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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-11-17
Judgment Against Spellmans.

The Spellman plantation of 1,537 acres, situated near English, is to be sold at public auction at commits sioner's sale, according to Id decree handed down yesterday by Judge John H. Elliott in chancery court. The judgment was rendered in the suit Of J. c. Raines and Hugh Con- nell, a co-partnership doing business under the firm name of Rainer X Connsll, and Roy Church. trustee, vs. Oscar M. Spellman, Mary J. Spell man. Guy l.. Spellman and Fanny Johnson. NO defense was offered, and the judgment was by default. Plaintiffs w;re awarded $7154.09, with eight per cent interest, as b.N- ance due on two notes executed April 2C, 1914, and which fell due on No- vember 15, 1914, and December 15, 1914. respectively. The sum of $S,- 923.34 had baan paid on the notes. The decree fcreclosas a deed of trust or S27 acres, the property of Guy L. Spellman. and I'll acres, the prop erty of the oh2r defendants, as we'll as on thirty head of horses and mules wagons and farming implements, all located on the Spellman plantation, on the P. B. X A. R. near English.
 Judge Elliott granted tine petition of Willford Chandla for divorca from Mary Chandle. on the ground of de- sertion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-11-17

Design by May Manton. 8793 (Vih Pe.toyated Basting Line and Added .Sedm Al1owance)z Coat with Circular Skirt, s4 to AZ bust. s s7ss (WiM Pe,Joroted Basting Line ard Added Sea,n sAllovanee) Five-Piece
 Skirt, "A to s4 waist.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-11-17

Anyone wishing to buy or sell Jefferson county script. call on Cbas. Well Supply Go. tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-11-17
CHEAPER THAN HOMEMADE.

You cannot make a good cough medicine at home for as little as you lay for Foley's Honey and Tar, nor can you be sure Of g9tttng the fresh, full strength. clean and pure ma terials. Did you evSr hear of home- made cough medicine doing the work that Foley's is doing every day all over the country? Mann Pharmr y.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-11-17
Mistrial Entered in Suit of Sextus Wilson vs. Pine
 Bluff Company.
SPELLMAN PLACE
 IS ORDERED SOLD
Judge Elliott Renders Judgment Against Owners for $7,154, and Fore. closes Deed of Trust on l,537
 Acres of Farming Land.

Whether an automobi may legal ly use the tracks of the str::t cal company as a roadway, n question in ,olved in the suit of Sextus Wilsol vs. tha Pine Bluff company, still re mains open for discussion.
 Unable to reach an agreement, thu jury in -ths Wilson vs. Pine Bluff company case, was discharged yes terday morning shortly after Il o'clock by Circuit Judge A. B Grace, who ordered a mistrial ente ter. ed, -t.
 MT. Wilson is seeking judgment against the traction company for $1, 800, allG ging he suffered damages tt this ext.nt wh:n his auto and a stree car collided in Second avenue, neal the postcffice several months ago Contending that MT. Wilson had nt right to use the tracks as a roadway and that he was to blame for the ac c.,dsnt the Pine Bluff company file, a cross cc,1jplaint asking judgment fo $115, alleged ito be the extent Q, damage inflicted on the street cal when Init by the auto.
 The case will now probably go ove1 until the next term of court. Orders in Other Cases. Judgment by consent in favor Q plaintiff for $364931 was rendered b, the court in the suit of J. A. Osborne vs. w. E. Murphy. The decree stipu lates that the Judgment shall bea1 10 per cent per annum in.srest fror date until paid.
 In continuing ths trial of the sui of Will White vs. Sam Greer. becaus' of the non-appearance of plaintiff against White.
 A dafault Judgment for $11,90 wa contained against Jim Catalina by A H. Goodloe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-11-17
New Suits.

D. c. Walt yesterday fil,d suit in the chancery court against w. H. Bel lamy, nonresident, to recover a.. 000. claimed as due on notes, and to fereclose a lien on lot six and the east half of lot seven, in block c Of Al;heiner. The notes were executed November }, 1912, bear four per cent interest, and were due three and four years from date of execution.
 In the 'ciNuit court, R. A. Rogers instituted ejsctmant proceedings against " Dudley PNintifr cpaims ownership of parcel of land in section IS cf township six, range nine west, north of the Pine Bluff and Sulphur Springs road. He states, in his petition. he ranted the place to Dudley, who now refuses to vacate. He asks to be placed ill pcs session, and to b. awarded judgment
 for $55, claimed as damages. The
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting i'm This City and at
Other Points.

