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C(je Pamtierg derails Thursday, January 29,1920. SHjjpRT LOCALS. :> Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. ?'; >f Mr. S. 'CT Hollifield, agent of the Southern railway company here, who filed his resignation some weeks ago, J has consented to remain in Bamberg, his many friends will be glad to learn. Mrs. J. C. Folk was operated on at the hospital in Orangeburg last -_j will hp elad W66K, 311U iici ti icuuo .. 0 to know that the operation was successful, and that she is now rapidly recovering. The many friends of Dr. O. D. Faust will learn with much regret of his serious illness. He was stricken several days ago and on Saturday was carried to a hospital in Charleston for treatment. Mr. H. J. Bellinger furnishes us with the following figures on cotton ginned in Bamberg county prior to January 16, 1920, and the figures for the same date last year: 1920, 24,455; 1919, 33,600. The county commissioners have received another truck from the State highway commission, alloted to this county by the war department. This makes three trucks that have been civen the county for use on the coun ty's highways. Dr. W. S. Stokes, a former resident of this county, has asked the Columbia police to assist in trying to lo < cate his son, J. E. Stokes, who disappeared after coming to Columbia , from Lake City last Saturday night, and has not been seen since that time. Representative Miley has introduced a bill in the house to ratify the election on the annexation of a part of Colleton to Bamberg county. So far as known there will be no opposition to the measure. Every vote cast in the election was in favor of the annexation. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Bessinger entertained with a delightful party at their country place near Bamberg last ' Thursday. A number of relatives and friends were present on the occasion, who spent a most enjoyable day. Music was furnished. During a fifteen minute period beginning at 6:05 p. m., 42 Fords, trucks, automobiles and other motor ' vehicles passed The Herald office last Wednesday. Considering the fact ' that business was not especially rushing at that time, this is a fairly good record for the traffic of Bamberg. 1 The friends in Bamberg of Rev. W. R. McMillan, of Westminster, will ^ be saddened to learn that he is still ^ very ill. Letters received in the city last week stated that he was unconscious and suffering from a broken j blood vessel on the brain, and that very little hope is Held out for his recovery. Charley Guess, of Denmark, died at his home there Monday. He had ^een in Florida for a number of years "but has been living at Denmark for aome time. He was formerly of Hen dersonville, this county, and is survived by a brother, D. E. Guess, of IHendersonville.?Waiterboro Press and Standard. Mr. Roy Free, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Free, has been notified of his - ^ appointment to West Point Military academy. He has not yet been notified when to appear for entrance examination. Mr. Free is being congratulated upon this excellent appointment, which comes through Congressman Byrens. The scholarship is from the second congressional district, and is good for the entire four years' term. It will be a matter of general interest to Bamberg to learn that Dr. M. H. Yarn is meeting with splendid success in Atlanta. Dr. Yarn is half owner in an establishment that fills orders for dental supplies, and in this line it is the second largest business in +V> a Qrmtli Tho vnlnrno r>f hlisi iU tJJLU kJU U l il, ? VAMU1V v* ^ V.?. J ness of the company runs into the = hundreds of thousands of dollars. a Dr. Varn is an old Eamberg boy, and 1 his many friends here rejoice that he T is meeting with merited success. ^ PEANUT MEETING AT DENMARK. s \ Experts Will Address Farmers There I on Thursday, Jan. 29. c There will be a meeting which all ? farmers are requested to attend at 2 the town hall in Denmark on Thurs- 1 day, January 29, at 3:00 p. m. The 1 meeting will be addressed by Mr. E. ^ J. Hancock, of Alabama, an expert s on peanuts; Mr. Lilliston. of Virgin- 1 ia, and Mr. Edward A. Eve, of the ^ Sea Island Cotton Oil company, of { Charleston. Their subject will be f " growing, harvesting and selling of peanuts. x 2 ? ? ? ? ? The prettiest line of box papers * at The Herald Book Store. 