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f; ttlljr Bamberg f^rralh ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1801. A. W. KX1GHT, Editor] Published every Thursday in The Herald building, on Main street, in the live and growing City of Bamberg, being issued from a printing office which is equipped with Mergenthaler linotype machine, cylinder press, folder, two jobbers, all run by electric power, with other material and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an investment of $11,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year, $1.00, or 10 cents a month for less than one year. All subscriptions payable atrictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and ta under sDecial VtliVl UUTVi V4MV4UVUW ? ? head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular ad| vertising. Contracts for advertising || not subject to cancellation after first insertion. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters of those pertaining to matters of public interIest. We require the name and address of the writer in every case. No article which is defamatory or r? offensively personal can find place in | our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. I Thursday, February 24,1910 We watched the columns of the -News and Courier for some comment cn the charge of Judge Robert Aldrich to the grand jury of that county, but we failed to find it. Maybe we overlooked it somehow. & ' Hogs sold in Chicago last week at I . 0 per 100 pounds on the hoof. The moral of this is that Bamberg county farmers should raise all their meat at home and have some to sell. Never sell your corn. Feed it to ||.. hogs and sell the hogs. || We have received the first copies |- of the Aiken Sentinel, the new paper edited by Messrs. R. M. Hitt and | Walter E. Duncan, this paper suc^ ceeding the Aiken Recorder, which had been published and edited so long by Mr. A. P. Ford. The Sentinel is a four-page seven-column paper, all home print, and is to be published twice a week. It is well print; ed, well edited, and is a most creditable sheet all round. Most men who run weekly newspapers are queer busiuess men. Recently a man in another State gp/sent us a long advertisement ?- v>? Tirvntc i, c* tn insArf IWltitU Lie n i uvc uo IV >UWv. ? t^ur weeks. He did not ask; fior price and gave no references or i anything?just said insert the ad.! four weeks. We at once wrote him I what the ad. would cost and told him j that upon receipt of check for the amount named we would insert the advertisement. Up to this writing j we have not heard from him. nor did we expect to. Yet we notice a number of newspapers in the State are printing the ad., and we very much fear they will not be paid for it. It does seem that newspaper men are easily- imposed on. Mr. Arthur P. Ford, who has for a number of years been editor of the Aiken Recorder, died last week, only a few days after retiring from newspaper work. He had been in bad health for some time, but the news of his death came as a surprise to every one. Mr. Ford was sixty-six years old. and was born in Charleston. He had edited the Recorder for thirty years. Mr. Ford was an old time gentleman, of that Ijpe which is rapidly passing away - sx* these days of commercialism. He had high ideals of life and of his oin'ovc r>nnHiiotpel his naner !? V/l XV aiiU U1 *? WJ w W4*v?v?vvv.%. r f on a high plane. Mr. Ford was a brave soldier in the Confederacy, and received two wounds, either of which would have proved fatal had not his life been saved by a prayer book I which he had in his pocket. He was a member of the Episcopal church, and the burial was at Aiken. We are publishing in another column a communication in reference to the enforcement of the prohibition law in this county. Our correspondent arraigns conditions generally, and while we know nothing of the Ittate of affairs, still the columns of ?ur paper are open to those who wish to express themselves on public matters of interest. Our correspondent takes us to task for conditions in Bamberg. We know nothing of the matter which is complained of, and if anything is being sold here no doubt it is allowed under she laws. But if not, we would suggest to our correspondent and all others who believe the law is being Tiolated, that they not write to the papers, but take steps personally to fee that the law is enforced. Calling attention to these matters in the [V public prints is all very well, but never expect somebody else to do what you are not willing to do your|\ Klf ? \ E V -.w"_ iforti&fiffir STRIKERS AND POLICE CLASH. Strike in Quaker City Leads to Serious Riots. Philadelphia, Feb. 20.?Rioting in every section of this city followed the attempt of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company to operate its lines here to-day. Passengers and crews were driven from the cars by infuriated mobs of strike sympathizers, and in nearly a score of instances the abandoned cars were burned or otherwise destroyed. At nightfall eivckrv oar was withdrawn from ser vice. Stern measures were adopted by the police to quell the disorders and riots. Five persons were arrested, charged with inciting riot. Two women were shot by stray bullets and many people were removed