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fflfye Pamberg Herafir Thursday, January 23,1919. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. . i ' The friends of Dr. Thomas Black, who has been very ill with influenza and penumonia, will be delighted to learn that he is improving very rapidly. Tn/itro T .T Brabham JT i UUCL 1^5 u uu^v w - states that according to the decision of the U. S. Supreme Court he will not be fcble after January 24th to issue any more whiskey permits without a physician's prescription. The weather for the past few days! s has been about all one could hope for. The warm days have aroused the gardening spirit among the gardeners and some of them have begun preparations for early spring vegetables. Col. John F. Folk has been appointed county leader for Bamberg for the central highway campaign commission by Senator W. F. Lightsey, of Hampton, who is the representative of the second congressional district. Next Sunday has been set apart by the Baptist church and Sunday school for raising funds for the relief of the Syrians and Armenians. The church and Sunday school hope to be j able to raise a neat sum for this very j worthy fund. The State railroad commission has ruled that a new passenger station must be- erected at Denmark, and the railroads have been requested to submit blue prints at once in order that the station may be completed within the specified time. s jnfl,ian7Q citnntirm in Bamberg JL iAC iUUUVUUU w.v?v.?-v_ _ county is still pretty bad. There are hundreds of cases throughout the county, although the form of the epidemic does not appear to be as severe as it was some weeks ago. There are several cases of pneumonia in the county, and a few are quite seriously ill.Miss Reba O'Quinn, of Bamberg, R. F. D., sent The Herald yesterday the largest radish we ever saw or even heard of. It weighs just four pounds, and is smoothe and shapely> The monster tuber can now be seen in the window of the Herald Bok Store. It looks like a turnip, ? but we are assured that it is a radish. The little son of Mr. J. Wesley Crum, Jr., happened to a painful accident Monday afternoon. While he and a little friend were playing about a "horse, the little fellow was kicked by the animal on the head. The boy was rendered unconscious, and was hurried to a hospital in Colum. bia for treatment. It was reported Tuesday that he was quite seriously injured, although there did not appear to be a fracture of the skull. QUICKLY FOLLOWS HUSBAND. *' j Mrs. W. C. Carter Victim of Influenza < * - * ~l_ an ncvuriiuv&. McCormick, Jan. 17.?Mrs. W. C. Carter died here this afternoon, just one week from the date on which , her husband died. Both Mrs. Car? ter and Dr. Carter were stricken with influonza and Mrs. Carter's death has been expected for the past several days, her condition being critical ever since the death of her husband. Before her marriage Mrs. Carter was Miss Mudge Catherine Summers, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sum\ mers, of Newberry. The only remaining member of this family is the little ten months' old son, William Carter, and he has been desperately ill during the illness of Dr. and Mrs. i > Carter. Besides her little son, Mrs. Carter j is survived by her father and mother, j a number of brothers and sisters and many friends. The body will be tak- j en to Newberry tomorrow and laid to ! rest beside that of her husband in ; the Newberry cemetery. One Sister Dead; Another Very 111. j Mrs. Sarah Summer Paysinger, j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Pink Summer and wife of Mr. Robert Paysinger of this county, died in McCormick, Sunday, Jan. 19, of pneumonia following influenza and was buried v Monday afternoon at Colony church, Revs. A. J. Bowers, R. F. Cogburn and C. E. Peele conducting the funeral services. Besides her parents and husband, Mrs. Paysinger is survived by two daughters, aged six and ten years. Mrs. Paysinger went to McCormick from her home in this county to be with her sister, Mrs. Carter, when Dr. Carter's family were taken with the influenza. Dr. Carter died on Jan. 11th, and Mrs. Carter, a week later. They were buried in Rosemont cemetery, Newberry. Their son, aged ten months, is quite ill now. Mr. and Mrs. Summer have another daughter, Miiss Alathea, very ill in McCormick, and a son, LeRoy, sick at home. They have been greatly afflicted and have the sympathy of the community and of friends everywhere.?Newberry Observer. j' * i MR. I. W. RENTZ DEAD. I One of the Oldest