The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 05, 1918, Page 8, Image 8
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Thursday, Dec 5, 1918.
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SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
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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.
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.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. /
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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
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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
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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
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jheavily from the influenza, there being
about 100 cases of the disease
right in the town of Olar.
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Carter Admitted to Bail.
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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- <
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eral years, though they have shown <
outside the city limits. * i
Death of Young Boy.
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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
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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
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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, ^
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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
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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
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