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Short Items From Town and County The Winthrop daughters will meet next Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Eulalie Morris. Walter H. Drawdy, of Fairfax, has been awarded a scholarship to the University of South Carolina from Bamberg county. Howard Falls, son of Rev. and Mrs. O. B. Falls, was carried to Orangeburg last week to have his tonsils removed. These are typical September days. The temperature goes up fiercely during the day, but the nights are fine? generally speaking. Once in a while ~"U mere is a scoruuei. , The stores oil Main street, as well! es elsewhere in town, have now been properly numbered. The Herald office is located at Xo. 152 S. Main street, Bamberg. S. C. The Herald is asked to say that i the local U. D. C. chapter ,will not meet next Tuesday as scheduled, but will meet on September 20th. The place of meeting will be announced later. The "Inez Hat Shoppe" is Bamberg's new mercantile establishment. This is Mrs. L. P. McMillan's millinery parlor, which she has just opened. It is decidedly one of the most attractive shops in this section. Benet Poliakoff was defeated for ~ u ronrfloor tafivM in Rich lilt? LLU U3C \J JL X W[/A VWV^i/wv. . land county. He is a brother of Mrs. Milton Shapiro, of this city. Although defeated he made quite a good race, and is receiving the congratulations of many friends. The store formerly operated by W. A. Klauber has been sold to an incorporated stock company, of which Mr. Klauber is president; M. J. Klauber vice president, and Joe Morris secretary and general manager. The new name of the store is the Cash Dry Goods company. Mr. Morris came from Sumter, and he has already assumed management. The circles of the missionary society of the Baptist church will meet next Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the church, combining the devotional and business meeting, as some important matters will have to be attended to before the annual meeting, which will convene before the time! for- the next regular business meet-' tVio members are urged to ! Ulg. X1U tuv ~ attend. Cole L. Blease Makes No Reply to Adv. On another page of The Herald today appears an advertisement contributed by "Democrats of '7G," in which the record of Cole L. Blease is cited, his Republican taint is given, and his speech to the negroes telling I the mto demand their rights is relat- J ed. Immediately on receiving this adyertisement Tuesday morning, The j Herald, conforming to its rule, wired to Mr. Blease as follows: "Cole L. Blease, Columbia, S. C:? Carrying ad. Sunday State signed j ^Democrats '76.' If reply is wanted copy must be in Wednesday morn- j ing." This gave Mr. Blease ample time to mail a reply to this advertisement. He made no reply. He does not deny any of the charges. He paid no ? mi I attention to the telegram irom mei Herald. The Herald expected no reply, but fairness demanded that he bo given the opportunity. Sc? lit News of Last Week. Last Thursday morning Assistant Scout Master Walter Rowell with the j following scouts went on a bicycle j hike to Hollman's bridge: Those * going on bicycles were: Walter Rowell, Asst. S. M.; Marion Sandifer, Olh r Fowler, Ralph Kirkland, Perry j Kla^ber, Ohi. olm Watson, and Henry | BeaiJ. Those going in cars were: j Faber Foil:, David Kinard, Kinard | 'Herndoii Pobert Black, Jr., Alvin . "d:.'er, Lemuel Wiggins, W. G. Kir Alar d, Asbury Kirkland, Willard Utsey, and Jones Angus Williams. The i .en beys on bicycles made a 5~-r.?.le hike by the way of Norway and Orangeburg. The bicycle patrol " * T.+ n Viilrcw frr? O.VlJjrlp? "Wli.1 SOUI1 ixLCi-J-ip i. CL uine <- \j wuv?.vi. ton. * A W.wl Wanted. A man walked into a garage where j his car was being repaired and was heard to reprimand the garage own- j er for telling him how *o ran hie o*n i car, sayir*: "This is my car, and; what I say jroes." A moment later a tired, greasy mechanic looked up from under the car I and said: "For goodness' sake, say engine."- -Western Christian Advocate (Cincinnati.) The tv s-n of Alton, N. H., is prac-> tically run by women, almost every office T,e4ng held by a member of the lair s^-t. Graded School Opens Thursday The Bamberg graded and high schools will open Thursday morning, September 14th, at 9 o'clock. All pupils who expect to enter this session are urged to be present the op-, ening day and begin with their respective classes. Delays are a hindrance to both pupil and class. Pupils who are to enter the first grade must be present and begin with the grade. All pupils will be expected to present their promotion cards before they can be enrolled. All former pu pils were given tnese cams at me end of last session. If any pupil has lost his card, a duplicate can be secured by coming to the school building Friday afternoon, if such pupil is entitled to one. Pupils who are entering the high school department from other schools must bring records from the school last attended together with their promotion cards. All such pupils will please call at the school building