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Wi)t Pamberg ^eralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. / Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. $1.50 PER YEAR. ~ Volume 27 No. 30. Thursday, July 25, 1918. One thing mere male of the species cannot understand: Why it is that a looking woman will insist upon hiding and spoling her beauty by putting paint on her face. Ever notice how so many of these candidates "offer their services" to the government? It is really amusing to hear them prate about how they wrote to the president or somebody and "offered" their services. We often wonder how many of them evertried to enlist in the army. As a matter of fact you could scarcely get half of them within a mile of a recruiting office. But they offer their services?of course, provided they can get a commission as major, colonel, or something. Oh, yes, they offered their services; of course. jf>r. ? ^ < ! ? Major John G. Richards takes it as a personal reflection to even be asked if he approves of what the former governor said in his Filbert and Pom.aria speeches. Yet Major Richards affirms his allegiance to the former governor. And he refuses to say whether or not he approves of the Filbert and Pomaria speeches. MajorRichards has a son in France, but he refuses to tell the people whther or not he approves of a man saying this is an unrighteous war, and that the blood of those who fall in France is on the 1iead of President Wilson. Silence gives consent. John G. Richards is the "reform" candidate for governor. He is the choice of the former governor, now a candidate for United States senator. Major Richards is the candidate of the faction whose leader stated in speeches last summer that he was opposed to the war, because it was an unrighteous war, and who would/ oust from office every man who favnrpd thp war: in other words the ? ? ' ? t factional leader would oust President Wilson and every South Carolina congressman except Mr. Dominick. Major Richards has spoken with the exgovernor at various Bleaseite meetings. Let notfe he deceived by the smooth manners of Major Richards; he is the Bleasite candidate for gov? ernOr. If you do not want a Bleaseite governor, do not vote for John G. Richards. . The report of one of the cam- : paign meetings last week in the Chars' leston American says: "Mr. Wightman (candidate for lieutenant gov- ' ernor) announced that he was pre- 1 pared and intended to support for the ] United States senate the man whom 1 ""he knew to be the friend of the poor ] man and the laboring classes," mean !ng the former governor of South 1 Carolina. In other words, to change the phraseology a bit, Mr. Wightman announced that he intended to sup- i port for the United States senate the ] man who four months after the war \ was declared said that this is an un- i righteoi^ war, that he was opposed ] to it, that the president and those j voting for it would be held respon- ] sible for those who lose their lives in ( France?the same man who said that ] > he did not care what kind of country -< we have after he is dead. We are ^ glad to know where Mr. Wightman ] stands, and who he stands for. t v ? ] The Newberry Herald and News, in t regard to Mr. Bethea taking Maj. i > Richards to task by asking him if he 1 approved" the utterances of the for- 1 mer gover at Filbert and Pomaria, 1 says: "If he is such an ardent sup- i porter of the righteousness of the i war it would be in a great deal bet- i ter taste, and he could do more real I service in going to the front with 1 our boys than ip running around over ? the State trying' to besmirch other i people." The Herald is not holding 1 * any brief for Mr. Bethea in this or t any other phase of his.race for governor?he seems to be able to attend to that pretty well himself?but we call attention to the fact that what prompts the Herald and News to accuse Mr. Bethea of trying to besmirch other people is Mr. Bethea's question to Major Richards if the latter, who had previously said he in- ; tended to vote for the former governor, approved of what the former governor said. We agree with the Herald and News that a candidate would be guilty of besmirching another candidate if he accused him of approving what the former governor said; but he did not accuse Maj. Richards. He merely asked the question. And Maj. Richards has not yet seen fit to answer it. Maj. Richards, although a Bleasite, has acted like he thinks he has been besmirched even by Mr. Bethea's '< question. '* Th9 former governor at Wagener is reported as saying that "if elected" he would go to the president and "offer" to raise a regiment and raise cain with the Germans; also he would urge the president to stand for election to a third term. This is contingent, you will bear in mind, upon his election. What if he is defeated? Which he will be. Are we to infer that the government is to receive no in tVioi ovpnt fmm thPi