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?f)e Jlamberg Heralb Thursday, March 20,1919. Short locals. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. The Baptist mission study class will meet next Friday afternoon at four o'clock. A full attendance is earnestly desired. The county tax books were closed on March 15th. There are quite a few delinquent tax payers against whom executions will have to be issued. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. | ^ I Kirkland w ill learn with regret cn | the serious illness of their daughter. Miss Inez, who is suffering with a dangerous attack of tonsilitis. At a meeting of the United Confederate Veterans a few days ago, the following were elected pension commissioners for this county: Capt. J. D. Felder, J. B. Kearse and J. R. Rowell. There,will be two ice dealers in Bamberg this summer. Mr. H. N. Folk will conduct an ice business and Messrs M. G. Cooner and Emile Price will conduct an ice and fuel business. The friends of Master J. D. O'Hern will be glad to learn that he is recovering from an attack of appendicitis. He was operated on at the Baker sanitarium, Charleston, several days ago very successfully. Garden planting is now the order of the day. The Bamberg gardeners are somewhat backward on account of the rainy weather of the past few days. However, there are some nice gardens about town, and they are thriving. Some time ago a man passing through Denmark became overcome by an insatiable desire for "dope" and bro' e into the drug store there and stole a quantity. He was arrested and put in the Bamberg jail. He did not deny the charge, but said that he simply could not resist. He has been treated since he was jailed, and now says that he is cured of the dope habit, and it is understood that the charge will not be pressed against him. He was released from jail this week on his own recognizance. The man says his treatment in jail is worth $1,000 to him and he feels that he is no longer a slave to the habit. ARMENIAN AND SYRIAN RElftEF. Capt. J. B. Guess, County Chairman, Makes Earnest Appeal. The Herald gladly gives space to the following communication from Capt. J. B. Guess, who has kindly consented to act as county chairman for the Armenian and Syrian relief campaign: v J Editor Bamberg Herald:?I am enclosing a letter from the Hon. Banks Dove, which explains itself. If your heart beats with sympathy for these stripken Christians as mine does, and you will do the advertising and announcing, you may use myj name as you see fit, and I will do what I can to assist this cause in our county. I don't believe we can get the allotment, but we can do something to help these starving people, and it may be that God will move upon the hearts of our people to do the whole stunt and more. If you agree we will try to make a drive in every church in the county on the * Sist of March, and the 5th of April, or as soon thereafter as possible, should there be no services on those days in all the churches. As there was no special call in the county we j went ahead in our church and Sun- j _ day school and have forwarded j $691.42 from the Methodists of j Denmark. Will not every church in j our county in the name of God and ! suffering humanity, do their best fori the help of these starving Christians | in a war swept country till they can get a harvest? very truly, JAMES B. GUESS. Denmark, S. C. _ Columbia, S. C., March 17, 1919. Mr. Jame% B. Guess, Denmark, S. C. Dear Mr. Gues3*.?Your letter of March 14th is at hand. Your check, for which we sincerely thank you, has been given to Mr. E. O. Black, State treasurer, and the amount has been credited to Denmark Methodist church and Sunday ool. I made every human, possible effort at Bamberg, trying at least eight men. to secure a chairman- hut tbev all "with one accord, made excuses", I would therefore most earnestly bev that you assume the chairmanship and see that Bamberg county doe not fail. T know you can do it. an 1 we are ready to give you any possible assistance in the way of speakers and otherwise. Please let me have your assurance that you will do this in behalf of the perishing human beings in Armenia and Syria. * With kindest personal regards, T am, cordially yours, W. B. DOVE, State Ohairman, S. C. Read The Herald, $2.00 per year. \ * CARD