Mrs S. R. Wilson is visiting rel
atiVes in Allendale.
Mrs. A. w. knight is visiting
relatives in Newberry.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Nj. Denbow were
In Charleston last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones A. Williams
spent several days in Charleston last
week.
s;s miss Chevilette Cochran spent
{ last week with Capt. and Mrs. w. S.
Bamberg.
ss& Miss Ethel Black is at home
from Olar, where she teaches in the
high school!
~ Mr.. Francis Bamberg is at home
from the Sewanee University, Sc
vance, Tenn.
Mr.. Will Brabham is at home
for the holidays from the Bailey Mill
tary Institute.
and Mrs. w. NJ. Brabam, Of
Durham, N. c., are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. J. w. Stokes.
Prof. S. A. Merchant left Satur-
day for Spartanburg to spend the
Christmas holidays.
Misses Addys Hays and Moselle
CopelAnd were among the visitors in
Charleston last week.
IS Miss Harriedelle Free is spend
sing the Christmas holidays at home
from Coker college, Hartsville.
Miss Mary Livingston, who
teaces in York county, is spending
the holidays at her home in the city.
Miss Kate Rentz is spending the
holidays at home from WATERFORD,
where she teaches in the high school.
Miss Jessie Cook arrived in the
city Monday from Limestone college,
Gafney, to spend the Christmas holi-
days.
Miss George Crockett, of Taze-
well, Va, will arrive Monday night
to spend week or more with Miss
FRANKIE Folk.
fessrs. Drayton Mcmillan and
Belton Hair are spending the holi-
days at home from Furman Univer-
sity Greenville.
Messrs. Sam and Clyde Rowell,
Edwin Bruce, and 0lar Zeigler are
spending the holidays at home from
Clemson college.
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THE BAMBERG HERALD THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23 1915.

has been carried ON throughout a
number Of years.
One large cOttonmanufacturing
establishment in New England, which
consumes annually 10000 Ea!es OF
cotton for 'mercerized' goods, is
making elaborate experiments with
the Brabham product. Tests are be-
ing made of the tensile strength of
the fibre, the fastness of the color
and the calendarizing qualities of the
cloth. Should the experiments bear
out the general belief of manufac-
turers tremendous demand would
aris for the use of the cotton in ''mer-
cerized" goods manufacture. j.
Irby Koon, in Manu- acturers' Record.
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CITATION NOTICE.

The Sts.te of South Carolina
County of Bamberg-By Geo. P. Har-
mon, Esq. Judge of Probate.
Whereas, Ella Mitchell, hath
made suit to me to grant her letters
of administration of the estate OF and
effects of Jerry Mitchell, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Jerry
Mitchell, deceased, that they be
and appear before me in the Court OF
Probate, to be held at Bamberg, on
Saturday, Jan. Sth, next, after pub
lication thereof, at II o'clock in the
forenoon, to show cause, if any they
have, why the said administration
should not be granted.
Given under MY hand and seal this
18th day. of Dec, A. D., 1915.
GEO. P. HARMON,
II Judge of Probate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
MASTERS SALE.
State of South Carolina-County OF
Bamberg

State of South Carolina-County OF
Bamberg.
B. H. Smith, ct al, plaintiffs, VS.. T
NJ. Phifer, ct al, defendants.
By virtue of decree of the cour'
of common pleas for Bamberg county
in the above stated case, dated NO
vember 16, 1915, I, H. G. Folk, mas
ter for Bamberg county, will sell tc
the highest bidder for cash, on Mon
day, January 8, 1916, during the lie,
gal hours of sale, at the court mouse
door, Bamberg, S. c., the following
described property, to wit:
All those certain lots or parcels O.
real estate, situate, lying and BENG
in the town of Denmark, county OF
Bamberg and State of South Caro-
lima, known and designated on the
map or plat of said town as lots Nos
5, 6, and 7, in block Al; subject now
ever to the right of way OF the rail-
road track across the northeast cor
ner of lot No. 5.
Also all buildings on the above lotf
together with the contents, consist
ing of foundry, three iron lathes, one
wood lathe, one band saw and twelve.
horse power oil engine, one pipe anc
belt. threshing machine, and also al
wood working foundry and machine
shop tools and equipments decided te
the said T. NJ. Phifer, c. S. Camp
bell and Frank G. Tompkins by the
said B. H. Smith by his deed datet
August l, 1914.
Purchaser to pay for papers anc
deposit with the master two hundref
dollars Immediately after the sale a,
a guarantee that his or their pa WI,
be complied with. otherwise tne
master will Immediately sell tne
premises and property on the same
terms.
H. C.. FOLK,
Master for Bamberg County.
Bamberg, S. c., Dec. IS, 1913.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23

