Wbt JBamfcerg fteralb Thursday, Dec. 9, 1920. SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughout the Town and County. Quite a number of Barfrberg Shriners attended the big Shriners' convention in Sumter last week. -Mr. and Mrs. John Richard Martin, Of Denmark celebrated their silver wedding anniversary recently. Capt. William R. Watson and Codets Jake Smith and Ralph Jordan spent a few days in Johnston last . week. Miss Arrie Free and Randolph Smoak have recently received appointments to clerkships in the Bamberg postoffice. 6. M. Goodwin and family, of the Briar Creek section, have moved to Bamberg and are occupying the Nevils residence. Our good friend, S. D. M. Guess, of Denmark, in renewing his subscription, writes: "Let my paper come on. Best wishes to you and wishing you a merry Xmas and a happy new year." Thank you. , Saturday night some . miscreant wrenched the entire top off of G. O. Simmons's service station. The damage appeared to have been the result have required considerable strength have required considerable sctrength to, do it. Did you know that Bamberg is one / of six counties in South Carolina that voted the Democratic ticket solidly in the igeneral election? The other counties on the honor roll are: Clarendon Edgefield, Hampton, Jasper, and McCormick. ? Rev. J. H. Danner preached at the Methodist church last Sunday night. Mr. Danner is well known in Bamberg, having married Miss Pearl Delk, / ' of this city. 'Mr. Danner was sent to Charleston by the recent Methodist conference. Apollo Music Club fleets. A most delightful and profitable meeting of the Apollo Music club was held with Mrs. Laurie Smoak on last i Thursday afternoon. The following programme was rendered: Solo, "Little Boy," by Miss Margaret Jennings; current events, Mrs. F. M. Moye; solo, "Lindy," Mrs. H. N. Folk and chorus. After the programme the business of the club was discussed. It was decided that at an early date the club will finance a concert which will be given by a concert company. Another matter of interest which was discussed by the club was the giving of the opera "Pinafore." Copies of the opera have been ordered and as soon as convenient work will be- 1 gin, with the expectation of giving the 1 opera in the early spring. This is quite an undertaking for the club 1 and will require hard and constant 1 work. After the exercises most enjoyable 1 ^refreshments were served. The eyes i-*>I -various members were stretched 1 when delicious looking trays of ba- : -nana royal appeared. One member remarked that it was the first time ' she had ever had enough ice cream { at a party. The meeting adjourned 1 to be entertained by Mrs. Swaine ; Merchant Thursday, December 16. T Counties Get State Aid, 1 State aid has Deen paid out to the various counties of the state to the extent of $44,968 bv the state superintendent of education. Some of the school districts which qualified as participants of this fund were unable to receive their prorata, as the fund was exhausted before all districts received their money. This matter will be referred to the legislature for such action as it sees fit to take. The payments to cou c.es in this section follow: No. Dists. Amount. Aiken 28 $2,709.00 Allendale 8 736.00 Bamberg 8 - 755.00 Barnwell 18 1,297.00 Colleton 23 2,294.00 Dorchester .. ..14 1,363.00 Hampton 11 300.00 Oraingeburg ..30 2,676.00 in Turnips! Turnips! When our friend, C. E. Sandifer presented The Herald a few days ago with a seven and one^half pound tur^ nip, he opened avenues never oeiure heard of in this office concerning turnips. Now comes another good friend of The Herald. J. B. Padgett, and produces a turnip that makes that one?-fine as it was?pale into insignificance, so to speak, for Mr. Padgett's tuber weighs ten pounds. It's in the book store window. Look at it yourself. By the way, how about those big potatoes? The fall in birth rate due to mobilization of 56,000,000 men during the world wa", is estimated at 20,200,000. