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Short Items From Town and County The ApoHo Music club will give a free concert at Carlisle auditorium Friday evening at 8:30, to which the public is cordially invited. No admission will be charged. The local troop of boy scouts will meet Friday afternoon at six o'clock on the campus of Carlisle school. A full attendance or an scums w earnestly urged by the scout master. Rev. S. 0. Cantey writes that he will return home and hold services at the regular hour at Trinity Methodist church next Sunday. Mr. Cantey is now assisting in a.revival meeting at Ashepoo. Rev. J. F. Davis, of Hilda, preached at the Baptist church last Sunday morning, in the absence of the pastor, Rev. O. B. Falls, who is away on his vacation. Mr. Davis is pastor of a large field of churches in the Hilda section. - O. L. Bishop, of Colston, brought - to The Herald office last week a stalk of sugar cane four feet in length, which indicates that Mr. Bishop is going to make a fine crop of cane this year. It is quite unusual at this time of the year for cane to be so far advanced. Mr. Bishop has an acre just like it, fhe says. \ _ The wind in Bamberg Sunday night blew down a number of fences, and wrecked a number of fine shade trees in yards and in the streets. So far as reported, however, no houses were damaged. Very little rain fell in Bamberg, but the wind attained a . high speed in passing this way. Up " to Monday night there had been no rain, except a small shower, in ten days. The Democratic executive committee will meet on Tuesday, August 8th, to inspect and purge, if necessary, the Democratic club rolls, and to arrange for the holding of the primary elections in August and September. At this meeting managers will be named for the various polling places of the county, and all other arrangements will be made for the primary elections. Col. W. C. Duncan, headmaster of Carlisle school, states after visits to various parts of the state in the interest of the school, that the prospects for a large enrollment in September are most encouraging. The school will be prepared to accommodate a large number of boys with comfort, and it is the hope of the school authorities that every room in the dormitories will be filled. '* -. I We have been hearing all these years about the office hunting the man. At last, that very thing has happened over in Bamberg but alas and alackaday!?the man couldn't be found. No one filed any pledge for cotton weigher at the county seat. To think of an office reaching the depth of insignificance where from neither - love of the people nor emoluments, a man can't be found to fill it. How Vioon rtpthrnned bv B.1U5 WllUU UMO vvv? ? boss boll weevil, is enough to make a \ hardened sinner weep. ? Calhoun Times. County Chairman J. P. Carter has been busy for several days past having copies made of the Democratic club rolls for the use of managers in the primary elections, and for inspection by the executive committee, which meets Aug. 8th. Up to Tuesday night, with the rolls of Midway and Hunter's Chapel still out, the total enrolled voters of the county was 1,977 and indications that the total of all clubs would run to approxi ? mately 2,100. The number of women, as an average, is about one woman to five men. Election on School Bonds for Cope. An election to vote on the issuance of $25,000 in school bonds for the erection of a school building in Cope has been called for August 15. The voting place will be the Cope school house. The poll will be open from 7 a. m. to 4 p. m. The managers of election are G. W. Cope, J. C. Gray 3 TtT T TViio onhnnl is in a,LIU. YV . iu. r u&ic. jiuw ? ? school district No. 46. Several' months ago a similar election was carried by a big majority. Opposition developed and the election was declared void on several grounds. One of the grounds was that the legal percentage of electors was not obtained on the petitions calling for the election. This was caused, it was said, by the registration of women after the petitions had been signed up. The Anti-Climax. "Ah," she' sighed. "I shall never hear her footsteps again; the step I have listened for with eager ears as he came through the garden gate, the step that has so often thrilled my soul as I heard it on the front porch. Never, never again!" "Has he left you?" asked the sympathetic friend. "No. He has taken to wearing rubber heels!"