WUCiUVl UllUU l&A VilUV V * W?? V? ? former governor? In other words the country can go to the Germans if he is not elected. We see. No candidate, whether for township, county, State or national office, who, in the light of utterances made at Filbert and Pomaria, is still an adherent of the former governor of South Carolina, need look for or expect either any votes or support of any nature whatever from The Bamberg Herald or anybody connected with The Bamberg Herald. Regarding county or local offices, The Herald, as a newspaper, has no choice between loyal Democrats and supporters of President Wilson and the administration but "we camiot reconcile loyalty with approval of the Filbert and Pomaria and other speeches of the former governor. And, inasmuch as the former governor has never retracted or apologized for what .he has said, it naturally follows! that any candidate who still swings on to the former governor must give | silent approval if he does not openly repudiate the leader of the Bleasite j faction. We do not mean by this that there are not many honest men ?but sadly deluded?who still sup-l port the former governor, but the fact that they permit themselves to be deluded disbars them from our vote or support. A situation full of possibilities has j arisen on the western front in France. If you have not already done so, get a map and note the position of Rheims and Soissons. Between these points the Germans made a salient last spring extending some twenty-odd miles into allied territory. The distance from Rheims to Soissons'is about 19 or 20 miles. The salient pushed into the allied lines, however, carried the battle line to a distance of 60 miles between Rheims and Soissons. The number of Germans engaged in this salient is, of course, not known, but one may rea-! sonably suppose that on a 60-mile | front there must be several hundred thousand of the enemy. If General' Foch can succeed in closing the neck of this pocket, the Germans will lose scores of thousands in prisoners. Even if the allies cannot succeed in closing the neck before the escape of the Germans, it now seems certain that nothing but a pell-mell retreat could save the German army from ( annihilation. French and British . big guns now control the railroad i ' I 1 leading, to the apex of the salient, and the Germans will not be able to transport their heavy artillery to the rear. We have good reason to hope that within the next few days we will read of the greatest coup of the war ?perhaps it has already happened when you read this. * ' ? > v Those people who have conscientiously been opposed to Congressman Byrnes on account of his alleged attitude toward the selective draft act will be quite surprised when they tiear him speak. At the Baldock picnic Thursday Mr. Byrnes told of ais connection with this bill, and not inly did he convince his hearers of lis absolute loyalty, but he also convinced them that he had been the victim of misrepresentation. Mr. Byrnes has never been opposed to ;he selective draft act that is now a aw. Numerous measures were in;roduced in congress looking to the aising of an army. These measures were threshed out in committee, and were finally consolidated into the act which became law. Many of the neasures before the committee were without merit; some were unjust md unfair and some were very im- c lerfect. We have not the record be- s 'ore us, but we believe we will be safe in saying that not a Democrat i n congress supported all of them. ( \lr. Byrnes's opposition to one of hese measures, which, by the way, j lever came to a vote in the house, = las brought forth all kinds of silly charges of disloyalty to the adminis:ration. Mr. Byrnes candidly admits ;hat he did at first favor a volunteer ( system while putting the draft into 1 ?ffect. With the light before con- t jress at that time, he was not un- i justified in doing so. The proposi ;ion at that time was to raise an 1 irmy of a half million. Mr. Byrnes lelieved that a half million could be aised through volunteer recruiting, lut, in case "the volunteer plan failed, le was in favor of the draft system. ?Vhen the administration settled upon t :he draft act, as finally perfected, Mr. j Byrnes, of course, voted and worked \ 'or it, as did all other loyal Demo- i Tats. Is there anything disloyal in 2 ;hat? While, of course, everybody 1 low agrees that the selective draft ict is the fairest method of raising in army, it is also true that for the , v ac purpose of raising an army of 500,000, the volunteer system would have been entirely adequate. In support of this assertion, it may be cited ! that in figures made public by the ! committee on public information last December it was stated that approximately 1,400,000 men of the army and navy forces, which at that time numbered something over 2,000,000, had voluntarily enlisted. The forces of the navy at that time numbered about 270,000, leaving over 1,100,000 