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\ < 0 Zht Hamburg 2?mli j ' $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1922. Established in 1891. . : ? j - - - County Fair the The second annual Bamberg county fair is on. The fair formally opened at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, with a big crowd in attendance. President Thomas and other fair officials were on hand and wore broad smiles of satisfaction, and well they v migiht wear such smiles, for the fair is a success in every sense of the word. No better fair has been seen in nf tVia etoto \TPflT\ VUUUi; Ul HIV vu.w and the only thing that prevented the fair being as big as others was the lack of space. The exhibit building, which is admirably suited for such a purpose, being one of the largest buildings under one roof in this part of the etate, is a scene of magnificence. Adjoining t)he exhibit building is located a shed under wfoich is exhibited fine specimens of Bamberg county raised hogs and poultry. These exhibi its are too numerous to describe in detail. Suffice it to say that Bamberg county can produce as fine livestock, poultry and swine as any section, and it does. * On the vacant lot adjoining the warehouse the carnival has pitched tents. The aggregation of shows, and yells of venders, and the music from [ the band and from the inevitable and 1 donations of merchandise, etc. Although the fair is free, it is believec that it will be entirely self-sustaint ing, and that revenue secured froir the sources mentioned will finance the expenses of the show. No call has been made for funds from th> public as yet and it is hoped that il wil not be necessary to make such * call. Guinea Trot Afforded %' Interest and Laughtei h Yesterday there was somethinj new under the sun. It was a "guinee j trot," arranged by W. M. Brabhan ! ' and otners. b Scores of guineas, represented var ' ious business houses of the town anc eun/dry organizations, were turne< loose from a Main street building an( I * thrown to the street. The job of th< ^ spectators was to catch the wil: fowls. Those who succeeded in thi: difficult operation were rewarded up r on presenting the attached card t< the organization or business housi -? whose name appeared thereon with i dollar's worth of merchandise o: Icasii, and in addition one perfectl: good geuina belonged to the captor, f j The job of capturing the guinea: provided not only a world of interes hut the greatest merriment imagina hie. ^ The guinea trot was a great featun f of fair week. 1 Turn under your cotton stalks now r always popular merry-go-round lend ^ an air of merriment to the fair grounds. The Fair Exposition shows, coming here from Fayetteville, N. C., and Chester, S. C., are furnishing the amusement feature of the fair. Three bands are making merry the town during the four days of the fair, The Jenkins orphanage band, oi Charleston, and two bands traveling t with the carnival 3hows, give concerts daily on Main street and at the fair grounds. Those in authority have worked incessantly and faithfully for the success and they have achieved a # great success. The exhibits are not only far more numerous than last * year; they are far better, and that is saying a great deal, for much thought and work was put into the exhibits * last year. The fair was visited by hundreds of people Tuesday from all sections of the county and many from neigh"* ' TV, tt opo /-,-n a. and uorillg cuuiiLica. iuoj ?.* v v all of one accord in pronouncing the Bamberg county fair a great success The fact that this festive occa9ior has been heralded abroad and adver? - tised extensively as "the only free county fair in the world," ihas been z * (great drawing card, and resulted ir great crowds coming here this week Because there is no admission fee people bring their whole families stay all day, and then come again the next day, which would not be the case, nor would it be possible foi many, if an admission were charged The fair is financed entirely by the sale of amusement rights to the car nical company, the sale of bootll: space for advertising purposes, the issuance of an advertising booklet containing the official programme Thrown Opt Public Tuesc Fine Exhibits j Shown at Fair [ To say that tihe Farmers warehouse is a thing of beauty and joy forever is > putting it entirely too mild. The peol pie of Bamberg county have taken . hold of the county fair with a vim and I vigor that is indeed surprising and rei freshing. The building is boarded off into numerous booths. The fact that all of the booths were taken two . weeks before the fair opened is a i