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?fje Pamtierg Heralb Thursday, December 4,1919. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. It is estimated that one in every thirty of the allied soldiers who entered France married a French bride. Quite a number of Bamberg people attended the State convention of the Shriners held in Florence Wednesday and Thursday of last week. We are pleased to announce that R. P. Bellinger, Esq., is again connected with The Herald. Any favors shown Mr. Bellinger will be appreciated by The Herald manage ment. A varied assortment of Christmas goods are being displayed by Bamberg business houses and the appearance of the show windows on Main street has been considerably brighter ened thereby during the past week. * The Apollo Music club was enjoyably entertained Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. Clarence E. Black at a business meeting held at her home. A numtber of ladies were present and a delightful salad course and sandwiches were served the guests. The Bamberg Bottling company, , ' a corporation owned by Mesrs. Ben F. Free and Thomas Ducker, of this city, and operated for the business of bottling soft drinks, is erecting a warehouse and plant on Broad street in Bamberg near the Southern Rail way side track which extends to the cotton mill. J. Arthur Nimmons, Bamberg's progressive colored barber for many years, recently sold out his barber business here, as his health would not permit its continuance. Arthur now has a job running on the Coast Line from Florence to Augusta and return on the broiler car. He is gen ?ral utility man, some times acting - as cook and some times as waiter. Mr. P. K. Hughes presented The Herald Tuesday with ^several stalks of fine' sugar cane from his place. Two of the stalks measured nine feet * and six inches each. Unless Mr. Hughes cut the cane down before stripping it, he certainly must have used a ladder to get to the top. Mr. Hughes says his cane is turning out fine, and that he will cook about 300 gallons of fine Bamberg county syrup?the best in the world, maple sy" rup not excepted. Sunday afternoon some unknown person entered the residence of Mr. tV, J. H. Murphy on Elm street and stole < a small amount of money. Tfce entrance was effected through a rear window, with the assistance of a box. Mrs. Murphy was at home at the time, but was in another part of the house, and knew nothing of the robbery until it was noticed that the window had been opened. Evidently nothing but money was wanted, -f, as other valuables were untouched. Mr. Winchester Gr ham is having erected a modern two-story brick store building on Main street in Denmark on the lot next to the Citizens Exchange Bank building. The new building will include two 6tores on the ground floor with a hall upstairs for the use of the Southern Bell Telephone and i _ Telegraph company's employees, p and also a number of private offices. It has been under con struction for some time and should be completed in the near future. Tuesday morning a lady came to ^ Bamberg on the 5:15 train. She inquired of Policeman McLendon where she could secure a room. Mr. McLendon tried all the boarding houses without success, and was finally permitted to build a fire in the sitting room of the Central hotel, where the lady was allowed to rest, but a room could not be had. About 1:30 the same morning a gentleman and his wife arrived in town in a car to spend the night and likewise tried to find accommodations. Failing abso^tely to do so, the couple departed for Denmark. This is a condition that ought to be remedied. Dr. Watson Honored. Dr. E. O. Watson, who has been secretary of war work in Washington for the Southern Methodist church, read an interesting report of his work and announced that he had accepted an appointment to continue the work he has been doing for the Methodist church for all the Protestant churches. The several denominations have merged their work and Dr. Watson will represent all of them. This is a distinct compliment to Dr. Watson and the work he has done. The position was unsought and came through the nomination of Bishop McDowell, of the Northern Methodist church. The position carries a fine salary. Dr. Watson will return to Washington at an early date to assume his duties.?From report of the South Carolina conference in News and Courier. HONOR ROLL. Bamberg Graded School for Month Ending