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Q. p ID HOLD
 IN nICACO JUNE s
tor Watson of Indiana iuelches His Boom for residential Nomination

4shington, Dec. 10.-The re-
 gan national committee tob
 ielected Chicago and Tuesday, %S, as the place and time for
 National convention at which !tarty's 1920 candidate for 8Hent will be nominated.
 i the roll call Chicago muster sA votes to 9 for St. Louis, sh boosters had made a stub- 3 fight for the honor. The
 e of the convention date was
 Emous. Asbury Park. N. J., l3Cheyenne, Wyo., made bids
 ahe convention but withdrew sle the voting began.
 Ik committee also authorized
 lreation of two new depart 1E of party organization to respectively with policies and
 fal party welfare. The for \ composed of selected mem- ' of the committee and other land women representing la
 eapital, the farmers and oth- will go to work at once sort put subjects to be dealt with
 Ne 1920 platform. These com- Yes corprise an equal num- { of national committeeman outside party leaders and will lion as an advisory council in }onduct of the campaign. The tof Will H. Hays, the nation 5airman, for limitation of in- bal campaign contributions 1000 formally was approved the committee announced [ changes in the apportion- \ of delegates to the national ention. The changes were pf a sweeping nature, howev-
 Ind affected only seven states. ster hearing a report of Chair } Hays and adopting a resolu- \ approving his efforts for N organization and harmony Eommittee ended it's session 1many of the republican lead
 rho had come to Washington 3he gathering left for their Is. Of the several hundred iinent republicans who at Id the meeting. however, a number remained for the pn to be held tomorrow by the chairmen. Only questions rganization are expected to formally before this meet |but the partisans of various plicans mentioned for the dency will continue the active 1 'ts which have kept the capi- live with gossip and confer since Sunday. spite the committee meeting ' the maneuvering of the |ds of various candidates was oicuously in evidence, but the result appearing on the sur was a statement by Sena- lanes B. Watson of Indiana
 ring he was not seeking the nation and would not permit personal ambition to interfere
 party harmony. During the few days movement in his has been actively promot- nd there was no evidence to- that his supporters had doned their effort.
 Q states will gain and five lose in the reapportionment ate representation in the na- convention, which was based
 detailed system of calculation ed at the last national con- on, which was based on a de- system of calculation adopt
 the last national convention. net result vii be a reduction ven in the number of dele
 to vote in the 1920 conven-
 the total being 9S4 in place Il in 1916. The changes are flows:
 " York gains one, making the s total in next years conven- 3S; --orth Carolina gains one, ng 22; Alabama loses two, ng 14; Arkansas loses two, ng IS; Massachusetts loses 35; Tennessee loses
 20, and Texas loses , making 23.
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EMBARGO IN SOUTH. Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 10.-An em
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-11
Threaten Fruits.

McAllen, Tex, Dec. follow temperatures throughout the Low CT Rio Grande valley last night and today threatened destruction to thousands of acres of growing veg etables, oranges and grape fruit, Light frost was reported from sev. eral sections, but indications to- day were that most of the crops had escaped. The weather tonight Is cloudy with rising temperature.
 Below Zero Weather.
 Chicago, Dec. l0.-Below zere
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GOVERNOR q SETS
 ASIDE VERDICT
 IN MORRIS CASE
Holds Convicted Negro Justi- field in Killing Andrew
 White; pardOned

Little Rock, Dec. 10.-Ed. Nor ris, negro of Jefferson county, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years imprison- ment for killing a negro named Andrew White, was this afternoon granted a pardon by Governor Brough. In announcing the par don of Morris, the governor said "the uncontroverted evidence in the case" proved that Morris act ed in defense of his home; that a long petition bearing the names of all officers and employees of the mill where the killing occurred attested to Morris reputation as a good, law-abiding citizen, and that the pardon was granted "on the merits of the case and not as an act of executive clemency"
 Ed. Morris, pardoned by Cover nor Brough yesterday, was indict- ed for murder. He was convict ed at the October term of murder in the second degree, and sen- tenced to 15 years. His attorneys, H. Kemp Toney and s. J. Hunt, gave notice of an appeal, and Morris was released on bond pend ing the outcome.
 The killing of White occurred at the plant of the Arkansas Oak Flooring company, where Morris was employed, on the afternoon of May p. Morris said he had pre- viously warned White against in- timacy with his (Morris) wife, and sought to talk it over" with White when the latter made motion as tho to use a pistol. He killed White and surrendered.
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TOPEKA, Kan.-Is she g or 29? The picture of Lacita Alise Broquet is an exhibit in her suit to share in million dollar es- tate left by the mother of Ernest Broquet, whom she claims was her father. Her claim is contested on the ground that Broquet was not her father. that she was born five years before his marriage to the dancer.
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BOLSHEVIKI IN OFFENSIVE.

