University of South Carolina Libraries
?he Bamberg Beralh ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. \V. KXIGHT, Editor. Published every Thursday in The Herald building, on Main street, in the live and growing City of Bamberg, being issued from a printing office which is equipped with Mer genthaler linotype machine, tfaococK cylinder press, folder, one jobber, a fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by electric power with other material and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year $150; six months, 75 cents; three months, 50 cents. All subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political char acter are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first insertion. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters or those pertaining to matters of public interest. We require the name and address of the writer in every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions ex- ' pressed in any communication. Thursday, Dec. 5, 1912. It is stated in the newspapers that the citizens of Spartanburg county : are longing for a return of the dispensary and that petitions will soon be circulated asking for an election ( on the question. If there ever was a time when there ^ should be money in farming, that 1 time is now. Everything raised on the farm is selling at higher prices than in years. Pork, bacon, eggs, ; syrup, chickens, potatoes, etc., are always in good demand at good prices. But farmers should raise things to eat. They raise entirely too little is the trouble now. The grand jury of Colleton county is certainly a body with a back bone. At the recent term of court they made personal investigation of the matter of the illegal sale of whiskey and as a consequence several parties were presented for operating blind ] tigers. The jury also, in strong terms, brought out conditions as to the illegal sale of whiskey in the town of Walterboro and condemned the mayor, W. B. Ackerman. asking . that he be restrained from performing the duties of mayor if there was , any way such action could be had. Last week the governor either par- ( doned or paroled thirty-two people ( confined in the State penitentiary, < many of whom were serving sen- 1 tences for the taking of human life. * How can we expect anything else 1 but that lawlessness and crime will ( prevail when such an abuse of the 'c pardoning power is shown by the 1 chief executive? Xo man's life is ( safe under present conditions, and 1 the shedding of human blood in this ( State is likely to continue until there 1 is more respect shown for the ver- 1 diets of juries. Why try men if the c judgment of twelve men who hear ^ the evidence is to be set aside by one 1 man? * i Judging from many expressions we have heard recently, the people of Bamberg coutny are going to vote the dispensary back at the first opportunity.?Bamberg Herald. Judging from the number of homi- 1 cides that occur in Bamberg, one ' would think that county has no need c for the dispensary.?Newberry Ob- 1 server. * The number of homicides is much * greater under prohibition than dur- 1 ing the dispensary regime, and as * most of the killings are caused directly by whiskey obtained from 1 blind tigers, the people naturally pre- 1 fer the dispensary to the sort of pro- 1 hibition we have now. * The paragraph recently printed in i this newspaper as to the great num- * ber of murder cases to be tried at * the recent term of court for this 1 county was commented on by a number of papers throughout the State and gave the county a lot of unenviable notoriety. This we deplore, but it r could not be helped. We hate to ad- ( vertise our county in a bad light to ^ the world, and some times keep quiet , about matters which would not com- . mend Bamberg as a good place to I live, but human life should be protected. and it is high time the good people of Bamberg county were real- ' *1^/-, tli?st cnr-h n vormtntirin i 6, ill a, LI1C iciv.1, imu I*. A \K vv? .. 