November 28th. j The following is the honor roll of : the Bamberg graded school for the month ending November 28: j First grade?Margaret Allen, An! nie Isabelle Bamberg, Clarice Brabham, Frances Carter, Gussie Hutto, Mary Louise Johns, Marion McCartha. May McEachern, Margaret Reid, j Katie Richardson, Maude Smoak, Ed: ria Steedly, James Bruce, Eulalie Ehrhardt, Bessie Richardson, Odis Thomi \ ' as. j Second grade?Sadie Creech, Ruth | Folk, Elizabeth Gilchrist, Martha 1 Sandifer, Margaret Simmons, j Third grade?Johnnie Ducker, Wilj bur Free, William Free, John L. Hoff man, Julien Smoak, Theresa Blume, Kathleen Carter, William McCracken, Cora Moody, Eugenia Pearson, Bennie Lou Smoak. Fourth grade?Annie Steedly, Barbara Kinsey, Gordon Hoffman, Frances Patrick, Bertie Young, Dorothy Johnson, Myrtle Eaves, Lillian Padgett. , Fifth grade?Frances Allen, Margaret Dowling, Louise Free, Mary Louise Free, Medrue Free, Bertha Kirsch, Vera Pearson, Virginia Wilkes, Mary Aldrich Wyman, James Carter. i Sixth grade?Irma Utsey, Mozelle Elkins, Ella Van Orsdale, Lillian Zeigler, Eva Sanders, Lewis Field, Mathew Sandifer. Seventh grade?Mary Ducker, Martha Ducker, Hortense Sandifer, Lemuel Wiggins. First year high school?Willie Mae Allen, Nell Beard, Esther Dagnall, Grace Hughes, Evelyn Spann, Olive Steedly, Robert Black. Second year high school?Myrtle Black, Pearle Brabham, Harriet Wig gins. Third year high school?Eileen i Hunter, Fred Sanders. Fourth year high school?Ida Brabham, Maggie Zeigler, Louise Wfggins, Wesley Stokes, Helen Free, i Honorable mention?Natalid Hooton, Daisy Free. PREPARING TO PLANT TOBACCO. Many Acres Will be Devoted to the "Weed" the Coming Year. The past year about 700 acres of tobacco were planted in the immediate vicinity of Bamberg, and in nearly every case splendid profits resulted therefrom. A conservative estimate of the average yield per acre is 700 pounds. The coming year it is practically certain that at least 1,500 acres will be planted in tobacco in close proximity to Bamberg. With only ordinary seasons for the crop, it is reasonable to figure therefore that the city of Bamberg will market at least 1,000,000 pounds of tobacco for the year 1920, far more than ever before in its history. This is a good prospect and Bamberg bids fair to become an important tobacco market in the future, which will mean much to the business interests and prosperity of this community. With the idea of combating the work of the boll weevil the reports from several other sections of the county indicate ^that a large peanut crop will also be planted. SON KILLS FATHER. Lawyer Johnson Was Taking His Son to Task When Shot Was Fired. On Wednesday of last week Lawyer Johnson, a negro living on the plantation of Dr. J. S. Matthews about three miles from the town of Denmark, was shot with a revolver by his own son, a boy about 18 or 19 years old. Johnson was shot only one time but the bullet wound proved fatal, and he died Friday night at the Voorhees hospital in Denmark. The elder Johnson bore a good reputation as a negro, but his son who did the shooting is said to be a bad character; he escaped shortly after ' the shooting and has not been captured. It seems that Lawyer Johnson owned an automobile which he prohibited the boy from using, but the boy had evidently got hold of it in some way and his father was admonishing him about the car and started to whip him. The result was that the boy opened fire upon him and inflicted the mortal wound. m < > ? Hurt By Fall. Little Edwin Utsey, the two-yearold son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Utsey, who live about six miles from Bamberg in the Midway section of the county, suffered the misfortune of a painful and what might have been e very serious accidenet about a week ago. He fell from a flight of steps on th? side of the Delk building on Main street, in Bamberg, making a clear fall of about ten feet and hitting solidly on trs head on the concrete sidewalk. Two physicians were hurried to the scene and for a time some anxiety was held out for the little fellow, but he has now recovered and it is not thought the fall will occasion and serious results. BAMBERG OVERSUBSCRIBES. Local Baptists Raised More Than Thirty Thousand Dollars. Bamberg city and Bamberg county have responded generously in every campaign that has been waged for funds for the relief of suffering and the uplift of humanity. Another