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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-03
Clear Pond Cuttings.

Clear Pond, May 1.-The union
meeting was held at Bethesda on the
2Sth and goth. A large number was
in attendance and an interesting pro-
gramme was carried out. Rev. j. D.
Higgins delivered the missionary
sermon on Sunday.
Mr.. Ernest Carter, of Augusta,
spent several days recently J. this
section at the home of his uncle, Mr..
J. R. Morris.
The Sunday guests at the home of
Mr.. G.. w. Folk were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Schwarting and children, Mrs. Hutto,
Mrs. Annie Zeigler, Mr.. Probe HERS,
Miss Virginia Zeigler and others.
The friends of Mrs. w. T. Beard
will learn with regret that her con-
dition is not so favorable as at our
last writing.
Mrs. Priester, Miss Clara Priester,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dunn and Mr.. Cope, of
Bamberg, were visitors to Clear Pond
on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Connor Smoak and
child and Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Good
win were guests at the home of Mr..
J. 3. Folk on Sunday.
Mr.. Rice Steedly was a visitor in
the Clear Pond section on Sunday.
Messrs. Mayfeld Bessinger and
Hansford O'Quinn were visitors in
this vicinity on Sunday last.
Miss Kate kornegay spent Tues
day afternoon at the home Of Mr..
J. w. Hill, near Bamberg.
Miss Mamie Morris was called
home from Augusta Friday on ac-
count of the serious illness of her
grandmother. Mrs. ". T. Beard.
Mrs. Angus Beard and children, Of
Bamberg. spent the past weekend
at the home of Mr.. J. r. Norris.
MIR. l.. F. Sandifer. of Bamberg,
was a visitor in the Clear Pond sec
ton recently.
aIr. 3. F. Beard. Mrs. w. NJ. New
and Miss Adrine Loadholt, of Hamp-
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-03
Denmark Dots.

Denmark, April 2S.-On Friday
evening Miss Laura Ray entertained
q number of her young friends with
''tacky' party. Miss Clara Wyman
and Douglas Rice were awarded the
prizes for being the most tackily
dressed.
Mrs. John G. Richards is visiting
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T.
P. McCrae.
ID. Pearson, E. B. Guess, Walker
Soujourner, DR.. w. S. Stokes, Misses
Lola Folk, Olive Pearson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Winchester Graham and Mrs.
Hattie Mcmillan attended the memo
rial at Rivers Bridge on Thursday.
About % of the young men attend
Cd a stag fish fry at Holman's bridge
Friday evening.
Mrs. Herriot, of Sumter, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. St. Clair Guess.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-03
Bill Runs Amuck!

Bill Beezer got can of paint and
said in language queer and quaint,
"By jing, before l put this down ia
like to paint the hull derned town! 4
just amt got no better sense than to
spread paint on every fence, If
could do it, and by gum, | guess that
would be going some! And l would
paint the house white, and all the
chimneys red. I'd write my name on
this here dingy town today before the
sun went down, and make the hull
place look brand new, If | could that
is what I'd do! Just one good brush,
and some good paint, makes place
look what it amt; it covers up the
bad spots and improves place to
beat the band!" Bill Beezer said III
language quaint, then he got busy
with his paint; he painted fences
front and back, he painted up the
servants shack, he painted up the
wash house, too, gave the woodshed
coating new, daubed paint upon
the chicken coop, each place man
could climb or stoop Bill climbed and
stopped, and spread a coat OF pant
that got his neighbor's goat. And SO
his neighbor got can and painted
his shack like a man, and then his
next-door neighbor got some paint
and got to work, and what Bill Bresz-
er started spread so fast and
spread so far, that at the last
the whole derned town which
had looked mean was painted
and looked fresh and clean. And
when Bill put his bucket down he
had put paint on the whole town.
He had done wonders with his can. l
hope you're a Bill Breezer man.
Judd Lewis, in Houston Post.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-03
Oak Grove Greetings.

