The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 17, 1919, Page 8, Image 8
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Thursday, July 17,1919.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
Hon. Rut. L. Osborne, comptroller
general of South Carolina, was in
Bamberg Friday making annual settlement
with the county officials.
A game of ball was played here
last Saturday between the Palmetto
team of Charleston and the Bamberg
mills team. The game resulted in a
tie score of 5 to 5.
Rev. Geo. P. White is conducting
a revival meeting at the Cope Baptist
church, of which he is pastor, this
week, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Fun
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Mr. W. S. Miley is happy again.
He located his lost dog Sunday and
" the canine is again in his possession.
He advertised in The ITevald for the
dcg. which had strayed away. and.
of course, found him.
The scarcity of sugar is being felt
in Bamberg,.and those who had the
foresight to stock up a few weeks ago
have reason to feel grateful, as the
price has materially advanced and the
supply diminished within the past
two or three weeks.
Mr. J. D. Cleckley, of Cope, reeent'
ly made a trip out to Alabama where
he bought'some thoroughbred hogs.
There were five fine Hainpshires in
the lot weighing 2.S00 pounds. The
i. hoar is valued at $300 an l weighs between
700 and 800 nound^. A pig
from one of the sows bought sold for
$1,500 when two months old.
The Herald is requested by the
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Bamberg postmaster to state that
those wishing stamped envelopes had
best place their orders early, as there
is likely to be a considerable delay
in receiving them on account of the
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congestion caused by the large num-'
ber?of orders going in because of the
change back to 2-cent postage.
Aaron Hartzog, colored, was almost
instantly killed on Wednesday
of last week, when a team of mules
he was driving came in contact with a
' live electric wire at Voorhees Indusv
trial school near Denmark.. The
mules were hitched to a two-horse
wagon, and the team was also killed
when the wagon ran into the wire.
Mr. F. W. Free, who lost his tobacco
barn on Tuesday night of last
week by fire, sustained a loss of about
, c $1,200, with no insurance. The barn
was filled with tobacco, which had
been cured, and the cause of the fire
x is somewhat of a mystery. Mr. Free
has completed a new barn, and the
curing of his tobacco is proceeding as
usual.
A short session of court vas held
in Bamberg yesterday, lasting about
a half hour. Only equity business
was heard. Several orders were granted
by Hon. Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken,
presiding judge. Bail was granted
to Susie Nelson, the colored woman
who is charged with the killing of
Ella Washington at Sato a few days
ago, in the sum of $1,000.
Lieut. Augustus S. Weekley, of this
city, returned home this week after
spending more than a year overseas
with the expeditionary forces. Dr.
v ^ Weekley was commissioned a first lieutenant
in the medical corps in the
early part of the war, and he saw
active service on the western front
for many months. The many friends
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of the doctor will be pleased to learn
that he will again locate in Bamberg.
The Bamberg county school attenanffinor
ic nnvr pne,a9rpd in sa
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thering statistics regarding the pupils
in the county subject to school
attendance under the compulsory law
recently enacted by the legislature.
The county treasurer has recently received
$700 to pay the expenses of
the law enforcement in this county
from June 1 to December 31. Mr.
N. H. Fender, of Hunter's Chapel, is
the attendance officer for this county.
Mr. H. C. Folk, who has been under
treatment for several weeks at a
Columbia hospital, returned home
Sunday. His condition had been
steadily improving for some days previous,
and it was thought the change
to Bamberg would be beneficial. On
Sunday, however, Mr. Folk was not
doing well, and it was thought best
that he should return to the hospital.
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AUl'UllipailiCU U? ULIO rujo?vii.u ?relatives
Mr. Folk returned to Columbia
Sunday afternoon.
Discharged From the Arm>.
The following Bamberg county
men liave recently been discharged
from the army at Camp Jackson:
Wilson Carn, Bamberg.
Bezeel Morris, Olar.
Melvin Zone. Govan.
Bill Porter, Ehrhardt.
Robert Maynard, Bamberg.
Kistler Richwine, Bamberg.
Hartwell Walker, Olar.
John Williams, Ehrhardt.
Willie Williams, Bamberg.
William Barnes, Govan.
DEATH OF DR. J. H. WILSON.
Former Bamberg County Pastor Hurried
at Mt. Pleasant Church.
,0n Sunday the remains of Rev. J.
H. Wilson. D. D., of Sumter, were
interred at Mt. Pleasant Lutheran
cemetery, near Ehrhardt. Dr. Wilson
died very suddenly at his home
in Sumter at 12:30 o'clock last Friday
morning at the age of 65 years.
