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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-10-19
Negro Farmers Put Money in Bank.

An official of an Albany bank made
the statement yesterday that within
the last few weeks fully 800 negro
farmers had opened accounts with his
bank, their deposits ranging from
$50 to SIS for the smaller accounts
to several hundred dollars for the
larger ones. The number of these
accounts is steadily increasing, and
the amounts on deposit will be furth-
er augmented by those to whose
credit the money stands.
A canvass of the other banks of
the city, as we'll as banks throughout
southwest Georgia, would no doubt
show similar gratifying reflection
of the present prosperous conditions
in this part of the State. Hundreds
of farmers who have been in debt for
several years, banks or merchants or
warehousemen having had to *'carry
over varying amounts for them sea-
son after season, have this year paid
every dollar they owed, and now have
money in bank that is pure velvet"
Peculiarly gratifying is this for
tunate condition of the negro farm
ers. The bank official already re-
ferred to says that, among all classes
of depositors, the colored farmer is
least likely to draw out his money,
once he has it in bank. He literally
"salts it down" against future needs,
and will not check it out> unless
forced by circumstances to use all or
a part of it.
With the certainty of a battle at
close quarters with the boil weevil
next year, the fact that so many COL
ored farmers are not only out of debt,
but have money laid aside for the
rainy day that's coming, is most en- ',
couraging.
1t will give the farmers a big ad-
vantage when they open the fight
next year. Nineteen hundred and
sixteen is proving "fat year." and
it is coming at a most fortunate
time Albany Herald.
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HARVESTING SWEET POTATOES
Need as Careful Handling as Apples
and Oranges.-Methods Suggested.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 16.-
Sweet potatoes must be harvested
and stored with the utmost care, say
specialists of the U. S. department of
agriculture, if their production is to
prove profitable. Any bruising of the
roots, either in the field or in stor-
age, will greatly increase the per-
centage of loss. In storage the tenn
perature at which the potatoes are
kept is also an important factor in
determining their keeping qualities.
Harvesting Methods Recommended.
Throughout most of the sweet po-
tato producing region the harvest
will take place within the next six
weeks or two months. Growers
should be sure before digging that
the roots are mature, and they should
select time when the ground is dry
and the day bright. If frost nips the
plants, the roots should be dug with
in the next few days and, if this is
impossible, the dead plants should be
cut off at the ground with a hoe so
that in rotting they will not carry the
decay to the roots.
Care should be taken in plowing
out the potatoes to avoid all bfuising
by contact between the implements
used and the roots. The soil should
then be scratched away from the po-
tatoes and they should be left ex-
posed for several hours to dry. Pick
ing should be in padded boxes, bas-
kets, or crates. The roots should be
carefully placed, not thrown into the
picking receptacles. Although sweet
potatoes do not have the appearance
of being easily injured, they require,
in fact, as careful handling as oranges
and apples.
Handling should be minimized to
dS SISdL oil cAIcuL dS pOSSlUlc. LIS
makes desirable a rough sorting; in
the field by placing the largest pota-
toes in one picking container, the
smallest in another, and the bruised
roots in third. In no case should
sacks be used either as temporary
containers or for marketing purposes.
Diseased potatoes should be placed
in none of the assortments. Such
roots should not be left permanently
in the field, however, to contaminate
the soil, but should be gathered and
fed to pigs.
Proper Storage Facilities.
Proper storage facilities are yalua-
bic to the grower in that they do
away with the necessity of selling the
crop on digging, greatly lessen the
heavy losses sustained when the
primitive storage method of burying
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about the time l put you under ar
rest for killing a squirrel in 1858"

