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?hr Hamburg ^?rali Thursday, January 9, 1913 SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughou the Town and County. The city graded schools resurnec exercises Monday morning of thi week. There was a good crowd in towi Monday, attending the public sale and on other business. The Carlisle Fitting School resum ed exercises last Thursday morning after the Christmas holidays. Sheriff J. B. Hunter, who has beei occupying the jail for a number o years, has moved to his farm just ou of town. All of the many boys and girli who are attending the various col leges of the State have returned t< their studies. The real estate sold here by Maste: H. C. Folk last Monday brough good prices, notwithstanding thi scarcity 01 mun?>. The out-of-town graded schoo teachers, who spent the holidays a their homes, returned to the cit: Sunday night so as to be ready fo: work Monday morning. Mr. Edgar Dickinson and famil: are now occupying the jail, Mr. Dick inson having been appointed jailei by Sheriff S. G. Ray. Mr. Dickin son will still be night policeman o: the town. The State legislature will meet ii Columbia next Tuesday. Bamberj county'6 delegation, Senator J. B Black and Representatives J. A Hunter and B. W. Miley, will go ui to Columbia Monday. Mr. J. A. Richardson is now fore man of the chain gang, this being < promotion for him, as he was form erly assistant. Mr. John Morris is now assistant. ?*The gang is now: a work on the road between Denmarl - and Lees. Bamberg was visited by a higl wind last Thursday night. No speci al damage was done except to th< lines of the electric light plant. Then was a break in the arc lines, and a: a consquence we had no street lights for several nights. Messrs. H. M. Graham and C. E Black have formed a partnership fo] the practice of law. Mr. Black is < bright young man, a son of Hon. J B. Black, and is recent graduate o the law department of the Universit: of South Carolina. A few days ago The Cotton Oi Company of this city received a cai load of seed shipped from a point oi the new railroad from Orangeburg to North. This seems to show tha the new road is open for freigh business at least. The old board of county commis sioners, Messrs. G. B. Kinard, G. W Folk, with Supervisor J. B. Kearse y held a meeting here Monday, but th< only business transacted was the ap proving of claims and winding up th< , business of the past year. - j Ed Lartigue, a colored man, wht farms for Mr. E. C. Hays near town brought to the city last Saturday j turnip that measured 29 inches ii circumference and weighed 8 hi pounds. It was the largest thing ii the shape of a turnip that we hav< ever seen. The new county commissioners and supervisor are believers in th< split log drag, and it will be used or every road that is in shape for th< drag. The Denmark-Bamberg roac was recently worked up, and it wil be dragged in a few days. The spli log drag 6aves the roads and money The new county commissioners Messrs. H. W. Chitty and W. B Smoak, have not yet assumed th( duties of their office, as they will no be appointed until the legislatur< x meets, the office being an appointiv* one. Supervisor E. C. Bruce tool charge of the office Monday of this week. A most pleasant social gathering was enjoyed at the residence of Mrs Janie C. Lewis Tuesday evening o last week by the younger social set it being the occasion of an anagran party given by Mrs. Lewis in honor o Miss Riley, who was visiting her. Th< prize, a handsome silver hat pin, wai Kv Mice Pioo \Tt*C! T '? VU UJ iUiOO XV1VV. " and Mrs. H. F. Bamberg exertec themselves to entertain the youni people, and all had a most delightfu time. The Herald is issued this wee) with only six pages. The reason fo this is that we are carrying very fe^ advertisements, and our subscriber: are getting more reading matter thai when we printed eight pages witl a lot of advertisements. The six page paper is only a temporary ar rangement, however, and we expee to print our usual paper of eigh pages again next week. Our fore has been mighty busy with job wor] since Christmas, and this also make it too large an undertaking to ge out an eight-page paper when w had practically no advertisements. t Bamberg county made a good ' showing the past year in the matr ter of new enterprises. According to the report . of the secretary of = state Bamberg was the fourth county in the State in amount of capital stock of new companies, the figures 1 being $527,100. The horse of Mr. J. J. Smoak, j which ran away and broke his leg a little more than a week ago, had to be killed. The leg had been set and the horse was getting along nicely, 1 but a few nights ago he managed to s work loose from the swing and broke the leg again. This made it neces sary to put an end to him. t ?