Reval, T'sthonia, Dec. 10.-The bolsheviki have begun a new of fensive on the Narva front. After terrific artillery fire 10 assaults were delivered on the Esthonian positions. All the attacks were re- pulsed, the reports state, with heavy losses to the bolsheviki forces.
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temperatures prevailed today iii virtually all districts from the Mississippi valley to the Rocky Mountain region and the cold wave began it's eastern invasion with sub-normal temperatures of 20 to 50 degrees.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-11

bargo on Shipments of 1regaE g.,E from all south Atlantic ana ,asd gul ports except freight to Cuoa ns.I sa;l. led by the Florida east coast sa 1s,s \ way company, was announces ao,,,,' nS tonight by the regional coa' '0'' mittee.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-30
CURRENCY GOES ASTRAY.
Denmark Money Escapes Owner
Boil Weevil Meeting Held.

Denmark, Oct. PA rather
strange robbery occurred Sunday in
Denmark. The express messenger re-
ceived a package of currency from
southbound train and took the pack
age to the express Office. He return
ed a short time later to find that it
had disappeared. The company has
a special agent on this case now and
it is thought that the guilty person
will be apprehended within short
time.
A boil weevil meeting was held at
the school house Wednesday to de-
wise ways and means of dealing with
the pest. While little was done 9TH
er than to get together and set a date
for another meeting within a few
days, something was accomplished in
that farmers who thought that by
planting twice as much cotton they
would reap the usual amount, were
shown that they we're wrong when
little pest will eat twenty as we'll ten
acres of cotton. Denmark is worry
ing very little over the boil weeVll,
as prices on farm lands have advanc-
ed in the last few days and no vacant
farms are to be seen in this section. e,
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TWO POTATO CROPS.
MIR. A. j. Hunter Makes Plenty Of
TuberS This Year.

Mr.. A. J. Hunter is jam-up good
farmer. If everybody does not know
this, we have but to relate the fol-
lowing to prove it. Last spring he
put in good patch of Irish potatoes,
and harvested a good crop of them.
After the Irish potato crop had been
'dug,'' he planted the same land in
sweet potatoes, and we can personally
give attest to the fact that he has
made good sweet potatoes, for we
have sampled them. They are Of the
yam variety, and the crop has turned
out we'll. This gives two good pota-
to crops on the same land in one
season.
Mr.. Hunter was exhibiting in our
Office the other day some of the finest
sugar cane we have seen this season.
He says his cane crop. promises to
turn out as good as his potatoes.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-30
TWO CIRCUsES COMING.
PLENTY of Amusement on Hand for
Bamberg Folks Next Month.

1T was circus day long years ago, "
we used to read in the patent medl-
cine advertisement. It has truly been
long years ago since a citizen of Bam-
berg has had the opportunity of see
ing-or hearing or feeling-a circus
in this berg. But things have chang
ed. Bamberg is again on the circus
map Yes, truly, for two aggrega-
tions are booked for appearance in
this city next month. Two whole
circuses in one single month! The
old man, the middle aged, and just
plain men are already beginning to
frame excuses to go to the circus.
Of course, the children must see the
circus! And, naturally, some older
person has to take them!
The circuses are scheduled to show
in Bamberg on November 4th and
November 10Th. 1t has been about
eight years since a circus set foot on
Bamberg soil. The long dry spell
has been broken in a rush, and last
week two shows procured licenses to
exhibit here.
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of the Importance of this movement.
Take this thought home with you:
every child born to its citizenship or
brought from the outside to be rear
ed here in Bamberg must be elther
an asset or a liability to the town.
The child healthy in mind and body
is rarely possessed of other than
sound morals, but let such curse as
malaria dwarf him physically and
mentally and see how easily warped
are his morals-the one an asset
the other liability.
No, I do not make my home IN
Bamberg, neither am financially IN
terested there, but it is the land tnat
gave me birth and whatever effects
it's future lies very close my heart.
"Breathes there a man with soul so
dead
Who never to himself hath said:
This is my own, my native land.
W. C. PATRICK.
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n neighboring counties:
UP IN THE AIR.
Bamberg Bank Checks Lost by Fire
in Airplane Accident.

