^ePamberg5|erafo Thursday, March 4,1920. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Work is expected to be started thisj week on La Verne Thomas's service station at the corner of Elm and Main streets. j B. C. McDuffie was called to his old home in Aiken county Monday on account of the death of his father, P. j B. McDuffie, who died Monday afternoon following a long illness. I. B. Felder has about completed the work of remodeling his home on Bridge street. Several thousand dollars were spent on making this one of the most attractive homes in the A building boom seems imminent in Bamberg. A number of business establishments are now in course of construction, and it is understood that work will be started soon on several new residences. S. A. Gardner will leave in a fewj days for Orangeburg to assume management of the lumber yard of the Bamberg Lumber company in that city, and H. Leighton Rentz will man age the lumber yard here. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Heard moved last week into their recently purchased home on Bridge street. The residence was purchased from M. E. . Ayer, and has recently been remodeled and is now a mostnttractive home. Nearly a block of new sidewalk on Railroad avenue, opposite the passenger station, was ruined by the cold wave Saturday night and Sunday: The walk had just been laid and the cold weather following caused i^o freeze. The walk was torn up Tuesctay preparatory to laying it again. While little Louis Spdnn, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Spann, of Cope, was out Flaying Saturday with some of his friends, he shot himself in the leg just ^tbove the knee and soon after was taken to the hospital in Orangeburg for treatment. It is said that some of the boys had an old pistol at the school house some days previous, presumably the same one. A party of surveyors from the state highway department is engaged in the survey of the Charleston-Augusta highway through Bamberg county. The survey begins near Blackville and extends to the Orangeburg county line in the neighborhood of Branchville. It ie expected that work will be started on th? construction of this road during the present iy / year. * INFLUENZA IN COLLETON. < Number of Serious Cases of Illness Reported. Wilterboro, Feb. 26.?Reports from over the county seem to indicate that there are quite a number of serious cases of illness on account of the epidemic of influenza. Schools in various parts of the county have been closed and several deaths are reported. It seems that the Hudson's Mill section is about the hardest hit of any V place. It is reported that only one or two families have escaped. The school is closed. Mrs. A. Q. -Padgett is very ill of pneumonia. J. E. Morris is also ill of pneumonia but reports this morning indicate that he/is improv ing. At Islandton two deaths have been reported. Lee Sineath died there last Thursday and George Godley died last .night. Both these are prominent citizens of that section of the county. At Jacksonboro there have been many cases. G. T. Doyle, a prominent , farmer, died Sunday night, and there has been a number of deaths among thA nesro population there. Mr. Doyle was buried at Round Tuesday. In Walterboro there are not many ases. Among those reported to be ill are A. F. Henderson, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank; Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Patterson, Jr., and a few other very mild cases. School is still going on. < i?I m . Colston Clippings. Colston, March 2.?The Colston graded school is closed for a few weeks on account of the epidemic of influenza. Miss Pearle Hutson spent Sunday .with Mrs. Leila Bessinger. Mouzon Zeigler, of Ehrhardt, was the Sunday visitor of his sister, Mrs. Joe Beard. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Beard and family spent Sanday with their parents, Mr. and Mr?. J. F. utayton. Mrs. Corolmd Zeigler has return eel to her school after being called to the heds'cle of her husband, \tho has %eer sutf ring with influenza. Misses Re v'9 Hutson and Cora McMillan 7/ednosday night with Mrr. Svdfe r :rr>es. Mi-; T nurc Coodwin spent Saturday tv'sM nrd Sunday at home. , Iterav p.