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- . $2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 26,1921. Established in 1891 Carlisle.Base Ball State Prep Sch As stated in the last issue of The s Herald, Carlisle school claimed the state preparatory school champion- i ship upon its base ball record this ( season. This claim was contested by t Wofford Fitting school, Spartanburg, s on the ground that its percentage was r higher than Carlisle's. Carlisle won i five games, lost two, and tied one 1 out of eight games played, giving the' t team a percentage of .714. Wofford s Fitting school won four games, lost 1 one and tied one out of six games piayea, giving uie team a yercenictsc i og .800. Carlisle claimed the cham- c pionship on the ground that she had t played more games than the Fitting c school, and had defeated the Fitting s Carlisle's 1921 Di School Batesburg-Leesville High 1 Orangeburg High C Batesburg-Leesville High I Darlington High 1 Darlington High I Porter Military Academy C Wofford Fitting School S Bailey Military Institute C Bailey Military Institute C Academy of Richmond County I Academy of Richmond County J Bailey Military Institute I Bailey Military Institute I Porter Military Academy I Orangeburg High 1 1 Academy of Richmond County I Academy of Richmond County I Wofford Fitting School I GRADUATING EXERCISES. Ten Boys and Two Girls Finish > Smoaks Graded School. I ! Smoaks, May 19.?On the evening! of May 13 a programme was given n "by the graduating class of the Smoaks; s graded school. The class consisted of i c ten boys and. two girls. The following was the programme: 1 March, by Mrs. H. M. Carter. Wei- a come address, by Lorlene Maxey. Mot- p to, Furman Berry; violin solo, Hoi-in land Carter; class colors, Gertrude | e Linder; class flower, Mongin Smyley; j b class history, Vernon Sauls; piano; b solo, Eleanor Smith; essay, Leon j s Sauls; class will, Smith Kinsey; vio-js lin solo, Hallum Smith; class oration,) John Sam Garris; essay, Wilson j 1: Sauls; violin solo, Holland Carter; i c class poem, Hallum Smith; class j b prophecy, Leo Frank Berry; piano j b solo, Miss Wilson; graduat-j ing address, C. C. Garris; presentingjc diplomas, Prof. Jas. I. Risher; vio-jn lin solo, Holland Carter; valedic-js tory, Burbridge Padgett; farewell 1; address by president of class, Hallum Smith. j d The exercises were held un the1 p Mehodist church, which was beauti- j t< fully decorated in the class colors, j a old gold and black, and ferns. I e A prize of five dollars was award- j p ed to John Sam Garris for the best p history essay. ! T ^ ? ! t DAMAGES FOll AXCIEXT MULE, i 0 i fc I ! V Suit Brought Against Railroad for ' p Animal Alleged to Have Been Sleep. { Hampton, May 20.?One blazed j faced mule, 27 vears old, named i i Moses, the property of King Rod, a| 4 Hampton county negro; was the\ ' cause of action in a law suit tried in | court of Magistrate Murdaugh at! ! Varnville recently. An unfortunate' - collision between a box car attached i to a locomotive engine and the rear j ' end of aforesaid mule was the act; a complained of. Both plaintiff and de-. 1 fendant were represented by able at-' 1] torneys of the Hampton bar and a ; ^ i h jury was drawn. While the testi-1 n mony of the plaintiff was meagre, the ] e testimony offered by the railroad | company was to the general effect ia that several years ago this identical! E mule sold on the open market, called j locally "The Boneyard," for the sum > s of $2, and that later the purchaser j * becoming tired of grinding the corn j a for feeding the mule because he | v could not eat whole corn, disposed j { of the animal for three old worn out * wagon wheels. It was further al-1 - - - leered that the mule actually hacKea t ~ into a passing train. The engineer! testified that he did not blow the j whistle because the mule was not dis- e covered until within'seven car lengths; d of the on rushing train and that the d mule was apparently asleep. j L After careful consideration and ma-! 1] ture deliberation, it looked like a i a mistrial to the local wiseacres, the j v jury rendered a verdict for the King I for $10. An appeal will be taken, it { n is understood, on the grounds of the; e verdict being excessive. [fl \ Team Awarded ; ool Championship! . school. i The claims of the two teams were j )resented to the executive committee j )f the Carolina Prep. School league >y the president, Capt. Wm.' R. Wation, and Capt. Watson announced on j ruesday that a majority of the committee had decided in favor of Carisle. which is now officially declared he winner of the 1021 preparatory ichool championship in South Caroina. The school and its friends are deighted that Carlisle has been de* 1 X T. ^ f f R At' f o f 'Icireci Hie winner, as inc> j.cci imu he magnificent