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? : : , Ha"* '"* ' ^'..'^3^3 | (Hbr Bamberg Seralb ;| ilgife' - > ^ > ' v^fl if ... ? ? apt' $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22,1921. Established in 1891. ? ?._ '-t ^ r i * n R Atlanta Concern i I Local Men C V ? B The contracts were awarded last K Wednesday in the Bamberg-county commissioners' office for the con fstruction of the government highway on the Orangeburg road, Bamberg county side, from the new bridge through the swamp, and for the erection of the fine new steel and concrete bridge on this road across Edisto river three miles from Bamberg. A number of Orangeburg people were on hand including the county com Isioners, much interest was manifest' ^ ed in the matter, competition was keen among the tfcdders, it growing practically into a contest, and no less than a total of 25 bids were received and considered on the two jobs. The lowest bidders in each instance were, of. course, given the job?. The Omnifi'Ahiirfir-Bambere highway is on I a route -designated officially by tibe United States government, a regular MjL government road, in other words, and therefore half of this total expense in building the road and bridge will ' * be borne by the government. What?1 ever agency is most instrumental in " - obtaining government appropriations for these roads througfh the south is dnine a eood work for our progress {and we should be glad to get at least some government money down here fo? something. The other half of this cost Tor building of the road through the swamp will be paid by Bamberg county wihile the half of the bridge construction expenses will be apportioned equally between Bamberg and Orangeburg counties, each furnishing one*fourth of the total funds necessary. This highway has already been completed on the Orangeburg county side from the I river to tjhat city, a distance or ii>j miles, and is fine and in excellent condition at present. The successful bid for the bridge approximated $35,000, and was sub-. Knitted by Austin Bros., an Atlanta Jtato of engineers. There rwere 16 bids for this- contract and next to Austin Bros, came a Charleston con I0: cero just $175 above them, while the y third lowest bid was submitted by - Fbancis M. Bamberg, of bhis city. These 16 bids ranged in amount all the way from this lowest mark to $55,000. The contract for the road was.let tor $4,505.72 to E. W. Watson, of this city, and L. P. McMillan, also of aiui ft former county super Iiv 3 pwu l/W 61 uu*. ? _ _ visor here, these two (gentlemen getI ting the job on a partnership basis, g . Their bid was a little over $300 less . than the next lowest to them. It is |fe expected that actual operations in vN; . connection with the worfc of both jobs !?; - will begin about the first of January, and it is hoped that they will both be y rushed through to a rapid completion [ and this entire road thus perfected to ? a splendid highway at a not far disI tant date. Bamberg county's share V of the money to be paid for the con x tracts approximates *n,uuu. jj| A Mid-Summer Night-More. ih (Dedicated to the "B. V. D." Trio, ^ -?* ? a n \ b uransouuig, 0. 0./ p Last summer "Pa" laid in Ms bed, E The skeeters were right bad. R They stung him everywhere they V could, E It surely made him mad. B . He jumped up in thev darkness E And grabbed the skeeter shooter; If He filled it up with liquid, jl And then began to skooter. Jr The skeeters kept on stinging, v ? "Pa" couldn't sleep at all. " " A. 1L. i Next morning "Ma" iouna out um E:, ?Pa/> (Bad shot them with Nnjol. V Dear B. V. D/s: I -Ton will readily underwear ? I 1 mean understand, why we submit the I "above with apologies," for its late vinri favnr nf SeDt. 2 Was Hess, xuui axuu -? -? ? ??. ';;;received Nov. 10, but do not abuse the mail service, as it is unkind to speak irreverently of tbe dead. However, you should be careful to send In your summer suggestions right after the \ % i Christmas holidays, in order to give; them a good start. ? -?;'y * It is no small wonder that the skeer- . I ters refused to cease in their attack j after being sprayed with Nujol, for ' " - T ' """A" 4TIrl 1,1OTOrl in t Vi io 1 "Willits J. IIit V e UCfCi iuuu>ovu 1U ?uiu particular beverage, I imagine it tends to make one hungry. ? - 1 It is now nearly the middle of November, but I sincerely hope a point | : will be strained in order to get this to you in time for it to convey to you all my best wishes for a happy new ^ TOM, in News and Courier. - - J I . to Build Bridge; let Road Contract Little Folios Tell Santa Their Wants T5o m Horcr S I"1 T1 AO 11. 