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Considerable Property Changes Own" ersliiP During Month. The following real estate transfers were recorded in the office of the clerk of court during November: W. S. Bamberg to G. E. and Bessie W. Bamberg, life title to 1,000 acres estate lands W. S. Bamberg, for $5.00 and love and affection. B. P. Hartzog to Mrs. Sue A. Kitrel, 29 acres in edge of Govan, for $2,300. W. I. Rice to Miss Miriam Rice, 200 acres in Buford Bridge township, and 140 acres in Buford Bridge township, for $5.00 a?d love and affection. T. A. HightoweV to W. E. Bessinger, 50 acres adjo'ning H. W. Adams, for $4,000. Thos. Black Co. to James Johnson, one-fourth acre in Bamberg, for $250. B. A. Still to W. T. Still, lot in Olar for $500. L. A. Carroll to Ruth Carrol Bartley, two acres adjoining J. W. Stokes, for $5.00 love and affection. James Nimmons to Sue A. Kittrell, four lots in Govan for $360. Mary Frances Guess to James B. Guess, Jr., 370 acres adjoining J. B. Guess, for $4,000. Sallie M. Richardson to J. W. Carter, 40 acres adjoining A. Bessinger, for $5.00 and other cons/idera" tions. E. L. Goodwin to R. M. Jefferies, 50 acres adjoining J. W. Rentz, and 520 acres adjoining J. W. Rentz, for $5.00 and other considerations. Ro'bert Brabham to W. E. Free, lot in Bamberg, for $50 and other considerations. B. F. Free to Lucius Holman, lot on Cox place, for $5.00 and other consideration. J. D. Copeland to W. D. Coleman, 99 acres on Charleston and Augusta road, for $1,550. J. E. Reed to Simon Brown's Sons, 80 acres partly in Bamberg and Barnwell counties, for $1,024.96. J. A. Spamn to C. W. Rentz, Sr., lot and building in Bamberg, for $300. Columbia J. Baxter to C. W. Rentz, Sr., lot on Ott street, Bamberg, for $150. W. W. Steedly to F. M. Steedly, 25 acres adjoining Daniel Hammond, for $1,000. Jack Walker to Lilla Mitchell, 24 acres adjoining Aaron Ayer, for $5 and other considerations. Mrs. W. S. Folk to Annie Lou Montgomery, lot on Church street, Bamberfg, for $800. C. W. Rentz, Sr., to Bamberg Lumber company, lot adjoining Bamberg Potato House, for $200. mm mm*? e Vital Statistics. The report of the bureau of vital statistics for the i>eriod Jan., 1920, to October, 1920, shows that there has been a decrease in the number of suicides, an increase in the number of deaths from automobile accidents, and a decrease in the number of deaths from railroad accidents, and a decrease in deaths from typhoid, mainfill iCXL LCL, pUCUIUUllia) lUU^i iaauu enza and pellagra. The report shows that more negroes than white were born in the state, the whites numbering 16,289, while the negroes number 17,544. The report shows that 437 persons reached the ripe old age Df 80 years during the period, and 519 negroes. Total births reached 38,112, while the deaths numbered 19,616. Following are death and birth figures for counties in this section: Still Deaths Births Births Orangeburg ..893 1,801 127 Aiken 280 620 29 Allendale ~ ..155 323 32 Bamberg .. ..247 498 37 Barnwell .. ..167 352 23 Calhoun 272 527 45 Colleton 181 477 35 Dorchester ..187 283 14 Hampton .. ..283 440 37 Voluntary Bankruptcy. J. O. Sanders & Sons, Inc., of Olar, Bamberg county, recently filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy with assets of $44,683.70 and liabilities of $45,506.27. The stockholders of the concern which did a general merchandise business were J. O. Sanders, J. J. Sanders, and J. O. Sanders, Jr., the latter being secretary and treas urer. Other ngures snown in me petition were as follows: Open accounts, $7,655.55; stock on hand, $20,000; notes, e?c., $10,668.97; unsecured claims, $45,099.27; property in reversion, remainder, trust, etc.,! $4,095.00; deposits in bank, $11.88; unliquidated claims, $350.20. _. The firm is represented by Holman and Boulware, attorneys. The first meeting of the creditors will be held in the office of Pelham L. Felder, referee in bankruptcy of the eastern district, on December 13.? Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Army nurses are accorded the same obedience from enlisted men and patients in military hospitals as is accorded commissioned officers. Renew your subscription today. CHARGED WITH MURDER. Henry Walter Arrested for Allegec Killing of I age Mil ledge. Henry Walker, alias Henry Watson was arrested last Thursday mornins charged with the murder of Lige Milledfee, on the plantation of J. M. Grimes in the Colston section a week previously. The officers suspected Walker oi being guilty of the foul murder oi Milledge from the beginning, but the suspicion was kept quiet, as Walker's whereabouts were unknown. Sherifl Ray believed that the negro would return if he thought he ^ was not suspected, and he did Wednesday nighl following the tragedy on Thanksgiving day. The evidence against Walker is circumstantial. He is known to be a negro of bad reputation. During the war he was arrested as a slacker and was compelled to register for armj service. After the war he came back and is known to have meddled with matters concerning M.illedge thai should not have concerned him. He was seen in the community a few hours before the killing, and disappeared immediately afterward. When he was asked to tell of his movements on Thanksgiving day, he averred thai he spent the day in Columbia, bul the officers say they have certain knowledge that he was not in Columj bia that day. Ginning Figures. i The ginners' report for Novembei 14, just made public, shows the following figures for this section: 1920 1919 Aiken 37,014 35,587 Allendale 11,947 18,213 Bamberg 18,194 22,117 Barnwell 26,060 28,151 Calhoun 28,791 28,996 Colleton ',783 11,189 Dorchester 8,052 13,364 ? i i a a r? o A Hampton t>,44y y,ssz Orangeburg 69,598 75,539 LEGAL SALES MONDADY. 207 Acres of Denmark Lands Sold foi $15,050.?Other Sales. On UiUUll Aixiiiauvvi "The armistice has been signed!" shrieked the runner from headquarters as he came running into the billet on the edge of the Argonne two years'ago. "The war was over at eleven o'clock this morning!" But the crap shooting king of the regiment registered on'ly disgust. "Looka here," he retorted with a great show of belligerency. "Maybe it was over at eleven, but I'm gonna see that I get a full day's pay out of it just the same." A Decoy. "Say, Jim," said the friend of the taxicab driver, standing in front of the vehicle, "there's a purse lying on the floor of your car." The driver looked carefully around and then whispered: "Sometimes when business is bad I put it there and leave the door open. It's empty, but you've no idea how many people'll jump in for a short drive when they see it."?jKind Words. His Peculiarity. Sallie, the colored cook at ithe Bradley's, frequently had a gentleman caller, who appeared to Mrs. Bradley to have some peculiar characteristics. "Sallie," she remarked after he had gone one evening, "Rastus is a queer sort of fellow, isn't he?" "Yessum," said Sallie with consid erable emphasis, "he shore is! Why Mis' Bradley, dat dar man he'd radder work dan get married!" Perfect Peace. "Anything doing around here election day?" inquired the tourist. "Not a dern thing," answered the native of Howling Gulch disgustedly "They called out the militia befor( the fighting hardly got started." The armistice with Germany wai signed near the little village of Ro thondes, in the forest of Compeigne France. ? ORANGEBURG-BAMBERG ROAI). j I Contract Awarded for Building of Highway to Edisto River. The following from yesterday's Or; angeburg Times and Democrat will - be read with interest in this county: : J. L. Carroll, of Anderson, with a bid of $61,189.05, was awarded the L contract for the road work on the Orangeburg-Bamberfe highway by i the county board of commissioners ? who met in the court house yesterl day for the reception of bids on the road and bridge work on this high. titov >an/1 tn attonri ta nthor hiiQinPSS : The (contract for the bj-idge work - on the Orangeburg-Bamberg road was not awarded yesterday owing to the degree of indefiniteness surl rounding the time when the work i might be begun and completed. Withl in a week or ten days it is expected r that that phase of the matter will : have been worked out to the extent i that the contract might be awarded. : The two bids nearer that of trie ) successful bidder were submitted by r J. C. Fairey, of Orangeburg, for $61, 719.17, and J. F. Cleckley, of Cope, l for $65,979.53. The successful bid 5 is approximately $15,000 less tlfan ; the lowest bid in hand at the meeting : of November 20, when the awarding l of the contract was deferred on ac count of the reception of a bid after the meeting, which bid, it is stated, was -delayed in transit. The successful bid is also approximately $4,000 less than all the bids of November 20, ' including the delayed bid. Thn nnrtirm nf thp rnnd to bp wni'k ed is about 13 miles, beginning at the Edisto river bridge on the outskirts of the city of Orangeburg, and running to within a mile of the South Edisto river. The road is to be constructed of sand and clay. The work includes the construction of six reinforced concrete culverts. The Right Diagnosis. While trailing in the Pacific coast states recently, Herschel E. Hall -was taken violently ill with an attack of acute indigestion. Hearing there was a Chinese doctor in the town who was highly re garded by the citizens of the locality, l Mr. Hall sent for him. The physician came, felt of the i sick man's pulse, inquired briefly as r to.his sufferings and then entered up, on the following questionnaire: "You smoke sligalet?" "Oh, yes." "Cigar too?" "Yes." "Pipe maybe, eh?" "Sometimes." "You takee li'l drink sometime? , maybe col' pop, col' soda, col' milk slakee, col' linger beer, licy col' lemonade, col' slider, maybe, some hot tlea, hot coffee, hot choclatee, lots sugar and cream?" "Sure thing!" "You eatee fast?" , "I got to doctor?always in a hurry, lots to do, you know." "You eatee hot bliscuit?" "Ynu bet." "You eatee fly ham, fly bacon, fly eggs, hot cakes, lots molass?" "I'll say I do." "You eatee gleasy stuff?some fly, some roast, some boil, some stew, some blake?you mix 'em all upper slame time eh Maybe some jam and gleasy glavy same time, eh?" "Yes, everything goes with me." "You eatee pie?" "Pie? Pie is my middle name at meal time, doctor." "You eatee some pickle, some cheese, some nut, some nice lich cake, some lice cleam?you mixee all uppee inside slame tlime, eh?" "Yes, sir, that was the way I was , taught to eat at boarding school." 'Wou dlinkee lice water slame time?" / "Of course." "You chewee up wood toothpickee fline, eh, at flinish?" "Usually do?sometimes I have to use a match." "Good nightee! I can no curee damn fool!" mm am* ^ Sound the Tocsin. "What's your name, my good woman?" haughtily inquired Mrs. Nevo Reesh of the applicant for the maid's position. "Miss Murphy." "Surely, you don't expect to be L called Miss Murphy." "I don't believe it will be necessary ma'am, if you have an alaTm clock ' in my room." ?Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Burch and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. White spent a few days last week in Johnston ?Mr. and Mrs. Eubanks, of Aiken, visited -their sons, Eugene and Ben Eubanks, at Carlisle school last week. j' ?'Messrs. Herlong and Shieder, former members of the Carlisle faculty, were in the city a few days ago. 5 Mr. Herlong is now at the medical - college in Charleston, and Mr. Shieder , is principal of the Ridg^ Spring school. THE CHILD PRO DIG V. Samuel Rzeeszewski, Nine Years Old, Beats All Comers at Chess. There arrived in New York a few weeks ago the Child prodigy chess player, the lad who has met many of the most expert players in the world, and who has never yet been defeated in a game by one of them. The boy has created a sensation not only in chess circles, but amonfg the people generally, who are always interested in prodigies. Little Samuel Rzeszewski was born in a small town near Lodz, Poland. The ebb and flow of the war made it possible to obtain an education, although in recent months he has been taught to read and write a little? but this is since he had demonstrated his invincible powers as a chess player. i Samuel was five years old when he j played his first game of chess. His i father was a fair chess player, and the child, skylarking about the room, used to mischievously upset the