Friday morning for classification. Pupils less than six years old will not be enrolled in school. In most instances experience has taught us that such pupils are too young for the work. This session begins under the new text book contract. The prices of books will be considerably higher paid for the same books under the former contract. This, of course, is due to advance in price of production during the last five years. The superintendent is going to use as many of the old books as can be used at the beginning of the session. Every pupil will be given a list of the necessary books on the opening day. These books will be sold at the Herald Book 'Qtnro Owing to the fact that the auditorium has been cut up into oiass rooms the usual public opening exercises cannot be hMd Monday morning. Court Will Convene on Third Monday The court of general sessions will convene in Bamberg on the third Monday in this month, the 18th. A number of murder trials are on docket for this session. Following are the jurors for the first week and the grand jurors for the ensuing year: Petit Jurors. V. L. Barrs. U. M. Carroll. A. L. Bessinger. J. Z. Harrfson, Jr. Sammie Eubanks. R. A. Easterling. J. Frank Fail. R. F. Walker. S. M. Goodwin. G. Laurie Sandifer Lewis Blume. A. M. Brabham. Paul Whitaker. G. W. Freeman. W. H. Hightower. J. W. Wright. J. H. Hartzog. W. E. Hightower. H. J. Zeigler. K. A. Goolsby. J. W. Grimes. G. M. McCormick. R. R. Kearse. J. E. Neeley. J. L. Kinard. F. B. Adams. A. B. T'tsey. F. W. Free. W. H. Carroll. A. F. Freeman. T "R RriVkte. J. 0. Hartzog. Frank Hiers. C. C. Fanning. S. A. Merchant. H. C. McKinna. Grand Jurors. St. Clair P. Guess J. A. McCue. J. F. Jennings. LeRoy Peters. G. M. Neeley. D. W. Phillips. H. A. Stokes. D. N. Cox. M. \V. Rentz. F. M. Bamberg. R. F. Lee. J. T. Burch. J. B. Black, Jr. J. E. Spann. J. B. Varn. T. P. McCrae. B. F. Hill. M. E. Rizer. John Lanliam Wins. The many friends in Bamberg were gratified last week to read of the nomination of John C. Lanham as a member of the house of representatives from Spartanburg county. Mr. Lanham was a late entrant into the contest in Spartanburg, but made a fine impression throughout that big county. The result was a walkover in the primary. The official tabulation gave Lanham 7,732 votes out of about 11,500 cast in the county. This put him second on the ticket, Paul M. Murph leading the ticket with 8,701 votes. John Gary Evans, ex-governor of South Carolina\ came fourth with 7,362 votes. Mr. Lanham was until recently a member of the faculty of Carlisle school. During the past session he studied law at the University of South Carolina and made week-end visits here to instruct the Carlisle band. He has been admitted to the bar and he is now practicing law in Spartanburg with his brother, S. T. Lanham, a prominent lawyer and Ma-1 son. ^ ! > ? Gov. Harvey to Speak. The District Convention, Knights of Pythias, will convene at Blackville Friday morning, September 8th, at | which time Governor Harvey will be | the speaker of the occasion. He will j also make an address that aUernoon at 4 o'clock in the school auditorium, to which the public is cordially in, vited. I Governor Harvey has won hundreds of friends throughout the state during the short time that he has graced the office of chief executive and many will no doubt avail themselves of this opportunity to hear him speak. I Great Gathering of Men Sunday What is believed to have been the largest gathering of men ever assembled in Bamberg for a religious purpose was the men's meeting Sunday afternoon, held under the auspices of the men's Berean class of the Baptist Sunday school. The meeting was held at four-thirty Sunday afternoon, and the number present is estimated at 350 to 400. Dr. Geo. E. Davis and his men's class from Orangeburg came more than a hundred strong, while there were lar^e delegations Dresent from Ehr hardt and Denmark. The local class was out in large numbers, and there were many members of other men's classes of Bamberg. Dr. Davis was the speaker of the afternoon, and his message was one of spiritual inspiration as well as of deep interest. His subject was "The Bible." The meeting was called to order by the president of the Berean class, B. D. Carter, Esq. Several songs were sung by the congregation, and solos were rendered by the Misses 1 Cora Prothro and Lois Zeigler, beautiful young ladies of Orangeburg. The Rentz quartette rendered a favorite number, "The Beautiful Land." Dr. Davis said that he had prepared three addresses for this occasion. His first two addresses, after mature deliberation, he considered unfitted for the occasion. Upon an analysis of the meeting, being composed of Bible classes, he decided that the Bible was preeminently a fitting subject to discuss. The discourse partook of the nature of proofs of the divine origin of the Bible context. Dr. Davis siad mat it Has Decome common iucil people believe in the Bible only just so far as it suited them. His address was divided into five divisions: 1. Claims which are made in the Book. The Bible was written either by good or bad men. If they were bad men, the Bible is the best book ever written by such, and if it was written by good men, surely they 3 could not have been hypocrites. 