convincing argument that the county i fair ihas already outgrown its quar ters and that additional facilities I must be provided. The fair is just as big as it can possibly be until proper! ' quarters are provided. Practically every interest in Bam-! ' berg county is represented. The ' schools of the county, white and - colored, are well represented; the agricultural exhibits are revelations, while the fancy work, home pro1 ducts, canning demonstrations, etc., proclaim in unmistakable terms the vast possibilities of this fair section | of the greatest state in the U. S. A. ' The exhibits are far too numerous L for detailed description. They consume tJhe whole building. A vast I amount of work, thought and taste were put into each, and -the entire ! building is a bower of beauty. Streamers, decorations and attractive and ! j artistic arrangement are seen in ; | every booth. j The following are some of the ex'ihibits to be seen in the main building: 5 The home demonstration clubs, displaying canned goods, fancy work, II preserves, etc. The Olar Buick company, automobiles. Mrs. Annie Black, art. Electric Maid Bake Shop, breads, '. cakes, etc. Friday Afternoon Book club, rest ! room. Winthrop Daughters, rest room. J (Bamberg graded school, craft ! work, art, etc. " Carlisle school, school activities. J. R. Black, furniture. * Medical detachment, 118th in' j fantry, N. G. S. C. I L. B. Fowler, corn cribs. k j Apollo Music club, club activities. Home and antique exhibits. Santee mills, loom in operation. J. B. Brickie, automobiles. ' j U. D. C. Chapter, rest room. J G. Frank Bamberg, wagons and [ buggies. [ D. J. Delk, farming implements. Sojourner Poultry Farm, poultry. (Marketing booth. Ehrhardt graded school, school activities. Duncanville school, school activi^ ties. Miss Leonard Kelly, photography. Voorhees school, of Denmark, j school activities. Bamberg colored school, school t activities. Springtown community, general exhibit. ' Denmark Coca Cola company. t Jas. T. Burch & Co., automobiles. t Shuler-Walter Motor Co., automobiles. Bamberg citizens (colored,) farm exhibits, etc. Govan and Olar (colored), gener pi ai exniDits. Ehrhardt (colored), general exhibits. r Denmark chamber of commerce, representing 14 enterprises of Denmark. The school exhibits are exceptionj ally good. The booth of the local j graded school has been pronounced j by many as being the best school exa hibit seen in the state at any fair this P year. Space forbids giving the de3 tails of this splendid booth. It rew fleets great credit on the school and 5 the faculty and the town which this 3 school serves. l The most interesting mechanical r exhibit is furnished by the Santeej 7 mills, Inc., of this city. The booth is i beautifully aecoratea ana msiae i s there is a loom in full operation, t turning out cloth. Although Bamberg has been a cotton manufacturing point for a score of years, this is a the first time hundreds of persons (have ever seen cotton being manufactured into cloth. The operation is . a most interesting one, and this ex en to lay Morning Antique Booth Very Interesting Lovers of old, curious and quaint articles are enjoying the antique booth at the fair this week. The antique booth is in charge of a committee of which Mrs. Sallie Owens is chairman. In this booth will be found numerous articles 01 great interest., including heirlooms of pricesless value to the owners. Especially interesting are several articles from the Emily Geiger collection of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Patrick. These articles include a shawl that Miss Geiger, of revolutionary fame, wore at a ball, and a pencil used by 'her. IMrs. Eliza Zeigler, widow of Coroner Zeigler, made quite an interesting contribution to the booth by sending in a pair of stockings bought from the first store ever set up in Bamberg. Those bibulously inclined recalled the glorious days of pre-Volsteadean times when they looked upon a fine pair of decanters, contributed by W. B. Smith. They are more than a century old and were handed down to him by ancestors. A. L. Kirkland contributed an interesting object in the vest worn by his revered father, Dr. Kirkland, on the occasion of his wedding more than 64 years ago. A quaint, but durable, table was ^nntrihnted hv Rev. 0. B. Falls. It was made about 100 years ago byihis grandfather. Other interesting exhibits include a beautifully patterned quilt made by a blind woman, a pottery bowl of the days of long ago, a large -china platter more than a century old, and so on. galloon Ascension A died Fair jdttraction Tuesday morning an additional attraction was prvoided for the county fair?one7 that is always popular ?a balloon ascension. A balloonist was contracted for, and the first ascension occurred at five o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Other ascensions will take place Thursday and Friday afternoons at five o'clock. ? ? ? 