Citizens of the j County Passes Away. Mr. Isaac W. Rentz, one of thej county's oldest and most honorable' citizens, passed away at his homei about four miles from Ehrhardt on | January 8th, at the ripe old age of i 84 years. Mr. Rentz was one of the landmarks of the county, having been a life long resident of this section, j He suffered a stroke of paralysis aj few days prior to his death, and he 1 never rallied. The remains were interred at Pleasant Hill Methodist church, the Rev. C. S. Felder, his pastor, conducting the services, assisted by the Rev. P. D. Risinger, the Lutheran minister. Mr. Rentz had been a member of Pleasant Hill church since the church was established in fact, he helDed to build the edifice. He was strong in hisj church faith, and took a great deal J ! of interest and pride in the affairs j of his denomination. Mr. Rentz is survived by eight I children. His wife died seven years I ago, after having been married to Mr. Rentz for 52 years. His sur! viving children are: Mrs. L. H.'Carter, Ehrhardt; Mrs. B. B. Goodwin, Smoaks; Mrs. Rosa Hoffman, Ehrhardt; Mrs. J. B. Miley, Lodge; Mrs. G. F, McMillan, Ehrhardt; Mr. G. W. Rente, Ehrhardt; Mr. A. K. Rentz, Ehrhardt, and Mr. J. L. Rentz, Orangeburg. In addition to these, Mr. Rentz is survived by a large circle of family connections, being a member of one of the mogt prominent and largest families in the State. His friends and acquaintances were numbered by the hundreds all over the lower section of the State. Mr. Rentz had been a subscriber to The Herald since the establishment of the paper in 1891, and was a loyal friend of this publication. He was an old Confederate veteran, having served throughout the four years of civil warfare. A notable fact in connection with Mr. Rentz's war record is that although he went through 29 of the major battles of the civil war, he never received a ..-J Tn nslfJi + inn frt f Vi oca 9 Q In T"fTP. WUUUU. 111 auuiuuu tu - - a_ I battles, Mr. Rentz participated in a number of small skirmishes, which he never counted. He served as a private in the infantry, and made one of the best soldiers of the Lost Cause. i He had resided at the old home place, now occupied by his son, Mr. A. K. Rentz, ever since he was married, some 60 years ago. He was a good man and a good citizen, and although he lived to be very old, he never lost interest in the affairs of his country and his community. He always took a keen interest in all public movements. BAMBERG BOY GASSED. Lake Bellinger Returned to America in Casualty Company. The friends of Private Lucius Bellinger will be interested to learn that he has been recently returned to the United States in a casualty company. He is now in Atlanta recuperating from the effects of gas, and he has written that he expects to visit his home in Bamberg soon. He does not know when he will be discharged from the army, but it is likely that he will be discharged in the near future, inasmuch as he has been incapacitated for active service. Private Bellinger was gassed in the big attack of September 29th last; on the western front. He was sent to a hospital for treatment and was later transferred to a convalescent camp in England. He arrived in America on December 21st last and since that time has been under treatment in this country. The full extent of Private Bellinger's injury by gas has not been ascertained, as he has written very little of his own condition, but he writes that he is now doing well in Atlanta. Luke Bellinger was one of the first draft of men sent to the army from Bamberg county. A year ago last September, ju.st about a year before he was gassed on the western front, he, in company with eight other young men, left Bamberg to serve his country in the war with Germany. Luke's injury from gas must have been quite severe, as it has now been nearly four months since he was sent to the hospital. Private Bellinger's friends will be glad to welcome him home, and they entertain the hope that he will soon receive his release from the service, feeling that he has contributed liberally toward the redemption of the world to the cause of democracy. War Work Pledges Due. Mt. H. H. Stokes, local treasurer \ ! ofv the United War Work fund, requests The Herald to state that the . pledges made during the campaign are now due, and he urges that the . same be promptly paid. Mr. Stokes ! is treasurer for Bamberg, and all pledges made here should be paid to him. Mr. Stokes will give receipts for all funds paid over to him, and will turn the