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^ " **"* " " " " ^ r " . I' (The iantltm} <JirraU> I 00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15,1921. Established in 1891. || amberg County Santa Claus T Bamberg. S. C., Dec. 10, 1921. My dear Santa Claus: g?SSSr I know you are not rich this year. jMfflflBy so I am not going to asK you ior very much. Please bring me some fire I WB^ crackers, torpedoes, sky rockets and Roman candles; and please bring me a wagon and a ?ricycle with a bell on it?if it hasn't a bell, don't bring r it I love you and I am trying to be I a good little boy. Your little friend, I JIMLMIE BURCH. B^' . Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 12, 1921. V Dear Mr. Kris Kringle: R P>loaoA bring- ns each a big dol'l ba E by with a pacifier in its mouth; also ft some fruit and fire works. Tour litft tie friends, K JULIA & ELIZABETH THOMAS. IgttWjm Bamberg, S. C/ Dec. 10, 1921 EBA Dear Santa: BBS I am a little boy nine years old, pp and I know you are very poor, but I F want a few things. First, I want a ? ?a-n nlstol and fire works, and fruit P of all kinds. Your little hoy, " . JERALD MCMILLAN. j|; , Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 10, 1921. Dear Santa:' I am a little girl six years old, but I want a few things; first, a little carC^B 'rjage with a doll in it, and a doll on gi* it, and fruit of all kinds, and fire S works of all kinds. Your little girl, 11 EDITH MCMILLAN. T> T O r* TW Q 1 Q 0 1 it l^auiuoig, O. V.) v, XVHX. Bear Santa Clans: Please bring me a jack in the box, a drum, a black horse, sparklers, and fire works, two sky rockets, a boy doll, a car for small dolls, horse and I wagon. Bring father and mother ' and Clarice and Mary Cecile nice things.x k . McKAY BRABHAM. : V Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 9, 1921. B| llj Dear Santa: e I know times are hard, hut will you please bring me a little tea set and a R doll bed? From M ' GUSSIE HUTTO. I Ehrhardt, S. Dec. 10, 1921. I 6ear Santy: I I am writing you to tell you what Kg; I want yon to bring me; a small sack I of marbles, a cap pistol with ten box - A" /v# /wna tn aVinnt in it anmo fipo tvo U1 V?1>0 IrW OUVVO *W AW) WUA V ?* ? works, two biychyckle tires and lots of fruits and nuts too. Now, dear Santy Claus, will you bring these fe wtbings for me? I hope you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Your boy, GENE DANNELLY. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 10, 1921. Dear old Santa Clause: I will write you to let you know what I want for Xmas. I know times are hard and I wont ask for much. V . . . , fAlI I want you to bring me is a sieepy doll, some Roman candles, spar\ klers and fruit, candy, and nuts; that is all, but now Santa, don't forget I don't live in town/this year. I live not so far out in the country, so please try to find me. By, by, with best wishes for a merry Xmas and a iiappy new year to you. I am your little girl, GEORGIE RUTH ZORN. Ehrhardt, S. C., Dec. 10, 1921. J ? . I jay uear oauut v/iauo. How are you these fine days? I am doing fine. I am looking forward to Xmas. I am not going to ask for much, Santa. But, as I am only 3 years old, want you to please sir bring me a doll and carriage and also some fruit and please don't forget my little brother, Joseph. He wants a little train and a rubber ball. Please don't forget your little baby girl, RAY MOUNSEY PICKLING. Bamberg, S. C.f Dec. 10, 1921. Dear Santa: T ?w ^ +V? ft, A rrro/1 D T O TH 7 IX CLLU. ILL tiiu O^WUU a j years old. Please bring me a train j V and three packs of fire crackers andj a foot ball and a drum, a horn and I some chocolate candy. Your friend, k JOHN HILL. Ehrhardt, S. C., Dec. 10, 1921. Dear Santa Claus: Guess you think I am late, but as' I am a school girl, had to wait until after school to write. Dear Santa, ? I ctyn't want you to bring me any toys this Xmas, I am going to ask K for something useful. I want you to k please bring me a pair a shoes, size II, a pair of stockings and some fruit. Please don't forget these. Your littie girl, MYRTLE MORRIS. j Mr. n Children Tell heir Xmas Wants nonmarlr S C, Dec. 10. 1921. Dear old Santa: I am a little girl six years old. This is my first year to school; I like it fine, and I want you to bring me for Xmas a pretty little doll and a doll carriage and my little baby sister wants a doll and doll carriage too. Santa, please bring us a lots a fruits, allso. RACHAEL & SADIE HERNDOX. