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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

SPECIAL for Monday. Best Self
Rising Flour SLIGO. Arbuckle Cof-
fee 40c pound. United Cash & Carry
Store, Lamar street.-11-1t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

Emmett E. Bolton was operated on
for appendicitis Saturday mDrning
at his home on Furlow street. He is
reported to be doing we'll
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

Mrs. H. C. Horton is very i'll at her
home on FuFlow street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

Mrs, Alice Davis, of Albany, was
visiting friends here Friday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

Misses Hattie Pope and Elizabeth
Morgan, have returned from Macon,
where they visited Mrs. R. R. Dug
ger.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Poole and
John Marshall have returned from a
fishing trip to Savannah.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

White Sale Mon. 12-ANSLEY'S
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

Mrs. Beulah Crouch and Miss Ag-
mes Daniel, of College Park, are
guests of relatives in the city, having
been called here by the death Of c. j.
Daniel.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11
White Sale Mon. 12-ANSLEY'S

Mrs. Edna L. Battle has returned
from EllaviIle where she spent sever
al days with friends.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

W. A. Varnadoe is spending some
time with his mother in Cordele,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

James Carlyon, with the Interna-
tional Harvesting Machine Co., Of
Atlanta, is here for several days, stop
ping at the Windsor Hotel.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

Miss Ethel Hair, who has been
visiting her sister here, Mrs. o. l..
Passmore, will return Monday to her
home at Buena Vista.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

Maitland Lucas has returned to his
home in Oklahoma, after spending
several days here with his sister,
Mrs. ]. C. Register, on College street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

Community Silver-Thos. L. Bell,
Jeweler.-tf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

Miss Beauford Harvey is spending
several weeks in Grovania, the guest
of friends and relatives.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-11

w. E. Sawyer has returned from a
business trip to Jacksonville.
The Home news., 1920-05-14

of the soil on the outside of the frame. The bed should be kept moist, but not wet.
 At first the temperature may run to 85 or 90 degrees Fahrenheit, but it should be kept at 80 to 85 degrees as near as possible. By planting time, which should be from five to six weeks later, the temperature should stand at about 60 degrees. All of this is de scribed in bulletin No. 124, which may be had on application to the agricul- tural college at Fayetteville.
 For a late crop, cut a piece about eight to ten inches long from the end Of the potato vine. The leaves, ex- cept at the top, are stripped off and all but the growing end covered with soil. Some growers prefer to plant a portion of their crop by means of slips and then secure plants for the rest of their acreage by means of vine cutting The vine cuttings have the advantage of being free from disease and are cheaper than slips, and some claim that vine cuttings give the high est yield.
 The illustration shows the methods of pulling slips from the bed. The seed potatoes should be held down with one hand while the slips are be- ing removed. They will not all be ready at one time, and only those which have formed good roots should be drawn. If two or more hang together, they should be pulled apart to avoid trouble in the field. Pud- ding the roots in mud is desirable to keep them from drying. After the slips are pulled, water the bed to settle the soil where it has been disturbed so that the other slips may come on later.
 A busheI of small potatoes will bed from 15 to 20 square feet. It will re- 0uire from three to six bushels per acre, according to the variety. A bushel of seed should produce from POGO to 5000 slips. If beds are made from April 10 to April 20, slips will be ready as soon as it will be safe to plant them.
The Home news., 1920-05-14
SELECTION OF SEED POTATOES.

Tn selecting seed for bedding pur- poses there are two factors to con- sider, namely: type of tuber and free dom from disease.
 Small or string potatoes may be used for bedding purposes if they are from A to 11s inch in diameter free from disease and from bruises or cuts. Smaller strings or mere roots may not have the vitality and should not be used. Many of the southern expert ment stations have tested the differ ence in yields between large and small potatoes for seed but without resulting in strong plea for the large potatoes.
 Sweet potatoes may be brought uD to type by using the hill as unit.
The Home news., 1920-05-14