Things do move. This was EVIL
denced day or two ago when one OF
the local banking institutions re-
ceived three letters informing the
bank that checks that had passed
through the local concern had been
destroyed in an airplane accident
One of the letters explained that the
checks had been lost as result OF
fire when an airplane that was car
rying mail between Washington and
New York happened to some accl-
dent.
The carrying of mail by airplane
has been in the experimental stage
for several weeks. Evidently the
experiment has not proved so very
successful-in this instance anyway.
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U. ID. G. Notes.

The October meeting of the Fran
els Marion Bamberg chapter q. D. c.,
met with Mrs. Angus Brabham, on
Railroad avenue. A very interesting
programme was enjoyed by about two
dozen members. This chapter sup
ports four French war orphans, and
at this meeting letters from them
and their mothers were read, having
been translated by Mrs. G. F. Bam-
berg. These letters were exceedingly
interesting, they expressed their love
for all things American and seemed
so appreciative of the chapters in
terest and check. One little fellow
sent his photograph, he is dear
handsome little fellow and we are so
glad we could help him.
Mrs. Glenn Cope, always charm
ing reader, read ''The Horse Artill-
ery' from the Veteran. .
Mrs. F. B. McCrackin read paper
on 1.-THE Burning of Atlanta"
Mrs. H. N. Folk rendered a vocal
selection, accompanied on the piano,
by Mrs. E. H. Henderson. The fol-
lowing ladies were elected as dele
gates to the general convention in
Tampa: Mrs. J; T. Carter, Mrs. j..
H. Cope and Mrs. c. J. Field, with
Mrs. NJ. E. Aver, Mrs. H. \. Folk
and Mrs. A. NJ. Brabham as alter
mates. Our president, Mrs. ]. G.
Lewis, will also go. After the meet
ing adjourned Mrs. Brabham served
a delightful ice course.
Chapter members, why do you not
attend the meetings? 1t makes one
heartsick to note the few responses
as the roll is called. The meetings
are very pleasant and very interest
ing and we are doing good work, and
of course will go right on without
YOU absentees, but we would so like
to have you encourage us by attend
ing the meetings. Just now we are
broke. Can you suggest a money
making Observation-Disclosures.
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COURT IN SESSION.
Several Civil Cases Disposed of This
Week.-Jury for Next Week.

The regular fall session of the
court of common pleas convened in
Bamberg Monday morning with His
Honor, Judge Wilson presiding. Mr..
Ernest Allen, of Aiken, was in the
stenographer's chair, as Mr.. Edgar A.
Brown had rendered his resignation.
The following civil cases have been
disposed of:
Detroit Automatic Scale Co., versus
w. B. Carter and the Enterprise
Bank. Verdict in favor of the de-
fendant Enterprise Bank.
Metropolitan Discount Co., versus
J. F. Lancaster. This case resulted
in a non-suit.
Angus Dublin and Lille Williams
versus Western Union Telegraph Co.
Verdict for 5000 in favor of Angus
Dublin; nothing for Lille Williams.
Tuesday afternoon the case of Mrs.
NJ. S. O'Quinn against T. J. Crider
was started. This case involves
boundary line, and it had not been
completed at the time of going to
press.
1t had not been stated up to yester-
day whether or not the session of
court would continue into next week.
The following jurors have been
drawn in case court is held next
week.
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$4,000 FOR BAMBERG.
Rep. Mann Includes This City in Bill
to Get Money For Site.

The following Washington dispatch
will be read with interest by the peo-
pie of Bamberg:
Washington, October 25.-Repre-
sentative Mann, of the seventh dis
trict, today introduced bills calling
upon the war department. to, donate
captured German cannon or field
pieces to the cities Of Columbia, Sum-
ter, Orangeburg, Lexington, St. Mat
tEews, and Bishopville.
He also introduced three bills each
calling for an appropriation of s1O,-
600 to be expended in the purchase
of sites for federal buildings at Bam-
terg, St. Matthews and Bishopville.
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Celebrates Fiftieth Birthday.