?Scotsman. f . .. I Medical Detachment Bacl^ From Camp It was a glad and happy bunch of young fellows who arrived in Bamberg Sunday afternoon at three o'clock, after two full weeks of military training at Camp Jackson, Columbia, although the boys .were unanimous in saying that they had enjoyed a fine trip. The Bamberg company is the medical detachment of the 118th infantry. The work assigned to the local boys was light; ; the training and physical exercise were fine, and the occasion afforded i the young men a pleasant vacation of two weeks from their usual vocations. Twenty-three young gentlemen formed the personnel of the Bamberg company on the annual encampment j ?the first encampment to be participated in by the Bamberg boys. The full strength of the company is above thirty men. Dr. A. S. Weekley is captain of the local detachment. While in Columbia a major, captain and first lieutenant were assigned for service with the medical corps. The company has fitted out an i armory in the town hall, and the 1 boys are making the armory an at- ; tractive place. Two new billiard i tables have been installed in the armory, and the boys while away their spare time playing pool and i billiards. Lockers have been in- i stalled also, and perhaps other means .? of amusement may be provided from < time to time. The following is a list of the men ] who went on the encampment: j Officers. i I rinn^ain All ariloHna S WppklPV I Va P taiu AU^ugwiuv ww Staff Sergeant Olin W. Watson. < Sergeant Edwin C. Bruce, Jr. Sergeant Benjamin F. Folk, Jr. | Privates. Aaron H. Rice, Edwin G. Baxter, F. E. Dozier, Leon Donald, i Walter D. Hutto, I Walter H. Rowell, j Henry K. Brabham, , Edwin O. Bessinger, j Charles L. A. Carter, John H. Hutto, Bennie R. Hewitt, i William F. Kilgus, > ? Harry L. Metts, , George E. Price, < Lonnie C. Price, William R. Still, x Floyd H. Steedly, ] K&nuujpil omuarv, I Fred Sanders. ( Assigned. } In addition to the above, the following officers were assigned for duty ? with the medical detachment: i Major Isadore Schayer, medical j corps, Columbia. j Captain Eugene M. Stuck, dental j corps, Newberry. t z First Lieut. Ernest W. Shepherd, dental corps, Spartanburg. t SOCIAL NOTES OF COPE. ? i Several Out-of-Town Visitors During j Week. i ( Cope, July 29.?Miss Lucille Bull, of the Providence section, is visiting j Mr. and Mrs. Newton M. Bull. j Bev. P. B. Ingraham, of Heming- i way, arrived last night and will spend t some days with his daughter, Mrs. A. i S. Hubbard. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hughes and ] little niece, Mary Winifred Clark, re- t turned home from a weeks stay at ] Myrtle Beach. c Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W. Cope reach- < ed home yesterday from a ten days' ^ visit to Asheville and nearby points. < Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Cope re- ] turned home Tuesday after a five i days' trip by automobile to Wilmington, where they went to visit Mrs. Cope's sister, Mrs. Dr. Lander, and also Greenville and Anderson. < R. K. Henery and daughter, Evelyn, celebrated their birthday on yesterday, the 26th. There were with them on this pleasanat occasion, Miss Vick Robbins, of Atlanta; Miss Julia ( Cope, Mrs. Hattie Dempsey, Mrs. J. . B. Ashe and children, and Miss Rosie Gray, of Cope. - * ~ f "VI wo. The relatives anu iricuui ui .uio. T. Dibble Antley, who Is at the Orangeburg hospital, are glad to know that she is improving very rapidiy. , Cope was visited by a veritable downpour of rain on yesterday afternoon, and as a consequence, the new road connecting Cope with the Orangeburg and Bamberg highway is oimnct imnassible, and causes a 5 a in uiaiwww -?J? a detour before entering town. > > Valuable Traveling Aid. If you do not own* a wardrobe trunk and are taking a trip, secure about six good-sized shirt boxes. In each put different articles, thin dresses in one, men's shirts in another, baby dresses in another, etc. When you reach your destination, not only will the clothes be easy to find, as each box can be marked but they will not be mussed up, as is common after a long trip. i I Wind and Lightning do Damage at Ola) Considerable damage resulted from the severe wind and electric storm at Olar last Sunday night. It appears that throughout that section the wind blew