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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-12-31
Man Shot at Bowman.

Bowman, Dec. 2S.-A shooting
scrape occurred last Friday about
8 D. m. on the highway near Mr.. ].
Henry Ayers place about four miles
above Bowman, resulting in the Sc
rious wounding of Mr.. John w.
Davis, alleged to have been shot by
a Mr.. Smoak. a near neighbor, with
a pistol at close range, the ball en-
tering the chest just above the
lungs. DR.. J. D. S. Fairey was
promptly called to the wounded man,
but was unable, from the nature of
the wound to locate the ball. The
trouble, is was said, grew out Of the
careless handling of pistol by
Smoak, which was objected to by
Davis. which brought on some words,
resulting in the shooting as above
stated.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-12-31
Heriot-Guess.

Bishopville, Dec. 29.-The mar
riage of Miss Sara Heriot and Mr.. St.
Claire Prothro Guess, of Denmark,
was solemnized on Tuesday after
noon at old historic Remberts church,
Bishopville, by the Rev. R. E. Sharpe,
of Cokesbury, in the presence Of a
large crowd Of friends and relatives.
Just before the ceremony Miss Anna
Dell Heriot, accompanied by Miss
Sara Elizabeth Heriot, sang "FoT
You" and "'Tis All That Can say" ,"
Then to the wedding march, rem
dered by Miss Heriot the bridal
party entered in the following order:
Miss Sadie Mayes OF Mayesville,
with Cecil Crum, of Denmark; Miss
Sallie Rembert, of Sumter, with Ken
nerly Mayfeld, of Sumter; Miss Dora
Dick with Davidson Heriot, Miss Ger
trude Dick with Malcolm Crum, OF
Denmark; Miss Ruby Guess, of Den
mark, with Joe Heriot; Miss Nettie
Mayes with Ebert Steadman, Of Dem
mark. Then came the pretty maid
maid of honor, Miss Agnes Heriot.
The ring was brought in at the point
of a bow and arrow, held by Stan
yarne Burrows. Next came little
Marie Green and Lou DuBose, scat
tering rose petals in the path of the
bride, who came in on the arm OF
her brother, Eobert Heriot. She was
met at the altar by the groom and
his best man. Algier Guess, Of Den
mark. The bride was never lovelier
than on this occasion. She was
gowned in a white duchess satin and
lace dress. and carried an armful of
bride roses and fern. Her, veil was
caught up with valley lilies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guess left on the
evening train for an extended trip.
They will make their home in Den
mark, where Mr.. Guess is a prosper-
Gus young planter.
Among the out-of-town guests
we're: DR.. and Mrs. Bethea, Of Dar-
lington; Mr.. and Mrs. HaynesWorth,
of Pinopolis; Mr.. and Mrs. James, of
Denmark; Mrs. Abbott, of Sumter;
Mrs. S. L. Mayes and Mrs. Chandnler,
of Mayesville; Mrs. Hill, Of Wisacky,
and Miss Loretto McKoin, of Marion.
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MASTERS SALE.

By virtue of decretal order to me
directed. in the case OF Mrs. carrie
Aver, ct al, VS.. w. F. Hughes, ct al,
made by his Honor, Judge I. w. Bow
man, at Bamberg, S. c., dated NOV.
20, 1914, /, H. C. Folk, Master Tor
Bamberg County, will sell at public
auction in front Of the Court House
at Bamberg, S. c., between the usual
hours of sale on Monday Jan. 4tn,
1915. the following real estate, to
wit; all that certain piece or parcel
of land, situate, lying, and being
in the said State, Bamberg County,
containing 46 acres, and bounded on
the North by lands of Sallie Smith;
on the West by lands Of J. K. ana
J. NJ. Morris; on the South by lands
of Mrs. Carrie L. Aver; and on the
East by lands of Miss Savilla Hughes
and F. NJ. Zeigler; as represented oy
certain plat of estate lanas OF Mrs.
o. E. Hughes made by Chas NJ.
Smiley, surveyor, dated April L,
1909; the above parcel OF land be-
ing mentioned and designated on
said plat as parcel No 2, forty-six
acres; said plat being filed in the
Judgment roll in the above case IN
the office of Clerk Of Court Of Com
mon Pleas for said County OF Bam-
berg. at Bamberg, S. c. Terms cash;
purchaser to pay for papers.
H. C: FcLK,
101I
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LOAN COMMITTEE APPOINTED
Applications for Cotton Loans May
Now Be Received.