FROM CHAIRMAN RENTZ. Urges Fanners to Line Up in Cotton Reduction Movement. At our regularly appointed meeting Friday, March 14th, reports of pledges signed for cotton acreage reduction from the sections reported show an average of about S5 per cent. Some sections reported 100 per cent,; others reported the work not completed. There are two ' or three sections where committees have not done any work that we know of. These sections are composed largely of small acreage farmers who have never planted very much cotton, making an abundance of home supplies and feed stuffs, and are not. disposed to line up fully in Hip rnttrm acreage reduction move ment on account of their small acreage having been planted in previous years. This kind of farming is creditable and is fully appreciated, but we need the full endorsement of all to succeed in this undertaking. If these small acreage farmers had known the schedule adopted by the association for such, we feel sure that all would have been in line and signed as members of the association. But where the committees appointed to do the work do not respond in any way the people could understand and appreciate what we axe uuiiig. Next Friday, the 21st, at 10:30 i o'clock at court house, we hope to | have our final meeting for complete reports of every section. Surely this will be (\one, every community fully reported, this great movement fully endorsed and Bamberg county hold its record for going the limit in this j as in other instances. This is our opportunity to protect j ourselves in our only money crop, and protect ourstlves we must. As was stated in one of our meetings, "It is the cotton States' fight; the balance of our country and the world wants cheap cotton, and if we of the cotton States do nothing to j hold up the price, what will be the! result?" Our time for completing our work I is up. All committees are requested to have full reports next Friday, so a complete list of membership of the county may be sent in to the central committee at Columbia. It is a well known fact that the farmers of the cotton States are a hard class to organize (when I say farmers, I mean all interested in farming, as nearly all business men outside of the large cities are more or less farmers.) All trades and professions, and all other business interests, are organized?cotton mills, ginneries, oil mills, fertilizer companies, hardware interests, furniture factories, drummers, doctors, lawyers, teachers, and even our preachers organize for better work. I heard a man say today that he heard a Wall street man making I jesting remarks and laughing at the! idea of the farmers organizing on 1 this cotton business. Now, if ourj plans are carried out, we will have i the joke and can laugh, but if not, what? We most earnestly urge each community to line up in the movement, and do it at once. C. W. RENTZ, County Chairman. OPPOSED TO EXTI&. SESSION. Bamberg Delegates Do Not Think Results Would be Obtained. J. Wilson Gibbes has assembled 'a straw vote of the members of the! lower house on the matter of calling \ an extra session for the purpose of enacting *road legislation. The ma- ! jority of replies seem to indicate that they are opposed to an extra, session, although a great many of j the legislators are of the opinion i that if called an extra sesion would : pass some road legislation. The! Bamberg county delegates are not in ! favor of the extra session, according ! to the replies published in the daily' " ? ~ AWA A A # All ATT.A ? papei?, wmuu aic aa iLmv?a. Mr. Riley?Voted for every road measure before the house last month, but is opposed to an extra j session, as he-fears no results would be attained. He would support most any bill, if brought back. Mr. Miley?Opposes an extra session as it would be too expensive and that, there is nothing of importance that can not wait. He is reflecting the views of his county, he says. He does not think the members would agree on any good roads measure, i He will support no bill that carries an automobile license tax and that does not seek to benefit the masses. Hutto-Murray. On Wednesday, Feb. 19, Miss Janie Augusta Hutto, of Bamberg, and Mr. David O'Neil Murray, of Summerville, were married at the Methodist personage at Summerville, Rev. S. W. Danner officiating. Mrs. Marray is well known in