-?c:roners on sale at the Herald Rook Store. REALTY CHANGES HANDS. Record of Tranfers Recorded During Month of February. The following transfers of real estate were recorded in the office of A. L. Kirkland, clerk of court, during February: J. M. L. Kirkland to Phoelix Turner, 30 acres adjoining R. C. Kirkland for $500. B. T. Felder to Wilhelmina ?hrhardt Felder, house and lot od Bridge street, Bamberg, for $5, love and affection. Winchester Graham to St. C. P. Guess, lot and building in Denmark for $4,250. Annie May Griffith to Ollie I. Griffith, et al., one-fifth interest in 123 acres at Sato for $3,600. J. T. Griffith to Ollie I. Griffith, et al., one-third interest in above tract for $5 and other considerations. Mrs. E. A. Smoak et al. to H. R. Jones, 90 acres adjoining J. B. McCormack for $2,250. M. T. Johnson to L. Kobetz, lots four and five on Elmoor heights for $225. Julian A. Jennings to James A. Jennings, 50 acres adjoining J. C. McMillan, for $5 and other considerations. W. G. Hoffman to J. H. Dhton, four lots on Railroad avenue for $650. J. T. Griffith to Mrs. Mamie Griffith, lot in Ehrhardt for $5 and other considerations. R. L. Kearse to J. Clyde Kearse, 342 acres in Buford's Bridge township for $2,500. Frank Sturgeon to J. E. Steadman, Jr., lot in Denmark for $400. N. B. Rhoad to Mrs. Ida T. Carter, 164 acres adjoining estate lands of J. C. McKenzie, for $1,000. Bertha Olivia Zorn to J. A. Sarfidifer, five lots on Sixth street, Den- j mark, for $3,500. Margaret F. Jennings to J. A. Sandifer, 67 1-2 acres in Bamberg township for $6,075. TTT_ 11- T*r 4-A CT tr n-nr> VVcUliAUt/ *V . v/ai bCl IU J.'. XV. uiaham, three lots on Carroll heights for $175. A. L. Kirkland to H. H. Kearse, 316 1-2 acres in Buford's Bridge township for $12,000. Heirs of Dr. F. F. Johnson to C. R. Brabham, Sr., 50 3-4 acres of estate lands of Dr. Johnson, for $9,000. Susan Henderson to H. B. Grimes, 80 acres on Charleston and Augusca public road for $6,750. Clifton Eubanks to Samuel O. Eubanks, 58 1-2 acres in Buford's Bridge township for $2,000. Roxie Minerva Moye to G. Moye .Dickinson, interest in 20 acres adjoining lands of G. M. Dickinson for $100. William Moye and other heirs of William Moye, deceased, to G. Moye Dickinson, interest in same tract as above for $1,000. Catherine Banks to William Orr, two lots on Washington heights for $100. J. W. Washington to C. F. Rizer, lot in Olar for $2,000. J. H. Roberts to Lewis Butler, et al., school trustees, lot for school building for $600. G. B. McMillan, et al., to H. D. Steedly, 30 acres adjoining Mrs. Rebecca Jordan for $5 and other considerations. C. W. Rentz to John Hicks, two acres in Midway township for $200. Mrs. Susan M. Kennedy to L. S. Kennedy, three acres adjoining Mrs. Annie Lancaster for $100. Susan Williams to R. C. Hardwick, lot in Denmark for $50. D. D. Jeter to Barton Rice, 65 acres adjoining W% H. DeWitt for $1,560. Ada Mitchell to Mrs. Annie Yarley, 67 1-2 acres adjoining D. M. Smith for $250. Thomas Ducker to J. H. Dixon, two lots on Broad street for $300. Laura Daniels, et al., to Harry A. Daniels, 5 1-4 acres on B., E. & W. railroad for $5 and other considerations. O. D. Faust, Sr., to O. D. Faust, Jr., 315 acres adjoining D. Dowling for $5 and other considerations. Joe M. Carter to William Henderson, 50 acres adjoining J. C. Goodwin for $600. H. M. Graham to F. K. Graham, 15 acres near Bamberg for $3,000. G. W. Reeves to George Stevens, 50 acres in Fish Pond township for $300. George W. Rivers to Paul Reddish, lot and building on Church street for $450. x William snepnera to r. s. i\eeiey, 50 1-2 acres in Bamberg township for ' $3,000. J. S. and E. D. Dannelly to L. M. Hiers, lot and building in Ehrhardt for $3,500. Josephine F. Hinnant to F. W Free, 31 1-10 acres adjoining F. W. Free for $1,555. Ella Goodwin, et al., to Rebecca Goodwin, 53 acres adjoining W. A. Smith for $5. James M. Goodwin to P. M. Goodwin, interest in 10 acres adjoining Geo. Kinsey for $100. James Goodwin to P. M. Goodwin 25 acres on Little Salkehatchie for $250. J. H. Fender to L. H. Kinard, 40 acres in Three Mile township for TAXES MUCH LOWER. New Citizen of County Says He is Glad to Be Bambergian. A gentleman from the lower secI tion of the county was in the city one day this week, and told The Herald how glad he is that he is now a citizen of Bamberg county. He resides in one of the sections cut off from Colleton