For instance, if we are breeding Nancy Halls to size and shape, it is neces- sary to keep in mind the standard to be attained and at digging time, go over the field and select those pota- toes for seed from those hills which show vigor, productiveness, resistance to disease and a large number of smooth marketable potatoes. .a
 The ideal potato should be about seven inches long and approximately three inches throughout the thickest part. They should be smooth, shall lowed eyed, free from disease or biem- ishes of any, kind and represent high quality and flavor, color and texture.
 In selecting strings do not use culls ard especially do not plant seed pota- toes from poorly matured hills. n
The Home news., 1920-05-14

National Crop Improvement Service1
 Sprouts" or s'slips" are obtained by placing the seed potato under the prop CT growing condition of heat an6 moist ure.
 The sprouts soon start from the tubers and are quite sensitive to cold, and if plants are wanted early in the spring some form of artificial heat is necessary.
 When stable manure is used for heat, be careful not to bring it from feeding lots where diseased vines or tubers have been fed.
 Fresh horse manure containing ap- proximately one-third litter (which can often be obtained from livery barns where only clean hay is used), is bet ter.
 A fire hot-bed may be used in case manure cannot be secured, but this type of hot-bed requires closer atten- tion and is difficult to handle. .
 Wien making a propagation pit or hot-bed, select a we'll drained place having a south slope protected on the HUI LII Oy q 1C11NCp CICNNo VI O0Ai0 ings.
 Build plank frame four feet wide as long as desirable, making the north side a few inches higher than the south side. Bank the frame to keep the water from collecting around it.
 Inside the frame eXcavate to depth Of eight or ten inches. Place first a thin layer of light material, such as straw, leaves or pine needles. On this place q layer of six to ten inches of fresh horse manure, the amount de pending upon the climate, season and amount Of forcing desired. Moisten thoroughly, level and pack firmly. Then place layer Of sand or light soil from three to four inches deep. The temper ature may run rather high for few days and the tubers may be planted im- mediately if desired.
 In bedding, place them so that they do not touch each other so that the tops of the potatoes are from two to three inches under the surface. Have the top of the bed come above the leveA
The Home news., 1920-05-14
Never Saw Anything Better.

Mrs. A. B. Griffith, Box 154 Andrews, Ind, writes: 'Last winter my family all had the 'flu.' I tried Foley's Honey and Tar and never saw anything any better. From now on l will not be without Foley's Honey and Tar in the house" For sale at the Red Cross Drug Store. Adv.
The Home news., 1920-05-14

For flowers for any occa- sion see Walter w. Raney, Undertaken and Licensed En- palmer. He is the authorized agent for all leading florists in Little Rock and Memphis, and can save you telephone ex- penses in c--11oo.s.::.cg.
The Home news., 1920-05-14
WARNING ORDER

In the Woodruff Chancery Court for the Northern Dis.
 trict May Term, 1920. James Mosley, Plaintiff
 Jennie Mosley, Defendant
 The defendant, Jennie Mosley, is warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the com. plaint of the plaintiff, James Mosley. Witness my hand and seal this 27th. day of April, l92O
 GEO. HARRISON,
 Chancery Clerk Dated April, 27, 1920. H. M. WOODS, Atty oo u
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-04-08
NOTICE OF CITATION.

The State Of South Carolina, Coun-
ty Of Bamberg. BY J. J. Brabham,
Jr., Probate Judge.
Whereas Joe E. Bishop hath made
suit to me to grant him letters of ad-
ministration of the estate and effects
of Leon Bishop
These are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of the said Leon
Bishop, deceased, that they be
and appear before me in the
court of probate, to be held at Bam-
berg, S. c., on the 22nd day of April,
next, after publication hereof, at IL
O'Clock in the forenoon, to show cause
if any they have, why the said ad-
ministration should not be granted.
Given under my hand this the 7th
day of April, ammo domini 1920.
J. J. BRABHAM, JR.,
judge Of Probate.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-04-08

