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?jePamtiergiteraltJ ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published Weekly at Bamberg^S. C. Entered as second-class matter April 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. $2.00 PER YEAR. ^ Volume 28. No. 18. Thursday, May 1, 1919. BAKWVKLL SKCI HKS LO W. Barnwell county, through County Treasurer J. B. Armstrong, has just secured a loan for $45,000. to be used for current expenses during the year 1919. Bids were asked from the various banks of the county to make the lowest rate of interest on the loan and the sealed bids were opened up .Monday, and it was found that the Home Bank had made the lowest rate 011 the money, that rate being less than 3^per cent, per annum and the county and Mr. Armstrong are to be congratulated on getting such a low rate of interest for the taxpayers.?Barnwell Sentinel. We understood from a statement of the ^Barnwell county treasurer, published a few weeks ago in the Barnwell papers, that Barnwell was practically out of debt. The statex ment was made that the county owed only a matter of some $1,600. It will, therefore, doubtless be a matter of information to the people of that county to learn that a loan of $45,000 has been secured. What does . Barnwell want with the money? Governor Cooper has issued a proclamation calling on the people of South Carolina to support the victory * mi? ie> ^ nn* nn R?m loan. 111C cauii/ai&u AO uv t. ? berg county has responded to the various calls for war purposes with a liberality that has made the county famous not only in this State but in other States. This is thl final drive for liberty bonds, and is perhaps the last time Bamberg will ever be called upon to subscribe to loans to the government. The last loan should be taken in appreciation of the great victory that has been won. Only on two occasions did Bamberg)fail to meet its quota for war funds, and on those occasions there was no organized effort to raise the quotas. The present loan is decidedly the most attractive that has yet been offered by the government; the bonds bear 4 3-4 per cent, interest, and mature in four years, with the government retaining the option of retiring the bonds in 1 three years. We note from the Orangeburg Times and Democrat that steps are to be taken to secure the federal road . aid in Orangeburg county. This will be good news to the people of Bamr vv berg. As has already been stated in The Herald, the contract has been awarded for the building of Bamberg z county's link of the Columbia-Savannah highway, from Edisto river to Salkehatchie river. If the plans of Orangeburg county mature, Orangeburg will take up the highway at the Edisto river and carry it to ? the county line between Orangeburg and Calhoun. It is understood that plans are being made in Allendale county for that county to take up its link of the road at the Salkehatchie river. . If these three links of the highway are built, the road will be very nearly completed. We do not know if Calhoun has arranged to build its link, but no doubt such arrangements will be made, if not al ready under way. The opportunity to secure dollar-for-dollar in highway construction is certainly too gobd to pass up, and any county that does not secure such road aid is not on the job. There is also a fund which can be drawn upon, on the same terms, for bridge construction, and it is to be hoped that a permanent bridge will be built over the Edisto. Real Literature. j He was very black, and in his khaki he looked like coffee and chocolate ice-cream. After eating a hearty meal in the American Red Cross canteen at ? he sat down with a hook, near the counter. The kind-hearted directress looked once or twice in his direction, and was surprised to see big tears rolling down his.cheeks. "Why, now, this will never do!" she said kindly. "Is there anything I can do to help you?" / TJ A A?rr 1 1-1 - - .-J "c uug iiib iviiucnies xxi 10 uis e>es and replied: "I sholy am ashamed to make a haby outen myself, ma'am. This yer book done made me so homesick!" She picked up the book he had been reading. It was the canteencook-book, and it was open at the section of how to fry chicken.?Saturday Evening Post. New line uf novels at The Herald Book Store. 1918 and 1919 copyrights at 75c per volume. Books exchanged, when in good condition, for 15c difference. THOSE |j r Eighty-five thousand German heir federal district committees in the Vic ing the best selling records and school on the Treasury steps in Wellington, director of "War Loan Organization (; allotment from the War Department ft "?ach one of the helmets. These helmets were a special sup] - ve by freight. HUN HEADPIECES. German Helmets to Be Awarded to Banks. The victory loan committee announces that a German helmet will be awarded to each bank in the counj ty which sells its quota of victory ! bonds. These helmets are now being exhibited in the various towns of the county. There is a bit of very interesting RESUMES SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK Mr. M. W. Brabham Connected With Sunday School Magazines. The following announcement is made in the May issue of the Sunday School Magazine, published at Nashville, Tenn.: "It gives the superintendent of this j department (young people and j adults) pleasure to announce that, beginning with the first of Marcn, Mr. M. W. Brabham, formerly of North Carolina, has become associate superintendent of the department. Mr. Brabham is well known to the headquarters staff and to the Sunday school work of the South. For several years he was field secretary of the two North Carolina conferences and i iimionollu cnoooccfnl in WDQlAV w as un uouanj ouw^ociua au ? ? Bible class work and in dealing with college groups of young people. He also did excellent work in the field of teacher-training. From North Carolina Mr. Brabham went to the Virginia conference as field secretary but soon after our country entered the war he volunteered for Army Y. M. C. A. work, and he remained in that field until the' close of the war. His last work with the Y. M. C. A. had to do with college groups. Mr. Brabham is a thoroughly equipped Sunday school worker and also knows how to deal with men. He will specialize in the young people's department and will give most of his time and attention to work in the field. We congratulate the church at large on this acquisition to our field force. The superintendent of this department feels great pleasure in being associated in the work with such a choice spirit as Mr. Brabham, who is attracted to us by his love of the Sunday school." The Adult Student, published by the same publishers, at Nashville, has the following announcement in the May issue: "It gives the superintendent ot young people's and adult work great pleasure to present to^our Bible classes an associate superintendent. Mr. M. W. Brabham, who entered upon the duties of this office on the first day of March, is no tyro in Sunday school field work. For five years Mr. Brabham was Sunday school field secretary of the North Carolina confa-ra-nno. and whilp still hnlriine that position was elected field secretary of the Virginia conference. When our country entered the war Mr. Brabham went into the Army Y. M. C. A., where he remained until called to his present position. Mr. Brabham has been quite successful with young people and will give special attention to that end of the work of the young people's and adult department. He will spend much time in the field. Having known Mr. Brabham for years, it gives me much pleasure to ! have him for an associate in this important field." Cost to Be Paid. "Aren't you glad to to see these j -1- - . ?. ? 0>> 100(1 Suipyeis iiivesLisaucu : "I dunno," answered the ultimate 1 consumer. "It always worries me a j little to see anything done that adds j to the expenses of conducting their business."?Washington Star. Pictorial Review magazine at The 1 Herald Book Store. \ ' TRIUMPHAL GERMAN HI I net?, captured by allied troops in Cobl tory Liberty Loan campaign. They will children writing the best essays on the 1< are shown Frank R. Wilson, director of right). Wilson created a panic in the he )r ?1. It cost the German government m \ My held in reserve for a triumphal entrj history connected with the helmets. They were made by the Germans especially for their triumphal entry into Paris but General Pershing's army [ forced them to change, their plans ! somewhat. It is said that the Americans captured about 85,000 of these helmets stored near the front I lines so as to be handy for "the day." They were shipped to America and the war department sold the whole outfit to the treasury department for $1.00, so that they could be used as jBlack ville News Items. Blackville, April 26.?Mrs. Harry I Rich and Miss Rosa Rich are spend-j: ing this week in Atlanta attending grand opera. i Miss Ray Sanders, of Winthrop 1 college, Rock Hill, spent the Easter ' i holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Sanders. ? 1 Sam Buist, of Charleston college, was home for the Easter holidays. Lonnie. Creech and friend, Ragoner,1 Johnston, of Charleston college, were 1 home for the Easter holidays. Little Miss Erma Bond, of Colum-!( bia, spent the week-end with Mr. | and Mrs. C. K. Sanders. ' |, Mr. J. R. Strobel, of Washington, j D. C., is visiting his sister, Mrs. W. j, W. Molony. - i. Mr. and Mrs. Green Mathis and' i children, of Ocala, Fla., are visiting i Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Mathis. Mrs. A. D. Hammond and children ;j * have returned from a visit to Dar- j< lington. ii Mr. W. W. Moloney spent several h days in Richmond, Va., on a business; trip. ] Mr. A. R. Debott, of Geneiva, N. j Y., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. j Ninestine. i Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Weissinger and children spent Thursday in Allendale. Miss Lethia Grooves, of Columbia, is the guest of Mrs. F. F. Grooves. Little Catherine Matthews gave an j Easter egg hunt Saturday afternoon at the Oak Grove for quite a number of her little friends. Miss Dorothy Ninestine gave a very enjoyable party to the younger set Friday evening. Punch and cake were served. Those present were Misses Lovis Nevils, Louise Duncan, Rebecca Blatt, Vera Creech, Florrie j ] Storne. Sadie De Witt. Fva Blume ! 