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^bepamkrg^eralb Thursday, August 19, 1920. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. The county campaign meeting was held Tuesday at Denmark. A fairly good sized crowd heard the candidates for county offices make their claims for the Denmark votes. At the regular convention Monday night of the Knights of Pythias, the following delegates were elected to x1- - \vn<i lllfci UI5U ICl I'UIH CllUUil, T. mvi. held in Aiken yesterday: L. B. Fowler, D. A. Reid, R. M. Hitt. Dr. Robert Black, A. M. Denbow and T. \V. Bell. . The regular fall term of the court of general sessions will convene in Bamberg on Monday, September 6th, with Judge James K. Peurifoy, of Walterboro, presiding. The session will last one week, if necessary. This will be Judge Peurifoy's/first visit to Bamberg. Col. Dave H. Wise, for forty-three years auditor of Aiken county, died in Florence Tuesday, after a brief illness. Col. Wise was well known in Bamberg. He had been a frequent visitor here as a representative of the comptroller general in making settlements with the county officers. Melvin Zorn and family are pre TM- - 1 -11, J. _ .. ? I paring to move to macivvme iu reside. Mr. Zorn has accepted a position with a mill at that place, and has already assumed his duties. He sold his business here some days ago. Mr. Zorn's many friends regret his removal from Bamberg. He is a firstclass citizen and a man highly respected. An apple was exhibited in Bamberg Friday that was the admiration of all who saw it. It was from the plantation of C. 1-1. Brabham, of Olar. If one had not been told where it came from, the conclusion would have been that it was one of those famous California apples that sold for ten cents each "before the war." Mr. ( Brabham has three trees of these apples, which are as beautiful as any apples ever seen in Bamberg regardless of where they came from. WHY PKAXl'TS PROPPED. Result of Heavy ImiK>rts, Xot Increase In American Acreage. Did you know last year we imported more than $4 0,000,000 worth ~ " ' _ ? r* m _ of peanuts ana peanut on: mis is a new record for the United States, one of the world's-largjest producers of peanuts. This phenomenal record, , says a statement by National City Bank of New York, grows out of the 1 new world demand for food oils to take the place of animal fats. For several years, continues this bank's statement, we have been importing large quantities of certain food oils, especially those produced from the cocanut, of which the quantity has grown from 58,000,000 pounds in 1914 to 356,000,000 in 1918, while the value of all vegitable oils imported jumped from $24,000,000 in 1914 to $123,000,000 in 1919, and approximately $140,000,000 in 1920. But it was left to the humble peanut to show a spurt in the race for popularity in supplying vegetable fats in the fiscal year 1920, and the quantity of peanut oil imported into this , great peanut producing country of ours was, in the ten months ending with April, 1920, 19,000,000 gallons against less than 8,000,000 in the corresponding months of last year, and less than 1,000,000 in the year preceding the war. Not only was there an enormous increase in the quantity of oil imported, but there ^ was also a corresponding increase in the importation of peanuts, of which the imports in ten months ending with April, 1920, were valued at $10, 000,000, against less than $1,000,000 in the same months of 1919. In the single month of April, the latest for which details are available, the imports of peanuts aggregated 30,000,000 pounds valued at $3,000,000, and those of the oil, 2,800,000 gallons, valued at $4,278,000, most of the nuts and oil coming from Japan and in larger quantities from China. Not only has the quantity imported greatly increased, but the price paid abroad for these "foreign peanuts" has advanced, the average import price of peanuts having nearly doubled and that of the oil increased above 50 per cent, during the year, despite the very large increase in quantity. The bureau of crop estimates puts the total farm value of the peanut crop of the United States in 1919 at $80,000,000. Now, Mr. Farmer of Bamberg county and state of South Carolina, do not fear about the market for the few acres you have in peanuts, for they will not be a drop in the bucket, so to