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Short Items From Town and County iW. O. Guess, who recently dispos\/ of his interest in the mercantile establish of Guess & Bruce to E. C. Bruce, has opened a grocery store on Railroad avenue. Charles H. Mathis, one of the best known citizens of Blackville, died at his home there last week in his 69th year. The funeral and burial were held at Blackville. Sunday afternoon some sixteen young converts were baptized at the Baptist church as additions to the Cone church during the revival held there lasfweek by tne pastor, Rev. O. B. Falls. The Embree and Olar schools have opened for the new session. Prof. J Brannon, of York county, is principal of the Olar school, and Miss Pearle Brabham, of this city, is the teacher at Embree. J. K. Mayfield, of Denmark:, was the second lowest bidder for the construction of the Orangeburg-Cameron highway in Orangeburg county. Mr. Mavfield's bid was for $22,581.50, while the successful bid was for $21,350.72. Goolsby and Son, of Denmark, incorporated, was chartered by the secretary of state last week, with a capital stock of $20,000. Officers are: G. W. Goolsby, president; J. B. Guess, Jr., vice president; R. A. Goolsby, secretary and treasurer. W. B. Chitty, of Olar, and J. W. rinran werp among the JJI unuiug, ui uv>UU| w visitors in town Monday afternoon. Mr. Chitty has been ill for some time past, his friends will be sorry to hear, and he intends leaving this week for a stay at Glenn Springs for his health. A mad dog chase on New Bridge street Tuesday occasioned some excitement. The citizens armed with sundry weapons, bricks, pistols, etc., made a valiant effort to slay the canine, but it finally escaped, with several pistol wounds and other injuries. The Bamberg Lumber company, owned largely by Bamberg business men, has been awarded the contract for the erection of the new colored school in Orangeburg. The contract price is approximately $30,000, and the building is to be completed in si^: months. The friends of Aaron Rice will re-, gret to learn of his injury some days ago by falling on a box of goods at his store on Main street. In moving a heavy box, he stumbled, and struck his side on the box, inflicting a painful internal injury which has confined him to his home for several days. 'Robert Lide, Esq>, prominent member of the Orangeburg bar, has been designated by Governor Harvey to preside at the general sessions court to be held in Bamberg beginning on next Monday. Judge Prince and Judge Shipp are both physically unable to hold any of the sessions at ?"""-a 11 Tori tn nrp WHICH HICJ' licit ovu^uuivu vw Jf side this fall. A. G. Rogers, who farms on D.Bowling's plantation a few miles from town, is one of the county's good citizens. He was away on a business trip, some 400 miles from Bamberg, but came home to vote in the primary Tuesday. He left again on a business trip Tuesday afternoon. It cost him money to vote, but he believes in exercising his right of citizenship. The Knights of Pythias of the third district met at Blackville Friday. The Convention was well attended, and much interest was shown in .the affairs of the order. Governor > Harvey, Past. Chancellor P. F. Henderson and other speakers made addresse The convention was invited t_> -?o . ~ to Bamberg in February, but Grauiioville was chosen as the ne t mce-.Lg place. The Blackville Knights served a splendid "dinner to vi: iting Knights, the dinner being pa T 1 in by the local Pythians am. their wives. ?Didn't Happen. Pev. J. A. Sharp, president of the n o^leyan conference of Eng land, staite* nis career iu years agu in a country parish on a salary approximating $400 a year, and he has h:-'* a hi'Ki struggle for success, wl ' h, however, has not impaired lils iense of humor. Here is a story he tells: He was once preaching for the first time" in a strange chapel. He noticed that every member of his congregation had their eyes fixed upon him?apparently following him with the greatest of attention. Feeling somewhat flattered, he mentioned this to his deacon afterward. "As a matter of fact," was the reply, "*e were looking for you to disappear." "Disappear?" said, Mr. Sharp, in surprise. "What do you mean?" "Well, ihe pulpit is absolutely rot ten, and hasn't bee'n used for twelve year0." Edisto Building and ,/ Loan Organized At a meeting of the subscribers to the capital stock of the Edisto Building and Loan association, of this city, .Monday morning organization was perfected, directors were elected, and at a subsequent meeting of the direc- j tors officers of the new association were elected for the ensuing year. This association was organized by stockholders of the Citizens Building and Loan association, which has now been in