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PRODUCES GREEN COTTON. Claim of Farmer Residing Near Dalton?Texture Fine. Dalton, Ga., Feb. 15.?C. F. O'Bryant, a farmer residing in the Pleasant Grove district of this county, elaims to have produced cotton the taple of which is a pronounced green, thus attaining the objective long ought by agriculturists and scientists. The staples of this "iridescent cotton" is a beautiful green color and fo very fine texture and fiber, resembling lambswool. Mr. O Bryant has experimented for years in his effort to produce a cotton plant bear ng a colored fiber and has annaouncea n:s intention 01 producing a full crop of his new staple the coming year. < hi ? GERMAN BANK ROBBERS. Bvrglars Said to Be Operating in Many Sections of Fatherland. Bank robbers have been operating ' im parts of Germany recently under the pretext that they were collecting money for the allies for damages aused by the German army during the war. In one instance, according to stories published in the German news- , papers, at Cologne, Germany, a man in tne uniiorm 01 a .oeig.an caputm and accompanied by five guards and ix Belgian soldiers, entered the bank of Probst and Company in Aachen & few days ago, saying he was seeking stolen money. The man showed papers purporting to have been stamped by the Belgian minister*. of justice, and insisted upon making a search of the bank's vault to "determine whether the institution held any oin stolen in Belgium in 1915." The man dismissed the entire forec of clerks and then directed the owner, Probst, to open the vaults. Afterward the man locked Probst in his private office and helped himself to about 370,000 marks and 75,000 Belgian irancs. Probst reported the affair to the authorities. The robber was arrested aad the money recovered. ^ ? m i a League of Nations Victory. Excelsior Springs, Mo., Feb. 14.? The elect-on of Capt.*J. L. Milligan, Democratic candidate and league of mations advocate, over John E. Frost, Republican and league opponent, as representative in congress for the Third district was conceded at 9:30 o'clock tonight by W. L. Coles, chairman of the Republican state committee. Captain Milligan's majority, Chairman Coles said, will be between 1,- ' T90 and 1,800. The election was to choose a successor in congress to Secretary of Commerce Joshua Alexander and the league of nations was the dominant issue of the campaign. . ? ? REPTILE'S SKELETON FOUND. Sage Fossil is Found in Chalk Beds of Kansas. \ The skeleton of a huge flying rep. ! tile, probably the largert flviDg creature that ever existed, which in its prehistoric day was as wide ranging n ocean traveler as a modern seaplane, lias been placed on exhibition a: the American Museum of Natural History, it was announced ir New York right recently. Study of the mechanics of the creature's flight, which is planned by scientists, may throw light on the practic.il problems of aeronauts, it is declared. The clumsy, toothless ai mal ?a pterandon?which flourished in the age of reptiles, many millions of years ago. had a wing spread of 16 feet from tip to tip, but be ause of its curious dimensions may not have been as heavy as a modern condor, which sometimes attains a IT.-loot apread. It was nearly all wings and bead, with a small body, slender hind legs, and a mere stump of a tail. The specimen was found by Handel T. Martin, curator of the Geologotal MuMseum of Kansas University, in the cretaceous chalk beds of the Smoky Hill river of western Kansas. It was believed to be the only mounted specimen of a pterondon in any American museum. Just Work. Lady?Do you want employment. Tramp?Lady, yer means well, but yer can't make work sound any more invitin' by usin' a word of three syllables.?Tit Bits. ^ Slander. Couiisel ? "Was the prisoner sober?" Witness?"No, sir; he was as drunk as a judge." The Judge?"You mean as drunk its a lord!" Witness?"Yes, my lord!"?London Tit-Bits. Of Course. "See the danc'ng snowflakes." "Practicing for the snowball, I suppose."?Boston Transcript. \ The biggest stock of ledgers, cash Rub-My-Tism is a great pain killer. ried by any store in this section of K relieves Pain ^ soreness caused by Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains, the' State. All bought before the recent advances in price. Our prices Cold* Cause Grip and influenza have not been advanced. The Herald i LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the _ , _ : cause. There is only one MBromo Quinine." Book Store. E. W. GROVE'S signature on boa. 30c. DON'T DELAY KT\ Get your painting and top work done while the weather is favorable, and you will smile when it rains. I am in position to do more i.' "U ?