The State cotton loan fund COM
mittee has appointed the following
county committee for this county:
D. F.. Hooton, chairman, J. 3. Black,
H. NJ. Graham and II. c. Folk. Ap-
plications for loans from the
S135,OO0, 0,000 fund may now be re-
ceived by this committee from the
farmers. The fund is tied up in a
lot Of red tape. but it seems that now
loans may be secured from the fund
if the conditions are complied with.
1t is not possible here to give a de-
tailed statement of the conditions,
and those interested had better con-
fer with the above named committee.
Loans are made on cotton on a
basis of 5 cents a pound, middling.
Three per cent. Of the face of the
loan is deducted for expenses and
losses. After all expenses and losses
are paid, if there remains anything
Of the deducted three per cent, II is
returned to the borrower. All loans
bear six per cent interest, payable
quarterly. The cotton on which loans
are desired must be warehoused and
insured. When the application is
made, it is approved by the bank
through whom the loan is to be made,
the bank has to inclose check for
one-fourth the amount and turn the
application over to the county COM
mittee, then to the State committee,
then to the head committee in New
York. If all these committees ap-
prove the loan, a check for the
amount of the loan, less three per
cent, is forwarded to the local bank,
who, in turn, passes it to the bor-
rover. All of this, of course, takes
considerable time, but it seems GER
ta.in that if all these conditions are
met money may now be secured on
cotton.
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TAX SALE.
State of South Carolina, County OF

SIdlO VI SouIh VA SAAAA~' OS' ~
Bamberg.
By virtue of an execution to me
directed by G. A. Jennings, treasurer
of Bamberg county, have levied up
on and will sell at public auction be-
fore the court house door in Bam-
berg, S. c., on Monday, the 4th day
of January, 1915, the same being
legal salesday in said month, during
the legal hours of sale, the real es-
tate described below, to the highest
bidder for cash, said sale being for
non-payment Of taxes due and owing
the State Of South Carolina and the
county Of Bamberg:
One lot, situate, lying and being
in the town Of Bamberg, containing
3-5 of an acre, bounded on North by
Weimer street, East by H. E. Wilson,
South and West by Mrs. Alice Moody.
To be sold as the property Of Katie
Glover.
ALSO
One-half CD acre, situate, lying
and being in the town of Bamberg,
and bounded East by York Brab-
ham, West by Alex Milhouse, South
by Tom CAN'T, North by James Grant.
To be sold as the property Of Wash
Wallace. 8. G. RAY,
Sheriff for Bamberg County.
December Is, 1914.
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DEATH OF MIR. G. b. FREE.
Clerk of Court Died Wednesday From
Paralysis.