county recently. He says he always had a mighty good opinion of Bamberg, but now that he is a citizen of the county he is perfectly delighted with it. He has, of course, very little criticism to offer against rti/i mntVioT pnnntv hilt- in the ma uiu iuwuvi VVVMV,, | ~ ? matter of taxes, for instance, he has good reason to feel thankful that he lives in a county where we pay as we go. Last year, he said, he paid approximately $78 in taxes on his property, which was then in Colleton. This year he paid his taxes to Treasurer Jennings in Bamberg, and the tax on the same property was apI proximately $52. Bamberg county paid him a dividend of $26 for being a citizen. As a new citizen of the county, this gentleman is also much gratified to note the road construction that is now under way and the construction that has already been completed. What is especially pleasing to him is the fact that the county owes no mon| ey, but always has good bank balances to its credit. The Herald, of course, agreed with him that he is now a citizen of the best county in South Carolina. ^ < > a? APPOINTED AUDITOR. J. G. Black Will Succeed His Father in Beaufort County. " ^ ? 1 i-"U ~ J. liary tsiacK, ior several mouuis superintendent of the local electric light, water and power plant, has been appointed by Governor Cooper as county auditor of Beaufort county to succeed his father, who died a few weeks ago. Mr. Black was recommended for the position by the Beaufort county delegation to the general assembly. Mr. Black will hand in his resignation as soon as he receives his commission, but will not leave Bamberg until his successor as superintendent of the local plant is secured. Mr. Black is well known and generally liked in Bamberg, where he has resided oft and on for several years. Formerly he operated the motion picture show here. The office of auditor in Beaufort county carries with it a 'handsome salary, and Mr. Black is being generally congratulated upon his appointment, which is expected to be confirmed in the senate this week. ? pi Return By Train. M. G. Cooner, Talbert Padgett and George Fender returned to Bamberg Tuesday morning after a very adventurous "trip to Detroit, where they went about ten days ago for the purpose of driving gack to Bamberg some automobiles for a local dealer. Eddie Jackson, E. L. Spann and James T. Burch also went to Detroit with the party, but upon reaching their destination Messrs. Jackson and Spann were so unfortunate as to contract influenza, and Mr. Burch remained with them pending their recovery. Latest word from Detroit indicated that the young men were recovering from the attack of influenza, andi would be able to start on the return trip in a few days. Messrs. Cooner, Padgett and 'Fender started out with cars over a week ago. They encountered rough weather and snowstorms on the route, j and when they had got as far as Pennsylvania the snow was so deep that great difficulty was experienced in making headway. Snowdrifts fifteen feet in depth were encountered. At Uniontown, Pa., they decided to abandon their cars and make for home via the old reliable. They reached home Tuesday morning on the early train. , Mitchell Admitted to Bail. Samuel Mitchell, the 12-year-old boy who is charged with the killing of his brother, Edmund Mitchell, a week or so ago, was released Monday on bail, bond in the sum of $1,000 being furnished. Mitchell's attorney, R. P. Bellingfer, Esq., appeared before Judge I. W. Bowman in Orangeburg Monday at chambers and presented the application, which was granted. Mitchell is alleged to have stabbed his brother with a knife when the latter was trying to correct him after punishment by his mother. The boy denies that he had any intention of killing his brother, and says that Edmund Mitchell fell upon the open knife. Large shipment of all kinds of office and school supplies received at the Herald Book Store this week. Extra large line blank books. $1,000. Rebecca Odom, et al., to Eugenia Grant, lot near Bamberg for $1. QUARANTINE IS LIFTED. Condition of the Epidemic is Considered Satisfactory. The quarantine that has been on in the city for the last two weeks was lifted Sunday morning. The influenza condition in the city has improved to such an extent that the board of health considered it unnecessary to continue