Oak Grove, April 30.-We have
been having some beautiful weather
for the past few weeks.
Mrs. C. F. Rentz and son spent last
Saturday night and Sunday with her
daughter, Mrs. Dan Rhoad, of Hun
ter's Chapel section.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Bishop spent
last Saturday night with Mr.. and
J. D. Carter.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Zeigler and Mr..
w. NJ. Oxner took tea with Mr.. and
Mrs. L. w. Copeland last Monday
night.
Mr. Ben Carter has returned from
a visit to his brother, Mr.. E. w. Car
ter, Of Barnwell.
MIR. and Mrs. O. L. Copeland spent
last Saturday night with Mr.. and
Mrs. G. F. Copeland.
Mrs. J. L. Cothran entertained Sat-
urday in honor Of her husbands 57th
birthday. A delightful dinner was
served.
MIR. Ham Carter spent few days
last week with his parents, MIR. and
Mrs. l.. H. Carter.
Mr.. ]. l.. Copeland has returned
from a pleasant trip to Chester last
week. He attended the old soldiers
reunion. This was the first he had
attended and he said it was grand.
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their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Clayton, Sunday.
Mr.. R. L. Jackson spent last week
end in Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Mcmillan spent
Sunday with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. F. Kearse.
Miss Nettie Clayton spent Monday
with Mrs. Sudie Barnes.
Mr.. Reuben Kearse spent Sunday
night with Messrs. Frank, Claude,
and Johnnie Kirkland.
Miss Sadie Boyd spent last week
end in Columbia.
Miss Alberta kearse spent Sunday
night with Miss Laura Mcmillan.
Miss Hattie kirkland spent Satur-
day night with her cousin, Miss Bes-
sic Kirkland.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-03
Dry Branch School Closes.

Lodge, April 25.-The Dry Branch
school, after being very successfully
taught by Miss Minnie Bishop. OF
Ehrhardt, closed its term on Tues
DAY evening, April oath, at which
time a very large crowd Of interested
SPECTATORS we're present to witness
The closing exercises. The following
programme was very successfully
rendered:
Song. Dixie" by school; prayer,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-03
Colston Clippings.

Colston, May 1.-The long aid
dreary spring days are here, and the
school children are counting the days
until school closes. Only two more
weeks.
Miss Minnie kirkland spent Satur-
dav night with Misses Natalie and
Alberta kearse
Mr.. and Mrs. B. D. Bishop visited
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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt EtchingS.

Ehrhafdt, May 1--we are having
real summer time-hot and dry. A
shower would be so refreshing to the
plant and human lives. Ice is in
good demand. broad rim hats and
parasols are required to protect from
old SOL"
My! What little packages 81
booze; not enough to fool with-only
a quart! Why, that is not enough
for a days drink and so much trou-
bic to get it. Say, let us cut it out
altogether. The experience with it
for two white men in the St. Johns
neighborhood a few Sundays ago will
show what it will do for you. Bad
stuff"
The Ehrhardt theatrical troupe
was scheduled to present their play.
Better Than Gold," at Allendale last
Friday evening, but owing to the
death of Miss Spann it was called off.
Mr.. ]. J. Fickling. engineer on the
B.. E. & W., and family, moved to
town last week. The train now stays
over on Saturday night instead OF
going back to Bamberg as hereto
fore.
Where is our writer, Rex" Have
Joined the army or gotten married to
keep from joining? Let us have
little news, anyway.
Five of our old soldiers, confed
crate veterans, attended the State re-
union at Chester last week-M. O.
kinard, Capt Company G, with Pri-
Yates NJ. A. kinard, F. E. Copeland,
G. F. Kinard, and J. Laz Copeland.
They all report an unusually good
time, and came home with loud
praises for the little city of Chester.
They were, however, disappointed i'll
not finding more of the old vets at
the reunion, as there are a good
many in Bamberg county. MIR. NJ. A.
Kinard and Mr.. F. E. Copeland were
very much impressed with the hos
pitality of the Chester people; said
that the committee on entertainment
was untiring in their efforts to take
care of them, providing free lunch,
ice water, lemonade, soft drinks and,
in fact, everything necessary for the
comfort and pleasure of the old SOL
diers, the ladies helping out in en-
tertaining them and making their
stay in Chester very pleasant indeed.
The line formed and marched near
ly mile, was halted and automo-
biles sent to take all of the soldiers
on ride over the city and returned
them to their quarters in the city.
This was very much appreciated by
them. as the old soldiers are not as
spry now as in the sixties. All of the
soldiers who could not be cared for
at the hotels were taken into private
homes and boarding houses and
treated most royalty. Of course,
with our country now at war the
amount of war talk INDUCED in was
unusual. Battles were fought over,
yarns swapped, and the new engines
OF war discussed; submarine and
aeroplane, all wondering what would
have happened if either side had been
able to get these away back in the
sixties. Although these veterans are
somewhat aged, they hope to attend
many more reunions and especially
one at Chester again. JET.
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Losing Game.