speak. These estimates are from the U. S. department of agriculture, bureau of crop estimates, and are correct as near as can be made. * MICH TOBACCO IS SOLD. Approximatch *SN0,<?0(> i\ii<l Banners J in Tl.is Section. According to figures announced by the two local tobacco warehouses tor i the period ending last Friday even- , ing, ::S!?.b!n; pounds of tobacco have < been sold on the Bamberg market since the opening of the selling sea- , son on July 22. The total amount paid for this tobacco was $79,897.01, and the average price paid was 20.7)0 cents per pound. The average compares very favorably with the other markets of the state, although the local market has been handicapped by the fact that an unusually large amount of low grades of tobac co has been put on the marKet. mis large quantity of low grade tobacco is due. in a large measure, to the fact that many of the Bamberg growers are new in the business and lack that experience that is vitally necessary in the curing and selecting of high grades of the weed. The.sales according to the announcement for the two warehouses are as follows to Friday night: Denbow Warehouse. Pounds sold 185,186 Amount paid $40,385.64 Average price 21.81 Farmers Warehouse. Pounds sold 204,528 Amount paid '....$39,512.17 Average price 19.32 Totals. Pounds sold 389,696 Amount paid $79,S97.81 Average price 20.50 Monday a considerable quantity of tobacco was placed on the market, and there was spirited bidding for the better grades, of which there was more than for some days past. Quite a few farmers secured flattering prices. Three baskets of tobacco from the farm of G. Frank Bamberg, belonging to B. Seldon, a colored cropper, i brought 4 5 cents, 5 7 cents and 60 cents, respectively. This tobacco was grown and cured under the supervision of McKinnon Biggs, an expert tobacco man engaged by Mr. Bamberg. Several other farmers received around fifty cents lor some of their product. In this connection The Herald is pleased tp quote the advice of the South Carolina Tobacco association to tobacco farmers: 1st. Leave your money in your local banks to help finance the crop. If you don't do this prices will "slump" because there is little help to be received from the north on account of the money stringency. The farmers and the local banks must keep up the market. 2nd. Gather only ripe tobacco. Cure your tobacco bright and /bulk down until they bleach. Sort or pick cour tobacco and do not market trash. UnrL-ot not hi no- worth less than five cents per pound. Only bright tobaccos v,*ill sell good. Do not let your tobacco get high in order. 3rd. If prices tall below reason, hold your tobacco from the market. 4th. Join the South Carolina Tobacco Association and do your part to help keep up prices. WILL GET LOAD MONEY. Bamberg Will Receive $5,000 From Automobile Licenses. More than $300,000 will be turned ] over to the various counties of South 1 Carolina from the automobile tax licenses for the quarter ending July 1, according to the figures compiled by 'the state highway commission. This quarter actually represents the first half of 192u, as no compilation was made for the first quarter of this year. In some instances a portion of the funds have been set aside for the maintenance of roads that may be taken over by the commission. Following are the amounts that will be turned over to the counties in this Section: Aiken $ 9,588.90 Allendale 2,944.26 ? Bamberg 5,079.55 Barnwell 5,130.39 Colleton 3,412.96 ~ " A Z A A 1 C oainoun *,oi i.j-u Dorchester .... 3,453.06 Hampton 4,091.53 Jasper 875.18 Orangeburg 17,777.06 Methodist Church Services. Editor The Herald:?Will you kindly announce in The Herald this week that regular preaching services will be resumed at the Methodist church next Sunday morning, August 22nd. We expect to return to Bamberg Thursday morning. Have been sick ever since leaving home, and I am anxious to get back. S. 0. CAXTEY. Summerton. jS. C. j New Real Estate Company. The Denmark Development company of Denmark was chartered Saturday by the secretary of state, with a capital stock of $10,000. The company will conduct a general real estate business. Officers of the company are: J. A. Wiggins, president; .J. B. Guess, Jr., vice president and Winchester Graham, secretary and . treasurer. % ENROLLMENT INCREASE. . Executive Committee Meets Friday