The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 17, 1922, Page 8, Image 8

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I Short Items From Town and County m Dr. J. S. Dill, Circulating manager of the Baptist Courier, preached at the Baptist church last Sunday morning. There was no preaching at the V' . Methodist or Presbyterian churches. Married by Judge of Probate J. J. Brabham. Jr., Miss Aileen Woodward and William Franklin Randall, both of Elko, Barnwell county. After spending a few days in the city, they have gone to their home at Elko. Friends of W. H. Chandler, who is engaged in salesmanship work in Aiken county, will learn with regret of his illness. He was carried several days ago to the University <hos pital Augusta, where he is now under treatment. The last meeting of the county campaign will be held in Bamberg on the court house lawn Friday, beginning at ten o'clock i<n the morning. It is expected that this meeting will be largely attended, as it is the last one of the season. Rev. T. A. Inabinett, pastor of the Mill chapel and Embree Methodist church, conducted the vesper servivc.es Sunday afternoon, and will conduct the services again next Sunas " day affernoon. Mr. Inabinet preached a splendid sermon Sunday after| ' noon. - Rainy weather continues. There ihave been hard downpours in this immediate vicinity for some daysj past, and there has been more or less rain practically every day, accompanied by cloudy weather continually, and more or less cool breezes. The friends of Metts Herndon sympathize with him in the recent loss of his dwelling near Denmark by fire. The fire was discovered by a member of the family in the early morning hours, and the family was un| able to save but little of the house. offopta Local friends of Major John C. . Lanham, until recently member of the faculty of Carlisle school and bandmaster, will be interested to know of his race in Spartanburg county for the house of representatives. / Major Lanham made his maiden speech in the campaign the other day. Many Bamberg acquaintances wish him the best of luck in his political venture. | Bamberg Boys in C. M. T. C. Bamberg is well represented in the C. M. T. C. this summer, and the writer is glad to say that the Bamberg boys attending the camp are displaying a wonderful interest in the work. / We have in camp a splendid variety of good clean sport and recreation, such as swimming, base ball and various other games. The C. M. T. C. students are given a rfnnrp twir.e a week at the hostess house, located a short distance from the quarters, which always has a large attendance of young ladies ^rom Anniston and. other near by ^towns. The official duties in camp are not easy, but the Bamberg boys came to camp with the intention of working and making good; and they are doing it. Among the attendants at camp from Bamberg are: George A. Ducker, Jr., Willie Sanders, Allen 'Hand, Buster Delk, Pat Wilkerson, Coley Davis, and a number of students from Carlisle, who are real soldiers in appearance. SGT. L. A. TRAWICK, U. S. A. Headquarters Citizens Military Training 'Camp, Camp McClellan, Ala., Aug. 11, 1922. U. D. C. Scholarships. m. The annual scholarship which the F. M. Bamberg chapter U. D. C. offers to students in Bamberg county, 'has not been given out and any boy who is i lineal descendant of a Confederate veteran and who is not able to pay tuition may apply for this scholarship through Col. W. C. Duncan, headmaster of Carlisle school, or Mrs. G.\Frank Bamberg, chairman of ' scholarship committee. The time for open in > of school is not very far off, so any wishing to file application tor this scholarship are requested to do so at their early convenience. This holds good for the girls in the county, too, as the chapter .offers annually one for boys and one for girls. And as there is no building for girls on the campus, she would have to board out in town. In 60 years negroes in the United States have acquired 22,000,000 acres of land, as working farmers, and not as speculators. They own 600,000 homes and 45,000 churches and operate 78 banks, 100 insurance com- i panies, besides 70,000 business enterprises of various kinds, with a capital of $150,000,000. Illiteracy has been reduced to 26 per cent, due to the fact that there are more than 400 normal schools and colleges for negro teachers. i ;?? > - . ' / >V : .... .. - . . -A Big Family Reunion Held Last Thursdai What