While not a resident of Bamberg
county, his long pastoral services
here gave the family such strong attachments
that he desired his remains
to be brought to his old home
and interred here. Dr. Wilson was
pastor of the Mt. Pleasant church for
fourteen years, removing some ten
years ago.
ago.
The funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. M. O. J. Ivreps. D. D.,
of Columbia, and^Rev. P. D. Risinger.
present pastor of Mt. Pleasant. The
funeral was attended by a large number
of people from all over the State,
Dr. Wilson being one of the most
prominent preachers and beloved
men in this section. His remains
were laid beside those of his wife,
who preceded him to the grave by
several years.
Dr. Wilson is survived by two
daughters and one son.
Dr. Cromer, of Newberry, an intimate
friend of Dr. Wilson, had been
on a visit to the latter, and when he
was preparing to leave on the 9:30
train Thursday night. Dr. Wilson
started to accompany him to the station.
and then asked to be excused as
he was not feeling entirely well.
Later he complained of a slight pain
in the chest, but declined to call in a
physician as he. thought -the pain
nothing serious. Not finding relief,
however, a physician was called to
his assistance later in the evening.
Although he experienced very little
pain, his condition gradually grew
worse until his death in the early
morning.
Dr. Wilson was born April 10.
J$54. Early in life he decided to en
ter the ministry and after passing
through college he served a number
of churches in the" Carolinas and
Georgia, going from Savannah to
Sumter six years ago, becoming pastor
of St. James Lutheran church at
that place. He was president of the
Sumter Ministers' Union at the time
of his death, and was recognized as
being one of the strongest preachers
in the State. %
The deceased is widely known
throughout this county and section,
although it has been ten years since
he resided here. ^
POLIAKOFF-RAMBRO.
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Former Bamberg Merchant Married
in Baltimore June 24.
A wedding of interest in Bamberg
was that of Mr. Louis G. Poliakoff,
formerly of this city, now located in
Baltimore, to Miss Naomi Rambro,
of Baltimore, which took place in
that city on Tuesday, June 24.
The party was taken in taxicabs
from the residence of the bride's
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Drotners ro a pudiic nan wuere uie
wedding ceremony was performed by
Rabbi Swartz, of Baltimore, assisted
by Rabbi A. J. Poliakoff, of Augusta,
uncle of the groom. The affair was
made a great fete by the relatives
and many friends of the contracting
parties.
A wedding dance and banquet was
put on and enjoyed by those in attendance.
The bride and bridegroom
received many costly presents, including
checks amounting to over
$1,000. Each of the bride's brothers
gave her a check for $300 each, and
her two sisters handed her checks
for $100 each. Mr. J. R. Poliakoff,
of Aiken, father of the bridegroom,
covo liic cnn a pViorlr fnr 5 900
The wedding was one of the biggest
recently held in the Jewish circles
of Baltimore. After the wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Poliakoff left for
New York and Atlantic City on their
wedding trip. Mr. Poliakoff will engage
in the jobbing business in Baltimore.
Reunion of Company G.
'Hie annual Confederate reunion ol
company G was held last Thursday
at Bethesda church a few miles from
Bamberg. A large crowd, as usual
was present, attending from Bambert
and neighboring counties, and quit*
a few from a considerable distance
Many old soldiers who once followed
the colors of the famous old company
G were present, as well as a numbei
of other veterans, all of whom enjoyed
themselves greatly. Coronei
Zeigler, as usual, called the roll o1
his company from memory.
Dr. Davis^. of Orangeburg, was tc
have made the address on the occasion,
but was prevented from bem*
present, and J. F. Carter. Esq., o1
the Bamberg bar, delivered an ad
dress in his stead. After the memo
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rial exercises in the church, dinnei
was served on the grounds to all.
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Read The Herald, $2.00 per year.
WHO WILL PUSH BUTTON?
Votes to be -Cast for Lady or Girl to
Turn on White Way.
Bamberg's "white way" promises
to be the most modern and up-to-date
thing out. Those in authority say
Bamberg will be second to no town
in the State in the matter of Main
street lighting when this system is
installed. It .has been so arranged
that Main street after it has been
paved will be opened at the same time
the lights are to be turned on for the
first time.
This will be decidedly the greatest
event in the history of Bamberg. It
will mark the dividing line between
the old town and the new city. It is
expected that every citizen in Bamberg
who can possibly leave home
will be on Main street when it is
opened and the lights turned on.
In order to lend interest to this
important event, the city council has
arranged for a voting contest to select
the girl or lady in Bamberg to
whom will go the honor of pushing
the button. T.his is a ceremony every
woman in Bamberg would feel honored
in officiating at.