40c to r $6.50 the box. All leading colors. ? ? > m c Coming?"The Miracle Man." La- s Victorie Theatre, Bamberg, S. C.?ad. s COCK TIX SESSION'. Blind Tiger Cases Given $200 Fine Several Cases Tried. The winter session of the court o: general sessions convened in Bam berg Monday morning with his hon or. Judge I. W. Bowman, of Orange burg, on the bench. Very little time was consumed in getting things started, and before the day was over several cases had been tried or other wise d sposed of. The new grand jury was quickly organized, with LaVerne Thomas as foreman. The granc ? __ - 11 4 1.. veil jury acieu on an cue uuis uauucu wui by the solicitor, excepting one 01 two cases in which the witnesses die not appear, and completed its work by Tuesday noon. The following true bills were returned by the grand jury: Noah Green, housebreaking and larceny. Redford Rider and Charles Austin, highway robbery. Theodore Crawford, violation oi the prohibition law. Clifton Faust, violation of the prohibition law. J. T. Tant, drawing check without funds. Sam Nixon, obtaining goods under false pretences. Janie Shepherd, assault and battery with intent to kill. H. W. Moody, murder. Ernest Grimes and Monnie Brabham, violation of the prohibition law. Glenn Johnson, non-support. Willie Frazler, forgery. Mose Murphy, murder. John Ayer, Jr., obtaining goods under false pretence. Ernest Green, assault and battery with inttnt to kill. Gib Hodges, obtaining goods under false pretence. Lonnie Johnson, assault and battery with intent to ravish. No bill was returned in the case of George Murdaugh, charged with larceny. W. J. Hutto, assault and battery with intent to kill, no bill. The first case tried was that of Henry Green, charged with using an automobile with the owner's consent. He was acquitted. Edison Williams and Paul Jenkins were placed on trial charged with the killing of Henry Williams at Mr. H. C. Herndon's store some months ago. The jury found the defendants not guilty of murder, but Paul Jenkins was found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon, and for this offence the judge gave him a fine of $50. The killing of Harry Williams was a rather unusual case. The testimony showed that a number of negroes were at the store on the day of the killing, and that Harry Williams had bought a cocoanut. He went to a !ree to crack the nut, and after stepping a few feet away he stated that ie was shot. Witnesses testified that ;hey heard no shooting nearby, but ;hat a shooting match was going on iome distance away, with shotguns, lowever. None of the witnesses saw myone shoot the dead man, and none )f them professed to hear the shot' hat killed him. Ernest Grimes and Monnie Brab1am pleaded guilty to violation of the >rohibition law, and Judge Bowman mposed a sentence of $200 fine or me year on the public works. Walker Smith was found not guily of stealing a bicycle. - Willie Frazier pleaded guilty to he charge of forgery, and was senenced to serve one year on the pubic yorks and pay a fine of $25. Fra;ier forged a check on the Citizens exchange Bank, of Denmark, some ime ago. John Carter was foun^, guilty of ape, the foreman of the jury signng the verdict on the instructions >f the court, and recommending mer:y. Carter wanted to plead guilty, >ut was not allowed to do so, as this s a capital offence. Judge Bowman mposed a sentence of ten years on he public works of the county or n the penitentiary. Noah Green was permitted to plead ruilty to the charge of housebreaking md received a sentence of three nonths on the chain gang to do such i-nrt ac Mn firppn is a neerro oy about 16 years of age. Janie Shepherd, charged with as;ault and battery with intent to kill, vas found guilty, and sentenced to )ay a fine of $250 or serve 15 months >n the public works. Ernest Green pleaded guilty to as;ault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and was sentenced to )ay a fine of $75 or serve three nonths on the chain gang. Green vas charged with waylaying and lioot'ng another negro, Mike Smith, iear Bamberg some months ago. Smith hovered between life and death or some time, but finally recovered rom the injurv. Lonnie Johnson pleaded guilty to issault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and was senten- ed o pay