I'm sorry | asked the girl to clean
the typewriter.
"Why?"
She took fifteen minutes to clean
the type and two hours to manicure
her finger nails afterwards. kan
sas City Journal.
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AS early as 1876 Dutch potter,
John Aries Van Hamme, took out
patent in England Ito exercise his
art Of making tiles and porcelain and
other earthen wares after the wRy
practiced in Holland, which hath not
been practiced in this our kingdom"
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ton, spent Monday of last week in
this vicinity.
Mr.. James V. Beard, of Columbia,
was a visitor in this vicinity Sun
day..
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Morris, Of
Ehrhardt. were in this section Sat
urday afternoon.
Miss Pet Folk spent Friday in
Bamberg. J.
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WHALEY, RAGSDALE, LEVER.
Voted for Draft System.-Both Sena-
tors for 1t, Too.

Washington, April 2S.-Messrs
Whaley. Ragsdale and Lever were
the three members of the South Caro-
lima delegation, in the house, who
voted for the selective draft in the
overwhelming victory scored for that
method of raising a war army to-
night.
The other four members, Messrs.
Nichols, Byrnes, Stevenson and
Dominick, voted against the admins
tration plan. Senator E. D. Smith
voted for the draft and Senator Till
man was paired in favor of it so that
after all the balance of the Palmetto
States influence in the final test in
congress was on the side of the ad-
ministration bill.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-03

Nearly 5000 Canadian miners are
affiliated with the United Mine Work
ers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-03
SUNK BY SUBMARINE.
Victim Was an Oil Tank Steamer,
Was En- Route Home.

London, April 30.-The American
oil tank steamer Vacuum has been
sunk.
The captain and part of the crew
and naval lieutenant and nine Ameri-
can naval gunners are missing.
The Vacuum was sunk by a Ger
man submarine on Saturday while
she was on her way to the United
States.
The chief mate and II men, in
cluding three of the American navy
gunners have been landed.
A boat containing the master of
the ship and the remainder Of the
crew together with the lieutenant
and nine naval gunners is missing.
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New York, April 30.-The Ameri-
can steamship Vacuum, commanded
by Captain S. S. Harris, of this city,
left New York on March 80 for Birk-
enhead, England, carried a crew of
"a men, of whom Is were American
citizens, including nine native born.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24
A CERTAIN RESTFUL VILLAGE.

I-.tle Bethel, Little Bethel! several
miles from GibsonviIie-
Eighty people. Baptist steeple. waterin
through an cider mill
Are all it totals in the census less 'en
mebbe II you count
The cheer an beauty there aboundin'-
Most perdigerous amount!
Lies contented on the bottoms" where
the bloom and creepers cling,
And the green hills rise behind it meet
in lips with Lady Spring;
Beauty? Law. no end of beauty! Can't
describe how purity 'tls-
Guess youT find that Little Bethel is
where Springs headquarters Is!
Open gates. invitin' doorways an some
simple hullsome folks
Who impart an old religion that 1
swanny. fairly soaks
In feIIer's hide like goose oii-it's re-
ligion Of a brand
That the common sort o. feller. such as
me. can understand!
smilln' medders. fields OF fodder an q
crick that Ioafs away
An reflects a feIlers picture without
showin' that he's gray
Fools him into thinkin', mebbe, hat he's
list a boy agin.
An II Nature amt partickler-weu. he'd
ruther be twin
Little Bethel! Little Bethel! When
look around and see,
I give in,-the man that made it was
more eompenter than me!
Not a thing in line OF beauty or of trim
Minis. I'm doggone,
II tried to make it over. that could
improve uponi
Here I'd like to stay forever swappin'
cheer with hullsome friends.
Takin' lots OF time alvin on what cir
cumstances sends;
An there Wouldn't be no trouble ner no
eovet'ness. because
III agree with all. reckon. Little Bethel
says or doesl
John Z. wens. in Buffalo Evening
News
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24
American. Adapted to Work.

