The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 03, 1907, Image 5

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FOR WINTER EVENINGS. ~ Identification a Good Game For Fic* tion Readers. A good game for a company of fiction readers is called identification. It Is easily arranged and never fails to "take" with intelligent people. When the amusement is about to begin the hostess distributes among her} guests large cards or strips of cardboard on which are the names of fifty AT-tro ciiaraciecs, uiaie auu icuiair, I from standard or popular novels, who must be identified. This is done by writing opposite the name of the character the title of the novel in which it figures. Each player may have a separate list, or one list may be given to each pair of partners who work together to complete it. In preparing a set of characters avoid selecting .those which fill title roles or who are too familiar to the reader. A good beginning for such a list would be: Babbie ("The Little Minister"). Dinah Morris ("Adam Bede"). , Nydia ("The Last Days of Pompeii"). Kate Hardcastle ("She Stoops to Conquer"). Adam Moss ("A Kentucky Cardinal"). Little Eve ("Uncle Tom's Cabin"). Blanche Amory ("Pendennis"). Rosamund Lydgate ("Middlemarch"). | Sir Lucius O'Trigger ("The Rivals"). Josephine March ("Little Women"). Sancho Panza ("Don Quixote"). Edward Fairfax Rochester ("Jane Eyre"). Miss Euphemia Dundas ("Thaddeus of Warsaw"). Noddy Boffin ("Our Mutual Friend"). Mrs. Malaprop ("The Rivals"). Lady Teazle ("The School For Scandal"). Quilp ("Old Curiosity Shop"). Eugene March banks ("Candida"). Lucy Dashwood ("Charles O'Malley"). Phineas Fletcher ("John Halifax"). A popular or standard novel would make a good choice in prizes, to be awarded for the longest list of correct answers. BEDS AND BEDMAKING. Many False Notions on This Important Subject Exploded. Many people used to have an impression that to sleep on a soft bed had a spice of wickedness in it and that the harder the mattress the greater the virtue of the sleeper. This arose in great part from the fact that feather beds were generally condemned as unhealthy, and the ignorant at once seized the idea that they were unhealthy because soft, whereas they are unhealthy because they do not permit of proper ventilation. More and more wc learn that the foundation' of health lies in an abundant supply of fresh air and that the root of many a disease is in the want of it. In health many of us spend a third of our time actually in bed and In sickness much more, so it is of the greatest importance that the bed and everything connected with It should be thoroughly ventilated. It yoes without savins that the bedroom must itself be airy and the fresh air have free access to it. From the point of view of health it Is a matter of indifference whether the bedstead he of wood or of iron, but the most comfortable and at the same time healthy are those fitted with chain spring mattresses. These mattresses may be bouerht separately and fitted to any bedstead. AIDS TO BEAUTY. Small white spots which often appear on the nails are caused from bruising. Thin arms should be washed twice a a day with a f.ne lather of soap, rinsed well. Ylried thoroughly and then rubbod vigorously. This treatment will brina the pores into action and induce j a healthy condition of the skin. It is nonsense to think that soap and ! water and a complexion brush will j ranso a stowth of hair on the face. | Superfluous hair is more*likely to grow j on a dust laden, oily skin. Soap, hot j water and a complexion brush used \ every night are necessary to get the j face clean. A good cream will counteract the drying effects of the soap. , First Aid Valise. Are you thinking of taking a num- < ber of youngsters on a vacation, or i are you off for a motor trip? ' If you are you need a first aid valise. J This is the latest production of those i purveyors who are always inventing something useful for the motorist. It! Is a small but very useful receptacle of remedies for bruises, cuts and other ills that may, alas, befall the traveler en automobile. Iltolls of lint, flasks of cooling and | healing lotions, scissors, a small bob j tie of brandy and other items of first! aid utility are contained in a little j leather box. the color of which musti be determined by the lining of the) car. Of course it may serve on any! sort of a jaunt. Peppermint Candy. I Sugar. one cup; flavoring:, one teaoonful; water, a quarter cup. Boil ter and sugar seven or eight minutes, e off the stove and add the pepper flavoring. Stir briskly with