a fine of $125 or serve three nonths. Redford Rider and Charles Austin, :harged with highway robbery, were entenced, upon pleading guilty, to erve three months on the public GRAXI) JURY PRESENTMENTS. Improvements to Court House and Jaiil.?Highway Construction. f The grand jury made its present ments to the court Tuesday after noon, as follows: "State of South Carolina, county of i Bamberg.?Court of general sessions. "To the Honorable I. W. Bowman, - judge presiding at the January term - of the above named court: "We, the grand jury, beg leave to - herewith make presentments of our 1 findings and the result of our differt ent investigations, as required of us ' under the laws and under the charge I of your honor. : "1. We want to take this method of thanking your honor for the very courteous treatment shown us, also the solicitor and the different court I officials. "2. We have passed upon all bills handed us by the solicitor. ( "3. We have visited all the counf ty offices and the county chain gang. We are pleased to state that we found all the offices in good condition, and that the different officials seem to be doing their duty. The chain gang we found in a good sanitary condi tion, and the prisoners are being cared for and treated in as humane manner as is conducive to punishment "4. We visited the county jail. We "4. We visittd the county jail. We are sorry to report that we found the inmates therein are not properly provided with covering and on account of the broken condition of the windows the inmates are forced to suffer from the cold. We also find that the inside walls of the jail are very badly in need of paint, also there is a leaki on the front porch, which, we are informed by the jailer, has been there for some time. As to the county jail, we beg to recommend: That a padded cell he nrnvided for insane na f'ents and lunatics; that the county authorities as soon as practicable have built a septic tank for the jail, and that there be installed waterworks with at least two closets upstairs and one downstairs. We desire to state that the above recommendations have been made in former presentments and we are informed by the officials in charge that there is not sufficient appropriations for the carrying out of these recommendations. We, therefore, recommend and urge that our representatives in the general assembly be asked to increase the appropriation for this item to at least $1,000. "5. In connection with the public closets at the court house, we find same in an extremely unsanitary condition, and we urgently recommend that the old closets now in use be torn down at once and new ones be erected and the same be enclosed with a fence and the gates be locked, except during the terms of court; also, as soon as practicable and as soon as an appropriation can be ipade, we recommend that waterworks be installed in the court house at least to the extent of placing two closets on the lower floor of the court house; also that all doors and locks I * M X A /V A < 1? ?% ? M V\ A M /< rt ^ /-* M /I in uie couiu iiuust: ue iii&pecieu cuiu if necessary repaired, and that the fireplace in the county auditor's office be repaired at once. Last, but by no means least, we urge that a suitable desk be bought and placed on the judge's rostrum. "6. We recommend that the proper steps be taken to have in readiness the necessary county funds with which to supplement the federal highway funds to build the highway from the Barnwell line to either the Colleton or Orangeburg line. "7. We also recommend that the necessary funds be gotten in hand for the paving of Main street from the railroad track to the sidewalk in front of the court house and that the necessary funds be furnished for onehalf of the paving of the sidewalk in front of the court house property in conformity with the agreement of the other property owners on Raiload avenue. "All of which is respectfully submitted. "LaVERNE THOMAS. "Foreman." ^ i>i Alleged Check Forger Held. Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 26.?H. R. McPherson, arrested here a few days ago, charged with forgery, is wanted m many sections of the country on the same charge, according to telegrams reaching local police headquarters, asking that he be held. An officer fro Aiken, S. C., has arrived here and is seeking requisition for McPherson, who is wanted on charges of forgery there and also at Denmark and Columbia, S. C. McPherson is wanted in Aiken, S. C., where he is charged with passing a worthless check on the Southern Bell Telephone Comapny. works. They were alleged to have held up at the point of a pistol a negro at Denmark and to have robbed him .of a large sum of money. Tuesday night court was adjourned on account of the illness of Solicitor Gunter, who is suffering from a severe cold. It is likely that a special term of court will be ordered later to clear the criminal docket. COTTON DELEGATES. [ Bamberg Citizens Named to Attend Montgomery Meeting. A number of Bamberg citizens have . been appo nted by Col. R. M. Mixon, president of the South Carolina Cot' ton conference, as delegates to the cotton conference to be held in Montgomery, Ala., on February 17 to 20, 1920. These delegates, together with others from this section, follow: F. A. Adden, Cope. F. V. James, Denmark. D. N. Cox, Denmark. J. E. Johnson, Fairfax. J. E. Peurifoy, Fairfax. S. W. Copeland, Ehrhardt. J. L. Copeland, Ehrhardt. A. M. Denbow, Bamberg. H. M. Graham, Greenwood. G. Frank Bamberg, Bamberg. R. F. Dukes, Branchville. J. R. Hamilton, Branchville. W. H. Vara, Smoaks. J. E. Smoak, Smoaks. C. W. Rentz, Bamberg. Herman Brown, Blackville. R. M. Hitt, Bamberg. H. D. Still, Blackville. J. W. Farrell, Blackville. W. I. Johns, Allendale. Mrs. J. K. Mayfield, Denmark. IMPROVEMENT CLUB. Organization for Civic Improvement Awakened to the possibility of just Awakened to the possibility of just how beautiful and attractive l'ailrosd avenue might be made, upon noting the improvement in its appearance by the newly finished portion of its paved walks, the ladies of the upper .portion of this street met at the home of Mrs. W. P. Jones on last Friday afternoon and organized a Block Improvement club. It is their purpose to make this portion of the town so sanitary and attractive that other residential districts will likewise organize and a friendly rivalry bring about wonderful results. Especially is it hoped that the lower portion of Railroad avenue will also have a Block Improvement club so that the entire street may be beautified. At this, its initial meeting, no plans were made other than a decision that each lady should plant grass between the copings in front of her home and that each member shall pay $1 yearly dues, this amount being used towards the upkeep of Simmons cemetery. Mrs. Jones reported that all the cook books had been sold; this amount, together with the proceeds from a rummage sale to be held soon, will be used for permanent improvements to the cemetery. Mrs. A. M. Brabham was appointed treasurer and Mesdames G. F. Hair and C. P. Hooton are to petition the mayor to use his influence in securing an electric light and public water for the use of cemetery. Plants will not grow there unless watered and it is planned to begin work on the grounds as soon as the weather permits. Meetings will be held monthly and at the next meeting plans will be perfected which have as yet been only discussed. It is hoped and expected that every lady residing in the confines of this club will join immediately.?Contributed. ALL UP IX THE AIR. Bamberg Folks Pay Visits to the Clouds in Airplane. Claude Smoak has the distinction of being the first Bamberg citizen to J view the landscape of this vicinity ' from the sky. He went for a ride in ] the airplane of Messrs. Hurt and i Siebenhausen, who spent several days here last week and this week. ( The airplane did a rushing business Friday and Saturday, and a number J of Bamberg folks availed themselves J of the opportunity of viewing the ] country from the heights and enjoying the thrills of an airplane ride. 1 Among the others who went for 1 rides were: Laverne Thomas, Dr. 1 H. J. Stuckey, Jones Angus Williams, 1 Jr., John Dixon, M. G. Dunn, S. C. Hollifield, H. Floyd Steedley, B. F. 1 Hill, J. Frank Jennings, Allen Hand, J Capt. Lanham, John F. Folk, and H. 1 W. Moody. ( Mrs. T. H. Copeland was the only 5 lady to brave the elements. Satur- ' day she was carried for a ride over the country. < KILLED BY TRAIN. t ( Old Cncle Bill Moye Goes to His Re- s ward Tuesday Morning. Uncle Bill Moye, a well known old z colored man of Bamberg, was found i dead by the Southern railroad