was opened at Quincy, Massachu-
setts, and hauled granite from the
quarries to the sea-shore. This road
was probably used to carry the granite
for the construction of the Bunker
Hill monument. In 1929 an English
locomotive was run over the Carbon
dale and Honesdale route in Pennsyl-
vania by grafton Allen.
When the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road began construction on the
Fourth of July, 1928, stone cross
ties were employed and wooden rails
topped with heavy straps of iron.
Thirteen miles was opened for traffic
in 1880, and 1876 miles in 1885. The
Baltimore and Ohio railroad continu-
ed to be worked by horsepower until
1882, although experimental trips had
previously been made with locomo-
tives on that road.
The advance of mechanical science
may be likened to magic. Today the
United States is embraced by a net
work of shifting steel; and huge To-
comotives rush across the continent
at a speed of sixty miles per hour. The
value of American railroad properties
may be reckoned in billions. Touched
by the wind of modern progress,
towns, cities, and industries have
sprung up wherever the railroads
have pushed the way.
The Rocket" and the BEST
Friend" have been replaced by the
Twentieth Century Limited, but let
us not forget that debt of gratitude
we owe to those far-seeing men of the
thirties, pioneers in the march of civ
ilization, by whose faith and perser-
verance trains were first placed upon
the rails.
In spite of that opposition with
which society always meets a new
idea, those men toiled on; and with
their fortune, brain, and labor laid
the foundation for a hope fulfilled
and a vision realized.-A. w. Dell
quest, Jr.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-04-08
WORLDS FIRST LONG RAILROAD.
Building of Railroad Between Halu.
burg and Charleston in 1888.

One October morning in 1888 ;
queer looking contrivance rolled int
the town of Hamburg, South Caro-
lima, opposite Augusta. 1t consisted
of an upright iron boiler and smoke
stack fastened upon a four-wheelet
platform, and chained behind ii were
a couple of wagon coaches filled will
passengers. A crowd of amazed spec
tators looked on with mingled feel
ings of credulity aud hunor.
There are many points about thi'
event of special significance to a stud
ent of history. Here was the begin
ming of a new epoch in the industria
progress of the nation. The pioneer
trip over the first long railroad in the
world had been successfully made.
AS early as the year 1922, a patent
railway was brought to Charleston
but from the lack of suitable motive
power, it was never used. The eager
ness of the south for solution of the
transportation problem is we'll ex.
planned by Edward c. Durand, U
S. Director of Census:
THE existing equipment of dirt.
roads and the narrow, rapid, shallow
and obstructed rivers made both the
marketing of crops and the securing
of supplies heavily expensive and dis
tressingly burdensome in the com
petition with the more fortunate
southwest. Accordingly the people OF
the southeast were on the alert for
some invention which would solve the
transportation problem and bring
them economic salvation"
In 1927, shortly after George
Stephenson in England had success
fully applied steam power to rail-
roads, Alexander Black, of Charles
ton, and his associates petitioned the
South Carolina legislature for char
ter to organize a railroad company
The charter was not obtained until
the following year, and the South
Carolina Railroad Company was
formally organized at the Charleston
city hall on the 18th of May, 1928
The work was promptly started
and one year, ten months, and twenty
one days later the road was opened
for public travel as far, as Branch
vile, a distance of sixty-two miles.
In October, 1888 the trains ran to
Hamburg, on the Savannah river
about 1875 miles from Charleston.
The total cost of the enterprise
amounted to 1851, 1,14S.39
The first locomotive constructed in
the United States for regular service
on railroad was built in New York
for the South Carolina Railroad
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-04-08
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

Notice is hereby given that on Ap
ril 18th, 1920, l, as the administra-
tor of the estate of Mrs. Mary P. BIZ
kle, deceased, will sell at public auc-
ton for cash the following personal
property: Two mules, one 2-horse
wagon, one 1-horse wakon, one bug
gy, two sets plow harness, one set
buggy harness, corn, fodder, hogs,
farming Implements, cured bacon,
lumber. LOUIS A. BIKLE,
Administrator.
March 27, 1920. 4-15
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-04-08
Company and arrived in Charleston