was perhaps the bigges family reunion ever held in this par of the state took place last Thurs day at Mizpah Methodist church, a Buford's bridge, on the Saltke'hal chie river. The occasion was th coming together of the Kearses Brabhams, Kirklands and McMil lans, together with their relation and those who have married int these well known and extensive fam ilies. There were between two and thre hundred persons present on this oc sion, which was brought about main ly through the efforts of Otis Brat ham,; of Allendale. The reunio: was voted an anual affair to be hel at Mizpah church on the last Thurs day* in July of each year. A definit organization was perfected, wit] Otis Brabham, president; J. Car Kearse, secretary, and Dr. W. C Kirkland, of Latta, treasurer. Mrs Otis Brabham brought along fou enrollment books, and the names o the members of the different fami lies were enrolled as members of fchi organization. Otis Brabham presided over th< business and historical portion of th< ' reunion, which was held in th< church. After a short preliminar; address, in which he stated the ob jects of the reunion, he called upon ; representative from each family ti give a brief historical sketch o,f th< various families that had come to gether. Dr. W. C. Kirkland repre sented the Kirklands; J. Car Kearse the Kearses; Mrs. Nell Pate daughter of H. Z. McMillan, th< McMillans, and Rev. M. M. Brabham of Niney-Six, the Brabhams. These sketches proved to be ver; interesting, and gp,ve a true -his to fry of each family in more or les: full detail from the earliest kpowi tn t.he nrpsent date. Much data tha was unknown to members of th< families was given in the sketchei made. A history of these families has been prepared by Rev. \I. M. JBrab iham, who has turned the manuscrip over to Dr. Kirkland for editing, anc it was decided at the reunion to ]Mib lish this book, the publication cost! of which will be around $500. Abou $300 was collected on the spot to ward this fund, which #will be turne( over to Dr. Kirkland, who will un dertake its publication in the nea: future. After the business session, a fin< picnic dinner was served on th< grounds. The table fairly groanec under a burden of palatable deli cacies, and everybody went home with a firm resolve to be back agair next year. The reunion this yeai being the first and not as extensively advertised as might have been was not attended as well as it had beer hoped, and it is likely that this wil prove to Ibe one of the county's mosi important annual gatherings. A large number of family connections were present from all of the surrounding counties, and quite a few from a considerable distance. A Letter.With a Pull. One of our readers submits The Herald a circular letter which has such a compelling "lead" to it thai he thinks it may be of interest. The letter is a real advertisement, bul the prelude is quite interesting, anc is as follows: "Boll weevils, strikes, federal re serve board and other pests have their place and missions to perform n'rmld nflt OVlSt Rl11 ULI1CI tUCJ TVWIAXVA UV/V VAAMV. ? ? am sure you will agree with me thai it is hell to have them all in ex istence at one time. However, thej do exist, so the only thing we can dc is to cuss and discuss them and ge1 as much fun and business as. we car during such times." Somebody did a golden deed; Somebody proved a friend in need; Somebody sang a beautiful song; Somebody smiled the whole day long Somebody thought " 'Tis sweet t< live;" Somebody said " 'I'm glad to give;' Somebody fought a valiant fight; Somebody lived to slyeld the right; Was that "somebody" you? ' ?Selected. Boston has the largest pier in thi world devoted exclusively to the fisl business. It is 1,200 feet long, 301 feet wide, and is paved with bricl and concrete in such manner that i can be cleaned easily by flushing wit] j water. It cost $3,000,000 and 8( vessels can discharge their cargoes a once. ^ < m? ^ Savannah, Ga., lays claim to th. youngest woman?or girl?lawyer i] the United States. She has just pass ed her seventeenth birthday and bu recently passed the state bar exami nation and was admitted to practice Under the laws of Georgia there i | no age limit ror persons admitted t j the practice of law. ' V/;.V ' ' Enter Judgments j In Bank Matter ?t Saturday 34 judgments were filed lt in the office of the clerk of court, >- resulting from the suit of Joe E. .t Bishop, et al., against the Farmers > and Merchants Bank, the receiver e for the Farmers and Merchants Bank, 5, the stockholders of the bank, and 1- others^ The total amounts involved s in the judgments aggregate in the o neighborhood of $30,000. Judgi ments have also been filed in Colle ton county against stockholders of e the hank residing in that county. It will be recalled that this suit i- was instituted last January. The i- matter was referred to a special masn ter, Edward S. Croft, Esq., of Aiken, d who took the testimony, i- In all there are some seventy-odd e judgments, only about half of which h have been filed. Some of the mat. 1 ters involved in the suit are still !. pending and will probably go to the >. supreme court, for final decision, r Under the law each stockholder of f a bank is liable to the depositors for - an amount equal to the holdings of s capital stock. It is said that the present proceedings, wlhen finally s collected, will insure to the depositors b interested in the suit about 25 per b cent, of their deposits. V S. G. Mayfield, Esq., and J. Wesley - Crum, Jr., represented the plaintiffs a. in this suit, whilp practically all the 3 lawyers in this section, and some b from beyond, represent the inter ests of various individuals against - whom the suit was brought. 1 The entire action results from the ? closing of the doors of the Farmers s and Merchants Bank. . r Death of Mrs. M. A. Moye at Fairfax Aug. 7 s 1 On August 7th at 10 o'clock p. m. 1 Mrs. M. A. Moye, of Fairfax, S. C., 3 the wife of M. A. Moye,- deceased, 3 departed this life and on the 9th" inst. her body was laid to rest in the \ 3 Bethlehem cemetery, by the side of her first husband, A. R. Stokes. Her t life was beautifully eulogized by her 1 pastor, Rev. Wendell White, pastop of the Fairfax Baptist church, assist3 ed by Rev. Kennedy (Baptist), and t Rev. Groseclose, of the Lutheran church. The casket containing her 1 body rests in a concrete vault under a mound of earth covered with r beautiful floral offerings contributed by her many friends and relatives 2 as tokens of their love and esteem. 3 . Her pallbearers were: G. S. 0'1 Neal, Jr., and J. B. O'Neal, of Fairfax; S. E. and T. M. * O'Neal, of Delray, Fla.; H. M. O'Neal, 1 of New York, and F. A. O'Neal, of : Charleston, all sis of whom are the 7 sons of her twin brother, G. S. 3 O'Neal, of Fairfax, something un 1 usual * Surviving sisters and brothers are: ^ Mrs. S. F. Smith, of Savannah, ^Ga.; ' Mrs. A. E. Sullivan, of Moultrie, Ga.; J her twin brother, G. S. O'Neal, of ' Fairfax; J. T. O'Neal, of Bamberg, and B. L. O'Neal, of Ocala, Fla. Her three step-sons are: J. C. and Frank M. Moye, of Bamberg, and M. A. Move, of Charleston, who were dutiful to her in life and faithful to the ' the end. t Harding's Four Horsemen. * No more apt phrase wras ever apt plied to the Harding administration 1 than that by Senator Key Pittman (Dem., Nev.), in an interview in the Santa Fe New Mexican, when he said: ^ "The Four Horsemen of thte Har ding administration: Poverty, Dist tress, Disorder, Violence." t The achievements of the Harding - administration as seen by Senator 7 Pittman were epitomized as follows: > "Foreign relations left in chaotic t condition. i "Our foreign commerce?there is none. "Millionaires' taxes reduced; poor people pay. "The H. C. L. still is a terror. "Transportation charges increased. "Outrageous aiscrirainanuiis. 5 "Perpetuation of long and short haul outrage. "Destruction of all state,, control over interstate commerce. "Producer and consumer are starv- j ing together. "Harding, Mellon, and Wall street keep the soldier from bonus. 9 "Tte Foursemen of the Harding ad-1 1 ministration are: ^ "Poverty, i 1 "Distress, t "Disorder, 1 "Violence." } Senator Robinsin (Dem., Ark.), t who like the Nevada senator always talks straight to the point, thought so well of Senator Pittman's' intere view that he had it placed in the 1 Congressional Record. t Do you really want to help farm ers get sales for their diverse farm !. products; then insist that your home s merchants carry home products for o sale and then you be sure to buy these thome-made goods. The Edisto River Again Very High Edisto river, which has had a way i of rising frequently and highly this | year, has been again on a "rampage." i The river has been unusually high all ; the summer, in fact it has remained high almost continually since last fall, and the high water his prevented the