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?f )tPamtjerg ^eralb Thursday, Dec 5, 1918. ^ SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. I Old Sol reappeared Monday after J having hid his face for about a week, and he was gladly welcomed by everybody. Private John Smith, of Ehrhardt, was reported in the casualty list published Sunday as being wounded / severely in France. Private Frank Brabham, of this city, has been mustered out of service, as has also Private George Folk, of the Colston section. They are both at home. A large number of Bamberg peoattended the Orangeburg county fair last week. Thursday was Shriners z day at the fair, and a large number of local Masons went over to attend the festivities. Casey Brabham, a. negro draftee from this county, was arrested a few days ago by Sheriff Ray, charged with being a deserter. The negro has been returned to the training camp from which he made his escape. 0 .The cane mills are now engaged in grinding syrup, it will be bad news to those who are fond of home made syrup to &now that the crop was very short this year, and that there will not be a very plentiful supply, according to the cane growers. / / % * Supervisor B. H. Dyches, of Barnwell county, who was reelected in the last primary, has resigned his position, and Governor Manning has appointed J. S., Still to serve in his place. Mr. Still was a close opponent of Mr. Dyches in the primary. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kearse, who lived here a few years ago, will be interested to learn that-, their eldest son, Mr. G. H. Kearsfcy^is how a corporal in the medical department at Camp Greenleaf, Ga., near Chattanooga, Tenn. He has beep in the service for three > months. , "V Private Frank Herndpn, who has been in limited army service for several months, has been mastered out of the service, being the/nrst Bamberg man to return to civil pursuits since the signing of the peace armistice. Private Hbrndon was stationed I at camD Dix. New Jersey, at the time j of his discharge from the army. Clerk of Court A. L. -Kirkland is suffering from the Spanish influenza, 1 and it is stated that every member of his family, with the exception of his father, Dr. Kirkl&nd, also has the malady. It is stated that the ' community around Olar is suffering :W - v jheavily from the influenza, there being about 100 cases of the disease right in the town of Olar. ^ <cn cm Carter Admitted to Bail. fv" .... r * * Amos Carter, a negro who shot and killed Eston Priester, another negro, near Ehrhardt on November 5th, has been admitted to ban in tne sum or $1,000, and bond has been furnished. This killing occurred on the plantation of Mr. J. M. Dannelly, and was the result of a quarrel over the taking up of a cow. It is said that j Carter took up a cow belonging to Priester, which was running on Carter's crops. Priester went to Carter's house to get the co>*, having a gun jjrith him, and demanded the animal. Upon b^ing refused, he told his son, who was with him, to get an axe to break the lock to the fence. The testimony then shows that Cari ' ter got his gun, and claims to have shot only to prevent Priester from killing him. Carter also alleged that Priester's cow had been allowed to run on his crops previously, and that / Priester had threatened to kill him for taking up the animal on previous /occasions. , Carlisle Crosses 1200 Mark. 1 \ 0 ________ The friends of the Carlisle school will be interested to know that dur- ; . ing the past week the enrollment has exceeded the two hundred mfcrk. The. enrollment today is 201, against a total enrollment last year of 162. This is decidedly the largest enrollment in the history of the school, and it makes Carlisle mere than ever one of the/big institutions of our State. Two States and the following counties are represented on the campus: Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Beaufort, Calhoun, Charleston, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Ck TlAt?nhAC<iAi* 1?1 Ar_ JL/dl llUgluu, i/iiiuu, uui vucoici , i' iui j ence, Greenwood, Greenville, Hami> ton, Laurens, Lee, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda, Sumter and v Williamsburg. Christmas is coming. What about 1 that Christmas gift? Give something useful and serviceable?give something that will be appreciated month after month and year after year. Give an electric iron, or a grill, or a toaster, or a sewing machine motor, or a lighting fixture. We have a complete stock. FAULKNER ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY.?adv. \ NEGRO KILLED AT DENMARK. Caught Running Liquor