The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 03, 1920, Page 8, Image 8

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Wi)tft amtierg fteralb Thursday, June 3,1920 SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughoutj the Town and County. The Woman's .Missionary society of the Baptist church will meet next Wednesday afternoon at o'clock. A full attendance is" urged. E. E. Ritter has purchased the City Market from G. R. Simmons. He has also purchased the building in which are located the market and the barber shop. W. O. Guess and A. B. Utsey have purchased the grocery stock and business of B. W. Simmons. The deal " op. tori last week, and the W do store is now under the new management. Fire at the cotton mill last Friday did a small amount of damage. The fire occurred in a wooden out building in which baled waste was stored. A considerable quantity of waste was burned and the building .was damaged. Colonel J. C. Guilds will be one ol the instructors at the training school for Sunday school workers at Myrtle Beach June 8 to 15. He will teach a course on the "Adolescent Pupil." Col. Guilds will leave Saturday for Myrtle Beach and will be away ten days. The Herald acknowledges receipt of an invitation to the commence, ment exercises of Washington and Lee University, Lexington. Va., June 11 to 15. Francis Theodore Rice, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Rice, of Bamberg. is a member of the graduating class, with a B.L. degree. J. D. Kittrell, of Cope, had his right leg broken while operating a wood saw one day last week. A large tree that had been cut down lodged in the limbs of another tree, and while Mr. Kittrell was sawing off the first cut the tree loosened and fell, $ striking him and breaking his leg. The Olar high and graded school closed its session with commencement exercises the past week-end. The baccalaureate sermon was preached on Friday evening, and the annual address to the graduating class was made Monday night by Dr. John G. i Clinkscales, of Wofford callege, Spartanburg. M. R. Monday, of Cope, a truck driver for J. W. Sheriff, had a very narrow escape from death a few days ago when a pile of. lumber he was loading fell on him. Ke was quite painfully injured, and had it not been for several mill hands who held tfre greater part of the weight off of him, he would probably have been instantly killed. Harry Grayson Hiers was among < the graduates in medicine at the i South Carolina Medical college last ? week. Mr. Hiers is a well known j young man of Ehrhqrdt, and has many relatives and friends throughout the county. The name of Miss i Lena Rivers Padgett, of Smoaks, ap- i pears on the list of graduates in nursing from the same institution. < The next meeting of the F. M. Bamberg chapter of the IT. D. C. will be held on June 15, place of meeting to be decided later. All those having i membership blanks are urged to fill < them out and present at this meeting. 1 The Herald is also requested to say that some of the dishes used at the i memorial day dinner are still on hand, and it is urged that owners ^ - call for the same. ] Fairfax defeated Denmark in an interesting game of ball played at Den- 1 mark last Thursday afternoon, the score being 4 to 3. Denmark had a ' three-run lead from the jump, but through ragged playing by both the 1 infield and outfield the game was lost in the sixth inning. In this round Fairfax made all four scores. Batteries: For Denmark, Goldsmith and Stewart; for Fairfax, Barker and Keel. Postmaster Knight requests The Herald n> state that those desiring to purchase printed stamped envelopes from the postoffice must hand in their order several weeks in advance of the date the envelopes are desired, as the government printing office is far behind in filling orders. We suggest that patrons buy their plain envelopes and let The Herald print then?, which is the quickest method of getting printed envelopes. The appeal case of Dr. J. W. Wyinan against the A. C. L. railroad and the railroad administration was argued in the state supreme court last Thursday, W. E. Free being the local representative of the defendant, E. H. Henderson and Carter & Carter representing Dr. Wyman. This case was tried in the Bamberg court and a verdict of $20,000 given Dr. Wyman for personal injuries sustained in a collision between a Coast Line train and