moneys so collected over to the proper authorities. DAY CURRENT IS AN ASSURED FACT GENERATOR HAS BEEN PURCHASED FOR PURPOSE. Will be Installed at the Cotton Mill AiTangements Made With the Cotton Mill Company to Furnish Current During Daylight Hours. Day current all the year round is an assured fact for Bamberg. The people of the city will be delighted to learn that definite arrangements have been made whereby the town win oe suppneu with current from early morning till night?and then all night. The matter of furnishing day current has been a serious proposition with the commissioners of public works for years. Many schemes hava been devised in an attempt to establish day current permanently, only to fail because of the relatively small amount of electricity used in Bamberg during the hours of daylight. . An arrangement has now been made by the commissioners with the Bamberg Cotton Mills company to operate for the commissioners a i generator at the mill during the day time. The commissioners have purchased from the General Electric company a 36 k. w. generator at a cost of approximately $'1,000, and as soon as the machine arrives it will be tnc+allo/l of tViA mill an/i Anoratud YiV IU-? Ot 111^ 111 AAA V^V4 MiV WV* ?k." ^ the mill power. The arrangement with the mill management provides for the operation of the machine at a fixed cost per kilowatt hour to the commissioners. The electricity will be distributed over the same wires the city power plant employs, and the customers will be charged the same rate as at present prevails. In other words the people of the city will be frunished with day current the same as they are supplied night current, and the only difference will be that during the day the current will come from the cotton mill instead of the power house. The order was placed for the generator several days ago, and the commissioners have been assured that the machine will be shipped at once: It is estimated that it will require about six weeks to reach Bamberg. The matter of installing the generator will take some few days, but the generator should be in operation before the warm weather arrives. By this arrangement the city will be supplied with day current not only during the summer but all the year round. This will enable any individual or concern to install motors, and will also enable the houseViAft, nao olontHnal annllannfis. UVAU^i 0 WW UWV WAVWW ?rjr. which are now practically useless. An Old Time Serenade. Olar, Jan. 20.?There is life in the old land yet. Just a few days ago, when the young men of Old Three Mile heard that our friend Willie Best was married, they immediately set about to give him an old time genuine serenade?in the latest fashion. So they gathered up their violins, harps, banjos, etc., and the "Wedge Wood" crowd, who did not have anything like the above, filled in with cow bells, tin pans, old plows, horns, etc., and soon were near his place. Finding the house brilliantly lighted, they halted in the nearby grove and waited until the lights should go out. They told soft jokes and listened to the hoot of an owl, who seemed to say "Who are you?" and "What's up tonight?" After awhile the faithful sentinel 'reported "All quiet on the creek tonight, advance slowly boys, and beware of the bull dog; you know he will bite." But another fellow spoke up quickly, assuring the crowd that "Bull never bites, just swallows his victuals whole." An old man in the party told the boys that he had always heard that "music hath charms to soothe the savage," so he advised them to start off on something soft and sweet and low. When the music started the boys on the "look out" reported Bull standing on his hind legs looking through the kitchen window, evidently enjoying the mu3ic? or too scared to move. After several pieces of this kind to soothe Bull's feelings, the "Wedge Wood" crowd concluded it high time for them to do their bit and the circular saw and cow bells pealed forth such a march as has never been heard before, everything on the place seemed tc think it marching time (except the bride and groom). The pigeons flew from their houses, the chickens run for the creek, the cats disappeared entirely, the cows and hogs forgot there was a fence around the lot as they went marching on, all the dogs left except the faithful bull, who still kept his vigil at the kitchen window. Suddenly this "March was changed to a waltz," and thsi boys seeing two wagons loaded with bales of cotton ready for market quietlj - J "PINK" GOES TO CHURCH. Private