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W&t pamfeerg Heralb Thursday, January 16, 1919. . SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Senator J. B. Black, of Bamberg, Mas been named as a member of the following senate committees: Commerce and manufactures; medical affairs, chairman; mines and mining; police regulations. The Woman's Missionary society of the Methodist church will hold its pledge meeting on next Tuesday afternoon at the parsonage at 4 o'clock. Every member is urged to attend. Visitors are invited.?Rec. Sec. Mr. H. J. Bellinger, local represen/ tative of the census bureau, .reports that to January 1 there had been ginned in this county 33,025 bales of cotton, against 26,136 to the same date last year. This shows an increase of approximately 25 per cent. We are carrying in another colmmn the advertising of the F. S. Royster Guano company, of Norfolk, Va., and our readers will be interested to know that in 1886 Mr. F. S. Royster started this business and still retains the ownership and control of it, although it has grown to such large proportions that it takes 13 large factories to supply the present demand for the Royster brands. It is rare that such a business is built up by individual effort and the results speak well for the ability and integ_ rity of the manufacturer and for the merit of the goods. Death of Mrs. A. M. Heaton. % Branchville, Jan. 6.?Mrs. A. M. > Heaton, the widow of the late A. M. Heaton, passed away last Friday morning at 11 o'clock. She suffered her third stroke of paralysis on New Tear's morning, after which she never regained consciousness. She was a faithful woman, her husband having died 12 years ago, leaving her with six small children. She was a tVia RronrvViuillQ RantlQf iilUiU UCl Vfi tuo X/4 (UAVU f AAAV *r??rvwv church, where up until a few months ago when her health became bad, she was a regular attendant. She is survived by eight children, Mrs. E. C. McAlhaney, Mrs. G. T. McAlhaney, Mrs. J. G. Smoak, Mrs. V. W. Berry, Mrs. H. L. Barrs, Miss Belle Heaton, and Messrs. Herbert ' V and Angus Heaton; three sisters, two brothers and a large circle of friends. The funeral was held at Sardis church at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Revs. White and Strickland conducted the service. <m < m > m W. S. S. Sales About $23,000. Postmaster Knight has been unable to furnish as yet a complete re/ port of the sales of war savings stamps for December, for the reason that during the rush of the last few hours in the old year *he received orders for more stamps than he could fill without replenishing his stock. As it has consumed considerable time in doing this, all of the stamps have not yet been delivered, and until full delivery is made the report cannot be completed. However. it is stated that the sales for December will exceed $23,000. The full report will be published as soon as possible. The Bamberg office has received the 1919 series .of war savings and thrift stamps and these have been distributed to the various offices in the county, and may be secured by purchasers as in the past at the prices prevailing on the old series. Warehouse Well Patronized. v The South Carolina State warehouse system was well patronized during the last 12 months. The records show that no less than 96,000 bales of cotton were put in storage tyy the farmers of the State, the value of the same being approximately $13,000,000. There are four State cotton warehouses in Bamberg county, and nearly 4,000 bales of cotton were stored in them the past year. The following figures were recently announced by the State warehouse commissioner: No. Bales County Warehouses. Stored Bamberg 4 3,809 Barnwell 3 1,820 Hampton 1 993 Orangeburg 36 9,193 There are no State warehouses in Colleton or Aiken counties, and thirteen other counties in the State. Annual Meeting Held. The annual meeting of the directors of the Enterprise Bank was held in the offices of the bank on December 31st. The usual eight per cent, dividend was declared, and a neat sum wras carried to the bank's surplus. All of the officers of the bank were reelected, as follows: H. M. Graham, president; Dr. Robert Black, vice president; W. D. Coleman, cashier, and Mrs. E. C; Morris, assistant cashier. The