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^ePamberg?|eraKr ?????????^ Thursday, June 19,1919 SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. / ' The many friends of Mr. H. C. Folk will learn with regret of his illness yat his home on Midway avenue. , Prof. C. F. Brooks, who has been a member of the faculty of Carlisle school for two years, has been elected superintendent of schools in Edgefield.. Prof. E. P. Allen left Monday night for Orangeburg, where he has accept ed a position as instructor in the ^ summer school for teachers. The course will last for six weeks. Mr. G. M. Dickinson stated Monday that the Denmark community is suffering from drought. Denmark escaped several of the rains which have fallen in Bamberg, and the gardens were suffering, some of them have been practically burned up. The Bessinger family reunion will } be held this year, as usual, on July 4", at Spring Branch church. This is a big annual picnic to which the public is most cordially invited. Every- j body is asked to bring well-filled j baskets. Free lemonade will be served on the grounds. The Standard Serial Building and Loan association, of Greenwood, has been chartered by the - secretary of State. The capital stock of the association is $200,000, with the privilege of increasing to $1,000,000. H. M. Graham, Esq., formerly of Bamberg, is secretary and treasurer of the new concern. The South Carolina conference Sunday school training institute, which was lield at Carlisle school, closed Sunday, the sessions lasting through the previous week. Several prominent Sunday school instructors were present during the session, and the instruction and lectures were ??- ? it.. ? ? -i ?^ VvTr tVinctQ ottonHincr glCilll) CUJU>CU U.? luuoo ai,i.vuuiua. Many helpful features of Sunday school work were presented by the instructors. Mr. A. M. Denbow has been appointed by the grand chancellor, Knights of Pythias, district deputy grand chancellor for the third dis trict, embracing the following lodges: Langley, Barnwell, Blackville, Graniteville, Aiken, Orangeburg, Denmark, Bamberg, Springfield, Allendale, Branchville, Hampton. Vaucluse, St. Matthews, Elloree, Cameron, Ehrhardt, Eutawville, Fairfax, North, Olar, Dennys, Rowesville, Bowman, Sallev, Woodford, Dunbarton, Furman, Wolfton, Holly Hill. I WANT FEDERAL DRAINAGE AID. Meeting at Courthouse June 23 in Interest of Civic Improvements. "The federal government has appropriated and expended the sum of $121,000,000.00 in irrigating the arid lands of the West and we want the federal government to come into the costal plain area of the South Atlantic Etates and take water off the millions of acres of fertile land in the South that need drainage." Mr. George R. Wheeler, manager of the South Carolina Landowners as J - ?1 soeiauuii, maue me luiegumg siaic* ment to a group of Bamberg business men several days ago, while in this city arranging for a mass mee**ng to be held in the courthouse in Bamberg on Monday, June 23, 1919, at 11 a. m. He went on to state that the LandQwners association is composed of landowners, bankers and business men of South Carolina, banded together in a militant organization for the carrying out of certain activities, such as good roads and a Statewide highway system, better schools, bettor living conditions, sanitation, in\ troduction of the live stock industry on a broader scale, propagation of grasses and forage crops, suppression of hog cholera, a dog control law to make the sheep industry possible, drainage through federal and State aid and cooperation, adequate appropriations for agricultural education and agricultural extension work. The mass meeting will no doubt be well attended and addresses will be made by Mr. Wheeler and several \ men of our county. ^ < > ^ Death of Mrs. W. H. DeWitt. Mrs. Gulielma Faust DeWitt, of Blackville, died June 8, at the Presbyterian hospital, Charlotte, N. C., from acute Bright's disease. She was born near Denmark on June 24, 1864, and was a daughter , of the late Dr. H. M. and Nannie Faust. She leaves a husband, W. H. DeWitt, and two sons, H. F. DeWitt, of Washington, D. C., and W. H. DeWitt, Jr., of Blackville, and one sister, Mrs. Pauline DeWitt, of Blackville. She