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7r- ' fsSk \ *c ^ , ? -V. $2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 15,1920. Established in 1891 || ? ?? . CANDIDATES HERE LAST WEDNESDAY \ . . ASPIRANTS FOR STATE OFFICES ADDRESS BAMBERG VOTERS. Small Crowd Present. On? Hundred and Thirty-Eight In Audience When Speaking Began.?No Demonstrations. V The various candidates for state offices visited Bamberg Wednesday of last week, and presented their claims to the voters of Bamberg county. A small crowd was present at the meet ing, there being by actual count 138 persons in the audience- when the meeting began. Many of these left during the speaking, and there were about 40 persons present when* the last candidate spoke. A very attentive hearing was given each of the speakers?which is always characteristic of Bamberg political meetings. There was no demonstration for any candidate. The meeting was presided over by County Chairman J. F. Carter, who called the meeting to order at eleven o'clock..- Prayer was offered by the Rev. George P. White, of the Baptist churchv Adjutant General. The candidates for adjutant general were the first to speak, Col. Atticus H. Marchant, of Orangeburg being . first introduced. Col." Marchant is a r ' graduate of the Citadel of the class of 1896, with the rank of cadet adju tant, and was valedictorian of his class. He assisted in organizing a company to go to the Spanish-American war which was mustered in near the end of hostilities. He resigned as first lieutenant of his company and went to Georgia as commandant of the Georgia Military academy, succeeding a West Point graduate, and served five years there. He afterward served as commandant at another Georgia school for three years, giving up that p -ion to go into business in Orangeburg. - Col. Marchant served during the world war as captain of infantry, which office was won in an officers' training camp, and he \ saw service in France as a member of the Wild Cat division. He believes that there should be ^ national guard company in every county in the state, and he asks for the office that he may devote his energy to helping to perfect the organization of a strong national guard in South Tarclina. The present incumbent, Adjutant General W. W. Moore, of Barnwell, * was the next speaker. General Moore , spoke of the work he has been doing in reorganizing the national guard of 'the state. To reorganize the guard has been an arduous task, as the peoV . pie are tired of military duties following the great war. Referring to the glorious accomplishments of the SoutU Carolina troops in the late war he paid a glowing tribute to the stand } taken and the efficiency of the men who went into the service. He did all he could as adjutant general to hring about these results. He hopes to be reelected so that he may effect the reorganization of the national guard in the state. Lieutenant Governor. ^Octavus Cohen, of Charleston, was the next speaker, being a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor. Mr. Cohen jocularly twitted his opponents upon their autobiographies. He thought1 they should let others say these things. He censured Mr. Mauldin for trying to array the sections of the state against each other. He is from Charleston, and is proud that he hales from the low country. He had no war record, but he did his duty as he saw it. No man deserves any special credit for doing his duty, and those candidates who went to the war deserve no more credit than the other' four million boys who were there, nor the millions of women who ^knitted day and night to keep the boys warm. Mr. Cohen made a thoughtful address and promised that if elected he will be found at his post of duty continuously while the senate is in session, and would do noth ing to trail the robe of office in the dust. Oscar K. Mauldin, of Greenville, was next introduced. In a good natured way he referred to Mr. Harvey's acrostic and the things for which he stands, getting some laughs at his opponent's expense. Mr. Mauldin favors good roads, and referred to what Greenville is doing along this line. He i ' favors enforcement of all law, and L has for his slogan a school for every I child in the state and every child in A school. He was horn in Greenville Got Away With a Big "A." Comes this story from Columbia of the theft of a barrel of alcohol at the Baptist hospital there under peculiar circumstances: An unknown man, according to a story told Views and Interviews Wednesday by a Columbia traveling man, had knowledge and there was at the hospital two barrels containing grain, alcohol. The hospital was using the contents of one barrel for hospital purposes, the ^empty one was stationed a short distance away and near that which was full and ready ^or use. Came one day recently to the hospital a man unknown to any of the officials who said that he understood the hospital had an empty "Big A" barrel, and that he wanted to buy it. He was assured that