about the time 1 put you under ar
rest for killing a squirrel in 1858"
He (Gen. Butler) was trying all
the time to get me in the guard
house, but I was always too sharp
for him. 1 rode up to his head
quarters one day, near Martinsburg,
Va. I was sent out by Hogan, who
was chief of Gen. Buffers scouts.
He sent me to carry a dispatch to
Gen. Butler. I rode on to headquar-
ters and handed him the dispatch
and asked him where the regiment
was, I heard a good deal of the hill. :"
Before I got to where the regiment
was, I heard a good deal of shooting
going on. I rode up and asked the
boysewhat they were shooting at, and
they said they were shooting at a
squirrel. I said, LET me take
shot" I jumped off my horse and
fired one Of my pistols way up in the
top of a tree, and 1 killed the squir-
rel the first shot. About the time I
shot the squirrel Gen. Butler sent
guard over there and had six or seven
I was in the crowd. They
marched us to Gen. Buffers head
quarters. He said, "Were you shoot
ing too?" I answered, eyes, sir"
He said, "What were you shooting
at, sir? You are always getting into
trouble" I answered, ''I am not in
any trouble. 1 was shooting at a
SQUIRREL He said, "If you didn't
kill that squirrel will put you in the
guard house." To this replied, ''Put
the balance in the guard house, col
onel; I killed the squirrel" The
others claimed 1 didn't kill the sQuir-
rel. All went to the guard house, but
later he turned them loose. The COL
onel said, .''It looks to me as If I
catch you to save my life!'
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the potatoes is employed, and permit
holding for good prices in winter or
spring. A special storage house, such
as many southern farmers have built,
is advocated by the department spec
ialists. Such a structure with a ca
pacity of 1000 to $500 bushels can
be built at a cost of from 500 to
$500, depending on the availability
Of lumber and other material The
storage house should have double
walls to insulate against heat and
cold and false floor to facilitate
ventilation. A stove should be in
stalled for supplying artificial heat.
If bins are used, they should have
Slated sides, further to facilitate a
circulation Of air.
Sweet potatoes may be SATISFACTORY
ly stored in bins, but where econo-
mically practicable it is advisable to
store in crates or hampers, since such
practice reduces pressure on the
roots, permits better ventilation, and
confines such rotting as may start to
relatively restricted space. In some
sections the potatoes are stored in
the hampers in which they are to be
marketed, being removed just before
shipment and resorted.
Disinfecting Storage Receptacles.
Where storage is to be in bins or
other receptacles these should, if
they have been used before, be thor
oughly disinfected by spraying with
solutions of formalin or copper sui
phate. The former should be used
in the proportion of 1 pint to 80 gal
Ions of water. The copper sulphate
should be used at the rate of 1 pound
to 25 gallons of water. With either
solution a second spraying should be
given after "a hours.
Proper Storage Temperatures.
When first placed in the storage
house sweet potatoes should be cured
by being kept, by the use of fire,
in temperature of rom 80 to 80 F.
This curing temperature should be
maintained for from 10 days to 2
weeks and should then be gradually
reduced to about IS, and kept at as
near this point as possible. After
this, the ventilators should be left
open during the day in clear, warm
weather, and kept closed during the
nights and in damp or rainy weather.
When the temperature in the house
goes below so F., the house should
be opened if the outside temperature
is higher, or a fire should be started
to raise the temperature to the de-
sired point, since once the potatoes
have become thoroughly chilled their
quality is impaired and they are
more susceptible to decay. In order
to maintain the proper temperatures,
farmers should install accurate ther-
mometers in their storage houses.
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Fredericksburg. We were in the
rear of the Yankee army. We cross
ed the Rappahannock river on logs
one night, and went over into Cul-
pepper county, between the Kappa
hammock and Rapidan rivers. We
were going to Stevensburg, but when
we got to the road leading from Fred
ericksburg to Stevensburg we found
it full of Yankee cavalry, headed to-
wards Fredericksburg, and they were
just halting. We went down in the
woods and talked the matter over.
The Yankees had stopped there until
they could capture our pickets on
the opposite side of the river. This
was Dahlgreen's raid, enroute to
capture Richmond. We walked
alongside of the Yankees, back to the
rear of the column. When we got
to the rear we led out two horses
and took the men prisoners. Dan
Tanner and I got on the two horses
and fell in line,with the Yankees and
crossed the river with them.
After crossing the river, they took
the road to Spottsylvania court house
and we rode to Fredericksburg and
reported to Gen. Hampton that Dahl
green had crossed the river, captured
our pickets and was going towards
Spottsylvania court house. Gen.
Hampton could muster only about
800 men from the whole brigade, but
we followed them with the 800 men
of the First North Carolina cavalry.
Late in the afternoon we made some
inquiries about how far they were
ahead of us, and some citizens told
us they had camped about two miles
further down. Gen. Hampton stopped
and told Dan Tanner and myself, 81
want their vidette captured, and I
don't want a shot fred" Dan Tan
1LC1 d1u IuySS1 "CuL cl OOAu I'LL OuSA
the woods and got between the vi
dette and the reserve, and when it
came about time to relieve the vi
dette we went up and relieved him
ourselves, and captured him without
firing a shot. We then carried him
on up to Gen. Hampton. Gen. Hamp-
ton rode down, dismounted his men
and charged into the camp. He
whipped Dahlgreen out of his camp
and captured more than we had our
selves. Dahlgreen pushed on the
next day, and we followed him and
came up to him late in the evening
and had another fight, in which Dahl
green was killed (March i and Kill
patrick driven off behind the YAM
kee infantry. Gen. Stuart was NOR
tally wounded on May 10, 1854, at
Yellow tavern, on Sheridan's first
raid, and died May IL at Richmond,
Va.
A Squirrel Hunt.
Said Gen. Butler to me once, "Tell
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One Thing at a Time.