! Company anu arrived IN CnarleSIOL
in October, 1880. 1t was christenec
BEST Friend" weighed four tons
and moved on four wheels with
spokes. Most of my readers will re-
call the incident related in theil
school histories about the tragic fate
of the BEST Friend"-how the negro
fireman became annoyed by the noise
of the escaping steam, and sat upon
the safety-valve, which action caused
the BEST Friend" to explode, and
the unlucky fireman was hurled
heavenward. Following this accident
the patrons of the road became alarm
ed at the prospects of another ex-
| plosion; and to -allay their skepti-
cism the directors caused f1at-car
loaded with bales of cotton to be in
terposed between the engine and the
passenger coaches. With the intro
duction of this 'barrier car the
popularity of the railroad travel soon
revived.
The second locomotive received for
this road was the "West Point" which
reached Charleston in June, 1881, and
was the last locomotive constructed
on the principles of George Stephen
sons Rocket"
The railroad between Charleston
and Hamburg enjoyed the distiction
of being the first continuous one hun
dred miles of railroad in the world;
the first road in the world to be con-
structed from the very beginning for
the use of locomotive power; and the
first also to transport the mail. Will
liam N. Brown in his History of the
First Locomotive in America" pays
a well-deserved tribute to the found
ers of this road.
The following paragraphs selected
at random from the early newspapers,
may here be of interest:
I'll LILO Guu luoIouI III PoooSA
gers went up by the steam-car Will
liam Brown is operating to Aiken,
yielding se07.3S."
1.-TWO new locomotives were re-
ceived from Liverpool for the South
Carolina Railroad"
"a free boy of colour was killed on
the railroad near Hamburg on the
10th instant
Sunday trips are discontinued on
the South Carolina Railroad"
One editor to illustrate the 'suc-
cess of the railroad experiment in
South Carolina,' cites the following
data:
I'm the month of January, 1884,
the receipts of the South Carolina
Railroad Company amounted to s4,-
229; the past January (1835) the
receipts totalled $13,29O. The num-
Der of passengers carried from April
1st, 1884, to April 1st, 1885, was
29,24S."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-04-08
Another earlier issue seriously an

Another earlier issue seriously an
nounces:
1T is found that the railroad cars
rigged with sails will go with favor
able wind at the rate of nine or ten
! miles an hour"
On March Goth, 1880, one of the
cars was actually rigged with sails in
the presence of a large gathering near
Charleston. With fifteen men on board
the car was showed off, and main
tanned speed of fifteen miles an hour
until suddenly the mast and rugged
collapsed and fell overheard, together
with several of the crew. After this
unfortunate mishap was passed, the
car was soon under way again, and
the "Charleston Courier" assures US
that the experiment "afforded high
sport"
In letter written two years after
the completion of the railroad, a
prominent Charleston lady describes
her first ride to Augusta:
I'VE rose at drum-beat to depart in
the railroad car for Augusta. Those
who travel with the desire of seeing
social life, will Of course be disap-
pointed here. Our plantation resid-
ences are rarely stationed on the pub
lie road, but if time could be spared
to cross that field; and penetrate
beyond those woods, many a chaste
building, blushing garden and family,
would be found where the stranger
would feel no longer like stranger
But the car darts on like rocket,
and we have Woodstock. We hurry
our breakfast; and we have just time
to gather pretty snoWdrops from the
garden wall, and away. We pass few
cotton fields and rice-plantations.
Aiken, at the inclined plane, is ro-
mantle spot. Several Charleston chill
dren in the car were quite wild at the
prospect of a real hill We not only
had no accident, but no tendency to
one, in our 1875 mile flight between
sunrise and sunset; and it was like
magic to be seated with dear circle
Of friends at Augusta, slipping quiet
cup of tea at twilight. There was but
one thing to make us sad on the way,
and that was the numerous tempta-
tions to intemperance, the sickening
display of gin and brandy decanters
in the heart of wilderness. Must
it be so?''
The earliest roads of rails are
traced back to the latter part of the
eighteenth century, when they were
used to haul coal in the mining dis
tricts of England The first in Ameri-
ca appears to have been constructed
in the Lehigh coal districts of Penn
sylvania not later than 1925. OF
course horsepower was used to draw
the cars
In 1926 another horse-car railroad
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-04-08
PERsoNAL :l MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and at
Other Points.