^ New Advertisements. J J. B. Hunter?Card. t C. F. Rizer?Ford Automobiles-. The Victor Oil Co.?Salesmen g' Wanted. G. Frank Bamberg?Nothing Lack3 ing in Our Carriages. H. M. Carter applies for letters of r administration on estate of Elizabeth t Carter. 2 G. W. Fail, Jr., applies for letters of administration on estate of 1 Geo. W. Fail, Sr. t Farmers & Merchants Bank? f Don't Fiddle Your Time Away. r Jones Bros.?A New Load. Graham & Black?Attorneys-at7 Law. E. H. Henderson?Attorney-atr Law. f A. W. Bronson?A Happy Neaw " Year to All. ' 1 Civic League Work for the Year. ? With the passing of the holiday season and the advent of another new " year, great things are going to be ) ~ ^ ^ r\Ai.oiKla fn f "RomViortr thrnil fh Uiauc pvaoiuic 1W1 uumuviQ VU. >V.D_ the civic league. Each standing - committee has planned improvements i for the public place in its charge. The committee in charge of the s grounds around the Methodist t church hopes to establish a park and 1 playground in the rear of the church. Dr. J. J. Cleckley has very 1 kindly promised to plant the grass - for this park, also to place hitching 5 posts on the outside so that it may 3 not be trampled upon by the horses. 5 If the consent of the trustees can be 3 obtained, work will soon be begun on this park. The committee at Baptist church have also commenced r the work of beautifying the grounds. i Another work day for the cleaning of Restland cemetery will be anf nounced in next week's paper. j A fund is being collected by the president of the league so that a carej taker may be employed to care for this cemetery and keep it in order r * t after it has been put in good order. y The next meeting of the league ^ will be held on the 4th Thursday pft ternoon in/ January, the place ;to be designated in next week's paper. It is hoped that all of the recipes for the cook book will have been col* lected by then. 9 j Doctors in Session. The physicians are having a meet5 ing in Bamberg to-day (Wednesday,) this being the occasion of the ) third semi-annual meeting of the , Second District Medical Association, i A number of prominent physicians i are present, and the occasion will no , doubt prove most pleasant and profiti able to all. The following is the j program : Meeting called to order at 11:30 3 a- ma President's Address?Dr. J. S. . Matthews, Denmark, S. C. 4 Address of Welcome?Dr. J. B. j Black, Bamberg, S. C. Response?Dr. T. H. Dreher, St. ^ Matthews, S. C. Paper?Eye, Ear, and Throat Diseases in Their Relation to General ' Diseases, Dr. E. F. Parker, Charles* ton, S. C. " Paper?Dr. LeGrand Guerry, Columbia, S. C. * Paper?Dr. Thos. D. Coleman, Au" gusta, Ga. Paper?Some General Consideras tions to be Observed in Amputation of the Extremities, Dr. Chas-. M. r 3 Rees, Charleston, S. C. * x Paper?Dr. T. H. Dreher, St. Matthews, S. C. ' Paper?Status Quo of Medical 1 Ethics?Backward or Forward? Dr. V. W. Brabham, Cope, S. C. a 2:30 p. m.?Dinner at Johnson 5 Hotel. g 4:00 p. m.?Public Meeting in High School Auditorium. ^ Address?Medical Inspection of Schools, Dr. Wm. Weston, Columbia, S. C. * Address?Sanitation, Dr. Adams 1 Haynes, Columbia, s. u. v s U. D. C. Meeting. 