a spoon until quite thick. Then 'nto a well buttered pan and set ice to cool. Value of Tact. \ have more constant need of * the gift of tact than men. as a rule, essentially the day ngs, and a little of it serves " most of the heaviest lumRS i " ' \ jI , V . \ REST ROOM IN STORE Suggestion of Value to Merchants Who Want Country Trade. PLEASE THE FARMER'S WIFE. Provide Accommodation For Women and Children Who Spend a Day or an Afternoon In Town?Headquarters With Home Comforts. Some merchants wonder why so many of the women on the farms keep mail order catalogues constantly on hand and buy articles from the big city houses which they might purchase from the home stores to equal advantage. Did it ever occur to you that the town merchants who make any special provision for the comfort of farmers' wives and daughters who patronize the stores are scarcer than hens' teeth? A recent writer in Collier's has something to say which may offer a valuable suggestion in the matter of keeping and increasing home trade. Suppose you're a Kansas farmer's wife, says this writer. You have driven into town for street fair day in the wilting heat of the prairie summer, your husband, the three small children, Vionndor thA l>if YpI UU.II.IC5 IUC K/L4 KSJ J UUV4VO ? -0 ~ low umbrella strapped to the wagon seat. Shopping done, the wagon uuhitehed in a vacant lot. lunch oaten in its shade, the man goes back to the holiday street. The woman stays behind to mind the children. She might go to a store, to be sure, where sh^ would be in even* one's way. Well meaning folks would give the children candy until their little hands would stick to everything they touched, including their mother's skirts, and there would be nothing to do but go out into the street and walk, then return and wait and wait. So all that long afternoon she sits on the ground, holding the baby in the little patch of shade. The sun beats clown; clouds or dust | envelop them; the children's hands and | faces become grimy. Finally, at 01 o'clock, the man returns, hitches up. | They watch the balloon ascension and start home. Then what? Supper to get. milR to strain and put away, dishes to wash, chickens to shut up, calves to feed and the tired babies to bathe and soothe to sleep. The woman had looked forward to this outing as a much needed change. When" she finally gets t^ bed she is too tired to sleep. J Her holiday had been spent under a I wagon on a dirty vacant lot. The shade of the trees of her own yard would have been pleasanter. '"This," writes a woman from Car-1 bondale, Kan., "'is the condition in the i average town. There are numerous < places where the men are welcomed. I where tliej* can spend an hour without. a thought of being in the,way. Should | not these busy women have a place of j their own where, when their shopping j is done, they can take their babies and j visit and rest and go home refreshed I and strengthened rather than utterly ; worn out?" ' Collier's asks if this is a case for: some plutocrat with money to donate , for the establishment of a town club I for country women or should it be j looked after by the township or the J county? It appears that it should be) looked after by the individual store- j keepers. Here is a fine opportunity I niow.hanf' n-lin ' 1U1 rMJliiXT CUlUi)U10ia> iiiCivuuuv " wants to sell goods to tlie women who live on farms. Suppose you are a farmer's wife and you drive into town for a day's recrea-1 tion and shopping. Instead of having j to keep tlie children by the tied up ! team and eat a cold luncheon on the j grass or in the dusty street you take j the little ones to the enterprising store j of Blank Co., general merchants. In j the store building is a commodious room set aside for women and chil- j (Iron. There are cozy chairs, tables I with the newspapers and magazines in j easy reach, a couch or two for loung- i ing or napping and a motherly woman j on duty to look after the children. You find in this store a place where you may wash the dust of the drive from your face and do up your back hair and see that your hat is *.u straight. You make the rest room your headquarters for tlie day, leaving your bundles there as well as your children. You are free to go about town on errands. returning at noon +o eat your luncheon from one of the tables, perhaps with a cup of coffee hot off the little stove provided for that purpose. You meet here also some of the women who live in town and who drop in to rest and chat while doing their shopping. When the time comes for you to bundle the children into the wagon and start for home you will feel tli.m Ivivo li;l<1 il ^lUULUUll I'VUVl in.ux it j \j ^.