to Purge Lists. The Democratic county executive committee met last Friday at the court house to purge the roll books and to make arrangements for the primary election which will be held on Tuesday, August 31. There was found very few irregularities in the roll books. A few errors were found which were corrected. Some names had been duplicated, and some.were enrolled in wrong places. These minor irregularities were adjusted. Quite a few names were found envrdlorl with nnlv tllA initials whPTAflS the rules require the full name to be written on the club rolls. This caused considerable discussion among committee members, but it was finally decided to allow these names .to remain on the rolls, taking the view that no Democrat should be disqualied bcause of his mer? failure to write his full name instead of initials. The total enrollment this year shows an increase of approximately 100 over two years ago. The enrollment by clubs follows: Bamberg 34 4 Clear Pond 14 Colston 71 Denmark 227 Ehrhardt 216 Embree .... 33 Edisto 61' Govan 71 Hightower's Mill 3 6 Hunter's Chapel 64 Kearse 49 Little Swamp 41 Lees 39 Midway 2 7 Olar 1 SI 1,474 Arrangements were completed for ^ the election and managers were appointed. The list of managers, with - i ~ i ^ ^>-i infnvnmtinn will hp uinei v eictiiwn inxv/A inu ? t ?? ? foundin anofher column of this issue of The Herald. It was found necessary, because of increased enrollment, to provide booths for two or three clubs that have heretofore not required booths. > gW MARRIED IX M:\V YARK. Dr. H. J. Stuckey and Miss Xolte United at wSt. Paurs. Coming as a pleasant surprise to the many friends of Dr. H. J. Stuckey, of this city, is the announcement of his marriage on August 5th to Miss Katherine Xolte, of Charleston. The couple was married in New York city, at St. Paul's Episcopal church, the Rev. Mr. Cox performing the ceremony. 'The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Xolte, of Charleston, and is a young woman of rare grace and charm. Dr. Stuckey is one of the foremost young physicians of the state, and both young people have hosts of friends to whom the announcement of their marriage will be nleasant. news. Dr. and Mrs. Stuckey spent about ten days in New York, Baltimore and Washington, and en route to their home in Bamberg stopped over in Bishopville and Florence to visit relatives of the bridegroom. They are now at home at their attractive cottage on New Bridge street. Peanut Prices Disappointing. The recent decline in the price of peanuts is a source of great disappointment to the farmers of Bamberg county. Great reliance was placed in peanuts by the farmers this year as a weevil beater, and a vast acreage was planted in this crop this season. During the early part of the year peanuts were-quoted at very alluring prices, but we understand the price has now declined to something like three cents a pound. As a result of this decline in price, many farmers are fencing in their peanut fields preparatory to turning their hogs on them. They consider that the present price will not warrant them in even gathering the crop. ' This is especially unfortunate because both of the oil mills have installed peanut crushing machinery. It is yet hoped that such prices may prevail that the crop may at least not cause a financial loss. The Herald also trusts that the slump may not be the cause of farmers dropping this valuable crop. The peanuts in the county have the appearance of being fine, and no doubt a very large crop of them will result. Some of the farmers have expressed themselves as not being totally discouraged, and they say that they will continue to plant peanuts, reminding others of the fact that even though cotton prices drop to far less than cost of production, no farmer has ever yet quit cotton because of low prices. m i > ? I). J. Delk will have at his place of business in Bamberg on Tuesday, August 24th, a man from the factory to demonstrate improved grain drills and riding plows. He will be glad to have you call and meet the representative.?adv. PLAY CHARLESTON TODAY. Bamberg Ten-m Will Contest Witli South Atlantic League. * The Charleston South Atlantic league base ball team will arrive in Bamberg this (Thursday) morning for a game with the Bamberg team at Rlioad park at 4:30 this afternoon. Tlie team will arrive' by way