a heavy gale, tearing up trees and unroofing small houses, while lightning struck the residence of G. O. Barker in the town of Olar, three different times. Mr. Barker and members of his household were stunned by the shock, but none was injured. Mr. Barker states that he saw distinctly the lightning strike his home twice, while residents nearby state that they noted three different strokes within a few minutes. The house was set on fire each time, but the heavy rain falling at the time quickly extinguished it each time without much damage. The house wras seriously damaged by being splintered, however, and much of the household goods were torn up. The supper dishes had not been cleared away, and the force of the strokes broke a burning lamp and also broke nearly every dish on the table. Every glass window pane in the house was broken, and some of the doors, besides ceiling and weather boarding being splintered. In one yard in Olar it is said that sixteen trees were blown down or uprooted, while numbers of large shade trees in the streets were blown down or large limbs torn from thera. rhe storm was accompanied by a heavy downpour of rain, although it is said that the heaviest part of the rain passed below Olar. Aside of the corn being blown down, very little damage is reported to crops. \~UfJClUllU \sUI I tfJ LUll Id KJJ Freight Rate on Melons Washington, July 27.?From S. W. Copeland, .of Ehrhardt, S. C., Senator E. D. Smith has received a letter in which vouchers were enclosed showing that Copeland "had paid ?63 for the privilege of giving New Fork three carloads of watermelons." The writer said the condition of arhich he complained is general this season in both Carolina and Georgia, ind he appealed to the senator to do something to remedy it if possible. The vouchers showed that the three carloads of melons were sold in NJew York for a total df $395, while :he freight paid to the railroad for carrying them was $418 and the commission to the seller was $40. "The rairoad got theirs," said the shipper in his letter, "the commis* ?-j* a Jion mercnant got nis; ana me ana ny hands sweated over these mellons 'or months, and was then called on to >ay $63 in addition to losing the fer;ilizer, seed and all the work done." Senator Smith read the letter to he senate and expressed indignation it the state of affairs which allows such a condition to exist. He renarked that he and others in Washngton are having to pay as much as JO cents at restaurants for an eighth )f a watermelon. ' The key of the difficulty as to rail oad rates the South Carolina senator lound in that phase of the Esch-Cumnins Act, which bases rates on the hoftrr nf fi npr ppnt. nrofit to the ?UW/i J VI V ^w? w ? -- ^ _ oads of the country. Senator Watson, of Georgia, inter upted to call attention to the fact ;hat the southeastern states have no epresentative on the interstate commerce commission. Senator Smith deplored, this, but held that vhatever the make-up of the commission might be, its functions of rate regulation would be controlled by :he Esch-Cummins law. BOY KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Son of J. O. Ackerman, of Cottageville, Killed During Storm Tuesday. Fenn Ackerman, the thirteen-yearold-son of J. O. Ackerman, of Cottageville, was killed by lightning yesterday during a severe electric TifVii/,h Trioitar? fhi? coptinn b LUi ill VV iliV/il HUlbVU Fenn was in the lot when a bolt struck a tree near which he was standing killing him instantly. The only mark left on the body was a dark place near his temple. His mother was in the house with the smaller children and the bolt stunned her, throwing her to the floor in an unconscious condition. Mr. Ackerman, the father of the boy, was at Jacksonboro at the time. As soon as the mother regained consciousness she went to look for her son and found him in the lot with life extinct. Fenn was the oldest of several children..?Walterboro Press and Standard. Misplaced Foot. Here lies the body of Jim Lake. . Tread softly, all who pass; He thought his foot was on the brake But it was on the gas. Renew your subscription today. t ' ?".