record of the team dearly entitles it to the champion;hip honor, ise Ball Record Place Date C.S. Op. j Batesburg April 7 12 4 Drangeburg April 8 13 11 Bamberg April 12 7 6 Bamberg April 15 19 0 Darlington April 21 10 8 Charleston April 23 5 17 Ipartanburg April 26 5 5 Greenwood April 27 5 3 Greenwood April 28 2 12 mgusta April 29 3 4 Augusta April 30 -4 5 Bamberg Mas 3 8 7 Bamberg May 6 4 3 Bamberg May 6 4 2 Bamberg May 12^ 2 3 Bamberg May 13 0 10 Bamberg May 14 2 6 Bamberg May 17 7 * 2 TRUCK FROM WILLISTON. lany Car Loads of Vegetables Are Being Shipped. Williston, May 19.?To the d?laiui rn rlivprsifv. Williston is an wering in a style that is considered i ommendable. In one express shipment of May 5, carrots, beans, squash, peaches, sparagus and chickens were ship>ed from here to the markets in the orth, south and east. Since the arly part of March asparagus has >een shipped from here in car lots, rnt it is now rather late in the seaon and only' a few growers are still hipping. There seems to be an almost ununited supply of chickens dn the ommunity several thousand having een shipped away this spring, there eing more than 1,200 in one week. There are hundreds of acres of antaloupes, cucumbers and waterlelons planted here, from which everal cars will be shipped daily, ater in the season. Xot contented with what has been one, fifty farmers have agreed to lant more than seventy-five acres of i omatoes this year. Some farmers re planting eight acres. The Southrn railway has offered its cotton latform to be used as a central! acking house for this season only*, 'he tomatoes will be loaded from he platform into the cars. If the rowers find this crop profitable there .ill be a modern and up-to-date racking house erected. PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED. L C. L. Train from Augusta to Flor-! * j ence ueranea n-ariy xnursuay. Passenger train Xo. 3S on the Atantic Coast Line was wrecked about o'clock Thursday morning just fter leaving the bridge which spans | he Savannah river, which resulted | a the sudden death of Engineer 'empleton and seriously injuring us fireman, who jumped from the ngine as it was wrecked. The baggage car was turned over Iso, but the balance of the train did iot leave the track. The wreck was caused by the preading of the rails, and it is hought that the spikes were pulled nd the rail removed by robbers nth the intention of ditching a reight train which was due at about hat time. "? . .1 OK.i I >icK ->ian iwajJg'PQ r l'om dcu, mioi.j ! Dublin, May 21.?Unknown men' ntered the Jarvis street hospital toay and dragged away a former solier who was being treated for a bulet wound and shot him dead in the j tospital grounds. The man's wife nd children were at his bedside liien he was taken away. Sinn Feiners commandeered a aotor car today and raided optical stablishments, taking telescope and [ash lamps. CATTS GIVES BOX1). Former Governor of Florida May be i I Tired at Extra Session. Starke, Fla., May 22.?Sidney J. : Catts, who served four years as gov- j ernor of Florida, having been elected; on a prohibition ticket, later a: candidate for the United States sen-1 ate, and now under indictments by federal and county grand juries on charges growing out of alleged mis use of his executive authority ana j the object of a joint legislative in-j vestigation came here today from j Jacksonville and furnished bond for $5,000. In this, Bradford county, Mr. Catts is charged with accepting a j bribe for a pardon. He left late today for Pensacola, where, according to his attorneys, he plans to make formal bond of $2,500 on a charge of peonage for which he was indicted May IS and arrested yesterday at Albany, Ga. He was re-j leased from custody at Albany after i five citizens had signed his bond and permitted to proceed on his way to j Jacksonville. So far as known Mr. Catts came j here unaccompanied. During his stay he was the guest of his local attor-! rev. He had spent last night at the j home of his brother-in-law in Jack-) sonville, and his attitude of silence j regarding his indictments was not changed here. Beyond the fact that he told his bondsmen in Albany, Ga., that he had been in British Columbia, -i' 1 > ^ ~ j ~ -p i, ; ? nounng coiiici ue letuneu. ui ixio whereabouts since his indictment here May 8. It is believed that Mr. Catts will face the federal charge first, and reports from Pensacola were to the effect that a special session of court would be called for this purpose. Specifically, the federal indictment set forth that Mr. Catts voted forpardons in favor of two negroes, Ed Brown and John Henry Rogers, serving sentences in the state penitentiary and that representatives of the former governor met the negroes upon their release and took them to his Walton county farm, where they are alleged to