly came and with their coming new life and higner hopes were inspired. Each generation has left its s-re and certain stamp of civic pride and j personal advancements. Year by year industrial organizations and social intercourse took on firmer and closer relationship, the peopie uniting in one common cause of good citizenship and progressive, successiul living. Bamberg county today is representative of the best that ? prosperity could produce. Her institutions are the equal of any found in communities of thrift, intelligence j and enterprise anywhere, and her j thriving town, Bamberg, is her rec- j ognized metropolis. Bamberg county, having a large ac-! reage with only comparatively small. population, possesses much valuable; farm lands open for settlement. These ; lanHs. both improved and unimprov-1 1UU fid, are open to thrifty, intelligent: farmers at prices entirely equitable with the offering. The land of the County offers a variety of soils thus ' " - *" ' Scene on Kast Cj to the task of preparing the rising generation for the strenuous activities of life. Tnis institution is magnificently equipped for the work in hand. It offers to the girls and boys of this State a wealth of advantages which are available not only to those whose financial condition warrants a considerable outlay for educational preparations, but to the children of the great middle class as well. The school record is one of which any educational institution might well be proud and since its establishment the school has consistently maintained a high standard of excellence in every department. Its graduates have demonstrated the completeness and the efficiency of their training by successfully administering the duties of responsible positions, or ably solving the problems of higher education. The corps of instructors are second to none in the State. nriiQ tJiiH ininiprl iatp sil pervisioii of the Carlisle bc-hool is in the hands of the headmaster, J. Caldwell Guilds, A. B., .M. A., who has occupied this responsible position for a number of years. An educator of recognized ability and an executive _?^____i^____^i Carlisle School. I conducive to a wide range of agricultural products. Cotton is the principal crop and doubtless will remain the cash staple. Under an experienced county agent, supplied by the federal government, crop rotation and intensive and diversified farming xs being introduced with much satisiaction and profit. All crops, cereal and vegetable, grow under careful cultivation, and produce large and proritable yields. Tobacco, wheat, oats and corn in some sections of the county constitute a large and valuable portion of the fanning interests and the growing 01 these crops is becoming more general and valuable each year. Sweet and Irish potatoes thrive and return large yields. Hay and grass, though not as yet grown in quantities, is well adapted to the soil and under good cultivation will prove a valuable crop. Corn under special cultivation by the boys* corn club produces enormous yields, thus indicating the strength and fertility of the soil, for the growing of this monetary crop. For the supply of the family, the garden offers a rich and rare variety. With a soil friendly and fertile to the growth of a wide range of vegetables, table delicacies may begin with February or March and practi-, tally continue throughout the year. Diligent and timely planting and cultivation will provide the family table | fresh from the garden a large and imoinhr nf VOSTOtfl. appending \ ai ui bwu. .vBv bles. Trinity Methodist Church. impus, Carlisle School. officer of great efficiency, Headmaster Guilds has devoted his unceasing efforts to the cause of building up a school and the results of his labor have justified the expenditure of his energy. The board of control of the Carlisle School is composed of representative business men, and .. ..as been the untiring ambition of these men to make of the school an educational l institution of high standard at the j least possible cost to the patrons, and that they have succeeded in achieving this splendid result the school itself bears testimony. The following men compose the board of control: Rev. A. J. Cauthen, presiding elder: A. \V. Knight, H. C. Folk, Dr. .1. .T. Clecklev. W. D. Rlioad, H. F. Bamberg, H. J. Brabham, John H. { Cope, Dr. L. A. Hartzog, Rev. R. H. Jones. Buildings and grounds.?The school owns a plant valued at $85,000.00, situated 011 a campus of 12 j acres in the choice section of the town, and it is well adapted to the work it undertakes. On the campus are nine buildings, six