Mr.. C. B. Free, clerk of court for
Bamberg county, prominent citizen
and churchman, died at his home in
this city Wednesday night as result
of a stroke of paralysis Saturday
night. He did not regain conscious
ness. and his friends and family had
despaired of his life for some time
before the end came. He was at his
office as usual Saturday before his
death. but shortly after he went home
he was stricken. retaining conscious
ness for a few hours only. The re-
mains were inferred al the new cem-
etery in Bamberg Thursday after
noon, Rev. w. R. Mcmillan, pastor of
the Baptist church, performing the
last rites.
Charles Benjamin Free was born
at Springtown church, near Bamberg,
then in Barnwell county, nearly SO
years ago. He was married three
times. His first wife was Miss Sallie
Cox, and of this union six children
survive Mr.. Free: Messrs. B. F., W..
E., F. w., and Charles D. Free, Mrs.
E. A. Hooton, and Miss Sallie D. Free,
all of Bamberg. His second wife
was Mrs. Amanda Bell, of Colleton
county, and one child, Miss Josephine
Free, survives this marriage. His
last wife was Miss Elizabeth Jenkins,
of Kline, Barnwell county, who with
two children, Misses Catherine and
Louise Free, survive him. Only one
brother, Mr.. H. D. Free, survives Mr..
Free.
When Bamberg county was formed
in 1898, Mr.. Free was elected clerk
of court, and has held this office ever
since, only once since having any op-
position. In the discharge of his
duties in this Office, Mr.. Free was I'M
partial, courteous and ever accom-
modating. BY his courtesy and close
attention to the office, Mr.. Free made
a friend of everyone who had busi-
ness to transact with his Office. When
he went into Office, he made it a
practice never to charge for trans
ferring papers from Barnwell coun-
ty, and he maintained this practice
up to his death.
Mr.. Free was a staunch member
of the Baptist church, and a man
who had extended favors to count
less numbers of people throughout
the county. Ever unostentatious, he
conferred hundreds of kind acts that
were never known except to the ones
befriended. A close friend remark
ed that a poor man or woman never
came away from him empty handed.
He was prominent in all enterprises
looking to the betterment of the
county and its people, taking lead
ing part in many industries. He was
virtually the father of the recently
erected warehouse, director in the
Peoples Bank, and interested in other
enterprises The Peoples Bank re-
NAMED closed during Wednesday as
a mark of respect for the deceased.
Perhaps no man in Bamberg county
enjoyed larger circle of friends than
did Mr.. Free.
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Increases Capital Stock.
w. A. Riley,
Adjt.

At meeting of the directors OF
the Enterprise bank yesterday it was
decided to increase the capital stock
of the institution from $4,000 to
$4,000. Mr.. H. NJ. Graham stated
yesterday that practically all of the
increased capital stock had been
subscribed.
The directors elected Mr.. ]. n.
Newsom, of Williston, cashier, to
succeed Mr.. C. E. Black, resigned.
Mr.. Newsom is at present with the
Farmers and Merchants bank, of
Williston, and is a most capable bank
ing man. He will assume his duties
here about Jan. 4th.
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TWO HOAIIClDES.
Alonzo Brown Killed by Sam jenkins
One Negro Stabs Another.

Sunday night a negro got off the
train here and approaching Chief of
Police Miley requested the latter to
place him under arrest. Upon be-
ing questioned, it developed that he
had shot and killed another negro at
Embree, on the Edisto river. The
negro, who was Sam Jenkins, was
placed in the county Jail, and Coroner
Zeigler was notified. Mr.. Zeigler
went down to Embree Monday morn
ing and held the inquest. 1t develop
ed at the inquest that Alonzo Brown,
a brother-in-law of jenkins,
had been in difficulty with
Jenkins and Jenkins father, in
which he had shot the old man
several times, and had fired several
times at Jenkins, whereupon the lat
ter fired at Brown, killing him almost
instantly, using a shot gun. 1t ap-
pears to have been self defense.
Saturday morning, Fed Carter, a
negro, was stabbed with knife and
almost instantly killed, by Willie My
ers. Myers was arrested and lodged
in Jail. 1t appears that while the
two were at a gate Saturday, Carter
accidentally or otherwise stepped on
Myers foot, whereupon Myers with
an oath, stabbed him to the heart.
The inquest was held Saturday after
noon and the usual verdict rendered.
The dead man had no relatives who
seemed to care about him, so the
county authorities had to taken the
body and bury it.
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KILLED IN SELF DEFENSE.
,linyard May Shot and Killed by MIR.
James A. Wyman.