was laid to rest in the Blackville cemetery Tuesday, June 10, Dr. E. C. Watson, of the Baptist church, officiating. XO BOLL WEEVILS YET. Report That Weevils Are in Bamberg Has Not Been Confirmed. A few days ago R. H. Sullivan, connected with the weather bureau at Columbia, was quoted in the daily papers as saying that cotton boll weevils had been located in the eastern section of Bamberg county. The Herald inquired of Mr. George R. Briggs, county demonstration agent, as to the correctness of this report, and Mr. Briggs replied that he knew nothing of the presence of weevils anywhere in the county at this time. In fact, Mr. G. M. Anderson, field expert of the department of entomology of Clemson college, was in Bamberg just a few days ago. Mr. Anderson, stripped of technical titles, is a boll Weevil expert, and his visit here was for the purpose of investigating the presence of the weevil- After a visit, to several sections, including the "eastern section,'' of the county, Mr. Anderson left, stating that there were no evidences of the weevil here at this time. It is not known where Mr. Sullivan secured his information. However, Mr. Briggs and Mr. Anderson state that it is very likely that there will be some weevils in the county this year, as there were a few here at the end of last season. That there will be no damage this season is the opinion of Mr. Anderson. Some excitement was caused Monday when Mr. J. M. Grimes displayed some cotton squares punctured with holes, which Mr. Grimes thought had been made by the boll weevil. Mr. Briggs, after carefully inspecting the specimens, is of the opinion that the trouble was not caused by the weevil, but by some other cotton pest. Mr. Grimes states that there is considerable evidence of the presence of thisj pest in bis cotton fields. CHEAPER POSTAGE JULY 1. i ??? Old Two-Cent Stamp Will Again Adorn Envelopes. ^ While the approach of July "the first" is regarded with more or less misgiving by the steadily diminishing t crew of ruby nosed individuals, the | coming month will bring with it a j reduction in postage that will be welj corned by all who mail letters. > The old-fashioned red faced twocent postage stamp *of pre-war days will, on July 1, come again to the front, and by so doing will cut down the annual postal receipts to the tune of some $75,000,000 or $90,000,000 per year. Not only will letter postage be reduced, but postal cards will travel with only pne cent attached to them. To stick a two-cent stamp on a postal card has caused many a close-fisted individual to suffer inward pangs, and it may be that some people swore off from postal cards on account of the postal rate. Now they will have an opportunity to catch up with their back correspondence. The increased postage rate went intn pffAct October 2. 1917, and was ordered reduced back to its normal status on the first day of the coming month when the recent revenue bill was approved by congress. It was stated at the postoffice Tuesday that the postoffice department has arranged to have three-cent stamped envelopes, when in good condition and unused, exchanged for envelopes of other denominations. No three-cent adhesive stamps will be exchanged, as such stamps can be used for other purposes than mailing letters. Two-cent postal cards may likewise be exchanged. BAD WRECK NEAR COPE. Twenty Cars of Merchandise in Smash Up?Loss Over $50,000. Early Saturday morning before daybreak a fast freight train that was going north was wrecked near Cope. The wreck occurred on the Orangeburg county side of the South Edisto river, about 100 yards from the trestle that spans the Edisto at this point. The engine and about six cars had passed the place where the accident! occurred, when for some unknown reason the remainder of the cars, oK/\n+ 9A i-n niimhor inmriArl thA auuut ^ V ill UU4U WVA J jv.^,rvu v ? w track and it is now a frightful scene to see those 20 cars a mass of wreckage. Several cars of rice, coffee and other merchandise are in the wreckage. A car of oil was overturned, and this became mixed up in the wreckage. The damage is estimated at between $50,000 and $100,000. A large wrecking crew of about 75 men are now working to clear the track, and it will probably be 24 hours before trains can pass. The Atlantic Coast Line trains are being detoured via Branchville over the Southern's tracks to Orangeburg, from whence they are proceeding. Trains to Augusta, are going via Branchville on the Southern. m i?