The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, November 10, 1921, Page 4, Image 4
Pamfcerg Heralb
ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
Entered as second-class matter April
1891, under Act of .March 3, 1879.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
Volume 30. Number 4.r>.
Thursday, Nov. 10,1921.
The Herald takes pleasure in announcing
that our gifted young
I ' friend, R. P. Bellinger, is again connected
with the reportorial staff of
Ittiis paper. Any courtesy snowu .ur.
Bellinger will be appreciated by The
Herald's management.
Armistice day will be celebrated
Friday. A religious service has been
arranged among the churches of the
city to be held at the Baptist church
Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, to
"Which the public is invited. In the
dark days of the war, when American
boys were endeavoring to break
the Hindenburg line, and when the
outlook was dark and the situation
extraordinarily grave, a service of
prayer for the success of the allied
armies was held in this town, and
the Baptist church could scarcely
hold the people. The people were in
trouble then, and they did not hesitate
to take their troubles to the
Lord. We recall that Pastor Jones,
of the Methodist church, said on that
occasion that he wondered how
many of those of those so earnestly
I praying lor tne success 01 our cause
"V -would remember to give tbanks if
their prayers were answered. Success
came, and it is merely stating
history when it is said that it came
almost from the day the American
people united in prayer services on
that particular day. Now the meeting
Friday evening is for the purpose
of celebrating, not in a boisterous
manner, but in earnest thanksgiving,
and certainly every person
who attended the prayer meeting
during the war ought to be present
at this thanksgiving service Friday
evening?and everybody else. The
church should not have sufficient
capacity to seat the people. From
little acorns big oaks grow.
(1^ tne people will unue nearuiy in
the Farmers' Exchange Week, there
is no reason why a county fair cannot
be organized in Bamberg. The
present time, as no other in the history
of Bamberg, is the ideal one for
a fair here. The county needs it,
the people need it. Everybody feels
the pinch of hard times, and any occasion
that will provide the people
with wholesome amusement and take
- their minds for a time from their
surroundings is worth while. Let
everybody come together and make
this little event a big success, and
thereby put Bamberg on the map.
Farmers Exchange Weeks have been
successful elsewhere, not in this immediate
section, and if Bamberg can
put it across successfully, it will be
a big advertisement for this county
and section. The initial idea was to
arrange that farmers and others hav?ing
country produce could exchange
their goods for the goods of the merchants.
This will serve a fine purXiii
it i o Tinnofi tn
IIIUBC ILL uui lh ? luvfvu - ?
broaden out the scope of Bamberg's
week so that it will be of far more
benefit to the people. But the principal
thing is to make the occasion,
even though it may be necessary to
make it a small beginning, an entire
success. A small event successfully
held is worth far more than a big
affair that is a failure. In order to
make this event a certain success,
everybody should cooperate. Enter
into the spirit of the thing, and boost
it for all you are worth. Of course
Bamberg county is the garden spot
of the world; you believe it; then
let's tell the world about it.
She Knew the Cure.
Tho vnnn? mother was worried
!over her youngsterr "Sometimes I
think there is something the matter
with his ears," she said, "for he does
not answer me when I speak to him,
and often he doesn't seem to understand
that I've given him any directions.
I wonder if I should take him
to an ear specialist."
The mother of four grinned. "I've
found just such deafness among my
children," she said, "but I didn't let
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it worry me."
"What did you do for it?" inquired
the young mother anxiously.
"Why, I just spanked 'em all
round," was the reply, "and they
heard beautifully for several months
after that."
Didn't' Land.
"What is that?" asked a visitor on
board a man-of-war of a sailor as he
pointed to a badge on the mariner's
I cap. The mariner thought he would
he funny.
"That's a turnip," answered the
sailor.
"No, I asked about the badge," replied
the visitor, "not about your
liead."
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BLACKVILLE BUREAU
Death of B. J. Hanmiet.
Black ville Xov. S.?Postmaster
Benjamin J. Hammet died here last
Friday evening at 6 o'clock after a
brief illness. He was stricken Friday
morning in the posioffice with apoplexy
while writing a money order
and never regained consciousness.
He was postmaster for eighteen
years and was liked by both old and
young who will miss him greatly
from his post of duty, where he served
so faithfully. He was an active
member of the Methodist church here
and was about 71 years of age.
About 4S years ago he was married
to Miss Mary Briggs, who survives
him, with the following sons and one
daughter: Dr. Ben Hammet, of Allendale;
Willie Hammet, of Texas;
Harry Hammet, of Mississippi; Newton
Hammet and Mrs. Sara Hammer
Johnson, of Blackville.