* ? to undergo the experience of the woman described above. If Blank & Co. offer you such a clubroom. where will you do most of your trading? With Blank & Co.. of course. Thus the firm gets more than value received for the expense of maintaining the clubroom and in addition has the satisfaction of making the farmer's family comfortable for the day. Any merchant who has the enterprise to open such a rest room in connection with his store and advertise the fact is bound to get profitable results. Wlio is goiug to be the first to make this sensible bid for the patronage of farmers' wives? Value of Good Roads. The farmer is by no means the only one who benefits by good highways. Every town merchant is vitally concerned in the good roads movement, whether he Is aware of the fact or not. SCHOOL GARDEN RULES. How a Massachusetts Institution Is Managed by Women. A school garden in Watertown, Mass., has adopted the following rules, says the Los Angeles Times: Be regular and punctual in attendance. Keep garden orderly. Keep record book correctly. Leave tools cleaned and put away before going home. Be courteous to all, and if absent or late furnish excuse from parent or teacher. If any one repeatedly breaks these rules his relation with the school will terminate. The classes meet twice a ttoaL-?w<vlnpsdav after school and Saturday morning?one hour each period. They will work in the gardens through the summer vacation. If a pupil is absent, a substitute is sent. Badges or pins of green and white are worn, telling garden, number and time of class. Notebooks are kept, recording the temperature, attendance, date, time of planting, plan of garden and any other notes they care to record. "When insects are found or birds heard, questions are asked and notice taken of their habits, etc. During the summer children will be taken in small groups on short walks to hear the voices of nature. The children already give advice to parents, telling them the best methods for planting cucumbers and beans and setting out tomato plants. The parents and friends take 1 * A -1- tliA oro tvl ATI raucn luieresi, n i?>j i i mo while the children work, helping to keep their notes correctly and the garden in good order. .The Woman's club pays the expenses and has the business management of the garden. They have taken up the work in a most satisfactory and helpful way. / BOOMING HIS TOWN.. How a Young Board of Trade President "Made Good" With the People. Systematic town boosting is a feature of American . business activity which aims at the general good instead of personal profit. One western town had a board of trade which had slept along for years without doing anything in particular, except eating some food once a year at a banquet and listening I to some spread eagle oratory, says the Fittsburg IXspatch. The organization became moribund, and its presidency was an honor no longer sought for. The directors met and gave the place to a young man of the type "we like to encourage." The young man took his job . seriously and went to work. It ' wasn't long before he grew an idea of his own. Every family that moved to town he spotted. Employment was provided for the breadwinners where necessary, and the new people were made to feel at home. When this personal attention had got in its work, a representa-L' - -11- - 1 1 I'ntarrifti Live 01 iue uvjiiin ui uuv ini iv. v?i j the head of the new family. This interview was incorporated into a letter: mimeograph copies were made, put into stamped envelopes and made ready to j mail. Then the letters were taken to the newcomer, and he was asked to address them to his friends "hack east." The scheme worked like magic, and the population boomed. Of that idea many new ones were bom. The young man has been several times reelected president of. the board of trade, and lie can have anything the people of that town can give him. " School Gardens Create Taste. The educational value of the school j garden cannot be overestimated. What j we \v;ant to do is to teach the children ; taste?get taste into the child, get taste! into the household and then finally taste j into the community-rand when we have done this we need not fear the results, j says the Los Angeles Times. The lack; of tn^to in the community generally is an unfortunate fact, notwithstanding; our grand school system, and may be; attributed in a large degree to the! failure to appreciate its necessity by : our educators, it is particularly pleas-j ids to those nio-r deeply iutorosieu 10 note bow universal is becoming tlift' demand for school gardens. Ileform in ! many branches of public improvement j would be far easier of accomplishment! now had the children of the previous i generation been trained in the funda-i mental principles of taste, the power of perceiving, appreciating and discov-i ering beauty and excellence. The more : we consider the curriculum of our pub-j lie schools, the more we perceive how ! it could be improved to meet the cluing- j | ing conditions of our American life, j Our children need far more than jhej three It's to lit them for citizenship as! It is drawing upon us.