/*?. n /Mill /ill 1 /\Vl Ofl VI panning now, uring vuur ears in lor a quiui^ juu. \j<xjj. also furnish the "Famous Raincoat'' for Fords K. J. GILLAM Phone 158 31N. Middleton St. Orangeburg, S. C. lu/HICTI Cl ? VY 1 HO I L,Ujt ! WHISTLE ! f WHISTLE f | WHISTLE | 1 WHISTLE Z f WHISTLE f V WHISTLE Y i. WHISTLE 1 ^ WHISTLE X t WHISTLE 1 That Good Orange Drink ^ I BAMBERG BOTTLING CO. f | * BAMBERG, S. C. |The Benthall I I "The Peanut Picker of Proven Worth" I This Picker is the Favorite of Peanut Growers, be- H cause it is the Best Machine on the Market. It has H I larger capacity (3U0 to 6UU busneis per aayi, oper- n ates on, less power (six-horse power engine), and B has small upkeep. B Use a PICKER and Not a Threshing Machine I for by so doing you get top prices for your peanuts. I The BE NT HALL PICKER is equipped with a "Ray bestos" Friction Clutch Pulley, like an automobile, B which takes the jar and jerks away, prolonging the B life of the picker, besides being a great convenience. B We have received numbers of orders for these ma- B chines and you may not get yours unless you order B quickly, as this picker is in great demand. Hun- H dreds of orders were turned down last year. B Price of Machine Complete, $475 to $525, f. o. b. if *sm rw\ w I sun oik, va. b? We have made arrangements to handle 6 h. p. and 11 7 h. p. Kerosene and Gasoline Portable Eng- II ines at prices from $260 to $308.50. These || prices are very low. f We can supply you with Hand Peanut Shellers. ff LET US BOOK YOUR ORDER NOW. | THE COTTON OIL COMPANY DISTRIBUTORS, BAMBERG, S. C. g RT> T^TPT T T'KTPTT? r^^ie ^era^ Book Stor . r. .DCj.Li.Li.LniT.DIfc you ledgers> cash books, et< ATTORNEY-AT-LAW cheaper than elsewhere. General Practice in All Courts. was bought more than a y Office Work and Civil Business a w . 3. . ~ specialty. Money to Lead: Habitual Consttpatioo Offices in rear over Hoffman's Store, i RAMRFRr s r "LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is l. i preparedsyrupTonic-Laxative ^ . m . . .... . i Constipation. It relieves pi Grove s Tasteless chill Tonic j should be taken regularly for 1 restores vitality and energy by purifying and en- | to induce regular action It Sti riching the blood. You can soon feel its Strength- Regulates. Very Pleasant t( ening, Invigorating Effect. Price 60c. per bottle. 9 The above figures represent the Isurance written by me during uary in the good old New Eng Company. Of this amount, $1 during the last two weeks of Ja "OUR HATS ARE ( I The following is from a bulletin is general agent of the New England Lif dersc-n, S. C., to the agents in the Sta with the first rank among the agents ir "We are delighted to mak< the magnificent work of our g< at Bamberg DURING THE P1 total business submitted by hin for extra issues amounts to $21? by this good man deserves an i credit and praise. Our hats ai an evident fact that Copeland is trip to Boston in September in I THE "FLU" EPIDEIV It may be your turn next. Friend, i condition of YOUR family if you we: reward TODAY? Think this matter c This is advice you will very likely appr J. D. COPELAND, JR liHHHnEHBMHBnBHiaBHH tn* 'iMllr Lay a bet on | rolling 'em with ? ^Jltf! |>RINCE 1 AI rfrt 0 the national joy smoke ROLLING your own cigarettes with Pri > about as joy'us a sideline as you ever your grip I For, take it at any angle, you neve flavor, fragrance and coolness in a makin's life as every "P. A. home-made" will present I Prince Albert puts new smokenotions under y delightful rolled into a cigarette?and, so easy to roU to it like you been doing it since away back! You se and a cinch to handle! It stays put?and you don't start to hug the paper around the tobacco I You'll like Prince Albert in a jimmy pipe as much relied cigarette, too! Bite and parch are cut out by o process. You know P. A. is the tobacco that has led pipes where one was smoked before. Yes sir, Pri way.r And, me-o-my, what a wad of smokesport v every time you fill up I e can sell The famous Holman Bibles are on at prices saie jn Bamberg only at the Herald Our stock Book Store. A few family Bibles on ear ago. hand. CJ DELCG-LIGHT for Habitual complete Electric Light and roinptly but! Power Plant 4 to 21 days Faulkner Electric Service Co., Dealmulatesand erg ) Take. 60c ' j Bamberg, S. G. 5ggg Ml jEgyB&L Han HPB EH >' K3ji HI mm Hn 999 >j *551 total amount of in- I 9 the month of Jan- | 9 land Life Insurance | 9 .89,000 was written fj 9 nuary. | 9 )FF TO HIM" I isued by Horace J. Mc&ee, || e Insurance Company, An- | || te, in which I am credited j S l South Carolina: I I i special mention of f M >od friend Copeland ? ? liST MONTH. The g | i including requests n >,500.00. Such work fl lniimited amount of 1 B :e off to him! It is i going to 'cinch' his ; H short order." B 1IC IS HERE l if vhat will be the financial M re called on to go to your | it iver and see me AT ONCE. a H eciate one day. 8 fl ;^| I Bamberg, 1 fl South Carolina | B ^1^191 Tobacco Co. Awaiting JWf Bay'SO, you'It hnd toppy red bags, tidy re<9 tine, handsome pound an<9 , Jui/ pound tin humidors? and?that classy, practical pound crystal glass humidornee Albert is just that keeps Prince Albert St . * - . eoch perfect condition! earned around in c , 0 ,, T , K. J. Reynolds Tobacco T got such quality, Company . Wimton-Salem, N.C* cigarette in your LJ, ^ our bonnet! It's so I And, you just take >e, P. A. is crimp cut lose a lot when you |?|| as you do in a homethree men to smoke nee Albert blazed the /ill ripple your way