bank was reported to be in excellent condition. COUNTY ASKED FOR $3,000. This Week Designated for Campaign to Help Starving Peoples. This week, from January 12 to 19, has been designated as campaign week to raise a fund of $30,000,000 for the relief of the peoples of the Near East, who are at starvation's door. As a result of the war, and domination by the Turkish empire, the people of these nations of Asia Minor, who have been under oppression for four hundred yeairs, are starving to death by the thousands and tens of thousands. This fund is to be raised for the alleviation of these suffering peoples and is a most worthy movement that should meet with the approval of everybody. Ramhorcr /?rmntv has been asked to contribute $3,000 toward this object, and it is to be sincerely hoped that the allotment will be met promptly. The allotments of other counties nearby follow: Aiken, $3,500; Barnwell, $2,000; Colleton, $1,000; Hampton, $700; Orangeburg, $8,000.' DR. CLEM CARTER DEAD. Young Bamberg Pharmacist Died After Week's Illness. McCormick, Jan. 11.?The death of Dr. W. Clem Carter this morning was a distinct shock to the whole community. Dr. Carter had been in bed less than one week with influenza which developed into pneumonia causing his untimely death. Dr. Carter came to McCormick a little less than two years ago and has been manager of the Fuller-Carter Drug Company, he being a partner in the business with Capt. R, M. Fuller, who is now in the Medical Corps of the United States army and stationed at Newport News. Dr. Carter was graduated from Newberry College and the Atlanta Pharmaceutical College. He was a Bamberg county boy and his parents died several years ago. He was married to Miss Madge Catherine Summers, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Summers, of Newberry, and was devoted to his wife and little son, Billie Carter, who survive him. He was a Mason and a member of the Lutheran church. In business Dr. Carter was looked upon as one of the best business men in McCormick. Dr. Carter was a son of the late Mr. W. H. Carter, of Ehrhardt. He was prominently connected in this county," and the news of his death was received with much regret. Dr. Carter left this county several years ago, after his graduation in pharmacy, and had been quite successful in his business. The remains were buried in Newberry. INFLUENZA DEATHS. Twenty-Nine Victims of Disease in This County in November. According to statistics recently compiled by C. W. Miller, chief clerk of the bureau* of vital statistics of the State board of health, 2,227 persons died in South Carolina during the month of November as a result of influenza and pneumonia. Of this number 761 were whites ajnd 1,421 negroes. To these totals should be added the deaths reported from the city of Charleston for the month. Deaths reported from this and neighboring counties during November follow: White Negro Aiken 20 44 Bamberg 1 28 Barnwell .... 9 41 Colleton 4 39 Hampton 12 41 Orangeburg 22 96 COURT CALLED OFF. Special Term Will Be Held Second Monday in March. I On account of the prevalence of the epidemic of Spanish influenza, the session of the court of general sessions scheduled to be held beginning on the fourth Monday in this month, has been called off by the presiding judge, Mr. Mclver. Members - of the Bamberg bar recently petitioned Judge Mclver to call off or postpone this term of court, as the influenza epidemic is still raging throughout the county, and acting upon tnis petition, juage Mclver Monday issued an order calling the term off, and at the same time ordering the special term for March. Official Cotton Ginnings. Following are official cotton gin- ] nings in this and nearby counties prior to December 13: 1918 1917 Aiken 46,818 38,862 Bamberg 31,443 25,314 Barnwell 62,060 54,400 Colleton 20,323 18,096 Hampton 22,372 20,768 Orangeburg 94,695 77,587 CURTISS BIPLANES " VISIT BAMBERG AIR SQUADRON SPEND NIGHT IN THIS CITY. Bamberg's First Sight of Big Airplanes Mapping Country for Aerial Mail Routes. ? One Machine is Wrecked on Return Trip. After weeks of anxious waiting, the people of the city were treated Wednesday afternoon to the sight of three airplanes, the first aerial visit Bamberg has ever experienced. The planes arrived about four