> Perhaps the Sick Man of Europe would like to have Uncle Sam for a doctor. But Uncle Sam is more in the soldiering business just now. PROGRAMME For Union Meetings of the Barnwell Association, June 28, 29. Following is the programme for the union meetings of the Barnwell Baptist association June 28 and 29: Time?10:30 (government time.) Place?Xo. 1. Bethany. No. 2. Great Salkehatchie. Xo. 3. To be supplied. Queries: I. What is a Xew Testament church, and What Should be the Attitude of the Individual Member Toward It? 1. X". H. Fender, Robt. Black, Thos. Clayton. 2. R. B. Fickling, A. M. Kennedy, F. P. Lee. 3. D. S. Deer, J. O. Sanders, J. L. Proveaux. II. Preparation for and Value of DnKpAnol in a Revival r 1 ui ouuai n v/i a in u a?v * a * ma* 1. D. 0. Hunter, G. B. Kinard, O. J. Frier. 2. R. R. Johnson, T. J. Grubbs, M. W. Rankin. 3. Victor Lewis, J. O. Griffin, J. R. Cullom. III. The Holy Spirit Jn the Work of the Church. "it G. J. Herndon, W. H. Collins, D. H. Owings. 2. R. E. Woodward, H. J. Crouch, D. W. Heckle. 3. J. W. Walker, W. T. Still, W. M. Jones. -IV. How Can We Best Create a Spirit of Benevolence in our Churches and Sunday Schools? 1. W. E. Free, G. W. Folk, C. W. Jones. 2. J. W. Kennedy, W. H. Wooley, E. C.N Watson. 3. A. W. Manuel, C. B. Anderson, L. S. Shealey. Preachers: 1. C. W. Jones or Geo. P. White. 2. E. C. Watson or D. W. Heckle. 3. W. M. Jones or J. R. Cullom. Union No. 1 will have services Sunday afternoon. Subject: "The Model Sunday School"; officers, teachers, pupils, singing, etc. Speakers: Geo. Wilson, L. W. Abstance, Robt. Black, St. C. P. Guess, C. W. Rentz, Jr., and others. MR. J. E. HAIR DIED SUNDAY. Father of Dr. G. F. Hair Died on the Train En Route Home. Mr. J. E. Hair, father of Dr. Geo. F. Hair and brother of Mrs. D. R. Matheny, of this city, aiea sunaay at Salley, en route to his home at Blackville from Glenn Springs, where he had been spending some time for his health. Mr. Hair had been in bad health for some weeks. He was 72 years of age, and was one of the leading citizens in this section of the State. The funeral and interment occurred Monday at Blackville. Mr. Hair was a staunch member of the Blackville Baptist church and a consecrated Christian gentleman. He was a veteran of the Civil war, and had always been very active in matters pertaining to his community and State. He is survived by his widow and the following children: Dr. J. H. B. Hair and Mrs. D. D. Waters, of Columbia; Mr. A. B. Hair, Mrs. J. K. Hair, Mrs. J. H. Sanders and Mrs. H. D. Still, of Blackville; Dr. George F. Hair, of Bamberg; Dr. J. M. Hair, of Spartanburg, and Mrs. Ivey Hair, of Frostburg. Md. W. M. U. Meeting. The regular monthly meeting of the Baptist Woman's Missionary sbciety was held at the church last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Robert Black was leader. The subject of the meeting was dispensed with though. in -irion* nf tho fart that WP. had With us two missionaries, Misses Scarlette and Rea, from Wu Chow, China. They had been in our town for one week, and had spoken several times previous to this. They brought messages every time they spoke of great interest and benefit to those who heard them. Miss Rea did all the talking Wednesday and told us many things concerning the lives of the poor benighted Chinese women. Our society repledged their interests and efforts in this great work after hearing this consecrated woman tell the different experiences that had been hers. We hope soon to support a missionary on the foreign field. We have recently pledged $1,000 to home missions in five years, and this is only one step to bigger things, uur society is more alive than it has ever been and our capable president keeps her eyes open to all the issues of our denomination, and in this way we feel that we are indeed a part of the whole plan that is being discussed. We have given something over $500 since last October and rendered many services here at home. The meetings