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 11, 1921. Dear Santa: I am writing to tell you what I want for Chrostmas. I want a box of chocolate candy, a little navy blue rain coat for a ten year old child. I want a little tea set with a blue border, and a good story book, fruit and fire works. Your little friend, nwnfPDTTnp UA1 TOM VjUlJU. i XV U i^ruj JLIVUXW.I. Olar, S. C., Dec. 10, 1921. Dear Santa Claus: I want you to please bring me a doll and a bed, fruit, and some fire works, and also bring my little baby brother a ball, horn, wagon and some j fruit. Your friend, j MYRA JOHNS. j Olar, S. C., Dec. 10, 1921.> Dear Santa Clause: I want you to bring me a box of water colors, doll, bureau, and some fire works. Your friend, GLADYS V. KEARSE. ? ? T-v 1 A 1Q91 i Viar, 55. *J., l^tru. J-V, mux. | Dear Santa Clause: I want you to bring me a doll, doll i bed, tea table, and some fire works and fruit. Your friend, HELEN G. KEARSE. j Ehrhardt, S. C., Dec. 10, 1921. Dear Santa Claus: I am writing to you now, so you j will hare plenty of time to think of T want a bie doll, with plenty j of black hair, some fruit and flrei works. Sincerely yours, VIOLA PRIESTER. ! Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 8, 1921. Dear Santa Glaus: I want to tell you what I want. 11 want vnn to bring me a big doll and a bicycle, a big doll carriage, and be1 sure to bring to me this Christmas or j next Christmas, if you can get it. j From, FRANCES CARTER, j , ^ I kamberg, S. C., Dec. 12, 1921. | Dear Santa: I want a cap pistol and some caps with it;, I want a bicycle and some fruit. I am in the second grade. I am getting along good in school. I| dont want anything more. Your frieud, HENRY PATRICK. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 12, 1921.Dear Santa: I want a foot ball, bicycle, a cap pistol, and some caps. Please bring me plenty of fire works, also some nuts. I am nine years old, and I am getting along fine in school. I hope you will find my house on Christmas night. From your friend, v.Lyd 1 nw.viAo. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 12, 1921. Dear Santa Claus: I am writing you to let you know that I haven't forgotten how good you are. I wont ask you for much because I know there are so many poor little girls and boys wfio will want to be remembered. Please bring me a sleeping doll and some fruits of different kinds. With love, CAROLINE HITT. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 12, 1921.""" Dear Santa: I want a bicycle and some skates, i I am a very good boy in school, ij want a gold watch, a cap pistol and j caps with it. I want a bugle andj some fire crackers. I am in the third grade. I want a suit of clothes. My teacher is Miss Cason. I like her for she lets us draw. Goodbye, Santa. JOSEPH KINSEY. ' Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 12, 1921. Dear Santa Claus: I will write you a few lines to let j you hear from me. These few lines leaves me well, hoping you are the same. Well, Santa, I am in the third grade. I want some fire crackers, a cap pistol, fruit, a bicycle, a wagon, some skates, a bugle and a drum. Please bring me a little toy train, and that will be all. My teacher's name is Miss Cason; she is a good teacher. T enipss T will olnse for this time. SO I o?? ? ? ? - , good bye; from your friend, JOHNNIE SANDIFER. BLACKVILLE BUREAU Henry Ij. Lttefenbach. Blackville, Dec. 13.?The body of Henry L. Diefenbach was brought to Blackville last Friday for funeral and j Hp Hipd in Charleston' UJLK/tlV. Thursday morning at the home of his! brother in law. J. Ryan Kelley, after ! a long illness. About 47 years ago j he married Miss Julia Kelley, a very popular and attractive young lady of Blackville, and for years they resided here. Mrs. Diefenbach preceded him to the grave many years ago. He was 73 years of age. Exchange Pulpits. Rev. L. H. Miller and Dr. W. M.I Jones, of Barnwell, exchanged pulpits! last Sunday morning. Dr. Jones selected for his text the 15th verse of the 16th chapter of Matthew, "He; saith unto them, but whom say ye that I am," and in his usual earnest! and masterful manner held his audI ience spell bound during the sermon,! and his words sank deep into some | hearts and inspired them to "let. Je-j | sus come into their hearts." j Friends of Mrs. Belle Rush, a for-i mer resident of Blackville, but who now resides 'at Kingstree, with her, daughter, Mrs. Brockington, will bej glad to learn that she is much better! j after a seriotfs illness. Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Ray and little daughter, of Aiken, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John O'Gorman last' Sunday and Monday. j J. Ryan Kelley, of Charleston, was I here this week to attend the funeral' I of his brother in law, H. L. Diefen-j bach. j Tom Murray Walsh, of Savannah,' was here last week. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Free i will regret to learn that they contem. < plate moving to Columbia in the neari !.future. ! Miss Grace McCrone, of Chicago, is the guest om her brother, Dr. Mc-' I Crone. I I Mrs. Ellen Izlar, who has spent the summer here with her daughter, Mrs. C. S. Buist, has returned to her .winter ! home in pcala, Fla. . T-r \farHn Willi r i itiiiua ui ncui j am. auu> k.u ..... i resret to learn of his serious illness : and hope for him a speedy recovery. | I Friends of Miss Edwarda Dickin-| son, the 3rd and 4th grade teacher in | the school here, will he glad to learn j that she is convalescent after a se-, rious illness. Mrs. R. C. Kirkland, of Barnwell,! was a recent business visitor in town. I Miss Emma Kirkland, of Batnwell,! ^visite drelatives here recently. j Bamberg, S. C.f Dec. 12, 1921. j Dear Santa: I will write you a few lines to let you know what I want for Christmas. I want a cap pistol and some caps for A. Christmas, and I want an air nne 100. I will close for this time. From your friend, EARL SANDIFER. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 12, 1921. Dear Santa: I want a foot ball and some fruit t : and fire works. I am in the second grade. I have a bicycle. I am doing well in school. My teacher is named Miss Cason. She is*a good teacher. I want you to come to my house. Your friend, MELVIN HITT. I * i Bamberg,' S. C., Dec. 12, 1921. T~\ w O r? r> 4-n Plono . JL/cai oau ia viauo. j I am a good boy and study hard ev, ery day. I want an air rifle and I | want a knife. I want a cap pistol | and a bicycle. I get on the honor I roll all the time. I am seven years | I old and am in the second grade, j SAMUEL CANTEY, JR. * Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 12, 1921. [ Dear Santa: t I am a good little boy, so please ! bring me a train with a track, a horn, a drum, and some sparklers. Your little boy, J. FRANCES DUCKER. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 12, 1921. Dear old Santie Clause: I am writing you as I have moved from Bamberg out in the country, so please don't forget to come and bring me some fire crackers, some caps for | my pistol and all kinds of nre wonts and good things to eat. Little ALBERT HICKS. Ehrhardt, S. C., Dec. 10, 1921. Dear Santa Claus: I am a little boy three years old and I want you to bring me for Christmas a hammer and saw, air rifle and some fruit of all kinds. Wishing you a merry Xmas, CHARLES HENRY CLAYTON. (Continued on page 2, column 3.) | EHRHARDT BUREAU I W. F. Hiers, Manager. Epworth League Entertains. Ehrhardt, Dec. 14.?Friday evening the Epworth league was entertained by Miss Katherine Roberts. Music, games and refreshments were indulged in bv the large number of young people present; their anticipation of a pleasant time being fully realized. Kinard-Ayer. Miss Wilma Kinard and Green Ayer were married Sunday afternoon by Rev. P. D. Risinger, at the home of the bride's father, A. M. Kinard. I Personal Items. Mrs. C. S. Kearse. of Walterboro, I is spending some time with her moth! er, Mrs. W. H. Kinard. ' * * T ** ? ~; * v. rojvontiv rAtnrnftd | 31TS. J* IV1. O illltil ? vvm. from a trip to Florence, where, it is reported, Mr. Smith is planning to move his family in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ehrhardt and | children have gone to Newberry to visit Mrs. Ehrhardt's mother. ! A. ,T. Obenchain, of Columbia, a I civil engineer connected with the fedi * j eral government in the building of J roads .spent rriaay mgui m iumi j with friends. I Miss Mary Beard, of Sumter, visited Miss Kate Hiers last week. I Sermon by Rev. Black. Rev. Henry J. Black, president of the South Carolina synod, was in town last Sunday, preaching at the Ehrhardt Lutheran church in the | morning, and at Mount Pleasant in j the afternoon. I i Attend Bankers Meeting. Dr. J. L. Copeland, president, and f J. B. Ehrhardt, cashier, of the Ehr-j hardt Banking company, attended the, meeting of the district bankers in; Williston last week. They report a' good meeting and an enjoyable occa-j sion. * Rev. Etheredge Welcomed Back. | The many friends of Rev. Hamlin Etheredge are very much gratified to ! know that he has been returned to this charge for another year. He has: served here but a few months, but in j this short time he has endeared him-' self not only to the members of his churches, but to all of the citizens of I the town and community. Mr. Eth-, | eredge takes especial interest in the i young people, realizing that they are j to be the men and women of tomorrow, and that in their youth is the! time to train and equip hem if they, are to be able to perform efficient ser-' vice. BLACK VILLE BANK REOPENS. Examiner James H. Craig Says Insti- j tution is Perfectly solvent. X I Following an examination made by j James