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J PERSONAL MENTION. ! : I I People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. I ,] \ ?J. Z. Broker, of Denmark, was a visitor in the city Monday. ?* ' i ! ?W. O. Tatum, of Cope, was in | Bamberg for a while last Friday. ?Mrs. W. L. Riley, of Denmark. " | -was shopping in the city Tuesday jl morning tj ?S. S. Williams, prominent Govan | \ farmer, was a Bamberg visitor last Kg' Saturday. | ?Miss Leona Brabham spent Tuesi day in Augusta doing some Christmas f t , shopping. / ?Mrs. Clint Hooton, of Denmark, k* was a visitor to her old home in Bamberg Monday. ?Boyce Steadman, of Denmark, paid a flying business trip to Bam-| | berg Tuesday. j ?Dr. A. S. Weekly and E. R. Cooner paid a flying visit to Colum-1 Ibia last Wednesday. ?Mrs. R. C. Stokes has gone to Petersburg, Va., to spend the ChristBias holidays with relatives. ?John Blume, of Columbia, a Bamberg boy, spent a few days here | test wees OH cl Visit xo rcittti vco. j U ?-Miss Thelma Bailey, of Greenf wood, is visiting relatives in Bam| berg daring the holiday season. I ?J. E. Felder, of Cope, an old I Bamberg citizen, was in the city for a 8 short while Monday afternoon. jL. ?Edwin C. Brace, Jr., recently lertnrned to his home here after be? teg in Atlanta for a short stay. l,,~ M'to Winchester Gra- j v - iOi. auu ^ | lam, of Denmark, were visitors in V the city for a short while-Tuesday. j I ?Frank M. Smoak has returned | to the city after spending some time on a trip to Jacksonville and SavanP *ah. | ?Mrs. I. B. Felder and little Isaac, jL Jr., left Sunday for Georgetown to * _ spend the Christmas holidays with relatives. r.. V ?Miss Byrle Bnce, of Denmark, h f was a recent visitor for a short while in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. (Free here. ?Mrs. Kathleen Riley and Mrs. J. IX Copeland, Jr., were in Charles^m Saturday on a Christmas shopping expedition. !X- tMCtf. i!/UDailK8, yruunucui iai-i fs met of the Govan section of the conn0\: ty, was in the city Tuesday shaking hands with friends. , ?Wesley Stokes, who is attending Wofford college, Spartanburg for his second year, is at home in Bamberg f during the Christmas holidays. ?Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Helflin, of ir;. Xnoxville, Tenn., are paying a short l:f-< Christinas visit to the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. Z. Felder. ?Frank Snyder, a student of Wof^ ford college, is spending the Christf mas holidays with his parents, Col. and Mrs. W. J. Snyder, in Bamberg. P ?Maj. Elliott Watson, of the t Carlisle faculty, is spending the holidays -with friends and relatives in Aslheville, N. C., and Washington, B. C. L; ?Mrs. J. J. Heard, wsho recently I returned from her husband's bed? ?ide in Charleston, left again MonR. day to be with him during his illWm ness. ?Garris Zeigler is at home here I for the holidays with his parents, Mr. L and -Mrs. W. C. Zeigler, from his pharW maceutical studies at the Medical college, Charleston. ?Misses Thelma Bruce and Eliza-1 beth Kirkland, Lander college students, came home last week to remain with their parents here during the Christmas holdiays. ?Attorneys D. W. Rohinson, of Columbia, and J. O. Patterson, of """* " ?iKo Aitxr TnocHav .Barnweii, weic m vhj ^ v.? attending a reference before J. J. r , Brabham, Jr., master. I- ?James O. Rhoad, a student of Wofford college, Spartanburg, came (home Saturday night to spend the holiday season with his parents, Mr. f and Mrs. W. D. Rhoad, here. ?N. Pinckney Smoak, Jr., left Friday for Baltimore to be at the bedside of his brother, Claude M. Smoak, who for some time has been seriously <ii o virkcnitaHt.here and has not XJf IJki. 1U C* ? ? been improving as rapidly as was hoped. ?Fletcher Kirkland, a member of the present graduating class of Wofford college, and who is also teach ing in a Spartanburg school this season, is spending tJhe holdiays with his ' parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Kirkland, in this city. ?L. C. Smoak attended the United States court session in Charleston last week as a juror. Mrs. Smoak accompanied him to Charleston, and while there was stricken with a severe illness, it becoming necessary for her to enter a hospital for treatment. Her friends will be glad to know that she is now recovering and was expected . to return home Wednesday night. llife C<><x><><><KX>O<>O <><><: oo 0 An Unasked-for I 1 Gift I 0 By MARY GRAHAM BONNER 6 ^OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Copyright. 