success was added to the local record this week, when the Baptists in the $75,000,000 campaign oversubscribed by several thousand dollars their apportionment. The Bamberg church was apportioned $24,835, and before sunset Sunday approximately $29,000 had been reported by the various teams in cash and in five-year pledges. Monday night the total had exceeded $30,000, with about 100 members whose subscriptions had not been tabulated. The local campaign began at sunrise Sunday morning, when a short prayer service for the success of the canvassers was held at the church, attended by about 100 persons. At the morning service the pastor, the Rev. Geo. P. White, preached, his sermon being suitable to the occasion of the beginning of the campaign. At two o'clock, the teams, nine in number, each composed of five persons, assembled at the church for the beginning of the canvass. The local director, Dr. Robert Black, with the pastor remained at the church to receive the reports of the teams. The subscriptions were tabulated and placed upon a blackboard as they were turned in. The local campaign has been a pronounced success, according to the director and managers. The allotment of $25,000 was by far the greatest sum of money ever attempted to be raised at one time by a church in this * amU u,,4. section for general cnurcn^wuin., uui the workers went to the task with zeal. The amount of the oversubscription cannot be stated at this time as the campaign does not close until next Sunday, but it is estimated that the amount raised in excess of the allotment will doubtless be from $6,000 to $8,000. ELECTION ORDERED. Portion of Colleton Will Vote on Annexing to Bamberg County. Governor Cooper has issued a proclamation ordering an election to decide the matter of annexing a portion | of Colleton county to Bamberg coun- f tv, and the election will be held on Wednesday, December 10. John Miley, Norman Bennett and C. L. Carter are named as manager? of election. The area involved measures 3.7 miles, and is a choice section of upper Colleton county. The residence of Mr. C. H. Smith in the territory is designated as the polling place. It is expected that the election will be carried practically if not quite unanimously, and that the election will be ratified at the next session of the general assembly. In the territory involved there are a number of fine families, and the section will be quite an addition to Bamberg county. TELEPHONE CABLES SEVERED. All Phones Out of Business Several Days.?Lines Now Repaired. Many complaints have been expressed recently concerning the poor telephone service being rendered by th Bamberg office of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company, and on Thanksgiving night some one sawed the large cables in two, thus disconnecting all local telephones as well as the long distance lines out of Bamberg. The work was done just in the rear of the store of J. Cooner & Sons, and for several days there was absolutely no use of the telephones in Bamberg whatever. However, repairs have now been made, and the poor service which the company has rendered in the recent past was resumed the first of this week. SHOOTS BROTHER S SLAYER. Mixup at Hot Supper Fatal For One. Another in Serious Condition. On last Friday at a negro hot supper and general frolic in the Hightower's Mill section of the county between Denmark and Govan a serious shooting affray occurred. It is said there was plenty of tussick liquor on hand and this so far is the chief cause assigned for the more or less general row. The parties implicated were all young negroes. Cleveland Faust was shot with a revolver in the hands oi another negro named Mose Murray and Faust died almost instantly. Murray was then in turn shot by a brother of the dead Faust, and the Faust who did this shooting is now in jail in Bamberg awaiting trial and the outcome of Murray's wounds. Murray is shot in the stomach; the wounds are dangerous and he is ih a critical condition with little hope of recovery. Best standard gasoline, 27 cents a gallon. S. W. Copeland, Ehrhardt, S. C. 12-41 INTERESTED IN TOBACCO. Tobacco Expert Addresses Bamberg Farmers Last Friday. Mr. E. L. Ring, tobacco expert of the Southern Railway, in co-operation with the extension division of Clemson college, held a meeting at the court house in Bamberg last Friday. The meeting was attended by about fifty farmers of Bamberg