operation something over six years and which, it is expected, will liquidate the latter part of this month. While the new association is an entirely different body, it includes most of the stockholders of the old association, and is something in the nature of the Citizens' successor. The first action of the subscribers' meeting was to fi* the capital stock of the association at $80,000. It was announced that there are still some shares unsubscribed, and that subscriptions wili be received until the full amount is taken. The subscribers then elected five directors as follows: A. W. Knight, E. H. Henderson, Dr. Robert Black, J. A. Spann, and W. E. Free. Bylaws were adopted incorporating practically the same regulations as obtained for the old association?only minor changes being effected. At the meeting of directors immediately following, the officers were elected for the next year as follows: President, A. W. Knight; vice president, Dr. Robert Black; secretary and treasurer, R. M. Hitt; attorney, E. H. Henderson. The first payment to the capital stock will be made on the 15th of this month, and subsequent payments will be made on the 15th of each month at $1 per share until the stock matures at $100 per share. School Will Open Thursday Morning \ __________ The Bamberg "graded and high school opens Thursday morning. The long summer vacation has now come to an end, and the facilty and pupils will get right down to work in^ earnest at once. On account of the fact that the au- j ditorium has b^en cut up into class rooms, no public exercises will be held this year as heretofore. Teachers for the school during the coming session are as follows: First grade?Miss Eunice Galphin, i St. Matthews. j Second gra&e?Miss Effie McLeod, i Lynchburg. i Third grade (a)?Miss Nell McCants, Cameron. i Third grade (b)?Miss Mamie Bryan, Allendale. Fourth grade?Miss Kathleen Coleman, Shelton. / ] Fifth grade?Miss Ethel Loadholt, Fairfax. Sixth grade?Mrs. Mamie Murdaugh, Bamberg. ; Seventh grade?Miss Ruth Carroll, . Bamberg. , HIGH SCHOOL. , \ Mathematics and science?Miss Hattie Newsom. Williston. History and science?N. P. Smoak, , Jr., Bamberg. Latin and English?Miss Frances Creighton, Greenwood. , English and French?Miss Ruth , Wilcox, Waverly, Va. Superintendent and mathematics ?E. P., Allen, Bamberg. i , E. T. HUGHES FOUND DEAD. Vf Chairman Ways and Means Committee of House. Marion, Sept. 5.?The dead body of Eddings Thomas Hughes, aged i 42, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house of representatives of the last general assembly and a prominent lawyer here, was found in his bed at 7 o'clock tonight by Mr. Hughes's mother-in-law, who lives next door to him. There was no evidence of foul play, but the cause of his death has not yet been ascer- 1 tained. Mr. Hughes was seen this mrtKnino in Vlio Vl am P P T1H OT1 thft UIV/1 lilU^ 1U UiO v? ? ? street, having returned from his summer home in Murrell's Inlet yesterday afternoon. Mr. Hughes was one of the best known men in the state. As chairman of the ways and means committee of the house, he attracted much notice last year and announced that he would run for congress from the sixth district. However, he withdrew from the race and was then urged by many of his friends to run for governor but did not enter this race. Miss Jennie Matzke, of Depere, is the champion bee keeper in Wisconsin. My fall stock is a big line of bargains?not a few baits. W. D. Rhoad.?adv. x Cotton Association is Now Functioning The S. C. Cotton Growers organization has been completed and is i now receiving the cotton of its mem- ' bers. On Sept. 2nd the first cotton was delivered to the association, that i distinction going to J. K. Mayfield, of : Denmark. The first delivery consist- 1 ed of ten bales and since then quite i a few deliveries have been made at < every point in the county. ] Each shipping point has a receiver appointed to receive, weigh, and issue i a receipt on all cotton received. The ' organization's receivers are: < Ehrhardt and vicinity?j. b. Ehrhardt. ] Olar and vicinity?J. W. Sellers. i Bamberg and vicinity?C. W. 1 Rentz, Sr. ] Denmark and vicinity?J. F. Sta- i ley. Govan as yet has no one to "take 1 over the work, but will in all proba- j bility in^the next few days. The association is making an ad- < vance of 10c per pound on all old < cotton; 12c per pound on all new cot- i ton, and 18c per pound on all long ; staple. These advances are made at ] a rate of 6 per cent, interest. The ] association is now open for member- 1 ship and every grower of cotton who i has not taken the steps to join 1 should do so at once.?J. D. Brandon, county secretary. < Homes and Stores of 1 Bamberg Numbered < v' < Hey! Have you a number for your 1 house? T. Keenan & Co. have the contract with the city for numbering 1 the houses and street signing Bam- 1 berg and have been here over two ; weeks doing the work. The post- 1 office department required this to be 1 done and the city agreed some time . ago to do the same in order to re- 1 tain free city delivery of mail. J The numbering is about completed according to the block system and if 1 you have not been visited by the i above gentlemen and given a number < see the city clerk, Mr. Folk, and he <* will see you. are properly supplied 1 with correct number. 