Bellinger Al-o Visits Many Other Places in Frame. Following, are some interesting excerpts from a letter received recently ' by a Bamberg friend from Private R. P. Bellinger. It will be noted that Private Bellinger expected to leave for the U. S. about January 15th: "I have just returned from a weekend leave to Moulins, which is the capital of (he Department of Allier, and a city of 45,000 people. Think of a city o'.! that size with no street cars and no electric lights on the streets?that's typical of France. After night it is as dark as the hinges of hades and as dead and gloomy as ' the Kaiser, with absolutely nobody on the streets. French people go to bed about 8 o'clock. I had to pay extra for my soap in the hotel and I think it's really against the law for anybody to take a bath in France. Farlv Saturday nisrht I attended a theatrical performance there at which, of course, ladies were present. A bar is attached to the theatre and all during the performance waiters pass among the audience serving wines and liquors. Drinks are not expensive. On Sunday morning I at. tended religious services in the huge Catholic cathedral?yes, I said it; I actually went to church. The ca1 thedral is a marvelous edifice, far grander than our American churches, and would probably accommodate 10,000 people. There are two such churches in that city. The music was magnificent and the entire choir great. The chants were very striking, and the rendition of "The Rosarie" the most wonderfully vivid and grand that the imagination can conceive of. "I found the court house very interesting and although it was Sunday and the building supposed to be closed, we were fortunate to chance upon the janitor whom I told that 1 was a lawyer and would like to go through. He kindly conducted us through the entire building and explained everything. A visit to the Museum of Moulins was worth while, and here we saw some of the most marvelous masterpieces of French art, sculpture, paintings, etc. Two very iarge oil paintings which would especially command one's admiration are "La Crucifixion," the French name implying what it means in English, and "Episode du Combat au Quibonier," portraying a particularly horrible scene enacted during the French revolution. There were many exhibits of all kinds which would easily rival anything in theMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, or the National Museum in Washington. A scale of fees for marriages is posted in cathedrals over here, and is quite interesting. If one desires a first class marriage the fee is 40 francs for the priest; 2nd class, 30 francs; 3rd class, 20 francs, and 4th class, 15 francs. Baptisms are along the same line. A franc is 18 cents. I suppose funerab are paid for in proportion to where it is expected the: deceased will go. Some of the streets in these French citied have no sidewalks and in the main business parts of the cities the sidewalks are about two feet wide, which of course, necessitates the people, ladies, gentlemen and soldiers, to walk in the middle of the street. But this makes no difference as there are no street cars and no automobiles, and so no chance to get run over. And?oh well, I could write a book about these French towns, and what I have seen and done over here; however, I shall not bore you with any more now, but we'll let it keep until I see you and tell you about, it. "In all probability I shall leave this camp about the 15th of January destined for the United States. However, that will be only a short lap of the trip, and a considerable while will be required before I land In God's country, the slow trip being due to the poor transportation facilities in France?and also from France to America. After I get to the States I suppose it will be a couple of months before I can get a discharge from the army, but they can't make me mad to fire me from my job before then." removed the cotton so as to use the wagons for a dancing stand. Midnight coming on, the musicians prepared to depart, one of the dancers called for time to write up the "situ ation." This is the "situation" as I he wrote it: ! Place?Somewhere on Three Mile creek. ? Time?Midnight. Pigeons?Rising. Cotton?Falling. Chickens?Running, i Cattle?Calling, t People?All quiet and happy. Bull dog?At a stand still l Debaters once settled the question I that there was no such thing as luck. ; We beg to differ, we believe in luck i (it was luck that the bull dog did not 5 get us) and we wish for the bride t and groom good luck. - Though