H. Craig, state bank examiner, the Commercial Bank, of Blackville, was reopened Saturday morning, according to a statement by Mr. Craig. This bank suspended business Novem-i I ber 18, due to the lack of ready cash' [ but after an examination by the state ! bank examiner, the bank was found I to be solvent and was allowed to re-! j open for business Saturday. j i Mr. Craig made two examinations! ! of the business of the bank and found ! the institution to be absolutely sound, he said Saturday. "The bank wasj i forced to close business because of the lack of ready cash and inability! to realize readily on its loans, which j were considered perfectly good, but i not liquid as a quick asset," Mr. Craig I said. These conditions did not warrant the closing of the institution, Mr. Craig said, and as a matter of fact it would have been almost a crime to close up a bank in as good condition as the Blackville institution, the examiner added. Under an agreement signed by the depositors whereby they will not withdraw their money for a short time, the bank was reopened and should succeed without further trouble, Mr. Craig believes. Only a short! time agreement was entered into, as the bank will be all right within this period. The depositors and creditor banks all cooperated fully with the state bank examiner and the directors of the institution. His Wail. "My nephew, who lately graduated from the state university," a trifle ruefully confessed Farmer Bentover, "complains that I am so ill-bred tbat a gentleman can hardly live off of me without losing his self respect." Ernest Nelson Fo\ Jimmie , QIULLEN TAKES PLEDGE. Like Saul of Tarsus on Damascus ? * ^ _ r j_t_. way, sees a mew uigui,. There is a peculiar phenomenon up in the little village of Fountain Inn, Greenville county. A young fellow, poor in world's' goods, by the name of Robert Quillen, started up a small newspaper in keeping with an off town of a few hundred people and styled his journed the Fountain Inn Tribune. It was not long before the public realized that a marvelously bright and unusual comet had shot across the journalistic sky. Only 34 years old, he is known all over the country as a remarkably versatile and: brilliant writer. While in Richmond! a few days ago, we noticed that one of the leading papers carries regular- j ly his output to * newspaper syndicate. Whether wild or not we do not know, but he evidently liked his companionable snifter with the boys, j He writes that he has been a hypocrite and proposes to serve the Lord nereaner ime an nune.- senamau. We ojuote from his paper as fcLPws: ' Of all hard jobs -:r the world, that of making a public confession is the hardest. But if it is the only square thing to do, it must be done. This, therefore, is an open letter to the young fellows of Fountoin Inn? the good fellows, the fellows I love and loaf with at times?the fellows I have taken drinks with and fellowshipped with. t "All this while I have been a member of the church?just that and nothing more. ^ And when my conscience bothered me about taking a drink when I could get it. I said to myself: 'Why, I am a liberal sup^ +V*/* aV\ n T noif o tif V? q T pui ici ui iuc tuuiv/u, i ya c* uvu^t & | am a gentleman and a man of intelligence; there's no harm in my taking a drink, when I want it, for I can handle it.' "I said that, but I was a liar. And while posing as a church member and a follower of Christ and yet reserv-l ing the right to take a drink at myj pleasure I was considerably lower I down than a snake's belly. "This is a bitter dose to swallow, fellows, but I had it coming to me. And if my conduct has led any of you to believe that a man can retain his honor while carrying water on both shoulders, I want to make it clear that it's an impossibility. "I'm through. I'm 34 years of age, and have never struck a lick for my Lord. From now on I am His, to use as He thinks best and I'll stick to Him if it costs me everything I have and every friend I have. "I'm ashamed, fellows. Forgive me for not having been square. "ROBERT QUILLEN." KRA NOHVILLE ELECTS. Forty Women Participate in Monici(>al Election Last Week. i The election in the town of Branchville last week passed off quietly and was marked by the participation of forty women, for the first time in that town. The following was the result of the election: Mayor?W. C. Martin, incumbent, | 126; W. A. Dukes, 66. Aldermen?J. U. Watts, 153; J. M. j Williams, 136; N. E. Byrd, 156; W. S. j Dukes, 92; T. L. Hutto, 139; J. A. Buie, 105; A. N. Smoak, 148; J. C. Street, 46; J. F. Tucker, 48; C. E. McHonaker, 55; E. R. Berry, 36. Commissioner of public works?C. F. Smoak, 134; W. M. Noble, 52. Of the old council, W. C. Martin was reelected