easily built.
Luther Burbank, whose rare com
binations of bewitching colors in
flowers and magnificent successes in
hybridizing fruits has won the glow
ing admiration of the world, believes
black cotton is not ''an absolute inI-
possibility He is slightly incredu-
lous, though, and comments: 1T is
somewhat doubtful if black cotton
will be produced in this generation,
if ever" He wouldn't undertake its
production at any price, he writes.
The fundamental principles in
breeding the new variety of cotton are
exceedingly simple Early in the day,
when the blossom first opens wide,
the pollen is shaken from the bloom
of one variety into the bloom OF an
other. The fertilized bloom is then
tied up that bees may not Infect. y
Though white the first day, the
blooms turn pink and drop the fol-
lowing day, so that the operation is
as brief as it is simple. The Egypt
ian cotton used as one basic
stock is of a brownish hue. The
Russell big boil on which it is
crossed" enlarges the Egyptian
boil and adds quality to the length
of the fiber. The seed of the Russell
also has blanket wrapped about of
exceedingly short, greenish, fuzzlike
fiber. The elongation of this has had
a distinct effect in producing the
bronzed type of hybrid cotton.
Much interest is being manifested
in the work of Mr.. Brabham, which
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

The Auditor or his deputy will be
at the following places on the days
and date below for the purpose OF
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 II
every taxpayer will make a list OF
his personal property and the price
at which he wishes to list it with the
Auditor. This will save time for all
concerned and avoid the forgetting
of any item of personal property:
Farrell's- January 6, from 10 to
/ O'Clock.
>Midway-January 7, from 9 to
1890 o'clock.
Ehrhardt IS.
st. John IA, from 9 to
II o'clock
! Kearse-January IA, from IL to
p o'clock.
GOvan-January 70.
Olar-January 21.
Denmark-January 81.
Lees-January 2S, from 10 to l
o'clock.
All male persons between the ages
of 21 and so 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.
Automobiles will be returned sep
arately from other articles. House
hold goods will be returned separate
! ly from other goods. Taxpayers are
urged to find out the name and num-
Der of the school district in which
they reside and be PREPARED to give
this information to the Auditor when
they make their returns.
Please get your age in your mind:
I will be at the court house on al
days not mentioned above until the
goth of February. After the goth OF
February 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.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
COTTON IN THE BOIL.
Efforts of a South Carolina Expert
menter to Grow Colored Cotton.

In the future it may be possible to
produce cotton in all the shades OF
the spectrum. At least that is the
proposition on which Arthur W. Brab-
ham, of Bamberg county, South Caro-
lima, is engaged. Should he succeed
and he has made considerable prog
ress-textile manufacturers would
not be perturbed by the scarcity OF
aniline dyestuffs, just now an en-
barrassing problem, incident to the
blockade of German and allied ar
teries of trade.
The chief objective with MIR. Brab-
ham is to produce black cotton. A
distinctly bronzed tint has been real
lied by six years of systematic cross
fertilization of the Egyptian brown
with the Russell big boil, a variety
common to South Carolina planta-
tions. Continuation of this plan, the
Bamberg county plant breeder is con-
fident, will bring the hybrid black,
which he regards as the missing link
in the basic colors of his cotton
scheme.
Mr.. Brabham pointed out when
visited a few days ago what is not
generally known, that already four
distinct tints of cotton are being
grown in different parts of the>world
In confirmation of his argument he
drew from his sample case yellow
Chinese cotton, grown from seed i'm
ported from the Far East. Flankins
the fence parallel with the road by
his home grew Egyptian brown OF
luxuriant growth, we'll fruited with
shapely bolls, as if perfectly accll-
mated He further emphasized that
gray cotton is grown in India, varie'
ties similar to the Egyptian in Peru
and Hawaii and South America, anC
reddisb-hued cotton also in Peru
With black added to these and the
native white cotton, he insists that E
natural cotton spectrum could be
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
Whenever You Need q General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUIN1NE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. SO certs.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
A Roast Goose Dinner.