1 2. Make-up of the Bible. The preface, the table of contents and ex planatory notes are easily detected as man-made; they are placed in orderly manner, but in the context of the Bible there is no conformity to rule, such as all men make. 3. Omissions. Certain things are left out of the Bible. For instance only once is the boyhood of Jesus mentioned. Would uninspired writers fail to relate the boyhood of Jesus? Things men notice are not mentioned. 4. Faithfulness to fact. No effort 1 is made by Bible writers to hide the truth. The sins of the great men are 1 included, well as their virtues. The sins of Abraham ana Da via are re- { corded; the blasphemy of Peter, the q,uarrel of Paul and Barnabas is told. Would men have told these things? It is conspicious that the names of obscure sinners are not mentioned, while the names of great personages who sinned are given. ; 5. Prophesies of the Book. Events |1 were told in detail hundreds and thuosands of years before their occurrence. The downfall of cities and nations is related, and the history of ( the Jews is given up to date. If there is one word in the English language the speaker would use to give proof of the divine authenticity of the Bible, that one word would be "Jew," for the history of the Jewish people is told in such minute detail that it could not have been other than in-1 spired. < mm if W. M. U. Meeting. I The Woman's Missionary union of the Barnwell association will convene with the Bamberg Baptist church on the morning of September 14th. There will be an all day ses? - ? At-- j_ mi.? sion witn amner on iae gruuuus. mc morning and afternoon sessions will consist mainly of reports and messages from the various societies in the association. At the night session the Y. W. A. girls of the local church will present a pageant called "Seeing Mission^." under the supervision of Mrs. J. H. Murphy, their leader. Rev. Mr. Falls will also make an address that evening. Special music will be rendered during all the sessions. Mrs. R. C. Jones, president of the missionary scoietv here, is endeavoring to do all she can to make the meeting pleasant for the visiting delegates, and earnestly request that every member of the Baptist church, whether you are a member of the mission! ary society or not, come to the meet -- ? * ? 1 i.t _ A [ ings. All trie laaies 01 iue iuwu aic cordially invited. It is hoped that there will be several state officers and a missionary who is resting in the homeland here and altogether the meeting will be helpful and inspirational to struggling societies. ^ IBI Renew your subscription today. John W. Crum, Dies Near Denmark In the death last Saturday of John W. Crum, Sr., of Denmark, Bamberg county lost one of her finest old citizens, a man who had in years gone by rendered valuable service to his county and state, and a man who ?vas held in the highest esteem and reverence by his fellow citizens, neighbors and friends. Mr. Crum died following a brief illness. . Although 84 years old, up until recently he enjoyed remarkably ^ ' 111. TT- U ? A. /<ii? Pf ll f nne neaim. ne ua.s suucicu muv sickness during his long life. About a year ago he suffered an attack of the heart, but had apparently about recovered from it. Two weeks ago he and family suffered an attack of ptomaine poisoning, and this attack evidently again brought on a weakness of the heart, from which he did not recover. The remains were laid to rest Sunday afternoon at 4:30 in the Denmark cemetery in the presence of a large concourse of friends and relatives. The Rev. W. E. Wiggins, pastor of the Denmark Methodist church, of which the deceased was a faithful member, conducted the funeral services. Capt. J. B. Guess also spoke 1 a few words on the life and works of the departed citizen. A large num- j ber of floral tributes were laid on j the grave. Mr. Crum was born at Rowesville! 84 years ago, the son of a Methodist preacher. He had lived in Bamberg county continuously since before the civil war, with the exception of a year or two* spent in Orangeburg j county some twenty-five years ago. Before going to Denmark, he lived on George's creek in the lower section of the county. His plantation j was above Denmark a few miles, and j he had lived there with his family j t? fif+T-r ttoopo dnrinp this time Ileal IJT J-lJ.l-J' jtaia, three homes being burned down. He was first married to Miss Rebecca Hartzog, a daughter of the late Henry Hartzog. who died 17 years i ago. A son and a daughter, S. H. i Crum, of Orangeburg, and Mrs. I. W. Bowman, wife of Judge Bowman, also of Orangeburg, survive this marriage. His surviving widow was a Miss King, from Georgia, and of this union | one daughter survives, Miss Dorothy Crum, a young girl of fourteen years. I Mr. Crum served throughout the civil war with the forces of the Confederacy, being under Butler in the calvary. He has entertained his j friends