are always full of interest, and the members are more active than they have ever been. We are all united with one great aim, to serve, give and pray that we may do much toward bringing the will of our Father to pass.?Contributed. SMALL BUT PROSPEROUS. Interesting Facts and Figures on Bamberg County Given. The following facts and figures on Bamberg county were compiled by Mr. Walter E. Duncan, of Columbia, and published in the Augusta Herald Monday: Bamberg is one of the smaller counties of South Carolina, but one of the best. Its land is rich and so are its people. Bamberg county folks have a great deal of which to be proud. There are only two counties in the State which spend more per capita for the education of white girls and boys. Every school district in the county levies a special school tax. The salary paid school teachers in Bamberg county is above the average. Bamberg has only $10,000 of school bonds?$3,000 for Bamberg and $7,000 for Denmark? and no current notes outstanding, and no bonded debt. Tn Bamberg county there are 229,74 3 acres. The taxable value of this land is $1,236,390. In the county there are 3,714 buildings. Their value is $176,960. The total taxable value of real estate in the county is $1,303,250. In cities and towns in Bamberg county there are 1,440 1-2 lots. The value of these is $90,990. On these town lots there are 922 buildings. The value of these is $329,660. Total value of real estate in cities and towns is $430,650. The total value of all taxable real estate in Bamberg county, city, town and country, is, therefore, $1,723,900. In Bamberg county there are 3,137 mules, valued at $169,030. There are 960 horses, valued at $49,950. There are 29 donkeys, jacks, ponies and colts, valued at $810. Da *v? V>Arnr rkAAnlrt ATT'r? /"> O If 1q fn fVlO jjenuucig ycuyic umi number of 2,772, valued at $27,720. There are in the county 6,830 hogs, valued at $25,680. In Bamberg county there are 1,710 dogs. ' i Their owners value thesb canines at $17,100. Dogs are worth $10 each in Bamberg county. In the county there are 3,592 carriages, wagons, buggies, drays and trucks, valued at $80,470. Bamberg people own 552 automobiles, auto trucks, motorcycles and bicycles, valued at $98,040. In the county there are 706 pianos, organs and music boxes, valued at $22,600. Eighty watches are given in for taxation by the people of Bamberg county, and these are valued at $890 ?a little bit better than $10 apiece. Household furniture in Bamberg county is valued at $124,450. Office furniture and shop equipment is wrorth $5,480. Farming implements and portable machinery is worth $5,900. Stationary machines, engines, mills, gins, etc., are valued at $19,100. Merchandise, money and credits pertaining to business, $79,300. Moneys, credits and evidences of credit, $1,000. The total value of all taxable personal property in the county is $717,520. Total value of real estate in the county, $1,770,300. Total value of personal and other property, $1,076,969. Value of railroad property in Bamberg county, $885,210. Total taxable property in the county, $3,732,479. The State tax of 8 1-4 mills is $30,792.95. For ordinary county purposes the people of the county are assessed $25,194.23. There is no tax for special county purposes. In addition to the ordinary county tax of $25,194.23 the people of Bamberg county pay in school taxes $11,197.43?the regular constitutional 3 mill tax?and special and local school taxes amounting to $35,663.80. The aggregate of taxes for all purposes is $91,650.98. There are 3,340 polls assessed in the county. The capitation tax on the 1,710 dogs in the county is $855.00. The capitation road tax is $5,042. In Bamberg county there are six ' ' -- > ?- -* J +?