A Tennessee mountain woman was
eating pigs feet one day at the door
of her cabin when neighbor came to
tell her bad news Her husband had
got into a fight at one of the town
saloons, bullet had lodged in his
lungs, and he had died soon after.
The woman, a pigs foot held mid
way to her mouth, listened to the
narrowing tale in silence. Then, fall
ing onto her pig foot vigorously, she
said:
"Just you wait till I finish this
pigs trotter, an yell hear some hol-
lerin' as is hollerin'.'- memphis
Commercial Appeal.
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Captured a Quartette.

In the early part of 1858 Bob Shi-
yer was lieutenant in the regiment,
but would often go out on scouts with
us. Bob Shiver, Woody, Barnwell,
Gillespie, Thornwell and I crossed
the Rapidan river and went over near
United States ford. We nailed two
logs together and crossed on them.
We went over there and captured
four Yankees and their horses. I
said to Bob Shiver, "How are you
going to get these horses out?" He
said, II am going to charge the
picket and get them out We got
on the horses and carried the Yam
KEGS as far as we could, then turned
them loose. We came across a for
aging party who had lot of green
food tied up on their horses; there
we're about 25 or 80 of them, but we
charged right through them. This
was the picket, and we charged
through them and got to the ford.
We shot the vidette at the ford, and
came across to where the army was
camped around Fredericksburg
Clearing the Track for Hampton.
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Clearing the Track for Hampton.
During the winter of 1863-64 we
were camped at Hamilton's crossing,
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Proper storage facilities are yalua-
Bile to the grower in that they do
away with the necessity of selling the
crop on digging, greatly lessen the
heavy losses sustained when the
primitive storage method of burying
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Mr. and Mrs. James Biggs of Gam.
bier spent Sunday night and Monday
with their son, Geo. Biggs and family.
Fred Ridenour of South Bend. In.
diana, is visiting his brother, G. b.
Ridenour and family.
w. S. Tucker spent several days
last week with relatives in Mt. Yer.
non.
Lennon Boone and family of near
Fredericktown were the guests of
d. II. Wilson and wife, Sunday.
Mrs. G. B. Ridenour is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Harley Dewitt, of near
Sparta.
Mrs. c. e. Scarborough and grand.
children Leslie and Esther Phillips
visited relatives in Mt. Vernon one dav
last week.
The w. f. NJ. s. met this week at
the home of Mrs. A. L. Rank.
Preaching next Sunday at the Green
Valley church at $3.50 o'clock. Sunday
school at 1880.
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ing against the Fredericktown schools
He complains against the crowded
condition of the rooms and says that
more rooms must be added. Already
there seeems to be much objection Of
fered to putting any further indebt
edness upon the town. The board OF
education, however, is making pre-.
paration to build larger in the near
future.
Mr.. Dwight Dean bought thorough.
bred Guernsey bull at West Salem
o., last week.
Mrs. II. E. Cassell entertained a
number of friends at six o'clock
dinner on Wednesday of last week.
Mr.. Vincent Durbin of Oberlin visit
ed with relatives here last week.
Miss Anna Lazanby, of Mt. Vernon,
visited several days this week with
friends in this place.
Mr.. and Mrs j. f. Ewers of this
place. visited with friends in Bellville
last week
Mr.. and Mrs. II. e. Ewers of near
this place, visited with their daugh'
ter. Miss Alberta Ewers at Bellville
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. i. L. Lewis visited
with the latter's sister, Mrs. Ella Fla
harty. at Mt. Vernon, several days
last week
The foundation for new store
room at Batemantown was completed
the past week by Mr.. Ed. Fredericks
Mr.. George Wells has leased the
Milo Fidler farm for the coming year
Mr.. G. NJ Keys and daughter, Wis
tied with Mr. and Mrs e. d. John
son, last week.
Mr.. Lloy Rule has leased the Eide
Strong farm. Miss Strong is making
her home with her niece at Athens
Ohio.
Mr.. Frank Fidler, who mas beer
living west Of Cardington, has moved
to his fathers farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Vernier, wht
have been visiting friends in Toledo
returned home the past week.
Mr.. F. A. Francisco entertained thu
Misses Grace and Estella Vickroy ant
Mr.. Roy Vickroy, one day last week
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MT. VERNON w. c. T. U.
Presents a Life Membership to Mrs.
w. L. McIntire
(By Press Reporter.l