such was a fact and his offer of purchase was satisfactory. Then he wanted to see the barrel. He shook it and then he asked the official who conducted him to the cellar if he might not fill the barrel with water lest it fall to pieces before he was ready to move it. He was told that he could and his offer to pay for the water to fill it was declined. Days passed. The man, came back and told another official that he had purchased an empty barrel some time | before and that he was ready to car- j ry off his >purchase. The barrel, he explained, he had filled with water, j He was told to go ahead and move it. He moved a barrel, but it was not the one fcwhich contained water, j Now the hospital, according to the Columbia man, is minus a barrel of grain alcohol worth $10 a pint, according to blind tiger prices, and is looking for a^ man, e'ven a good description of whom they have not.? Views and Interviews in Yorkville Enquirer. Waterman's Fountain Pen Ink in all the different size bottles ac Herald Book Store. Best ink made. county and has been almost every- j thing his distinguished Charleston friend had beeii. ' He was a volunteer in the Spanish-American war-; had served in the legislature, resigning to enter a training -camp, from which he graduated with the rank of cap? tain. He served in France throughout America's participation in the war, bearing on his person the scars of battle, of which he is proud. He aspires to the office of lieutenant governor with a desire to bring the office back its dignity, which he thinks has in a measure been lost. Wilson G. Harvey/of Charleston, was the last speaker for lieutenant governor. He covets the honor of holding this office, believing that he can be of service to the state. He would be a candidate for governor but for the fact that he cannot be away from his business the entire year. He briefly recounted Some of his services in official capacity as president of the State Bankers association, Charles-j ton Bankers association, on good roads committees, and in other public capacities. During the war he did1 all he could to further his country's interests. He believes in harmony, better educational advantages, better roads, enforcement of law, and equality in salary for services. He suggested that the voters scratch the two lawyers and vote for the business man. - j Railroad Commissioner. D. L. Smith, of Walterboro, spoke ! first for the office of railroad commissioner to succeed Frank W. Shealy. He is the only candidate from the 1 ?? *"? ? +T->? o+otft nAmmio. 1UWCI ya.1 L KJL llic Ol.atCt bU^ V/Umuit0sioners are from Spartanburg, York, and Lexington, and because of the fact that this section furnishes a large part of the timber, truck, watermelon, cantaloupe, etc., shipments, he thinks one of the commissioners should be from the lower section. ' Frank W. Shealy was the next speaker. Mr. Shealy was elected to this office six years ago, and since then was married to a Bamberg county woman, and this is just about his home county. He told of his service for the past six years as railroad commissioner, how he had protected the interests of the people; that he.had tried to be fair and impartial in all matters that come before the commission. R. L. Moss, of Richland county, next presented his claims upon the office. He is the logical candidate for the reason that he knows the railroad business, having followed it all his life. He began as waterboy and served in many positions up tc conductor. D. M. MCUasKlll was trie last syea.*er. He is from Camden, and like Mr. Shealv came to Bamberg county for a wife. He was born on a farm, attended Clemson college three years, and then graduated from a North Carolina college. He feels that he is well qualified to serve the people in this position. AMERICANS AS MONEY SPENDERS HAVE WASTED OVER $8,500,000 SIXCE THE ARMISTICE. Much Extravagance. The Most Wilful in the World's History Has Been Practiced?Financiers Reading Signs. A few years ago the people of the United States were called upon to exercise thrift in all things and the people saved as never before. The parkways in the front of their residences were made to grow vegetables, and the scraps of meat and crumbs 01 bread were saved with religious care. The' people saved their money and with it assisted the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. People were purchasing Biberty Bonds, war savjngs and thrift stamps. As those anxious months wore away the people were ready to do anything or. to do without the necessities of life if need be, that the cause of liberty and justice should prevail. Then came the signing of the armistice and Germany declared that she was beaten, and then the pendu| lum stopped and. began to swing j backward and the people of this I country began the ogre of feverishj ly spending. The rise in commodities caused the rise in the price of labor, and labor did not rest until it was receiving from three to four times its usual wages. Then ^the