track i a short distance from Bamberg Tues- z day morning, between Bamberg and z Denmark, having presumably been t struck by an early morning train. The I old man left his house in the early f hours of morning Tuesday, and there c were no witnesses to the tragedy that I ended old Uncle Bill's life. When r found he was quite dead. r The old man was a well known s character and was generally liked, b He was in extreme old age, and was li a grown man when many of his ac- p quaintances w-ere mere boys. s POPULATION GUESS. Subscriptions to The Herald for the Winning Guesses. Have you sent in your guess on the population of Bamberg yet? Costs you nothing to guess, and you may win a six months, one year or two year subscription to The Herald. All you have to do is to fill out the coupon below and mail it or hand it to The Herald on or before the fifteenth of February. The guesses will be published then, and as soon as the census figures are announced, the person guessing correct or nearest correct will be given a two years subscription to The Herald. This is worth $4.00. The next nearest will get a one year's subscription, which is worth $2.00. The third neaxest correct will receive six month's subscription, which is worth $1.00. Worth a stamp, isn't? You'll get lots of fun out of it, too. People always like to guess, and especially when they may secure valuable prizes for the guessing. Mail The Herald your guess right now, while you are thinking about n. The 1910 census gave Bamberg 1,937 population. Most people think the town has grown tremendously since then. What do you think about it? Fill out the coupon now. Census Guess. Name ? P. O My guess on population of Bamberg is COLUMBIA-SAVAXXAH ROAD. Bamberg County Link Completed. Fine Highway for County. The J. R. Beazley Construction company, of Norfolk, Va., contracors building the Savannah-Columbia highway through Bamberg county, has completed the construction of the Bamberg link of the road. The construction force has now been moved from Bamberg to Norfolk. Howpvpt a nnrtinn nf fhp rnaH pmiinmpnt is still here for scraping and shaping the road from time to time until it is accepted by the State highway commission. The contractor built this road under very unfavorable circumstances, and for this reason it will probably yet be several months before the road will be turned over to the county by the engineer representing the State highway commission, Mr. H. B. Humbert. When the work was started, the rains began to pour, which hindered the work very seriously. Later the drought came on, and both seasons were not favorable to highway construction. The grading was carried on rapidly, but the process of mixing the sand and clay was hindered first by an excess of water in the earth and later by the lack of moisture to make the materials "set" properly. The result is that certain portions of the road are still rough. This cdndition will be remedied by repeated draggings and shaping until the road becomes hard and smooth. This will require some weeks yet. This rou^iness is especially noticeable in the portion from Bamberg to Edisto river. The general condition vof the road, however, is good, and it is now pos sible, even before the road has been properly smoothed, to run an automobile from Bamberg to Buford's bridge on one speed, excepting, of course, the bridges to be crossed. One portion of the road, that from Little Satkehatchie to Big Salke-! hatchie river, is as fine a piece of highway as there is in the country. This stretch extends for several tniles, and it is practically impossible :o refrain from breaking the speed laws of the State when one is going aver it in a car. When this portion Df the road was being built, the weather conditions were ideal. .Mr. Humbert states that the entire distance of the highway through the :ounty should be equally as good is this portion when the road has Deen accepted by the commission. The terms of the contract for the instruction of the road provides :nat the road must be maintained by ;he contractor for a specified time, in )rder that the strength of the construction may be properly tested. Now that thfs link of an importmt highway has been completed, lb? )eople of the county are interested n the construction of links in the idjoining counties of Orangeburg tnd Allendale. It