Dr. Wyman's automobile at Denmark last year. m is? ? Get your "Pizen" for your tobacco worms from Rontz & Felder. KlKGL.AIi IS CARTUiED. Exciting Chase ;tf Warrenton, (iaM Results ill Success. With two robberies at Warrenton, (la., and at least three separate offences at Bamberg to answer for, Ed Miller, a negro, is in jail at Warrenton charged with burglary. Miller was captured after an exciting chase near Warrenton Friday morning. When he was apprehended he was wearing the watch stolen from W. D. Rhoad, Jr., of Bamberg, the previous Sunday night. Mr. Rhoad and the Bamberg authorities were notified of the goods stolen by the burglar from D. Rhoad, Sr., went to Warrenton Saturday. He returned Sunday morning, bringing back with him all of the goods tolen by the burglar from his home when it was entered the previous Sunday night: He also brought back Dr. G. F. Hair's suit case, which was stolen the same night, and some of the other articles stolen from Dr. Hair's home. The negro entered a Warrenton boarding house Thursday night and stole some articles, including a pair of pants belonging to a traveling man, in the pockets^ of which there was about $375 in cash. Fortunately the burglary was discovered immediately. While in the room a glass was overturned awaking the sleeper, who gave the alarm and the chase started with lanterns and flashlights. As a light rain had fallen during the night it was not difficult to track the man. The track was followed for several miles, and finally resulted in the apprehension of the burglar, who had the suit case and much stolen goods with him. The trousers and the money belonging to the traveling man were recovered and returned to the owner, and the rest of the contents of the suit case were held. Mr. Rhoad had an interview with the negro when he went to Warrenton. The man is evidently a professional burglar, although he claimed that he had not been on the job very long. At first he denied ever having been in Bamberg, but later admitted to Mr. Rhoad that he was the party who entered the residences here. He was in a very humble attitude when Mr. Rhoad talked with him, and seemed to fully understand what was ahead of him?that he may reasonably expect to spend the remainder of his life in prison. He told Mr. Rhoad that he never attempted violence in his burglaries and that he had never carried a pistol. In his pockets were found two memorandum books which were filled with names and addresses, including quite a few South Carolina names. Whether these names meant burglaries he had committed or expected to make in the future is not known. One of these books, however, disclosed the fact that the negro's home is in Norfolk, Va., and the name and street address of his wife was listed in it Tt was tbA nearro's custom to I forward his boodle to his wife for disposition, but fortunately he had not- yet sent off the goods stolen in Bamberg. Some of the goods he had doubtless disposed of on his way to Warrenton from Bamberg. He stated that he came to Bam- ? berg on the 11 o'clock train Sunday and that he loitered about town all [lay. At night he stayed in the Presbyterian church until one o'clock, when he started out on his burglaries. The Warrenton authorities will bold him for trial there, and if the negro lives long enough he will be ; brought to Bamberg for trial after Georgia gets through with him, which evidently will not be very soon as the Georgia folks usually reward lousebreaking and larceny with about twenty years on each offence. ? ^ STATE CAMPAIGN MEETINGS. i Candidates Will Speak in Bamberg on \ July 7 and August 7. At a meeting of the state Democratic executive committee this week arrangements were made for the state campaign meetings in the various counties. All candidates for state offices must file their pledges by noon June 21. The candidates for state offices will speak in this section on the following dates. Aiken, June 26. Barnwell, June 28. Allendale, June 29. Hampton, June 30. Walterboro, July 3. Bamberg, July 7. Orangeburg, July 8. Candidates for federal offices will hold meetings on the dates mentioned belcw: Aiken, July 29. Barnwell, July 30. Allendale, July 31. Hampton. August 2. "Walterboro, August 7. Bamberg, August 7. Orangeburg, August 17. If you are wormy in the tobacco field we have the "Pizen"?it's for you to use. Rentz & Felder. COL Gl'ILDS HOXOKKl). Klected