-r.r*,P. wnire scnouis in cities emu iunuo auu. 21 white schools in the* rural districts. There are seven negro schools in cities and towns and 26 negro schools in rural districts. In the white town schools there are enrolled 491 boys and 516 girls, a total of 1,007 pupils. tn the white country schools there are enrolled .127 boys and 304 girls, a total of 631 pupils. In the white town and country schools there is a total of 1,638 pupils. In the negro town schools there are enrolled 623 boys and 739 girls, a to ARRESTED FOR SPEEDING. Elliott Hightower, Colored, Pulled for ] Violating Law. Sheriff Ray gave notice through The Herald a week or two ago that 1 he expected to enforce the automo- i bile speed law in this county. Since i then several instances of high speed- 1 ing on the highways have come to ' his notice, and these parties will be ' apprehended and brought to justice. < One man, Elliott Higluower, colored, ; was arrested Saturday for speeding ; and required to put up $25. This party was coming to Bamberg on the Denmark road, when Sheriff Ray met him. The sheriff says the negro must have been running 50 miles per hour. i but by acting quickly the sheriff managed to get the negro's car number. When he reached Denmark he telephoned Mayor Smoak to have the 1 man arrested here, which the mayor did. On the sheriff's return, the negro was told that he could either put up a bond of $25 or .settle the matter for the same money, and the negro settled it by paying over the money. The sheriff is determined that fast and reckless driving must cease. In this connection, the sheriff requests The Herald to state that the rate of speed is fixed by law at not exceeding 25 miles per hour, instead of 20 miles as stated previously. ? m i?> ? DISCHARGED FROM ARMY. Many Bamberg Men Return to Civilian Life From Army Service. The War Camp Community service advises The Herald of the discharge of the following Bamberg county men from the army at Camp Jackson within the past few days: Joe Daniels, Govan. Nehemiah Ford, Bamberg. Andrew Kearse, Lees. John Kearse, Bamberg. James W. Grimes, Lees. Wm. I. Hill, Schofield. Simon P. Carter, Embree. Johnnie C. Johnson, Denmark. Perry Brown, Ehrhardt. Bennie M. Folk, Ehrhardt. Cuken Johnson, Denmark. Leon McKenzie, Ehrhardt. Andrew Case, Lees. Johnson Aiken, Denmark. ^ ! > Company G Reunion Postponed. Notice is eiven bv the reunion com mitte? that the annual reunion of | company G has been postponed until* July 10, on account of the date previously set conflicting with another picnic. All veterans and others will kindly take note of this change. ' ^ i a > m Fountain pen ink, in all size bottles, at Herald Book Store. tal of 1,362 pupils. In the negro country schools there are enrolled 1,047 boys and 1,303 girls, a total of 2,350 pupils. In the negro town and country schools there are enrolled a total of 3,712 pupils. The grand total enrollment of all schools, white and colored, town and country, in Bamberg county, is 5,350. In the white schools of Bamberg county there are employed seven men and 53 women teachers, a total of 60. In the negro schools of the county there are employed five men and 36 wofiien teachers, a total of 41. There are in the county, in all the schools, white and colored, 101 teachers. The average salary paid the white men teachers is $918.39. ^he average salary -paid the white women teachers is $425.85. The average for both sexes is $414.27. The average salary paid negro men teachers is $160.10. y The average salary paid negro women teachers is $100.32. The average for both sexes is $107.52. Bamberg county is divided into 23 school districts. One of these is a point district. Every one of the 23 school districts levies a special school tax. The per capita expenditure in the county is $33.96 per white pupil. This gives Bamberg county third place among the counties of the State in this respect. The per capita expenditure per negro pupil is $1.22. The per capita for both races is i $11.25. | Even at that Bamberg gets thirteenth place among the 45 counties of the State. The value of the white schoolhouses in Bamberg county is $57,245. The value of the negro scnooinouse* , is $9,195. The value of the white schoolhouses and grounds is $66,750. The value of the negro schoolhouses and grounds is $11,935. Furniture and fixtures in white schoolhouses in the county are worth $6,825. In negro schoolhouses the furniture and fixtures are valued at $1,295. READY TO BEGIN" WORK. Road Contractor Here With Necessary Construction Equipment. A large lot of road building ma:erial, including machinery and mules, arrived in Bamberg this week, and the J. R. Beazley company, of S'orfolk, is about ready to start