1 The regular January meeting of i the Francis Marion Bamberg Chapter - U. D. C. will be held next Tuesday - afternoon, the 14th, at 3:30 o'clock t with Mrs. Jones A. Williams at her t home on Railroad Avenue. The proe gram for this meeting will be on ^ Robert E. Lee, and some interesting s papers will be read. t Let every member revive her chape ter interest with this the first meeting of the year. Parcels Post. If the people of Bamberg wou take the trouble to inform the? selves as to the great saving by sen ing packages of merchandise by ps eels post instead of express, the bu: ness at the post office we feel su would be largely increased. Pac ages can be sent out on the rui routes at a rate of five cents for t first pound, with a reduction f each' additional pound, the large package allowed being eleven pount To points in a radius of fifty mil the rate is the same as the loc rate. To cities like Augusta, Ch? leston, and Savannah, the rate very little more. For instance, T Herald received this week a pac age from Savannah on which t postage was 22 cents. The packa croicrVxiri mnrp than three Dounds. t - " * ' r rate being for four pounds, and tt package by express would have cc at least forty-five cents. If one wants a map and a gui giving full information same can obtained by enclosing seventy-fi cents to the chief clerk of the pc office department in Washington, b the local postmaster will be glad give any information desired. However, a few rules must be c served in sending packages. Th must be securely wrapped, not sej ed, and the name and address of t sender must be placed thereon wi the word "from" preceding the nar and address. Parcels post stam must be used, ordinary stamps n being good for postage on pac ages. The parcels post rate is ga for merchandise only, the rate i printed matter, which is one-h? cent an ounce, not being reduce Books, circulars, photos, and ; third class matter carries the sar rate as formerly, and ordina stamps can be used on such pac ages, but all fourth-class matt must have parcel post stamps affixe otherwise it will be held for po: Q orcx It will be well for our merchar to get busy and see that their tra ing territory is extended because the parcels post. Why should] people on the rural routes out Bamberg, Ehrhardt, Branchvi Olar, and Govan, all of which plac have routes going out into Bambe county, order goods from the m( chants in Bamberg if they can get t same service knd prices they won in the cities? There is no reas why Bamberg merchants cannot s< goods cheaper than the city m< chants. Their expenses are less a: they buy at practically the sai prices. This newspaper believes t parcels post will be of much bene to the country merchants if they w use it, but if they don't advertise ai push the mail order department their business, much of their tra will go to the mail order houses the larger cities. The next package you have to se: off, call at the post office and find o the parcels post rate before sendii it off, and we believe you will find much cheaper. Death of Erasmus Smoak. Editor The Bamberg Herald:? I desire to say a few words regard to my friend E. D. Smoa who I see by your paper was brutal murdered near Spartanburg, S. < a few days ago. Erasmus Smoak w a life-time friend of mine. He ai I were raised together from chil hood. I have slept with him as ( tdn as I did with any brother mine. We were true friends, in, fai just like brothers. He never car to Bamberg unless he came to s me. He was here a few months a, and spent some days with me. 1 and I slept in the Bamberg coun jail on the night that the county w born, alone on a palet. My fami did not come for a day or so aft< He often came to see me. He w a true friend and a gentleman the full meaning of the term, never knew him to do or say ac thing wrong. He was not given any bad habits. He did not use 1 hawn in anv form nor use anythi: that would intoxicate. He was perfect gentleman, and I miss him a brother. It grieves me to thi: that he died as he did, but he was Christian and was prepared to d We were near the same age, he t ing about two years the oldest. J. B. HUNTER. Watch Night Party. A delightful party was given Mrs. S. T. Naff, of Denmark, Wedn< day last. The invited guests wer Misses Grace Matheny, Jesise M theny, Agnes Sparks, Carrie Be Delia Phillips, Clara West, Eulal Ellzey, Hattie Sue Fogle, Ottie Hi rison, Ruth and Louis Ray. The boys were: Messrs. Chandl Poole, James Lathrope, David Gi ber, Cecil Ellzey, G. F. Still, Hen Felder, Earle Hightower. The refreshments were hot choc late, cake, and fruit. As the c year went out there was a volley fire works discharged. R. Watch the label on your papi on/1 if vnnp ciihcprintinn has pvnir please renew. DIRECTORY OF TRINITY METHOODIST CHURCH. Id m- Preaching every Sunday morning d- at 11 o'clock. ir- Preaching every Sunday