is understood that he Allendale authorities have had a >rel:minary survey made, and that unds have been arranged for for the :onstruction of the highway through Ulendale county. However, while 10 public announcement has been nade to this effect, it is also undertood that considerable opposition las developed to the building of the dghway as the route has been maped out. This route puts the road everal miles from Allendale, and j tiV COTTON ACREAGE. Bamberg Planted 53,000 Acres in Fleecy Staple Last Year. B. B. Hare, field agent of the bureau of crop estimates, has prepared estimates of acreage, yield per acre and total production of cotton in South Carolina in 1919. The esti- j mate gives South Carolina totals as ] follows: Acreage, 2,877,000; average yield per acre, 231 pounds; total production in 1919, 1,466,000 bales. Estimates by counties in this I section follow: ] Yield Total \ Acreage per Acre Bales Allendale .. .. 43,000 223 20,000 Aiken 85,000 226 40,000 Bamberg .. .. 53,000 226 25,000 Barnwell .. .. 67,000 215 30,000 Colleton 39,000 184 15,000 \ Hampton 34,000 155 11,000 Dorchester.... 34,000 211 11,000 Orangeburg ..155,000 269 87,000 LUTHERAN MEN CALLED. Strong Movement on For Their Or- J ganization. ^ I A concerted movement in the Unitr ^ ed Lutheran church in America has been entered into for the organization of the men of the church in Luth- | eran brotherhoods, and field secre- 1 taries are visiting various sections of the union. The states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida have been assigned to Mr. Harry B. Ger- A hardt, of Chicago, who attended the I I last session of the Lutheran Synod I i of South Carolina at Little Mountain, \ | making a splendid impression. Mr. ; Gerhardt will be present at the fol- J ! lowing meetings in this section: m February 4 with the Rev. P. D. i R;singer, at Ehrhardt. 1 February 5 with the Rev. D.--B. I Groseclose at Fairfax. '^1 I?I wm Coming?"The Miracle Man." La-Victorie Theatre, Bamberg, S. C.?ad. fl The Herald Book Store carries the ' largest stock of tablets, pencils mem- ' orandum hooks, and school supplies . in Bamberg county. J it is said that the town is up in arms A because it will not come to Allen- ^ dale. ( I Various methods of pleasing the people of Allendale have been pro- . posed, it is said, one being that a 1 "spur" be built from the highway to 1 Allendale. The State highway commission, it is . stated, will not look with favor upon changing the route M so as to go through Allendale, as this^H would not be a direct route. H In -Orangeburg, a preliminary sur- W vey has been made, but that appeal to be about all the progress that has^H been made. Orangeburg has nevei^M cared a snap, evidently, about building a road that connects with Bamberg. It refused to keep up the old I piece of road that has been in use 1 for years. The people now "frontier if Orangeburg county will be suf- ^ ficiently interested ,to build a new V road. Jj SPECIAL NOTICES. J For Sale?Good gentle milk cow with calf, J. W. STOKES, Bamberg, ^ S. C. . t tfn ^ For Sale?House and lot on Car- A lisle street. H. G. DELK, Bamberg, M S. C. tfn, 1 Laborers Wanted?On government I work at Bamberg. Good wages. Ap- J ply to J. J. SMOAK, Mayor. l-29n J For- Sale?Thirty tons cottonseed^ ^ meal; also few tons of land plaster. H. L. HINNANT, Bamberg, S. C. tfn Lost?Cream colored hound and bull dog, weight 50 or 60 pounds. ^ Reward of $5 will be paid for return to FRANK LOTT, at Standard Oil Co., Bamberg, S. C. ltp Hj Lost?Savings pass book No. 805 9 issued by the Bamberg Banking com- H pany to Henry Kearse. Finder will please return to owner or leave at rrtT T T71 D 1 T> A VT7T\Tn riA O 1 ftfll 1 DA.UD?jaU DAiMYlAU \s\s. Lost?Savh.gs pass book No. <4i^H issued by the Bamberg Banking con!^H| pany to Mrs. D. A. Patterson. Findei^^B will please return to owner, or leavj^^H at BAMBERG BANKING CO. Lost?Black puppy with whfiB^H breast and a little brindle on fro^HH feet, about five months old. $5.(^^H reward will be paid for return t^H| FRANK KIRKLAND, JR., Bamberg, V S. C. l-29p . fl Lost?Brown speckled hound nam- ^ ed Bowman. One ear partly torn off, ' carires tail curled. Last sen Jan. 11. Liberal reward for return or for information. C. L. BESSINGER, Bambeg, S. 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