1 as Bamberg has abroad is bound to be of material hurt to us. It is folly to expect people to locate in a town or county where life is held so lightly J and where lawlessness appears to be in the ascendancy. What are the good people of the town and county j going to do about it? s JOHNSON WEDS WHITE GIRL. Lucille Cameron is Now the Wife of Black Pugilist. Chicago, Dec. 3.?Jack Johnson, negro pugilist, this afternoon married Lucille Cameron, the 19-year-old girl of Minneapolis, who recently appeared as a witness against him before the Federal grand jury, which returned indictments charging him with violation of the Mann act. The ceremony was performed at the home of Johnson's mother, by a negro preacher, in the presence of a dozen negroes and several newspaper reporters. A onrinnc prnwd f>f nparlv a thoUS and men and women gathered outside the house and a squad of police were kept busy maintaining order. The marriage will not affect his case before the federal court, according to Johnson's attorneys. The prize-fighter said a moving picture concern had agreed to pay him $5,000 to make a film of the wedding scene. Johnson said he told the Cameron girl he had been blamed for illtreating her and "that we might as well be married right away". "She is alone in the world now." said Johnson. "Her mother has left her and her stepfather is quoted as saying he wants to have nothing more to do with her." The clerk of the marriage license office declined to issue a permit to Johnson, because tne camerun gin was not there to swear to her age. The county clerk, however, issued the license. Johnson gave his age as 34. He said the Cameron girl was 18 and that court records showed this. When Chief of Police McWeeney was informed that a moving picture concern had arranged to photograph the wedding he declared that if legal means could be found he would not permit public exhibition of the pictures. "The whole affair is antagonistic to public policy and morals generally," said Chief McWeeney. Where Europe is Ahead of Us. Let me now add that not only as farmers but as citizens there is much for us to learn from Europe. We think ourselves a very progressive people, but the truth is we are away behind the times in scores of essential things. Some of us think five months' tenm enough for rural schools with compulsion, while even Japan gives ten and compels attendance. We are robbed by an inquitous tariff and a high direct tax rate, when we should shift the main burJen to luxuries, inheritances and incomes. We provide no special bankno fonilifioe fnr fn rnichin or mflllPV t.O iu^ laviunvc iv*. *. v* * ** ...... v. ^ _ farmers, and don't even provide a Torrens system that would enable :hem to get money easier, even un3er present regulations. We have ihild labor laws that Europe looks on is almost barbarous. Medical inspec:ion of school children is still in the future. Railroads, telegraphs, telephones and express companies charge us exorbitant rates, whereis practically every Europegji governnent either owns these conveniences >r keeps rates down to a minimum. Xnd our politics has been too freluently nothing on earth but a disgusting scramble to give certain nen the spoils of office and keep certain other men out instead of being a contest over principles and policies affecting the people's welfare.?Clarence Poe, in the Progressve Farmer. Wesley House Xews. Miss Regan had a busy day at the tYesley House, on Thanksgiving Day, nit ivitn Iiav ir a labor of love. ind giving pleasure to others, being i joy to her own heart. A nicely ) re pa red. daintily served. Thanksgiving dinner was served to six mem)ers of the .Mother's Club, and it was i pleasant occasion to all. In the ifternoon. under the auspices of the k'oung Ladies Home Mission Society, he children were entertained. There vere about fifty of the mill children present and. after the story hour, ?ames were played, and fruit and :andy given to the children. "Inasmuch as ye have done unto one of :he least of these, ye have done it into me."?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. McLaurin for Senator. Hon. Juo. L. McLaurin will be the text State Senator from Marlboro ounty, he succeeding J. B. Green. vho died recently. ?\o primary was leld to select a candidate, as Mr. Mc^aurin was the only one to file the >ledge and pay the assessment, herefore he was declared the nomilee by the county Democratic executive committee. He is a man of deas and influence and will be a orce in the Senate this winter. We ire indeed glad that the voters of Uarlboro were wise enough to give Mm the position without opposition. Ladies in Hanover are prohibited rrom wearing large hatpins in the street. WOMAX CONFESSED MURDER Of Her Husband After Seeing Mui der Scene in Show. Goaded by her conscience aft< seeing a moving picture in which th killing of a husband by his wife ws depicted, Mrs. McAfee, a well to d widow of Macon, Ga.. has confesse that she killed her husband in In land ten years ago. Two weeks ag Mrs. McAfee saw the moving pictur the plot of which, she thought, co responded in a measure with the hi< den story of her life. From that da; her relatives say, she began to won and weep. She summoned her reh tives and confessed that she ha been responsible for the violent deat of her husband in Ireland in 190: She said she would never know moment's peace unless she returi ed to Ireland and suffered for ht act. She says that she was jealous ( her husband and brought about h death in such a way that it seeme accidental. DYNAMITES GAS BAG AND DROP ; Law Does New Stunt for the Pictui Machines. Rodman Lav.