laborer took advantage of the full pocketbook and began to purchase the luxuries which he had only dreamecf of in other days, and today we are in the "wildest era of extravagance that the world has ever known. The customs collections for the port of New York during the month of March broke all records. They reached the astounding figure of $22,281,878, exceeding by $300,000 the best month hitherto known, in 1910. Surprisingly large quantities of fancy laces, silks, jewelry and rare articles of chinaware, as well as. precious stones have been brought to this country. As to the last a careful check kept by the New York customs officials indicates that this country owns more than two-thirds of the precious I stones in the world. This, too, despite | the fact that diamonds are 600 per cent, above pre-war values. Dealers in diamonds say that' they have a market among the laboring classes and the Middle West farmers never dreamed of before by the wildest imaginations. The purchase of precious stones is a very small part of the extravagances indulged in by our people today. The American people are consuming candy at the rate of $80,000,000 a year. We spent nearly $15,000,000 for sporting goods. We bought nearly $42,000,000 worth of chewing gum. We spent for jewelry $275,000,000. Our bill for perfumes was $175,000,000, and we purchased $1,393,000,000 worth of motor cars. October, 1919, saw the pea*k of oui squandering mania. Since then the figures are not available, but there are signs that the people are beginning to ston and think?to ask them ~ ?- ti? it. selves it tney are reaiiy getuug men money's worth, and whether they can afford the things which they have been buying so recklessly. The Federal Reserve report for November, 1919, states: "Never has there been so much spending, such a demand for expensive articles and such an utter disregard for prices." They also claim that the average person is quite content to pay from five to ten times the former price for jewelry, furs, furniture and clothing. Furniture installment houses report that despite the increase of 100 per cent, in sales prices, the hulk of their customers are laborers who either spend cash or take their discounts or buy on short time credit. And the more expensive the furniture is the more quickly it sells. The same is true of furs. So great has been the demand for this luxury, that skins heretofore never thought of for apparel, are heing sought after. The jack rabbit and other skins and even the house cat have been used for this industry. In October, 1919, food was estimated to cost an advance of 211 per cent, of its price in 1913, and it cost more than 10 per cent, more than in the preceding year. The laborer is beginning to realize that the fat pay envelope is not keeping pace with the prices of what he has to buy. He is learning that the more he is paid the less he gets, and Accommodating. At a certain church in an Alabama town it is the invariable custom of the pastor to kiss the bride after the ceremony. Now, one young woman who was about to be married in his church did not relish the prospect and instructed her prospective husband to advise the minister that she did not want him to kiss her. The bridegroom-elect obeyfed the instructions given. When the young man returned she asked: "Frank/ did you tell the clergyman that I did not want him'to kiss me?" "I did, Marie." "What did he say?" "Why, he said that in that case he would charge only half the usual fee." Pay your subscription today. mat it is tne wise wage earner who saves his money and curtails his expenditures, who will be better oh wnen prices get to normal again. Cheap toreign goods are oeginning to pour in from Europe. To many hafd-headed people 'this foretells a i calamitous condition. When the , bottom drops out of our export trade, s which it will most certainly do? i thpre will be a terribxe reaction. Not that there will be a panic for thpre need be no fear in a country whose dollar is the world's standard . 1 and where there are plenty of dollars, but the thing to do is to persuade the i i people that it is silly to waste these l dollars. < t ^The growrth of the importing busij ness has been most wonderful, and today the warehouses on the piers of New York ar? congested with foreign ' made good3. Many of the importers are intentionally storing their goods on the 'water front in bond, to be drawn out when the market is favorable. Confirming the reports of her sjvift recovery to pre-war conditions Belgium sent to New York in February goods worth $2,212,652,' as 'r against-$2,100 worth a year ago. j Importations from Germany jumped from $30.00 for the month of February a year ago, to $2,133,656 this yea^. Hungary is at the bottom of ' the list, with $38.00 worth of material, while Austria sent $68,728. | Italy's exports to ithis port were seven times what they were a year ago, JM,yis,it>u as against $1,134,063. In this seriously growing situation the statement of J. P. i < Bird, of the National Association of Manufacturers, is interesting: "The [ people are dissatisfied because they , feel that the rising cost of materials and labor is put upon the price of an article when it is sold to the con' sumer. Unless organized industry agrees that prices shall be reduced 25 per cent, by a specific date, manufacturers will rue the day, and this ?if not more radical steps?may be taken in some other way, without their consent." With this comes a warning from the secretary N of the treasury, David F. Houston,.