Bamberg and has many friends here, having lived here the last twelve years. She has been teaching near Summerville for the last two years. Mr. Murray is a prominent business man of Summerville. ANNEXATION DISCUSSED. Blackville People Hear Arguments Against Joining Bamberg. The following article appeared in i the last issue of the Barnwell Senti! nel. The Herald has no information I on the meeting other than the clipping, which is given to our readers 1 for what it is worth: A large and enthusiastic gather! ing was held at Blackville On TuesI day night of last week. ! The school building auditorium j was packed with citizens of that city . and surrounding community, with a | large number of the citizens of Wil- i ! liston. Elko, Denmark and Barnwell, j i A. H. Ninestein, Esq., chairman of tlio mooting nrpsirtpri with flisrnitv I | and precision, introducing the fol; lowing named gentlemen: Col. R. M. i Mixson, Capt. W. D. Black, and Mr. I A. M. Kennedy, of Williston, all of , whom made very strong and impres! sive speeches as to why Blackville I should not dismember herself from j { Barnwell and go into Bamberg. Mr. j ; Wiggins, of Denmark, in his remarks I ! said that Barnwell county was a I good county but that Bamberg was ; better, and they would extend a welI come hand to Blackville should they decide to come. i Mr. Wiggins then took up the re: duction of cotton acreage and the j holding of cotton for 35 cents and delivered one of the strongest and most convincing arguments that the nvnr VioH fho nrivilpo'P of i I ? I UCl 110,0 C ? uuu v?v, t. ?0? hearing. Mr. Hal Still, of Blackville, spoke at length advocating Blackville cutting loose from Barnwell and going | into Bamberg. . He presented figures which he claimed warranted the tax payer in making the change. Dr. D. K. Briggs, of Blackville. made a very strong speech against this n ove as being against the interest of Blackville and for a great ! many reasons urged the people I against the change. Mr. J. B. Armstrong was called i upon to explain certain conditions which it was said existed in Barnwell county. He was asked to prepare a statement at a future day, which he agreed to do, and have published. The meeting was one of great interest and filled with enthusiasm. All I who were there left feeling that the j evening was well spent and that a better understanding and feeling had been created.. It is to be hoped that the contemplated disruption of the county will I be abandoned and more cordial relations established in all sections. REDUCTION COMMITTEES MET. Discussed Progress of Movement to Reduce Cotton Acreage. I Another meeting of the committees j appointed to secure signatures to the | pledges for reduction of cotton acreage was held Friday at the court house, several communities not having any representation. It appears that progress has been made, and that there will be material reduction in acreage in this county. The Denmark committee, which has been very active throughout, reported that the work there has been about completed; that about 95 per cent, of the farmers had signed the straight one-third reduction pledge, or had agreed to reduce according to the schedule. Very few have refus- i ed. The same conditions were reported from Lees, this committee working in conjunction with the Den-; mark committee. These two com- j mittees had also done some missionary work, going over to Blackville and helping to get the Blackville farmers started on the movement. It was reported from Ehrhardt that things had not gotten warmed up in that section. About fifty per cent, of the farmers had signed up. ' t* tViot fViora arp manv "small i It SCCiiiO tnuv tiiVA v V ?v acreage farmers are not asked to re- j tion, and that they have not taken j well to reducing their already small; acreage. It was believed by the I committeemen, however, that the J small farmers generally do not un- j derstand the matter, in that small! cotton farmers are not asked to reduce their acreage in proportion to the large acreage planters. Govan reported that approximately 75 per cent, of the farmers had signed the pledge, and that none had refused so far. Kearse reported that about 80 per cent, had signed, and that there is some work yet to be done. The Midway committee had noth ing further to report other than had been covered