county interested in tobacco growing. Mr. Ring's talk was both interesting and instructive. He advised the farmers to form into community groups and to get an experienced man to oversee their tobacco crops the first year, although he said that the growing of tobacco was not so mysterious as some folks seem to think. Tobacco that is well grown, free from ravages of bud and horn worms, gathered of uniformly ripe leaves and cured by using good common sense would always sell for a good price. Mr. Ring stated that there was not as much to the curing as most people in new territory think, but that a great deal of properly cured tobacco was allowed to ruin by not being carefully handled after the curing is over. The demand for bright tobacco is so great, he said, that it would probably suffer more from lack of an adequate supply than from increased production. There are only certain limited sections of the country where good bright tobacco can be grown and this is one of them. One farmer said that we have red, black and gray soils here, and wanted to know which soil is best suited to tobacco. The reply was that gray soils are best suited to tobacco. Mr. A. M. Denbow has tobacco seed of a good variety to give away to the farmers who ask for them. Mr. Ring stated that the seed are good. There are no strings attached to to the seed offer. Otlier Meetings For Dec. 10. Mr. Ring, in co-operation with the county agent, will hold two' more meetings in the county next Wednesday, December 10. The first meeting will be held at 11 a. m. at Kearse church, about half way between Ehrhardt and Olar. The second meeting will be held at Govan, in the school house, at 4:00 p. m. Mr. Ring is an experienced tobacco man and knows his subject well. Evren if you are not thinking seriously about tobacco growing next year, it will pay you to hear Mr. Ring. He will tell you some things you do not know about tobacco. Ask those who attended the Bamberg meeting. Do not fail to hear one of these talks. Come and bring your family and your neighbors with you. " GEO. R. BRTGGS, County Agent. ? i?> ? Christmas Packages. The parcel post business at the Bamberg postoffice has grown to tremendous proportions, and at this season of the year we are crowded for room to accommodate incoming ana outgoing parcels. Persons receiving notices of parcels should' call for them promptly. There will be considerable congestion as Christmas approaches, and persons having parcels to send away should pack them carefully, wrap and tie securely, and mail them early, k will be impossible for the office force to render satisfactory service during the rush just before Christmas, and those who wait until two or three days before Christmas to mail their packages will have only themselves to blame if they wait a considerable time at the office before being served. It takes time to weigh packages, write receipts for those to be insured, cancel the stamps and otherwise prepare the packages for dispatch, and those persons who bring in packages during the rush hours may expect to have to wait. Bring your packages early?don't wait till two or three days before Christmas and don't bring them to the office between the morning trains, for that is always a rush time at the office, and don't wait until late in the afternoon, just while we are busy as can be getting ready the mail for the six o'clock train. A. W. KNIGHT, Postmaster. Enters Upon His Duties. Mr. J. Gary Black has entered upon his duties as superintendent of the Bamberg electric light plant. Mr. Black succeeds Mr. A. L. Edwins, who came to Bamberg from Branchville, and who has operated the local light and power system for the past two years or more, but who resigned some time ago, his resignation taking effect December 1. Mr. Black, who is an efficient man, formerly operated the moving picture show here, and j has had much experience as an elec| trician during his war time service in the navy. Mr. E. Bart Jordan, who has heretofore been connected with the Bamberg water and --light plant, Las already taken charge of the Ehrhardt light and power plant. ^ ifti ^ Read The Herald, only $2.00 year. CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS. Rev. Mr. Jones Transferred.?Rev. S. O. Cantey Comes to Bamberg. As usual, the publication of the Method'st conference appointments occasioned a good deal of interest in Bamberg. The Rev. R. Herbert Jones was transferred