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We require the name and ad' dress of the writer in every case. NO article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in otir columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. Thursday January 28, 1909 ' What we need in this county is not V. more laws, but better enforcement of what we have. Too many laws are - merely dead letters and no attempt at their enforcement is made. We are rather glad Ira B. Jones, v was elected chief justice over Eui->. gene B. Gary. We are getting tired lr;? of this thing of the Garys having so many fat offices in South Carolina. gp The house jf representatives has wisely hilled the bill passed by the nrrtridincr fnr inPfPaSft 1U Sal OCUOl^ P4UHU?U{5 iw. aries of State officers. There was no debate iand the house killed the bill p without any discussion at all. I^The.Mate Senate has passed a bill increasing the salary of the governor to $4,000 a year, and the salaries of other State officers to $2,250. Some i of .them are not worth half this amount; or at least they do not do enongh work, to entitle them to any such salary. It will soon be time for our people to begin thinking about who will compose the next city council. The next municipal election, to select a mayor and aldermen to serve for the next two years, is to be held in April. Who wants to be mayor? Don't all speak at once. Representative Jno. J. McMahan has before the legislature a bill to regulate the primaries, and the provisions of his bill are wise and ov?ht jp;1 to be adopted. If the primary sysjg\r tern is to be continued, the present |P loose method of conducting them will ?v- have to be discontinued. There are only about two hundred or a little more children enrolled in the white graded school of Bamberg Ipv. and a little more than four hundred ||i; enrolled in the colored school. Let ^ ' this sort of thing keep up for twenty years and those people who are now opposed to compulsory education will see what a Jerrible mistake they are making. A compulsory education lawT has ^ been introduced in the legislature. I' The general assembly could do no 5^. better service to the State than to jfe ' pass it. If the white people are going ''k\. to continue to control the politics and v morals of the South in generations to f: come; as we see it, there must be a compulsory education law and it must be enforced. It must come soon, too, the quicker the better. V . Some people in town are afraid for their children to go around on the streets, as it is reported that all of the dogs bitten by mad dogs re centlv have not been killed. The authorities should see to it that all dogs ?. bitten by supposed mad dogs are killeed. If a mistake is made it is best to make it on the side of having all suspected dogs killed. We can spare dogs a great deal better than we can children. , Posed as Minister. St. Louis, Jan. 25.?That a young man who for four months preached from the^pulpit of the Congregational \ church in Greenwood, a suburb of this city, was an impostor, using the name of a Chicago clergyman, was the allegation made in a letter received today from the Moody Bible institute, Chicago, by Rev. Herman Swartz, pastor of the Webster Groves Congregational churcn. ine clergyman called himself "Rev. Ivan M. Gray" and just before leaving Greenwood he paid several accounts with bank checks drawn for greater amounts than the bills called for. In this way he received $100 in change. The checks were returned as worth less by a suburban bank. As the man said that he was a graduate of the Moody Bible institute, inquiry was made there. The answer states that Mr. Gray is pastor of a Chicago church and has never been in St. Louis. He was robbed, according to the letter, by a young convert whom he took into his home and it is believed that the man who passed the checks in Greenwood was the same individual who robbed Mr. Gray. r A Trip to Cuba. Editor The Bamberg Herald: I am going to give a few details of the Florida-Cuba tour over the S. A, L., ol which I was a member. It was a most interesting and instructive trip, under the guidance of Mr. and Mrs. Gattis, of Raleigh. N. C., who were experienced along this line, and ar-1 ranged every detail for our pleasure and comfort, and I feel safe in saying that more competent and agreeable chaperons could not be found.. Arrangements were made for a very attractive itinerary, enabling the party to spend a short time at the Florida east coast resorts and giving ample time to visit historic Cuba and interesting points in the vicinity. The route was over the S. A. L. Rv. to Jacksonville, the F. E. C., through St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami, and the Keys to Knight's Key dock, the portion of the F. E. C. Ry. being over the great sea going concrete viaduct extension 01 Mr. Flagler's line being constructed to Key West, now in operation to Knight's Key, practically a port in mid-ocean, and is considered one of the most remarkable feats in engineering ever carried out in the western hemisphere. From Knight's Key dock to Havana the handsome steamers of the Peninsular and Occidental Steamship Co. are used. Our first stopover was at St. Augustine, which is one of the most picturesque and interesting little cities I have ever seen. The old part of the town, the streets are very narrow and the houses have hanging balconies that sometimes almost meet. St. Augustine, with its many well-preserved evidences of a by-gone age, rubbing sides with modern palaces; its quaint old concrete buildings erected during the Spanish regime peeping ouv. from