1921. JL/aUlUblQ) V*? . J Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a doll, a doll carriage, and a little cradle. From your dear little friend, FRANCES ELLEN CHANDLER. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 18, 1921. Dear Old Santa: I write to tell you what I want for Xmas: A horn, a little train that runs on a track, some fruit and fire I works, some story books, a ball. That's all I'll ask for this time. Your little friend, D. K. SANDIFER, JR. > * Bamberg, S. S., Dec. 18, 1921. Dear Santa Claus: I want a big unbreakable doll. Baby carriage, fruits and some other little toys, that's all I'll ask for this IT.*..*. lUfla pTn Qr? r? Uiliv. IVUI UM1C 1.1. luuu, GYIiES SANDIFER. Bambeng, S. Dec. 18, 1921. My Dear Old Santa: I will write to you to tell you what Iwant for Xmas. I want a little wagon and a stopper gun, some sparklers, apples, oranges and a whole bunch of them things that hangs up, and you can look by my stocking you will find a nice pecan cake for you. By-by, old Santa, I'll look for you. LITTLE ROBERT SANDIFER. Denmark, S. C., Dec. 16, 1921. Dear Santa Claus: I am writing you to tell you what I want for Xmas. I wont ask for much j as there will be so many little girls \ to be remembered. Please bring mej and my little sister, Hattie Louise, a! doll, teaset and some fruit. Your loving little girls, MARGUERITE and HATTIE LOU ISE 8ANDIFER. i ii "Denmark, S. C., Dec. 16, 1921. Dear Santa: I know times are hard, but please try and bring me an air rifle, some fiie works and some fruit. Don't forget my little new brother, Rhomy. - ' I Your little boy, JAMES SANDIFEK. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 17, 1921. Dear Old Santa: We are little girls. We go to school every day. Here's what we want for Xmas: A sleeping doll, doll carriage and some other little toys. , We wont ask for any fruit this yeaT ' for papa has gone to Florida and he will bring us plenty of fruit, so give our* share to some other little children. Your little girls, A urn* Sr TiVTTSE KTRKLAND. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 19, 1921. Dear Santa: Please bring me a doll cradle, a doll trunk, a little doll, some doll clothes and fruit. Your little girl, GRACE BRUCE. Olar, S. C., Dec. 19, 1921. Dear Santa Claus: I want you to please bring me a can nistol and some caps with it, I want some fire crackers some fruit. My little sister, Louise, wants some candy and fruit, and my other little , sister, Ruby Nell, wants a big doll and a doll carriage and some fruit. Now, Dear Santa Claus, please don't forget to bring aome nuts and a rubber ball. This is all I want, good by Santa Claus.. Your little friend, EDWARD SELLERS. j Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 20, 1921. ! Dear Santa: I wrote you last year and you brought me everything that Tasked for, so I am going to tell you what I want this Xmas. Please bring me a little automobile, a tea set and some fire works. Please bring little brother. D. R.. the same kind of things so he will not bother mine. Muah love from your little girl, ELOISE MATHENY. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 20, 1921. Dear Santa Claus: I am a little boy 6 years old. I know you always remember the good little boys and gins every unnstmas. I am writing to ask you to bring me an Eversbarp pencil, a train, a foot ball and several nice toys. Your little friend, CLARENCE BLACK. Is ^Th^re a *S (New York Sun, De We take pleasure in answerin the communication below, expres gratification that its faithful ar friends of the The Sun: "Dear Editor?I am 8 years "Some of my little friends "Papa says 'If you see it i "Please tell me the truth, Virginia, your little friends are by the scepticisms of a sceptical '* they see. They think that nothi sensible by their little minds. All men's or children's, are little. In is a mere insect, an ant, in his boundless world about him, as m able of grasping the whole truth a Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa love and generosity and devotion abound and give to your life its h ' world be if there was no Santa C if there were no Virginias. Thei dreary would be the child like fa to make tolerable this existence, except in sense and sight. The et fills the world would be extinguis Not beilieve in Santa Claus! 