1 and Mrs. William Duncan; Messrs. < Sam Buist, Lonnie Creech, Ragoner Johnston, Sol Brown, Belton Fann- : ing, Sim Buist Rush, Jasper Johns, James Nevils. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Boylston have , i as their guests Mr. and Mrs. J. E.! Adams and little girl of Batesburg, j1 and Mrs. W. E. Baxley, of Williston. j 1 ^ ? ? 9m * i Rather Damp Job. . While in London on a holiday a! s visitor went to have a look at the j Thames. There was a steam shovel j c at work out in the river and he was : standing watching it. Suddenly he i felt a tap on his shoulder and turn-j ed around to find a son of Erin ' ( standing there. j < "Say," said he, "isn't London a'' wonderful place? By gorry, now t just look at thing goin' down there; I now, look at it, isn't it wonderful? i e But say, old man, I wouldn't want j to he the cove at the bottom filling j that thing up, would ye?"?Topeka \ State Journal. | t ELMETS enz, are to be awarded as prizes bj be given to Victory note salesmen mat mn. In the picture shown above, taker publicity (left), aiul Lewis B. Franklin lmet market by buying the entire S5,(HF ore than that amount to manufacture 7 into Paris. - Eventually they arrived prices and awards in the victory loan campaign. The committee hopes that every bank in the county will become a proud possessor of one of these helmets. It will be a trophy to which the officials and customers of the hanir mnv nm'nt with nride for aen erations to come. Have you bought victory bonds to the limit? Two of the helmets are on display in The Herald Book Store window. What "Dutch ffophet" Says. \ Easter Sunday will be fair and mild. The present low temperature will pass away and nice weather will succeed it within a few days. No danger from frost may be apprehended in the meantime. It was Easter Sunday in 184 9 that the phenomenal snowstorm occurred 70 years ago as. referred to by the Anderson correspondent of The State today (Thursday.) Besides the account of the snowstorm which the correspondent quotes from the fly leaf of an old notebook, the Anderson Intellizencer of that week con tains an account of the phenomenon, tn this section the snow fall began just as the people were leaving the churches at the close of the services, is the account of it was related to ^he Dutch Prophet by an eyewitness uany years ago. The trees were in full leaf, wheat in the "boot" stage of its growth and 3ther grain crops in the same flourshing condition. Corn was well advanced also. The wheat crop was killed, making it a total failure, and :he entire corn crcp had to be replanted. As corn was always planted n that period on March 10, it worked i great hardship on the farmers. As indicated already in these forecasts such a disaster is not probable :his year, but unfavorable precipita;ion will continue to be excessive as ilready appears in the western cot:on belt. Of course a big crop of cotion cannot be produced in a wet year. ine uutch Prophet's advice to the 'armers is to plant corn and other ?ood crops in abundance. Drought Broken. Two Jews were on a journey on a hot summer day. "Have you anything with you Matthias?" asked Dne. "Yes, a bottle of wine. What have rou, Moses?" "Dried tongue." "Good. We'll divide our provisons." Matthias produced his wine and it vas divided. Then he asked his fel uw traveler 10 Dring out his provisons. "I?" said Moses. "Why, yes, the dry tongue you said you had." "I haven't got one now," was the :ool reply.?Boston Transcript. Dangerous Beast. The teacher had been telling her dass about the rhinoceros family. 'Now, name some things," she said, 'that are very dangerous to get near o, and that have horns." "Automobiles!" promptly answerer Johnny.?Harper's Magazine. Place your order for any magazine vith The Herald Book Store. It will >e reserved for you. I T German Kaiser Must Answer. Paris, April 19.?The res^onsibili-' ty of the German emperor for tlie war and the means of bringing him to trial by one of the allied governments, probably Belgium, have been definitely determined upon by the council of four. This follows the definite decision on the terms of reparations for war damages, whereby $.",000,000,000 must be paid within the next two years, and an inter-allied commission assess the remaining damage for a period of thirty years, beginning May 1, 1921. ^ IO? mm Largest English University. At Beaune, 17.") miles souther.s' cParis, is the seat of the new American Army university, which is perhaps the most outstanding of th'3 educational work carried on by the American Expeditionary Forces. Housed in what was formerly an American hospital are 15,000 soldier students and a force of 500 teachers. The curriculum is notable for its agricultural college with a 600-acre farm. Week-Day Credentials Wanted. The applicant for the job of officeboy presented his credentials in a manner that bespoke his entire confidence that the position would be his. The sour-looking old gentleman at the head of the establishment read the paper carefully and then surveyed the boy searchingly. "It is certainly a very nice thing for you to have these recommendations from the minister of your church and your Sunday school teacher," said he "and I must admit that you look honest. All the same, I'd like to have a few words from some one that knows you on week days."