in the previous report. The Clear Pond committee reported that the work is nearly completed and that about 80 per cent, had signed. It was reported for Bamberg that nearly all the farmers had agreed to i the reduction, and that only one or two had absolutely refused. ; It developed at the meeting that quite a few farmers had agreed to reduce their acreage, but not onethird. Some of the committeemen | were of the opinion that only straight ; pledges ought to be accepted, while ; others thought that if the one-third | pledge could not be secured, they ought to accept whatever reduction j is agreed to. a? { Prof. Milukoffs eruption in Lon| don looks as if it isn't actually necessary for some people to be bitten by a mad dog to go mad. < hi ? Read The Herald, only $2.00 year. , UNION MEETINGS For Barnwell Association, March 29th and 30th, 1919. The executive committee authorizes the division of the association into three groups of churches instead of four groups as heretofore. The new division is as follows: Xo. 1?Bamberg, Bethany, Bethesda. Colston, Denmark, Edisto, Ehrhardt, George's Creek Ghents Branch, Hunter's Chapel, Spring Branch, Spring Town, St. John. Xo. 2?Ashleigh, Blackville, Double Pond, Elko, Healing Springs, Hilda, Joyce Branch, Long Branch, Alt. Calvary, Pleasant Hill, Rosemary. Williston. ** 1 1 O ? 1 :\0. 6 Alien b l/Uapei, uaiu?cn, Bethel, Cypress Chapel, Friendship, Great Salkehatchie, Kline, Mt. Arnon, Mt. Olivet, Olar, Reedy Branch, Sycamore. This new division goes into effect at once and each church is asked to send representatives to the meeting place of that division and assist in t the formation of the new divisions, and heio m carrying out the following programme: Division No. 1 will meet at Springtown; No. 2 will meet at Joyce Branch; No. 3 will meet at Friendship. Query 1?"The Imperative Demand for an Enlarged Programme to Meet the Present World Needs." Speakers?Division No. 1: G. J. Herndon, J. B. Black, S. S. Williams. Division Z: \v. H. Hutto, k. &. ncKling, Jeff Hair. Division 3: J. B. Armstrong, J. M. Grubbs. J. L. Proveaux. Query 2?"The Relation of the Home Life to Our Social and Religious Activities." Speakers?Division 1: J. H. A. Carter, C. J. Creech, C. W. Jones. Division 2: W. L. Bennett, R. 3. Woodward, G. W. Hutson. Division j 3: G. W. Manville, J. O. Griffin, W.I A. Dicks. , Query 3?"The Bible Teaching on Giving." Speakers?Division 1: C. W.. Rentz, Jr., D. H. Owings, H. W.. Carter. Division 2: W. A. Giles, E. j C. Watson, R. R. Johnson. Division j 3: "L. S. Shealey, J. O. Sanders, B. B.1 Baxley. Query 4?"Is One Lost Because of What He Does, or What He Does Not j Do?" Speakers?Division 1: Geo P. i White. Division 2: M. W. Rankin.; Division 3: D. W. Heckle. Two Queries for Round Table Dis- j cussion?1: "Shall We Go Over the! Top on Our Education Campaign?" ! 2: "How Shall the Shortage in the | Ministry be Supplied?" Preachers?Division 1: O. J. Fri-! / j er, or D. H. Owings. Division 2: M.I W. Rankin, or E. C. Watson. Divis-! ion 3: L. S. Shealey, or D. W.' Heckle. EHRHARDT DEPOT BURNED. I Two Carloads Merchandise, Two Box Cars and Cotton Lost. i A fire occurred at Ehrhardt early! Tuesday morning, involving a loss of several thousand dollars, when the union passenger and freight station ; I was burned to the ground. The fire' was discovered between one and two : 1_ m 3 - rr 1 K .... o cioux iuesua) murum^. 1 nc uetuvj i gale of the earlier hours of the night1 had about subsided at this time and j a fine mist was failing, and it was j fortunate that this was the case as a large part of the town of Ehrhardt would have been in serious danger j had the fire occurred a few hours earlier. The station, which was the property of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway company, was also used by the 3., E. & W. Railway company. It was a substantial frame building, and repairs and improvements had just been completed a few days ago.; The building had been repainted and additions made, including lengthening of the cotton platform. The building is a complete loss. About twenty freight cars were on the siding near the station, but volunteers succeeded in moving by human force all but four of them, which were consumed in the flames, involving a large loss. Two carloads ot merchandise and two carloads of hay were