board and in order to interest the youngster enough to keep him quiet, his j father taught him the moves. One night as the boy's father was! playing a game of chess with a neighbor, Samuel suddenly suggested a | move which was so radical that his father refused to make it, and apologetically explained to the visitor that the child had no experience and no attention should ?be paid to his silly suggestions. Samuel made no remarks, but watched his father play* and when he had lost the game the child recon-, structed the chessmen on the board, played his own suggested move and showed how it could not possibly fail to win/ He was five years old then. From that time on the boy beat his father at every game and all of the neighbors who came to the house. So far as can be ascertained, none of the boy's ancestors were chess players or notable in any other achievements. Aside from his extraordinary geuius at chess, there is nothing unusual or remarkable about Samuel. He is in all other respects a normally bright, healthy child. He! likes foot ball, can 'box a little, eats fVia ..oiiol +Vi?inoro claflno ton on olovon uouai tuiu^Oy igu vi T UU. hours and is especially interested in his new bicycle. He has one brother and two sisters wh<3 are not remarkable in any way and who do not play chess. Little Samuel is less interested in chess than in anything else. As a matter of fact, the game bores him and he never asks to play it. But when the board is set and the child is led up to it he plays swiftly and without hesitation. Each move he makes seems to him the only possible, move, the inevitable one, and he * has no choice in his mind or misgivings. Samuel is unable to tell how it is that he knows the move which he unerringly makes. There seems no other play possible, he says, and he makes it. He thinks it curious that his opponents do not always make the same play that he always sees to be the only correct play, and he wonders why his opponents do not always foresee that he will make the play that he does make. The moment his opponent makes a play, Samuel instantly recognizes whether it is a false play or the only possible correct play. It is said that it makes no difference to the child how many chess boards are in the room. He can walk around and around naming the move on each hoard that he comes to without the necessity of studying the move or recalling the previous moves. Twenty-two boards were set up in Paris in a long rectangle. On the outside of the boards 200 or 300 of the oldest champion chess players crowded around. Samuel was lifted into the enclosure, and walking from one board to the other the child made his moves swiftly and without hesi- ' tation. He won every game in spite of the earnest concentration of his skilled opponents. Quickly this boy, who was then eight years old, outmatched the gray haired chess experts of Europe. The same feat was repeated in London and other European capitals. In one match where he was playing 33 games at once the judges awarded one game out of the the 33 to an opponent, but this was because the time allowance had expired. On one other occasion the judges decided that a game with Rubenstein, the famous European chess expert, was a draw. In America, where he is now visiting, Samuel has repeated his Europeon triumphs. The members of the chess club of New York had been hearing about him, of course, and I when the news came that the boy was coming to America, they devised three especially difficult chess problems. The youngster was invited to visit the chess cluh, and on his arrival he gazed about the room and in less than three minutes he had solved each of the three problems that had been set for him. When the West Point army players heard the boy was in New York an invitation was sent him to come up as the iguest of the army officers to see whether he could better the army strategists. The invitation was accepted, and Samuel whistled to himself as He moved from game to game. ? Several dozen generals, colonels, ^ . captains, etc., were on the opposite side of the chess boards, but the boy was not