the quarantine. There are now very few cases of the disease in the city, and practically no new cases. The churches held services Sunday as usual, and the city schools were opened on Monday morning to resume work. Carlisle school, which has continued its work under quarantine, raised its quarantine Monday. The condition of the epidemic throughout the county is considered eflHcfoMnrv Tn snmfi sections there OttViUlWVUw* ^ v ? w ? is more or less influenza, and in some of the rural sections the disease has a very firm hold, but taken as a whole the county is comparatively free of influenza. A good many of the county schools are still closed, however. ^ ! > m* DEATH OF YOUNG WOMAN. Telephone Operator Succumbs to Attack of Influenza. Miss Annie Smoak, a telephone operator at the local telephone exchange, died last Friday. Miss Smoak had been suffering with an attack of influenza for a week or more, which, with other complications that developed, caused her death. The remains were buried at Springtown church cemetery Saturday. Miss Smoak was an orphan girl, her parents having died some years ago, and she had made her home with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Smoak, a few miles from Bam^ berg^ Since last November she has held a position in the telephone exchange here. She was 19 years of age, and was held in great affection by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. About Your Subscription. The Herald is being sent today to all subscribers whose subscriptions r\n Mar^h firct flTld thlR IP CAyii CU V^JLl i'J-Wi V/ii wwy V.? V ?- ,^ j to remind such subscribers that this is the last issue that will be mailed out before the mailing lists are corrected. Get your renewal to The Herald before the next issue if you do not wish to miss any copies of youi home paper. No pay, no paper is the rule, and we request that you do nol ask us to deviate from this rule. The Herald is adding a good manj new subscribers to our lists now, and we are very anxious that you should continue your subscription, but the paper must be paid for in advance, Remember to look at your label now, If it is marked "1 kar 20," thai means this is your last issue, unless you pay up. A $2 bill will turn the trick very nicely. Mrs. Alexander Dead. Mrs. Anna Alexander, widow of the late Henry Alexander, died at hei residence in Columbia, 906 Barnwel] street, late Saturday night after a short illness of influenza and pneumonia. Mrs. Alexander had not beer in good health for several years and when she contracted influenza several days- ago she became seriously ill, She was 79 years of age and a sister of Mrs. Vastine Hartzog, of this city, The funeral services were conducted Monday and interment took place in Elmwood cemetery, Columbia. * * 3 ~:'3 " J flifTJ Mrs. Alexander resiucu m cmo until about fifteen years ago, when she moved to Columbia. She has many friends in this section who are grieved by her death. Snow Sunday Night. Sunday night about nine o'clock the first and only snow of the wintei fell in Bamberg. This fall of fleecj ice wfis short lived, however, anc lasted only a few minutes, meltins almost as fast as it touched the ground. Howrever, in some places the snow was in evidence the* nexi morning. There has been no snow in Bam berg for two winters, and as the sea son is now far spent there is verj little likelihood of a visit from th< snow king. Land Brings Good Price. Only one sale was made Monday that of the case of ^Varren, et al. versus Warren, et al. This tract o land consisted of 4 2 acres, and was ; portion of the Elmore Kinard estat* in the lower section of the county The land was bid in by Judge J. C Kinard, of Ehrhardt, for S3.675, ai average of about $S7 per acre. This is the highest price land ha sold for in a pnhh'c sa'e in some years The place is fine farming land for th? most part. The Herald Book Store can sel you ledgers, cash books, etc., at pr'ce: cheaper than elsewhere. Our stocl was bought more than a year ago. i \ * ELECT NEW DIRECTORS. Six Gentlemen Added to Bamberg C Banking Company Board. Last Thursday morning the first stockholders' meeting of the Bamberg Q Banking company since the reorgan- v ization of the bank and the increase p of the capital stock to $200,000 was g. held in the offices of the institution, -j The principal business of the meeting ^ was the election of six new directors, who were added to th'e board, which now consists of fifteen directors in- ^ stead of nine. At a previous meeting the nine di- c, rectors who served last year were re- g elected, and with the new members the board of directors now consists of Q the folowing gentlemen: G. Frank p Bamberg, chairman; John H. Cope, ^ D. F. Hooton, Dr. J. B. Black, J. D. c Copeland, Sr., H. F. Bamberg, H. J. tvi TP p Hqvq W T~) Rhnad. JL>1 CI una 111, JU* V. X*u;w, ?