have been held in peonage. Reports from Albany ojioted him as saying the negroes had been paid $10 a month and well clothed and fed. One of these negroes testified at the hearing of the joint legislative committee in Tallahassee, which under a joint resolution is investigating "rumors" that the former governor received money to influence his , decision in matters of pardons, appointment of state officers and other alleged misconduct. The committee has been holding its hearings for several wppI-s arid no indication is forth coming as to when it will report its findings. Both houses of the legislature, now in session, have reinstated numerous officers relieved by the former governor. At least $25,000 has been voted as reimbursement to the various men for the salaries they lost while under suspension. Mr. Catts's term of office expired January 3 last. MAKE CHECK OX ORANGEBURG. Too Many Automobiles Not Registerin tlie County. Columbia, May 22.?W. W. Goodman and W. A. Ballenger of the state highway department went to Orangeburg yesterday to investigate the apparent violations of the license laws in that county. These two officials were supplied with a list of all j Orangeburg citizens who have pur-1 chased the metal plates this year and they will check up on all who have failed to make the necessary purchase. Orangeburg has a surprisingly large number of automobiles and trucks not registered this year, judging by the 1920 figures, and the state department is determined to see where the trouble lies. Charleston county has employed a special officer to look after the license violations and Greenwood has had a traffic officer forborne time. , Highway department officials are in hopes other counties will follow suit. The scheme is said to work almost [ entirely to the advantage of the i county as the county gets 80 per |? cent, of all license money collected; and all the fines imposed for infrac-1 tions of the law. , Mr. Ballenger will remain in Or-' angeburg for several days and per-1 haps weeks until he can get the | county checked up in reference to the purchasing of licenses for all ; motor vehicles. ^ < ? Working and liofing are habits, i and it is difficult to quit either of ; them. i & ADVERTISES BAMBERG. Bonnie Hewitt Giving Fine Publicity as Cotton Prize Winner. By winning the first prize in the cotton club, Bennie Hewitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hewitt, of Bamberg, is affording this county much favorable advertising. The record made by young Mr. Hewitt was such an excellent one, in spite of boll weevil conditions, that it has attracted attention in many quarters. The following appeared in the Xews and Courier of last Monday: "By growing 1,640 pounds of seed cotton of the Webber 82 variety on an acre of land in 1020, Bennie Hewitt, of Bamberg county, won a prize of $100 awarded by the soil improvement committee of the Southern Fertilizer association. Young Hewitt was a member of the cotton clubs conducted by the executive division of Clemson college during the past year. "According to the report made to the extension authorities, Bennie made a total of 1,640 pounds of seed cotton, or 520 pounds of lint cotton, and 1,120 pounds of seed. His total [ expenses amounted to $65.10. Deducting this from the market value of his crop, he made a net profit of $107.07. In making this good showing, L. L. Baker, supervising agent of Boys' club work in South Carolina, states that Bennie used the best and most up-to-date methods of growing cotton under boll weevil conditions. He did not poison, but he was careful to pick up fallen squares and to maintain a good dust mulch over his entire acre. On falling into this dust the young weevils and larvae were quickly killed by the heat. n - i??in i 3 ?~n o joenme aiso ieruiueu ?en, uoiiig a four hundred pound application of an S-4-4 fertilizer. Later, he topdressed with two applications of nitrate of soda. "He reported that the secret of his good yield lies in his selection of good soil, good seed, thorough preparation of seed bed, liberal fertilization with a high grade of plant food, and to his frequent, shallow cultivation with a harrow during the growing season. He also gives credit to the advice and suggestions of his county agent, J. D. Brandon." LONG MESSAGE VLA DENMARK. Bamberg Town 011 Route of 5,600 Miles Telephone Conversation. The current number of the Southern Telephone News gives an interesting description of the opening of telephonic communication between America and CubV Readers of the papers recall that on April 11 greetings were exchanged between Presi~ 4- TJ ,1 ?? A i n cr o r? rl PrOOl'flflrit AIPTIfiPPlP UCi.lL ilai U1II5 C111U. JL iguiUV/iit the conversation marking the opening of the telephone cables connecting the Cuban capital with Key West telephone