many times telling in a most i interesting way of his experience during the war. The Herald has been promised some of these interesting experiences in Mr. Crum's own writing at an early date. Although he i did valiant service to his southland*, j he escaped throughout from wounds, although he was shot several times through his clothing. The deceased served his county in the legislature from 1901 to 1902. An interesting coincidence in this j connection is the fact that his son, H. H. Crum served his county in the , legislature, being a member of the house when the county was formed, and that his grandson, J. Wesley j Crum, Jr., also servea me CUUUljr lia | the legislature, his term being from 1915 to 1918, inclusive. Condition of Cotton Has Greatly Declined The government cotton condition report, just made public, shows an enormous decline in the condition of the cotton crop throughout the entire cotton belt, and especially in South Carolina. The general average condition of the crop on August 25 was 57 against 70.8 a month ago. The condition in South Carolina was 46 against 60 per cent. July 25. Figures for counties in this section follow: Aiken .... ....56 43 Allendale ..54 39 Bamberg 56 43 Barnwell - 53 40 Calhoun 39 21 Colleton 52 28 Dorchester 44 28 Hampton ....47 31 Orangeburg 39 23 It will be noted that the crop in Bamberg county shows up better than in any county in this group. Master's Sales Monday. J. J. Brabham, Jr., judge of prohate and acting master, made the fol lowing legal sales Monday at the coiwt house: Ehrhardt Banking company against Ehrhardt Manufacturing company; real estate sold for 51,000, and personal property for $100; bid in by Ehrhardt Banking company. Kinard, representing estate of Chas. Ehrhardt, against Dannelly and others; three acres of land in Ehrhardt sold for $1,600; bid in by estate of Charles Ehrhardt. Henderson against Willianfs; 24 acres of land sold for $100; bid in by E. H. Henderson,, attorney. Review of Miss Varn'sRecent Work. Following is the report of the district agent on the work of Miss Emma Jane Varn, home demonstration agent of Bamberg county: "Summing up the work done in June, July, and August by your county hoe demonstration agents we find that she stressed conservation of food to a great extent. Miss Varn has had 206 calls for her assistance, and visited 51 farm women to give them help. Aside from these emergencies she has not failed to meet regular club meetings, in which she has given 35 demonstrations. In this way she reached 386 people. "They have no market but they have found sale for $141.70 worth of produce. The girls are doing more'work with their canning this year than ever before. "Poultry associations at Denmark, Hunter's Chapel and Ehrhardt have good 1 meetings. They are culling their flocks, keeping only good layers. The associations are shipping eggs and getting one-third more than they could on the local market. This is sold all during the summer. "The county short course was held at Carlisle school on June 21 to 23 and 88 girls of home demonstration clubs were in attendance. Specialists from Winthrop college were present to give the instruction. The last day more than 200 people came as visi| tors. The recreational features brought joy and gladness to the club [ girls. "All day canning picnics have been held in shady groves throughout the j county. Quite a variety of products were canned in order that those present would have a broaded knowledge of canning all produce. Since plans are made for a community fair in the county, this will show the results of these days spent in canning. "Your cooperation will be apprecij ated in advancing the work in Bamberg county." Negro is Located After Nine Years Nine years ago a negro by the name of Howard was killed up about Denmark, and Perry Small was charged by the jury of inquest with the killing. Small escaped at the time and was never heard of until the other I day it was discovered that he was serving a sentence on the Colleton county chain gang. The matter has been taken up with / the solicitor of that circuit in an endeavor to get Small brought to Bamberg for trial on the murder charge I at the next sitting of the court;, which j begins September 18. Whether the [ solicitor will consent was not known | Tuesday. ! Nothing is known here of the kill! ing nine years ago, other than the ini formation contained in the inquest papers. Small is serving a sentence of 18 months in Colleton county, and has about a year to" serve. It is alleged that about last Christmas he fired a double barrel shot gun down a public road striking three white men, inflicting more or less injury. He was convicted of the offense and is now , paying the penalty. Information Sought. A man was arrested on a charge of robbing another of his watch. It was said that he had thrown a bag over his victim's head, strangled and robbed him. There was so little evidence, however, that the magistrate quickly said: "Discharged." The prisoner stood still amazed at being given his freedom so soon. "You are discharged," repeated the