THE point is that the French are hol
so, There is in France a class OF men
who, are pre-eminent as individual nieI ;
whose skill and daring may be matchto
hut cannot be excelled even by an AneIl-
can. But this class is limited in num-
Der. and back OF 1t the average rene u.
man does not make an ideal aviator II
is the American who has shown hiihSe'i
especially adapted to this work
1T was a group Of American hiers,
the EscardrilIe Lafayette. who saNto
Verdun. That surprises you? But II i
true. I have it on authority OF trehCh-
men themselVes-srmy men and hleIs
and there Is no doubt Of the truth. IL
was at Verdun, too. that military men
first realized the value of til" airpIaht
for something more than bomh-droppihs
work. For you must remember. aNla'ioI
abroad was not much further ADVANCED
a. the outbreak of war than 1t Is mere
today: not so far. At first the planes,
Just ordinary exhibition machines, were
employed to carry bombs to he droppeo
on enemy territory. 1t was Ncrdun 'ha'
taught their value for reconnaissance
and gun-sightIng.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24

and the one we should strive to MI @ nrsI
Is ayiators. France and England need
them at the battle fronts perhaps more
than anything else. And they neeo
American aviators In particular.
'Au we hear of over here are the eN-
ploits OF the daredevils Of the air, the
men who have brought down their nine
teenth or twentieth 'Boche.' We don't
hear of the less spectacular but fully as
valuable work Of the men who ny IN
suuadrons against squadrons OF the en-
envy, who do reconnaissance work OF VINO
act as the eyes of the big guns aho move. move
over the section under bombardmentr
spotting the falls of shells and direc,
the gunnerss And it isn't generally known
that American fiers are ideal for sucE
work Just as they are unsurpassed TOT
the more thrilling task Of single com
IoF
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24
WoLE BACKS RED CROSS.

Simon Wolf, former member Of the
United States Diplomatic Corps, ad-
dressed an audience last night at Keith $
Theater in behalf of Red Cross subscrip-
ton pledges.
Red Cross Donation Week" which Is
being observed at the theater, is prov
Ing highly satisfactory to those who are
striving to have Washington make one
Of the record cities In supporting the
great war charity
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24
AIrpIanes Saved Terdun.

DO YOU recall that the attack on YER
dun came so suddenly and so uneAPeC'-
edly that for three or four Gays Ine
French thought II a feint designed 10
force the withdrawal Of their men from
about Ypres so that the Germans mleht
break through to Calais? When the
French found that 1t was genuine at
tack they faced the Germans already had
sent their airmen scudding over Neroun
and its environs. They had mapped Ihe
two railroads-one a broad gauge one
narrow gauge-that entered Nerdun from
the southwest and provided the only me-
chanical road to the entrance OF mum
tions into the fortress and town. no"
thoroughly they had done their WORK mas
been disclosed to me by French omcers'
who have shown me photographs OF the
district, revealing that the German sheils
fell in squares, clearly mapped out oy
their aviators, so that almost undainageo
sections of the town were surrounded
by ruins where storehouses and depots
had stood, the uninjured parts being resi-
Dental sections on which the Germans
had not wasted a shell
But they destroyed the railroads, or
rather, made them incapable OF service
by almost continuous fire. so that when
Gen. Petain undertook the defense OF
Verdun he found at hand munitions Tor
less than ten days, and the only means
OF introducing more a motor road run
ming south from Verdun to Buc. The
salvation of Verdun, and probably OF
France, depended on keeping this road
open, yet the German fiiers had already
begun to speed past Verdun, directing the
shell fire Of their big guns against just
tn IS road. Petain sent an urgent call for
aviators to drive OF the German fiers
and To confound their artillerymen by
depriving them OF the services of their
flying 'srotters.' The sviators responded
and verdun was saved"
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24
PARENTS, LEAGUE PLANS.