of Denmark sometime during the morning, and will leave this afternoon. Arrangements have been made to tender the visiting team members a fish fry at Edisto river at noon today. About fifteen members of the team will be here. Word has been received from President Tom McMillan of the Charleston team that about fifty Charlestonians will be here this afternoon as visitors to witness the game. Announcement is made by the Charleston manager that Charleston will play the regular line-up. The team is now on a tour, playing in Columbia, and the same team that has been flaying during the week will be here this afternoon. The game will be called promptly at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon, in order that the team may depart on the afternoon train. In view of the fact that this will be the first big league team that has ever visited Bamberg, it is expected that a record crowd will be here to witness the game. An attendance of at least 1,500 is expected. The Bamberg team has been strengthened and the home boys expect to give the Pals a run for the money, and it is not at all without uie range 01 possiuuity mai me nome team may come out victorious. Bamberg is recognized to have the best ball team in this section, and perhaps the best amateur team in the state. Those attending the game may confidently expect to see a great game? the biggest sporting event Bamberg has ever witnsssd. WJXS LAST GAME. Bamberg Victorious Over St. Matthews Last Friday. The Orangeburg county base bah league, composed of Springfield, Holl\ Hill, St. Matthews, Elloree, Bamberg and Orangeburg, came to a close las1 Friday with Bamberg winning fron: St. Matthews on the local diamond by the score of 5 to 1; Springfield winning from Orangeburg, and Elloree winning from Holly Hill. The teams finished in the order named above as far as we Have been able tc learn. The season was divided Orangeburg winning the first hall and Springfield the second. It was understood at the beginning that the two winners were to play a series tc determine the winner of the pennant but owing to a misunderstanding Orangeburg refused to play Springfield, thereby forfeiting the pennant to the latter. Bamberg entered this league after the closing of the Tri-County league, taking the place of Bowman, which dropped out at the end of the first half. Town and Country Interests Merged. The resources of the country have built up the trade of the town and the public improvements resulting from this wealth have largely been applied to the betterment of the town itself. This being true, many farmers have come to feel tnat tne townsman is selfish, that he seeks the major benefit from a transaction by fixing the price both on what the farmer has to sell and on what he has to buy. It has been well said that the solution is to make the country town a real part of country life and develop one programme for the upbuilding of both town and country. The life of ,he town cannot be separated from the life of the country. The interests of town and country merge and cross. If the farmers are thrifty, the towns are thrifty. If the farmers are unthrifty, the towns are likely to be dead. The prosperity of the farms is the soul of the business life of the town. The business interests, the banker, the merchant, the manufacturer, ana an me resi must become alert to the necessity for creating fair and adequate relations with the farmers in their own trade territory, in the interests of their own greatest ultimate gain.? The Progressive Farmer. Three Children The of Diptheria. Edgefield, Aug. 14.?The twc children of Mr. and Mrs. Clint Hill and the little granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cogburn, of the Meeting Street community, were the sudden victims of diptheria this week. The anti-toxin for diptheria has been administered to those exposed to the disease and it is not likely that there will be any more case*. The three little victims have been burried at Stevens Creek church. m ! > Just received, shipment of tobacco sheets. H. C.FOLK CO. 9 VISITS TOBACCO FARMS. rf K. I). Jenkins Gives OI)servatioiis on Farms of the County. On the morning of Thursday, August ."th, I was met at the train in Bamberg to take me through the Orange Grove section to a community four miles below wlier lives Jesse Gray, a progressive share cropper, lives