volunteers in the army. Mr. Croft stated in his speech at Baldock Thursday that none would have volunteered for service overseas. The figures do not bear out Mr. Croft's assertion. ^ ? The New Law. No. 511. An Act to require all mercantile and industrial establishments other than corporations, having a place n# Kncinneo in fVlic Qtato f n Hi?. KJI UUOIU^OO 1X1 VUiU UVWV.V, wv close the names and addresses of tl^e proprietors thereof, and to provide a penalty for failure to do so: Sec. 1. Names of owners of mercantile and industrial establishments to be filed with Clerk of Court and exhibited at place of business. Be it enacted by the General Assembly j of the State of South Carolina, That from and after the passage of this Act all mercantile and industrial establishments, other than lawfully chartered incorporations, having a place or places of business in this State shall file with the Clerk of Court of the -county in which the principal place of business of each mercantile or industrial establishment is located, the name or names of the owner or owners, proprietor or proprietors thereof, in case of copartnership, the name of each and every partner having any interest therein, and -shall exhibit on a sign over or along side the entrant of each Dlace of bus iness of each mercantile or in-1 dustrial establishment the name or j names of the owner or owners, proprietor or proprietors thereof, including the name of each partner of a copartnership; such name or names to be printed in Roman letters of such size as to be read easily, ment the name or names of the owner or owners, proprietor or proprietors thereof, including the name of each partner of a copartnership; such name or names to be printed in Roman letters of such size as to be read easily. 2. Retiring owner or partner to be liable for debts unless sign changed and notice filed. In case there be any change in the owner or owners, proprietor or proprietors of any such mercantile or industrial establishment, any person retiring from such ownership or partnership shall file in the office of the Clerk of Court of the county in which the principal place of business of such mercantile cr industrial establishment is located a notice of such change, and shall have the sign or signs herein provided for changed, and until both such notice made on such sign, such person shall be liable for all rtebts and contracts of such mer rnntile or industrial establishment according to the interest he or she formerly had therein. 3. Record of Statements?Clerk's. Pee?The Clerk of Court shall keep all such statements of ownership or aroprietorship on file and shall record :he same in a book to be provided for that purpose, and shall keep >uch book indexed. He shall receive :or a fee for filing any such state- I nent or- notice of change the sum of Dne Dollar. ? 4. Violation a misdemeanor? Penalty?Any person violating any >f the provisions of this Act shall be juilty of a misdemeanor, and shall )e fined ten dollars or be imprisoned for five days foi? each day such merjantile establishment shall do busiless. In a case of a fine being paid >ne-half of the amount paid to the )erson swearing out the warrant. In ;ase of a copartnership each partner Jiall be severally liable. 5. When Act effective?That this ^ct shall take effect on the first day )f July, 1918. Approved the 9th day of March, D. 1918. EXECUTOR'S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the unierscigned executor of the estate of leorge W. Beard, deceased, will, on August 22, 1918, offer for sale to the lighest bidder at the residence of he late George W. Beard, the folowing personal property of the said estate: 1 buggy, 1 wagon, cane mill, cettle, etc. Terms of sale, cash. G. W. BEARD, Executor. July 23?4t. CARD OF THANKS. We, the undersigned, wish to take his method of expressing our heartrelt appreciation for) the kindness md sympathy extended to us bartends and relatives in our late beeavement, and especially those who issisted as pallbearers and those 'endering automobile service in the >urial of our brother, Geo. E. Crouch, fours very sympathetically, MRS. R. S. SIMMONS, JAS. R. CROUCH. | I Awing to the 1/ in the price connected wit! business we ar increase the sut of THE HEf^ i $2.00 PI I The new subi I will be effectiv I 1918, and unti I will accept ne I subscriptions Irate of $150 PF We will give o the privilege of renev in advance at the prt I year, provided the sa: i octob | On and after that da I both new and renews I $2.00 nftr* vear in adv peBambei ICE! H great advance 1 ui cvciy uuiig | h the printing I e compelled to I ascription price I iLD to I ^ vr n I JUEM .cription price I e October 1st, I 1 that date we I w or renewal I it the present I iRYEAR ur subscribers I ring for two (2) years I jsent price of $1.50 I me is in our hand by I ER 1st j ite all subscriptions, I Js, will positively be I ; ance. I ? rg Herald I 9 ' . v-i- . -J&im