The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 10, 1919, Page 8, Image 8
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SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
Rev. Geo. P. White is assisting in
a revival meeting at the Baptist
church in Blackville. Rev. E. C. Watson
pastor, this week.
Mr. F. W. Free had the misfortune
to lose his tobacco barn by nre Tuesday
night. The barn had just been
completed and was worth several hundred
dollars. The barn was full of
tobacco, in the process of curing, the
value of which was considerable.
The Woman's Missionary siciety
of the Baptist church will meet next
Wednesday afternoon at 6 o'clock at
the church, with Mrs. Geo. P. White
as leader. All the ladies of the society
are urged to be present, and all
other ladies are cordially invited.
"inc havp visited various
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parts of the county within the past
few days. Although it has been but
a few days since the county was visited
by floods, the hot sun has dried
out the ground very fast, and the
showers this week were very helpful.
Here is what we call a model letter
?brief, to the point, and with enclosure:
"Bamberg, S. C., July 7,
*19. The Bamberg Herald, Bamberg,
S. C. Dear sirs: Enclosed please
find $2.00. Let The Herald come
another year. Yours very truly, R.
L. Kearse."
Satisfactory progress is being made
in the construction of the road from
New bridge to Buford's bridge. The
road -gangs have been grading be.
tween Bamberg and the Edisto river,
{ and this grading has been about completed.
Grading is now going on between
Bamberg and the Salkehatchie
river at a rapid rate. The application
of the sand-clay hard surface will
soon be started.
Captain J. B. Hunter celebrated" his
seventy-eighth birthday last Sunday.
A .number of his children and grandchildren
were present during the day.
The captain has been in bad health
for some months, but his friends will
s be glad to know that he is very much
improved. While he, is still unable
to leave the house, he is able to be
up, and he hopes to be able to attend
the reunion of company G.
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Attend Centenary Celebration.
The Rev. R, H. Jones, pastor of
\ Trinity Methodist church, and Col. J.
C. Guilds, teacher of the Men's Bible
class of the Trinity Sunday school,
represented the local Methodists at
the big centenary celebration at Columbus,
Ohio, now going on. The
church presented Mr. Jones with
transportation, while the class complimented
Col. Guilds in the same
manner. ^
The gathering at Columbus is celebrating
t*e success which was reached
in the gre-t drive for the $35,000,000
centenary fund, which was recently
put on and put across.
Mr. Jones returned home Friday
after spending several days at the
celebration. Col. Guilds left Thursday
evening for Columbus, and will
probably return the latter part of
the week.
Watson-Barr.
/' The following announcement was
received in Bamberg last week:
"Reverend and Mrs. Emory Olin
Watson announce the marriage of
their daughter, Mattie Lena, to Mr.
Decania Dowling Barr on Tuesday
the first day of July, nineteen hundred
and nineteen, Manoken,' Virginia.
At home, Leesville, S. C.*'
Miss Watson is pleasantly known
to a large host of friends in Bamberg,
haying resided here for several years
while her father Dr. Watson was pastor
of Trinity Methodist church. She
is a most charming young woman of
culture, refinement and accomplishment.
MOTOR VEHICLE FEES.
Bamberg Has Received a Total of
$4,821.08 for Two Quarters.
The State Highway department has
sent the State treasurer $38,230.15
for distribution among the counties
of this State, this sum representing
the total of the counties' 80 per cent,
of the motor vehicle license fees collected
by the department from April
1 to June 30, 1919. At the end of
the first quarter of this year a total
of $240,525.40 in license fees was
distributed over the State. The
amo.unt received from this source by
the counties in this section of the
State follows:
2nd Quartei
Aiken $1,120.0(
Allendale 493.3(
Bamberg : .... 1 550.6$
Barnwell -49l2.7"
Colleton 352.31
Hampton 383.3'
\ Orangeburg 1,309.01
ONE WOMAN KILLS ANOTHER.
One Tries to Take Other To Task for
Calling Son a Bad Name.