-V- tr. m . _ ! . >_ V _ . ...; Big Free Barbecue at Olar on Friday The good people of Olar, Kearse and Govan Democratic voting precincts expect to make of the county campaign meeting at Olar Friday a memorable occasion. The three clubs have come together and planned a i hie free harbecue. which will be serv . ed at Olar during the day of the speaking. ' The three clubs invite everybody to be present and hear the candidates and then partake of their hospitality, which will be free. i Now, The Herald is reliably in formed that the boll weevil has not seen fit to get among the porkers and therefore there is plenty to eat. In fact, anybody who has ever in the past partaken of the kind hospitality of these generous people know boll weevils are never mentioned nor thought of at meal time. These peo+ Vi o t mov Thoro. pic CXi C UUl UUUt luui itu;, j.uu4 v fore, one may well expect a big time, and he or she (both must be included now in speaking politically) will not be disappointed. Those in charge of the arrangements urge that the people turn out and make a big day of it. Bamberg Public Library Will be Opened Friday The Bamberg public library will be formally opened to the public Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock. It is hoped that the people of the town will come and see the effort that is being made by the ladies of the Bock club to establish a library for Bamberg. t<V.a fmnt rnnm nn tho lpft side Of J. UC IX VUt A VVUJ. V** W - the Mary Ann Bamberg hall has been loaned- by Colonel Duncan for the use of the library, and has been very neatly fitted for the purpose. It is planned to form a library association soon and everybody in town will be urged to join this organization, in order that the townspeople may become interested and help build sup a library that the town will be proud of and can even boast of, like the cultured little town of Marion. Even though times are hard, we can do much by cooperation, and if we can have a place for our young people to gather in the afternoons to read. Ladies of the club will lifted and unconsciously there will be instilled into them the love of culture in this sphere. It is hoped that the public will show some interest by coming Friday afternoon, and your attendance will be a boon of encouragement to the ladies who are striving diligently to make this object worthwhile. The library will be open two af-, en two afternoons in each week? Tuesday and Friday?from 5 to 7 o'clock, for the benefit of those who would like to get the books on hand to read. Two ladies of the club will I have the room in charge and will gladly let out the books free of charge.' The following ladies will be in charge of the library room on the dates mentioned: Aug. 4?Mesdames W. A. Klauber, G. Frank Bamberg and Mrs. F. B. McCrackin. Aug. 11-15?Mrs. Francis M. Bamberg, Miss Vista Brabham and Mrs. Clarence Brabham. / Aug. 18-22?Mesdames Ha/rry Murphy, J. F. Carter and N. P. Smoak. TD TV Aug. ZO-Z y Aiesuttiuea i-?. jlj. ua? ter, J. D. Copeland, R. M. Hitt. Sept. 1-5?Mesdames F. M. Moye, W. G. Sirnrns, and E. H. Henderson. Sept. 8-12?Mesdames J. F. Lane, George S. Smith, H. N. Folk, S. C. Hollifield, W. P. Jones.?Contributed. DRAINAGE WORK COMPLETED. The Cow Castle drainage work has been completed and the business of the Cow Castle Drainage Commission .was brought to a close with a meeting of the commissioners Saturday. Approximately 42,000 acres of land are now drained by the system and thousands of acres hitherto inundated are now suited for farming. The I sum of $175,000 was spent on the project, bonds being issued by the section in which the work was done. This was a gigantic undertaking and it is a matter of pride to the company doing the work as "well as to those served that the project has been eminently successful. This, according to Col. Monroe Johnston, engineer in charge of the work, is the only large successful drainage district in South | Carolina. The main canal comes ! within two miles of the city of | Orangeburg. ; The work was done by the John I J. Quinn Co., contractors, with M. H. j Haskell, superintendent, in charge. The meeting Saturday was attended by the commissioners, who are W. H. Patrick, chairman, J. M. Brails( ford and A. M. Whetsell. W. C. Wolfe is attorney for the commission and Julian S. Wolfe is secretary.? Orangeburg Times and Democrat. - -?