?Harpers. Conservation. "I wish had a baby brother to wheel in my gocart, mama," said little Elise. "My dolls are always getting broke when it tips over."?Chicago Daily News. * NEW EXCHANGE 1 EFFECTIVE II A new schedule of teleph effective in Bamberg May ! ting Board of the United I phone Administration, act Postmaster General of th As you know, all of the company are in the posses operated bv4he United St; direction of the Postmasl States. The new rates are necesj al revenue mav be secured the increased operating es < make greater telephone re the new conditions and the by the war and are entire! United States Telegraph a tion or of the Telephone ( More than two years ago the telephone system woul less the rates could be adj ing costs of all elements, ei of service. A similar rat been unavoidable under pj rate schedule is practicall; sought in 1918 if the gove: session of our property. As stated by the Postma; the telephone system do n< rate changes. Practically ; ing expenses which requi: are due to increased wage able them to meet the ne^ present day. It is neither practical)! wages, and so far as wage: that portion of the increase permanent. The new rate schedule i the percentage of increased duce is much lower than t services and commodities o Complete detailed inforn may be obtained at the man ing every effort to change your courteous considerate nmv for vour service is for May 1. SOUTHERN BELL T1 AND TELEGRAPH ( 4 (iood Night. "I heard the romantic young man you were interested in departed from his lady's ppresence inspired like a true knight." "How was that?" "Well, her father was booted ana ; he was spurred."?Boston American. At this time, after the United AC States has been for eighteen months engaged in a world war which has lasted almost five years, how many of our citizens know how a battle is fought? Captain Van C. Walton, United States regular army, will deliver a lecture entitled, "How a Modern Battle is Fought," at Carlisle school chapel, Friday evening, May 9, at 8:30, for the benefit of the Carlisle School Rifle Club. Admission/ 2.">c. Tickets will be on sale Thurs/ : - - - (lay. May 1.?adv. . vLET THE Aiken Gift Shop Aiken, S. C., (lo your , KODAK WORK | A 15e*t Materials and Workmanship.-" - , , MAIL US YOUR ORDERS. Rul>-My-Tism is a great pain killer f It relieves pain and soreness caused by Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains, etc.?Adv. v J- - A* CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina.? County of Bamberg. By J. J. Brabham, Jr., probate: judge. (<Whereas, E. D. Dannelly hath made suit to me to grant'him letters of administration of the estate and ^~4-/>. ^? I-Jr*YV* "Dr?0 hVlO m H OPOil'sPH U1 1XCLL11 UiUUUUiU) UVVVMK/VW; These are therefore to cite and ad- . monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Ham Brabham, deceased, that they be and ^ . appear before me, in the court of . i probate, to be held at Bamberg on the 14th day of May, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in i the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administra- V ' tion should not be granted. J Given under mv hand this ! 29th day of April, Anno Domini, 1919. m J. J. BRABHAM, JR., v Judge of Probate. ???????????????tt?I TELEPHONE RATES JAY 1,1919 * / tone exchange rates became 1 by direction of the OperaStates Telegraph and Teleing under the^ order of the e United States. .J9 lines and property of this sion, control and are being ates Government under the fcer General of the United sary in order that additionby the government to meet :penses. The causes which venue neeessarv are due to ?/ new price levels introduced v bevond the control vof the * * . / v md Telephone Administra- , * Company. , vf| ' -:A the Company foresaw that d be operated at a loss un- . usted to meet the increasltering into the production ;e adjustment would have rivate control and the new y the same we would have rnment had not taken pos ster General, the owners of at benefit in any way from' all of the increased operatve this additional revenue !S paid to employes to env conditions of life in the e nor desirable to reduce 3 are concerned we believe :d operating expenses to be s fair and reasonable and . revenue which it will pro- x he increased cost of other if a similar character. lation about the new rates Lager's office. Wearemakour records promptly and )n will be appreciated. The 5 shown on your statement iLEPHONE COMPANY* ' . 9 .. V- t . .".j i - A