According to the testimony of witnesses
at the inquest over the dead
i body of Ella Washington, colored, it
j is not a paying investment to call
! people names. Ella was shot and
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I killed by Susie Nelson, another ne;
gress, on July 4th, at Susie's house
[ up Denmark way. She was shot sev:
eral times with a pistol, and also bore
evidence of having been struck with
| some blunt instrument several times.
; It appears that the Washington
' woman called on the Nelson woman
! to take her to task for calling her
j son a rather vile name, so she claim!
ed, and further added that she was
' going to put Susie out of the way for
: doing it. But Ella was the one who
j was put out of the way. While it
! Kr/Micbf nnt at thp innuest.
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| it is said that the Washington woman
j had the pistol, but that in the scuffle
j the other woman took it away and
| shot her with it.
The following is the testimony:
Lottie Mitchell: "I was in the
room and heard Ella come and call
Susie and told her that she had come
to put an end to her this a. m. for
calling her boy a , and Susie
said to go out of the yard, she did
not want to have any row with her
this a. m., and Ella said to her, no,
she was not going anywhere, she
wanted to get rid of her for caNing
! her child a , and Susie came out
j of the window. I never came to the
door until I heard the pistol fire.
When I got to the door Ella was falling.
This is all I saw. I did not see
the pistol in either one's hands. Don't
know how many snots were fired.
They tusselled to about where Ella
fell. Susie had the iron. The row
took place at Susie's steps.''
James Mitchell: "I saw the racket.
I did not hear any words; did not see
the pistol fire. Was here in about
five minutes after she was dead.
When I got here don't know how far
apart they were when the womgfn shot
her. The woman that did the shooting
was here and stated that this dead
woman had come to raise a row and
she shot her. I heard three shots."
Dr. Robert Black: Performed the
autopsy and found wound on left
cheek, three on right breast, one on
right breast caused by some blunt instrument;
32-pistol bullet wound in
the medium line of chest, which was
sufficient to cause death.
COUNTY^ AGENT'S NOTES.
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Marketing Expert and Veterinarian
to Visit Bamberg Soon.
The agent in marketing, U. S. department
of agriculture, will soon
visit the county agent in Bamberg,
in the interest of helping the farmers
find markets for their wheat and other
grains or any other farm products.
Let me know if you want to see him.
On or about the 15th of July, the
State veterinarian's office in Columbia
will send a veterinarian to assist
me in inoculating against cholera
about 200 hogs around Ehrhardt.
Cholera is not reported in this county,
but it is in Colleton and Orangeburg
counties.
Now is the time (until the middle
of July) to mound up the earth
around your peach trees for borers.
However, before pulling up the earth
around the trees, a trunk wash
should be applied to the trunk and
main branches. This trunk wash is
made of 20 lbs. quicklime, 3 .lbs.
whale oil soap, 4 lbs. sulphur and 25
gallons of water. This makes enough
| to wash 325 trees eight years old.
Directions for making wash: Dissolve
the soap in three gallons of hot
water. Make a thin paste of the sulphur
and add to the soap solution.
While the lime is being slaked in a
half barrel, the mixture is poured over
it and the whole gradually diluted
to 25 gallons. Apply at once with
brush. GEO. R. BRIGGS,
County Agent.
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The Bamberg Sick.
Col. J. R. Owens, who has been in
bad health for some months, is very
ill at the Mayflower Inn, his friends
will be pained to learn.
Mr. H. C. Folk, who is ill in the
Columbia hospital, is improving, his
many friends will be glad to know.
The friends of Senator J. B.
Black will regret to learn of his illness
at his home here.
James, the little son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. Bruce, who has been ill
for two weeks, is somewhat improved.
Miss Julia Price, who has been
quite ill, is very much improved.
Mrs. Rice Steedly, wuo has been
very ill at the home of her father,
Mr. R. F. McMillan, is improving.
r 1st Quarter Total
; $6,566.00 $7,686.06
) 1,132.40 1,625.70
5 4,270.40 4,821.08
r 5,503.60 5,996.37
) 2,985.40 3,337.79
7 3,534.80 3,918.17
) 13,240.80 14,549.83
BUILD ROAD THROUGH CITY.