The Mt. Vernon w. c. r. U. held its
regular meeting at the home of Mrs.
C. K. Conard Tuesday evening. Rev.
e. p. Whitaker had the devotionals.
Reports were read from the depart
ments Of mercy, literature and parlIa-
mentary law.
Mrs. Paul reported an excellent
meeting of the l.. T. L. The next
meeting at the NJ. e. church Monday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
The president urged all to attend
the mid-year meeting of the w. G. T.
u, to be held in the Congregational
church. The evening will be in
charge of Mrs. G. A. Miller, county
superintendent of the Young Peo-
pies Branch.
The program was in charge of Miss
Selora Gaines, and the subject was
Temperance and Missions"
Song-Union.
Talk on the subject and appointing
of a secretary in each missionary So
ciety in the city
Vocal solo-Mrs. Daniel Merely,
with Mrs. Crumley at the piano.
Reading, "Missions" Paul.
Reading, Temperance and Mis-
sions"-Mrs. Stephens.
Solo-Mrs. Daniel Merely
Rev. G. r. Dye gave a very inter
esting talk on Missions"
A pleasing part of the program was
the presenting of a life membership
to Mrs. W. L. McIntire, county super
intendent Of missions.
The social hour was enjoyed and
refreshments were served by the
committee. The next meeting will be
an open meeting and will be an instl-
tute. Leaders, Mrs. Bricker and Mrs.
Sockman
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Mrs. Clayton Butler of South Cen
ter street spent Tuesday with rela-
tives in Danville.
Mrs. Clyde Lauderbaugh returned
to her home in Perrysville Tuesday
after visit with Mr.. and Mrs Guy
Lauderbaugh, East Gambler street
Mrs. Annie Goddard of Gambler
was through here Tuesday en- route
home from visit with her son in
Chicago, Ill.
Mrs. G. e. Nolan of the Columbus
road left Tuesday for Shirley, Ind,
where she will join her husband and
reside.
Harker M. Lybarger and Dwight
Magers went to Cleveland Tuesday to
attend the meeting of the Ohio Re-
tail Shoe Dealers association.
Carl Semple of Oklahoma City,
Okla, is the guest of his parents, DR..
and Mrs. w. F. Semple, East High
street
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Miss Esta Saunders went to Condit
Monday to stay with Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Spearman for awhile.
Mrs. Hattie Smith and son of New
ark are guests OF Mrs. Anne Hawkins
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Stoughton came
up from Newark Saturday to remain
over Sunday.
Mrs. l.. w Mitchell and Miss May
Mitchell visited in Mt. Vernon Thurs
day, Little Miss Margaret Mitchell
accompanied them home
Lewis and II. j. Hawkins were in
Mt Vernon Monday.
Mrs. Ora Mcbride entertained her
Sunday school class at the home of
Mrs. Louie Saunders on Wednesday
evening with n taffy-pulling.
Miss Inez Rowe returned to Croton
Wednesday.
Mrs, Maria Jackson OF Red Oak,
Iowa. is visiting in the |. E. Mitchell
home.
Robert Morehead of Mt Vernon
spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs
Emily Morehead.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Crottinger and
Mr., and Mrs. H. J. Hood were guests
of MIR. and Mrs. Balser Jackson at
Centerburg Sunday
Walter Ullery and Miss May Shut
were married by Rev. Il, j. Converse
in Columbus on Tuesday, Feb 29th
Ralph Lltzenburg preached in the
Congregational church Sunday morn
ing and evening to a well filed house
II. b. Shuff, G. C. Jackson and Allen
Mcbride made business trip to Mt
Vernon Monday,
Gilbert Briggs, whose death occur
red near Centerburg on Thursday
was buried In the Lock cemetery Sat
urday afternoon.
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MARTINSBURG /