*, who makes a livin by jumping off bridges and the hig spots in New York for moving pi< ture concerns, did a new stunt a fe days ago. He sailed out over th North River in a balloon, blew th gas bag up with dynamite an dropped into the river unhurt. There are miles- of moving pictur films showing Law as a hero in melodrama pursued by the villia and escaping by daring leaps; bi the moving picture men were gettin tired of bridge jumping and that soi of thing and they asked for somethin new. 1 flax toueneu .ur, iuciv% & piuL^asiui al pride and the wind favoring h proceeded to go about the busines of earning his pay, which was to b $1,000, less the cost of the ballooi the gas which filled it and son: pounds of dynamite. When Law was ready to start tb balloon trip from Edgewater, acros the river from Grant's Tomb, he wa dressed in woollen knit clQthinj which doesn't ignite easily, ana wor a football player's leather helmet an a woollen. veil over his face. Dow below in the river the tugboat Lil bey cruised about with the movin picture battery ready to open fire. A the balloon shot up he sat easily o a trapeze bar attached to the specia ly designed parachute which has 1( him down gently so many times* I one hand he held a lanyard whic controlled the mechanism to explod the dynamite at the upper part of th balloon. The tug whistled a signal and ther followed a crackling explosion whic rattled windows of apartment house along Riverside Drive and startle folks a half-mile away. There was burst of flame and a great cloud c smoke, out of which dropped Mi Law. coming down very fast indee until the parachute opened an checked the fall. The tug bustled up with the mo\ ing picture battery in action. Th jumper lay inert on the water an mere spectators on the boat got a added thrill, although the picture ma chines went on clicking. But plavin dead was only part of the contrac and in a moment Law raised his hea and inquired somewhat petulantly i it was also part of the job for hir to stay in the water until he froze t death. Then they pulled him o board.?X. Y. Sun. These Make Us Tired. i i The speaker who says. "Now jus j one more word and I am done"?the I keeps on talking for an hour longei The man who knows just hoi I everything ought to be done and in sists on telling it. The woman who wastes time pat ting a blear-eyed poodle when ther are so many motherless childr^ seeking home and love. The old graybeard who tries to ac like a boy, and the old maid who trie to act kittenish. The fellow who thinks that dollar make up for his lack of common sense.?The Commoner. The Snake Stone. In most accounts of snake charm in India, the snake stone plays ai important part. When the charme is bitten the stone is applied to th bite, and is supposed to aid in hi recovery. Writing in the Londo Field. Lieutenant L. Mackenzie give some notes on two of these stones which he had the opportunity of see j ing. They were triangular in shape I at end, rounded, with sinooth, polish ! ed black surfaces. They are said t come from the hills of Tibet and t be solidified saliva of the markhor This animal is spoken of in Lieuten ant Mackenzie's notes as the "Persiai snake eater." Its saliva is though to contain an antidote to snake pois on. The markhor is a species o wild goat found in India, Tibet am Kashmir. ETIQUETTE IX WAR. p* Rules Which Must be Obeyed by Armies of Civilized Nations. War?that is, warfare between civilized nations?has its code of lb etiquette, known as the customs of l0 war, some of which are written, othj ers tacitly agreed to. Obvious examples of fighting eti'? quette are the rules which protect the Red Cross flag of the ambulance, and r" forbid the use of explosives, or, within the limits, expanding bullets. Nominally, a general may use any J means in his power to bring his foe to subjection, but there is a well defined boundary line. A leader may k cut off his enemy's food and water O supplies. He may subject him to all a the horrors of famine and thirst; but l" he must not poison his food or water. iT Suppose a place is besieged and that outside the walls are wells ls which the besiegers cannot effectively d hold, and which the besieged can reach under cover of night. The besieger would be justified in sending