The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 14, 1922, Page 8, Image 8
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
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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. ,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. :
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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
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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.
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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
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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^
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\ 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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