The funeral was held at his home
Monday at three o'clock and his remains
were laid to rest in the Blackville
cemetery. The grave was a
mass of beautiful flowers.
Smith-Pickling.
Friends of Frank Fickling and
Miss Ruth Smith, of Richmond, Va., ?
will be interested to learn of their
marriage which occurred Monday af- !
I ternoon at 5 o'clock at the residence
of Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Matthews. ,
Mrs. Matthews being a sister of the
bride. Rev. L. H. Miller performed
the ceremony. The best wishes of ;
rheir friends go with this popular
couple on their matrimonial journey. .
Suffers Broken Leg.
Friends of Master Wade Hutto will ,
regret to learn that he is suffering (
with a broken leg, the accident oc- 3
" ? ? _ X ? ? ? W.T. il A I. A TT'O A
currmg yesierua.y wuue uc ?ao n.>- ^
ing to "break a yearling." % .
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I>r. Burts a Visitor. (
The many friends of Dr. C. E. j
Burts were delighted to have him j
at prayer meeting last Wednesday ^
night. While attending the asso- j
ciation at Denmark, Mr. Miller, the .
Baptist preacher here, prevailed on ^
Dr. Burts to come over for a while .
and talk to his flock at prayer meet- (
ing, which was indeed the "best treat 1
imaginable."
Move to Savannah. 1
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie
Mack will regret to learn that they
will move to Savannah soon. Mr.
Mack has been the efficient clerk at '
the Blackville Hardware company.
Personal Items.
'riotriri a Wnttn of Hildebran. X.
C., visited relatives in Blackville and 1
Denmark recently.
Mrs. Xelline Hay Hammet, of Allendale,
is visiting her husband's '
mother, Mrs. B. J. Hammet. 1
Mrs. J. K. Corley, of McCormick, 1
has returned home after a visit to '
her daughter, Mrs. Milledge Hankinson.
:
Friends of Samuel Guess, Jr., will
be glad to learn that he has recover- <
ed from a painful injury sustained
some time ago while unloading come 1
calves on his farm. i
STATISTICS OX A GES. ,
Census Bureau Makes Announcement
of Interest in South Carolina. (
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According to the census of 1920, ^
40.S Der cent., or about two-fifths, of ,
the people in the State of South Caro- 1
lina are either infants or children
under fifteen years of age; 10.9 per
cent, are young people fifteen to nine- ^
teen years old; 33.8 per cent, about .
third, are men and women in the
prime of life, being from twenty to '
forty-four years old, while 14.4 per
cent., being forty-five years of age
and over, are well along in middle
life if they have not reached old age,
according to an announcement by
the bureau of the census, United
States Department of Commerce.
The urban population as compared
with the rural shows some rather ]
striking differences in age, the per
centage twenty to forty-four ye^rs of
age being 43.2 for the urban population
as compared with 31.8 for the ;
rural, while the percentage under fif- ,
teen years of age is 30.2 in the ur- i
ban population as against 43.1 in the
rural. These differences may indicate
larger families of children in
the country than in the city, but
probably indicate also the fact that
country children as they grow up
have a tendency to flock to the cities,
thereby increasing the active adult
population of the cities at the expense
of the rural districts.
Over two-fifths of the population.
4 6.3 per cent, are old enough to vote,
being twenty-one or over, and in this
class the men and women are practically
equal in number. The males of
military or fighting age, eighteen to
forty-four, constitute 36.5 per cent, of
the male population and 18.2 per
cent, of the total population.
THREE DEAD IX BALDOC FAMILY.
Most Mysterious A flair Ever Occuring
in this Part of State. , *
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One of the most mysterious affairs
ever occurring in this section came
t to
light here on Wednesday afternoon j
when the third member of the family j
of Joe Lee, constable oi .Magistrate
G. W. Owens, of Baldock, succumbed
to an unknown illness, dying at 1, '
o'clock on the afternoon of that day.