^who says that our , future strength depends upon our i thrift. He also says, "The policy of , living from hand to mouth is, at best, > a precarious means of existence. Only that man who has erected a walljof . reserve resources is safe from the } forces of failure. Today a very great ( number of people in the United States, whose working days are over, must depend, upon charity because they , failed to create a reserve, because * tfiey failed properly to apportion their , dollars between tbe needs of the present and the contingencies of the future. "It is not what a man earns, but , what he saves that measures his success. A truly democratic nation is a nation of capitalists; a nation in . which laborer and mechanic, teacher i and merchant, has set aside some . part of his earnings to assure his . future independence; to aid in the erection of new industry, to assist in government enterprise. "Today, in America, while the thoughtless among our people are ^ spending with prodigal hand, the in /linimfo aro rmt+inc ncsirlp thpir J VA.V4.XVAVyiU.kJ U/i V j^/\A VWAUQ Mri^AVkv/ w surplus in sound investment. They are promoting their own prosperity and strengthening the general economic situation by purchasing Liberty Bonds and war savings securities. They are assisting private enterprise to the end of securing increased production. . "Upon the ability of the American people to think on broader terms than those of the gratification of present desires, and upon their determination to turn from habits of extravagance and waste to those of wise spending, regular saving and intelligent investment depends, in a measure, the future strength of ( America." i BAMBERG TEAM ' PENNANT WINNER TRI-COUXTY LEAGUE BANNER COMES TO HOME BOYS. Denmark's Defeat Decided. Outcome of Season's Sport Uncertain Up to Last Game, When Bamberg Brings in the Bacon. v.; { Standing of the Clubs. W. L. P. C. Bamberg 14 6 .700 Barnwell 13 6 .684 Blackville 7 12 " .368 Denmark 4, 14 .222 Bamberg closed the season here Friday afternoon very auspiciously by defeating Denmark 6 to 0. The result of this game brought the bacon home, Bamberg winning the pennant of the Tri-County league. The league started out with clubs in Allendale, 4 Barnwell, Williston, Blackville, Denmark an dBamberg but about two weeks ago, for reasons best known to themselves, Allendale and Williston dropped out, the other clubs finishing the season. The playing, taken as a whole, has been fast, much faster than generally found in a circuit of this kind. , Bamberg deserved the game Fri day, the home boys amassing 18 hits, many for extra bases Tn tho fir?* inning McMillan led off with a twobase hit, Turnipseed followed with a single and McMillan scored on a sacrifice fly to center by McGee Bamberg. Rentz, C., fouled out to catcher and L.. Rentz struck out. ' i In the second inning, Watson singled, Large singled but was caught at second. Schultz walked and Watson scored on sacrifice fly by Smith. In the sixth inning, Large, first man up, got a three-ba^e hit, Schultz a two-base hit, scoring Large. Smith singled and scored Schultz. McMillan flied out to pitcher, Turnipseed struck out. McGee Bamberg got a hit and Charlie Rentz struck out. Eighth inning: McMillan pulled up at second on a two-bagger. Turnipseed flied out. to center. McGee Bamberg gets his second hit of the game, scoring McMillan. Charlie Rentz singled, scoring Bamberg, and Leighton Rentz forced Charlie out at second, Watson ending the ihning by grounding out to first base. Leddy, who it was said, was sent here by Barnwell with the hope that h?/k)uld win the game for Denmark while Barnwell was trimming. Blackville, thereby winning the pennant, was hit hard. Every man on the Bamberg team got one or more hits and with a little better pinch hitting, would have at least doubled the score, as Bamberg had from one to three men left on bases in nearly every inning. ' A good crowd saw the game and the home boys, with Francis Bamberg, Brabham and Cooner missing from the line on acc'ount of injury and sickness, played hard, realizing that everything depended on the result of the game. Smith, who has been Bamberg's main stay in the box, pitched a good game, allowing seven hits, which were scattered, striking out eight and also getting two hits himself.. Score: R. H. E. Denmark .. ..000 000 000?0 7 0 Bamberg .. ..110 002 02*?6 18 2 Batteries: Leddy and Stewart; Smith and Turnipseed. The season