=! Big Family Reunion on August Tenth The biggest family reunion ever planned in Bamberg county is scheduled to be held at old Mizpah church, near Buford's Bridge, on Thursday, August 10th. The occasion will be the reunion of the families of the Brabhams, Kearses, Kirklands, and McMillans. Otis Brabham, of Allendale, is the prime mover in getting up the reunion, and the arrangements are about all set for the big occasion. A reunion of these families means that there will be hundreds of persons present, as these families have inter-married for years, and are almost like one big family. All of these families are cordially invited to be present, as well as all relations, and all who have married into them. the only expense attached to the reunion will be the bringing of wellfilled baskets. There will be several addresses by well known speakers, including histories of the different families. Every one is asked to bring along any old family relics and photos, etc., that they may possess. The occasion is sure to be a pleasant and profitable one for all, and it is hoped that it will be a big event, and it is also hoped that the reunion will become an annual affair henceforth. DuPree Prefers Electric Chair. We ask every lad and young man i J il J-1I - 1: n .nln 10 reaa me luiiuwiug nu? m iciation to a young South Carolina boy, who, drifting from the "narrow way" faces the penalty. It would seem that there was originally the making of a man in DuPre. (Ed.) Atlanta, July 15.?Frank DuPre had rather come to his death from the "high voltage current of an electric chair than have his neck broken f on the gallows. The "grey overcoat bandit" made known his preference Thursday afternoon to this writer. He expressed ills cuoice Detween me iwo in me calip manner of a man choosing b>^ tween two cravats in a haberdashery. There now pends in the state legislature a measure introduced by Representative Perkins, of Muscogee county, which would replace the present gallows in each county with a modern electric chair at the state farm. It has passed the house, and now awaits action by the senate. Doubtful However. It is doubtful if the bill is passed and placed into effect in time for DuPre to meet his death in the way of his choice, in the event he fails to ? a get a new iriai. DuPre gave no indication of emotion when told Thursday that the highest court in the commonwealth had ruled against him. He indicated he held but little hope for a new trial. He is resigned to death, he i said, and does not fear to meet his | God. It is his desire that his plight prove a lesson to other youths. "Nex? month, on the 16th, I will be 19 years old," he said, "and I would consider that my life had been worth at least something if it were pbssible for me to talk to every young man or boy in Atlanta?or in . the world for that matter, for I realty believe I could give everyone of them some valuable advice?advice which I am probably in better position to give than anyone else, just for the simple reason that I now see clearly the fatal mistake I have made. /'There is a successful and wonderful future for any boy who is giv *1.,. IrinrJ rtf odviVo in Vli<? tJU I lie i 1&U.I. niuu vi. UU..W early years. However, the boy himself must at the same time try to help himself by living a good, clean , life and heeding the advice of his parents and other people. "My advice to boys is to attend church and Sunday school regularly and disregard pool rooms, street corners and cheap hotels. Don't walk a block out of the way to avoid meeting a teacher of Christ. Come face to face with him or her, grab their (hands and ask their advice and prayers. I pray nightly and read my testament."?Greenville News. Sunday School at Cope. Cope, July 31.?The Sunday school exercises at Union Methodist church Sunday morning were well attended. Mrs. Glenn W. Cope, who teaches the Men's Bible class, and Mrs. W. M. Hughes, who teaches a class of young girls, were both in their places after having spent their vacations at the mountains and seashore, respectively. The Rev. P. B. Ingranara, wao preached here last year, and who is here on a visit to his daughter. Mrs. A. S. Hubbard, was also present. He addressed the Men's Bible class, helped in the Sunday school exercises and also assisted the Rev. C. T. Easterling, Jr., the pastor, in receiving into the church those who joined during the protracted meeting of a week ago. y LeroyM.Smith Weds Miss Eugenia Fox Lodge, July 29.?A wedd ng of much interest to their many fi lends ^ was solemnized Wednesday afternoon, July 26, at 3 o'clock, at tLe home