1 There is quite a lot of detail work in this house numbering, the city having been platted off last April and the number designated and paade to order. It required 671 house numbers to do the work, this extending clear to the city limits. ' It has ] been carefully done, and now in- ] stead of saying you live "third or < fourth house from the corner," you j give the exact number of your resi- ] dence. The even numbers are on : one side, and the odd ones on the other, and you live on the one, two, < or three hundred block. ^ Keenan & Co. go from here' to , Edgefield. 1 BIGHAM APPEAL s NOT DISMISSED. : % ] Columbia, Sept. 9.?In a per curi- 1 am order handed down yesterday the 1 supreme court refused to dismiss the 1 appeal of Edmund D. Bigham as pe- 1 titioned by Solicitor L. M. Gasque, of Marion, and will hear the appeal on " its merits on the call of the twelfth 1 i circuit cases before the court this 1 fall, whichVill be in November. 1 Solicitor Gasque moved before the < court on September 1 for a dismissal < of the appeal on the grounds that it i was manifestly without merit. The < court says that it does not consider 1 the appeal "manifestly without merit" and will nto dismiss it. Mr. Gas- ] que moved under Rule 30 for the di3- 1 missal, which provides for such ac- i tion in criminal appeals where there is no apparent merit. In the per curiam order the court says: "The court is not convinced ] that the grounds of appeal are manifestly without merit and the motion of the state to dismiss the appeal is therefore refused." ] Bigham was convicted of the mur- t der of his brother, L. Smiley Bigham, ] in March, 1921, at Florence and sen- ] tenced to be electrocuted. He appeal- 1 ed to the supreme court for a new 1 trial but the court affirmed his convic- ! tion. He was taken back to Florence < this summer to be resentenced and 1 when he appeared in court his attor- I ney, A. L. King, moved for a new f trial on the grounds of after discov- ; ered evidence. Judge S. W. G. Shipp, 1 presiding at Florence, refused the plea for a new trial. Bigham then : appealed from this refusal to the su- : preme court. Solicitor Gasque moved j to dismiss the appeal but the court i refused to do so. < Bigham in addition to being convicted for the killing of his brother, is ; charged with killing his mothei\ Mrs. : L. S. Bigham, his sister, Mrs. Mar- ] gie Black, and his sister's two adopt- < ed children, Leo and John McCrack- i en. He has never been tried for the < killing of an.v one except his brother. < In Tibet, it is not unusual for a woman to marry three or four husbands. t ( * / ' / . ~ ; y October 2 Last Day to Register Monday, October 2nd, is the last date on which the voters of the county may register for the general election. There are several hundred voters of this county who have not yet registered, both men and women, and The Herald takes this opportunity of calling the attention of these voters to the duty of registering on the next first Monday. At this writing, Monday, the result of the primary election is not known, but regardless of the result of the primary, it is very important that all white people of voting age, men and women, enter their names on the registration books. There has been a well-founded belief that there might be a bolt under certain conditions, and it is squarely up to the Democrats of this county and state to register and be prepared for the general election. The time has come when the ageDid apathy of South Carolina Demo:rats toward our general elections should be a thing of the past. Events are fast transpiring, andv there^ is likely to be a split any time. Our people have had ample -opportunity to observe that the one and only interest of South Carolina lies with the Democratic party. It has been customary for about 50,000 people in this state to participate in the general election. There ire at least 250,000 qualified white men and women in this state, and evDry one of them should be registerid and they should exercise their 'ranchise in November. There is going to be a strong effort on the part of the Republicans ;o poll a big vote in November. The jobs of certain South Carolina Republicans depend on this, and