The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 10, 1920, Image 1
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$2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S* C., THURSDAY, JUNE 10,1920 Established in 1891
I NEW YORK'S CENSUS
! STANDS AT 5,621,151
Jr INCREASE OF 854,268 or 17.9 Per
Cent. Over 1910.
( 35,390 For Newport News.
Boston . 747,923; Buffalo 505,875.
.The Virginia City Ranks Next
to Columbia.
Washington, June 5.?New York
had a population of 5,621,151 on
| January 2, an increase of 854,268, or
17.9 per cent, over 4910, the census
bureau announced^night. The rate
of growth was smaller than ever before
in the city's history except in !
the^decade ending in 1870, while the
increase numercially was smaller in
either of the two decades- preceding
1910. The latest* estimate of the
city and county of London, made in
1917, was 4,026,901, a decrase from
the official census of 1911, which
showed a population of 4,521,685.
Comparison of the population of New
York city with that of London is declared
by census officials to be difficult
because of the area covered by
the various' designations of the two
cities. New York city proper covers
287 square miles, while for census
purposes the city and county of London
cover 116 square miles.
^ The small in crease in the growth
w of the city of New York during the
past decade is attributed by census
officials to the almost complete stoppage
during the war of the influx of
immigrants, many of whom each
year made New York their homes,
and to the heavy emigration of foreign-born
residents during the war
and since that time.
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Newport News 35,396.
Newport News, Va., which ranked
as forty-fourth city of the south and
279 th city of the country in 1910
with 20,205 people, no^ has a popu
lation of 35,396. The increase in the
decade was 15,391, or 76.2 per cent.
It now ranks among Xhe cities of the
south, whose population have thus
far been announced, just below CoI
lumbia, S. C., and just above Wilmington,
N. C.
In the decade ending in 1910, Newport
News had an increase of only
570, or 2.9 per cent.
New York city, 5,621,151; Buffalo,
505,875.
Increases: New York, 854,26'8, or
17.9 per cent.; Buffalo, 82,160; or
19.4 per cent.
New York borroughs: Manhattan,
2,284,103; decrease 47,439, or 2.0
per cent. Bronx, 732,016; increase,
301,036, or 69.8 per cent. Brooklyn,
2,022,262; increase, 387,911, or 23.7 ,
per cent. Richmond,^.115,959; increase,
29,990, or 34.9 per cent. .
Queens, 466,811; increase, 182,770, '
or 64.3 per cent.
Newport News, Va., 35,396; inI
.crease 15,391, or 76.2 per cent. Boston,
Mass., 747,923; increase 77,338,
or 11.5 per cent. New Britain, Conn.,
59,316; increase 15,400, or 35.1 per
cent. Manchester, Conn., 18,370; increase,
4,729, or 34.7 per cent.
In Honor of Miss Zeigler..
Denmark, June 7.?Misses Virginia
Hutto and Pauline Ray entertained
in\honor of Miss Louise Zeigler, the
bride elect of the season, on Friday
afternoon. Heart-dice were played
until the guests had gathered. Then
all were invited into the dining room
which was beautifully decorated in
baskets of nasturtiums and ferns.
In the center of the table stood a cupid
bride and groom. At the sounds
of Lohengrin's wedding mar*ch a tiny
bride and groom preceded by two
flower girls, marched slowly afround
the room and gave to each of the
guests an attractive favor announcing
the approaching marriage of Miss
Louise Zeigler to Dr. Felix W. Goudelock,
of Union, S: C., to take place
in the Bethel Park Methodist church.
A delicious iced course was served.
After toasts were given to the brides
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of the past, present ana future, 101lowed
by a consolation toast to those
not so fortunate as Miss Zeigler, congratulations
were bestowed upon the
"bride-to-be," and the guests left, declaring
this the most enjoyable occasion
of the season.
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Sub-editor ? "A correspondent
wishes to know why they whitewash
the inside of a hen-house."
Editor?"Tell him it's to keep the
hens from picking the grain out of
the wood."?Boston Transcript.
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NUMBER OF BILLS
ARE NOT SIGNED.
NOT SUFFICIENT TIME FOH CONSIDERATION.
Others Are Approved,
Joint Resolution Repealing Most of
Wartime Laws Killed By
SCHOOL AT BKAXCHYILLK.
Apfkopriate Exercises Close Successful
Term.
Branchville, June 2.?The commencement
fxercises of the Branchville
High School opened on Thursday
evening, May 27, and closed Mon-'
day night, May 31.