the shadow of elegant latter da> structures; . the unique, narrow streets of the old city running into the broad avenues -f the new makes it a most interesting city. We dined at the richly appointed and luxurious Hotel Ponce De Leon. The historic symbolism of the decoration is to be observed at the very gateway of the court, so also in the interior of the building, the walls are decorated in the Spanish renaissance style apd speak of its storied past. No traveler can ever forget the entrance to Cuba's principal city, Havana. The city viewed from the harbor is wonderfully picturesque, with large and imposing structures, solidly built with stone, and often painted in. brilliant colors.. The steamship enters the harbor under the guns of Morro Castle, showing the frowning walls of Morro and Cabanas; to the right, lies Havana, with her 49,000 population. All the structures, from the humble cottages to the grand palaces, are of stone, everything is massive and substantial. Modern American improvements are fast appearing, but it is said that old Havana can never be erased. Some of the business streets are so narrow that carriages can barely pass and the sidewalks are so narrow that two can walk abreast, but a third person could not pass, so the custom is to line along single file. There is so much of interest to be seen in Cuba that I could linger for a long time telling of the different places of interest I visited, among which wfere Matanzas, the Hermitage of Montserrate, Bellamar Caves, Yunnuri Valley, the old French cathedral, the American Club House, Colon cemetery, and other places too numerous to mention. On our return we breakfasted at Miami, at Flagler's tourist hotel, "Royal Palm," and thfen a carriage drive over the city and. out to the tropical fruit groves. From thence we went to Palm Beach for a day. [Nature has done much for Palm Beach and the lavish expenditure of millions has done more to make it a mecca, paradise on earth. * Situated [as it is every opportunity is afforded [the landscape gardener, the florist, the architect, and their creation is the wonder of the tourist. On every hand is seen the tropical tree in all of its glory, palm trees, cocoanut groves in full fruit, and every tree In . the foliage of summer; while the park of flowers along the lake front is gaudy in its tropical beauty?a wealth and array of blossoming colors that can nowhere else be seen. On this island this garden of eden, the hoof of horse is not permitted to tread, the place is too aesthetic, too delicate to admit of animal feet. All travel here is done on foot, on bicycles or wheel chairs, the latter method of locomotion being especial ly popular; the wheel chair has behind it a bicycle attachment, whereon is mounted a stout negro guide. There are hundreds of these wheel chairs in use and when at night they are strung out for a mile or more on the path along the lake front, with each an electric headlight, the effect is said to be very striking. We were entertained here at the Royal Ponciana, another of Flagler's tourist hotels, which is so magnificent in every detail that a description could not do it justice. Next, and last on program, was a day at Jacksonville, where automobiles were provided for touring the city, later on a trip to the ostrich farm and then back to the Windsor Hotel for dinner, from which we began our journey homeward. Many lingering good-bv's were said as one by one members of our r?ortv wmilH rtrrvn out. and we felt V " v XT / that our house party of 161 members (for 'twas more like a house party than anything else) was gradually breaking up, and we agreed, with one accord, that it was the most interesting and pleasant trip that we had ever had. ROBERTA JOHNSON. Bamberg, January 25th. Southern Cuts Expenses. Spencer, N. C., Jan. 25.?Upon instructions from Washington, the entire force of employes of the Southern Railway Company, at Spencer, was laid off Saturday and will observe every Saturday until further notice, as a holiday. It is said that full time will be resumed February 1. The cause of the Saturday curtailment is unknown here, and is said to be general over the system.. The adjustment of a wage scale is expected to follow. WANTS A FREE PRESS. ; Tillman Issues Statement on the ; Canal Libel Cases. ; Washington, Jan. 22.?Declaring ! that "no patriot can contemplate with ; great alarm the possibility of the * president's success" in the Panama * libel cases, now being investigated by ? the grand jury in this city, and in ; New York, Senator 'ullman, of South ! Carolina, in a statement to-night. ; sounded a strong note of warning on i the question of the freedom of the > American press. The statement is j as follows: ? "The issue is a momentous one. ^ Jefferson declared that as between a ; government without newspapers and newspapers without a government he ^ 1 J 41,/v In Av? K/irtO IIOQ i I WOUIU Cliuusc Luc iauci, ( when properly informed the people would protect themselves even without a government through the instrumentality of opinion. A free press can alone preserve free institutions. Our great danger now lies in the control of the press and its consequent subserviency to those who use it to deceive the people and perpetuate their grasp upon power. The American people cannot guard too jealously the right of freedom of speech, and freedom to print whatever is in the public interest. The newspapers now under the fire for their efforts to expose corruption in high places should have the active support of every true i American, for their cause is the cause of us all." (' Horrible Disaster. { Willie had tried by various means to interest his father in conversation. "Can't you see I'm trying to read?" said the exasperated parent. "Now i don't bother me." Willie was silent for almost a min- I ute. Then reflectively: < "Awful accident in the subway today." I Father looked up with interest, i "What's that?" he asked. "What was the accident in the subway?" "Why," replied Willie, edging toward the door, "a woman had her eye on a seat and a man sat on it."