Citizens Decide That it is Up to the
Town to Build Highway.
v The fact that the Columbia-Savannah
highway goes right through the
heart of Bamberg has been a matter
of deep concern to the people of the
city for some time. The people of
Bamberg are, of course, delighted
because the road comes this way, and
yet it has been very disappointing
because the improved road ceases at
the entrance into the city limits on
both sides of town.
In order to see what could be done
about this matter, a meeting of the
citizens was called for several days
ago, at 'which time, not having any
estimate at hand to work on another
meeting was scheduled for Monday
evening, at which time a contractor,
Mr. J. R. Beazley, who is constructing
the highway for the county and
the State highway commission, appeared
before the citizens and submitted
a price for building the road
through town. Mr. Beazley stated
that his concern would carry the
highway through the city for $4,000,
the city to furnish the necessary clay.
A committee from the citizens'
meeting has already arranged to secure
the clay free of charge, and so
reported Monday. After a free discussion
of the ent|re matter, it was
unanimously decided that the road
must be carried through Bamberg;
that it would never do for the highway
to.stop at the entrance to the
town. Consequently, a committee
was named to raise the funds. It appears
to be impossible at the present
time to raise funds for this purpose
by taxation, and there would be too
much delay in voting bonds for the
purpose; therefore, the easiest route
to attain the desired end was decided
on. The committee will canvass the
citizens of the town and secure subscriptions
to build the highway.
Previous to Monday's meeting approximately
$1,500 had been pledged
for this purpose, and no difficulty is
anticipated in the raising of this
fund.
FISHING FOR TARPON.
Bamberg Gentlemen Had Fine Luck
on the Gulf of Mexico.
Two Bamberg gentlemen were in
a party of- fishermen who returned
this week from Doca Grande, Fla.,
where they went for a few days of
fishing on the Gulf of Mexico. Those
in the party were: Messrs. J. A.
Wyman and W. D. Rhoad, of Bamberg,
and A. F. McKissick and Capt.
Ellison McKissick, of Greenwiod. The
story told by the local members of
the party is sufficient to turn the
followers of Izaak Walton green
with envy. They report having
caught 37 tarpon weighing an average
of 100 pounds each. Some fine
bass were also caught, one of which
tipped the scales at 26 pounds.
The tarpon, or silver king, is one
of the gamest of fish, and tarpon fishing
is considered one of the greatest
of sports by anglers. ^The party
was equipped with a special outfit
of tackle, and although this was the
first experience with tarpon the local
gentlemen have enjoyed, they met
with great--success. They brought
back a fine specimen, and Mr./Wyman
is having it mounted.
BIDS FOR STREET PAVING.
Time Extended to Thursday for Receiving
Bids.
A meeting of the Bamberg city
council was held Monday afternoon
for the purpose of receiving bids for
paving Main street with concrete.
Several sealed bids were received,
but after a careful consideration of
the matter, it was decided to extend
the time for the reception of bids to
Thursday, ab which time it is likely
that the contract for the work will
be awarded.
Several contracting firms had representatives
at the meeting, each of
whom stated that if ,hi3 firm were
given the contract for the work, .operations
would be started at once,
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ed by October 1, or sooner.
Wilson-Parkington.
Mrs. S. R. Wilson, of this city, and
Mr. W. B. Parkington, of Rock Hill,
were united in marriage Wednesday
morning at nine o'clock at the
home of Mrs. Wilson's daughter,
Mrs. Henry Zeigler, on
Main street, the Rev. Geo. P.
White, pastor of the Baptist church,
performing the ceremony. Only a
few relatives and friends witnessed
the ceremony.
After receiving the congratulations
of their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Parkington
left for their future home in
Rock Hill, accompanied by the best
wishes of many acquaintances.
Ms. Parkington, who is a daughter
of Mrs. M. L. Johns, of Bamberg, is
popular among a very large circle of
friends throughout this section. The
bridegroom is a prominent business
man of Rock Hill.
APPLY FOR MORE FEDERAL AID.
County Commissioners Want to Build
Charleston-Augusta-Road.