o'clock on Wednesday, two of them being at an altitude on arrival of 4,000 feet and the other at 2,000 feet. For some fifteen minutes the planes circled gracefully over the city, giving tire folks an opportunity to witness some aerial stunts. It was intended for the planes to land at he baseball park; but the aviators found that the park was too small to admit of a^afe landing, and some difficulty was experienced before a suitable location could be found to alight. One of the machines landed at the old race track, but as the landing was found to be bad, the other two sought another landing, finally settling down in a field near Mr. G. Frank Bamberg's home. The airplane squadron was in charge of Lieut. T. W. Symons, the other aviators being: Lieut. G. V. Kelley, Lieut. C. A. Mann, Lieut. H. A. Boggs, Lieut. W. J. Welsh, and Sergeant George Biddle. Lieut. Boggs is a native Carolinian, being a Charlestonian. All of the ^thers are natives of other States. The machines are Curtiss biplanes. They were enroute from Souther * - ^ ^ - ni 1 a. Field, Amencus, via., 10 ^uanesiuu, via Macon, Ga. Stops were made at Macon, Augusta, Aiken and Bamberg. The trip from Souther Field aviation station, a distance of 230 miles to Bamberg, was made in 210 minutes, flying time. The purpose of the trip was to map the country for landing fields and possible locations for airdromes for transcontinental aerial mail routes. The plane piloted by Lieuts. Boggs and Kelley found difficulty in making a landing here, the ground being found too soft. The aviators asked The Herald to express their thanks to the Carlisle boys for their valuable assistance in extricating the ship. Lieut. Welsh talked in a most interesting manner of the great work in which he is engaged. He told The Herald that the work being done by, the Souther Field aviation station in mapping this section of the country for airplane mail routes is in cooperation with 40 other similar stations distributed throughout the United States. When the work of mapping the country is completed a composite report will be made, and this report will contain invaluable information for the future aeronautical development of the country. A notable fact in connection with the aviation station at Souther Field is that since being put in operation in May, 1918, Lieut. Welsh said, only one accident has occurred resulting in a fatality. The trip to Bamberg was made at an average altitude of 2,000 ::eet. Mayor Rentz, Lieut. Welsh stated, has offered every cooperation on the part of Bamberg in establishing a suitable landing field here. Asked what were the possibilities of an airdrome and aviation landing being established in Bamberg, Lieut. Welsh stated that he could merely say that the squadron was ordered to stop in Bamberg and investigate the aerial possibilities of the town, but he added that the fact that they were ordered to stop here showed that it was entirely possible that such a station might be established. The only cooperation on the part of the town would be, he said, to enlarge the baseball park sufficiently to make a safe landing. All of the visiting aviators were enthusiastic in their praises of the hospitality of the people of the city, i by whom they were entertained Wednesday night and Thursday morning during their stay in Bamberg. Arrive in Charleston. Charleston, Jan. 9.?The people of Charleston had their first sight to day of stunt performing army flying machines when five officers and a sergeant arrived at 1 o'clock from Bamberg, where they spent the night with their three Curtiss biplanes. Of particular interest were the "stunts" performed by one machine, because it was .piloted by Lieut. Harry A. Boggs, of Charleston, a graduate of Souther Field flying field, from which the planes came^and now an instructor there. The machines put TO RATIFY ELECTION. Strip of Colleton County Will Join Bamberg County. Messrs. W. A. Smith and P. L. Goodwin, who reside in the portion | of Colleton county that recently voted to annex to Bamberg county, were I in the city Monday, for the purpose of winding up all the affairs of the election, held more than a year ago, and ?et the matter in shape for presentation to the general assembly for ratification. They stated that all matters in