4- V? Ki rr rro a The airman goes up m mc 1^5 bag to a dizzy height, and then cuts loose, automatically allowing the gas to escape from the bag, and drops to the ground with the aid of a parachute. This attraction is entirely free and the people are cordially invited to see the ascension every afternoon. hibit added much to the fair. The local mill spared no expense in provided the attraction. The loom is operated by an electric motor and attended by an expert operative. The various clubs of the city are represented in a splendid manner, and their booths are excellent. The rest rooms and refreshment stands supply much needed conveniences for fair visitors. The local military company gives an air of peace-time war. The bootfh contains a regular army itent, with the usual encampment accoutrements inside. This is a popular booth at the fair. j The home demonstration and marketing booths are supplying the county with much fine advertising, j Fine specimens of Bamberg county products are on display here, showing what the county can do and is doing. The marketing committee has representatives on ihand, and is supplying markets for surplus farm products. The advertising booths are all at | tractive and the wares of the business houses are displayed to great ad! vantage. The Ehrhardt booth is one of the | most attractive exhibits at the fair. I The exhibit represents the various inj terests of that section, and the farm exhibits are especially good, and are well gotten up and displayed. The colored exhibits, too, are splendid, representing various interests. Much thought and work were put into the preparation of these exhibits and they are most creditable. Likewise, the Denmark chamber of commerce ha9 displayed in very attractive manner the interests represented by that organization. Barbecue Was Great Success The opening feature of the Bamberg county free fair was the free barbecue served to hundreds of people from all sections of this territory Tuesday shortly after noon. Twenty hogs, three beeves and one goat supplied the flesh for the mammoth 'cue, the biggest event of the kind that takes place in this section of the state. W. IM. Brabham was the moving spirit in the barbecue and he pulled off a fine event?one that proved most popular to the hungry crowds that came to the city Tuesday. C. W. Fogle, of Denmark, and S. E. Neeley, of Olar, were the chefs par excellent on this occasion. The people are not unacquainted with the culinary art, for they presided at the festive board last year, when the finest 'cue the county had ever seen to that time was served to some two ! thousand persons. A splendid arrangement was made for feeding the huge throng of people. The committee allowed so many to enter the improvised dining room at a time; these were served expeditiously and passed on to enjoy the repast, when their places were taken by others, whose appetites, whetted by the aroma from the big 'cue pits, made them pardonably impatient. At the serving tables a large committee of ladies presided and the dinner was served in exquisite fashion; there was no rush, but everybody was served as quickly as possible that others may not be kept waiting. The committee deserves the thanks of all for the excellent manner in which they carried out the arrangej ments for the occasion. The free barbecue seems to be a fixed event in Bamberg henceforth. ! The 'cue was made possible by the I donation of hogs, and cows. Not a i ..... j single animal was purchased, wnicn ! goes to show t'hat the people of Bamberg are ready at all times to help out in any cause that seeks for the proper advertisement of the county and the entertainment of the people. Ehrhardt Baptist Church. The following, written by Rev. C. M. Robinson, pastor of the Ehrhardt | Baptist church and clipped from the i Baptist Courier, will be of interest to many in this county: j "I am pastor of four churches in the Barnwell association. One of these churches had the budget plan when I came. We have in the last few weeks j succeeded in putting two more of i them on the same plan. We are j sending you to-day a list of the mem: bers of the Ehrhardt churdh and 1 | presume you have already received the list from Bethany. One of my churches is in a belt that has been hard hit for three years. They have not made a crop in four