- The atmosphere and appurtenances of the schoolroom \ should tend to impart culture and taste, which in turn are transferred to the home and thus minister to the general upbuilding. One of the surest and best ways to accomplish this greatest j good to both school and home "is toj carry at times the schoolroom (figuratively. at least) out into the pure and elevating#atmosphere and influence of the.school garden. . Dorvt Throw Cudgels at Your Town. Whatever failings you may have?and heaven knows all have some That they should struggle day and night to try to overcome? I i>e or swum wmnn mc uiain^i. (/mvc unv?, as you coldly frown, With all the strength that you possess, throw cudgels at your town. Do not unceasingly complain about her streets and squares. The failures her officials have, the parsons' talks and prayers. And do not in an endless plaint your small opinion give Of how much better things were done where you have chanced to live. If tliings are not what they should be and ought to be Improved, Roll up your sleeves and go to work and have what's wrong removed, But let me say, whatever line of action you pursue, Do not destroy what you now have till you can build anew. ?Boston Globe. CLEANIM STREETS What the Women of Kalamazoo, Mich., Have Accomplished. CUT COST NEARLY IN HALF. . i Women's Civic Improvement League . Took Up Problem and Proved It Could Be Solved?How Streets Were Flushed?Cans Provided For Rubbish. nvifinn- r\n "PllH ri ti P<5 il JUl POlll" n iiuug v*A mons," Caroline Bartlett Crane gives an account of what has been done by the Women's Civic Improvement league in Kalamazoo, Mich., a city of 32,000 population, to prove that it does < not cost too much to have clean streets, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. "We studied the matter of street cleaning as well as we could, and then we asked for and received permission from the city council to take charge of , six blocks of the main business street for three months. Then we Introduced ; the Waring system, the salient features of which are: "First.?Sweeping .the pavements by hand with push brooms and collecting the dirt into piles. "Second.?Immediately taking up each pile of dirt and depositing it, with the help of a small hand broom and shovel, into a bag suspended upon a two wheeled bag carrier, which the sweeper pushes n,-ith him. "Third.?Tying the bags when filled and depositing them in convenient places in alleys or along the street, to be removed by wagon. "Fourth. ? The 'orderly' or 'patrol' system, by which each man is given a definite portion of the street to keep clean and is held responsible for this portion. "Fifth.?A white uniform (of at least white coat and hat or helmet) and a waterproof outfit for rainy days. "Sixth.?Flushing the streets at stated intervals?once a week?in the abserice of drenching rair.s. '"We secured carts, brooms, uniforms for the men, and we made three neat galvanized iron street cans, aluminium painted and inscribed, 'For Waste Paper, Fruit Skins, etc.' We also succeeded in getting the council to pass an antispitting ordinance. We took photographs of all the filthy downtown alleys and of the hideous refuse dumps which disfigured our naturally beautiful river banks. "On the appointed day we began all along the line at once. The men began to seek the pavement, and after they found it the lire department came out at 3 o'clock in the morning with some secondhand hose and flushed the streets under the direction of the chairman of the women's committee. Different ways of flushing were tried on successive mornings until the right way was found?fluslimj??without nozzle from the middle of the street each way and either bagging the storm sewer entrances or stationing men with hoes to keep the coarser dirt from entering. Of course the best way to flush is with a patent street flushing machine which works with compressed air and which can bo charged with air as well as water at any