connection with the election, which resulted unanimously in favor of annexation, had been concluded, and that there is nothing further to be done except for the legis laLUi e LU laillj' luo auucAanuu. i uv/ territory involves a nice strip of country about three miles in extent, in which a .number of prominent families reside. Another small portion | of Colleton wants to annex to Bamberg, and it was hoped to hold the election in time to have it ratified at the same time, but for some reason the election has not been ordered, , ! and it is not likely that the necessary arrangements can now be made in time for the present session of the legislature to act Upon it. MRS MAMIE GEE HOPKINS. Former Bamberg Resident Dies of Infinenza at Rowesville. Mrs. Mamie Gee Hopkins, nee Miss Jennings, died at her home at Rowesville Sunday at ten o'clock, after a brief illness. Mrs. Hopkins some days previous to her death contracts/1 inflnnn ?o Cho hoH annaroritlv CU 12X11 lLWll?fCb? KJIIU ilVkU v*kv?^ recovered, but on Friday night suddenly developed pneumonia, and after two days illness died. The remains were interred Monday afternoon at Rowesville. Mrs. Hopkins was about 35 years of age. She was the daughter of the late Mr. John Jennings and Mrs. J. M. Jennings, the latter now residing in Charleston. She resided in Bam-! | berg until her marriage some sevenj i or eight years ago to Mr. Charles j Hopkins, who survives her with two little children. Mrs. Hopkins is most favorably remembered in Bam- j berg, where she was popular among: a large circle of friends, who were j shocked to learn of her death. < > Farmers Can Get Nitrate. Mr. J. J. Heard received a tele-j I gram from Washington Tuesday in-; forming him that he had been ap-! pointed distributing agent for this county for the government allotment of nitrate of soda. Mr. Heard states that he received the necessary application blanks TT ni&l-tf thof ho hoc fO. 1 UCOUaj JLL A *3 11 L, UUU vuut uv quested all of the baDks in the county to act as assistants in getting the | blanks properly filled out and filed. The farmers may, therefore, call at j (their respective banking places and! secure blanks, fill them out and file them with one of the banks. This should be done at once, as the time | is now very limited. This matter was in the hands of the county demonstrator, Mr. Floyd, but on account of his illness he has been unable to attend to it, and Mr. Heard was requested to handle it in this county. in 270 minutes of flying in covering 295 miles on their trip to Charleston. They flew through rain from Augusta to Bamberg and found the air over Charleston "bumpy" today. However, the stunts performed were daring and spectacular. Lieut. Mann's Machine in Accident. Claxton, Ga., Jan. 11.?While attempting to rise this morning at about 10:30 o'clock prior to returning to Americus, the second one of the three government Curtiss biolanes.. driven by Lieut. Mann, was wrecked, and it is thought it will be necessary to ship it to Americus for ! repairs. Several hundred people were watching the planes and as the ground was soft it was almost imj possible to get up speed sufficient to i j rise over the fence surrounding the j J field in which they were attempting | to rise. Some two or three hundred automobiles were lined up in the road over which the planes were to go, and as the plane had only risen about two feet off the ground it struck an Overland touring car, completely demolishing it, as well as the propeller and wings of the plane. Miss Janie Beaslev and M. H. Glisson were sitting on the fence and had it knocked from under them. Miss Beasley was struck by one of the wings and knocked some distance under an automobile with part of the fence on her when picked up. Mr. cii'eenn foil nndpr thp nlane and es V.1 llOOVil MU V?%/? w? w x _ _ caped with a few bruises. Miss Nell rfuggins was sitting in Mr. Glisson's automobile, which was also struck, getting the top crushed and wind shield knocked out. She escaped without injury. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Womble also had narrow escapes. Mr. Womble shoved Mrs. Womble out of the way, and not having time to make his escape fell to the ground and let the plane pass over him. BAMBERG HAS A NEW NEIGHBOR' NEW COUNTY OF ALLENDALE IS 1 FORMED. Jj r Election Was Al- 1 most Unanimous * t Only Nine Votes Registered Against a Proi>osition.?Formed From g Barnwell and Hampton. I c Bamberg county has a new neigh- * bor in the county of Allendale. The 1 election on the proposed new county was held on Tuesday and resulted in 2 the nroieet beiner carried almost un- c animously. Out of a total of 464 1 votes cast, only nine were voted * against the new county. It is stat- ' ed that no opposition or contest on the part of the opponents of the new * county is anticipated. The court ^ house will be locate^ at Allendale, * and before the matter was brought * to an election the friends of the new county had subscribed about $50,- 1 000 for the purpose of erecting the c necessary county buildings. It is 8 presumed that the matter will be pre- 1 sented to the present legislature for ratification. Allendale county is composed of parts of Hampton and Barnwell counties, and borders on Bamberg county for a considerable k distance. ^ MRS. ANNIE FAUST DEAD. Former Denmark Resident Died in * Columbia Tuesday. Mrs. Annie Faust, widow of the ? loto Pnl P P Faust of Cedar drove ( plantation, Orangeburg, died at her i home, 2607 Divine street, yesterday i morning at 10:30 o'clock incident to t advanced age. ri She was the daughter of the late Capt. John S. Jennings, of Cedar Grove plantation, one of the largest slave owners in South Carolina in his time. She was 79 years old and * leaves two sons, John S. J. Faust, c of Denmark, and Jones W. Faust, of t Columbia, and one daughter, Mrs. * Annie L. Storne, of Columbia, toge- 3 ther with many friends to mourn her ' death. , ( Funeral services will be conducted 1 tomorrow at Denmark. The body c will leave VanMetre's undertaking 1 parlors today. * Mrs. Faust was a member of the * Charles Pinckney chapter, Daughters 1 of the American Revolution, at Denmark.?The State, Jan. 15. ? > ? "Hearts of the World." "Hearts of the World," the pro- J duction that is conceded to be p. W. Griffith's masterpiece, surpassing both his "Intolerance" and "The Birth of a Nation," will be the at- 1 traction at the Academy of Music, Orangeburg, January 17th, two'days. ? The fact that Mr. Griffith spent eighteen months on the battlefields of = Frs/nce with his company of American players would seem to indicate j that "Hearts of the World" is a war . play. To the contrary, and on the authority of the famous director j himself, it is not about the war, but . about people to whom the war comes ?and for this reason it makes the * war real. Many of the recent films . have been devoted so exclusively to photographs of fighting that, for all J they have revealed, the war might be limited to the scenes recorded by the camera. Others have so insulted in- * tellingence and pure patriotism with theatrical rubbish, tacker-on melo- j drama, clumsy studio fakes and oth- ] er devices that many persons are in- clined to believe the producers guilty of burlesqueing the war, were such ] a thing thinkable. Mr. Griffith has ? proved by his "The Birth of a Na- ~ tion" and other master works that ( he is a man who does big things in ( a big way; one who stops at noth- i ing, however seemingly insurmount- * able, in his honest efforts to faithfully reproduce a given condition. Hence ( the very fact that Mr. Griffith's name f and reputation are back of "Hearts J of the World" is an assurance that * local theatre patrons are to be treated to something as real as it is co- 1 lossal. ^ The players engaged by Mr. Grif- * fith to go over to France with him j included Lillian and Dorothy Gish, Robert Harron, Kate Bruce, George Fawcett, Robert Anderson, George A. Siegmann and Master Ben Alexander. 