The full details of the contest have
not yet been arranged, but it is
scheduled to start about August 1,
so that everything will be in shape for
the opening night.
The town authorities and the citizens
generally want to make this
event a real town celebration. Bamberg
will bud into a real little city on
that night. The exact date, of course,
of the opening cannot be stated yet,
but it will be known long enough in
advance for the arrangements to be!
made.
In the meantime, young men (and
old ones, too) be thinking of the
favorite you want to push that button.
It's going to be a big ceremony.
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COLSTON CLIPPINGS.
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Items of Personal Mention From Live I
Bamberg Community.
Colston, July 14.?Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Clayton, of Walterboro, spent j
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Clay-,
ton.
Mrs. Ann Chisolm, who has been ;
visiting her daughter at Norway, has i
returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Sandifer and j
children and Mr. T. J. Smoak, of
Denmark, spent the week-end with;
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Clayton.
Mr. Copeland Zeigler spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Messrs.
Elgin and Barbot McMillan.
Miss Blanche Spann spent last
week with Misses Mamie and Natalie
Kearse. /
Misses Aileen Hutto and Gertrude
Bean spent a few days last week <wi+h
Miss Eleanor Goodwin.
Miss Natalie Kearse spent Satur-j
day night with Miss Mamie McMillan.
The Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Isham Goodwin were Mr. and Mrs.
Gus -Kinard and children, Mr. and I
Mrs. George Kinard and Mr. Halcot j
Ayer.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Clayton and
nf Gnlnmhia. soent. a few i
da^s last week with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Clayton.
Mr. Mayfield Bessinger and Mr.
Gillie Beard spent Saturday night
with Mr. Layton Kinard.
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Senator Black 111.
The many friends all over Bamberg
county of Senator J. B. Black,
M. D., will learn with much regret
that he continues to be quite ill. Dr.
Black's health has not been good for j
some time, and recently he has suffered
much pain from an old malady.
Saturday' he consented to being carried
to a hospital in Charleston,
where he is now under treatment. Dr.
Black has been senator from Bamberg
county for a long term of years, and
. his friends all join in the hope that
. the treatment will be effective and
. that he will soon be able to return
home.
Dr. Black was operated on Tuesday
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i Watch Your Tobacco!
County Agent Geo. R. Briggs advises
that while prices are very good
? for mature, well-cured yellow tobacr
co, that there is hardly a market at
L all for tobacco which has not been
pulled fully ripe and colored yellow.
Make your tobacco bring the top
; price by being careful with the gathering
and curing:
\ Slight Difference.
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An officer was endeavoring to get
an expression from a storekeeper in
p France as to his idea of the differ-j
ence between the Canadians and j
^ Americans. Finally he asked him, j
"Well, when a Canadian comes into
r your store, how does he act?" "Why
^ the Canadian acts as if he owns the
whole darn place," replied the tradesman.
"Then how does the American
act?"
"Oh, he acts as if he doesn't give
a darn who owns the place."
FARMERS CURING TOBACCO.
Large Quantities of the Weed Being
Prepared for the Markets.
The tobacco farmers of Bamberg!
county are busy these days curing
their product. Tobacco cutting and ,
curing began about two weeks ago,1
and the first barns are cured up and
ready for shipment to the tobacco i
markets. Bamberg has no market;
for tobacco this year, but it is likely
that next season it will be unnecessa
to ship the product, as it is believed
the acreage will be increased another
season sufficiently to bring the buyers:
to Bamberg.
This is Bamberg county's second j
season with the "weed." Last year;
perhaps 100 acres was planted in the
vicinity of tills city, purely as an experiment.
A tobacco expert was em-j
ployed by the farmers to superintend !
the cultivation and curing of the first:
crop. This experiment proved to be
so profitable that the acreage was in-1
erased this year to approximately!
1.000 acres, distributed throughout
the county. As it is usually estimated |
that an acre of average tobacco will
produce 1,000 pounds, it will be seen |
that somewhere in the neighborhood
of 1,000,000 pounds of tobacco will j
be harvested in Bamberg county this j
season. At thirty cents a pound? i
which is less than was received last
year?the local crop is worth approxi-'
mately $300,000, which is a big boost
for this county.
The process of curing tobacco is a j
most interesting one. When the low- j
er leaves on the tobacco plants begin!
to turn yellow, the harvest begins.!