Still.?Tried to (Jet Away. Alex Stevens, a negro man, was shot near Denmark last Saturday afternoon, and died some time later as the result of the wounds. Stevens was' caught in the act of operating a whiskey still, and offered resistance to the officers when a raid was made on his premises, resulting in a volley of shots being fired, several of which struck the negro as he was attempt! ing to make a get away. I It is said the negro has been suspected for some time of operating an I Illicit distillery, l^epuiy tiuuiiisuu, a, State ^onstable located at Denmark, has had his eye upon the negro for some time. Last Saturday, Deputy Robinson, in company with three other State constables, J. G. Fanning, P. J. Caldwell, and C. A. Rector, made a raid upon Stevens's house, located in the suburbs of Denmark. When they entered the house, they found Stevens operating the still. Stevens flew into a rage immediately and told the officers that he would die before he was arrested, and began to put up a fight. In the scuffle, the negro fell out of the window, and was making progress toward an escape from the officers when ha was fired upon. It is said that another negro man was in the house at the time, but that he escaped. The still and some whiskey was confiscated. Sunday an inquest was held over the body of the negro. Following is the testimony of the in quest: Dr. Robt. Black, who performed the autopsy, gave the following statement of the wounds found in the body: "This is to certify that I examined the body of Alex Stevens, and found what I would judge to be a .44 pistol bullet wound four inches above and four inches to right of upper part of hip bone. Bullet entered from sid? going downward and causing shock and internal hemorrhage, which was sufficient to produce death. I also found pistol bullet wound in middle of left arm, going through arm, entering from inside. A pistol bullet wound one inch above left hip bone at the side going downward; a pistol bullet wound at about the same place on right side going downward and backward. There was also a gastr three inches above right ear." Ettie Stevens, wife of Alex Stevens, was the only eye witness sworn. She said: "When they came up, I walked in. I met Alex at the middle door. When I^got to next door I met one of the other men. He came on in. That time they went to tussling. I reached down and got the baby. They fell out of the window. I spoke to them before they went out window and told him to give up. That time I heard a pistol shot. In about a minute I heard two or three shots. 1 peeped out window and saw him lying on other side of automobile. I said can I go out and see where he is hit or will you go see? They said go if you want to. I said, help me to put him in the bed, please. Make him a d? bed on the ground, for he' is dying. He said you caff go fix bed for him, I will help you. He said, there aint no need, for he is dead. Mr. Robinson, you heard him say he would kill me so I had to kill him. This is all I know." The verdict of the jury was that Stevens came to his death at the hands of parties unknown to the jury. Deaths From Influenza. During the month of October there were 3,591 deaths in South Carolina from Spanish influenza, not including the deaths at the cantonments. Of I this number 1,375 were whites, and 2,216 were negroes. At Camp Jackson there were 354 deaths from influenza during the month of October, and at Camp Sevier there were 329 deaths. The figures' toi* Camp Wadsworth are not available at this time. Following are figures for Bamberg and nearby counties: White Negro Bamberg 4 Aiken 22 38 Barnwell 3 23 Colleton 4 8 Hampton 13 24 Orangeburg 18 , 94 These are the figures made public by the bureau of vital statistics. Death of Mr. J. C. Nimmons. Mr. J. C. Nimmons, an old and highly respected citizen of the Govan section, died at his home last week, aged seventy years. Mr. Nimmons was a good citizen, and was a member for many years of the George's Creek Baptist church, which he dearly loved. He is survived by his wife and three children: Miss Nettie Nimmons, and Messrs. R. J. and H. M. Nimmons, and several grandchildren. The sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved family. Bicycle lamps, spot lights and flash lights. FAULKNER ELECTRIC SERVICE CO.?adv. "V COUNTY FAR BEHIND. County Chairman Urges People to Redeem Their W. S. S. Pledges. To the Citizens of Bamberg County I am receiving constant and urgent appeals from the State War Savings committee urging that we redeem, without fail, the pledges which we made in June for the purchase of war savings stamps. You