/ At the monthly meeting of the
board of county commissioners Monday,
the board decided to make application
for federaLaid in constructing
the Augusta-Charleston Ir.ghvay
through this county. This road would
extend from the Barnwell line, near
Blackville, to the Orangeburg line, at
the Edisto river near Branchville.
As soon as the supervisor files application
with State highway department,
a preliminary survey will be
made, and the application will be
passed on by the highway department.
If favorable action is taken by the
State highway department, a survey
of the road will be made and filed
with the good roads authorities at
W"rk eli in cr+nrt
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Xo doubt is expressed as to securing
federal aid. Bamberg county's
part will be in securing funds
for paying for its one-ha1* cost
of the road. This will be up to
the legislative delegation. The county
commissioners and supervisor are
very anxious to use every available
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dollar of federal road money alloted
to the county.
If this road is constructed, it will
give the county, in addition to the
several roads built by the chain gang
within the past few years, two government
highways through the county.
One road is being built now, and
it is hoped to have everything in
working shape to start the construction
of the Charleston-Augusta road
as soon after the completion of the
Columbia-Savannah road as possible.
KNIGHTS ENJOY OUTING.
Pythians and Their Wives and Sweethearts
Enjoy Fish Fry.
One of the most enjoyable local
affairs in some time was the~fish fry
given by the Bamberg lodge, Knights
of Pythias, to the members of the order
and to their wives and sweethearts.
Every member was allowed
the privilege of ' inviting one lady
guest, and most of the "boys" availed
themselves of the opportunity of
escorting their favorites of the opposite
sex. The fry was given at
"Kittrell's Inn," at Cannon's bridge
on the Edisto and was attended by
about 150 Knights and their wives or
lady acquaintances. Fish stew, fried
fish and fried chicken were served,
and a most delightful evening was enjoyed.
After the supper, an entertaining
and very appropriate short
address was made by Dr. Bailey, of
Orangeburg, a past grand chancellor
and at present chancellor commander
of the Orangeburg lodge. He was
introduced by the Rev. Geo. P. White.
ERECT MODERN STABLES.
Material Being Placed for Jones
Bros.' $10,000 Building.
Material is being placed on the
ground by Jones Bros., who operate
a large sales and feed stable and vehicle
establishment, for the erection
of a modern stable building on Railroad
avenue, on the site of the wooden
structure burned several months
ago. Work will be commenced as
soon as the material is collected.
The building to be erected will be
one of the most modern of its kind
in this section of the State. It will
measure 60 by 135 feet, and will have
a housing capacity for about 250 animals.
The building will be fireproof
and modern in all respects. This stable
will give the Jones Bros, concern
a floor space twice as large as all of
their old stable buildings combined.
As soon as the main building is
completed, a large storage room for
feedstuffs will be erected in the rear
I ~ e firanrnnf mntprifll The cost of
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the main building will be approximately
$10,000.
Prof. F. C. Chitty Appointed.
Prof F. G. Chitty, of Olar, has been
appointed alumni chairman for Bamberg
county by the Alumni association
of the University of South Carolina,
which has undertaken to raise
$35,000, payable in three annual installments,
with which to employ an
alumni executive secretary at the university.
Bamberg county's allotment
for the three years is $261. As there
| are approximately twenty-five Carolina
alumni in Bamberg county i: is
' a. ?3 A ^ ll/\f m Anf trill ho
anticipaieu mat me ajiuimcuv >u.i
raised with ease.
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Discharged Prom the Army.
The following Bamberg county men
have been discharged from the army
recently:
Benjamin Folk, Ehrhardt.
Duncan Bryant, Ehrhardt.
Joe Daniels, Govan.
Samuel Gantt, Lyndhurst.
Jesse H. Shaw, Ehrhardt.
James Hartzog, Bamberg.
John G. Blume. Bamberg.
John Smoak, Bamberg.
Isaac Kemp, Olar.
Herman Zorn, Goran.
NO WEEVILS FOUND.
Expert Visits Bamberg in Search cm 1
Pest, But Finds None.