Grand I'relate by South Cai'olina Pvthiaiis. Col. J. Caldwell Guilds, of Bamberg, received a distinct honor last week at the annual meeting of the South Carolina grand lodge of Knights of Pythias in Greenville. Col. Guilds was elected grand prelate, which means that in two years he will be elected grand chancellor of the grand domain of South Carolina. This signal honor came to Col. Guilds without solicitation on his part, and it is said that this is the second instance in the history of South Carolina Pythianism that a grand officer has been elected from among the firstyear past chancellors. This was Col. Guilds's first visit to the grand lodge, he just having had the past chancellor's degree conferred upon him at the present session. It is the invariable rule of the grand lodge to promote the grand prelate the year following his election to grand vice chancellor, and the succeeding year to grand chancellor, which is the highest office in the gift of the grand lodge. After having the grand chancellor's degree conferred on him, he will be eligible to attend the supreme lodge of America and eligible for election to any of the supreme lodge offices. The honor is all the greater because of the fact that Col. Guilds has been a Pythian only a few years, during which time, however, his service to Pythianism has been notable. He retired January first as chancellor commander of Bamberg lodge No. 38, and during his term of office the local lodge made a wonderful growth in membership, both reinstatements and initiations. P. Finley Henderson, of Aiken, was elected grand chancellor at the session of the grand lodge last week, and Major Henry C. Til.'.man, of Greenwood, was elected grand vice chancellor. Colonel O. J. Bond, of Charleston, is the retiring grand chancellor. Ernest L. Allen, of Aiken, was elected district deputy for this district. Col. Guilds and LaVerne Thomas atfpnrlpd thp <rra71 rl lnrhre ss renre sentatives of the Bamberg lodge, and they describe the Greenville meeting as being one of the best in the history of the order, according to old members who have been attending the grand sessions for years. Tie grand lodge was attended very largely, and there appeared to be a renewed interest in the affairs of the order throughout- the state. BAMBERG ATTRACTS ATTENTION. 2 New York Doctor Writes of Malaria Control in This Town. .The work of malaria control now being carried on in Bamberg by the state board of health and the Rockefeller foundation is attracting more than casual notice. The raatter is coming to the attention of people all over the country, and Bamberg is getting no end of publicity on account of it. A. B. Utsey, local representative of the Equitable Life Assurance company, of New York, has just received from W. J. Roddey, of Rock Hill, district agent of the company, a copy of a letter he received from Dr. T. H. Rockwell, medical director of the Equitable in which he comments on the work being carried on in Bamberg. Mr. Rockwell is a physician of note, with his head office in New York. The letter follows: "My dear Mr. Rcddey:?I am de lighted to receive your letter of the 21st instant, enclosing a clipping from The Bamberg Herald announcing the way in which they propose to control malaria in that section. Our eyes will be very much upon the experiment, for, as you know,, this company has suffered financially on account of the disease in tha; locality, and I trust the work will be energetically carried out to the great benefit of the people residing there. I wish ;here were many more such up-to-date communities, for I thoroughly believe, as you have often heard expressed, that the question of public health is largely one of money intelligently and judiciously expended. In other words, it is purchasable. Sincerely yours, (Signed) "T. H. ROCKWELL, M. D. "Medical Director." ^ !!? Grand Officers Honored. Monday night after the exercises at the commencement of Carlisle scchool Major Henry C. Tillman, of GreendhH Pnlnnpl .T. C. Guilds, of >v vyvuj uiivi Bamberg, two of the grand officers of the South Carolina grand lodge were tendered a reception by members of Bamberg lodge No. 38, Knights of Pythias, at the Castle Hall. Major Tillman and Colonel Guilds are the newly elected grand vice chancellor and .grand prelate, respectively. Major Tillman was in Bamberg to make the annual address before the