to hospitals. Mayor Reyburn tonight ordered Director of Police Clay to swear in 3,000 additional police, and issued a proclamation enforcing the Riot Act. The executive committee of the "Central Labor Union, at a meeting this afternoon, pledged both moral and financial support to the striking carmen. They also decided to call a sympathetic strike of every union man in the city in case the authorities put into effect their threat to operate the cars with policemen and firemen. During the morning nours cars were run on every line with little difficulty, except in the mill district of Kensington, where cars were stoned by disorderly mobs. At 11 o'clock the Transit Company officers announced that cars were running on their regular Surday schedule. Shortly afterwards riots were reported from several localities. Police Use Revolvers. In the Southern section of the city a mob of boys drove the conductor and motorman from their posts, and after the four women passengers had left the car, set it on fire with waste taken from a nearby freight car. The following car was also stopped, and was being set on fire when a detachment of police and a chemical engine reached the scene. In the same section Mary Delvin, aged 16 years, was shot in" the leg when the police fired their revolvers in an effort to check the mob. In the usually quiet residential sections of West Philadelphia mobs were formed, which for a time baffled the police. Iron bars and stones were piled on the tracks, and several cars were wrecked. Mounted police were powerless to disperse the mobs here, and a fire hose was finally brought into play. . Contradictory claims are made by the opposing forces as to the number of men on strike. The leaders of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Employees say that 6,200 men of the 7.000 employed on the Transit Company have left their cars. The officials of the company say that 3.500 of their employees are loyal, and that regular service will be resumed at daybreak to-morrow. Company's Barns Attacked. The importation of 175 strikebreakers from New York led to an attack on the barns and main offices of the company at Eighth and Dauphin streets this afternoon. Windows were broken by stones hurled by the mob, which was finally dispersed after thirty-five arrests had been made. The most seriously injured person was 13-year-old Viola Bevan, who was shot in the abdomen by a stray bullet from a policeman's revolver as she was stepping from her home, while a mob was attacking five trolly cars in front of the house. George Feltsaup, a nurse, was also struck by a stray bullet while hastening to a train. His condition is not eruticai. The transit officials state that 297 cars were wrecked, two completely turned, and one partially burned by the mobs to-day. Two thousand, six hundred and eight car windows were smashed. The Union leaders say they will force the company to arbitrate. They charge that the company has for months by a series of petty persecutions, been endeavoring to force the Union to strike, and finally by discharging a large number of Union men practically declared a lockout. Worse than Last Year's Strike. Strikers and their sympathizers are displaying more bitterness against the company than at any time during the strike of last summer. At no time during the former strike was the rioting so widespread nor were there as many persons engaged in attacking the cars. Unlike the previous strike, men with union buttons were found in the mobs everywhere, and they are charged with being the ringleaders in many of the disturbances. More severe rioting is expected to-morrow, when the company proceeds to open its lines again. The orders of Mayor Reyburn to swear in 3.000 additional police has also embittered the men. Considerable difficulty is being experienced by the friends of those ar rested in to-day's riots in locating the prisoners and in securing copies of the charges. It is claimed that prisoners are being sent to station houses at points far distant from the place where the arrests took place, and that it is practically impossible , to locate them. 1 ANOTHER ASYLUM AUTHORIZED, i $100,000 May be Epent by Commission Elected. Columbia, Feb. 19.?The free conference committee on the Asylum situation reported a substitute bill. The main features of the bill are j along progressive lines and happily |( something substantial is to be done ' and to be done without delay. The Senate under its bill propsed 1 simply a commission plan, but pro- I vided no money with which to do | anything effective and left the com- ^ mission to report at the next session of the General Assembly. T'r.^+v,.