contractors of the new bridge ! and the causeway from doing much | work on either except at rare times. The work on the causeway has not been interferred with as has that on the bridge. Although th bridge con tractors have been at work for some five or six months, the net results so far arey three concrete piers, which have been completed. The river began a new rise Friday, and by Sunday afternoon had reached a level above the old portion of the causeway on this side of the river. In one place a washed out place about two feet deep made passing in automobiles rather perilous, while further on toward the river some thirty or forty feet of the causeway was under more or less depth of water. In addition to this Saturday afternoon 'a portion of the temporary bridge connecting the old road with the new causeway on the Orangeburg side was undermined and fell in, stopping all travel for a time. This, however, was repaired, and travel was resumed Sunday afternoon. The water was about as high Sunday as at any time this year, and there was a gradual rise throughout the day. This new rise of the river results from heavy rains in the up country, where, it is said, the rains have been much heavier than in this section. McMillan and Watsoai have com-, pleted Che swamp causeway from the edge of the swamp to the canal cross* * * - i j 1 lug. ino runner wont can ue uoue now for some time, it is said, as the bridge work is being carried on on the right of way of the new ro.ad. Protect Fanners?It is to Laugh! Dearborn Independent. The attempt to make the farmer believe hte produce can be increased in price by any tariff on competing imported products, is so shallow it is strange it is persisted in. Still, it must have some effect, or it would not be made the chief argument in I support of the present effort by congress to agree on a bill. Agriculture produces in excess of home consumption, hence is dependent on the foreign markets for a price. For this reason no tariff can increase the price of farm products here. On the contrary, tariff schedules as they stand now increase the cost nf nrndnction. makine it harder for the farmer. For instance, the AmI erican farmer uses 270,000 tons of | potash annually. The total home production was 8,000 tons last year. The bill proposes a tariff of $50 a ton, thus increasing the cost by $14,000,000. Again, a proposed tax of $5 a ton on sulphate of ammonia is estimated to cost the farmer another million, while Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, is insisting on a tariff of $30 a ton on all nitrogenous material manufactured from leather waste, to protect the shoe manufacturers in that by-product, at a further cost of $3,000,000 to agriculture. At the same time, Senator Lodge is insistent on keeping hides on the free list! * " A * * ft mt. _ A Why extena tne usi: me American farmer has the same competition under protection as under any other system. What he needs is a removal of the handicap of high prices for the things needed in his business. HEAD OF TURTLE APART FROM BODY KILLS CHICKENS. : Greenwood, Aug. 3.?Although the crop of snake stories in this section I has been unusually short and snakes appear to have degenerated until they have no more "pep" than spring lizards, the Greenwood county turtle is saving the good name of the reptile family. Arthur McCord, traveling salesman for the Kilgo Drug company, is authority for the state | ment that a turtle head had been reported catching chickens at Kirksey, in this county, 12 hours after the rest of the turtle had been made into soup. Another Greenwood man declares that he knows of a case where a turtle head destroyed a brood of little chickens. The head was thrown out in the yard after being severed from the turtle's body. A brood of little chickens in the yard noticed the head and began to peck at it. As each little chicken got too close, the " ?