-LaVerne Thomas spent Tuesda!
in Charleston.
Prof. E. P. Allen spent las
Friday in Columbia.
Mrs. K. I. Shuck, of Barnsville
Ga..has returned to the city.
Mrs. H. J. Brabham, of Colum
bia, visited in the city last week.
Mr., and Mrs. R. A. Aver, Of
Blackville, visited in the city. Sunday
Mrs: C. H. Mitchell is spending
this week in Columbia with'relatives
Mrs. Helen Copeland, Of Angus
ia, is visiting relatives in the city
Mrs. L. S. Dukes is spending
some time with relatives at Branch
vile.
Mrs. Henry F. Bamberg is il
Baltimore undergoing medical treat
ment.
Mrs. A. B. Utsey and Miss Urma
Utsey spent Sunday with relatives al
Round.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Field, o1
Southport, N. c., spent yesterday in
the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Risher, OF
Richmond, Va, are visiting relatives
in the county.
Fl. K. Graham spent several days
last week in High Point, N. c., on
business visit.
Rev. P. K. Rhoad and family, OF
Providence, visited relatives in the
city last week.
Miss Genevieve Kirsch is spend
ing some time with friends and rela-
tives in Charleston.
Miss Eugenia Beard, who is at
tending school in Augusta, spent the
past weekend at home.
Miss Margaret Easterling, who
is attending college in Virginia, spent
the Easter vacation at home.
. Miss Gertrude Moore, of Charles
ton, visited her sister, Mrs. j. B.
Black, Jr., in the city last week.
Prof. and Mrs. A. ]. Thackston,
of Orangeburg, were among the visi-
tors in the city last Thursday at the
base ball game.
Mrs. Katherine @. Riley left a
few days ago for Baltimore for med
ical treatment. She was accompan-
led byMrs. J. D. Copeland, Jr.
j. w. Price left Sunday, accom-
panied by his physician, for hospital
in Charleston for an operation for
appendicitis. His friends will re-
gret to know that he is quite ill.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-04-08
EHRHARDT STORES CLOSE AT
& p. NJ.

We, the undersigned merchants of
Ehrhardt, S. c., agree to close our
stores at o'clock p. m, beginning
April IL and continuing to August
Is, 1920, except on Saturdays.
S. w. COPELAND,
o. E. KEARSE,
l.. NJ. HERS & SON,
NJ LEINWAND,
NJ. A. kINARD,
]. NJ. KIRKLAND,
H. KARESH.
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Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned administrator of the estate
of Mrs. Mollie E. %Herndon, deceased,
will on Wednesday, May s, 1920,
make his final accounting as such
administrator to the probate judge
of Bamberg county at his office in
Bamberg, and will at the same time
apply for letters dismissory as such
administrator.
H. C.. HERNDON,
Administrator.
April 5, 1920. 4-29
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-04-08
NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned administrator of the estate
of H. w. Herndon, deceased, will on
Wednesday, May 5, 1920, make his
final accounting to the probate judge
Of Bamberg county at his office in
Bamberg as such administrator, and
VIII at the same time apply for let
ters disnlissory as such administrator.
H. G. nuRNLON,
Administrator.
April 5, 1920. 4-29
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-04-08
DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATION

Notice is hereby given that stock
holders meeting of Bamberg Cotton
Mills Company will be held in the
office of William Elliott, go Nation
al Loan and Exchange Bank Building,
in Columb bia, South Carolina, on May
s, 1920, at 10 a. m. o'clock for the
purpose of voting on the resolution
of the directors OF the company that
the corporation go into liquidation,
wind up it's affairs and dissolve.
JOHN H. COPE, President.
M. G. DUNN, Secretary.
Bamberg, S. c., April 6, 1920. 5-8
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Just received, line of Westing-
house electric irons. FAULKNER
ELECTRIC SERVICE co. tin
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NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE.

April 5, 1920.
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Box paper at less than wholesale
prices at Herald Book Store.
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MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.
PIECE GOODS AND ACCESSORIES

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small space however, we will say that if it is any
thing YOU need for DAY or an EVENING DRESS
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