disconcerted. He trotted right around from table to table and quickly won nineteen of the twenty games. The twentieth was decided to be a draw. ! _ ? I WITHIN THE REACH OP ALL. Men paid $250 for the Zemerine treatment before it was in drug stores in manufactured form. Helps edema, rash and skin diseases. Sold at 50 cents and $1 by all leading druggists. NOTICE. All persons having claims against the estate of Aaron Hartzog or Mattie Hartzog, deceased, will file the same, duly itemized and verified, with the undersigned administratrix of said estates. DELLA HARTZOG, Administratrix of the estates of Aaron Hartzog and Mattie Hartzog. Denmark, S. C. 12-23 ^ 666 will break a Cold, Fever and Grippe quicker than anything we know, preventing pneumonia. NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE?" Notice is igiven that on the 15th day of January, 1921, the undersigned will apply to the Judge of Probate for Bamberg county, S. C., for an order granting him a discharge as ex- ' j ecutor of the estate of Mrs. Mary Virginia Goodson, deceased. W. RALPH GOODSON, Executor. Dec. 8, 1920. 1-13-20 666 is a Prescription for Colds, Fever and LaGrippe. It's the most speedy remedy we know. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATRIX'S , SALE. ^ Pursuant to an order of the Probate Court in re estate of Mattie . J Hartzog, the undersigned administratrix will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at tire' late residence of said Mattie Hartzog, Denmark, S. C., on the 23rd day of December, 1920, at 10 o'clock a. m. on said day, the following personalty property: " w 2 icows, 6 hogs," 2 wagons, 2 buggies, farm implements, household furniture, etc., same being the property of estate of Mattie Hartzog, deceased. DELLA HARTZOG, Administratrix. . December 6th, 1920. 12-16 RUB - MY - TISM j Is a powerful Antiseptic and Pain killer, cures infected . cuts, old sores, tetter, etc. Relieves Sprains, Neuralgia, j Rheumatism. -- * SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 For Sale?Wood for stove and chimney, oak or pine. LELAND F. SANDIFER, Bamberg, S. C. tfn For Sale?A five passenger touring car, in fine shape; looks just like new. P. 0. BOX 314, Bamberg, tfn For Sale?100 feet of 4-inch drain tile. Apply to H. L. HINNANT, at I the Bamberg Banking Co., Bamberg S. C. ' . tfn Farm Wanted?Wanted, to hear from owner of farm or good land for. sale, worth the price asked. - L. C. JONES, Box 551, Olney, 111. lfcp Lost?Front cushion for Overland Country Club rohdster. Liberal reward for return of same to L. C. MERRITT, Bamberg, S. C. ltp \ >. Trespass "Notice?All kinds of hunting prohibited on my lands in Bam'berg *and Celleton counties. JOHN F. FOLK, Bamberg, S. C. l-6n 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 Farms For Sale?Choice general 4 farming and tobacco lands. Some in i very high state of cultivation. Apply to J. T. O'NEAL, Real Estate. tfn 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 Lost.?Savings pass book No. 788, issued by the Bamberg Banking Co. to Midway Gin Co. Finder will please return to the above named bank, at Bamberg, S. C. 12rl6p -J . p. Trespass Notice.?All parties are * hereby notified that trespassing in any manner on my lands is expressly ^ forbidden, under penalty of the law. * MRS. JULIA R. SANDIFER, Bamberg, S. C. 12-16n Notice?We have taken charge of G. H. Smoak's blacksmith and wheelwright shop and have a first-class horseshoer and blacksmith. All work given us will have prompt attention. MARION DAVIS and L. NEWSOM, Bamberg, S. C. 12-16p Notice.?All persons are forbidden to trespass on our lands. An} perscn j or persons found hunting,, hauling wood or straw from our lands with out permission will be dealt with according to law. D. M. SMITH and Estate of D. P. Smith. - 12-9n Wanted?Men or women to take orders among friends and neighbors for the genuine guaranteed hosiery, full line for men, women and children. Eliminates darning. We pay 75c an hour spare time, or $36.00 a week for full time. Experience unnecessary. Write INTERNATIONAL STOCKING MILLS, Norristown, Pa. 1M '4