^ rvlon qotooH nnnn and I UUU^t vuv yiuii U?1 vv\* v*M%? what will become the law will be that ! the commission will be able to spend a hundred thousand dollars which it is empowered to borrow. This commission is to consist of Superintendent Babcock, Dr. Robert Wilson, of Charleston, and three business men to be appointed by the Governor. It is empowered to buy suitable land and to begin the construction of plant upon such lines as may be agreed upon. It is unhampered as to where the land shall be selected, but it will likely be near Columbia, and it is further provided that the plans shall be along the lines of relieving the overcrowded conditions just as quickly as possible. The members of the free conference committee agreeing upon and making this report consist of Messrs. Mauldin, Montgomery and Lrn^flin An fho nort nf tVi A SpnfltA XiaiUlU, KJl 1 tuv |/Ui b Vi. vuv , and Messrs. Carey, Sawyer and Harrison on the part of the House. The bond issue was not taken up by the free conference committee, having been rejected by both of the branches, and the impression is that the plan suggested is entirely feasible. The hundred thousand dollars is made available as soon as the commission wishes to spend the money either for lands or buildings. The bill does not interfere with the general appropriation bill, in which $50,000 is provided for improvements to the present plant of the Hospital for the Insane in the city of Columbia. Under the Hospital for the Insane bill the commission is to be appointed for one year. The members are to be paid $5 per day and expenses, The commission can borrow from the sinking fund commission or elsewhere at a ra*e of not over 5 per cent. The commission may make such plans and begin on the development in such way as it sees fit. The report of the conference committee is unanimous, and a beginning is to be made at once. The bill becomes effective on approval. What is Prohibition? j ?A Editor The Bamberg Herald:?I come to you this time for just a little information. First, I want to know what is prohibition? Is it to close the dispensary and have whiskey shipped in on every train? Please you or some one tell me just what is law on that point. Next, if I want to report one for selling intoxicants, to whom shall I report? I would like also to know what has become of our law and order league. I hope they haven't gone out of business. If I am any judge, now is the time to get in their best licks. If I remember right they organized in Bamberg and Ehrhardt and I know there is work that needs doing badly at both places. This is not guess work, I know whereof I speak. We have not organized here, but there are plenty of good people who consider themselves a committee of one to rid our homes of the curse of drunkenness. So keep us posted on the law in the case, so we can get to work with a will. Next Jamaica ginger is being sold everywhere. Why is that allowed? We know it don't take but very little to make a man crazy drunk. If there is not law to keep it out, I think it is time our representatives from Bamberg county were seeing after it. If I am not mistaken some of them were sent by the prohibition vote. And now, Mr. Editor, a little reminder to you. To read The Herald one would think Bamberg a model of all the virtues. Yet, to use the words of one who has been there: "One of your most prominent doctors, will sell you enough stuff for a quarter to keep you drunk all the way home.'' I would like to hear from our friend, Rev. Jas. Harley. He did some good work before the election, but I don't hear from him any more. Hope he was hot fighting dispensary instead of liquor. X. Olar, S. C., Feb. 17, 1910. Clemson College is not to be investigated after all, as the Senate failed to consider the House resolution providing for the investigation. | SOMETHING NEW | For Bamberg I ? ^ Ja a?j!a J A a a j]JI amA^Lav j]a Off 11 recently ueuueu iu auu miuuiei uc-g partment to my business, that of Under-1 | taking, and I received this week a solid jj H I car load ot i | COFFINS and CASKETS I f In this lot I have them at all prices, from the cheapest on up I to the medium grades, and from that to the best metaDics. I i expect to make prices on this line most reasonable, and it shall 1 be mv earnest desire and effort to satisfy your needs in any-1 ' I thmg rn the undertaking line. Get ray prices on these goods I iffi before you buy. I'''fSli Carload New Furniture I I also received this week a carload of the newest designs I J in Furniture. In this car there is a general assortment ofjg 1 I Furniture for the Home or Office, and I really believe 1 can ? , save you money in anything in my line. 1 will be glad to have I you call and look over my new stock whether you buy or not, 1 1 for I would like your opinion as to whether the assortment is i j pleasing. i if| Remember, please, that I have the exclusive agency for the celebrated $ Globe-Wernicke Elastic Bookcase 1 and as I carry a nice line in stock, I can supply you without putting you to the g necessity of waiting until 1 order them out Come in and see the beautiful de- ? ' sips in quartered and mission oak, mahogany, etc. The book case grows g 1 I y ? A little later on I will have in a good lac of ? Refrigerators, Water Coolers,! Porch Shades, Hammocks, 1 | and all sorts of warm weather necessities. Remember me when in need. ? fj 1 am here to serve your every want in the furniture line, and. if you don't j| v see what you want, ask for it $ . , I have some mighty pretty Pictures, Mirrors, and other fancy house-furnishings, ? * i mm Ill* , 11 n * 1 -l-l- ontAwAfi w ^ also Kugs and Mattmgs. l also trame pictures at reasonaoie prices, guoiou- a j? teeing satisfaction. $ | Remember, I carry Stoves, Heaters, and Ranges j| G. 0. SIMMONS ; I THE FURNITURE MAN I 1 j ? I I (g .>! I Bamberg S. C. j j