magistrate. "You can go." There was still no word from the prisoner, who stood staring before him. "Don't you understand? You have been acquitted. You are free," said his lawyer. "But," stammered then man,, "do I -have to give him back his watch?" NOTICE. Tobacco is now being accepted at the Farmers Warehouse every day in the week, instead of four days in the week as heretofore. Farmers are asked to bring in tobacco as fast as possible, as we need tobacco to fill our orders. ?Adv. J. p. LAXE, Manager. Being blind is no drawback to Miss Grace E. Keator, of New York, who, in spite of her incapability, is able to take eighty words a minute by stenography. For Lease?Hunting and Fishing rights on Ashepoo River. The best deer hunting in low country. Use of good home. W. G. JEFFORDS, Walterboro, S. C. ltn The Herald Gets Many Compliments The last issue of The Herald was issued at six o'clock Wednesday morning, several hours before the regular hour of issue, in order to get to our realers the early election news. Through the courtesy of the News and Courier, The Herald was enabled to give its readers the very latest state returns?later and more complete returns than any of the daily newspapers reaching this place. Notwithstanding the fact that the 1 _ J ?a? i. T XT J <1 eariy eaiuon 01 me i\ews ana courier did not carry the full returns that paper furnished The Herald, the News and Courier" gladly phoned us the results at 5:20 a. m. The local readers of that excellent daily deeply appreciate this service, as this was the only method the people of Bam-* berk had of reading the late returns. The Herald also wishes to thank the News and'Courier and to make public acknowledgment of its great courtesy. j The last issue of The Herald was on the streets and in the postoffice a little after six o'clock Wednesday morning. Copies o.f it were carried by travelers to other part9. and every- > where it went it carried the latest news. For the many compliments we received, we extend our thanks. It is the reward of the newspaper man to receive such words of commendation. Yes, we worked all night, but that is part of our business. The Herald is a newspaper and we endeavor to give our readers the news. We do not promise to do the same thing next Wednesday; local conditions will determine that. County Fair Meeting IVas 'Poorly Attended Many things conspired to dampen v the enthusiasm of those citizens of . Bamberg interested in the organization of the county fair association. For one thing, the county is in the midst of a political turmoil, and peo- . , pie do love good hot politics and forget most everything else when the *' " pot's boiling good and strong. Added to this several of the most interested citizens were out of town last Friday. Anyway, the meeting in the interest of the fair was not well , attended, and very little was accomplished. However, those present decided not to give up the ship, but stand to and continue the battle. ? , The committee investigating the matter of a suitable site was not able to make a full report. Several mem- ? u AAmwiHoA All f nf * uers ui me v;umuiitb^u wu^ town on other business matters, and could not get together for a final report of their investigations, and it was decided to give the committee more time. SPECIAL NOTICES '? For Sale?Pears for preserving. $1 per bushel. See 0. D. FAUST, Bamberg, S. C. 9-7n Wanted?To buy several good cows fresh in milk. Apply to P. 0. BOX 200, Bamberg, S. C. ltp For Rent^?Apartments on Main 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: Lost?Gold pocket knife with initials engraved on handle "L. D. K." Reward if returned to L. D. KEEL, Bamberg, S. C. ltp For Sale?Interlocking Tile for building purposes, at less than half price. See E. C. HAYS or C. W. RENTZ. Bambersr. S. C. tfn * Wanted?Salesman and collector tor Bamberg county, must have conveyance and be able to furnish bond. Wire or write SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO., Aiken, S. C. 9-14-p Hemstitching and Picot EdgingAll work guaranteed; mail orders given special attention. Work 5c to 10c per yard. MESDAMES WINGARD AND CONNELLY, Fairfax, S. C. 9-8p Agents Wanted.?Sell the Original i Watkins Products. Get city territory still open. Get our wonderful offer and free samples. Write today. THE J. R. WATKINS CO., Dept. 80, New York, N. Y. 9-21p Liberty Bonds*?If you are thinking of selling your Liberty Bonds, see tfs 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. tfn For Rent?Several rooms upstairs 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 For Sale?Some valuable tracts of land containing from 60 to 600 acres. Some with the stock, feedstuff, implements, and other person-, al property. Prices and terms on ap- * plication. J. T. O'NEAL, Real Estate Agent, Bamberg, S. C. tfn Wanted?Man with car to sell cord tires to consumers and dealers. Lowest prices and best guarantee. 30x3? inch cord seljs for $9.90, other sizes in proportion. Easy to earn J vour $100.00 a week salary. HYDRO-VULCAN, TIRE COMPANY, South Michigan Avenue, Chicagoi, 111. 9-7 n. ^