on tiie place of J. .M. Grimes, of Bamberg. Just outside of the town of Bamberg I stopped at a tobacco curing house owned by J. M. Kinard, of Bamberg. He has eleven acres of tobacco under cultivation. Two things attracted my atten tion at this tobacco house. One was that from the largest to the smallest i can be used in this special industry the same as cotton. The other was that a woman was working. Five j small girl children were engaged, i One, Florence Toomer, a very small girl, proved to be an expert in stringing tobacco. She could quickly wind the cord around the ends of the tobacco and could string a stick with j tobacco in a very short period. At Samuel Wright's, in the Orange Grove section, was the next stop. A Mr. Smith, an expert who supervises the tobacco curing industry in portions of the county, was present. He was showing this young man how to select and grade his tobacco for the market. | My next stop was at Jesse Gray's! house. He runs a four-horse farm, has thirty-seven acres planted in cot-: ton and sixty in corn. He has three acres of corn that is extra good. He i has twenty-five acres of big boll cot ton. This cotton is heavily fruited ; regardless of the boll weevil. i In a large degree I would call Jesse . Gray a progressive farmer. He states that for five years out of the six years he has been there, he has not ; bought any corn, flour, meat or lard. Has sold 3200.00 worth of corn, has a hundred bushels or more on hand, ~ - - ' ? 1 H A i A - has hour ana wheat 01 nis iyiy crop, his crop of 1920 to be threshed, has on hand a large o,uantity of middlings, shoulders and hams, possiblymore than three hundred pounds, I and two 50 pound cans of lard, has r a large number of hogs to be killed > for meat the coming fall. He has - bought a home containing seventy 1 acres joining the farm he now works. 1 Since the advent of the great cotl ton pest it seems to me that the " safest method of the farmers of the J south, South Carolina and Bamberg I county would be to live at home and i board at the same place. Through ' this plan of operation we can beat : the boll weevil and become independ5 ent. E. D. JENKINS, J Local Agent. GOOD PITCHING WINS. ) " . Denmark Defeats Bamberg in One; sided Game. ____? y Denmark, Aug. 14.?Denmark de~~^ DomViarw in o nne-siiied same i L C Li 1?} a xxx u ^ x ^ x xx (x v* xx - t L in Denmark this afternoon by the ; score of 7 to 0. Bessinger, pitching for Denmark, struck out 17 men and Bamberg got one scratch hit. White-1 , side was batted all over the park. I Folk playing shortstop for the lo-j j cals featured in the field and with [ the bat. Bamberg 0 1 2 i Denmark 7 10 1J Batteries: Bamberg, Whiteside and Humpback; Denmark, Bes^iger and i Agnew. Sweet Potato Storage Now Certain. , The sweet potato storage house is now a certain thing, as a satisfac, tory bid has been obtained and the contract closed, with the house to be , completed within six weeks, which will give ample time to fill the house , before a killing frost injures the potatoes. This enterprise will fill . the needs of a problem that couldn't have been handled efficiently otherwise. This will enable the grow-; . ers, who expect to ship in carloads,,1 to take care of their crop, and will i afford a ready nfarket for small lots . of uncured potatoes. The house! . will have a 12,000 bushel capacity in crates or 15,000 bushel capacity ; in bins. JOHN D. BRANDON, Co. Agt. I ASSAULT BY WHITE MAN. t Charged With Attacking Woman in Aiken County. Aiken, Aug. 15.?Sheriff Howard and Deputy Gary Seigler left Aiken , at 1 o'clock this morning in answer ~ 11 ward's, stating that a [ IU d tan 11 vaaa ?? %? ~ white woman had been assaulted. Upon arriving at Eagle's Bridge . Sheriff Howard found the people in that section all wrought up over the alleged act of Gus Sanders, a white , farmer of the neighborhood, who is i charged with an attack. Tim woman . was interviewed by the officers and . she stated that the man attacked her. The woods and swamps were being searched all night for Sanders, but he i has thus far evaded arrest. Sanders J has a wife and two children. V / V V. } SUFFERS GREAT LOSS. j Thirteen Cows Dead From Effects of Arsenate of Lead. | The use of arsenate of lead on a field of cotton on the plantation of J. K. Mayfield near Denmark has reT \ suited in the death of thirteen head of fine dairy cattle. Seventy-eight 1 of the herd were poisoned, and more of them may yet die from the poison ing. . ! Mr. Mayfield had used arsenate of I lead as a poison for the boll weevil on i /\ V* il 1 ?? 