of which are used for school purposes?the main 1 building, three dormitories, a gymI nasium. and home of the headmaster. Officers and teachers.?Henry N. J Snyder, M. A.. Litt. D., LL. D., presMary Ann Bamberg CITY OF BAMBERG. Bamberg, situated in the southern part of South Carolina, luxuriantly shaded with mighty oaks which line the wide and well laid off business and residential districts, forms a splendid compliment to the general picturesque and historic landscape setting. Overlooking a wide sweep of territorystandsa monument inscribed to the honor and valor of the pioneer citizens who fought in defence of the settlement against invading hostile Indians, and which defense has been read into history among the heroic deeds of patriotism. The city, with a population ex JjEjEP^ y .j^SM h Baptist and Presbyteri The religious life of this city is presided over by three flourishing churches ? Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian. The spiritual life of these congregations is administered ident: J. Caldwell Guilds, A. B., M. A., headmaster (Wofford and Vanderbilt): William C. Duncan, A. B. (Wofford); S. Ralph Shieder, A. B. (Wofford); Rev. Edward K. Garrison, A. B. (Wofford); Charles F. Brooks, (Clemson); William R. witson, A. B. (Wofford): Roy Smith (Wofford), athletic director; .Miss .May Bowman, A. B. (Winthrop), primary; .Miss Cora Connor, stenography and typewriting; J. J. Cleckley, .M. D., school physician; Mrs. Josephine Beach and Mrs. Emmie B. Jennings, matrons. I Music department.?Julious A. ! Klein (Conservatory of Music, Cologne. Germany); Mrs. Julious A. Klein: Mrs. Henry N. Folk. In addition to high school classes, the Carlisle School offers two years to those who have completed high school courses. One of the features of the school is the complete course | :n stenography and typewriting under the direction of a competent instructor. The students of Carlisle are this vear under regulation army military training. The school was selected the past summer for representation at Plattsburg, N. Y., and representatives of both the faculty and the student body had full instruction at that camp. Hall, Carlisle School. ceeding .1,000, enjoys a well established municipal government directed by a mayor and board of aldermen. Under this administration the city has assumed and completed in various departments many civic improvements. Personally active in affairs are the mayor and aldermen that the citizens of the city shall enjoy all modern conveniences by way of sanitation, electric lights, good schools, lire and police protection. All these the city enjoys. The public schools of Bamberg ake rank among the best in the State, instructors and teachers are selected by the board of education upon special credentials of personal scholarship and individual training. The desire of both parents and instructors ^ .. J; 'J*^Srf8i0l*r*'r -- | I an Churches, Bamberg. I to by pastors of recognized pulpit bility and lives consecrated to civic ami ie.ig.oas usel nines-. These churches extend a cordial welcome to the puidic and invite all strangers 111 the city to worship with them. . , . jgEESSfc Exterior Bamberg I THE BAMBEEG BANKINK COMPANY. That Strong, Progressive and Accommodating Bank. The Bamberg Banking Company was organized and opened for business December, 1886, with a capital stock of $25,000. The capital was increased to $55,000.00 in 1890. T in'irlan/lc }\acm noiH Dvarv LJ 1 * UO UU ? ^ UV/VU Jk/UXU V T VA ^ year since the organization of the bank, amounting in all to $209,050. They have earned $45,000.00 surplus, besides $23,413.40 undivided profits, making a total profit since organization of $277,4 63.4 0. They have pain depositors in the savings department large amounts of interest annually. They installed th* Burroughs Ledger and Posting and other modern machines, so as to give their customers the very best service, second to none. '1 neir fire and burglar proof vault is equipped with safety deposit boxes of various sizes, which are rented at reasonable rates. If you are not one of their depositors this is an invitation to you to become one. "NO ACCOUNT TOO SMALL OR NONE TOO LARGE, MAKE OUR BANK YOUR BANK." They pay four per cent, on savings accounts and offer you absolute safety. There have been few more conspicious and significant developments in the commercial and financial history of the State of South Carolina, than the growth of the Bamberg j Banking Company, of Bamberg. j While it is an admitted fact that the 1 volume of the bank's deposits usually . measures the confidence the