street hydrant. "Our very attractive cans were placed at intervals on poles along the streets, and boys from our Junior league distributed thousands of little dodgers like this: ' "PLEASE! "The- Women's Civic Improvement league has undertaken to keep Main street clean. We ask YOU to help us. Please do not throw anything?paper, fruit skins, peanut shells or other litterIn the street. Put it in the waste paper can at the corner. And. gentlemen, please do not spit on the sidewalks or in the gratings or anywhere but in the gutter. "Now, please don't throw this in the street! ' Our allev pictures were sent to the tenants or the owners, sometimes to the health officer, with the result that the alloys were cleaned up like magic and have been kept fairly clean ever since. "The experiment was an entire success. The street was clean, people liked it. visitors commented on it, merchants said the lack of dust in their stores was most noticeable, and we did it with no more cost to the city than the old dirty way?namely. $5 a day. "Then the street commissioner undertook to keep the street as clean as we did. but without the Waring system. It cost him .>'8.99 a day. "The league made to the city's committee 011 streets and bridges an exhaustive report showing the need of really clean streets throughout the paved district and demonstrating the superiority of the Waring system and its relative cheapness. We succeeded in getting the Waring system inaugu- . rated on three miles of pavement." Planting and Care of Street Trees. - " ^ *r. r.1,^,,1,1 Ail planting Ol trees un suecis suvuiu be done by the town or by permanent organizations authorized to carry on the work, says the Los Angeles Times. T^ie poorer the soil the larger should be the hole for the'tree. If convenient, add rich soil. Spread the roots carefully. Fill in with pulverized soil and press into contact with the roots. Protect the tree with a line of wire netting supported on three or four^posts. It adds to the expense, but pays in the ir,r><T rim Rut in the nrotection of the young trees dtjn't forget to stir up civic pride, Interest the whole town in the improvement club's schemes. It is right here that special celebrations hnve their place. Provide for the small boy and enlist him If you can. It pays better than to permit arrest or threaten with arrest. Don't permit telegraph or telephone linemen to mutilate trees or climb them with spikes. Secure the passage of ordinances forcing wires and cables underground wherever practicable. Telegraph and telephone masts are unsightly and - interfere with all schemes of street improvement and tree planting WE HA? Fine Line ( Consisting of Rubber Buggies, Harness a selected line of both ONE AIND TWO=t~ Call and see us a prices before buying BLACK & Bamberg, So VALUABLE REAL E An excellent dwelling, good location, at West Denmark. Write for particulars. 7 building lots on Palmetto Avenue 25x100,1 residence lot near union depot 100x231, one residence on Beach Avenue, ulr rOQCAnoKlo Ill JLycLiiiiai t\. jl iiv/to ivaovuttuiv. One acre lot, 7 room dwelling, good orchard and outbuildings, near church and school, East Denmark. Price on call. One acre vacant lot in the heart of Bamberg. Price .$000. 3 one acre lots on New Bridge street near Southern depot. Price $500 each. One dwelling and lot on South side of Railroad Avenue. Lot runs from Railroad Avenue to Broad Street. $900.00. Vacant corner lot on Main Street, near graded school. Beautiful building site. Price $1,000.00. One 3 acre lot, with 4 room dwelling in Bamberg, well built, easy terms. Price $800.00. Two story dwelling on New Bridge street, lot 80 feet front and 255 feet deep, good water and stables. Price $1,800. One two story brick building in the heart of business centre. Pays 10 per cent, on investment. One acre lot with 6 room cottage on Railroad Avenue. Delightful location Price $1,600. If acre lot with cottage, situate on Midway stteet near Carlisle Fitting School. This is an excellent bargain. Price $2,250. A new residence with six rooms and bath and two tenant houses, with .lot of one acre, on Railroad avenue. This is something to be desired. An unimproved lot on Church street AA..OAA no. ir nrrarlfrl cnhnnl UUA/i/UUj Ilttu gtuuvu VV4JW*. Price ?150. One lot with cottage, situated on east prong of Main street. Rents $4.00 monthly. Price $400. An unoccupied lot adjoining residence occupied by H. M. Graham. An unoccupied lot,424 feet, on Bamberg or Main street, adjoining lot of W. P. Riley. Suitable for business house or warehouse. That business lot corner Bamberg