Wednesday evening was given over
to the music pupils of the school and
the recital under the direction of Miss
Mary Cottingham, the music teacher,
was a pleasant event. Thursday evening
the high school boys and girls
gave a play, "Farmer Larkin's Summer
Boarders." Friday night a public
meeting of the Woodrow Wilson literary
society was held. The question of
compulsory military training between
the ages of 18 and 21 was debated.
The judges, P. E. Dukes, N. E. Byrd,
and Clifton Rhoad, decided in favor of
the negative. Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock the commencement sermon
was preached by the Rev. George E.
Edwards, of Orangeburg. The graduating
exercises were held in the city
hall Monday night. Dr. Wr. S. Currell,
president of the University of
South Carolina, delivered the address
before the graduating class.
At the close of the exercises, W. C.
Martin, mayor of the town, presented
E. D. Whisonant, superintendent of
thp snhonl. with a handsome library
chair, which was given by the pupils
of the school. The school this year
has had a very successful term, and
the people are expecting even better
work next year.
BUILDING POTATO HOUSE.
Arrangements for Taking Care of
Sweet Potato Crop.
The sweet potato is conceded to be
one of the best and most easily made
crops Bamberg county can produce,
and yet it is a crop that has been
sadly neglected. Sweet potatoes
have never been considered a profitable
crop in this section because of
the fact that the tubers cannot be
shipped to northern markets in the
condition that they are usually
"cured." The usual curing process is
nothing more than banking the pota
toes, which is good enough for home
consumption, but when the tubers are
taken from the banks they do not
keep, but soon rot.
To overcome this obstacle, a company
,was organized in Bamberg a
few weeks ago for the purpose of
erecting a potato storage and curing
house. This company is composed of
several prominent Bamberg gentlemen,
and is capitalized at $10,000.
An expert potato house man was
secured to construct the necessary
building, and the materials were
bought some time ago. Last week
two car loads of this material were
received in Bamberg, and the contract
for the erection of the building was
let to an Orangeburg concern. Work
was started last week and is now progressing
nicely.
The potato house will have a large
capacity, and will be a great thing for
this community. It will enable the
farmers to plant of this valuable crop,
and the potato crop will be another
asset to the county in view of the
presence here of the boll weevil.
The potato curing plant is located
on the B., E. & W. railroad within
the city limits of Bamberg.
It is understood that similar plants
are to be erected at Denmark, Olar,
and Ehrhardt.
Denmark and Ghent's Branch.
The work at Denmark is making
good progress under the leadership of
Pastor O. J. Frier. The church-house
has been remodeled to furnish better
accommodations for the Sunday
school. The pastor was ordered to
go to Washington to the convention
as the guest of the church, and then
the church took advantage of his absence
on convention Sunday and added
$300 to his salary.?Baptist Courier.
Ghent's Branch church, as all the
world should Know, is near uenmarK
in the Barnwell association. Under
the fine leadership of Pastor C. W.
Jones things are coming to pass in
the right way. They claim his services
for every Sunday morning and have
recently completed for him at Denmark
a $5,000.00 parsonage. This is
the same Pastor Jones wlTo as campaign
organizer in the Barnwell Association
led that association to victory.
He has a consecrated energy that
spells success in everything he undertakes.?Baptist
Courier.
There were 556 cases brought before
the recorder of the city of Columbia
during the month of March.
"Pocket Veto."
. Washington, June 5.?Eleven bills
and resolutions passed by congress in
the closing days of its session, including
the waterpower measure and the
joint resolution repealing most of the
wartime laws and proclamations were
killed today by President Wilson
through a "pocket veto." Forty-eight
mMsnrpR including: the merchant, ma
rine bill and that providing for the
exclusion and expulsion of aliens
from the United States who are members
of anarchist organizations, were
approved.
The president explained that the
measures which died with the adjournment
of congress without his
signature did not reach him in time
for their proper consideration. The
waterpower bill was-passed several
days ago and had been referred to
the interior and war department for
their opinions since it would affect
matters under their jurisdiction. Most
of the other measures reached the
president during the day.
Among other bills which received
the "pocket veto" was that authorizing
the detaching of naval officers
as instructors in the navies of South
American republics and a resolution
authorizing the appointment of a
committee to confer with the Canadian
government with regard to the restrictions
on pulp wood coming to the
United States. Most of the other
measures were minor ones.
The more important bills signed
were:
The naval appropriation bill carrying
$436,000,000.
The army appropriation bill carry- '
ing $394,929,000.