from Trinity church, Bamberg, to the Duncan Memorial church, Georgetown, and in his place the Rev. S. O. Cantey, who has just completed four years at Mullins, is assigned to Bamberg. Mr. Jones has spent two years in Bamberg, during which time he has attached to himself and family many sincere friends who regret his transfer, and whose best wishes go with the family to Georgetown. Mr. Can tey is one of the strong preachers of the conference, and it is felt that a most wise choice has been made in sending him to Bamberg. The Rev. E. K. Garrison was transferred from Bamberg Mills and Embree to Aynor, Marlboro county. The assignment for this charge has not yet been announced. Mr. Garrison has been here two years and was married while in Bamberg. He and hi3 wife have the very best wishes of a large host of friends. Other appointments of special interest in Bamberg follow: W. H. Hodges, Spring Street, Charleston. H. G. Hardin, Trinity church, Charleston. T. W. Godbold, Ehrhardt. F. Mason Crum, Summerville. H. G. Hardin, conference educational secretary. W. E. Wiggins, Denmark. C. M. Peeler, Olar. Achille Sassard, Orangeburg circuit. P. K. Rhoad, Providence. ID. L). vvatson, general secretary war work commission. J. M. Rodgers, Lynchburg. C. S. Felder, Brownsville. TWO AUTO ACCIDENTS. Bamberg Citizens More or Less Injured in Orangeburg County. Last Friday night two more or less serious automobile accidents occurred in Orangeburg county, and it was only through providence and good fortune that the wrecks did not re; suit fatally to Bamberg citizens. The accidents both happened about 11 o'clock at night and early Saturday morning when the news first became general in Bamberg considerable anxiety was felt for the occupants of the cars, as the injured parties are all prominent young Bamberg men. Dr. H. J. Sturkey and Mr. W. D. Rhoad, Jr., were returning from the Shriners' cqnvention in Florence, where they had been for a few days. The trip was made in Dr. Stuckey's Dodge turing car and he was driving when about two -miles on the other side of Orangeburg the car swerved from the road and crashed into a tree on the left of the road. Both parties were dazed and badly shaken up and bruised. Dr. Stuckey was slightly crushed by the steering wheel and received a very severe cut on his left knee, which required about seven stitches. Mr. Rhoad received two Dainful cuts on the leg and was badly cut in several places on tfie right side of his head and face, the small vein in his right temple being severed. He bled profusely. Nobody else was in the car. A remarkable thing about the accident was that although the car was extremely badly torn up and the rear seat was thrown about twenty feet, neither passenger was thrown out and the lights remained burning after it happened, The injured men were soon picked up by a gentfeman from St. Matthews going back after the play at the Orangeburg opera house that night, and were first taken to a hotel in Orangeburg where medical aid was summoned and they were carried to the Orangeburg hospital where their injuries were treated and both reached Bamberg the next day. They are both out now to the delight of theii friends. Messrs. Will Brabham, Clarence R. Armstrong and H. G. Delk had been over to Orangeburg to the play. They were coming home in a Ford roadster and about three miles from Orangeburg the car struck a sandbed and turned completely over standing up on end. Both Mr. Brabham and Mr. Armstrong were practically uninjured, but Mr. Delk was pinned beneath the front of the car and the other two gentlemen had to lift it ofl of him. Gasoline was pouring from the tank and it is fortunate that he was not badly burned. Mr. Delk-was also carried to the Orangeburg hospital and rendered medical attention and after an x-ray picture was made it was found that his right shoulder was broken. He returned home Saturday night, however, and is now improving rapidly. The biggest stock of ledgers, cash books, journals and day books carried by any store in this section oi the State. All bought before the recent advances in price. Our prices have not been advanced. The Herald Book Store. LICENSED TO WED. Twenty-Four Couples Given PerMission to Enter Connubial State. Twenty-four marriage licenses were issued from the office of the judge of probate for Bamberg county during the month of November. This is an average of four marriages for every