The Parents League, third division
public schools. has turned its attention
to entertainments and recreation in which
all the schools of the division have beer
asked to join. There will be a series oi
three Friday evenings, May 25, June !
and June s, with dancing, moving pic
lures. games. fortune telling and refresh.
ments.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24
coLoRED CADETS TO DRILL.

The colored cadets have their turn to-
day. The First Separate Battalion. COM
posed Of seven companies from the Dun
bar and Armstrong high schools, Will
open their competitive drill at American
League Park this afternoon at S:lE
O'clock
Dunbar will enter four companies.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24
BOARDING Butter STOCK.

Huge stocks OF butter are being held
In storage throughout the United States
in expectation OF an increase in dairy
product prices. according TO reports
issued yesterday by the Department Of
Agriculture.
Total holdings reported on May Is
were 5.eS,T2 pounds, compared with
,99l pounds on the same date last
year-an increase OF IA per cent From
May l TO May Is holdings increased q
per cent.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24
LECTURES ON ITALY.

An Illustrated lecture was given at the
First Congregational Church last night
By Dr. @. ]. D'Anchise, OF New York,
describing Italy from the Abruzzi to the
Isonzo.
Relief work along the Italian front by
the Waldensian Society was graphically
depicted The lecture was given for the
benefit Of the American waldensian So
ciety which is attempting to raise fund
Of $4,000 for the Wsldensian missions in
Italy.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24

For those who are planning to
avoid registration on June S, it might
be suggested that army life is not
as hard as work on the stone pile at
the Occoquan workhouse.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24
Army Medical Officers Needed.

Twenty thousand medical officers are
sought for the army, 1t was stated yes
terday, when II was announced that train
ing camps for officers of the medical re-
serve will be opened June Is. The camps
will be located at Fort Benjamin Harri.
son. Indiana; Fort Riley, Kansas, anc
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24
Army and Navy New,
Best Service Column in City.

The demand OF the United States gov
eminent for the production of $500 air
planes this year, the output to be doubled
each succeeding year, as announced by
the Council Of National Defense, falls on
an industry which last year delivered tc
the united states army sixty-four out of
total order for 365 machines. and which.
In the eight years preceding 1916. had de-
itvered only fifty-four out OF ffty-nine
machines ordered, according to figures
compiled by DR.. Charles D. Walcott
chairman OF the national advisory COM
mtttee for aeronautics. Yet airplane
makers, manufacturers OF motors and
men who have financed the industry in
the past believe the demand of the gov
ernment can be met.
They stipulate only that the govern
ments plan to include in the lot war
planes for battle work shall he altered
so that the resources Of the airplane in
dustry can be centered on the production
of standardized training planes. in which
pupils of aviation can be schooled in the
preliminaries of flying and hurried
abroad for graduate courses in real war
work. Although such a change in plan
would make impossible complete fulfill
ment OF the governments purpose to send
abroad men ready to operate over the
battle lines. students Of aviation. as the
European war has taught it. believes a
procedure that contemplates a foreign
finish to American training would pro
duce the best and quickest results.
Among suoh students are Frederick w.
Barker. president of the American Aero
nautical Society, and Leon Cammen, vice
president, whose foreign connections and
wide acquaintance among members Of the
European flying corps have put him init
mately in touch with the aviation de-
velopments Of the war
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24
By John KensrIek Bangs
OUT OF THE DEPTHS.

OUT OF THE DEPTHS
He got himself deep in a hole
That tried the temper Of his soul,
But then an inspiration came
That led from failure up to fame.
Deep IN that hole he planted seeds
OF courage true. and daring deeds,
And cultivated them with care,
And when they sprouted in the air
He found that hole the fountain-source
OF all the later need OF force
That raised him out Of his distress
Up to the levels Of success.
(Copyught. ls1l
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24

After her secoad baptism of FIRE,
Atlanta, Ca, has a clear conception
of what an invading army might do
to some of our American cities.
Keep those enlistments coming.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-24

Well, the House has decided that
William Jennings Bryan's Chautau-
qua lectures are educational and not
entertainment. 1t is difficult to say
whether the general public concur in
the opinion.