mayor, and J. U. Yatts, J. M. Williams, N. E. Byrd, T. L. Hutto and J. A. Buie were reelected aldermen, and C. F. Smoak was elected commissioner of public works. Some Liars. An American traveler entered into conversation with a Boer farmer during a long and tiresome train journey as an Englishman tells it. As is the way of Americans, he started boasting on the U. S. A. "Believe me," he said, "we had a cabbage so large over there that its shadows darkened Broadway. Suddenly it faded and decayed, and in time it was found that the rabbits in Australia had eaten away the roots." "Some cabbage!" said the Boer. "But when I was on the farm in South Africa we had an ostrich that ate an ink pad and numbering machine, and for the next three years every egg was dated and numbered." - 'md Guilty; J kufyes is Acquitted ? -ii Crjminal court convened here Monday morning for one week with Judg? rcayue r. nice, 01 aiacu, leguuu judge of this, the second circuit, presiding. Solicitor Robert L. Gunter, of Aiken, is here conducting the prosecutions on behalf of the state, and Cliff Langford, of St. Matthews, stenographer of the first circuit, is acting in that capacity here. There are j about ten cases of minor importance i on the docket, and five homicide caa- - j es, but it is doubtful that all of them I can be disposed of during this term. I Two of the defendants charged with j murder are white men, while the othL er three are negroes. The grand jn- ] ry is not in session. I The first case entered into was that ! of the state against Ernest Nelson, ne- j gro, indicted for murder, it being alleged that he shot and killed a negro woman named Missouri Brabham, wife of Jasper Brabham. The killing occurred last August on the plantation of C. R. Brabham, Jr., in the up- j per part of the county. A big negro i picnic and base ball game was the oc? casion which broke up in a shooting j affray. Nelson denied any connection \ with the difficulty, but was found j guilty of manslaughter. A motion for ] a new trial is to be heard in his be- ! half, so. that sentence has not yet been pronounced by the court upon The next case tried was that of j Jimmie Stakes, a young negro also - -^ charged with murder in connection j with the shooting to death of another j negro named Sank Johnson, Jr., one day last May on the plantation of B. | I C. Hays, near tfamDerg. rue aeien- j dant claimed self defense, offered no ! testimony, and rested his case with j i the jury on the state's evidence. He j was quickly acquitted. j Monday night the solicitor and as- j sistant counsel went to Barnwell and appeared before Judge S. W. G. Shipp i in the case of R.,0. Williamson, who | is charged with the murder of Ham ' I Brabham in Ehrhardt some two years j ago. Williamson was tried here once before, convicted of manslaughter . i and sentenced to serve ten years at ; ' .-ij ; hard labor. His case was appealed j | to the supreme court which reversed j the lower court here on a certain ! point of law involved and sfent it back to Bamberg for another trial. In the |9 meantime Williamson's counsel moved for a change of venue to have the ] case tried out of this county. It was I in opposition to this motion that at- I torneys went before Judge Shipp in j Barnwell Monday night, and William- _'|a son was also represented at the hear-* J ing there. The motion was refused. I and consequently the case wjll have j to be tried again in Bamberg coifntj* j | Cotton Production Estimate. j The cotton crop this year will amount to the equivalent of 3,340,000 1 ! bales of 500 pounds gross, the department of agriculture announced ' Monday in its final e^imate of the j season. This estnmate is approxl- i mately 2,000,000 more bales than the j September estimate indicated, the J discrepancy being accounted for by I inaccurate reports. The estimate in r j | equivalent 500 pound bales by states I follows: Virginia 16,000 North Carolina 800,000 | South Carolina 760,008 Georgia 640,008 j Florida .... 13,000 Alabama 635,000 Mississippi 870,000 J j Louisiana 295,000 j Texas 2,206,000 2 Arkansas 860,000 I Tennessee 340,000 j Missouri 78,000 j Oklahoma 530,000 j California 74,000 j Arizona 40,000 I All Other States 13,000 I ine dOKe. . "A funny thing happened over beyond Mount Pizgy tuther night," related Gap Johnson, of Rumpus Ridge. "A bunch of Whitecaps drug a feller out of bed and whaled him mighty nigh to a frazzle with . hickory withes." "What for?" inquired the neighbor to whom the incident was being related. "That's the funny part of it! They went back the next night and owned A right up that that joke was on him. . 3 They'd made a mistake and-7-yaw haw! haw! gone to the wrong house." a R ?1 ^ ^ | J 9 m -Jm