parties to fill up the wells with earth and stones, or to destroy them with dynamite. On the other hand, to pollute the wells with poison, or to throw dead animals into them, would g be an infamy. A "prisoner of war" has his rights. "" He may be asked to give his parole w to promise not to escape; but he must lG not be forced to give his parole; and ie is not to be punislied for refusing to ^ do so. A prisoner on parole who attempts to escape is liable to be shot, either when escaping or if retaken a alive. | An unparoled prisoner may also be shot while in the act of escaping; ? but if re-captured it would be murder to shoot him, and he should not o* be punished for his attempt, though ^ he may be placed in more rigorous ^ confinment. te A prisoner may be compelled to jS earn his "keep" by working at his 1 trade, if he has one, or by doing work ie for his captors not of a purely military nature. Thus, he may be orderie ed to assist in draining the camp in ;s which he is a prisoner; but it would LS not be fair to put him to building y fortifications. 3 The customs of war justify the 3 employment of spies, but under cerQ tain rules. If a soldier voluntarily turns traitor, the. other side is eng titled to make use of him but it is kS not "cricket" to tempt a soldier to n betray his own side. 1- If thus tempted, a man may preit tend to turn traitor and deceive the n enemy with false information. On h the other hand, voluntarily to go e over to the enemy, pretending to be e a traitor or deserter, would be dishonorable conduct?that is, if the e pretended traitor is an officer or solh dier. ss A spy, of course, has no rights, and d is at all times liable to be shot or a hanged at sight. >f An officer, or soldier, however, r- caught in the enemy's camp, must not d be treated as a spy, but as a prisoner d of war, provided he is not disguised. If a commander takes part in a "" charge, or persistently exposes hime self to fire, he must take his chance d nf hpin? shot: but in big affairs it is n not the "game" to detail marksmen L" to try to "pick off" your opponent's g general, though every effort may be :t made to capture him. ^ When a city or town is bombarded, * public buildings?unless used for den fensive purposes?should be spared 0 so far as possible. When a place is n captured, the victorious foe is entitled to seize art treasures and so on, and to hold them for ransom. To injure or destroy them would be the act of a vandal. When *" country is invaded, the inn vader can compel the inhabitants to * supply him with food and other supv plies, and to act as guides, workmen l" and drivers. A person who, not belonging to any recognized military force, takes e up arms against an invader is liable 11 to be shot when captured. Retaliation is sanctioned by the customs of t war. It is military vengeance, and s takes place when an outrage committod rm fMio sirlA is hv the s commission of a similar act on the " other. Thus, an unjust execution of prisoners held by the enemy may be followed by the execution of an equal number of prisoners held by the op~ ponents.?Answers. n ? m ? r Some Argument, e s Way down in Florida two darkies a were discussing as to the color of s certain Biblical personages. One of !- them asserted that as Palestine was about in a line with Africa the peob pie must have been colored. "Lor* bress you' heart," said the o speaker, "St. Peter an' St. Paul and o the rest of the Apostles was as white ' as that Xoth'n gen'l'man ober dere." "No, sah!" said the man in opposite tion. "Paul may ha' been, but St. t Peter?nb sah! St. Peter was a cul> ler'd gen'l'man." f "You're wrong, for if St. Peter'd ? i been color'd dat cock wouldn't ha' 1 crowed more'n once't." J S. G. MAYFIELD. W. E. FREE. TAX NOTICE. ? , MAYFIELD & FREE The treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county. Attorneys - at-Law school and all other taxes from the 15th day of October, 1912 until the BAMBERG, S. C. 15th day of March, 1913, inclusive. From the first dav of January, Practice in all the Courts, both 1913, until the 31st day of January. State and Federal. Corporation 1913, a penalty of one per cent, will practice and the winding up of es- added to all unpaid tax?s. From gg tates a specialty. Business entrust- J February, 1913, until ted to us will be promptly attended 28th day of February, 1913, a h t0i penalty of 2 per cent, will be added M * to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st m ? - "Z Z" day of March. 