Previous to the death of this child, J
two others had passed away, one at 7
o'clock Tuesday evening and another, 1
at 1 o'clock on the same night. Lee! 1
himself, and his wife, the only two re? 1
maining members of the family, are J
lying at the point of death with very |
little hope for their recovery. *'
The peculiarity of the affair lies in
the fact that every member of the ]
family has been affected the same! '
way. In addition to this, it is re- i
ported that all the livestock around J
the home of Lee has been affected. 1
Two boys have died, all the poultry J
have died and the cow has been vom- '
iting for two days. The facts, to-, 2
?,-, + Vior. pirpiimctancps I '
? C L II C I Wltli Ulllui VAA j
have brought out the opinion in this j
section that the family has in some j
way been poisoned. Allendale phy-l
sicians called to attend the patients j
at first diagnosed all the cases as ma-j
laria of an acute stage, but circum-J
stances have been so peculiar that j
the poison theory has established {
some credence even among them and j
the stomach of one of the victims wasj
cut out and sent on Wednesday to the |
laboratory of the state board of j
health for examination. The board;
has further been requested to send;
to the scene an expert to examine at j
the source the probability of the poi-j'
soning theory. This in all probability,
will be done and a correct diagnosis;
of the case be in hand in a few days, j
One physician in attendance on the j
Famiiv u-prit. sn far as to admit thatj
the symptoms in all the cases were I
almost identical to those evident in j
irsenic poisoning. The theory of pois- j
>ning is given further credence hv the
tact that the victims themselves firmly
believe that such is the case and go
further and state that the poisoning
is the result of foul play and go so
far as to give the name of the alleged
poisoner. It seems that Lee or some
member of his family had had a difficulty
with a nearby neighbor and
there was bad. blood between them.
Lee voluntarily gave the name of the
person supposed to have committed
the dastardly crime alleged. So far
10 action has been taken officially due
to an utter lack of evidence. Lee
seems to think, and the peculiar circumstances
arising from the death of
the - livestock about the place bears
this out, in a way, that the well,
from which the supply of water was
hoton "had hppn noisoned. It is for I
the purpose of examining the water
in the well and to look into other peculiar
circumstances surrounding the
strange death of the victims, that the
presence of an expert from the state t
board has been requested. j
While all three of the physicians so
far called into the case cling to the j
hypothesis that acute malaria is the j c
cause of the deaths, there is an ob-j j
rious doubt in all their minds that I
the poisoning theory is not altogether!
impossible. Every effort will, of t
course, be made to clear the mystery i
of the affair up. :
It was said to have been a most 8
distressing sight, to have seen the 2
dead bodies of the three children ly- *
ing side by side and the mother and *
father lying at the point of death. I
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Physicians appear to norn no nope \
that either of the latter will survive. *
If the poisoning theory be true, this
will be the most dastardly crime that *
has ever occurred in this entire state,
c
it is believed. Every effort will be .
made to clear the matter up within
the next few days.?Allendale Citizen.
Later:?Mrs. Lee died Monday j
to ? disr>atch in vester-!
day's News and Courier. j
GROOMING A TvAISER.
Rumor Says Financier Stinnes Favors
Son of Ex-Emperor.
Over all of Central Europe, and
and many more distant fields, looms
an economic figure whom the favorite
German adjective klossal fits perfectly.
says the Boston Transcript.
That is Hugo Stinnes, variously
described as a Bismark of business, a
German Rockefeller, or, if the word
painter is unfriendly, an octopus or a
Frankenstein.
All the facts go to show that he is at
least organizing a huge German cartel,
or trust or trusts, and that his
ambition is to dominate the industry
and commerce of Central Europe.
Popular comment in Germany has'
his entertaining far-flung internation-j
al ambitions. No large project in j
Germany without his being accredit- j
ed the guiding eenius. The mystery j
in which he often plans and works!
lends easy color to such stories.
Stinnes is looked on as the great.]
FROM MR. SPOTTER
Fish Pon-Township, S. C., Nov. S,,
1021, A. D.
Editer Bamburg Herulcl. Deer .Mr.
Editer:?We hav not saw enytilingj
in yore papur frum here in a long!
time. Therefore I seet myself and!
take pen in han to drop you a few'
line to let vu no the news down here
which I hope you will put it in the j
papur as a news piece and not a advertisement
on occk of payin. Wei,!
everything is gud, ceptin the craps, j
and the rodes an I don't no which is
the wurse, the craps or the rodes.
We al sed when we got Barney |
Smoke elected we wud git rodes biltj
but he is wusssern Lary McMillon. |
We don't blame him for the craps,
but we du fer the rodes?him and j
Mister Jup. Pluvius.
The schules and the churches is j
?ud?when we have any, but since
they put on this compulshun education
drive, the rodes is bad fer the
ihildern on account they can't go to
3chule, the rodes bein that sloppy
and bad, they al ketch the ground
itch and can't ware thur shoes if j
they had enny and that puts us in j
aad with Mr. Swearenger on account |
ae wunt help nun, onless we have so j
nutch childern fer each teecher to j
;eech, an hits all on account of the!