graduating class at Carlisle. During the evening a short programme was carried out at the hall and light refreshments were served. Brief talks were made by the grand officers, and the members took occasion to shake their hahds and congratulate them upon their promotion in the order. t ASSESSMENTS FIXED. Executive Committee Names Candidates' Fees and Starts Campaign. At a recent meeting of the county Democratic executive committee the assessments of candidates for the various county offices were fixed and county campaign meetings were arfanged for. The first campaign meeting will be held at Farrell's store on Wednesday, July 21, at 10 o'clock, and other meetings will be arranged for Bamberg, Denmark, Ehrhardt, and Olar, and perhaps other clubs if desired. Arrangements for these meetings will be announced at a later date. W. D. Rowell was reelected secretary and treasurer of the executive committee. TMi n oc-cascmflntt! wara fiYOrl au fnl i IIC aoo^ooiu^uvo ??v i. v* lows: State senator?$30. House of representatives?$15. Clerk of court $45. Sheriff?$35. Probate judge and master?$20. Auditor and superintendent of education?$25. Treasurer?$25. Supervisor?$25. Coroner?$5. County commissioner?$5. Magistrate at Bamberg and .Denmark?$10. Magistrate at Olar and Ehrhardt ?$7.50. Magistrate at Fish Pond?$5. Cotton weigher at Bamberg and Denmark?$15. | Cotton weigher at Olar and Ehrhardt?$10. ^ i > ?i W. L. DUNX RESIGNS. I? X. Dunn, Former Supt. of Mill," Returns to Bamberg. i W. L. Dunn, for the past several years superintendent of the Bamberg Cotton Mills company and later of the Bamberg plant of the Santee Mills, after the sale of the local mill, recently resigned his position here, and he has been succeeded by ?his T V "Hunn xi'Vi r\ ti*o c on nnr_ UrUlIiCI , 1. .L/uiJii, >> nu vv a o intendent of the local mill before i i his brother came to Bamberg. He i has already entered upon his duties here, and W. L. Dunn has gone to i Anderson, where it is understood he j will be connected with one of the large manufacturing plants in an executive position. I. N. Dunn served the local mill many years, and about three years ago he resigned the place here to become superintendent of the Warrenville Manufacturing company, a large Aiken county concern. About eighteen months ago he resigned his position there and since that time has been engaged in the storage battery business in Georgia. W. L. Dunn came to Bamberg from Darlington, where he was superintendent of the cotton mill. Both of these gentlemen are expert mill men and understand their business well. Both have many friends in * Bamberg, and while the acquaintances of one regret his departure, the friends of the other brother are glad to see him back "home" again. GRADED SCHOOL FINALS. Af ter Good Year City School Came to Close Thursday Night. After a most successful year the Bamberg graded and high school closed its session with exercises Thursday night. A splendid programme was rendered by the graduating class, and the audience filled the auditorium to overflowing. The principal event on \ the programme Thursday night was a play from Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," by the graduating class. The play was well rendered and was q,uite a good interpretation of the drama. The school chorus sang a number of songs during the evening. Diplomas weie presented by Supt. E. P. Allen to the following* young people: Misses Ida Brabham, Gwendolyn Fowler, Helen Free, Vivian Free, Daisy Free, Natalie Hooton, Bernice Simmons, Sue Smoak, Louise Wiggins, Mary Wilkes and Maggie Zeigler and Wesley Stokes. Promotion cards were handed the pupils making the necessary average on Friday morning. An Explanation. The confusion which resulted in the last union meetings was due to a natural misunderstanding. The union meetings for. February were called off on account of the "flu" situation existing at that time. It was the opinion of the committee or at least a part of them that the same programme would be used for the next union meeting, and the same churches save that George's Creek would be changed for Cypress Chapel. This programme was published in some of the papers, but did not appear in others. Hoping for better success the next time, we are PART OF PROGRAMME COM. HAMBURG HOLDS LEAD. Defeats Allendale on Local Diamond Friday in 12-Inning Game. \V L Pet. Bamberg 7 1 .8 75 