The sundry civil bill, carrying
$436,000,000.
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'ine uisirict 01 uoiuinuia. um dairying
$18,373,000.
The diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill carrying $9,218,537.
The third deficiency bill carrying
$58,000,000.
The army reorganization bill.
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The merchant marine bill.
The postoffice pay increase bill.
A bill providing for-the exclusion
and expulsion from the United States
of. aliens who are members of anarchistic
organizations.
An act to pension soldiers and sailors
of the Spanish-American war, the
Philippine insurrection and the China
relief expedition.
The industrial vocational rehabilitation
bill.
A bill permitting government owned
radio stations to handle private
and press massages.
An act amending the trading with
the enemy act so as to permit the restoration
of seized property to returned
enemy aliens and to residents
of former enemy countries now residents
of new countries set up under
the peace treaty.
An act to estaolish a woman's dureal
in the department of labor.
An act granting persons an increase
of pensions to certain sailors
and soldiers of wars other than the
Confederate war and widows and dependent
relatives of such persons.
An act authorizing enlistment in
the federal forces of non-English
speaking citizens and aliens.
An act regulating the immigration
of aliens to and their residence in the
United States.
Xo Seams.
Little Edwin, in answer to his question,
had been told that God made
him. At his bath the next morning
his mother saw Edwin examining his
skin closely, and looking at his arms
and legs, and trying to get a glimpse
of his back in the glass. Finally he
said, "Say, mamma, God made a good
job not to leave any seams."
She Was Doubtful.
Henry, who married in New York,
brought his wife home to his father's
farm. It was her first experience of
ftAnntrr lift*
The first evening of her visit she \
looked on with interest while the
cows were being milked.
"Would you like to try it?" she
was asked.
The bride was doubtful. "I think
I could start the milk, but I?I'm
afraid I couldn't stop it."
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HEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Reeds Recorded in Clerk of Court's
Office During May.
The following real estate transfers
were recorded in the clerk of court's
office during May:
G. W., E. C., and J. Felder Hunter
to B. D. Carter, 13 acres of land and
improvements, including machinery,
on Cannon's bridge road for $1,900.
J. A. McMillan to G. Marion McMillan,
200 acres on Chitty branch for
valuable consideration.
Hattie Hightower to school district
No. 11, one acre near Govan for $15.
W. H. Fields to W. B. Creech, 166
acres in Buford's Bridge township
for $3,800.
A. M. Denbow to G. A. Jennings,
lot and building on Carlisle street
for $2,000.
J. H. Roberts to Laura F. Roberts,
one and one-half acres and improvements
in Elirhardt for v^.uable consideration.
J. D. Felder to Mrs. Bessie Lee
Chandler, house and lot on New
Bridge street for $7,000.
Minnie L-ee Carter to William H.
Carter, 182 1-2 acres in Bamberg
township for $9,425.
H. L. Kinard to Rosa C. Chitty,
32 acres in Three Mile township for
$300. I
Mrs. Rosa Chitty to J. H. and G. S.
Shaw, 82 a 2res adjoining W. H. Connelly
for $3,200.
W. D. Bessinger to W. E. Youngblood,
two lots in Denmark for $450.
Mrs. Minnie I. Simmons to E. L.
Spann, house and lot on Railroad j
avenue, Bamberg, for $10,000.
D. B. Groseclose to Leila G. Hiers,
lot in Ehrhardt for $5 and other considerations.
G. B. McMillan and others to Susie
Steedly Reeves, 35 acres adjoining
M. A. Moye for $5 and interchange of
titles.
C. L. Brant to G. J. Herndon, lot
in Ehrhardt for $1,600.
H. M. Graham to E. E. Ritter, brick
store on main street, Bamberg, for
$7,500.
Mrs. Mamie E. Harrison to D. F.
Barker, lot in Olar for $500.
G. O. Simmons ,to Bamberg Realty
Co., 12 1-2 acres in Bamberg for $5,500.
G. B. McMillan and others to
George B. Steedly, 44 acres adjoining
M. A. Moye for $5 and other considerations.
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Carey Halyard to Spencer Curry,
lot in Bamberg for $5 and other considerations.
J. D. Copela.nd, Sr., to J. D. Copeland,
Jr., lot on Elmoor Heights,
Bamberg, for $30.
Mrs. Alice C. Wright to Benjamin
F. Hill, lot and building on New"
Bridge street, Bamberg, for $3,000.