This week the county farm demonstration
agent, Mr. George R. Griggs, 1
in company with Mr. J. A. Barley, of 1
the State Crop Pest commission, made 1
a tour of various part^ of the county i
in search of evidence of the cot ten
boll weevil, and Mr. Griggs stated 1
yesterday morning that none of the 1
weevils had been found. ]
Mr. Briggs invited Mr. Burley to 1
make this inspection because of the s
report published by the weather bu- ]
rpflii at Cnlnmhia that wppviIs had i
been found in this county, and that '
the pest was spreading rapidly here. 1
Mr. Briggs had no knowledge of the 1
presence of the weevil here, and com- :
municated with the bureau in an ef- i
fort to locate it. and acting on the
information thus secured, he and Mr.
i
Burley visited the scene of the alleged
weevils near Embree. Nothing
but some pine bark weevils were
found, and this was evidently the
cause of the incorrect report.
Mr. Briggs had a denial of the incorrect
report published in the Columbia
State several' days ago. While
Bamberg county is alive to the seriousness
of the boll weevil pest, the
county does not relish the unfavorable
publicity accorded it by the Columbia
weather bureau, and there is
a disposition on the part of the people
to question the authority of the
weather bureau in taking over the
responsibility of locating boll weevils.
The farm demonstration service
has this matter in hand, and will
surely let the people know of it when
the cotton boll weevils put in their
appearance. Untrue reports are doing
the county an injustice and some
harm. *
AIRPLANE PASSES HERE.
Lt. H. A. Boggs on Way to Charleston.
Was Here in January.
Sunday afternoon Bamberg was
visited?or rather passed?by an airplane,
this being the second sight of
a heavier than air machine for Bamberg
folks. The plane came from
Augusta and passed directly over the
city on the way to Charleston. The
machine was piloted by Lieut. Harry
A. Boggs, who is remembered here
because of a visit to Bamberg last
January, when in three planes a num
ber of aviators came to Bamberg and
spent a night and a part of a day ,
here while mapping out air routes
for proposed mail delivery by airplane.
The machine Sunday, however,
did not stop in Bamberg, in fact
it did not even "hesitate," though the
buzz of the engine was heard all over
frtTtrri and o nnmhor r?f nonnlp rOfflP"
nized the sound peculiar to airplane
engines and succeeded in getting a
good view of the machine as it passed
over.
Lieut. Boggs is connected with the
Charleston Aero association, which
was recently organized, and is the
first concern of the kind ever incorporated.
Lieut. Boggs has been in
Augusta /or some days, and as he
stated there he is not flying around
in an airplane for his health. This
was further evidenced by the fact that
he did a landoffice business in carrying
passengers for air joy rides in
Augusta at $10 per head. Lieut.
Boggs is a daring flyer, and during
his brief stay in Bamberg last January
he entertained the town people
with some exhibitions of his skill and
daring by performing stunts over the
city.
The machine passed over this city
about 2:15 and reached Charleston
at 3 o'clock, according to the News
and Courier. It may be safely stated
that this is "going some."
No 1-Cent Letter Postage Here.
Postmaster Knight states that since
the first of July a number of persons
have dropped letters in the mail box
at the postoffice for city delivery with
one-cent stamps attached to them.
He wishes to call attention to tne tact
that there is no one-cent letter postage
rate for the Bamberg postoffice.
The impression appears to prevail
among some that when war-time postal
rajes were discontinued on July
1, letters could be mailed for town
delivery at the old rate of one cent
each, but this is not the case. Bamberg
has not had one-cent letter postage
since the inauguration of mail
delivery by carrier, at which time
the rate was advanced to two cents.
However, when war-time pastal rates
were made effective, the rate of two
cents for city delivery letters was not
increased. The two-cent rate for R.
F. D. letters from the Bamberg office
also was not changed. The rate on
all other letters was increased to
three cents. When war-time postal
rates were discontinued the identical
rates prevailing before became effective,
which is two cents for all letters
mailed at the Bamberg postoffice, no
matter to what points they are to be
delivered. All postal cards are mailed
for one cent.
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LETTER FROM OVERSEAS.