just closed has been a success in every way. Large crowds have been on hand at every game and the teams had the hearty support of the fans at every game. J. B. Black, Jr., was the manager of the Bamberg club, and Charlie Rentz captain, both of these young men deserve the thanks of the city for their efforts in putting out a winning team. Every member cf the team played hard and deserve unstinted praise. f Bamberg Loses to Denmark. Denmark, July 8.?Denmark de' feated Bamberg today in one of the best games of the season by the seore of 4 to 3. Bruner for Denmark pitchi ed a fine game, striking out 11 men and also making beautiful plays in the diamond. Stewart and Ramsey also played good ball. Smith and Turnipseed for Bamberg played good ball, Smith striking out six men. Score: Denmark 100 002 012?4 Bamberg- 010 002 000?3 Batteries: Stewart and Bruner; Turnipseed and Smith. Read The Herald, $2.00 per year. THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. Governor Cox Three Times Successful in Ohio Race. v JamSs Middleton Cox, the Democratic nominee for president, was three times governor of Ohio?am honor enjoyed by only one other Ohioan, Rutherford B. Hayes. Bom on a farm, educated in the public schools, a printer's devil, a 'J school teacher, a newspaper reporter, a private secretary to a congressman, owner, manager and proprietor of two newspapers, member of congress for. three years and three times gov- ; r ernor of his state is his record to date. Business success paralleled his political achievements and through his own efforts Cox has amassed a fortune. Mr. Cox became leader of the Democratic party in Ohio in 1912 when he was nominated for governor. As one who had brought radical changes in the state constitution', he took the field in its behalf. His first term of governor was devoted chiefly to forwarding the enactment of laws to put the new state constitution into effect. But Ohio evidently was not ready to assimilate all the new laws for ' Cox was defeated for reelection. But his party renominated him in 1916 and he was reelected for a third term ~ in 1918, being the only Democrat to win in Ohio. - . Legislation for which Governor Cox is best known includes a model workmen's compensation law and a child labor law <which have been extensively copied by other states. Ed- 1|8 ueators of the country say the Ohio school code, enacted under Governor Cox's direction, will live as a monument to his achievements. . Mr. Cox was born in Butler county, ; Ohio, in 1870. He attended district school and held his first position as a teacher, of the school in which he took his first lessons. He spent evenings and holidays in a printing office. . In a few years he received his first assignment on the-reportorial staff of the Cincinnati Enquirer. , ^ After ten years with the Enquirer he went to Washington as a private secretary to Congressman Paul Sore, of Ohio. At the close of this service he purchased the Dayton Daily News, y borrowing most of the money to pay for it. / Later he purchased . the v Springfield Daily News. He was first v elected to congress in 1908. He recently purchased the fanp near Jacksonboro upon which he was born, and is making it into a modern farm home, where he expects to retire at the conclusion of his public ; career. He is married and has four children^ Governor Cox is a member ot the fiWB Episcopal church. According to newspaper accounts he is a staunch supporter of the eighteenth amendment to the constitution?the prohibition amendment, and also that he is an ardent believer in the Volstead enforcament law, although the idea is current that the govercor is liberal % in liis views on the liquor enforcement matter. This is probably due to the fact that those seeking a leniency in prohibition enforcement, after their failure to nominate Governor' Edwards, the liquor candidate, threw their support to Cox in the convention. Governor Cox's stand for rigid enforcement of the laws of the land is well known. , i Sunday School Progress. 1 ? ? Is the Sunday school making any progress? In answer to this question the following summary was given of the reports at the international Sunday school conventions since 1878: ) r North American Sunday school enrollment: No. of Total en Date " Schools rollment , 1875 69,272 6,950,869 1878 83,441 7,738,790 1881 /90,370 8,152,360 1884 103,516 9,146,328^ 1887 106,308 _ 9,650,648* 1890 115,954 *10,355,670 1893 .... 131,918 11,695,208 1896 142,089 13,033,175 1899 .148,139 13,469,-633 1902 152,930 14,101,289 1905 .... .... ..155,007 14,127,541 1908 16i;750 15,110,172 1911 173,459 16,617,350 1914 175,685 18,441,035 1918 "195,343 20,679,930 In 1908, it was reported that during the three previous years there had beer 90?,028 additions to the church from the Sunday school. At the convertiin In Buffalo in 19IS it was reprried :!:?t during the quadreniMa! there had been 1,582,5T?> adiiitU-na to the church from tne Sunday school Raed The Herald, $2.00 year.