:odes as I sed aforesed.
Everything else is gud?gud,
ihurches, gud peeple, an all?an wej
aave got the onliest Free Rural De- j
ivery Dockter there is in the coun:y,
and he sez iffen Barney don't do
aimpin purty quick fer the rodes he
s gwinter put him up.one of these
ash and carry places at his house?
nd that will be bad?on account they
s so menny who haint irot the cash j
tor nuthin to carry him in and hits!
ill on account of the rodes,and not!
jein able to git the little childern to!
i
ichule that makes me rite this peece.!
i
er we al want our childern educated I
he same as we wuz: in readin, writ-j
n, spellin, etc., ectry, and so forth,
md now they are teechin ai sucn
hin/?s as natural born histery and
;ech like in the schules we want our
ihildern to learn hit, and they can't
>n account the rodes and Barney.
Mister Editer, they say that corte
ets in Bamberg soon, and if it
laint sot when yu git this I want yu
;o show it to the judge and Robbie
Junter and if they wont do nuthin
tbout our rodes; then I am goin to
ite to Cole Blease and tel him an I
)etcher when he is Guvener next'
rear he will see that we git sumthin!
lun on our rodes. Now, Mister Edi-|
;er, there is a whole lot of news down |
lere, and if yu put this in the papurj
will write yu a peace on the licker
li'tuasion down here for hits bad as
he rodes, and Im gwinter put a peace
n the paper about it
Yours truly, etc.,
HIGHBALL SPOTTER.
The Finale.
Mrs. Brown?"I hear the vicar!
hinks your daughter has a real gen- j
us for reciting, Mrs. Smith."
Mrs. Smith?"Yes. All she wants, j
le says to me, is a course of electro- j
:ution, just to finish 'er off like."?
?ondon Opinion.
The "flying pay" of an aviator in
he United States navy is $300 a
nonth.
;ecret power in German politics, with
t potent influence also in Sweden,
Denmark and Finland. His views on
eparations are notorious. He wants
tie Hohenzollerns eventually restored
md he is confident that the rank and
ile of Germany also desire it. In
Berlin they told me that one of the
ounger sons of the ex-kaiser, now
;mployed in a Berlin bank, is being j
luickly groomed as the next emperor, j
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A country man strayed into a
print shop. He seemed struck with
a picture representing a lion stalking g
in solitary majesty through the ruins _
of an ancient temple, and inquired <j
the name of it.
"A Lion, after Gerome," answer-1
ed the proprietor. "You seem pleas-'
ed with that picture.*'
"Yes," replied the man, "I do like
it. That's a powerful uglv-looking n
beast there, and I don't know as I a
blame Gerome for gettin' out of the n
way wnen ne couia. "
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An official list of tlie heroes, who b
fell in the world war is being pub- 2
lished by British Government.. It
comprises 80 volumes. t]
IX THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE *t]
UNITED STATES. a
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FOR THE EASERX DISTRICT OF t(
SOUTH CAROLINA.
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IN BANKRUPTCY. v
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In the matter of Denmark Planing o
Mill Co., Bankrupt. C
To the creditors of said bankrupt ii
iof Denmark, in the County of Bam- ii
berg, and District aforesaid: p
Notice is hereby given, -that on the C
17th day of November, 1921, at v,
eleven o clock, a. m., the personal c(
(property belonging to said estate will
be sold at public auction by the o
trustee at. the bankrupt's recent place
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RRKR FOR SPEC IAL TERM
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. WHBh|
he State of South Carolina.?In the^BBRH
Supreme Court.?Order.
A satisfactory showing having been
lade, by petition signed by members
f the Bar of Bamberg county, that J|
special term of the Court of Comion
Pleas for Bamberg County is
eeded to attend to the business of
le said Court; H
And it appearing that the week
eginning with Monday, November
S, 1921, will be a suitable time for
nMincr tho caiH rniint: Now. fiSfl
nerefore,
It is ordered that a special term of
ie Court of Common Pleas be held JE
t Bamberg, South Carolina, to begin jH
n Monday, November 28, 1921, and ^
) last one week.
It is further ordered that the Clerk 9|
f Court for Bamberg county forth ith
notify the jury commissioners jfi|
f said county of the contents of this JgH
rder; and that the said Clerk of |?
ourt publish a notice of the hold- V
ig of the said special term of court fl
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