1 fairies! You might get your papj chimneys on Christmas Eve to cat did not see Santa Claus coming Nobody sees Santa Claus. Tbe m those that neither children nor i fairies dancing on the lawn? Of that they are not there. Nobody wonders there are unseen and uns You tear apart the baby's rattl< but there is a veil covering the un: est man, nor even the united stren ever lived, could tear apart. On mance, can push aside that curtai ernatural beauty and glary beyor in all this world there is nothing No Santa Claus! Thank God! thousand years from now, Virgin years from now, he will continue hood. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 17, 1921. Dear Old Santa: We are good little children, 5 and 7 years old. We Want a doll baby, little wagon, and some fire works and a little drum and some fruit. Your little friends, .TAMES & LAURA JENNINGS. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 19, 1921. Dear Santa: I want you to bring me a little tool cjhest, a train and truit and some fire works. From JAMES BRUCE. Ebrhardt, S. C., Dec. 17, 1921. Dear Santa: I am just .going to write a few lines to let you know what I want for Xmas. I know you are poor this ? ? 1_ ZJ year so I am not going xo asa iur much. I want a mouth organ and a sack of marbles. I want you to remember my little brother, Eugene, too, and bring him a cap pistol and some raisins. One of your little boys, HARRY M. BRABHAM,.JR. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 19, 1921. x Dear Santa: Please bring me a game board and cap pistol, fruit and fire works. Your little boy, R. M. BRUCE. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 19, 1921. Dear Santa: Please bring me a ten-piece Humpty Dumpty set and a cap pistol. Your little boy, ROBERT BRUCE. Ehrbardt, S. ., Dec. 17, 1921. Dear Santa Claus: I am a sweet little fellow. I am in the tenth :rrade and my teacher says if there isn't a change made I'll be promoted to the "ninth" after Xmas. I know times are (hard so I am going to ask for useful things. Please bring me one-half dozen penny pencils and a few tabU. y . _-v ^ V 3f ' t ?tf 5$ III mw^2 tv, -A j anta Claus? / icember 21, 1897.) g at once and thus prominently % sing at the same time our great ithor is numbered among the old: say there is No Santa Claus. in The Sun, it's so.' is there a Santa Claus? "Virginia O'Hanlon." wrong, i ney nave ueeu auecicu ige. They do not believe except ng can be which is not compreminds, Virginia, whether they be this great universe of ours man intellect, as compared with the easured by the intelligence capmd knowledge. Claus. He exists as certainly as exists, and you know that they ighest beauty. What would this !laus! It would be as dreary as re would be no joy. Alas! how ith theh, no poetry, no romance We would have no enjoyment ernal light with which childhood 7UW* fou might as well not believe in i to hire men to watch in all the :ch Santa Claus, but even if they down, what would that prove, ost real things in the world are nen can see. Did you ever see course not, but that's no proof can conceive or imagine all the >eeable in the world. b and see what makes the noise, seen world which not the stronggth of all the strongest men that ly iaun, iancy, poeiry, love, roil and view and picture the supid. Is It all real? Ah, Virginia, else real and abiding, he lives, and he lives forever. A la, nay, ten times ten thousand to make glad the heart of child' ' ' J lets, and bring me a pair of white pumps and stockings to match. Your smart little son, WALTER BEDENBAUGH. P. S.?The pumps are needed very much. Ehrhardt, S. C., Dec. 17, 1921. Dear Old Santa: I wrote last year but you did not bring what I wanted you to, so I will ask for the same things again. I want the following: A jumping jack, a horse, a jews harp, sky rocket and some fruit. Well, I will not ask for any more as I want you to , be sure and bring this. Your little boy, 'MILTON KIRKLAND. SEARCH SCRIPTURES. Injunction Given By Colonel George H. McMaster, of Colnmbia. When Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood took over the government of the P.MIfnino ialanria ahniit twn fffonths ago, his loyal subaltern and faithful friend, Col. George H. McMaster, of Columbia, S. C., wanted to wish him mighty well and could think of nothing better than to "search the scriptures" for some sufficiently brief expression of ihis good wishes within the limits of financial "normalcy," and found, as he thought, the very thing in the book of Job, and the following will show what happened when the message reached its destination: "Manila, P. I., October 22, 1921. "My Dear McMaster: Your radio. 