evening si- at 7:30 o'clock. re Sunday-school every Sunday afk ternoon at 3:30 o'clock. al Mid-week pravermeeting every he Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, or Epworth League every Tuesday ist evening at 7:30 o'clock. Is. Everybody is cordially invited to es attend these services. :al W. H. HODGES, Pastor, ir- Railroad Avenue, is Bamberg, S. C. he The subject for the morning hour, he Sunday, at Trinity church will be: g Christian Stewardship. he The evening subject will be: The iis Rest That Failed. >st Foreign Missionary Society. de " " The Foreign Missionary Society "hp had a most helpful and interesting V6 meeting Tuesday afternoon in Tnnict itv church. It was the pledge meetut ing, and all were given an opport0 tunity to pledge a free will offering J -1 ?ii J rru ^ over ana auuve an uues. ?ue wunv of many hearts and minds had gone ?y in the preparation for the meeting; , " and it was, as a result, an hour of he uplift and helpfulness?just one little hour taken out of a whole month Q? and consecrated to the Master's DS . great work of saving a world. .ot :k" A young lady, Miss Trieschman, 0(* has been appointed to mission work 011 in Japan. Some weeks ago, her brother sent a note to the Board of i(** Missions guaranteeing her salary as 3,11 long as she remains in the service of ne the board. ry Our Methodist people are awken;k~ ing to their privileges. er One of our officers supports a scholarship in every mission field oc3t~ cupied by our church and a Bible woman in India. Two sisters in lts North Carolina support their own missionary in China. One church in our own State sup1 * ports three missionaries. ' of , lie Monday's Sales. ;es Several tracts of real estate were rS sold at auction here last Monday by Jr" Master H. C. Folk, as follows: ke In the case of Cleckley vs. Walker, 'Id one house and lot in town of Bamon berg, to J. J. Brabham for $.221.00. Bank of Branchville vs. May, 27% *r" acres to Mayfield & Free, attorneys, for $100. ne Walker vs. Hay, 160 acres to H. he M. Graham, attorney, for 1,705. 'A* In the case of Free vs. Felder, the i*1 following sales were made, this being the lands of the estate of the late E. of M. Cox: de Lot No. 1 to Thos. Ducker, for in $160. Lot No. 2 to M. E. Folk for $150. Qd Lot No. 3 to S. G. Mayfield for ut $25.00. Q& Lot No. 4 to H. M. Graham, ati* torney, for $205.00. Lot No. 5 to Thos. Ducker for $185.00. Lot No. 6 to M. E. Folk for $190. Lot No. 7 to F. W. Free for $45.00. in Lot No. 8 to F. W. Free for $201. Lot No. 9 to J. D. Felder for $100. [ly 25 acres to F. W. Free for $515. 54 acres to D. R. Matheny for $1,as Qd 40 acres to F. W. Free for $1,d_ 615. 42 acres to J. D. Felder for $1,of 000. ct, 63 acres to F. W. Free for $2,ne 625. ee Adams tract, 62 acres, to J. D. go Felder for $965. 66 acres to Mayfield & Free, atty torneys, for $1,020. as Springtown tract, 136 acres, to ily Jones A. Williams for $t>uo. ;r> In the case of Dowling vs. Watson, as 51 acres, to S. G. Mayfield, attorney, Jq for $79o. j In the same case two lots in town LV- of Bamberg to H. M. Graham for to $40. o- In the case of Brown vs. Nix 200 ng acres for $2,055 to W. F. Weeks. a The property advertised to he sold as by Calvin Rentz as trustee of the Lutheran church was withdrawn , a from sale. ie. The property in the case of Smoak )e- vs. Elkins was withdrawn from sale, the case having been settled. Wiring Campaign. From the 15th of January until by February 1st Mr. G. D. Ryan, sujs perintendent of the electric light e: plant, is going to conduct a wiring [a- campaign, in order to induce every>11, body to have their residences and ee places of business wired for electric ir- lights. Between these dates all wiring will be done at actual cost, with [er no margin of profit at all. The ii- customer will only be charged for ry the material used at wholesale cost prices and for the labor done. This ;o- movement should result in a num>ld ber of new customers for the plant, of We don't get any pay for this notice; we are simply giving publicity to the matter for the benefit of the 3Tj plant, as it is owned by the taxpayed ers. NEWSPAPER MEN IN JAIL. Three Sent to Prison for Contempt o Idaho Court. Boise, Idaho, Jan. 2.?R. S. Sherj dan, publisher of the Boise Capita