years and I made no special effort to put the budget plan through there for I did not think it possible. "I preached at Sycamore last Saturday at the fourth division union meeting of our association. We dis, cussed The Courier at a good hour. Brother Cullom, of Allendale, made a forceful and timely speech and several I of the brethren gave expression of | their high appreciation of the paper | and their determination to do what ! thcv can to nut it in t)he homes of their people. The writer gave some practical points from his experience as pastor and made suggestions as to how to secure subscribers and enlist the membership in the work of getting into the homes of all the people. "My work seems to be going well. Since coming here we have organized a B. Y. P. U. and R. A. and have graded the Sunday school. We held a meeting here in May and received seventeen members. We are trying to do personal work all the while and I have six or seven grown people to baptize next Sunday. Our Sunday schools and other organizations in all my churches are in full blast and taking on new life. "We are contemplating some repair work and some addition to our build ! incr at Ehrhardt. Our Sunday school i has outgrown our accommodations j and we are forced to make room for the increase. Taken as a whole I am i very much encouraged with my work and very grateful to God for Ilis "blessings upon us. With renewed courage and a firm determination we ! enter upon a new year earnestly craving the blessings of God and the sympathy and prayers of the brethren." Better get those cotton 9talks un der, and get a green crop on the land this winter. Hon. 77*05. G. Heard h Parade Feature of Fair Yesterday They were all here yesterday. Wednesday was school day, and it seemed that the entire county turned out. It was a great day in Bamberg, one of the greatest crowds ever seen in town was on Main street when the parade passed through. The county board of education declared Wednesday a school holiday throughout the county so that all the students and teachers migiht attend the fair, and they came. The parade formed in the southern section of town, and passed through Main street shortly after 11 o'clock. The long line of cars was an inspiring sight. Floats have been frequently seen on the streets of Bamberg, and each time it seemed that all former occasions were outdone, but the floats yesterday must undoubtedly have been the best ever seen here. It seemed that each activity represented tried to make their floats prettier than ever. There were so many attractively designed floats that it would not be fair to even attempt to describe any of them, lest an injustice be done to others. Main street was cleared of all vehicles for the parade, and the sidewalks were thronged with eager spectators. Thousands of people! * 3 I watched the paarae as 11 passeu through Main street and then circled I around the town. The prize for the best float was awarded by the judges to the Bamberg high school, second prize to the Apollo Music clhb, and the third prize to the Bhrhafldt high school. DAME NATURE WONDERS AS SUMMER LINGERS Greenwood, Nov. 15.?The weath-t er gods are playing tricks on Dame Nature and the shrewd old soul doesn't know whether it is spring or autumn in Greenwood. Bluebirds are building nests, strawberries are ripening and cherry trees are bursting into leaves and blossoms. J. P.Hill, 820 Edgefield avenue, ; this morning for breakfast ate strawi berries from his own garden. His vines are full of green berries and if frost does not come in a few days he will have a full crop. Bluebirds have been seen building at LMaxwellton, a suburb of Greenwood and other birds are carrying straws, as if they were planning spring housekeeping. Cherry trees are bursting into a new coat of leaves in places and white blossoms are appearing. Many vegetable gardeners are still eating tomatoes, beans, butterbeans and other summer vegetables from their own gardens. In flower gardens j nasturtiums are coming up, petunias are blooming as if it were midsummer and violets are blooming like in April. Without a tinge of frost sufficient to nip the tenderest plants, Mother Nature is utterly befuddled and can not decide what season it is. The local weather station reports that frost is latter than in many years. Home Made Blanket. Aiken, Nov. 15.?Quite a present curiosity was on display at the store of H. C. Hahn & Co. today in the shape of home-made wool blankets. Mr. Haihn is owner of the Highland Farms and has quite a flock of sheep. Each year he follows the old-fashionc i method of saving his wool and ihaving it woven