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The riper leaves are gathered at
the first cutting. After the leaves
have been cut from the plants, they
are tied, about four or fi^e leaves to
the bundle, and the bundles are
strung on to poles, which are hung
in the tobacco barn to await the curing
process. 5nce the fire is started
in the barn, it must be kept going
continuously until the weed is thor-.
oughly dried out. This reqir'res
about three days and nights, after
which the tobacco.is readv to be tak
en out of the barn, packed in boxes
or wrapped in sheets ready for the
market.
On account of there being no market
in Bamberg, it is necessary for local
planters to ship their product to
some other market. Last year large
quantities were shipped to Muliins,
Sumter and Timmonsville, and pos-i
sible other tobacco marketing towns!
in the Pee Dee section. This, of
A Bainl>erg Count]
May Enlist for 2, 3 or 4 Years.
The following telegram has been
received from the bureau by the
Bamberg naval recruiting station:
"Naval appropriation bill approved
July 11, 1919, provide? in part:
'Until June 30, 1 920, enlistments in
the navy may be for terms of two,
three or four years, and all laws
now applicable to four year enlistments
shall apply under such regulations
as may be prescribed by the
^cretarv of the navy to enlistment?
for shorter period with proportionate
benefits upon discharge and reenlistments.'
Enlistments authorized
for two, three or four years at
option of recruit in all ratings now
open for first enlistments except that
applicants for machinists' mates
school and for aviation mechanics
schools will not be enlisted for shorter
periods than three years.' Minors
under eighteen may be enlisted for
two or three years or for period of
minority at their option, with consent
of parent or guardian as before. Ex-j
ercise greatest care in preparation of
shipping articles and all enlistment
papers to the proper term of enlistment
in each case. Men reenlisting
for two, three or four years are entitled
to extra pay for reenlistment
j under continuous service, extra pay
I for citizenship, and to two. three or
four months honorable discharge
gratuity respectively, if reenlisting
after honorable discharge. Present
war pay now permanent for men during
current enlistment and for all
men enlisting or reenlisting prior to
July 1, 1920, for the term of such
enlistment or reenlistment. Give
| fullest publicity and endeavor to in|
crease enlistments to maximum." |
RAIN AND HAIL MONDAY.
Some Damage Results From Local
Hail Fall to Growing Crops.
One of the hardest rains, accompanied
by hail, fell in Bamberg Monday
that the town has experienced in 1
some time. The fall of hail seems to
have been confined to a small area,
and no material damage has been reported
to the growing crops. Some
of the gardens in town were beaten
up, and some farm patches in and
about town were more or less damaged.
The rain was accompanied by
a heavy wind for a few minutes, and
a peculiar circumstance was that at
first that the storm blew right down
Main street from the north; in almost
a moment's time it swerved and
drove directly opposite up the street
from the south. At about the turning
point of the wind, the hail began
to fall, and in some sections of town
the ground was covered, but the
stones were too small to materially
damage anything. The rain was also
confined to a rather small area. While
on Main street a veritable torrent
fell, a quarter of ? mile away on the
north and west only a small shower
fell. The rain was greatly needed
here, as the town of Bamberg has
escaped rains that have fallen all
around within the past two weeks,
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?Mrs. L. E. Livingston, Mrs. Ida
Schwartz, Miss Mary Livingston and
Mrs. M. C. Livingston and little
daughter leave today for Biltmore,
X. C., where they will spend a few
weeks with Capt. and Mrs. p. G.
Felder.
course, entails an additional expense
upon the crop in this county, which
an increase in acreage next year will
doubtless remedy.
In view of the coming of the weevil
(which is a matter of only a short
time) the culture of tobacco in Bamberg
county is a welcome addition to
the commercial activit'es of the community.
It offers the farmers of the
county a good money-making crop to
take the place of cotton, if cotton
farming becomes unprofitable, which
is threatened for a few years on account
of the weevil.
Already many of the farmers here
have some tobacco ready for marketing,
and within the next week large
Shipments will be made to the markets.
The price of tobacco at this time
is good, and the prediction is general
!y made here that the Ci'bb Will LUI'II
out a fine margin of profit this season.
7 Tobacco Field.
Cotton Condition 68.
According to report issued by B. B.
Hare of the bureau of crop estimates,
the condition of the cotton crop in
South Carolina on June 23 was 70
rpr of normal The condition
on the same date last year was S3
per cent., 71 per cent, in 1917, the
ten year average being 77 per cent.
The estimated acreage shows a decrease
of 11 per cent, compared with
last year, the total acreage planted
and standing on June 25 being 2,706.000
acres. Following are the
percentages of cotton in the counties
in this section of the State:
Aiken 75
Allendale 70
Bamberg 68
Barnwell 67
Colleton 76
Hampton 71
Orangeburg 76
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Absent That Day.