you may De sure that the effort will be made, it is entirely likely that the Republicans will have a full ticket in the 3eld. Registration certificates may be iad by applying to the board of registration at the court house on Monlay, October 2. Those registering ifter that date will not be allowed to rote in the general election in November. IV. L. Dunn Died V in Jllabama Last Weet^ W. L. Dunn, for several years a resident of Bamberg, died at his aome in Annistom- Ala, on Tuesday af last week. The interment was held it his old home at Greenville church, aear Shoals Junction, on Thursday ifternoon. Mr. Dunn was 52 years of age on September 2. He is survived by his vidow, and two children, W. L. Dunn, Jr., of Greenville, and Mrs. F. W. Willis, of Florence. The following brothers and sisters survive him: W. R. Dunn, Florence; M. G. and I. N. Dunn, Bamberg; Mrs. E. L. Mathis and Mrs. H. B. Sims, Warrenville; Mrs. A. J. Sims, Langey, and Mrs. M. E. Roberts, Atlanta. His mother, Mrs. Cornelia J. Dunn, of Bamberg, also survives him. Mr. Dunn came to Bamberg in L916 to become superintendent of the Bamberg cotton mills, a position he illed for about four years, leaving ;his city in 1920. He was an expert ind efficient mill man, and had been connected with some of the largest nills of this state, including mills Darlinerton. Bamberg, Piedmont, Varrenville, Greer and Pelzer. Mr. Dunn was a man of pleasing personality, and he had many warm Iriends here, who will learn with much regret of his death. TAKEN TO PENITENTIARY. Irvin Williams Removed From Aiken Jail to Columvia." Aiken, Spet. 7.?It was learned lere by attorneys late Tuesday night ;hat Irvin Williams, the young white man of Augusta, who is believed to aave been the driver of the car on :he night of the brutal slaying of the two railroad guards, Feaster and Booth, at Hamburg, was quietly taksn out of the Aiken jail and carried to the state penitentiary by Deputy Sheriff Nollie Robinson and an assistant Monday night. Not even the jailor, Capt. Vernon, knew the destination of young Williams when he was taken from the jail. Two other men, Z. L. Davis and C. L. Deas, members of the labor union in Augusta, are being held in jail here on the charge of being members fo the crew who killed the two guards. I'nited States deputies have been joined by a number of deputies sworn in by Sheriff Howard, who selected men known to be fearless in the face Df danger. Among them is J. Pink Gaddy, a North Carolina mountaineer, and Ernest Holsonbake, of Aiken, who will act as captain of the guard. Good shoes cheap and cheap shoes ;hat are good at W. D. Rhoad's.?adv Early Morning Trains Taken \ Bamberg is temporarily almost off the mail and transportation map. Beginning last Sunday morning with only notice of a day or two, the early morning trains from and to Augusta were taken off, the reason assigned being the shortage of fuel, the railroad strike, etc. This means that not a solitary daily newspaper reaches this good burg before nine o'clock a. m., and maybe not then. The State has routed its Bamberg papers by way of Orangeburg, and when everything goes off well ana tne iwo roaas maKe connection at Denmark, the papers arrive here on the nine o'clock train. If the connection misses fire at Denmark, the State will get here M seven o'clock at night. The News and Courier and the Augusta Chronicle also get here at nine o'clock. However, that is only a small part of the isolation. If one wants to do a little business in Augusta, he can leave here not before 10:50, and if the train is on time?which it is not frequently these days?-Tie may take an hour for dinner in Augusta and still have., a whole hour to transact business. About the same length of time can be spent on a day's trip to Charles^ ' 1 1 - 1U1U \ ton, or uoiumoia?pernaps a mue longer. It simply means that hereafter Bamberg business people needing a trip to any of the cities will have to Ford it or stay all night. The greatest inconvenience, perhaps comes to the less fortunate? the sick. It has always been found most convenient for local doctors to take their patients to the hospitals on these early trains. We are assured, however:, that the present abbreviated service is only temporary, and it is thought that there will be no difficulty in persuadin the railroad commission to order | these trains back into service when j the present emergency passes. Darn the strikers, say we! 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 doc ket 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. Utsey. F. W. Free. W. H. Carroll. A. F. Freeman. J. B. Brickie. J. O. 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. W. Rentz. F. M. Bamberg. R. F. Lee. J. T. Burch." J. B. Black, Jr. * J. E. Spann. J. B. Vara. T. v.