Cope, Oct. 2O.-Mrs. Jno. NJ
Brickle entertained party of he1
lady friends this afternoon on this
the anniversary of her fiftieth birth
day. She received many useful and
beautiful presents, and the we'll wish
es and hopes for many happy returns,
from all of the guests.
Three different flavors of delight
full cream, together with as many
varieties of delicious cake were
served and much enjoyed.
Those present were Mesdames e.
Muse, E. E. Ritter, w. NJ. Hughes,
T. D. Antley, R. K. Henerey, j. H.
Clark, w. Clark, F. H. May, H. N
Artley, and Nora Miller, and Miss
Eloise Antley, and the four school,
teachers, the Misses Durant, Causley
Witherspoon and Glaze.
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Ube Banrberg Deraln
Thursday, October 80, 1919
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

The Apollo Music club will meet
with Mrs. E. H. Henderson Thursday
afternoon at four o'clock, instead OF
five o'clock, because of the recent
change of time.
The Woman's Missionary society
of the Methodist church will meet
Monday afternoon, November 5, at
4 o'clock, at the residence of Mrs.
NJ. A. Bamberg.
If the present progress is maintain
ed, the paving of Main street will be
completed within the next week or So.
Fine headway has been made during
the past week, and about two-thirds
of the paving work has been COM
pleted.
Mr.. F. E. Steedly turned over to
Mr.. George R. Briggs the other day
a fine yam potato for the Bamberg
county exhibit at the State fair. The
tuber tipped the scales at Z IL
pounds. We imagine that this yam
will show off to advantage at the fair
this weeh
Governor Cooper has appointed
Mr.. A. NJ. Denbow, of Bamberg, a
member of the State board Of chari-
ties and corrections, to succeed Mr..
H. L. Watson, of Greenville, who re-
signed to accept an appointment as
member of the Greenwood county
highway commission.
Mr.. w. D. Rhoad, who has just re-
turned from a business trip to New
York, brings back sad news. He says
that the prospects are that clothing
will be higher next year than ever be-
fore. eff you have suit of clothes
on hand, just bury it until next year,
and then you can dig up gold mine,"
says Mr.. Rhoad. Suits that he says
he used to buy for s13 wholesale are
now selling for next spring delivery
at S47.50 wholesale.
Saturday was the last day of the
war time All clocks we're officially
turned back one hour at 2 a. m.
Sunday. Now there is but one time
again. Although there has been war
time for two years, it continued to be
confusing up to the last day, as some
of the people never observed the new
time. AS congress has repealed the
new time law, the clocks will not be
changed again, unless another law is
passed-and this is not very likely.
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BAPTISTS IN SESSION.
Barnweu Association Convened With
Bamberg Church Yesterday.

The annual meeting of the Barn
we'll Baptist association convened IN
the Bamberg Baptist church Wednes-
dav morning, and will be in session
through Thursday. rhe association
was to have met with the Colston
church, but the place of meeting was
changed because of great deal OF
sickness in the Colston community.
The association was called to order
Wednesday morning at ten O'Clock.
After the morning session, the dele
gates and visitors were served din
ner on the church grounds. An af-
ternoon session and night session
were held Wednesday, and the asso-
citation will hold the final sessions
this morning and this afternoon. 1t
is not expected that night session
will be held Thursday, unless it is
necessary in order to complete the
business of the association.
The association is being attended
bv Baptists from Barnwell and Bam-
berg counties, which comprise this
associational division. A number OF
we'll known Baptist leaders from this
and other States are in attendance
upon the body. One of the main top
les of discussion at the meeting has
been the Baptist Is million campaign,
which is to be conducted the latter
mart of November throughout the
South.
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(COnIlHuoQ ITOlu page L, COluluH W.
been so greatly Increased that the
mill would gladly contribute ten
times it's subscription if the work
were to be done over. However, said
Captain Fisher, 1.-The value of being
free of malaria cannot be measured
in dollars and cents. There is a
vastly more important phase to the
matter than mere money! The eco
omic value of the work is very great,
nevertheless, and to prove this point
he told of the campaign at Hatties-
berg. Miss, where one of the largest
industries of that place located there
as direct result of the eradication
campaign.
An approximate estimate of the
cost of the eradication work was
read. Seventeen thousand dollars
will be the approximate cost of clean
ing the present drainage system and
opening new drains necessary. The
cost of maintaining the drainage sys-
tenn is estimated at $4,000 for next
season. Other items of expense, such
as oil, etc., carries the total to be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. A pro-
posed agreement between the city of
Bamberg and the U. S.>public health
service was read. In order to go in
to this work, this agreement must be
signed by the proper authorities.
BY rising vote every citizen pres
ent voted an endorsement of the pro-
posed campaign, and the chairman
proceeded to accept pledges for the
work. A total of s7,175 was secur-
ed at the meeting.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-30
CARLISLE MEETS DEFEAT.
Charleston High School Cops Honors
On Local Gridiron.