'Job 42, 12-13,' signed McMaster, re ceivea. "You had us all guessing. We I thought it was a commercial code message to some unfortunate individual in Manila and ransacked the directory for the proper person. Finally it occurred to me that Job was a proper name, and then the thing was clear. I want to thank you very much indeed for the kind thought Court Session Dec and Comes n, </**// nti rI *y/i/n vruu/u vji i /uni Shoots Two Boys Denmark, Dec. 17.?Harmon Dusenbury, of Conway, and J. R. Swygert, of Peak, young white men, were shot and painfully wounded by the marine guard on the mail coach of the Seaboard Air Line train ;here at 4 o'clock this morning. * Three shots hit Dusenbury, one entered the left side of the throat, a second pierced the left foot and a .x.t_ -S j it t . ui. ^ J umra igrazea tne ieii nana. I Only one shot hit Swygert, this en| tering the thigh. Both of the young men were taken to a boarding house and given medical attention. It is said that until recently they were students at the University of South Carolina. They claim they had gone to Florida and having expended all their money were riding blind baggage back to Columbia. It was also said that they got oil the train at Fairfax and that when ordered by the iguard to get' off at Denmark they refused and that the shooting followed. ^Dusenbury left for his home in Conway this afternoon. Swygert is expected to be taken home also at once. Harmon Dusenbury and J. R. Swygert, the two boys who were shot by a marine mail car guard in Denmark yesterday, had been living in Colum bia for some time. Dusenbury was registered as a special student at the University of South Carolina last year but did not reenter this year, according to L. T. Baker, dean of the university. Swygert was known on the university campus but Dean Baker said last night in so far as he knew Swygert had never been a student there. Dusenbury is from Conway, while Swygert is from Peak. The two left Columbia several days ago, according to acquaintances here, intending to go to Florida, and no information of them as far as is known, had been received in Columbia until the news nf the shootins: reached here yester day.' i which prompted the message. I find that the book of Job, 42nd chapter, 12 and 13, reads as follows: "/So the Lord blessed the latter part of Job more than his beginning, for he had 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels and a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand she-asses. ?< a ii " 'He had aiso seven sons auu uiicc daughters/ "Good luck to you and kind regards. Very sincerely yours, "Leonard Wood." The fact, however, that the colonel was wishing a thousand she-esses on the general, unless they should be of an entirely different character and disposition from the he-asses that have been kicking at him, we .should think that the last end of the man would be worse than the first. It is a good thing, however, that the colonel drove the general to the Bible. The general would find it very entertaining if he would only go at it in soldier-like style, now that he is at "the ends of the earth." Probably he might be able to explain how the earth which is said to be round, or elliptical, can have "ends" and why Me may think, for all that we know, that Voliva, of Zion City near Chicago is right in his opinion on the rotundity of the earth and presumably its relativity.?Spartanburg Journal. CORN SUPPLANTS COTTON. , Crop More Valuable By Billion Dollars Than Cotton. Washington, Dec. 12.?Corn supplants cotton as king of the products of the fields, according to a statement of the bureau of the census recently. Based on the value of the production I of 1920, hay and forage followed 1 corn, with cotton third. However, only 33,740,106 acres were dedicated to cotton, whereas corn was grown on 87,771,600 and hay and forage on 96,121,228. The value of the corn crop was $3,507,749,102; the value of cotton and cottonseed was $2,355,169,365. The value of corn, hay, cotton and wheat represented a value