Bamberg Realty Co., to Mrs. Carrie
B. Price, lot on property purchased
from G. O. Simmons, for $25 and
other considerations.
L. S. Dukes to B. F. Thomas and
J. M. Thomas, four lots on Woodrow
street, Bamberg, for $300.
B. F. Thomas to B. F. Thomas and
J. M. Thomas, four lots on Woodrow
street, Bamberg, for $350.
W. Allen Harter to B. F. Thomas
and J. M. Thomas, 6 lots in Bamberg
adjoining E. C. Bruce, for $3,200.
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Corn Cobs Worth Money.
Corn cobs yield a substance?furfural?from
which can be made a
great many kinds of dyes, several
paints and lacquers and perhaps many
other useful commodities. It can be
used successfully to manufacture hard
resins similar to those used in making
pipe stems and like articles, and
and it seems to have promise as an
insecticide. The bureau of chemistry,
United States department of agriculture,
has been making a series of experiments
for some time past to discover
the best methods for the utilization
of corn cobs and, in the process
which was developed, recovered
furfural as a by-product. Further
experiments have shown that it can
be obtained in much larger quantities
by chemical treatment of the adhesive
recovsred from corn cobs.
Furfural has been, up to this time,
a comparatively rare product and has
been sold chiefly in small quantities
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now about $17 a pound. Specialists of
the bureau of chemistry say that it
can be manufactured from corn cobs
at a cost of perhaps 15 or 20 cents a
pound. The previous Scarcity and
high price have prevented commer-;
cial use of furfural to any considerable
extent, and the uses to which it
can be put are, as yet, imperfectly
known.
Its most important known use is,
in chemical nomenclature, as an intermediate
for dyes. A whole series
of dyes may be prepared by interac
UPWARD TENDENCY
OF COTTON MARKET
UNFAVORABLE CROP ACCOUNTS
AND LOW CONDITION FIGURES.
Weather Plays Part.
Prices Will Be Largely Affected By
Reports?Rain Will Cause
Heavy Buying.
New Orleans, June 6.?The tendency
was upward in cotton last week
as the results of continued unfavorable
accounts from the crop and the
low condition figures from the government.
There were times when the
market met considerable liquidation
from the long side and there were
also a few periods of rather heavy
short selling, based on hope of a turn
for the better in weather conditions,
but at no time was the market under
prolonged selling pressure. The lowest
prices were made early in the
week while the highest levels were
made toward the close, the market
rising 120 to 200 points from the lowest
to the highest levels. At the lowest
trading months were 29 to 58
points under the close of the pre
ceding week and at the highest they
were 100 to 142 points over. The
close showed net agins of 66 to 102
points. July closed at 38.56, which
compared with 41.00 as the closing
price on middling spots. Middling
gained 100 points in the net results.
The main event of the week was
the issuance by the department of agriculture
of the first condition report
of the season, placing the percentage
at only 62.4 of normal, the lowest
condition figures ever returned for
May 25. The previous low record
was 69.5 made in 1917. The ten ySar
average for May 15 is 78.7 and,
therefore the condition this year was
16.3 points under the average. A 1
' remarkable thing about the report
was that it was larger than the loV
est private bureau report. While
there was no official acreage returned
upon to base estimates the trade generally
considered that the conditions
figures pointed to a crop not in excess
of 10,000,000 bales.
This week will probably find the
market more of a weather affair than
ever. Continued rains would cause
heavy buying for private and official
accounts from the interior are beginning
to tell of weevils in great num-'
bers and some private reports have
gone so far as to claim that the weevils
are getting the squares as fast
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as they form on the young plants, a
return to fair weather would in the
opinion of most traders bring about
a prolonged reaction.
tion with various coal tar products.
Shades covering a very wide range
have already been made and tested in
the bureau.
A plant, handling, say, 100 tons of
cobs a day, would recover about a ton
and a half of furfural a day as a byproduct.
A considrably larger quantity
can be obtained from the corn
adhesive, by a comparatively simple
process.
Two grades of adhesive are recovered
from the cobs. The first and
more valuable one amounts to about
45 per cent, of the weight of the
cobs. One of the principal uses now
contemplated for it i^as a substitute
for silicate of soda in the manufacture
of fiber container and wall board.
It is both a cheaper and better material
than silicate of soda. The cob
adhesive has been tested under practical
mill conditions and found suitable
in every way. Other uses to
which the cob adhesive may be put
are labeling of containers and manu[
facture of coarse envelopes and paper
i bags. It has also been successfully
tested as a sizing for walls and for
the manufacture of paper coated
pasteboard.