people have in the institution it does not i always indicate the extent of the j bank's success; nevertheless we be-; lieve the progress made along this | line by the Bamberg Banking Com-11 pany mark the extene of this bank's j prosperity. Those responsible for the achieve-' ments of the bank have been inspired by one dominating ambition?to make it a vital factor in the up-' building and commercial progress of i this section of the State, their coun-! ty and city. While they have naturally sought | with commendable energy to increase i their deposits, they have also evidenced a desire to provide the utmost of safety for their patrons. jfc ' ' ; - -"' 'iv : " , Interior Bamberg I is to enable the children of the city n to enjoy the most approved methods!I of elementary education coupled with health of the body and purity of the t mind. To fill this purpose, a strictly modern building has been completed t of both high and grammar grades, jt This splendid structure completed at j c a cost of $L'U,0UU, affords accommoda- c tion for over two hundred pupils in ;i all grades. Enjoying many splendid homes, 1 the social life of the people is quite t as ideal, comfortable and entertain- i ing as may be found anywhere. Rep 1 resentative of the best Southern ( stock, the citizens desire to maintain c the gentle and hospitable homes oi c Jieir ancestry; accordingly, a wel- t come is extended to all worthy and respectable people coming to the city, ic Those visiting Bamberg receive the;? banking Company. One can easily be convinced, thai the directors guiding tne destinies of the bank are men who nave made conspicuous success in tneir private affairs, in fact, no more representative group of bouth Carolina's successful business and professional men can be secured than tiie list of the directors of tne Dam berg Danking Company, which appears at the bottom oi this article. .Many have said, and rightly so, that tne remarkable grovvtn of the bank, unlike iitat of many other banks of corresponding size, is due to the fact that it is not governed or dominated by one or two iniluentiai directors, but ratlier tliat tne board as a unit, is working diligently to add to the strength, iniiuence and importance ot tne Bamberg Banking Company, it may not be amiss to state in this connection that every safeguard known to modern banking is used by the bank. The Bamberg Banking Company is a local enterprise 111 every sense of the word, it is not to ue classed among tnose Known as A USE MAS BANK, as each director feels a personal responsibility in nis trust, that insists that the affairs of the bank be conducted as intended, by the ohicers acting in accordance with the express wishes of the directors and committees appointed by them. The Bamberg Banking Company leeis grateiul lor the generous response of the business community in tneir efforts to build up a large bank aiong conservative lines, to the end that they may provide liberal and ample accommodations for worthy enterprises, as well as a place where those who have idle funds may deposit the same with the utmost protection. The courtesy and attention which are always shown to those having business relations with the bank have won for them the good will ol tlie business community, a.1111 a uusl of friends wlio are taking a personal interest in tiie progress it is making toward greater achievements. The following are the oliicers: G. Frank Bamberg, president; John H. Cope, active vice president; D. F. Hooton, cashier; H. H. Stokes, assistant cashier; H. L. Hinnant, head bookkeeper. Following are the directors: G. Frank Bamberg, Jno. H. Cope, D. F. Hooton, J. B. Black, \V. JD. Rhoad, J. D. Copeland, Sr., E. C. Hays, H. J. Brabham, H. F. Bamberg. iijj W*'--' /.r Hi 3|gpp~ Hm 3P*: * : * MH< %fe" m,'f^SS^t0'0^ - -J&l&tflySCTfl ' '^8 . . * *? . .-V tanking Company. vord of welcome and the hearty landshake if such visitors desire to become residents of the city or counX? As a commercial center, Bamberg akes high rank. Being the largest iity and county seat of Bamberg ;ounty, it at once becomes the center )f a retail radius. With over fifty ndustrial and commercial houses doing a representative volume of busiless, the aggregate of this combined rade totals well into the millions anlually. Surrounded by one of the jest and most fertile agricultural counties, coupled with the products >f the several manufacturing plants )f the city, these two sources of creaive wealth when placed on the market, returns to the citizens large bank leposits and sufficient reward or saltry for service rendered.