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apt' $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22,1921. Established in 1891.
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R Atlanta Concern i
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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';;;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
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Christmas holidays, in order to give;
them a good start.
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It is no small wonder that the skeer- .
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ters refused to cease in their attack j
after being sprayed with Nujol, for
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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.
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to Build Bridge;
let Road Contract
Little Folios Tell
Santa Their Wants
T5o m Horcr S I"1 T1 AO 11. 1921.
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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.
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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
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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(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
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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.
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anta Claus?
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g at once and thus prominently
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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'
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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
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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
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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.'
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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.
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" '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
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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
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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
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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
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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|