Late Monday afternoon Minyard
May was shot and killed by Mr.. James
4. Wyman on Mr.. J. Frank Brab-
hams place, near the city, while May
was attempting to shoot Mr.. Wyman.
May was employed by Mr.. Wyman
and the negro is said to have become
enraged because Mr.. Wyman order
ed him from his home in the city
Saturday.
1t is stated that Mr.. Wyman was
returning from his place Monday al
ternoon, when he encountered May
in the road. May produced pistol
and attempted to shoot Mr.. Wyman
who lodged from him, and, it seems
endeavored in every possible way tc
avoid trouble with the negro. He
ran into a nearby barn, with the ne
gro closely following him, pistol IN
hand. Not eluding May in this way
he ran back to his automobile, left
standing in the road, and while IN
the act Of cranking the machine, the
negro again came upon him. Find
ing that he could not escape him, Mr.
Wyman reached in his auto and Sc
cured his pistol. He commanded May
to halt, and when he did not do So
he fired three times, May falling to
the ground the third shot. Mr.. wy
man came on to Bamberg and notl-
fed the officers. Mr.. Wyman was de-
tanned by the officers, and applica-
ton for bail was to have been made
Wednesday before Judge Rice in
Aiken.
Coroner Zeigler held an inquest
over May Tuesday morning. Only
two witnesses were heard, George
Green and Minyard May, Jr., both OF
whom corroborated Mr.. Wyman's
statements, as far as their testimony
went. There were no eye witnesses.
Green testified he saw May with his
pistol in his hand just before the
shooting, but he did not see the
shooting. The verdict of the jury
was that May came to his death from
pistol shot wounds at the hands OF
Mr.. Wyman.
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New Advertisements.
R. G.. Wood-Strayed.
Victor Oil Co.-Wanted.

R. C. Strayed.
Victor Oil Co.-Wanted.
Cotton Oil Co.-Gin Days.
R. w. D. Rowell-Auditor's Notice.
ENTERPRISE Bank-The Safest
Hands.
Richard w. Hutson-Notice to
Creditors.
G.P. Harmon-Citation C. B. Free,
Deceased.
Delk's Market-Start the New
Year Right.
B. w. Simmons & Cove Thank
Our Friends.
J. B. Brickle-Well Find That
Trouble for You.
Times and Democrat-An Automo-
bile Given Away.
G. P. Standardization Thomas
Glover, Deceased.
Bamberg Banking Co.-Let the
New Year Steer You.
Farmers and Merchants Bank
The Prudent Young Man.
Draughon's Business College-Big
Business College of Columbia.
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Dec. 8, 1914.

The Auditor or his deputy will be
at the following places ou the DAYS
and date below for tho purpose Oh
receiving returns of personal prop
erty and notice of real estate bought
or sold since last return. The Audi,
tor will appreciate it very much l!
every taxpayer will make a list OF
his personal property and the price
at which he wishes to list 1t with the
Auditor. This will save time for all
concerned and avoid the forgetting
of any item of personal property:
Bamberg-January l to January
16.
Denmark-Monday, January 18.
Lees-Tuesday, January 19.
Govan-W Wednesday, January 20.
Thursday, January 21.
Ehrhardt-Tuesday, January rs.
St. Johns Wednesday, January
27. ..
Camp Thursday, January 2S,
$50 a. m. till 10 a. m.
Kearse Store-Thursday, January
2S, II a. m. until 2 p. m.
Farrells Store-Tuesday, February
2, Il a. m. uutil p. m.
All male persons between the ages
of 81 and 60 Except Confederate
soldiers) are liable to 81 poll tax.
All able-bodied male persons between
the ages of 21 and 55 are liable to
50 road tax. Dogs so cents.
Please get your age in your MIND.
I will be at the court house on all
days not mentioned above until the
goth of February. After the ~ Oh
February a penalty of so per cent.
will be added to all personal proper
ty not returned, SO make yours be-
fore the goth.
R. W. D. ROWELL,
County Auditor.
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Important Missionary Meeting.