happy they, the happiest of j their kind, s Whom gentle stars unite \ And in one fate, their hearts, their r fortunes and their beings blend. WANT A SLICE OF BAMBERG COUNTY MOVEMENT STARTED TO MAKE ( BLACKVILLE COUNTY SEAT. ' Want to Move Court House From Barnwell i Annexation of Part of Bamberg Talk- : I ed About.?Davis, of Barnwell, Introduces Bill to Kill It. 1 Some little interest has been ere- 1 ated locally by articles recently ap- ' pearing in the daily papers from 1 Blackville to the effect that a move- 1 ment has been started by the people 1 of Blackville to move the county ; nf Dovnnroll xniintu frnm Ram. w L J^U 1 U (TV/11 VVUUWJ 1.A VAU. A^M* U well to Blackville, and to annex portions of Orangeburg and Bamberg counties to Barnwell, presumably , in order to get the proposed new county seat a little farther away from the county line. Since the formation of the new Allendale county, they say, Barnwell is out on the edge of the county, and they propose to move the court house and public buildings to Blackville, and then annex a part, of Orangeburg and the upper part of Bamberg td Barnwell. Barnwell county evidently does not nronose to sit idlv bv and see the proposition go through without opposition, for Representative Davis, immediately after the Blackville citizens meeting, introduced a bill in the legislature to prohibit the location of any court house within three miles of the county line. If this measure passes, it will probably knock out the Blackville proposition. The following news dispatches, bearing on the matter, will be read with interest: Blackville Citizens Meet. Blackville, Jan. 16.?An enthusiastic meeting of the business men of the town and farmers from the surrounding territory was held in the school building here last night and a Chamber of Commerce was organ- ' ized with about 100 charter members. : It wa3 decided at the meeting to put forth an effort to annex a part of Orangeburg and Bamberg counties ' to Barnwell county and make Black- j ville the county seat instead of Barn- ! well as at present. The meeting was well attended by Blackville business men and several neighboring towns were represented. The visitors from Springfield ] spoke favorable of the movement, one ' of the speakers declaring he would only be willing to come into Barn- < well county providing Blackville was made the county seat. The Springfield people are in the extreme corner ] of Orangeburg county and going by railroad to their county seat have to make two railroad connections. < Twenty-five thousand dollars was 1 raised in a few minutes to bear the expenses of the campaign and it was i decided to augment this to $50,000 if so much be necessary, the Chamber of Commerce guaranteeing that it i will not cost the county one cent of 1 expense. Blackville already has a court house, as this was once the county seat, and it will compare favorably . with some of the newer court houses. ; Blackville has a modern school building, several splendid churches, ( a thoroughly modern hotel and num- j bers of business places and the pros- ? pects for making this the county seat are encouraging. Attnrnav flpneral Thomas Peonies il and James Hammond, of Columbia, two former Blackville boys, were ; present at the- meeting. Mr. Peo- . pies joined the Chamber of Commerce and contributed liberally to | the fund for remodeling the court house and building a jail. Since the lower part of Barnwell 1 county has been cut off, forming Allendale county, the county seat as it now stands will be in one corner of 1 the county only eight miles from the 1 county line and is 16 miles from the ] Edisto river, the other edge of the county. By annexing the Springfield territory to the county, that would put Blackville in about the center of ; the county and add some very desirable territory and valuable farming . land to the county. Canvassing committees were appointed and work will be begun at ' once upon the project. It is proposed to make a trip to Williston and to Springfield with 50 or more business men in the near future in the interest of the proposition. Jim Davis on the Job. Columbia, Jan. 20.?An interest; ing local fight has developed in the j ; house of representatives over the j bill by James E. Davis, of Barnwell, j ! to prevent the location of a court| house in any county within three . miles of a county line. Strenuous efforts have been underr ^ TO GET NITRATE OF SODA. ' A.11 Applications Must Be Filed By Next Saturday.. Mr. J. J. Heard, county distributer of government