?Everybody's Magazine. Stern Prohibition Facts. Stern facts cannot be tabooed, even ' by those who are set against the ef- \ fectiveness of prohibition. It is freeIt, hv whiskcv aeents that ' more whiskey is sold in "dry" than in "wet" counties and States. The fallacy of such an argument has been shown frequently; but another reference to it might be made, merely to strengthen the conviction that rests in the minds of most people: Mr. John G. Capers, Federal Commissioner of Internal Revenue, gives out the following figures, taken from the official records of the government in Washington: The last fiscal year, as compared with the one just preceding, s'tows a decrease in the revenue derived from whiskey of $17,998,072. There was also a decrease in the distilled grain spirits of 41,000,000. Now, there was more territory under prohibition laws during last year than in any year before. What caused the great shrinkage in the receipts and manufacture ir it was not prohibition If eighteen mililon dollars less was paid in tax to the general government, then there must be some cause for that decrease. In the language of the street, it is up to the brewers and their defenders to explain it.?Baptist Courier.. Three Weddings to Three Thousand Girls In the February Woman's Home Companion Mrs. Anna Steese Richardson shows conclusively that successful working girls do not marry. Her conclusion has been reached after fifteen years of intimate contact with working women, and after a^ very careful analysis of conditions.* One investigation was in a department store employing three thousand ciric \ir? Richardson asked the welfare secretary at the store how many girls had resigned to marry the past year. She bit her pencil and < thought a few minutes. : "Three," she announced finally. i Three girls out of three thousand j married in a year! That store is no ; haunt for Cupid, evidently. ] "Well, what in the world do your j girls do?" I demanded. ] "Do? Why, we have the smartest j girls in the country in this store. Do? |Why, didn't you hear about Miss j Blank's being made buyer for the un- i derwear -when Mr. Jones died? And you know Miss Smith is now head of 1 the store in Pittsburg. She i is getting five hundred more a year out there. You remember that girl with the gray eyes who used to help ; me?Miss G.?well, she has taken a course in philanthropy and is now a : charity investigator." ; The welfare secretary was waxing truly enthusiastic. "You see, our girls do things." un + nMim1 Whv I JEj V er V lliiug CAl,cpi mai 1 j . don't" they marry?" "Because they don't want to," snapped the secretary. "Any man would be glad to get one of them, of course." Purchases FROM WHOM PURCHASED ADZ Wm. Lanahan & Son Baltim< Wm. Lanahan & Son Baltim< S. Grabfelder & Co uouisvi Peoples Distilling Co Cincinn H. A. Thurman Co Louisvi Sheerbrook Distilling Co Cincinn TT A rnt_* ? T /vnimri II. a. xiiiriiicui Consumers B B Est Charles Consumers B B Est Charles Garrett & Co Norfoll Garrett & Co Norfoll Rosskam, Gerstley & Co Philade Rosskam, Gerstley & Co Philade Gallagher & Burton Philade Mallard Distilling Co New Y Strauss, Pritz& Co Cincinr Strauss, Pritz, & Co Cincinr The I. Trager Co Cincinr The I. Trager Co Cincinr Falls City Distilling Co Louisvi Ulman Boykin & Co Baltimi Ulman Boykin & Co Baltimi I | I wB I | J I* 1 > COPYRIGHT 193*, ED. V. PRICE A CO. II > ; T ....Agent for.... ? } ED. V. PRICE & CO. I g ? of Chicago, Ul. L ? GOOD W K ? CLOTHES B ? TAILORS. I; Try me for Suit, Overcoat, \] ;* or extra pair of trousers. iDil? gi iD 0 gjiii iR i i ? Imported Tl I Extra Higl GUARA1 Total Ph Free Lim H WRITfe F( I Peruvian 1 CHARLESTON SCHOOL ELECTION NOTICE. An election is hereby ordered to be held at St. John's, Bamberg county, S. C., on the 2nd day of February, 1909, for the purpose of levying a special school tax in St. John's School District, No. 10, of two (2) mills. Only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation and exhibit their tax receipts and registration certificates as required in general elections shall be allowed tc vote in said election. Electors favoring the increase will cast a ballot containing the word "Yes" printed oi written thereon and electors opposed to the increase will cast a ballot containing the word "No" printed 01 written thereon. The polls will be opened at 7 a. m. and will be closed at 4 p. m. G. J. Herndon, G. F. Hiers and J. A. Peters, Jr., are hereby appointed managers to conduct said election. R. W. D. ROWELL, S. G. MAYFIELD, J. H. A. CARTER, County Board of Education Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Jan. 21, 1909. School books of all kinds at The Herald Book Store. of Bamberg County Dispei >RESS | AMOUNT! BRAND )re, Md. 30 bc^s. 90 prof X Monongahe :>re, Md. 30 bbls. 90 proof X Gin lie, Ky. 30 bbls. Silver Brook Rye 90 iati, O. 20 bbls. X Corn 90 proof lie, Ky. 3 bbls. Peach Brandy 100 pr< iati, O. 15 bbls. XX Gin 100 proof lie, Ky. 10 bbls. XX Corn iton S C 40 bbls. Premium Pale iton S C 30 bbls. Budweiser c, Va. 20 cases Brackberry c, Va. 20 cases Escapernong ilphia Pa 75 cases H. A. 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