of the bride's parents, when Miss Eugenia Fox, 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Fox, became the bride of Leroy Martin Smith.. The beautiful ceremony was performed by the Rev. Hiers, of Leesville, a boy- ^ hood friend of the groom, in the presence of a few relatives and - \ friends. Mrs. Nelson Perry, sister of the bride, becomingly dressed in peach organdie, presided at the piano. To the strains of the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin the bride and groom advanced to stand before an ; improvised altar, twined with ivy, on the spacious porch, which was decorated with ivy and pot flowers. The bride was never more beautiful than in her lovely afternoon gowrn of white 4 georgette crepe and real cream lace 4 with harmonizing and attractively beaded ecru maline hat. She also wore an exauisite bracelet, set with sapphires and diamonds, a gift of the groom. After the ceremony the bride changed to her going away gown of midnight blue Canton crepe with hat and accessories to match, and 7 * the young couple left by automobile for a short honeymoon trip to the mountains of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both well known, popular young people and * the handsome gifts received attest the esteem in which they are held. The bride is a graduate of Columbia college, and a musician o! ability. She has been a member of the faculty of Lodge school for two years. The groom is a graduate of Virginia Mili- r tary Institute, and was an officer in the First Division in France during ' the World war. He was formerly of Bhrhardt, but for some time has been connected with Thomas & Howard of Charleston. They have many friends flinaii rvVi aiil 4 Vi n of flf a ttf V* a tt?111 ini UU5UUUc cue; ciaic, nuu yy 111 yyion them all happiness. v> Cowbells Tied to Judge and Sheriff. * ' \ v ft Nashville, Tenn., July 29.?We sheriff and county judge of Clairborne county, Tennessee, together with a sheriff's party of twenty-five men, were seized by a crowd of approximately 200 coal mine strike sympathizers from Kentucky Thursday night and placed on a train bound for Knoxville, according to information received here today. Before the men were placed on the train, owbells were tied to the sheriff and county judge, it was said. The en- -4" tire citizenship is reported to be terrorized. The sheriff of Clairborne county, f which on th? Kentucky border near where outbreaks occurred in the Middlesboro, Ky.,* section, had requested yesterday that Tennessee guardsrhen be sent, saying miners or sympathizers had come across the if border and had been shooting at stores and making threats in Clai? borne county, governor Taylor today called on Attorney General Palmer tor an opinion as to the executive authority to order out troops, which officials say could only be done through authorization of the Legislature. The governor, it was said, might send state police or ask Presi- * dent Harding to order federal or Tennessee troops into the county. _ School supplies of all kinds at Herald Book Store. SPECIAL NOTICES " ' m 1 f f t For Sale?Good country syrup. A. RICE, Bamberg, S. C. ltn Corn For Sale.?Apply* to J. W. I STiU YVAKT, K. t\ D. 4, Bamberg, S. c. 7-27n For Rent?Apartments on Main street. Apply to JOHN F. FOLK, Bamberg, S. .C. tfn t Lost?Silver Mexican bracelet. Reward for return to MISS EVA MAE M SPANN, Bamberg, S. C. ltp * For Sale?Single Amb white Leghorn roosters. BAMBERG POULTRY FARM, Bamberg, S. C. tfn v For Sale or Rent?Six-room cottage and nice lot on Midway street. Apply at once to H. C. FOLK, Bamberg, S. C. tfn j For Sale?Interlocking Tile for building purposes, at less than half price. See E. C. HAYS or 0. W. * REXTZ, Bamberg, S. C. tfn Agents Wanted.?Sell the Original Watkins Products. Good city terri- & tory still open. Get our wonderful offer and free samples. Write to- r3 day. The J. R. WATKINS CO., Dept. 4 ? 79, New York, N. Y. 8-24-p Liberty Bonds?If you are thinking of selling your Liberty Bonds, see us at once, as we are in the market for $25,000 worth. We will pay you New -j ? York quotations. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Bamberg, S. C. tfn For Rent?Several rooms upstairs in Bamberg Herald building. g* Suitable for offices or apartments. Water in most rooms, two rooms have connecting bath. See A. W. Jw KNIGHT or inquire at Herald office.