1921, "Western Newspaper Union. NR. LOUIS ROTH KT had become a j^>*Sk v\l | money - maker. ! VAJ5V I T Xf.o T nnlo I I I M i z>. JJ v u i o -*J missed do i n g fk ^er ovvi1 wor^wtV&Vi 15(d She liked t0 <1? I J the d a r n i n g. ^2j)c$ ^he was nerv" x. ous in a motor(yj^) car, and a chauffeur depressed her. She had tried having one once, but she not only felt like a fool when she "dolled up," as she exi pressed it, but she was frighteued i when she saw the chauffeur's look of. [ disgust when she told him she had no j calls to make and no shopping to do ! except to the corner store. She didn't care about going to a smart hotel for tea in the afternoon. Now and again she liked to have a "bite" in a pastry shop. Louis was a musician. He was one ui uie must pupuiiii ux uuxiv-c v:uiiuuv;tors. He made money from royalties on his popular songs?a great deal of money. She had been often told that musicians were temperamental flirts. But the ones she had seen were not. They liked cigars and pinochle-and fat checks. That wasn't so temperamental. Neither was there anything temperamental about the music publishers and the friends of Louis who came in of an evening for cheese and crackers. She was nervous when the maid broke dishes, though she knew there was lots of money to buy more. She was naturally a careful housekeeper, and the money had come a little too late or else she was one of the rare kind who couldn't spend it! ?Very rare, but not at all pleasant. J When she went to shows she fell I asleep. She longed to dust behind corners and under the rungs of chairs. She loved to bake a good cake. But prosperity was hers, and she didn't want to let Louis know how hard It was for her to be prosperous. He came in this time when Mrs. Louis was sitting stringing corn for the little tree she had bought. It was Christmas eve. Louis was very evidently excited. He asked his wife to come into the little bedroom so no one would hear. Louis hadn't become u^ed to talking hpfnrp a maid His wife noticed that "irs liotng 10 ee nara on iou,- n? Said. he looked rather worried and troubled. "What's the matter?" A sharp thrill of pleasure went through her. Perhaps he had speculated, lost his money in Wall street, or on the curb. So many people did, she had been told. Louis would be poor and she would darn his socks and get his meals, and they'd live in the old flat and keep the cozy red plush furniture. Louis naa Deen raiKing iaieiy 01 moving iu better quarters. He took her hands in his. "It's going to be hard on you," he said. uOh, no," she answered, trying to repress the exultant note in her voice, Til be glad?" , 9 She was about to tell him how oppressive the riches had been, how I they had almost suffocated her. How much happier she would be to have to save money, rather than try to spend it for Louis' sake, to make him feel she enjoyed it. I *4Wifey," he said finally, "they warn i me to tour Europe. It's a great chance. [ There's big money in It, and the boys all want to go with me. Do you suppose, wifey, I know you're awful seasick, and a poor traveler." His face looked worried. "But do you suppose you could stand the seasick ness and all, for I'd be so lonesome leaving you home? They want me so much?and they know I j wouldn't want to go without you? that they're going to pay your expenses and make that a little Christmas present for you!" She gave a look at the beloved red plush furniture. Would there never | be any rest from prosperity? Her fate was sealed. "I guess. I could stand it, Louis," she said bravely. But in her heart there was hopelessness. Money, Europe, riches and more riches, a limousine future and a street car soul! And a Christmas present of such a trip! And she, alas, would have so much preferred a street car ride and a sewing basket from the boys such as fVio+ fi-net rthricfrmnc I 111CJ uau ^IVCIl 11C1 UiUl UAWI, , after she had married Louis, when they hadn't been rich! aC?&.v> ; ?fti'--;jf" ; <i:'J So&t.-j. - - ? - . : v ' . Byrnes on Campaign Committee. Washington, Dee. 17.?Represen| tative Rouse, of Kentucky, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional campaign committee, has named Representative James F. Byrnes, of South Carolina, as a member of the execu | tive committee of that organization. | ?Miss Aral Baxley, a practicing attorney, of Blackville, and one of i the very (few women lawyers of South 1 Carolina, was in Bamberg Monday on I professional business. Up to several | years ago women were not admitted to the bar of this state. I ?Bill Whitesides, who gained considerable prominence the past season as a base ball pitcher for the local club of the Tri-County league, is spending the holidays at this home ' - - * -i - A > f :i: I Here irom nis classes ai naney -unitary institute, Greenwood, i ?Lieut. S. G. Mayfield, Jr., U. S. i X., is spending the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr.- and Mrs. S. G. Mayfield, of Denmark. For some time past Lieut. May.field's headquarters have been in San Francisco, + v.a v?o?? nftir hoon tra-neforrod to uui uao "v ?? i/vvm ? l New York headquarters. He is sta! tioned on the U. &. S. Wyoming. I The Bamberg public schools adj journed Tuesday for two weeks dur-! j ing the Christmas holiday season, and all the teachers have left for their ; respective homes throughout the; state. Exactly two weeks will be tak- j en, exercises scheduled to be resumed on Tuesday morning, January 3rd. MIRANDY TELLS THE NYSE. What the Wimmin of Ole Salkerhatchie Are Doin\ Salkerhatchie Valley, Dec. 1 2. j Dear Mr. Edditer: Wuz so glad whin I foun you'd published my peece fer I wus thinkin uf ritin agin, and givin you some more currant events, as to what we wimmin in the ola Sa':kerhatchie valley wus vdoin. Well. ? ?-* Kir* rrnf^ir* i sence rum you ia.ss, wc vc um ourselves orginized an prepairin fer nex years work. So in consequents we held a meetin at Frog Level school house whitoh wuz very interrestin an we feal that it will be fer reachi.n in its defecs. The ieacher3 of sed schule an lots of our puolic sperrited wimmin came out and showed much enthooseasm in the subjec. Even Miss Emmerline Augustine Skinlint and Henrietta Josephine Up jinks vvho are fathful ole lan marks i.n our kommunity, wuz there. Of cours we wuz glad to have thim, even if Miss Emmerline did bring her three cats, as is ginerally her custum. Thin, too we'd sed we wudnt ax enny of the men folks to our meetins, but I notised as sune as I cum in that there wuz ole Mr. Jeremia Hopkins, a sprie ole widower frum a nearbye town settin by the dore. Now, thay doo say that he is pourful sweet on Miss Henrietta, an if it wuz so, why we'd trie not to say annything about him cummin, fur gudness knows its a mity rear thing fur Henrietta to hav a beau, tho I felt in the beginnin that his presents there wrud caus troubble. Well, the tyme had cum fur startin and Sarah Jain Doolittle, who wuz supposed to uee vice cneemiaii, nauu i arnv >eu, so thay perposed to mak me cheerman pro tim, an fur the tyme bein, I assoomed a grate deel of dygnity and tuk the cheer an begun by callin the hous to order, but it seamed more like callin it to disorder. In the fust place ole Jeremia happined to think uf sumthin sweet he wanted to say to .Miss Henrietta, an he wint to step anrnst thp islp nninlr hpfnrp hp fnr?nt hit. Hovvsumever, in his haiste\ he furgot to be prudent, so down cums his two hunderd poun wate on the rear end of Miss Emmerline's' favorit cats anatermy, and my, what a racket! As sune as the presshure wuz releaved at that pertickular pint, that animil maid a dive fur its mistress fur proteckshun, an instid of leavin his feetprints on the sans of tyme, he lef them on Miss Emmerline's nose. Nowr, Mr. Edditer, if you've ever met Miss Emmerline and ther nose | you'll remember that orgin wuz a prominent asset in her maik-up, an nf pnnrn cho fiiri Tint want it mnrrpfi Thin, too, the cat in his frantick efforts had dislodged sum of its mistress's faulse hair, which maid a bad matter wusser. In the mene tyme, Mr. Jeremia wuz standin there bowin and scrapin an er polergizin to the cat, an Emmerline's nose, but neather cat nor the uther party heard. Immejectly after the trespas the ole sister getnered up tne remanes 01 her cats and faulse hair an lef, so petrified she cud hardley taulk. Jeremia did seam to hait the thing so bad an in fac we all felt verry sorrie?uf course I mean fur the cat. Things got smuthed over after a spell, an the wimmin begun to taulk erbout the tymes ginerallv and polertics in pertickular. Thay got to discussin the diffrent offises, an the ones who wuz bes fitted to hole thim nex year. Finerly thay sed that thay k dident think that J. Carl Kearse wuz doin much in his offis and thay had bin thinkin fur sum tyme uf gettin me to run fur the legislator nex year agin him. Well, I never wuz so pluralized in my lyfe! To think of me rnnnin fur offis and sich a bis: me as that! I'd known fur sum tyme that the folks in this