also burned. A portion of the cotton platform was saved by cutting away a part of the woodwork to '1 " . i -* > ^ "T' DENMARK NEGRO FLEECED. ! Confidence Man Succeeds in Extracting $200 From Him. Government agents are searching' for a swindler, who works the con-1 fidenee game on unsuspecting negro j farmers. The scheme is to locate some well! to do negro farmer and inform him j that he has some valuable "treas- j ure" hidden on his farm and agrees; to locate this treasure and "dig it up." if the owner will give him halt the '"find" and pay half the expense of "washing out the gold." He then proceeds to locate the the "treasure", I which he finds in an old pot under the ground. He does not let the owner see the contents of the pot, but puts it in a sack which lie guards i very careully. He then takes it to Charleston, where he claims to have the gold washed, and a day or so afterwards returns to his farmer friend, or victim, and informs him : i that his half of the expense of hav-: ing the gold washed is anywhere from $2,500 to $3,500, according to! his finances. He binds his victims j to secrecy, collects his fee for hav-1 I ing the gold washed, and puts them off by saying he has to send the gold to the mint at Washington before they can get the money. In one instance he claimed to find $75,000 on one farmer's place. ' M. W. D. Faust, negro farmer, living at Denmark, came to Columbia on Friday, January 31, with another negro who gave the name of i Dr. J. W. Moore. Faust was led to ! believe that the gold was to be; found on his land and was finally fleeced out of $200. He was brought I to Columbia on the pretense of} closing the deal whereby each mem- i ber of his family was to receive thousands of dollars. Moore carried Faust to the State Vt Aiir?A <? O A A ond /I ico nnno r_ nuucc, sci/Uicu auu uioappcaied. Faust called upon lawyer A. W. Holman, who advised him to notify government officials.? Columbia State, March 17. Red Cross Notes. The packing committees packed and sent twenty sweaters last week to Atlanta. There are a few sweaters out yet and those who have them are urged to send them in as quickly as possible. There is more wool yet to be knitted and the chapter is asked to knit girls' sweaters, mufflers and shawls for the Belgians. There are some garments on hand to be made. The chairmen of each circle in town are asked to call at the rooms and get some to distribute. Two boxes of old clothing were shiped last week for the Belgians, one from the Bamberg chapter and one from Ehrhardt. A drive will be put on next week to get more old clothing for the Belgians. Every lady who belongs to the Red Cross is asked to contribute to this drive, especially the ladies in the country, who haven't heretofore contributed. A i. ~ ?.211 Is * ^ A Anytning sunauie iu wear win ue accepted* apparel for~men, women, and children, shoes, etc., but no curtains or household furnishings except sheets, blankets and pillow cases. We want to surpass our previous records in, this drive, and hope the members seek every nook and corner for the clothes they have discarded, and if you do this our task will be easy. Don't send ragged clothes, though. Anything good and clean is acceptable.?Publicity Chairman. No News to Him. The successful suitor met the tenyear-old brother of his affianced. "Don't you want to congratulate, me, Freddy?" asked the delighted j youth. "Your sister promised last \ night to marry me." "Huh!" said Freddy; "that's' stale. She promised -mother six! niAntlif. o crr\ f Vint c Vi q ' el marrv vrm " ! m ? : - ?| check the flames, and in this way i most of the cotton was saved from; burning. However, several bales of the staple were lost in the fire. All of the property and goods lost belonged to the A. C. L. or were in possession of the A. C. L. authorities at the time. Mr. C. J. Field, general manager of the B., E. & W., stated Tuesday after a visit to Ehrhardt that it had not been possible up to that time to check up the full losses, but that it would reach several thousand dollars. - ^ ^ ^ SCHOOLS RECEIVE STATE AID, 15am berg County Schools Receive ^ $1,000 From the State. State aid totaling $188,100 ha* been distributed among the " rural graded schools of South Carolina, according to figures given out by State Superintendent of Education