five days, although the major- ^ ity of the participants are colored. Those for whom licenses were written the past month follow: Whites?Earl Freeman and Miss Eula Hutto; Donnie L. Jamison and * Miss Dona Carroll; Edgar Carter and Miss Mayzell Hiott; Mr. Felder f M. Davis and Miss Maud Hughes; Lewis Peel Jolly and Miss Ottie 0. O'Quinn. Colored?Geo. F. Faust and Mary Scott; Frank Connelly and Annie Wallace; Charles Washington and and Alberta Reid; Abraham Jenkins and Mamie McCormack; Habie Bruce and Rosa Tyler; James Riley and Sula Bennett; Laurie Williams and Ruth Riley; Walter WilTams and Moselle Irons; Willie Alexander and Gladys Odom; Jacob Kearse and Gertie Nimmons; Mincer Moye and Rebecca Risher; Henry Smith and Lillie Robinson; Duncan Bryant and Viola Sease; Robert Kirkland and Lizzie Williams; Clarence Barnwell and Robie Curry; Alfred Walker and Mira Moser; Paul Sanders and Lindie Gennerette; Benjamin Connelly and Lumisher Kearse; Eddie Stewart and Lizzie Beth Dawning. King's improved big boll evtra early cotton seed to beat the boll wee? vil. $2.45 a bushel. These seed were grown in N. C., and are being shipped in now. Get your order in before the supply is exhausted. S. W. Cope- ? land, Ehrhardt, S. C. 12-4 There will be a box party at tne Colston school building Friday evening, December 12, at half after eight t o'clock, ^he faculty and patrons of the school invite you to be present. ?adv. mm < > ? The Apollo Music club will hold a carnival at the city hall Friday afternoon from 3:30 to 6:00 and Friday night from 7:30 to 10:20. The public is cordially invited to be pres. ent.?adv. SPECIAL NOTICES. , j Peanuts?Those wanting seed peai nuts may get them at the Oil Mill. | Get them quick?will not hold any. 1 j For Rent?About 150 acres arable | land to approved tenant. Write me ; at Orangeburg. W. A. RILEY. 12-11 .! For Sale.?Young Guernsey cow pj, with calf three months old, fine milk' er, $125.00. M. T. WILLIS, Denmark, S. C. tfn i Trespass Notice?All person are hereby notified that I prohibit stock 1J from running at large upon my lands. ' L. W. FENDER. 12-18p Wanted?A white farmer fo take charge of two-horse farm on the Ray place. Apply to H. L. HINNANT, at - Bamberg Banking Co. tfn Lost?Thousands of bushels of : corn by not being able to keep it from ; the rats. tfn Found?A steel corn crib that is rat and fire proof. See L. B. FOWLER, agent for Bamberg county, Bamberg, S. C. Sizes from 100 to 3,000 bushels. tfn r For Sale?Buick six cylinder tour- ^ , ing car, 1917 model, excellent mechanical condition; a bargain for ' $800. DAYTON BRELAND, Olar, S. ' C. ltp Trespass Notice.?All persons are forbidden from hunting, trespassing or letting their stock trespass in any manner on my land without permission. MRS. S. E. SANDIFER. 12-4p t Wanted?Two census enumerators for Midway township, men or women. Work begins January 2. Good pay. Enumerators also needed for other townships. For complete informa tlon write B. P. DA VIES, Supervisor s of Census, Barnwell, S. C. ltn Wanted?A two-horse share cropi per to run diversified farming and i stock. Have recently bought some . fine hogs and cows and want a man to handle this proposition. Liberal r* arrangement for a good man. Good land and house to live in, near town, i healthy location. W. D. BENNETT, r Ehrhardt, S. C. tfn Wanted?For South Carolina terri tory agents for the National Life In surance company or ine u. u. , A. An old line company with unanr1 passed policies, liberal contracts with exclusive territory to progressive, ca pable agents. For further particn. lars, write J. T. CAMPBELL, General Agent, Box 740, Charleston, M. ; C. 13-4p Stolen?From near the store of H. * C. Folk Co. on Thursday night, Not. 1 20, Ranger bicycle, practically new, i with basket on front, electric light . and horn, painted brown and white. Paint rubbed off of frame between name plate and fork. Reward for re! turn or for information leading to ' recovery. H. N. FOLK, Bamberg, 8. ^ . C. tin Wanted?A man of reputation and energy between ages 25 and 45 for the Bamberg agency of the Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. Position permanent to right man and offers a salary + ' and commission contract. Good es' tablished business with the leading i life insurance company of the world. . Apply J. R. ROSEBERRY, Supt., 401 L. & E. Bldg., Columbia, or (J. L. I ANDREW, Dep. Supt., Sumter, S. C. tfn. t . * \