lines. It is intefesting to note that the call of President Harding was handled via the Denmark exchange. In connection with this remarkable achievement in the telephone world', a demonstration was staged Tor tne benefit of the two presidents. They were permitted to listen to the calling of the roll of telephone men stationed at intervals of 230 miles from Havana, Cuba, to Catalina Island, off the coast of California, a total distance of 5,600 miles. This was the longest telephone call in history, and marked a new epoch in telephone achievement. The Denmark exchange was one of the stations on this roll call. It is stated in the News that the conversation between Catalina Island and Havana was as clear and.distinct as if it were a call between two local stations. Some idea of the accam plishment may be gained by tlie comparison that the distance traversed this record telephone call was equivalent to a talk between London and Pekin, or London and Calcutta, England's most distant possession. By the use of the same distance of equipment America could call and talk with any of the South American countries or any capital in Europe. The call from Catalina Island to Havana was effected by means of the use of land cables, wireless and cable, the three known mediums of telegraphic and' telephonic communication. The distance from Key West to Havana is traversed by 115 miles of deep sea cable, laid at a depth of from 3,000 feet to one mile on the bottom of the sea. The fact that a policeman can get cour goat is proved by a paragraphin the News and Courier: "A mother goat and two little goats were found astray on Brigade street yesterday afternoon and taken to the police station." Bishop Darlingtoi Carlisle Cam/ The great campaign of the Southern .Methodist church for the raising of $33,000,000 for education will be formally opened in Bamberg next Wednesday evening, when a meeting will be held at Trinity Methodist church, at which Bishop U. V. W. Darlington will be the principal speaker. The campaign opens throughout the south next Sunday, but it was decided locally to wait until Dr. Darlington's visit here to formally launch the campaign in Bamberg. This meeting will mark the beginning of the campaign which is expected to result i.. Bamberg easily raising'her -quota of the fund. The fact that Carlisle school is located in Bamberg lends more than' ordinary interest in the educational campaign of the southern Methodists. Carlisle school is to participate in this fund to the extent of $105,000. This sum of money is to be expended for the purpose of affording the school the needed additional dormitory facilities and the making of other . improvements to the school. It is the sincere hope of the local friends of the school that with the expenditure of this sum of money Carlisle will be enabled to enter the class of junior colleges, and it is confidently be! lieved that this goal will be reached. ! ' In order, however, that Carlisle j may secure the entire allotment of $105,000, it is necessary that the town must do her part in the great campaign. The quota of the local church is really quite low, considering the large church membership, and it is believed that no great difficulty will be encountered in not only attaining the quota allotted, but that it is quite possible Bamberg will oversubscribe liberally. The meeting next Wednesday evening will be held at 8:30. In requesting The Herald to make this announcement, the point was stressed that all residents of Bamberg are not only invited to be present, regardless of their denominational affiliations, but they are requested to be present. Carlisle school belongs to Bamberg. It is an institution in which all the people of the town have a justifiable pride, and it is an institution which it is to the interest of all the people of the community to promote. Aside from the fact that attending upon this meeting will be showing your interest in one of the finest schools in the state, those present CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE DEAD. Eminent Jurist of U. S. Supreme Court Claimed by Death. Washington, May 19.?Edward ' Douglas White, chief justice of the United States, died at 2 oTclock this 4 morning at a hospital here where he submitted to an operation last Fri-. day. He was '76 years old. The chief justice had been unconscious since late Tuesday afternoon -?1 ? tVia Vi ci o r> f wnen acute unauuu uj. mc i^uiv occurred. Up to that time the attending physician had hoped for a rapid recovery after an operation for bladder trouble. After the unexpected relapse the physicians had not expected the chief justice to live through that night. The Rev. Father S. J. Creeden, of Georgetown University, adrministered the last sacrament during the early evening and members of the immediate family