Allendale 5 3 .625 Williston 5 3 .625 Barnwell 4 5 .444 Blackville 2 5 .286 Denmark 0 6 .000 Friday's Games. At Bamberg?Bamberg 7, Allendale 6. At Blackville?Blackville 11, Denmark 4. At Barn well?Barnweii 4, vviniston 2. Tuesday's Games. At Bamberg?Bamberg 6; Barnwell 0. At Allendale?Allendale 10, Blackville 4. At Williston?Williston 5, Denmark 4. A well placed single to right field by Charlie Rentz in the last half of the 12th inning Friday afternoon decided in Bamberg's favor against Allendale one of the most exciting games of ball ever seen at Rhoad Park. Allendale started off like a house afire, and it must be admitted that every Bamberg heart was in a throat. Keel, first up for the visitors, 1 > - ? -C ? T - ... : J ? readied nrst SclIGlv uil d wiuc luiuvv by Turnipseed from short. Allen then singled to right Keel reaching third on the play. Johns was then passed by Hammock, loading the bags with nobody down. John McMillan pasted one to deep ^center for three bases, three runners coming I over the plate, and scored the fourth run when Mack Riley, the next batter, hit a sacrifice fly to left field. Bamberg scored one in the first on Large's double and Charlie Rentz's single, but /Allendale annexed two I more in thelthird on some good hitj ting and rather loose fielding, apparently having sewed the game up. The feature of the game were the sensational hitting of Large for Bamberg, and the game uphill fight of the BanYberg team, coming from five runs behind in the third inning to triumph gloriously in the 12th. Large fattened his batting: average with three singles and two doubles, in. six attempts. Charlie Rentz got three hits, and let it be repeated on the strength of his day's work in this game that "Gyp" Rentz is just about the hottest thing around the hot corner ever - ? ?? J Vvnll fiolrl TVfr?i 11 an Seeil (J 11 ail V uiu ua.il uciu. iuvmtiiMu for Allendale had a good day and to give credit where it is due, that town has a real ball team, but there is hardly a place on the local team for any of their players; in f^ct, it is indeed doubtful if some of them could even make some of the South Atlantic league clubs. Schultz, flinging for Allendale, pitched last year for Milwaukee, of the American Association, which league ranks next to the American and National, and a right sweet pitcher he is. But his infield cracked behind him in the third inning, and this along with some consistent hitting by the locals netted our boys four runs. Be it said for him that he was not in his usual form, and was touched up for exactly 14 hits. In the 7th the hon^e hopes tied it up. Then in the 10th and again in the 12th the visitors got a man to third with only one down, and each time stock went down a little, just a little. Mr. Hammock proved himself equal to the occasion, and in the tenth fanned the next two batters; in the 12th Wolfe behind the bat missed a ball which rolled a few feet and thanks to the poor judgment of Johns, the runner on third who tried to score on it, Wolfe got the i 11 J : 1 4-nrvrrnri Vl i m AH+ Qfld Dan aiiu tasn; kaggcu uim w u. o, Mack Riley then struck out. Next came the 12th inning climax and the rollicking reeling finish. The game was won with one man out. Watson began the inning with a grounder to short and was thrown out, Allen to Riley. Large then continued his usual tricks, (he has a regular habit of getting two baggers), so he doubled to left. Charlie Rentz, the old war horse, who in years gone by j has saved and won many a grand old ball game for his home town which is proud of him as a ball player and hot air artist, next stepped to the plate with a grim determination and the light of victory gleaming in his batting eye. With two strikes on Charlie he poled a clean single to right and Otto Large airplaning from second, dashed across the rubu ^^ Tim that spnt the Allen UCI WlLll WHO 1 uu V"?? dale team to its doom and" brought everlasting joy and gratitude to the hearts of local fandom. The attendance was 1,000. The box score follows: Allendale AB R H PO A E Keel, c 6 1 0 7 0 0 Allen, ss 6 113 2 0 Johns, 2b 5 2 3 3 3 1 McMillan, cf 6 2 3 3 0 0 Riley, lb 5 0 1 12 0 1 Farmer, rf 5 0 2 3 0 0 Lanier, 3b 5 0 1 2 2 0 Graham, If 3 0 0 1 0 0 v 15., E. & W. STOCKHOLDERS MEET. Road Reported in Most Prosperous . Condition.?Officers Elected. ' The regular annual meeting of the stockholders and directors of the Bamberg, Ehrhardt & Walterboro Railway company was held !n its of- i fices in Bamberg Thursday, May 27. 