pint of chesnuts, cover with boiling
water parboil five minutes, then
throw into cold water, when the
brown skins can be easily removed.
4 Cook until tender in enough boiling
salt water or stock to cover. Mash
with wooden potato masher in the
water in which they have been cook
ed then rub through fine sieve into
sone pint of milk or stock. Add a
half cup of cream (if you have it to
spare. Season with a tablespoon
sfuI Of butter, salt and pepper, and a
Heaspoonfu1 Of sugar, if you like it..
Cook five minutes, take from the fire
and stir in bne beaten egg. Send to
the table at once, serving with crou-
tous OF freshly popped corn sprink-
led in. If thicker than you care
for, this soup may be thinned with a
little more milk. If thinner. thick
zen with a teaspoonful of cornstarch
stirred smooth in cold milk.
Prune stufing for roast goose
Soak a quarter of a pound of prunes
IN cold water over night. Drain,
cover with boiling water and sim
mer until tender. Wash one cup OF
rice, add the prune juice and enough
water to make three cups of liquid
in all, season with a teaspoon OF salt
and cook until the rice is tender
about 20 minutes. Add the prunes,
stoned and cut in pieces, and dozen
large chesnuts blanched and cut in
pieces. Blend thoroughly and stuff,
.reserying some of the dressing to be
used as a garnish. Put the goose on its
breast on rack in a dripping pan,
dredging with -four seasoned with
salt and pepper and set in an extra
hot oven to roast. When it begins to
brown, pour a pint of boiling water
N the pan, and every Is minutes
baste, dredging with -four, salt and
pepper after each basting. Cook an
hour and a half, lift out on heated
platter, skim off the fat in the drip
ping pan, thicken with a tablespoon
ful of -four and pour in a cup of boil
Z ing water. Stir until smooth and
thickened, and if it lacks a rich
brown color add a tablespoonful OF
culinary bouquet Strain and serve
as gravy for the goose.
Garnishes for the goose-Orange
or lemon straws make a pretty gar
nish for the goose or game birds of
any sort. To make them, cut the
yellow peel into narrow strips. Have
ready heavy syrup made of one cup
full of granulated sugar and cup OF
water. Put the rinds into the boiling
syrup and cool until clear. Remove,
TROLL i'm coarse white sugar, lay on
sheets Of brown paper, and put in a
scool, dry place to become crisp.
Peanut salad to serve with duck
sor game one cupful of nut
s meats in olive oil, drain and mix with
two cupfuls cut celery and a dozen
r;re green olives, ritted and minced
as:ysw:th noavonnaise and serve or
lettuce leaves or ronaine.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
THE MISTLETOE BOUGH.
History and Meaning of One of the
Oldest Customs in World.

| CuSIOulS Ill W Oilu.
Have you ever asked how it is thai
we hang up mistletoe in our house al
Christmas? Because the Druids used
to do so, you may tell me, but ther
we come to the question why they
did. Perhaps you may tell me again
that their reason was that they be-
lieved the bright god, Baldur, had
been killed by dart of mistletoe
| l do not think that was the real
reason. l think that story-and a
very pretty story it is-was made up
| to explain the custom when the true
reason had been forgotten.
l believe that the custom OF hang
ins up a bough of mistletoe is one OF
the very oldest customs in the world
and has come down to us from the
time when men worshipped trees. 1t
seems to you a very strange thing
that men should do that, but if you
will think little, you may see that it
was not very strange after all; imag-
inc savage man (and savage means
man who lives in forest,) who
has little knowledge of anything out
side the forest in which he lives. He
does not even see much of the sun,
scarcely anything of the stars. He
knows nothing of the cause of the
change of seasons. The winter is
bad time for him, for then there are
no fruits to gather, no nests With
eggs that a man can find to eat, few
roots to be dug up, and the ground is
hard, and the light is short, and the
darkness long, and the cold is terri
BILE. How is it that the bad time
comes? The first sign almost that
he sees of it is when the leaves be-
gin to fade and fall. Then the day
shortens, and there is less and less
warmth in the sunshine. When the
trees are leafless and seemingly dead,
then come frost and snow. The saw
age reasons from the facts which ne
sees. and he notes that when the
trees begin to die, then the day short
ems and the wind blows cold and
keen. That seems silly to you, quite
the wrong way of putting things, but
the savage thought that all was well
when the trees were alive, and that
their dying brought him misery.
knowing no more than he did, it was
even sensible. And it seemed to
him to be proved every spring that
the trees caused his comfort and the
gladness of the world. The first sigh
and promise of better days was when
the trees came into leaf and life
again. That happened long before
the warm, bright weather came, and
what appeared first in order of time
would be taken by him as the cause
|,of what followed. Since the trees be-
gan to live. again before the sunshine
came, he fancied that they were the
cause of the lengthening of the day
and the growing warmth. So men,
some men, at least, used TO think, for
! they worshipped trees as the great
lords of life. Traces of that worship
are to be found today. There are
men who would not cut down certain
kinds Of .tSees for any reward that
; might be offered them, because they
believed that very bad s'luck' would
happen-te them if they did.
You think / am long time in COM
! ing to the mistletoe. Have patience
| for half minute. Savages believe
that every living thing has soul.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23