The second adhesive is of lower
grade and can be used only for such
purposes as foundry cores and as a
binder for the coal dust fuel known
as biquette.
A considerable quantity of acetic
acid is liberated in the process of extracting
the adhesive, passes off with
the vapor, is condensed and recov
ered as acetate of lime. At present,
The acetate of lime obtained from
far the greater part of commercial
acetic acid is made, is obtained by 4
distilling wood and is very impure.
The cetate of lime obtained from
cobs is almost chemically pure.
The residue after these substances
have been recovered from the cobs is
an almost pure cellulose but possessing
very little fibre. It may be used
in the manufacture of dynamite, lin,
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COUNTY INSTITUTIONS.
Charities and Corrections Report on
Jail and Chain Gang.
Below are given the reports of the
State Board of Charities and Corrections
on the recent inspections of the "
Bamberg county jail and chain gang.
The reports are accompanied by score
card reports on the county institutions.
The score card on the jail indicates:
For the jail plant, permanent
features, 240 scores out of a possible
400; sheriff's management, methods
anH r pan Its 2n0 Scores OUt Of a DOS
sible 400; county commissioners and
the jail, 89 scores out of a possible
200; complete score 679 out of a possible
1,000.
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Score card report on county chain
gang: County commissioners and
chain gang, camp and its equipment,
the convicts, miscellaneous, 318 out
of a possible 500; foreman's management,
methods and results, camp
and equipment, conditions, camp sanitation,
the convicts, 336 out of a possible
500; total score 654 out of a
possible 1,000.
The reports follow:
Report on County Chain Gang.
Report on visit to the Bamberg
county chain gang made May 18,
"1920, by Assistant Secretary Brear- M
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"The Bamberg county chain gang . *
is not as well equipped as the average
camp in South Carolina. The cooking
is done over an open fire and the f .
tents are over-crowded and not supplied
with very good bedding. Foreman
Morris does the best he can with
the material at hand and is to be
praised for his attitude toward the
men under him.
"The camp is over-run with flies ^
although it is out in the open country.
This is probably due to the fail- v
ure to clean out the stables and to
remove all the tin cans and other
refuse from the grounds. If every
place where flies can breed were V;
thoroughly cleaned up the pests would
soon disappear. \ ' . f J
"Some of the other needs of this
canjp are: The placing, of the soil
pit further away from the camp site;
more attention to the washing of the
bedding; the use of blankets rather
than comforts, a little more variety
in the food so as to give a better balanced
ration; and the abolition of
the practice of allowing more than
one convict to bathe in the same wa- * <
ter." ' ' '
Report on Bamberg County JaiL
"Bamberg county still maintains
its distinction of having the only
woman jailer in the state. Mrs. Dickinson,
who kept one of the best and
cleanest jails in the South Carolina,
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is now dead out ner aaugnrer, ivirs.
Kinard, is carrying on-the work.'The
building is very unsatisfactory but
the legislative delegation has authorized
two improvements that will help
appreciably. The walls are to be
painted and water works to be installed
as soon as the money becomes
available next winter. It is tcbe regretted
that these changes could not
be made immediately. The delegation
is also to be commended for rais
ing the dieting fee from thirty to
forty cents a day, even though the
latter figure is hardly sufficient to
provide three meals a day.
"The most notable fault of the jail
management at present is ihe failure
to dispose of the sewrage properly.
The soil buckets are emptied in a
hole about seventy-five yards from
the building, but no dirt is thrown on
the refuse and flies were swarming. .
around at the time of the visit. Before
winter additional blankets
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should be purchased as the present
supply is inadequate."
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oleum and in every line of work
where wood flour is now used. It
will be used also as a filler for many
kinds of paper.
The United States produces from
2,500,000,000 to 3,000,000,000 bushels
of corn every year. That means
18,000,000 or 20,000,000 tons of
cobs A large percentage, of course,
is not available for manufacturing
purposes, being scattered over the
farms or fed with the corn. Large
quantities, however, are concentrated
at central points and are easily
available. The establishment of a .
plant for the manufacture of corn
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cob products in the Ohio valley is beins:
contemplated. Three shellers
will furnish 24,000 tons of cobs a
year. The plant will operate on a
basis of 100 tons a day. It will turn
out cob adhesive, furfural, acetate of
lime and cellulose.
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The Coming Upper Class.
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"I can't play with you common
children. My father is a workingman."?Snodags
Nisse (Stockholm). 4
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