1 A wonderful musical score arranged ? to interpret every scene and even the f action of the players will be played t by the large orchestra carried by the ; < prtjaeuims CUIUJJCHJJ' .???.?. <c> ? We are prepared to recharge your automobile battery. Give us a trial, j FAULKNER ELECTRIC SERVICE j i CO.?adv. j Craocolor, the best colored crayon J made, at Herald Book Store. ^ Read The Herald, $2.00 per year. J MR. W. B. MOORE DEAD. *romincnt Ehrhardt Man Was a Victim of Influenza. Mr. William B. Moore, one of the >est known citizens of Bamberg ounty, died at his home at Ehrhardt Tuesday morning, after a brief 111less of Spanish influenza, followed ?y complications. Mr. Moore contract;d the malady only a week pre- y rious to his death, and all that could >e done to save his life proved of no tvail. Mr. Moore was about fifty years of ige, and had resided at Ehrhardt jractically all his life. His wife lied only a short time ago, and ho s survived bv one daughter. Mrs. -ankford. Mr. Moore was an exemplary citi,en. Quiet and unassuming, he was >ne of the kind of men who ar# ooked upon as solid citizens,. and Lis death came as a great shock to lis many acquaintances, few of whom iven knew of his illness. He had >een bookkeeper for J. M. Dannelly fc Co., one of the largest concerns im < he county, for many years, and im his line was quite efficient. The remains were interred Wedresday at Ehrhardt, in the presence >f a large circle of friends and relitives. Mr. Moore was a brother of drs. E. H. Duncan, of this city. m * m > ? Married at Branchville. v ' Branchville, S. C., Jan. 6.?On last Sunday evening Miss Fannie Ott, of lear Branchville, became the happy >ride of Mr. Gary Shuler, of near Bowman. The young couple were narried at the Baptist parsonage by heir pastor, Rev. H. Strickland, diss Ott is a charming young daugher of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ott. Mr. ? Shuler is a prosperous young farmer >f the Bowman section. Their many 'riends wish the happy young conple nuch success and happiness during n ir\ cr traoi?o HrOTl oroKnFflr ,11 VUU11U5 J Vit?U5?W rimes and Democrat. Only One Arrest. yzm . * J558 The Bamberg Herald notes that ony one arrest was made there for Irunkenness up to Christmas day and he Union Progress says that this Christmas, for the first time in forty rears, there was not a prisoner in the Jnion county jail during the holi- \ 1 lays. Charleston cannot quite natch the latter record; nevertheless >nly one arrest for drunkenness was nade here Christmas, and there were yM )ut three prisoners at the police staion to provide with Christmas din- ! ler.?News and Courier. Legislature Meets. Both houses of the State legisla-. ;ure convened on Tuesday. Nothing M vas done except the usual organization. Governor Manning was notlied of the convening of the assem- V )ly, and requested a joint session at vhich he should deliver the annual nessage. This was arranged to be leld some time Wednesday. SPECIAL NOTICES. ========== For Sale.?Two good mules, cheap. Vpply to ENTERPRISE BANK, Bam)erg, S. C. 2-6n - ? Cedar Shingles?Carload just ar ived. $7.1)0 per thousand. H. C. * rOLK CO., Bamberg, S. C. tfn , <: M Just Received?Self-rising and * )lain flour in wood. H. C. FOLK * 20., Bamberg, S. C. tfn For Sale?Fourteen Rhode Island * ied roosters. Price $2.00 each. J. d. GRIMES, Bamberg, S. C. 1-16p . For Sale?Lard and syrup cans, 50 )ounds. H. C. FOLK C., Bamberg, 3. C. tfn If You are thinking of insurance, it _ night pay you to see A. B. UTSEY, 3amberg, S. C., before you buy. Strayed?Red heifer, about i one rear old, from Bamberg. Reward if eturned to D. J. DELK, Bamberg, 3. C. - ltp For Sale?I have one nice milk :ow for sale. yVill be fresh in few lays; overstocked, reason for sell- r ng. G. B. CLAYTON, Ehrhardt, S. 2. ltn ????????? For Sale?One house and lot on Carlisle street, east, frontage 109 eet by 488 feet deep. Terms, easy, r. T. O'NEAL, Real Estate Agent, Bamberg, S. C. tfa For Sale?500 bu. Toole's WiltResistant cotton seed. $2i00 per mshel f. o. b. Bamberg or Den- \ nark. Two bales per acre. See otton on Allen Simmons place near lamberg. M. T. WILLIS, Denmark, * . C. tfn For Sale?Limited quantity Wanlomol-or'c PoHiarooH Plovelan^ Rif* lUlliUilV O a VUi^i Viv.' ? *Q Soil cotton seed, one year from orignators. Seed saved and ginned care- c ully and absolutely pure. Best cot- v on on earth. In 20-bushel lots at >2.00 per bushel. See me at once, is supply is limited. H. J. BRABiAM, Bamberg, S. C. tfa For Sale?A limited quantity of ligh grade Muriate of Potash, analyzng between 35 and 40 per cent. This s excellent for cotton and other jrops. Will sell in quantities of one ;on up at a very reasonable price. 5et our quotations also on other high jrado fertilizer and materials. DAW- ^ HOO FERTILIZER COMPANY, m Box 608, Charleston, S. C. l-24n