~ nnnnofl onrl cnantloH off 3 hpfld J<? w d u u u xx u uuu[/[/vm w m ? ? ? ? until only one biddy was left to tell the tale. The authority for the story solemnly declares that the turtle's eyes twinkled even though the body had been made into soup the day before.?Spartanburg Herald. Renew your subscription today. * 65 Vote for Bonds; 29 Vote Against The election held Tuesday on the question of Bamberg school district No. 14 issuing bonds in a sum not exceeding $35,000 for the erection of a new high school building in this city resulted in the election being carried overwhelmingly in favor of the bonds. The vote was: For bonds?65. Against bonds?29. The total number of citizens, quite a few of whom were women, numbered 94. A few persons, the managers stated, offered to vote who had not paid their taxes, and were barred from participating in the election. Likewise there were quite a few who, not having previously paid their taxes, who did not offer to vote, realizing their disqualification. Many failed to bring along their tax receipts and registration certificates, but Treasurer Jennings was on hand to certify to the payment of taxes in such instances, while the Bamberg registration book was at the disposal of the managers to determine registration of electors offering to vote on the bond issue. The total number of votes does not represent anything like the voting strength of the school district, but the vote compares favorably with the number usually participating in such elections. T/rcAOTTF OF VATWYVS PRIOR OF AMERICAN BLOOD, SAYS COX Excerpts from address made byMr. Cox, Democratic presidential candidate two years ago, at dinner given in his honor at Geneva recently: "The dream of generations has come true," Mr. Cox began, referring to the first decisions handed down by the permanent international court. "What statesmen and international jurists have regarded as a possibility throughout the years," he added, "is now a reality. We have the interpre tation of international law Dy a distinguished body whose contribution to progress will be a peace based on justice." Mr. Cox recalled a reference made by the toastmaster to the United States and said in reply: ^ "We shall indulge in no predictions for the future," Mr. Cox continued, "but it goes without saying* that our country is progressive and humanitarian. I have no disposition to criticise our government in Washington. We will assume that its policies are based upon a conscientious regard for the common welfare. "However it must be remembered that presidents, prime ministers and cabinets come and go. International conferences meet and adjourn, but the league of nations stands as a working organization through three 1 J J J TTA rlfttTP in f ha nunareu auu sial^-hvc uajo m i.uv year as a permanent institution for progress." "It must be confessed that an American has strange emotions when he visits Geneva. He looks across the lake to the soils of France, where thousands of our brave boys are in the sleep of death. They gave their lives that an institution of peace might be builded. "The league of nations is the price of their blood and it seems strange that the flag they followed is not here. I stand as an alien in the midst of the league members. But, thank God, I do not express a thought or i; 1 niirnnofl onimaf. emotion a.neu tu iuc ummuv ing your organization." SWEET POTATO MARKET SHOULD BE ENLARGED. The Progressive Farmer said, as the slang is, a mouthfui, when it pin,ted the following: "There are undoubtedly tremendous possibilities in the sweet potaro industry in the south. The 03o:-*t? in America as a whole are not using much more than one-tenth of the sweet potatoes they should use? and would use if they fully understood how delicious, wholesome, and economical a food the sweet potato is< But if this great development is to be realized, the farmers of the south *? ~ J4_ ^ a must mah.e yia.us lux Ciuvci usiuj aiiu developing tlie Northern market instead of merely organizing marketing associations to supply the demand that already exists. There ought to be a federation of sweet potato curing and marketing associations and a large fund raised for advertising sweet potatoes to Northern customers, just as the growers of raisins, oranges, and prunes have advertised and developed the market for their products. If southern sweet potato growers are content to organize simply to supply the present national demand they will soon be wrestling with an unmarketable overproduction. But if they will set out in a really effective way to teach the northern market the many and varied uses of the sweet potato, just as the raisin rry r\rimyci Vioiro 11 Cr.Vi t tVlA 11<SP O f ilCX v V LU, U{JUV ? ins, then we have only touched the hem of the garment' of sweet potato possibilities. ? Receives Tobacco Four Days in Week ^ J. F. Lane, local warehouseman for the Tobacco Growers Cooperative association, announces that the > system of receiving tobacco at the Farmers