the work of building the Columbia-Savannah highway through Bamberg county. Saturday a carload of mules arrived, being unloaded at Denmark and brought through the country to Bamberg. It is expected that about 60 mules will be employed on th'-s wnrk Work will likely begin this week, and will start at Edisto river. Mr. J. R. Beazley, head of the company, will be here in person at least a part o.f the time to supervise the work. He came to Bamberg Saturday, but left immediately on a business trip to Jacksonville. He will return in the next few days. It is stated that the work will be pushed very rapidly, and it is likely that the road will be completed some time during the fall months. The equipment came here from Virginia, and the firm expects to secure other contracts in South Carolina that will keep the gangs here for many months. COTTOX BLOSSOMS. Mr. W. E. lies singer Secures First Honors This Year. Mr. W. E. Bessinger was the first to present The Herald with a cotton blossom this year. Mr. Bessinger > , brought in a blossom on Friday, which he states was picked from his plantation on June 12. He farms out on route 4. Mr. J. J. Heard arought in a blossom sooit/after Mr. Bessinger, which was picked Friday, but which Mr. Heard says opened on Thursday, "because it was red," which is an Indication of some age. Mr. W. D. Mayfield sent down a blossom Saturday afternoon from his plantation at Lees. Tuesday Mr. H. W. Herndon brought in a blossom. SPECIAL NOTICES! ~ \ For Sale.?One 80-horsepower boiler. JONES A. WILLIAMS, Bam-, berg, S. C. 6-19nl For Sale.?Seven head fat steers to quick buyer. G. B. CLAYTON, Ehrhardt, S. C. tfn. W For Sale.?About 300 bushels corn in the ear. MRS. P. W. SANDIFER, Bamberg, S. C. 6-26p ^ Wanted.?We will buy cotton seed for a short time. See us in regard to price and delivery. THE COTTON OIL COMPANY. tfn ' 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. .. - : i Professional Notice.?Dr. Thomas Black will be out of the city on June 19, 20 and 21 in attendance upon the South Carolina State Dental association in Columbia. 6-19p Bookkeeper Wanted by Aug. 1st. Good position to right party. Apply in own handwriting, stating salary expected, experience, education, references, etc. Booze killer need not apply. F. K. GRAHAM, Ehrhardt, S. C. tfn Coal.?We have bought a good grade of domestic coal to supply the C people of Bamberg. This coal will arrive in about two weeks.^ Place your order so that you will be assured of a supply of fuel this winter. THE COTTON OIL COMPANY. tf. x For Sale.?Two 70-horsepower boilers, good for 110 pounds pressure by insurance inspector's record. Used this season. In good condition. Installing larger boilers, and will sell these two 70-horsepower boilers with stack at low price to move qulfck. THE COTTON OIL COMPANY, tfn Notice is hereby given that savings pass book No. 451 issued by the * Bamberg Banking Co. to G. Frank Bamberg, Guardian for Francis M. Broughton, has been lost. In the event the pass book is found, the finder is requested to return the same to G. Frank Bamberg or the Bamberg Banking Co. 6-19-n 4 Wanted?Men or women to take orders among friends and neighbors for the genuine guaranteed hosiery, full line for men, women and children. Eliminates darning. We pay 50c an hour spare time or $24 a week for full time. Experience unnecessary. Write INTERNATIONAL STOCKING MILL, Norristown, Pa. 6-19p Notice.?Automobile dealers and garage men. We have secured the agency for the Moore "30" for your county. This is the world's biggest little automobile. It is the most comfortable and best looking car in the world at its price. For further information, communicate with us immediately. HART AUTO AND REPAIR CO., Cor. Pincknev and Church Sts., Charleston, S. C. 7-3n For Sale.?Kickerlighter farm, 230 acres, and Smoak farm, 335 acres, located three miles below Midway on Charleston and Augusta highway, six miles from Bamberg. Four tenant houses on the two places, large barns, good stables and other outbuildings. Eight horse farm; make splendid crops. In high state of cultivation. Well drained. Too muih * business to look after, so have decided to sell these farms. J. A. WY- i MAN, Bamberg, S. C. tf. / - - '^1