into blankets, and this season has had three dozen fine, showy blankets made. The Highland Farms contain over 1,000 acres, and every acre is put to use by the owner, wiho plants on the close-up English i yian. i Work. Mrs. Hatfield accosted a colored woman who was passing. "Do you know anyone I can hire to help me clean house?" j "No'm I ain't knowin' any colored ladies that needs work, but I knows a colored man what cleans windows and does some other kinds of house cieaninV 'What does he charge?" "Sixty cents an hour." "Why, he makes more than some school teachers, doesn't he?" "Yas'm; but school teachers only has to use de halds." I McLeod I lere Yesterday j Hon. Thomas G. McLeod, of Bishopville, governor-elect of South Carolina, addressed a vast throng of people yesterday at noon in front of the court house. His address was characterized by a note of optimism, and of good promise for the future of South Carolina. The governor-elect was introduced by Mayor Thomas, president of the county fair, in a few well chosen words. Ait- AtnT oaH coirl fhot >10 was trrata? > 11 . OUiU VUMV ,?? Q. % ?>? that he was glad to again address the of South Carolina for the honor that has been conferred upon him, and tht he was glad to again address the people of this county. He said he knew of no more important subject on which to speak than that of South Carolina, and his address, an eloquent appeal, asked for the people to look forward, that a better day has already dawned, and that with a such a spirit as that shown in Bamberg this week, we need never fear for the worst. ! Cotton, said Mr. McLeod, will continue to be our main money crop, but that brains, energy, economy, and efficiency will be necessary to beat the boll weevil. No era of wasteful prosperity can be promiseld, but a normal and ever advancing prosperity will ? follow in the wake of the present era, he predicted. ? "~ The people of the state, the speaker stated, ihave passed through a period which tried not only men's patience, but their souls, but that our people had stood thb test. He is an optimist, and laughingly remarked that most, people of his build are optimistic, and "If you can't get optimistic any other way, feed up, and you certainly appear to have the means at hand for that." The morale of the people of the state, he can say after considerable thought and travel over the -v; ? state, his improved fifty to one hundred per cent, since the awful deflated period, and that -this advancement will continue to go forward. The people are coming to restored confidence and faith. - .. 'j3s[ The governor-elect highly commended the cooperative marketing agencies, which he hails as the best, sign of rejuvenated farming interests,! and urged that this same spirit prevail all along the line, in all business, and in state government as well. He asked for the cooperation of the people in the enforcement of the laws, in the jury boxes, and in individual capacity and with such a spirit of cooperation the state is bound to go forward, and all of our various industrie? and interests will not suffer but enter into a new era of progress. I ..Mr. McLeod complimented the Bamberg county fair in high terms, and hailed the new spirit here as a great sign of progress. .?|| "King of Bootleggers" New York, Nov. 15.?Bail of less than $101,000 for Antonio Cassese, "King of Bootleggers," would be a travesty on justice, Federal Judge Garvin, of Brooklyn, declared to day in dismissing a writ of habeas corpus by which it was sought to have him released in $25,000 bond. Cassese, who will be tried November 20 for conspiracy to violate tlhe Volstead Act, was scored by Judge Garvin for his conduct in delaying justice by skipping his bond after the yacht Edith was seized last March, with liquor valued at $300,000. Why It Stuck. I Jenkins, who had gone to the shop that sold everything to make a fewpurchases, happened to notice a gold coin lying on the floor?a whole round, golden eagle. Quivering with excitement and glancing round to see that on one was watching him, he dropped?quite accidentally, of course, one of his gloves on top of the coin. Then bending he proceeded to pick up his glove but the coin did not accompany it. It remained where it was?upon the floor. He made a second attempt to iget hold of It, but with the same result. As he was contemplating the wisdom of a third endeavor, a floorwalker approached him and said, "Good evening, sir! May I be allowed to show you a bottle of our famous liquid glue? As no doubt, you are aware, its sticking powers?" But Jenkins had fled. Turn under your cotton stalks now, - - ".v,