will recall that at that time Bamberg county attracted wide attention for the splendid way in whi^h our people pledged for the purchase of these stamps. We pledged, during the campaign, that we would purchase between then and < the first of the year two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in stamps..Our records show that to date we have purchased less than one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars worth > I am sure that I need but to remind you that these pledges were an obligation to the United States government, and that they should be regarded as binding as any obligations we have made. It vould be a lasting shame if our county failed to purchase the amount of stamps which she pledged to purchase, and I am sure that we will not allow that condition to exist, once the matter has been brought to our attention. The fact that the war is over in no sense relieves us of this obligation. Tha government is still having, and wilr continue to have, enormous expenses. The fact that the price of cotton is lower than we want it to be may make it a little harder for us to buy these stamps, but it does not in any sense relieve us of this obligation. I take this method, therefore, of calling on all the War Savings committee^ who worked so faithfully In our June campaign, ana upon au or the loyal and patriotic citizens that * we make plans immediately to re- <1 deem every pledge before the last of December. We cannot and will not fall down on this proposition. J. CALDWELL GUILDS, Chairman War Savings Com. 4 Carnival Couldn't Show Here. Quite a bit of interest was created in Bamberg last week when a carnL i val company arrived in town unher- * aided and tried persistently to se- < cure a license to show here. The < city authorities would not permit the , aggregation to exhibit, but the carnival people, not meaning to be outdone, proceeded to erect their tents just outside the corporate limits of the town.Then the sheriff appeared on the scene and prohibited them from showing there. The carnival < then left town Thursday. Public sentiment in Bamberg is not very favora- 4 ble to such fakers, and there has not been a carnival in the town for sev- < 4 eral years, though they have shown < outside the city limits. * i Death of Young Boy. .4 Last Thursday afternoon, Nov. 28, < little Wilford Earl, the four year old 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Ayer, died ^ at their home in the county. The ^ little boy had been sick about a week, < with congestion of the brain and iiv- ^ er. The remains were interred Fri- ^ day afternoon at St. John's Baptist 4 church, Rev. D. H. 0wings conduct- 4 ing the service. He was a bright lit- ^ tie fellow and had many friends in, 4 \ the community. < On Saturday following the death ^ of their little boy, Mr. and Mrs. Ayer 4 again suffered a misfortune, when < their little girl, aged two years, was J seriously bifrned. The little girl is * getting along nicely, however. 4 SPECIAL NOTICES^ 1 Wanted?Pecans in any q.uantity. 4 H. C. FOLK CO., Bamberg, S. C. tfn j ? For Sale?Lard and syrup cans, 50 > pounds. H. C. FOLK C., Bamberg. 4 S. C. tfn 4 For Sale?Sash, doors, brick and 4 shingles. L. B. FOWLER, Bamberg, ^ S. C. * ltn Wanted?To buy a few shares of Enterprise Bank stock. Address BOX N, Bamberg, S. C. 12-3In Screens?Now is the time to place your orders fpr screens if you need any for next summer. L. B. FOWLER, Bamberg, S. C. tfn Wanted?To sell a lot in the town of Midway known as the Simpson lot. Apply to BRANTLEY & ZEIGLER, Attorneys, Orangeburg, S. C. 12-5n Athens Hide Company, of Athens, Ga., are the largest buyers of express shipped gfeen cow hides in South. Reason is, "They weigh the weight." Mule and horse hides $3.50 each. H. EUGENE FANT, Mgr. 12-17p For Sadev?500 bu. Toole's WiltResistant cotton seed. $2.50 per bushel f. o. b. Bamberg or Denmark. Two bales per acre. See A 11/M-. O ^ m rr? /\r\ ci noiir V UU LIU II UU micu OIUIUJUUO ucui Bamberg. M. T. WILLIS, Denmark, S. C. tfn Fifty Elcar Automobiles and the Bamberg territory to the dealer who realizes the situation and can finance automobiles. Specifications?Forty Horse Power Red Seal Continental Motor, Borg & Beck Clutch, Stromberg carburetor, Hotchkiss Drive, Timken Bearings, Stewart Vacuum. Wheelbase 116 in., price $1,375 F. O. B. factory. ELCAR MOTOR SALES COMPANY, Southern District Ofiice, 1502 Candler Building, Atlanta, Ga. 12-5n * A^i. A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^L jAA. A^t A4A A ijt" t^T Ty T^t T^T ?^t y T T : ALBERT E. 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