- .ucurae. B. F. Hill. M. E. Rizer. \ Test of Honesty. To a tramp who wanted to earn a bite to eat a woman said: "If I thought you were honest I'd let you go to the chicken house and gather the eggs." "Lady," he replied with dignity. "I was manager at a bath house for fifteen years and never took a bath." ?Boston Transcript. Renew your subscription today. Notice of Sale of Personal Property. Pursuant to an order of the Judge of Probate for Bamberg County the undersigned Executor of the Will of J. A. Steedley, deceased, will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at the late residence of the said J. A. Steedley, deceased, in Bamberg County, on the 29th day of September, 1922, beginning at 10 o'clock a. in., certain personal property belonging to said estate, con sistin^fof 1 mare, hogs, cows,' wagon, buggy, house-hold goods, farm implements, farm products, provisions, etc. J. P. CARTER, Executor of the Will of J. A. Steedley, deceased. September 11th, 1922. i . Death Claims E. E. '/ Hughes of Ehrhardt E. E. Hughes, one of Bamberg county's prominent citizens, died at his home in Ehrhardt last Sunday morning at 4 o'clock. Mr. Hughes had been in ill health for some time, although the end came as a shock to his relatives and friends. Mr. Hughes had been actively engaged in business for some years as cotton buyer at Ehrhardt, and he became vice president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank a short time before it went into the hands of a receiver. When the doors of the bank were closed, Mr. Hughes wac annnintpd r?Tjp r?f the receivers. and he continued in this" position until his death. Mr. -Hughes resided here many years ago, but for a time he lived in Alabama, returning here some j 15 years ago. Since that time he has made his home at Ehrhardt: where he was held in high esteem by his many friends and acquaintances. He , was 73 years of age. His widow survives him. He had no children. He was a brother of Haigler Hughes, of Ehrhardt. The remains were interred Monday / afternoon in the presence of a large concourse of friends and relatives. The funeral services were held in the Lutheran church, of which he was a faithful member, on Monday afternoon. Rev. Groseclose and Rev. Ballentine officiated. Interment took place in the Ehrhardt cemetery. 'Prominent Jewish Citizen Died Last Sunday S. W. Pearlstin, an old and highly respected Jewish citizen of Ehrhardt, died at that place Sunday. The remains were carried to Charleston for interment, which toek place Mon- * day at the K. K. B. S. cemetery. Rabbi Cohen, of Charleston, officiated at the funeral services. Mr. Pearlstin is survived by several children, including Mrs. H. Karesh and Mrs. Rosa M. Krawchek, of Ehrhardt, and J. W. Pearlstin, of ' Olar. i . For many years Mr. Pearlstin was a prominent merchant of this county. He was well advanced in years, and retired from active business some years ago. For some time he has made his home with his children at Ehrhardt. &e was an upright citizen and he enjoyed the confidence of those who knew him. NOTICE, TOBACCO*GROWERS. > i You are urged to bring your tobacco in as soon as possible, as the Association needs it to fill orders. Then, too,. they are liable to move the closing time up some, and this would make it inconvenient to the * M growers, so, lei ix come 111 aa suuu as possible. We receive tobacco every day except Saturday. * J. F. LANE, ?adv. Manager. ^ In Japan when a girl goes a gardening she usually steps into tight trousers. Suits for men and boys; big suits, little suits, long suits, short suits, cheap suits, good suits. Find them all at W, D. Rhoad's'.?adv. I have the best stock of goods I have bought in five years. See them when you start shopping. W. D. Rhoad.?adv. ' SPECIAL NOTICES 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. For Sale?Peanut plows and peanut pickers. Apply to THE COTTON OIL CO., Bamberg, S. C. tfn FVn. ?Tn torinckiner Tile for building purposes, at "less than half price. See E. C. HAYS or C. W. d RENTZ, Bamberg, 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 Agents Want xl.?Sell the Original Watkins Products. Get city territory still open. Get our wonderful offer and free samples. Write today. THE J. R. WATKINS CO., Efept. 80, New York, N. Y. 9-21p 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 York quotations. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Bamberg, S. C. tfn 1 mmmmmmmmmm For Rent?Several rooms upstairs in Bamberg Herald building. Suitable for offices or apartments. Water in most rooms, two rooms Hj 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 personal property. Prices and terms on application. J. T. O'NEAL, Real Es tate Agent, Bamberg, s. u. h-jfCj ^ |