nitrate of soda, requests The Herald to state that all applications for nitrate must be filed by next Saturday, January 25. Applications filed after the above date will not be considered. Mr. Heard has arranged with the various banks of the county to act as assistants in supplying the farmers with nitrate of soda. Farmers may call at their usual banking places, secure the neo- 1 essary application blanks, fill out them and file with the bank; As the time for filing applications is very short, it is very necessary that those desiring to get nitrate from the government take the necessary steps at once. taken in Barnwell county to have tne court house removed from Barnwell to Blackville, which is within three miles of the Bamberg county line; The recent lopping off of a portion of the southern half of the county for the formation of Allen county, has intensified the effort to have tti? county court house transferred to Blackville. With the introduction of the Davie bill a few days ago, to prevent the location of any court house within three miles of a county line, which bill is designed to retain the courthouse at Barnwell, a determined ef- . fort has been started to counteract the progress of the measure in the house. A delegation of Barnwell citizens, headed by A. H. Ninestein, president of the Blackville Chamber ? of Commerce, came to Columbia today, with petitions signed by 200 or more leading citizens. Mr. Ninestein f expects from 75 to 100 residents of that sprtinn tn pattia to Pnlnmhio. > tomorrow to fight the measure. BlackviHe citizens, who argue for the right of the people to pass on the . / question, cite Article 7, Section 8, of the state constitution, which allows v the people to vote once every five years on the question of a courthouse location, should "the people so desire. Read The Herald; $2.00 per year. SPECIAL NOTICES. . For Sale.?Two good mules, cheap. Apply to ENTERPRISE BANK, Bamr berg, S. C. 2-6* : For Sale?Lard and syrup cans, 5# pounds. H. C. FOLK C., Bamberg, 3. C. ..tfn % For Sale?An old house, bui good lumber in it. See REID,, the Jeweler, , Bamberg, S. C. ~ ltp Just Received?Self-rising and plain flour in wood. H. C. FOLK CO., Bamberg, S. C. , tfn For Sale?Pure White --Leghorn eggs. $1.50 per setting of 13. H. N. FOLK, Bamberg, S. C. tfn Cedar Shingles?Carload just arrived. $7.00 per thousand. H. C. FOLK CO., Bamberg, S. C. tfn For Sale?Five farm mules in fair condition, at reasonable price. F. F. JOHNSON, Bamberg, S. C. tfn If You are thinking of insurance, it might pay you to see A. B. TJTSEY, Bamberg, S. C., before you buy. For Sale?One second hand Ford automobile at a bargain; and a few pigs at 16c per lb. J. S. BRELAND, * Olar, S. C. ltn ' Strayed?On Tuesday morning from Bamberg one mule, with brand "A" or "B" on left jaw. Reward for return to THOMAS BLACK CO.. Bamberg, S. C. ltn , For Sale?One house and lot on Carlisle street, east, frontage 109 feet by 488 feet deep. Terms, easy. J". T. O'NEAL, Real Estate Agent, Bamberg, S. C. tfn' Wanted?Position as farm manager. Life time experience in farming. 41 years old and married. Can furnish best of references. Address "T. W.," care this paper. 1130p Salesmen Wanted ? Lubricating oil, grease, specialties, paint. Part or whole time. Commission basis. Men with car or rig preferred. RIVET? SIDE REPINING COMPANY, Cleveland, Ohio. ltp For Sale?500 bu. Toole's WiltResistant cotton seed. $2.00 per Dushel f. o. b. Bamberg or Dennark. Two bales per acre. See otton on Allen Simmons place near Bamberg. M. T. WILLIS, Denm&rk, . C. tfn Notice to Carlisle Cadets?We are expecting daily a shipment of 50 serge uniforms and overcoats and a line of military sweaters. Owing to the close of the war we have secured ^ these garments at very reasonable It prices and can save you money. Drop in and see them. KLAUBER'S, "the Store of Quality." ltn For Sale?Limited quantity Wannamaker's Pedigreed Cleveland Big Boll cotton seed, one year from orig- ? inators. Seed saved and ginned care- * fully and absolutely pure. Best cot- ' ton on earth. In 20-bushel lots at $2.00 per bushel. See me at once, as supply is limited. H. J. BRABHAM, Bamberg, S. C. tfn For Sale?A limited quantity of high grade Muriate of Potash, analyzing between 35 and 40 per cent.iThis is excellent for cotton and other crops. Will sell in quantities or one ton up at a very reasonable price. J Get our quotations also on other high M grade fertilizer and materials. DAWHOO FERTILIZER COMPANY, w Box 608, Charleston, S. C. l-24n t-1