Charleston high school defeated
Carlisle School here Friday after
noon, S to 0. The weather was eX-
cessively hot and the local backfield
lacked experience.
Features of the game for Carlisle
were the tackling of West and Cau-
sey, the work of SilcoX at quarter and
the running of j. Sanders. For
Charleston the entire team played to-
gether as one man. End runs by
Weeks and Dotterer we're the bright
lights of the contest. O'Shaughnessy
and Holcomb aided the other two
backs in great style, especially in run
ming interference. King and Hay
maker, at ends, did especially fine
work in cutting down end runs. Wag-
ener and Pinckney in the line show
ed up we'll.
Charleston's overhead attack was
too much for Carlisle, the lone touch
down resulting from a forward pass,
Weeks to 'Shaughnessy, in the third
quarter. Large fumbled the ball in
the final period and was thrown be-
hind his own line for safety.
After the first quarter the Charles
tonians had the ball in Carlisle's ter
ritory most of the time.
Carlisle's team had been greatly
strengthened since the Carlisle-P Port
er game by the addition of Silcox and
o. Large. Silcox is a find and his
work thus far shows him to be
diamond in the rough.
Score by quarters:
Charleston .... -... 20 0 2-8
Carlisle ..-- ---- --- 20 0 0 90
Officials: Referee, Cope (V. NJ.
~; umpire, Cooner (Carolina);
headlinesman, Bamberg (Sewanee);
timekeepers, w. Watson and Hughes.
Quarters, 12 minutes each.
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INCREASE IN DEPOSITS.
Four Banks in County Report In
crease of 64.99 Per Cent.

In a bulletin just issued by the
war loan organization, an increase
in the bank deposits of Bamberg
county is given at 64.99 per cent. on
December 81, 1918, over the depos-
it's on the same date in 1915. Of the
eight banks in the county, only four
reported, and the increase is based
on the reports of these four insti-
tutions. The following is the per-
centage of increase in Bamberg and
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-30
Will Be Married November II.

The following invitation was re-
ceived in Bamberg last week:
"The Reverend and Mrs. Joseph
Addison Martin request the honor
of your presence at the marriage of
their daughter, Ella May, to Mr.. Rob
ert Clarence Jones on Tuesday, the
eleventh of November, at high noon;
Emmanuel Baptist church, Westmins-
ter, S. c. At home after November
the twentieth, Bamberg South Caro-
lima"
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These are preliminary figures. Of

These are preliminary figures. Of
fetal announcement will be given out
later.
In this connection, one prominent
ginner of the county states that his
Gin is far more advanced this season
than last. Last year at this time not
more than half of the crop had been
ginned out, whereas at this time, the
greater bulk of the seasons cotton
has been ginned Based on the pro-
portion of the ginning for the two
years, he is of the belief that the
county will make from two-thirds
to three-fourths the cotton that was
ginned last season.
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It is Deligtfully wicked.

Lile-I thought you had become
rather tired Of dancins.
Dorothy-I had. But I've been
reading what the clergymen have
been saying about it, and 7 lad no
idea how delightfully."- wicked it is
Judge.
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COTTON REPORT.
Ginning Behind Last Year, and Near.
ly All Ginned Out.

Mr.. H. J. Bellinger, statistician of
the census bureau Of the department
of agriculture, has given us the fol-
lowing figures on cotton ginned in
Bamberg county to October 18th:
1915. .... ...- 49,. ....20,10S
1885,. ....22,35O