There have been many important
meetings OF, the Woman's Foreign
and Home Missionary societies Of the
Methodist church, but it is entirely
possible that there never has been
and indeed never shall be meeting
of so vital Importance to all persons
concerned as the one which is to be
held in the Methodist church on the
afternoon of the first Tuesday in
January, the fifth, at $3.50 o'clock.
The general conference of our
great church has decreed that these
two societies must come together
into what shall be called The Wo-
mans Missionary society,"" We wo-
men have to bow in submission to
the wills of the men of our church.
Therefore, whether entirely agree
able to US or not, we have to be gov
erned by the law they have made.
There are many whose hearts ache,
for good causes, too, over the change.
There are some who rejoice over
union, perhaps. We must and do
have faith to believe that our work
for God shall triumph in the end.
Sisters, let us make what is to be
done in our church unanimous. AS
the division of the South Carolina
conference was approved by some
and opposed by others so organic
union was approved and opposed as
we'll. While the majority in our
ministerial conference had more, one
man who realized that sweet
Christian spirit ought to prevail arose
and moved that the vote be made
unanimous; so let US be agreed on
this great matter.
1t will take some time for us to
get adjusted, especially since the
ministerial conference has been di-
vided, and we necessarily are forced
to divide our missionary conference
home and foreign-into Upper and
South Carolina conferences. We
must have patience, tact and great
faith in God in order that our great
work shall go forward in 1915.
Now. we do earnestly invite each
member of these two organizations
of our church to meet with us at the
appointed place and promptly on the
hour 50 that the work before us may
be wisely, carefully done.
Officers for this combined society
are to be elected.
Oh, women. be much in prayer for
Gods guidance through the Holy
Spirit! We want to select able, con-
secrated women for these places Of
very great trust. We want your
earnest prayers so that We may be
guided of God in each and every
choice. This is no time for mistakes.
We want to do what is best and
right. Pray and attend this meeting,
won't you? A few should not now do
the work of the many. We want
every woman to be in her place so
that she may share her part of the
responsibility.
This is no time for strikers, but
workers. s!-Contributed.
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CARD OF THANKS.

Editor Bamberg Herald: Please
allow us through the columns of your
paper to express our sincere thanks
for the many kindnesses, considera-
ton and heartfelt sympathy shown
us during the illness of our husband
and father, the late c. B. Free. We
can never forget these kindnesscs.
and will take them as evidences of
the esteem in which he was held, yet
We appreciate them the same for hav-
ing been expressed. Very truly yours,
MRS. C. B. FREE & FAMILY.
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Death of Mrs. Eaves.

Mrs. Mary Alice Eaves died at her
home in this city on Railroad avenue
Tuesday night, after a long illness.
She is survived by her husband, Mr..
George Eaves, one child and two sis
ters. Miss Ella Gates and Mrs. ]. o.
Tyner, of Greenville, who have the
sympathy of a large circle Of friends.
Mrs. Eaves was formerly Miss Gates,
daughter of the late B. w. Gates,
The burial took place yesterday
"wednesday afternoon at Restland
cemetery.
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Wounded Wrong Man.

Thursday night Mayield Grayson
shot and probably mortally wounded
Joe Sanders near the city guard
house. He had had a fuss with a ne
gro in the guard house, and it is said
he went to the city Jail to try to
lure the negro to the window and
shoot him. While handling the pis-
tol, it was discharged, the shot TAX
ing effect in Sanders body. The
wounded man is still in precarious
condition.
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Baptist Church.

Special new year services at the
Baptist church Sunday morning and
evening from the following correlated
subjects: Morning subject, The
Need of the Human Race, a New
Age" Evening subject: "The Need
of This Age, a New Human Race. .
Come and hear both topics and begin
the new year Alright.
W. R. MCMILLAN.
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This Helped.

Il was speaking with your father
last night" he said at last, some
what namely.
"Oh, were you," answered the
sweet young thing. lowering her
eyes. "Er-what were you-er-
talking about?"
About the war In Europe. Your
father said that he hoped the fight
ing would soon be over"
Yes" she remarked, Il know he's
opposed to long engagements =
Cleveland Leader.
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Camp jenkins.

Headquarters Camp Jenkins No.
SGT.
All members of this camp are call
ed to meet in Bamberg, S. c., at the
court house - o'clock M, on Mon
day, January 4, 1915.
Comrades will come prepared to
pay annual dues, also to elect officers
for ensuing year.
J. K. RISHER,
Commander.
w. A. Riley,
Adjt.
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Unreliable.

Bix-I see there's report from
Holland that concrete bases for Ger
man cannon have been found there. "
Dix-Don't believe a word you
hear from Holland. The geography
says it is a low-lying country.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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Appointments Ehrhardt Field.

Ehrhardt-1st Sunday at II a. m.
3rd Sunday at $50 p. m.
st. John's-1st Sunday at $3.50 p
m.; 3rd Sunday at II a. m.
Hunters Chapel-2nd Sunday a.
II a. m.; 4th Sunday at $3.50 p. m
Bethesda-2nd Sunday at $3.50 p
M; 4th Sunday at II a. m.
J. R. SMITH, Pastor.