A certain methodical teacher had a
regular routine of questions which
she asked her class every Sunday.
The class was always arranged in the
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same oraer ana sue uegan wuu me
same question: "Who made you?"
And the boy at the head of the class
answered, "God." Then to the next
boy, "Who was the first man?" and
he answered, "Adam." One Sunday
the first boy was absent and of course
the usually second boy was at the
head of the class. As usual, she began
by asking: "Who made you?"
and the boy answered "Adam."
"Xo," the teacher said; "God made
you."
"I don't think so, miss," the boy
replied, "the boy that God made is
j not here today."""
BAMBERG ONE OF LEADERS.
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People Here Stand Third in Number
of Automobiles.
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Inasmuch as Bamberg has led the
State in nearly all things where money
has been a factor, it is no cause
for surprise to learn that the county
is one of the leading counties in the
State in point of number of motor
vehicles per capita. The recent sta- ,
tistics of the State highway commission
show that the county stands ?*
third in this respett, only Lexington,
with a percentage of 53 and Richland
with a percentage of 66.5 per 1,000 ^
population being ahead of Bamberg.
This fact may or may not be a credit
to the county, according to the way
one looks at it. Following are the
percentages of motor vehicles for
counties in this section per 1,000 j *
population: Xo. No. Per
Vehicles 1.000
A 1 9 0 O
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Allendale 155 4 8.6
Bamberg 1,00?, 52.7
Barnwell 1,437 48.6 '
Colleton 715 19.8
Hampton 1... 838 48.6
Orangeburg: .. ..3,0S1 48.5
The percentage of Barnwell, Allen- _
dale and Hampton is an average for
the three counties, a division of territory
recently being made on account
of the formation of Allendale county
from Barnwell and Hampton.
Xone of His Business Anyway.
Out in California one year, instead
of changing the license numbers on
the automobiles, the bear insignia
which each plate carried was changed
to a poppy. One young lady, entirely
ignorant of any such regulations,
was driving her absent-minded ; J
father's car downtown one day and
was held up by a policeman.
"I beg your pardon, miss, but
where is ycmr poppy?" asked the policeman.
"Oh," she replied, "he's at home v %
with mommy."
All the Same to Heri
"I shall have to ask you for a tic- ? %
ket for that boy, ma'am," insisted
a conductor, speaking to a quiet look
in? little "woman. . The woman declined
to pay. S
"I'm afraid if you don't pay for
that boy I'll have to stop the train
and put him off." he persisted.
"All right; all the same to me,"
she said.
"You ought to know the rules. How
old is that boy?"
VI don't know. I never saw him ; *
before." *
The country will soon be in the
condition prevailing after the Civil ^ %
war, when you couldn't throw a brick
in any direction without hitting a * ??
colonel or a major of at least a captain.
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"special notices.
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For Sale?White leghorn roosters. H.
X. FOLK, Bamberg, S. C. tfn
For Sale?A few cotton sheets. H. jJ$
C. FOLK CO., Bamberg, S. C. tfn
Place your orders now for Roof
Paint. L. B. FOWLER, Bamberg, >:
S. C. 7-24-n ^Jgi
For Sale.?Seven head fat steers to
quick buyer. G. B. CLAYTON, Ehrhardt,
S. C. tfn. : jfy' J;
For Sale?Lookout Mountain seed f"
Irish potatoes at H. C. FOLK CO.,
Bamberg, S. C. tfn
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*ui aoit uuusc luiuuuui auuu- .
mobile in good condition. Apply to
J. M. LOVE, Bamberg, S. C. ltn
Lost. ? Between Bamberg and
Orangeburg on July 13, one 3 2x3 J
Goodrich tire on rim. Reward for
return to A. L. EDWINS, Bamberg,
S. C. ltn
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Salesmen Wanted?To solicit orders
for lubricating oils, greases and
paints. Salary or commission. Address
THE VICTOR OIL CO., Cleveland,
Ohio. ltp
Notice.?Notice is hereby given % |
that savings pass book No. 505 of f'
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
For Sale?350 acres of land pear
incorporated limits of Bamberg;
about 225 acres open; several tenant :*
houses and other outbuildings; easy
terms. Apply to J. T. O'NEAL, real
estate agent, Bamberg, S. C. tfn
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
rronfo/1 fnr lose +Vlo? 49 AAA ,P M
nautcu ivi iwoo tuuu v v? jlv* t
JEFFERIES, attorney at law, Walter- ^ }.
boro, S. C. 7-17-p. ip
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 quick.
THE COTTON OIL COMPANY, tfn ' a
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. WYMAN,
Bamberg, S. C. tf. ? ^
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