Glendale Spring water for sale
W P Herndon's grocery and Mack
Drug Store.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Woa't Cure

The worst cases, no matter of how long standing.
are cured by the wonderful. old reliable DR..
n>r:sr's sntise~;;c Healing Oil. 1t rs!'evcs
r .: ~: =, 81. y: saics ,.:!!c. CSC. Soc sl'%
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23

Invigorating to the Pale and sickly
The Old Standard general STRENGTHENING tonic.
cPoVF,s TASTELEsS chill TONIC, drives ou!
Malaria .enriches the blood and builds up thes
tam true tonic. Fo- adults and children. y
The Washington times., 1915-11-12
FINDS OLD FAMILIES
LEAD IN RACE SUICIDE
Princeton Eugenist DepIores the
Lack Of Babies, But Favors
Sterilization.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. l2-Philadel-
phia's old families were censured by
Prof. Il. q. ConkIin. Of Princeton. for
permitting themselves to die out. Prof.
Conklin took part In a symposium on
eugepics before the American Associa-
tion for Study and Prevention of In
fant Mortality.
The saddest thing I know" he said.
is that the splendid families Of Boston,
Philadelphia and elsewhere, families
from which our great men have come.
families which have provided our Presi-
dents, arc disa appearing. We read far
too frequently In the newspapers about
the last OF the family dying. You've
probably heard the maxim As rare as
a dead mule or a Quaker baby Ger
taIniy that maxim goes In Philadel-
phia.''
Discussion in plain terms OF methods
to obtain a better race were listened
To attentively. Speakers impressed the
900 delegates that one way to save the
babies Is TO see that they are born wsli:
kept IN institutions and founding
asylums have much less chance to live
than those placed in charge OF foster
motherA
Prof Conkiin urged segregation OF the
sexes among the dependent unit as a
means OF their elimination.
IT'S a blot on any state that calls
itself civilized" ne said. ito sllow the
interbreeding OF idiots The only posi-
bic method OF control. the only way OF
improving the race. lies In the elimina
tion from reproduction Of the faulty
stocks. There are two methods. how
ever, which are possible.s.sreEa,ion
aggregation. will be the less offensive to
public opinion"
The Washington times., 1915-11-12
Well Known Remedy
Relieves Chronic Case
Important to Dispose OF Waste
from tue Stomach With
REGULARITY

People frequently attribute to failure
OF tho digestive organs conditions that
are prlmarilv due to inactive bowels.
and amply remedies that from their
very nature are more apt to aggravate
than to relieve the disorder.
When the bowels act regularly the
stomach In In better shape to perform
Its allotted tasks and can usually be
aepcnucd upon. To keep the bowels IN
condition there is no more effective
remedy thav, the combination OF simple
laxative herbs known as DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup PeDson. which Is sold in drug
stores for fifty cents a bottle.
Dr. Caldwell has prcscribed this rem
edy In his practice for over a quarter
0. d ccn.urvta nd 1t is TODAY the stand
ard household remedy In thousands OF
homes Mr.. Thos. DeIoach. with the
DeDartment OF the Interior. Office Of
indian Affairs. at Washington. wrots
DR.. Caldwell recently that DIR. Csid-
wells Syrup Pepsin In the best laxative
] have any knowledge Of and the
cleaning up guaranteed by its use re-
iieves every organ