EMvate George C. Beard Writes From
Marseille, France.
Editor The Herald:?As I begin.
;o think it impossible for me to go
lome, I will drop a few lines to those
tvho haven't forgot that I used to live
in the United States.
Xow, before I came to this place
;hey call marseille six weeks ago, I
vas just having the best days of my
life (that is, I mean in France) and
aow, since I've been here it seems
is though it has just turned around.
[ am here, where I am telling hundreds
of boys good-bye every day, and
T don't mean that I am saying goodbye
to them and that I will meet
them on the street next day. I mean
that I stand and watch them pull out
of tl\e harbor bound for New York.
I've been so close to the ships that
just ai couple of steps more and I
would have been ready to sail, but
I happened to stop and think for a
moment and realize that I am still
with my dear old uncle yet, and, of
course, that means to remain in
France until he says return.
At first when I saw the boys on
their way home I felt like, well, I
know hardly how it -does make a
fellow feel. Just ask some of the
boys who have been over here; they
can explain it easier than I can, because
they are home now, but be
sure that you ask some one who has
been over here. The reason I say
that is because I expect it is hard to
tell a soldier who has been across
from one who has not.
I walked past a sentry on his post
a few nights ago'and, as usual, he
halted me, but just to have a talk
more than anything else. The first
thing he asked me was, "when are
you going home?" and he commenced
talking about warfare and so on.
He said that war is hell, but peace is
worse, and after I have thought it
over, I agree with him myself. I am
working harder-at the present time
than ever before. I am working 12
hours per day, and at night at that.
It seems to me since I have been 'on
this job that everybody tries to get
sick or something of the kind makes
? <~cw35S3
Bill" cans and every man that gets
sickor something of the kind makes
that much more work for me.-(I am
a medic.) So, you know.what I am
doing.
The next war that comes along I
think I shall prefer some other branch
of service besides the M. C., tl^at Is
if I ever get out of this one. '
Well, at any rate, I would like to be
home for a change to see what it's
like once more. The way things look
now I really believe I will be there
some old day, but I don't know when. y
Guess I had better ring off for a while
and see if I can see any mademoiselle
pass the streets that I don't know.
Ou, la, la! Thanking you very much
for your time in reading this, sincere-'
ly, PRVT. GEO. C. BEARD,
Embarkation Camp, A. P. O. 752..
Marseille, France.
Read The Herald, $2.00 per year.
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"special notices.
For Sal??A few cotton sheets. H.
C. FQLK CO., Bamberg, S. C. tfn
Place your orders now for Roof *
Paint. L. B. FOWLER, Bamberg,
S. C. 7-24-n
For Sale.?Seven head fat steers to
quick buyer. G. B. CLAYTON, Ehrhardt,
S. fc. tfn. *
For Sale?Lookout Mountain seed
Irish potatoes at H. C. FOLK CO.,
Bamberg, S. C. tfn
Lost?Black and tan hound with
strap and collar. Reward if returned
to W. S. MILEY, Bamberg, S. C. ltp
Wanted.?We will buy cotton seed
for a short time. See us in regard to , *
price and delivery. THE COTTON
OIL COMPANY. tfn
-Notice.?Notice is hereby* given
that savings pass book No. 505 of
R. C. JONES, administrator, on Bamberg
Banking Co., has been lost.
Finder will please return to the bank ^
or to R. C. JONES. 7-17-n
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Coal.?We have bought a good
grade of domestic coal to supply the
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.
Money to Lend?I am prepared to
negotiate long time loans on improved
farming lands in Bamberg county
at low rates of interest. Large applications
preferred. No applications
wanted for less than ?2,000. R. M.
JEFFERIES, attorney at law, Walter- v~
boro, S. C. 7-17-p.
For Sale.?Two 7 0-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
-a. -i. 1- x- ^ /iitlnlr
SliiCK Hi lOW priL'C LU iliUVC 4U1V/U,
THE COTTON OIL COMPANY. tfn *
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 mu^h
business to look after, so have decided
to sell these farms. J. A. WY- +
MAN, Bamberg, S. C. tf.%
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