News; C. O. Broxton, managing edi tor, and A. R. Cruzen, a local capital ist, convicted to-day for contempt o the Idaho supreme court for criticis ing the court's decision barring Pre gressive candidates -for presidents electors from the Idaho ballot, occup a cell in the county jail, where the will serve a ten-day sentence eact Each was also sentenced to pay fine of $500. Although Cruzen made affidavl that he was in no way connected wit the paper, the sworn statement of th publisher made in connection wit the federal law showed his ownershi of stock and bonds of the companj When the court asked Broxon if h knew of any reason why sentenc should not be pronounced he replied "None that this court will cor sider." The newspaper men were placed i the same cell occupied by Moyei Haywood and Pettibone during thei trials for alleged conspiracy in th assassination of former Gov. Steur enberg. In the answer filed two weeks ag by Sheridan and Broxon, representin the Capital News Publishing com pany, they admitted responsibility fo publication of alleged contemptuou articles in the Capital News, and i: explanation said the articles wer published in the belief of their pri\ ilege to do under the right of fre speech. They claimed there was n intention to impede the administra tion of justice and this could not hav been accomplished for the reason tha the decision already had been rer dered by the court. The majority opinion of the cour written by Justice Sullivan and cor curred in by Chief Justice Stewar was read. It upheld the inherer right of courts to punish for cor tempt. Justice Ailshe dissented on nearl every point. He held that the cas was not pending at the time of th publication of the article in que! tion. The three defendants were take to jail. FIRE IN LAURENS BANK. Considerable Damage Done to Hanc some People's Bank Building. Laurens, Jan. 4.?A blaze, origir ating on the second floor of the Pec pie's Loan and Exchange Bank builc ing, and discovered yesterday abor 7 o'clock, was extinguished bypromp work of the fire department aftc considerable damage had been don to the banking room below and th offices above. It is thought that de fective wiring beneath the floorin of Dr. T. L. Timmerman's office wa the cause of it. After ignition, th blaze must have followed the wirin in several directions, for burne places- are found in different parts c the building this morning. Wate did more damage than the blaze, th principal sufferers being the People' Bank and Dr. T. L. Timmerman, der tist, who is away on a hunting tri in Florida. The public library, siti ated on the second floor, was consic erably damaged by water, as wa the office of Mr. A. Huff, fertilize dealer. Considering the high win blowing at the time and the proxin ity to other valuable property, th fire gave promise of causing consic erable loss, but it was put out be fore being allowed to spread. Davi Roper Company's big millinery store situated next door, was saved froi either fire or water damage by a fire wall separating it from the ban building. FIRE IN SUMTER STATION. Baggage, Mail Sacks, Dog and Paj rots Burned Friday Night. Sumter, Jan. 5.?Fire of an ui known origin early yesterday morr ing came near destroying the A lantic Coast Line passenger statio and did practically ruin more tha fifty trunks and numerous suitcase and hand-satchels which were store in the baggage room over nigh Railroad officials were unable to giv any estimate of the damage done, be thought it would be extremely heavj The fire is supposed to hav caught from the furnace underneat the baggage room and burned ui ward through the floor of the bag gage room and on upward throug the ceiling and roof. This part c the building was ruined and th walls of the adjoining rooms wer scorched and smoked up. A hand some bird dog and two parrots wer in the room and were burned t Hoath Tti-n United States mail sacks two bicycles and all of the office sup plies of the baggagemaster were de stroyed or ruined. Among the baggage there was number of trunks which had bee placed in the room the night before and which had not even been chech ed, and which probably will prov total losses to the owners. TWO KILLED, MANY INJURED. ^ f Passenger Train Crashes Through Trestle Near Mobile. i- Mobile, Ala., Jan. 3.?Ttao men .1 are known to have been instantly f i- killed and more than a score serious ly injured, some of whom may die, f when a New Orleans, Mobile and Chi> cago passenger train bound for Mo> bile, crashed through a trestle at il Leaf, Miss., this afternoon, y The known dead: Oscar Shepherd, y news agent, Mobile; Jim Norman, 1. negro porter, Mobile. The engineer, . < a whose name is not known, and a woman passenger are also reported killt ed. h Seriously injured: Woods, bage gage master; ? negro mail clerk; T-' ^ \ j * j n jonn uraysun, Dnage ioreman, ana p others not yet identified. r. Thirteen negroes were badly hurt .