^ ^ ? 7 H. F. Spann, A. W. Knight, N. P. Smoak, G. Move Dickinson, A. M. Brabham, and H. C. Folk. The last six are the new directors elected on Thursday. The officers of the bank are: John H. Cope, president; D. F. Hooton, ac- 0 tive vice president; H. H. Stokes, ^ cashier; H. L. Hinnant and Emile B. Price, assistant cashiers. ' $5,000 FOR INNOCENT MAN. a f i Twice Faced Gallows and Served Two * Years in Pen. P C Jackson, Miss., Feb. 26.?Five P thousand dollars compensation for twice facing the gallows and serving two years in the penitentiary although j " i an innocent man, was voted today by! the lower house in the Mississippi | legislature to Will Purvis, of Lamar b > county. I b i Purvis was given the death penalty | * twenty-six years ago for the murder : of Will Buckley, a young farmer, near . Columbia, Mississippi. On the day of execution the noosje slipped from Purvis's neck when the 0 trap was sprung and he fell to the J n ground unhurt. The sheriff was again I c ! o attempting to perform the execution j * , when his attorney intervened with ti . the contention that a man could notjt [ be punished twice for the same of-! } ; fense.* The hanging was postponed j t [ and the sentence commuted to life, i . imprisonment. | , i After serving two years in the pen-j , itentiarv, Purvis was exonerated by * . a death bed confession of Joe Beard, * , Marion county former, who claimed that Buckley was killed by Louis Thornhill, another Jfarmer, and that l~ r Purvis had no part in the killing. A! s t pardon was granted immediately by P' t the governor. mk ia> ? { COAST TO COAST LINES. S ! Airships for Passenger Travel Now s | Being Planned. 1 , New York, Feb. 26.?Plans for the ? operation of three transcontinental i dirigible airship lines for passengers, and several smaller Middle Western 1 ? lines were announced here today by . Charles Ora, head of the commercial | aircraft syndicate. Mr. Ora declared ^ that he has made arrangements for j ' the construction of 35 ships, ten each 1 of six, twelve and fifty passenger capacity, which will be used on the i 1 Middle Western lines, and five ships, I ^ having a capacity of 200 passengers ' which will be used on the transconti- ( ' nental lines. 1 The first route will take in the fol- ^ ' lowing cities, he said: ^ Kansas City, Denver, Tulsa, Okla1 homa City, *Fort Worth, New Orleans, j Jackson, Memphis and Springfield, p 111. The first small ship will arrive ^ ..... ( 1 here tomorrow. Alter Deing exuioueu ! at an aeronautical exposition it will ! be flown back to Kansas City and put ? q into commission. While no tariff rates have been a fixed, officials of the syndicate esti- t mated that the cost of passenger air- ^ : ship travel would not exceed 5 cents * a mile. 1 *3 fC I * MEXICANS KILL AMERICAN. 1 T > t i Embassy at Mexico City Instructed f 3 to Investigate. c t Washington, Feb. 28.?Augustus Morrill, formerly American consul at p - Manzanillo, Mexico, was killed by s - Mexican bandits February 26. r The present consul at Manzanillo, \ j in reporting the killing to the State \ Department said Morrill was attacked I while on his way to the Hacienda El Balcon, three miles from Columa, i where he lived, and out of a fusilade 1 nf nistnl shots received two wounds. 1 , ~ y The American embassy at Mexico < f City has been instructed to make \ j urgent representations to the Mexi- c ? can government looking to the arrest j and punishment of the murderers . and the American consulate at Man2 zanillo has teen instructed to make J similar representations to the local ] ? Mexican authorities. 1 Mr. Morrill's widow, who is eighty 2 years old, lives at Columa. He is also j 1 survived by several clrldren, who I've; ] at San FrTciseo, Oakland and Sanjl I Rafael, California. | ' s ATr. Morrill was eighty-eight years; | : old and retired from the consular ser-j j vice in 1881. j < SPECIAL TERM ORDERED. 