warehouse three days in each week has been changed, and p tobacco is now received four days in each week as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. ] This permits an additional day for the growers to get their weed on the warehouse floor. Enthusiasm continues on the part of the tobacco growers over the treatment accorded them by the association. The average paid to the j growers in advances has been around 4 eleven cents a pound during the past Jj week, while one farmer secured an i advance of $22.75 per hundred pounds on one lot of weed. The , . quality of the tobacco still holds up well, said Mr. Lane, and is slightly ^ better than the opening week. Mr. Bouknight, from Johnston, S. C., brought down a nice lot of tobacco this week receiving about elev- ' -ju en cents per pound average in ad- q vances for his product, carrying back with him a nice check, which greatly pleased him. Quite a number of * y Edgefield county growers are patron- j izing the local warehouse, while a large number have brought in toi bacco from Orangeburg and other * neighboring counties. \ Baptlist S. S. Convention. The Bamberg-Barnwell Baptist Sunday school convention will bold \| its next annual session at Spring- \ town church Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 30, 31, and September 1. An interesting and at- . ? J tractive programme, consisting of live topics discussed by local pas- \ tors any laymen and addresses by 4 specialists from the central Sunday \ 4J school board in' Columbia, has been arranged and will appear in next week's issues of the county papers. 1 Appointees on the programme are being notified thi^ week. 1 New cars should be driven rather ,j slowly for'th? first 1,000 miles. Never more than 30 miles per hour. TAX PPAYERS, ATTENTION. This is to warn all those who have not paid their taxes that the time expires on the evening of Aug. 31st. 1 Executions being already written, we \ have orders to close our door at the j close of business Aug. 31st, and turn all executions over to the sheriff. There can be no late orders or back dates attended to by me, the situation p being different this year to other | years, and all who do not pay before, or by the 31st, will have to take same up with the sheriff. I have here- t: tofore tried to-favor those sending >' in a day or two late as executions -4 had to be written, but now they are ] ready to be turned over according to . law and orders. 1 a A TRVM-TNTrS - t 3 County Treasurer. j TAX PAYERS. 1 Please take notice that I cannot as heretofore notify those who have * \ not paid their taxes as they are too ^ numerous, and each one had best -l see that he ihas receipt before Aug. 31st. G. A. JENNINGS. SPECIAL NOTICES ===-=-==?===== For Rent?Apartments on Main i street. Apply to JOHN F. FOLK, Bamberg, S. C. tfn For Sale?My house and lot in the \ Town of Bamberg. See me at once. A. W. KNIGHT. 'Ijg ' < For Sale?Good ear corn. Apply to .T W. STRWART R F n 1 1 , Bamberg, S. C. ' ltn ."ll For Sale?Single comb white Leghorn roosters. BAMBERG POULTRY FARM, Bamberg, S. C. tfn For Rent?Six horse farm four 1 miles west of Bamberg, on old Barnwell road. A. M. BARXES, Bam'berg, S. C. ltn 1 Public Stenographer?Letters and copy work wanted. Office Graham's 5c and 10c store; hours, 9 to 12, 3 to 5. MARY SUE McKXIGHT. 8-17p' For Rent?Bamberg Hotel proper- . ? ty, corner New Bridge street and Railroad avenue. MRS. C. J. S. BROOKER, Bamberg, S. C. 8-17n ' For Sale?Interlocking Tile for building purposes, at less than half price. See E. C. HAYS or C. W. > REXTZ, Bamberg, S. C. tfn >: ^ " ' f 'i , Will no it $1 00 Tipr ,1* <* IIIV U1" t* XIX puj y JL. V V {fV* V '"S 1 bushel for sound green peanuts, 3 bushels at the time. Write me be. fore delivering. H. W. BEARD, Bamberg, S. C, ltp Agents Wanted.?Sell the Original Watkins Products. Good city territory still open. Get our wonderful offer and free samples. Write today. The J. R. WATKINS CO., Dept. 4 79, New York, N. Y. 8-24-p t 1 Liberty Bonds?If you are thinking j of selling your Liberty Bonds, see us at once, as we are in the market for $25,000 worth. We will pay you New York quotations. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Bamberg, S. C. ttn j fnn mc 11 TV rur ncui'?kjcvcjaj iwum- ? stairs in Bamberg Herald building. Suitable for offices or apartments. Water in most rooms, two rooms , have connecting bath. See A. W. KNIGHT or inquire at Herald office. j