Mrs. o. c. Spohn has returned from

Mrs, q. G. Spohn has returned from
a visit with relatives in Mt. Vernon.
Mrs. Emma Harrison ana daughter
Miss Mildred Harrison, have moved
into the Dr. j. r. Shrontz house on
south Main street.
William Miller and family are all
i'll with the grip.
A son was born Saturday to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Foss, north of town.
Armor Hess and family have moved
into the James Bebout property on
the Utica road. The Misses Elizabeth
and Margaret Bebout will occupy the
Hess home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Henry and Mr..
Scott are seriously Ill.
Mrs. Fred Shrontz and son Dan,
have returned from weeks visit with
Mr., and Mrs. John Harris of Howard
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Van Voorhis were
In Newark Wednesday to hear Harry
Lauder at the matinee.
Mrs. N. s. Toland will entertain the
missionary society of the Baptist
church at her home Thursday after.
noon and the Presbyterian Aid Society
will meet with Mrs. Mabel Van Voor-
his the same day.
Mrs. Laura Ewart entertained the
members of the Embroidery Club
most charmingly at her home Wednes-
day afternoon. Delicious refreshments
were served,
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+ DEATHS 4

Iohn Walsh

JOnn walsh
John Walsh died at his home In
East Main street Tuesday morning at
1920 o'clock, following weeks ill
ness.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday morning at 8 o'clock from
the Blessed Sacrament church in
East Main street, Rev. FIR. Watterson
officiating. Interment will be made
in Mt. Calvary cemetery
John Walsh was born In Freshford,
Ireland, February 25, 1841. He came
to this country in 1859 and for the
past 45 years has made Newark his
home. He has always been one of
the most highly respected business
men of the city. For number OF
years he has been engaged in the
grocery business, owning store in
East Main street at the time of his
demise
On July Is, 1876, he was united in
marriage to Miss Mary Delaney of
Mt Vernon No children were born
to this union.
The wife, with large number of
friends, survive.--Newark American
Tribune.
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Mrs. G. G. Daley

Mrs. G. c. Daley, formerly a resi-
dent of Knox county, died at her
home in Bellville Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock after lengthy illness of
tuberculosis. The deceased moved to
Bellville from a farm near Frederick,
town. She was a sister-in-law of Mrs
William Denman of this city, and
leaves a husband and one daughter,
Hazel. The funeral Thursday after
noon at Chesterville. Interment in
Chesterville cemetery.
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GOULD LINES SUED IN FRISCO

GOULD LINES SUED IN FRISCO
San Francisco, March S-The Mis-.
souri, Pacific and the Denver & Rio
Grande railroads, two Gould lines,
have been ordered to appear as de-
PENDANTS i'm suit for accounting
against the Western Pacific railway,
filed by representatives of the first
mortgage bond-holders of the West.
ern Pacific. The Gould lines must in.
terplead within the next two weeks
in the local federal court.
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THOUSAND AUTOS TO
ESCORT DRY PETITION

Toronto, Ont, March S-A thou.
sand automobiles will tomorrow es.
cort the province-wide petition for
prohibition, when it is delivered on a
motor truck to the Hearst cabinet.
Fully $4,000 persons will march in
the dry" parade. Nearly million
residents of Ontario have signed the
petition. The petition asks for a
measure prohibiting the sale of alco.
hol as a beverage, or the submission
of such a measure to popular vote.
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Daniel Henry

Daniel Henry, venerable resident
of Martinsburg, died at his home
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock of the
intlrmlties of old age. The deceased
was Si years old and is survived by a
wife, The funeral Thursday after
noon at O'clock at the Presbyterian
church, Rev. Gehadway Of Utica ofllc-
iating.
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ACCEPTS NEW POSITION

Alfred Shut has accepted position
with The Ohio Light & Power Co. and
will work at Somerset, Ohio. Freeman
Tudor has succeeded L. e. Sutton as
manager of the new business depart
ment in this city and Fredericktown.
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TRIBUTE TO CLARK
HouSe Members Remember Speaker
On Occasion Of His Birthday.

Washington. March S.-One OF the
unusual features OF yesterdays strug.
gel In the house was the tribute paid
by members OF the house TO Speaker
Clark on the occasion OF his sixty.
sixth birthday. When the tide o. dis.
cussion was at It's height Representa-.
tive Mann obtained recognition and,
With an apology for the depression.
called attention to the fact Of the
Birthday By saying that under the
shadow Of the storm Il had not been
overlooked. An extraordinary demon
Stratloh Of enthusiasm followed.
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The Roy Funeral

The funeral Of the late Mrs. Maggie
Roy Thursday afternoon at / o'clock
at the A. NJ. E. church.