and Elm streets 'adjoining G. Frank Bamberg's stable lot. The most valuable business property in Bamberg. Three unimproved lots oil street in rear of colored graded school, at remarkably low figures. ? A good cottage with large lot on Carlisle street. Price $1,300. Vacant lots for sale in desirable portion of this growing town. Come and see me if you are really interested. I am very busy but can talk to you on business. Six room cottage on Railroad Avenue near business center, rents for $120.00. Price $1,2.10.00. Thirty (30) building lots on Carlisle and Green streets, payable in monthly installments without interest. The only desirable lots now in Bamberg that are upon the market. Parties wishing to pay cash will be allowed 0 per cent off. TO RENT. Two offices in heart of business district. Two 2-story residences, near F. M. Simmons. One 1-story house near F. M. Simmons. BARNWELL COUNTY. Eight building lots in the heart of Allendale's busy business centre. For prices write me. fi. M. GRAHAM, Bamberg, Soi ? Stoves an ?? Do You Need a New ? geBEcaagasBMB?a * Save money by buying the best to be had in 1 /So prices are reasonable. < 5c Building Supplies, H ? Crockerv, etc., is ful ^ visit will be appreciat IC. J. S? BF THE HARDWARE ilAN 7?= F. W. Wag COTTON DE i CHARLES i \ We have arranged to h vsmtaoTL and solicit consi ' O We give special atter Cotton, viz: "Allen Seed ers of this grade. Try u 4DLE A ?SPB )f BuggieS tire, Open and Top . 'M ,nd Whips, also a ?H IORSE WAGO? md get our cheap i BLACll utH Carolina ' STATE FOR SALES 25 shares Bamberg Cotton Mills Stocfigfi 530 shares Bamberg Oil Mill Stock,-j8SM| Various building lots in all sectlonsMffil the town and other farm property for saSHi If you wish to buy anything, or if w have any property for sale, let me sel?99| 119 acre farm, five miles from BatnbeijH near Odom's bridge. Good bargain. . hag 60 acres laud one mile from BambefffiN heavily timbered. Pricfe $2,000.00. . 400 acre farm 5 miles of Bamberg^mfl horse farm open, high state of caftfoWH tion* 12 tenant houses in excellent ccacMflj tion. Price on application. - JQ 200 acres of land near Rev. RootoU Govan?well timbered 350 acres clay land, 5 miles SouthjlflH Bamberg, on Odom's bridge road./^jMffl 180 acres of land, Odomfs place romEfl well improved, will rent for $300/ 600 acres clay land, 7 miles fromB&jgffifl berg, well improved. Terms reasonablcfflH Price $8,000.00. i||i Fourteen afcres with cabin 1 mils\W<fjB? Bamberg?9 acres cleared. Price 300 acre farm two miles North ofdBamn berg. Good residence and fine aan&H Price $6,000.00. \ |9 600 acre farm 5 miles South of BamokrgH a gilt edge farm. Price on application- jw 34 acre farm two miles South Biamb%?gjH Buildings worth $300. Price $600. -jwSfl 200 acre farm 4 miles from BambeBjjgH 100 acre farm near Howell's mil9S| Rents for $125.00. Jr'rice $1,000. JjS 1000 acre l'arm near the town of Ban?m berg. Make no inquiries unless you able to buy something of rare value. VaBPaH Good farm of 475 acres about miles from Olar. Price $2750.. Good farm of 166 acres two milerJgHH of Bamberg. Price $2,500. fl| Timbeied lands for sale on river at rock bottom'prices. - vq|?H| 117 acre farm one mile from Bamber^H Well improved with barb wire all around. The timber is worth the priCi^H 300 acre farm in Buford Bridge town^H ship, well improved with new dwellittjjHg 400 acre farm, five miles from Bamber^M Rare bargain. $6,000.00. fflH 110 acre firm five miles southj^fBaJa^H berg. Good place. Price and tejms'&SJ^H 136=-acre farm six miles from ttamby^H The timber worth price of place. M An excellent farm between Banri&^H and Denmark. Don't write or she n9 unless you have the money. B 1000 acres land, the best in county lying on the Southern Railiva]^B If you have money and want to don&liGflfl call on me, but don't write, would be tc^Hj unsatisfactory to both of us. JM 2i1G acres good land near Olar, wi|H rent for six bales of cotton. Price offlH BEAUFORT COUNTY One trnek farm. Beaufort COUntV, llBG acres, under bigh state of cultivatioiHH HAMPTON COUNTY. ' 9 4O0d acre farm in Hampton counl^H heavily limbered am! good land. PrioflH right. If you don't want to buy put^mBj off until January. Real Estate Agt.Jj Jth Carolina. stove in Your Kitchen? SBM / \ |HH > the best. We carry .. line, and our ousefurnishing Goods, SoM 1 and complete, and a ed. Come to see us. . aBSSSfflBBBSBHHB H ^ BAMBERG, S. C. ener & Co..IB iPARTMENT -IrwB andle Cotton to best ad-^H gnments. ! ition to handling Staple JB "Florodora," aiid oth-flBB s with a shipment. i civ* * n (\ri irt+asn