-t * . e when the negro coach plunged from e the trestle to the swamps below. The '} ^ : baggage coach telescoped with the l- tender of the engine. The engine, r one of the heavy new type, is said to n have been too much for the frail r, trestle. A relief train sent from Mor bile is expected back in the city . \ e later to-night. I Buys Barnwell People. ? < 0 Barnwell, Jan. 6.?Mr. B. P* Dav- Vv* 9 r ? ies, for a number of years connected l" with the Barnwell People in various r capacities, has purchased the paper s from the executors of the will of the II late Major John W. Holmes, and will e continue its publication. The policy r~ of the paper will be along the lin.es .. e laid out by its former editor, whose 0 unspoken motto was "the square L" deal." New material, however, will e be ordered at once and the typo- , Ll graphical appearance of the sheet l" changed. t, Sheriff J. B. Hunter Retiring from ? 1 i- Office. ragBrai >- M y |lf| '*$$$$%$'ffll e n i '^hI I^Ib^ -fll >- mmk mm IWOHU AJi '\#:*?* i&a .-%? sr Editor The Bamberg Herald:?I / e desire to thank my many friends in ' < Bamberg and Barnwell counties for what they have doiie for me in my -" past life. I am now retiring from z the office of Sheriff of Bamberg iS county, which I have filled for the -if pi last fifteen years. I have done my best to serve my people faithfully, . mm 8 and hand over the oflice without a d blemish?no charge against the of- \v' ,f fice. I have filled many offices of. ,r trust in Barnwell and Bamberg counties, and I can truthfully say there is e not a thing any one can say against I s my official duties in all my life. I have tried to treat all my friends as D I would like them to treat me. I - have never had a prisoner in my l" charge to say he did not get enough I- to eat, and never had a rule to show is cause or presentment by a grand1 r jury against me but what I was eus- > tained and exonerated by the courts. " I am done with politics I think, as i" my health and age will not allow it. , ; v e v Again I desire to thank every onel_ for what they have done for me in. all my past life, and I pledge myself to try to live up to my past standard, s in every respect. Sincerely, ?, J. B. HUNTER. k ? SPECIAL NOTICES. k Advertisements Under This Head 25c.. i For 25 Words or Less. Notice.?Town taxes are now due* and payable to the town treasurer at v >. his office over Bamberg Banking Co. Salesmen Wanted to look after our > 1- interest in Bamberg and adjacent, t- counties. Salary or commission. Ad- * dress THE VICTOR OIL COMPANY, ' Cleveland, O. s" 4 n For Sale?At bargain prices, 15 >g head horses and mules; four twohorse wagons; all kind of farming d implements, grain drill, mowers and', t. rakes, hay press, reaper and binder; e also ear corn 80 cents the bushel; t pea vine hay $1.00 per hundred: fodder $1.35 hundred, delivered ' Bamberg. Also have some hogs fore sale. See Julian Gray near Cope, S. >/ 4 h C. VERNON BRABHAM, Columbia, S. C. ?- NOTICE. h Notice is hereby given that all if debts due the estate of N. C. Crosby, oro -navnhle to the admin istrator, or E. H. Henderson, his ate torney, at Bamberg, S. C., and that , 1- all claims against this estate should A e be filed, duly probated and itemized. 1 o J. A. WYMAN, i Administrator. 5' Bamberg, S. C., Nov. 25 1912. ) j. NOTICE FINAL DISCHARGE. I will file my final accounting as guardian of Imogene Dougherty (nee a Cope) and Ira M. Cope with G. P. & Harmon, Judge of Probate for Bamj, berg county, on Saturday, January 18th, 1913, and will ask for letters " * i of discharge as guardian of said per- < e sons. JOHN H. COPE. / V/ -'f\ s h > i - j % /S.it' i / .; . 'vv