1 a ? /I *\ a a m 4 a y~v a ti ?i a rn r. _ feuutjp UHJJ ldiiu iicai uis ^asiuic. IUB sj night following a heavy rain fell J which flooded the fiields and swamp, | causing the water to back up in the j pasture. It is supposed that the poi- 1 son was carried by the flood into the ^ pasture lands, and when the cattle ? ate the grass or drank the water they ^ became sick from the effects of the a poison. I This is a very great loss to Mr. 1 Mayfield, as it is well known that his dairy herd is one of the finest in the state. Many of his cows are prize ! winners and worth big money. As a ' result of the incident the operation of the dairy has been suspended, which adds to the loss sustained by i the death of many of his fine cows. ^ This presents a new aspect of the boll weevil situation. It warns the farmers that extreme care should be taken in the use of this deadly poison, and that the use of the poison on hillsides forming the watershed a of pasture lands is a very danger- \ ous proceeding. j m? wm i RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS. J Action of Police Force in Aiken Caus* es Comment. Aiken, Aug. 11.?The resignation of the whole police force in Aiken has caused much comment among the citizens. Statements from the mayor are ^ to the effect that one of the officers m tried to run the mayor's court and ^ that he called him down, saying as he did so that "any police officer who ^ did not like the way the city was being run had the privilege of resigning at once." The officers claim that they did not j recive proper procection from tho ! mayor and that ue fined prisoners charged with severe offenses but slight sums, while on the other hand those charged with slight offenses ref - .-M ceived heavy fines. The majority of the citizens in the town are upholding " 4 the mayor. SEA GIVES UP LIQUOR. , --j j Residents of Sullivan's Island Finding Treasure. Charleston, Aug. 12.?A sensation ' - ? - ? ?-11J 5 - T _ 1 J % lias Deen sprung on ouinvan s lsiauu ? through a story said to be authentic of the finding on the beach of three cases of high grade Scotch whiskey, washed up from the sea. The story is that a passing^hip hard pressed in the face of prospective searchers in this part got rid of much of its contraband fluid by the overboard route. Be that as it may, summer residents S and special visitors on Sullivan's Island are patrolling the beach and scanning the ocean eagerly. This fluid r ^ is worth $250 a case. Just received, shipment of tobacco sheets. H. C.FOLK CO. SPECIAL NOTICES. ~ ; . Wanted?Live wire to sell BriscoQ automobiles in your territory. J'. H. HAM, distributer, Charlotte, N. C. 19 For Sale?Dry stove wood always on hand. Order by a postal card. LELAND- F. SANDIFER, Bamberg, * S. C. tfn' For Sale?100 to 200 bushels red wonder bearded seed wheat. Price $3.00 per bushel. F. W. FREE, Bam - O t A ~ |- oerg, s. u. o-x^-p For Sale?Paige speedster, in fine condition. Reason for selling, owner prefers roadster. Apply to A. M. , 1 DENBOW, Bamberg, S. C. tfn Farms For Sale?Choice general farming and tobacco lands. Some in very high state of cultivation. Apply to J. T. O'NEAL, Real Estate. tfn For Sale?I have secured the agency for the Acme and Defiance Trucks. If you want a good truck, see me. B. F. FREE, Bamberg, tfn <r> rfj For Sale?Alamo Light. Has the , famous water cooled system. 'Type ' used nn all aimlanes. DUKES ELEC- ^ TRIC SERVICE CO., Bowman, S. C. 9-9p Wanted?You to know that I am still selling McConnons Stock-Dip and Stock-Tonic, also Flavoring extracts and Medicines. E. F. FREE, Bamberg; S. C. tfn For Sale?I have on hand several / hundred feet of hardwood flooring \ and ceiling, also several sacks of plaster and cement, left over from my building. Apply at once to A. M. DENBOW, Bamberg, S. C. tfn * Wanted?Men or women to take orders among friends and neighbors f for the genuine guaranteed hosiery, < full line for men, women and chil- j dren. Eliminates darning. We pay J 50c an hour spare time or $24 a m week for full time. Experience un- I necessary. Write INTERNATIONAL ? STOCKING MILLS, Norristown, Pa. M 9-2 9-p.