1913. until the 15th 9 PHIIJHESTFR S PILLS da>' of iIarck> 1913,' a penalty of 7 ^ U J-L tiig diamond Per cent, will be added to all unpaid //CK Ladles! Ask your l>rusfl*L for /A taxes. MisSL THE LEVY. ? ?S?T?i?Sbrr!iB^%fVT??p v For State purposes 5% mills |7 - flr Dnnw, Askforcm^rtEs-TEBS For County purposes 5% mills ! > 4 ?Sm&a'!&?<*2 Constitutional school tax ....3 mills -r SfliO BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE To(al ? Muis SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. Delays Are Dangerous B2BM!kV==? Si J ^3 Euford's Bridge, No. T 2 mills , I represent the Mutual Life In- Clear Fond, No. 19 2 mills surance Co., of New York, one of the Colaton Na 18 -.-. 2 m lis strongest old line companies in ex- guffle Creek No 2m s istence. Let me show you our many Denmark No. 21 t>% m s attractive nolicv contracts. I also Ehrhardt, No. 22 9 mills represent the Standard Live Stock Govan, No. 11 4 mills Insurance Co., of Indianapolis. This Hutto, No. 6 .. 2 mills ? ^ is a strong company. Insure your Hampton, No. 3 2 mills horses and cattle. Heyward No. 24 2 mills Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills W?* 4 v \\T a f Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 1 mill . MAX WALKER Lees, No. 23 4 mills EHRHARDT, S. C. Midway, No. 2 ...2 mills ???????? Oak Grove, No. 20 2 mills /jNt Olar, No. 8 4 mills JS?fy \ St. John's, No. 10 2 mills * Jj/1 ^ Salem, No. 9 3 mills gwfe. Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills A11 persons between the ages of l^rP twenty-one and sixty years of age, except Confederate soldiers and sail-. \' i\\\ ors' who are exemPt at 50 years of age, are liable to a poll tax of one Capitation dog tax 50 cents. N If i V53H Wjty^Kafij \yvSv/ AU persons who were 21 years? of * vmvj U\i imsehx ''feu1 \l)li age on or before the 1st day of Jan^lW ffff*'' I uary, 1912, are liable to a poll tax I of one dollar, and all who have not SBBflF/p <*md!?y I made returns to the Auditor, are re, i auest%d to do so on or before the ? " 111 jst 0f January, 1913. YOU ARE PRETTY WELL I will receive the commutation rnpnm road tax of two C%3-00) dollars from the 15th day of October, 1912, until against accident when you drive out ^ day March> 1913. ^ in one of our carriages. It takes an ** A* JENNINGS, > ? . , . . , , .. w . Treasurer Bamberg County, awful lot to break them, light and graceful as they are. If you could ^??^??? see how these runabouts, buggies, j. f. Carter B. D. Carter 1 , surreys, etc., were made you'd know _ . _____ nAomri) why they are so strong as well as CARTER & CARTER handsome. Buy one and you'll have AttOmeVS-at-LaW style and safety at the same time. bamberg, s. c. HORSES AND MULES. Special attention given to setG. FRANK BAMBERG, tlement of estates and investi_ , ? ^ gation of land titles. V .. Bamberg, S. C. ' | \ 'ESW Ills^ 111 I ' Ettl "Real Fisherman's Luck KSS for Duke's Mixture Smokers" K Good tobacco and a good reel' That's surely a lucky 8 combination for the anglei?and here's the way you can W have them both. Eft ' /j // jj &/{y?A ^ ^ jJJSj All smokers should know Duke's Mixture made by aj wA Liggett Sj- Myers at Durham, N. C. 3 H fay what you will, you ^annot get better granulated W a tobacco for 5c thpn the big ounce and a half sack of Duke's Mixture. And with each of these big sacks yoa ^ y get a book of cigarette papers FREE- ftp < Get a Good Fishing Reel Free m by saving the Coupons now packed in Liggett $ Myers Duke's W HP Mixture. Or, if you don't want a reel?getany one of the hundreds IkJ ' y? of other articles. In the list you will find something for every fA , J! member of the family. Pipes, cigarette cases, catcher's gloves, cameras, watches, toilet articles, etc. H ra! These handsome presents cost you Kjk ^ nr^rlnv nothing?not one cent. They simply ? il express our appreciation of your ffJ ft3 patronage. H Remember?you still get the same fP big one and a half ounce sack for 5c | 7n ?enough to roll many cigarettes. Mm kj, \ \ During NovembercmdDecern- f* ?"* yi^ \ ^er on'-y' u;c *end ocr neu> J4B _ |/| Jor li\ illustrated catalogue of presents 9jK/) \\ FREE. Simply send us your Q name and address. to # \ MfA a 1 Coupons Ircm Duke's Mixture may be wM atWSrnBSoHXm Aaa^ \ assorted with tags from horse 'a \ shoe, j. t.,tinsley's natural dh ih#wv3p^% jbyffl* a7T^\ leaf. granger twist, coupons k M M'liiiiff tfiljrAr&QTZ \ from four roses (10c-tin double KM wis0|pss& f fk A coupon). pick plug cut. piedivj mont cigarettes, cux a- wa tfr \ garette3, and other tags or f|| WA Hb&2W&a&r ||<rfirB 11 coupons issued by us. (W ? 2s SfigelF C/'fr,Jl Premium Dept. R a O-S^S c^Uaaoo ?oz si- ixjuis. mo few Line of Sample Box Paper at The Herald Book Store ' * v "vfrifihi - - - ,1 M_JMMiJ _^l