1 The meeting was presided over by M Dr. J. B. Black. k The annual report was made by Jj| Wm. C. Wolfe, president, which show- ||pi ed that the business for the year Wg 1919 was extremely good, that in ad- Si dition to the purchase of a new loco- wi motive and practically rebuilding the w entire line, there was a neat amount set aside as surplus. The officers were complimented for the good show- 4 ing made under the management of S C. J. Field, who has been with the K line since the beginning of its opera- -v tion, as a neat profit has been madie I each year the line has been operated. | The physical condition of the motive J power and equipment, as reported by 1 the railroad commission of South A Carolina, is the-best of any in the state, and the management was high- | ly complimented by the commission in a report of its inspection of the line. The old board of directors was reelected with the exception that Dr. G. F. Hair was elected to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of one of the directors. 4 f rne omcers were reeiectea as roilows: Wm. C. Wolfe, of Orangeburg, president; G. Frank Bamberg, Bamberg, vice president; C. J. Field, of Southport, N. C., vice president; C. W. Rentz, Bamberg, secretary; E. C. Hays, Bamberg, treasurer. Upon the resignation of C. J. Field as general manager February 1, the i officers appointed J. Frank Folk, of <3 Bamberg, as general manager, and the report of the business since that period and the outlook for the future business is very flattering, and we prediet a great future for this line, as the building of warehouses and other industries on the line of the B., E. & | W. indicates a large volume of business which wtfll produce revenues equal to those of any short line in the country. j i : - > Woodward, If 1 0 0 0 0 0 * Schultz, p 5 0 1 0 2.0 ? ? ? ? ? ? Total 48 6 12*34 9 2 Bamberg AB R H PO A E Turnipseed, ss .. ..7 0 1 3 -6 1 . < Watson, rf 6 2 1 1 0 0 j T.uri-o 1h ? 9 ? 1A A 1 0 Vj - - - - V M vr a. v V -JU I Rentz, C., If 6 2 3 1 0 0 *i Rentz, L., 3b 4 0 1 1 7 0 j Sanders, 2b 5 0 2 2 2 0 1 Brabham, cf 5 0 1 3 0 0 Wolfe, c 4 0 0 9 1 0 Hammock, p 4 1 0 0 2 0 ' -".ri '/>? _ - " Total 47 7 14 36 18 2 *One out when winning run was made. Score by innings: Bamberg 104 000 100 001?7 Allendale 402.000 000 000?6 / Stolen bases?Turnipseed, Sanders. Double play?Turnipseed to * Sanders to Large. Struck out?by Schultz 6, by Hammock 8. Two base ( hits?Johns, Large. Three base hits?McMillan. Base on balls?by Schultz 1, by Hammock 1. Sacrifice _ ' /- fjg ' (Continued on page 4, column 2.) ==================== After June 1st all coal orders undelivered will be charged for at $11 per ton. The Cotton Oil Co. . i SPECIAL NOTICES. * For Sale?Dry stove wood always 1 J rv-j t . J on nanu. uraer uy a jjusiai uaxu. LELAND F. SANDIFER, Bamberg, S. C. tfn For Sale?A few thousand brick. I THE COTTON OIL COMPANY, Bam- . 1 berg, S. C. 6-10-n Boll Weevil Poison?We sell highest grade cal-arsenate and Springfield ^ hand dusters for applying it. FARM * , 1 NOVELTY SUPPLY CO., Orangeburg, 1 S. C. 7-29n j Wanted?You to know that I am j still selling McConnons Stock-Dip and Stock-Tonic, also Flavoring extracts and Medicines. E. F. FREE, Bamberg, S. C. tfn Lost?Extra heavy wedding ring, a inside engraved "P. G. C. and M. O. ^ C., 6-7-17.'-^ Also one sapphire ring. Reward if returned to MRS. P. G. CARNES, at Chero Cola Bottling . Plant. ltp * Wanted.?A dealer to handle "The _ Matthews Full -Automatic electric plants" for country homes and small towns. You will find this an attractive proposition and one that will bring repeat business. BARNES ELECTRIC CO., Rock Hill, S. C. 6-17 Candidates should advertise in the { Aiken Journal and Review to reach the people of Western Carolina. Dis{play rate 2nc. Send one-dollar bill ? | ana receive paper umu ucc. iot. Largest circulation in Aiken county^ JOURNAL AND REVIEW, Aiken, S. C. 6-17n Write or See Me For Delivered prices on rat and lightning proof metal corn cribs. Can furnish them in any capacity. Shape, either round, t oblong or square. Can furnish par- I titions for large cribs. Absolutely 4 rat and fire proof, a permanent farm I improvement; first cost cheaper than J wooden construction. W. E. M STOKES, Bamberg, S. C. tfn m *