ole vallie had grate confidents in my erbility, still I never thot of thim showin it in that way. Wishin to sho my depreciashun uf these confidence I exprest my sen-! timents kinder thusly: I tole thim that I felt too like Carl Kearse werent doin much fur his peeple in the wae of makin gud laws, etc., still I felt like it wuz becus he wuz yung; an skeered amung aul thim big men1 up thear and I felt like he'd doo mo I whin he wuz more uster things, fur| I wuz shure that boy had had gud bringin up. Thin, toq, if thay sent: me, twuz lykely thim meetins up thear wud cum at erbout the tyme of my spring hatchin or gardnin, an I'd hafter sin sum won in my place. I tole thim that I did want to git a bill thru to hav a extry tax put on these rich ole bachelors and widowers, sed tax 10 go 10 neip sum 01 our pore oie: The Best* Yflll have been waitin? j 1 vli for a lone- time to I get that car. Now is the time. Prices have gone down and Christmas is nearly here. Make your family happy by taking home a Chevrolet or Over- i land?the gift to please A every member of the fam- a ily. Cars are in stock, you do not have to wait for delivery. J. B. BRl A^A A A^A *^A A^A A^A /4|VVtVV V VVVWVi iMm X % - JL ife* ' ' " ! V T ir+ W8Bm?S2SS>lbim3& $ We wish to ^ *f ronage of the X Y about to close A V ery one of ou I mas ana a na y 4 WE SOLIC] y > DURING Y COUR i I Hnntc 4fe an y|<|> Bamberg yJ&rrzzTTzzztt i I widders and ole maids who are toilin an strivin an losin there gud Inks every day. I thout I'd sugges to Carl that if he'd git my hill thru while he wuz there that I wudent run agin him an I felt pretty shure he'd do it. j Henrietta argued with me erbout that I bill unanermously, fur she wuz allers I o Kit/ lvl/o mrenlf on ! Or UI5 u\:ai tcu viiib^t ij xvv LU vovn uu ever thinkin of thim that wuz in trub_ ble. Well, this matter settled, the nex thing on the programmy, Sara Jain's baby tuk the colick. Now Sarah Jain comminced rite away to tellin uf what she'd read erbout aul the ailiments of chillern, an how to control thim, ! an she named books nun uf us had! ever heerd uf, nor never will, but it | seamed that in aul her readin experi ince she'd never lerned ennything erbout colick an how to treat it. She | continued to taulk on an the baby I still vellin. till finerlv Aunt Susan Perkins stept fourth an tuk thatj youngun in her commodius lap an giv it sum ole tyme rimidy that she carried allong an after a fue pats the yellin stopt almos spontanersly. Now, I'll garrantee that Aunt Susan aint read nothsin in the pass six munths _ _ j r ^nrisrmas t ICICLE, Bar express our appreciation for 1 people of this section during , and take this occasion to wis r friends and patrons a Very ppy and Prosperous New Yea :t your continued i 1922, assuring you of 0 teous treatment as i PAST A AAfV jn's Ladies D READY TO WEAR PARI j - ? ^ A A A \ . I -Hi-; '-- *V*r\'*vc.* **-v ?? a? * ! | ceptin a lass year's almamck an mebj be the Bamburg Herel, but shes sho I Jonny on the spot whin the rale disaster cums. Twuz gettin lait by this tyme, so I maid a motion to sojurn, whitch ! wuz carried numeranously. So thus ended our fust meetin whitch wuz ' ?? ? ?" ~ ~ ^ Turti Tirr*??l> T /ti? SO moe <111 traiiqil. JUSI w uau x v.uix giv you a full ercount, but our secertary, Jerusha .Matilda Jones, bad to stop durin the perceedins to beat two uf her boys who wuz fitin over ' a yaller tater, an whin she got back she wuz so flustered an out of breth till she cudent rite no more. Sed she mity ni had a preparation of the hart, but she will get out her report an ' sin it ter you yet. Now, \Jr. Bdditer, we feal like we ercomplished sumthin, an trus We'H keep on advancin. Our trail is pret ty well bladzed now as well as Miss Emmerline's nose, an we are lukin fur grate things in the futur, if we \ . ? can only get the other wimmin to cum over an help ns. We are invitin thim now to step in fur the water is fine. Hopin to see this in yore paper, an with aul gud wishes, I remane yores agin, M1RANDY OLDSTYLE. lift Of All nrir your tickets now for the Wil Chevr#)et car. As soon as all tickets are sold, the car will he awarded to the person holding correct number. The sooner the tickets are sold the sooner tne.car wm De awaraea. See us at once for particulars and tickets. Get a car for almost nothing. ^1] nberg, S. C. i|| 55?5?5555S?S|X I il i?i i i ^ 1 H Dne noerai pax- j ; the year now h each and ev- lv Merry Christr AiV PATRONAGE Ife UR SAME 4C! N THE m Store % I South Carolina, Y|X jJ9 ^H|