'riminal Court Will Convene in Rnm berg on March 22. A special term of court has been rdered for Bamberg county, to conene on Monday, March 22, for the urpose of trying criminal cases. The pecial term will last for two weekg : so much be necessary to clear the ocket. At the last term of criminal court, tie session was necessarily cut short y the illness of Solicitor R. L. Gun2r, and many untried cases had to bt anried over. There is quite a conestion of criminal cases on account f this, and the special term has been rdered to clear the docket. It U robable that Charles Carroll Simm^ !sq., will preside at the special term, oming special term. SECOND LARGEST YIELD. umter Man Grows 1,197 Pounds of Cotton on One Acre. Washington, Feb. 28.?S. J. White, f Sumter, S. C., has won a silver iedai and a cash prize of $500 for he second largest yield of lint colon per acre in the United States for 919. He grew 1,197 pounds per ere. The average yield in the state or the last ten years has been less han 200 pounds an acre. The first rize was won by J. Q. M. Smith, of !ommerce, Ga., who grew 1,360 ounds to the acre. ??i Raed The Herald, $2.00 year. CARD OF THANKS. s I write to thank the people of Bamerg for their many kindnesses they estowed while my niece was sick nd after she died. May God's rich- ^ st blessing rest upon them. Her aunt, MRS. D. L. SMOAxy. * NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGET Notice is hereby given that I will! n the 26th day of March, 1920, file ? - ? ;xL xi iy nnai account wim me pruuan? ourt for Bamberg county, and will n said date apply to the said court or letters djsmissory as administra*ix of the estate of S. H. Counts, with he will annexed. PEARL COUNTS, Administratrix with the Will Atached of the Estate of S. H. Counts, )eceased. 3-25 666 quickly relieves Colds aad jaGrippe, Constipation, Biliousness* loss of Appetite and Headaches. "SPECIALNOTICES. ' f Wanted?To buy nine shares of tock of Bamberg Banking Co. Aply at THE HERALD office. 3-11 For Sale?See me for creosoted ence posts in car lots. W. B. ITOKES, Bamberg, S. C. 3-4p For Sale?Four x 18 sawed cypress hingles. For prices apply to G. W. CEARSE, R. F. D. 2, Bamberg, S. \ tfn For Sale?Gasoline engine; also arge water tank. For bargain, apily to W. P. JONES, Bamberg, 9. ). tfn Taken Up?On the Stewart place, wo sows. Owner may get same by laying expenses. J. A. WYMAN, Jamberg, S. C. ltn For Sale?One seven-room two-, tory house in town of Olar, S. eanuts are getting scarce; if you rant any, better get them now. THB ?OTTON OIL CO., Bamberg, S. C. tfn Wanted?A few sweet milk customirs. 15c quart; nine a. m. ready to leliver. MRS. F. K. GRAHAM, ltn For Sale?670 acres of land; 120 icres under cultivation. Prices and erms reasonable. Apply to E. L. jOODWIN, Smoaks, S. C. 3-25p Is there near Bamberg a man real7 willing to work to prove worthy >f an unusual offer. Should prefera>ly be a salesman; otherwise a man vho knows something about seeds or ruck growing; part time will do at irst. WING SEED COMPANY, Meihanicsburg, Ohio. ltp Peanuts ShePed?White Spanish )eanuts and I^orth Carolina peanuts ihelled ready for planting for 25c >er bushel. I have a Tom Houston )ower sheller and can accommodate rou any time on short notice. Satie,'action guaranteed. W. E. COPEliAND, Ehrhardt, S. C. 3-18n Frost Proof Cabbage Plants?For ^ mmediate shipment, extra fine stocky slants. Early Jersey, Charleston iVakefield. Succession, Flat Dutch. By express, 3,000, $2.00; 2,000, S3.50: 5,000, $7.50. Prepaid mail, 300, $1.00; 500, $1.50; 1,000, $2,50. Send for price list. Sweet Potato, Tomato and other plants. PARKER FARMS, Moultrie, Ga. 3-18n For Sale at Denmark?A block of 5ighteen lots. Across Fourth street from the cotton seed mill and Turner's wagon factory and fronting on x A. L. Railway near its warehouse. The land is dry and level, easily connected by spur track with S. A. L., Atlantic Coast Line and Southern, rt is admirably adapted for warehouses and stores or for residences. ] Fverv vehicle from south and west passes this block before it gets to fhe stores. A laree portion of the cotton winning is done across the street. 3. H. DORSETT, Savannah, Ga. tfn J ?'' ^