amountting to $10,460,095,492, or 70 per cent, of the total value of all crops. Tne comparauvo venue m >';uci crops, especially peanuts and potatoes. will demand the attention of dared Illegal | to a Sudden Halt J It was expected that last week would be a big one in the criminal * ,'f|i court annals of Bamberg county, but i along came a visiting lawyer and upset the dope. So many cases were to be tried that a special term of the court of general sessions had been ' 'A ordered for the week, and there was more than enough business on hand to require the entire time allotted. Holding court costs any county a -bis lot of money and it's a great pity ' . . : ';m that this court had to break down. It seems that there is a statute law in this state which provides the requirement that before any special term of crimfcal court can be held legally the same must be duly advertised 15 days in advance. Three cases had already been tried before the fatal defect was discor* ered by a Walterboro attorney representing Edwin L. Goodwin, charged with murder. Two of the caaea | tried were homicide cases, the first against a negro, Ernest Nelson^ in '* j w>hich he was convicted of man-. V % slaughter. Then came the case i against tlimmie Stukes, another ne gro charged with murder, and he I was acquitted. The last one tried / ;;f | was against L. B. Sessions, a white | 1 man of Olar, in which "he was indict^ 4jl ed for issuing and uttering a bogus g check, and the jury found him not I At this juncture the fire works I blew up and everything else blew | down. The Goodwin case was called 1 and his attorneys at once entered /;||| into a bitter legal fight to continue- i ihis case. His chances seemed all but | nopeiess as motion arter motion was ,,jm promptly overruled by^the court on various grounds, and it appeared al- | most a certainty tha# Goodwin would ' g be p)aced on tr^al for his life. Then 0 suddenly somebody supplied . the | i straw to the drowning man, a burst 8 of illumination came from him, he v -3| tipped off the fuse and the explosion went up. Hardly ever before has | one lawyer blown a whole week of ? court to the winds ii} Bamberg coun- -j' 8 ty, and while zealous and commend- - able for his services to his client, so v Yll I far as the lawyer is concerned, still, r .-. ^jaB such occurrences are to be deplored y|fl 8 so far as the county is concerned. fl He won <his victory, but at a great >||||j99 expense to his sister county. And fl Goodwin will probably be tried in | January. All other cases of course .'A B had to be continued; and another bad feature is that it is highly prob- I * 8 able that what had already been \ E accomplished probably amounts to fl nothing, and the three cases tried fl may hare to be gone over again. H That is certain as to the Ernest Nel- * J B son case, the judge promptly grant- I ing a new trial to him for the rea- I son that Ihe was convicted by an il- . ' legal court. The solicitor asked for H M a new trial in the two cases where . h acquittals were rendered on the H same ground, that is, the two de- 9 | fendants had never been legally pet in jeopardy. The court reserved its | H decision as to these two. 9 The court house officials desire it B / known that Monday and Tuesday will be observed as holidays by the county H officers. All the offices will he clos- 9 ed on these days for the Christmas fB holiday vacation. / ; v9H producers. The total value of the pea- ? nut crop was only* $62,751,701, but B in growing that crop only 1,125,100 9 acres were employed, each acre net- gj ting approximately $60. Acres dedi- 2| cated to Irish potatoes numbered 3,- B 251,703, and the value of the crop IB was $639,440,521. The value of H sweet potatoes grown on 803,727 B acres was $124,844,475. Each acre B returned a value of more than $150. ^B In peanuts and sweet potatoes, as in fho smith has a monoDolv. . The 20 leading crops in 1920 folCrop. Value. 9 Hay 2,523,050,234S^|f| 9 Cotton 2,355,169,365 8 Wheat 2,074,078,801 9 Oats - 855,255,468 9 Irish potatoes >639,440,521 9 Tobacco 444,047,481 9 Apples 241,573,577 9 Barley 160,427,255 9 Sweet potatoes 124,844,475 9 ? 11fi *97 Q?K 9 IVjrO .... .... .... ?? MK Rice - .... 97,194,481 p J Grapes - 95,586,021 Peaches ? 95,569,868 <?fl| Kafir 90,221,046 "|ffi Oranges 83,398,894 Sugar beets ? 66,051,989 9a Peanuts 62,751,701 Dry beans - 61,795,225 "Hi j Sugar cane - ?/ 59,499,467 B|