J. E. Swearingen. The last general as- xsembly appropriated $200,000 for this purpose. Spartanburg leads with *&** the amount received, $18,100, with Greenville next with $13,000. The following are the totals for Bamberg and neighboring counties: Aiken $3,600 Bamberg j.. 1,000 Barnwell 1,300 Colleton 4,400 , Hampton 2,600 Orangeburg 4,200 ?' ? Denmark 1). A. R. Meeting. Denmark, March 15.?Tuesday afternoon the Denmark Chapter D. A. R., met with Mrs. Frank James. After the business had been disposed of, the chapter listened to the hon- . ored guest of the afternoon, Mrs. Duvall, State regent. Mrs. Duvall held out some helpful suggestions for the % year's work, then talked at length of the pet scheme of the Daughters in establishing a <school for the . mountain folk at Tamassee, near Walhalla. Feeling that it is little short of criminal to permit these mountain folk with their splendid potentialities, for they are descendants of Revolutionary soldiers, te go on in their ignorance, the Daughters are striving to raise a fund, of $10,000 this. year. A location for the school has already been selected; it will accommodate both day and ^ boarding pupils. /_ 1u jl nrj 1u.uuu1lk rtBLlU. ' 1 " i Just a word on specialization and what it means: V When you have tire trouble? V See the tire man. When you have mechanical tro?ble? See the mechanician. When you have battery troubleSee FAULKNER ELECTRIC SERVICE CO. (Associate Willard Service Station) A SPECIALTY: Recharging Repairing ~ ' /fsj Rebuilding. New batteries to fit all makes of cars. Rental batteries to fit all makes of cars. Service on all makes of batteries.?Adv. ?B .. . || SPECIAL NOTICES. .f| Strayed?Black mare mule 6 years "N-^ old, weight about 850 lbs. W. H.- < FAUST, Denmark, S. C. 3-27n. For Sale?Pure White Leghorn * eggs. $1.50 per setting of 13. H.. ' N. FOLK, Bamberg, S. C. tfa FoFr Sale?Imperial Barred Rock eggs, $1.00 per setting of 15. MISS 3| ROBERTA JOHNSON, Bamberg, S. C. tftt. For Sale?Five hundred bushety corn at $1.75 per bushel. Apply to " . I. L. ZEIGLER, Ehrhardt, S. C. - " J 4-10-p? ^ For Sale?One of the best build- j ing lots in Bamberg, vacant; 75 feet . vj" front by 230 feet deep; fine location. Apply to W. E. FREE, attorney, Bamberg, S. C. tfn. 1. Registered Holstein Bull for Sdfc vice?Paul Pontiac De Kol Korndyke 9th. $5.00 cash with cow. At .. ^ my lot back of court house. C. J. & /L' BROOKER, Bamberg, S. C. 5-8n. V * For Sale?Fancy eggs for setting " from the following breeds, for setting of 15 eggs: White Plymouth Rock, $1.50; Rhode Island Red, $1.50: White Leghorn, $1.25. E. C. BRUCE, Bamberg, S. C. 4-24p. For Sale?500 bu. Toole's Wilt- . % Resistant cotton seed-. $2.00 per bushel f. o. b. Bamberg or Den- , mark. Two bales per acre. See v ' ? cotton on Allen Simmons place near ^amberg. M. T. WILLIS, Denmark, S. C.' tfn l%ii Lost?One black and tan hound 1 * ; dog with ears split at end. Answers to name of "Rock." Last heard from at or around Ehrhardt. Liberal-re- i' ward will be paid for his 'return to L. P. MCMILLAN, Bamberg, S. C. 3-27-n. * ^ >3 If fYou Want Your House Moved see me at once. Can move any size house on short notice. Will be in v Bamberg only a few days more. Prices are reasonable. See me at any hour at Reid's Jewelry Store. AUSTIN B. HARRIS, the House Mover. ltn. J . . For Sale?Limited quantity Wannamaker's Pedigreed Cleveland Big Boll cotton seed, one year from originators. Seed saved and ginned carefully and absolutely pure. Best cotton on earth. In 20-bushel lots at $2.00 per bushel. See me at once, *r as supply is limited. H. J. BRABHAM, Bamberg, S. C. tfn ? For Sale?One Klein touring car, . practically new; run about three thousand miles; five good tires, one never used. Will sell cljeap. Reason r for selling, car is too'ffeavy for my work?and upkeep too heavy for my purse. Address, S. P. RENTZ, M. D., Branchville, S. C., R. F. D. 2. 4-17n *** ????? -*- r, _ 1_ T ~ CC ~ ? f^-rrw i* or x am uuemig a icn Jersey milch cows for sale. Some will freshen in few days, others in few weeks. All bred to registered Holstein sire. Among these are the famous Henry Planer cow, when last fresh nursed four calves, and gare us one gallon milk per day. Others equally as good. Closing out Jerseys to replace them with Holcteins. Apply to G. B. CLAYTON, ^ * Ehrhardt, S. C. 3-27n. v J