were summoned to the bedside. Death was said to be due directly to complications which developed after the operation. Justice McKenna and others of Mr. White's associates in the supreme court called at the hospital when it became known that his condition was seri-| ous, but did not enter the room as the chief justice was unconscious. Olar Music and Expression Classes. Olar, May 21.?Wednesday evening the music and expression classes of Misses Sadie Harter and Annabel Xeeley gave a delightful recital in the high school auditorium. Selections were given from the following composers: Haydn, Bachmann, Rubenstein, Goerdeler, Leybach, Spaulding. John Ravinin and others. Excellent technique was displayed and much credit is due the teachers of both classes. / i Opens Greater iaign Wednesday m ; will have an opportunity to see and I hear Dr. Darlington, bishop of the? I North and South Carolina confer] ences. Dr. Darlington is one of the j ablest men in southern Methodism, j and those in charge of the local cam. ! paign were very fortunate in secur! ing his services at this time. Prior to introducing Bishop Darj lington to the audience, it has been ! planned to have three or four 4-minj ute speeches by local speakers, presenting in a brief manner the different phases of the campaign. The educational campaign means much to the town of Bamberg. It means, in the event of its success, 1 1 _ . J. , j Ui.-J 11 1. i- ~ which inusi noi ue cuuuitu, iimi me sum of $105,000 will be expended in this town bv the Mehodists; it i means that Carlisle will be one step nearer the junior college class, a goal that is hoped for in the near future; it means that Bamberg will be in position to make a strong bid as a culiege site, with Carlisle as the nucleus. The failure of Bamberg to enter heartily into the campaign would be calamitous to the interests of Carlisle. A college is a coveted prize to any community. There will be many spirited bids for it. Is it not possible that the community proving its interest in education by its pocket book will be the more favorably looked upon as a site? ^ Two years ago the Mehodists celebrated their one hundreth anniver- 7* sary of the missionary movement by asking their constituency to give $35,000,000 for world missions. More than $50,000,000 was subscribed. Leaders in the church predict that when the opportunity to subscribe 'to the $33,000,000 ChristianV. education fund is thrown open dur-, in the period May 29-June 5, the ' amount will be oversubscribed, as in the centenary campaign. The Christian education movement is an attempt to make all education thoroughly Christian, as outlined recently bv Rev. W. J. Snyder, in his * magnificent address at Trinity church, and to counteract all the irreligious atheistic tendencies now appearing in certain American schools and- colleges. Th? institutions in South Carolina which will receive aid from the $33,000,000 fund are: Wofford callege, $700,000; Columbia college, $,420,000:. Lander college, $420,000; Wofford Fitting school, $105,000; Horry Industrial school, $105,000; Textile Industrial institute, $70,000; i Carlisle school, $105,000. SETTING OUT POTATO PLANTS. Getting the Sweet Potato Crop Started. * V 'v'< Setting sweet potato plants has just started and many are asking fcr prices, and where to obtain plants. I have a list of plant growers and their prices, that will be furnished to any party interested in getting plants. They are selling around three dollars per thousand at the growers shipping point. Quite a littie saving might he made by con-' sidering the following points: Placing orders early, making a deposit I with order, using vine cuttings and I considering the area to be planted to this crop. * i By placing orders early and plac| ing a deposit with order h will in sure prompt delivery and give an ' early start toward getting vine cutj tings before the season is too late. The first drawing of plants from the bed is more vigorous than the. second or third drawing and produces a larger amount of vines for cuttings. The vine cuttings are very desirable for plants as they are diseasefree and produce uniform sized potatoes giving a higher average in grades. It is possible to purify the ? ' ? I seed stock Dy selecting vines mat have the characteristics of the desired variety. Cuttings should be made with a sharp knife and from eight to ten inches long, having one leaf prefer- , ably. When depending on vine cutr tings, get the slips out early and enough to plant 1-8 of the total area intended for potatoes. An acre of land will require 10.000 plants when the rows are three feet and the plants are set eighteen inches in the drill. ?J. D. Brandon, county agent. Don't forget the aluminum ware sale at G. 0. Simmons's Friday, May 27, one day only. Any piece for $1.49.?adv.