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?hr Hcunbrrg lirralft ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. W. KNIGHT, 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, Babcock cylinder press, folder, one jobber, a fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by electric power, with other material and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year, $1.00, or 10 cents a month for less than one year. All subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$ 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 other advertisements under special 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 cnUiopt tn ranrellation after first insertion. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters or those pertaining to matters of public interest. We require the name and address of the writer in every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. Thursday, Sept. 7, 1911. |' . It's a strange thing that the rail * il. M roads have to asK permission 01 me interstate commerce commission to reduce rates. v Every parent who has a child in the Bamberg graded school should co-operate with the teachers in mak?:: ing the coming year the best in the history of the school. It is being generally accepted by some newspapers that Chief Justice ? t"? T V\/-w r> nn n H i rl o to fnr B&* V AXcl D. JUilCd w 111 L/C a vuuu*uuw AV* ?||K'^ governor next year. It has been s|?|. stated that he will run against g Blease provided there are no other 'candidates. In a recent sermon Rev. A. E. EviBfc son, rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Barnwell, preached a ^ strong sermon on prohibition, in j|.'v which he strongly arraigned violators of the law in that town, stating that M -the prohibition law was being violat-| K ed by some of the best citizens. Bamberg needs more houses. There j|f . is -not a vacant house in town, and parties are wanting to rent places ' - * J. 11 rpVn to live in ana cant get mem. ?n^ Spiv growth of the town is being retarded - because of this, and we trust that lite1 ' those who have vacant lots will erect , L';V; A1 in rani Pftrtnl? MTl'f lllVlCUii iiuuaco iu icut. ? w/^.v |iX move here unless they can get a .bouse to live in. j ] The Barnwell People rounded out the thirty-fourth year of its existence last week, with Maj. Jno. W. Holmes, ( its veteran editor, as optimistic and loyal as ever. The Herald hopes the Major will enjoy many more birthdays, for he is of the type of editor 1 that the State can ill afford to do ' without. A patriot and a gentleman, , his pen is always logical and force- j ful in advocating those things which ' make for a greater people and a greater country. . The fall season is heie when our main business street is generally i crowded with people from the coun- 1 try, selling cotton, buying goods, and attending to other business, and we most respectfully submit to city coun- ' cil, without any intention of trying ' to run the town, that the speed limit ; IOiTi automoDiies on me ousiuess P^'.1 street be strictly enforced. The 5 speed at which machines are run at i present is entirely too fast, and the lives of our country friends should Bp v. be "Protected. People will not want : , . to come to Bamberg to trade if they < | are in danger of being run over by 6 automobiles every time they cross p: ; the street. B. D. Carter, Esq., secretary of the business league, received a let Iter a few days ago from the railroad commission advising him that Superintendent Wassum, of the Southern Railway, had written them that lie had not as yet been given definite authority to put electric lights in the > passenger station, but that he expected this authority soon, when the work would be done. The commission also advised that it did not have authority to require the company to install any certain kind of lights. It seems to us, however,, that the commission has authority to require the railroad to properly light the station, and this is not the case now. The waiting rooms are very poorly lighted with small oii lamps, which does not give the public proper accommodations. The railroad has had this matter before them for two years or more and nothing done yet, which shows conclusively it is the policy of the road not to give Bamberg any accommodations it can possibly avoid. A petition signed by the cotton buyers has been sent by B. D. Carter, Esq., secretary of the business league, to Superintendent Wassum, of the Southern Railway, requesting that the cotton platform at the freight depot here be enlarged and covered. Mr. Wassum wrote Mr. Carter at once stating that he would be in Bamberg in a few days and would take the matter up with the local people. So far he has not visited Bamberg, and in the meantime cotton is coming in and the improvements are needed now. If the railroad is going to do the work on the platform it should be done at once. Judging by the past it is reasonable to suppose that the improvements will not be made. BOY DROWNED NEAR WALHALLA Burt Shockley, of West Union, Loses Life in Pond. Walhalla, Sept. 4.?Burt Shockley, the 16-vear-old son of J. C. Shockley, a prominent lumberman of West Union, was drowned yesterday afternoon in McMahan's pond, about four miles from West Union, on Cane Creek. Young Shockley and his cousin, younger than himself, were swimming from the shallow water to a stake at the deepest portion of the pond, using the stake as a rest. They made several trips and young McMahan was at the stake resting. Shockley was coming near to the stake but suddenly turned and started to swim back to the edge of the pond. A few seconds later he was observed to sink. His body rose twice, but no help was at hand to save him. Searchers for the body found no evidence of it anywhere, and as soon- as possible the pond was drained, the body being found near where he had been seen to sink. Burt Shockley was a manly little fellow and the news, of his death was received with great sorrow. The body was buried to-day. Civilization is Killing Indians. Washington, Sept. 2.?Determined to protect what remains of the race of American Indians from rapid extinction by disease, which now threatens them, the Indian office has decided to pursue a vigorous policy in improving hygienic conditions among the wards of the nation. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Valentine to-day declared that the application of preventive medical methods to present condtions of Indian life was vital to their progress and to the usefulness of the educational, industrial and other activities in which the government was engaged on their hehalf. Among the means which the Indian office already has inaugurated in part and which it will push with vigor in its effort to preserve the Indian from being entirely obliterated by tuberculosis, trachoma and other infectious diseases wmcn are auacKing them, are moving picture shows revealing to them proper and sanitary methods of living, house to house canvasses by physicians, open air sleeping at the Indian schools and sanitariums. The moving picture scheme is to give them, by the comparative method, pictures of the wrong way of living, followed by photographs showing the correct wray. Dr. Ferdinand Schoemaker will have charge of this work and will travel from reservation to reservation giving his illustrated talks. Reports show that the death rate among the Indians is two and a half times as great as among tfce^white race and that the average mortality from tuberculosis is 256 per cent, higher for Indians than for whites. Hence the Indian bureau's determination to better these conditions. ? During the past year the house to house campaign by physicians was started on the White Earth reservation in Minnesota and with such good results that the work will be pushed. As a result of traveling over this reservation, awakening the Indians to a realization of the dangers of tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, and pointing how they might improve their living conditions, the agency physicians report that sanitary conditions have improved among fully half the Indians on the reservation and that "the Indians, instead of being reluctant tos seek tha nhvsip.ians of thoir own accord. are now visiting the physicians' offices in a way that shows their real interest in their own physical condition and welfare." The high death rate among the Indians has been due, it was explained, to the change a few years ago in their way of living and their inability to adjust themselves to frame and log houses in place of airy and easily moved tepees. Geo. W. Summer, of Newberry, has a curiosity in the shape of an elegant lap robe made from a mule hide. Last summer a fine mule belonging to him died. He had the hide taken off and sent it to Rochester, N. Y., where it was tanned and converted into a lap robe. The hair is long and thick and the underside is beautifully lined with heavy cloth. l COTTON MEN ENTER PROTEST. i Concerned Over Prohibitory Order ? of State Entomologist. ! Columbia, Sept. 1.?Considerable I disquietude is being manifested among cotton manufacturers ana cot- i ton brokers, in South Carolina over the recently issued order of State En- j : tomologist A. F. Conradi. stating that, beginning with the 10th of Sep-i ' tember, the State law prohibiting the i importation into this State of cotton from territory infested with the boll weevil will be rigidly enforced. This law was enacted during the session of 1904 and amended at the session of 1908. Since the issuance of the order by Mr. Conradi, Commissioner Watson has received several letters from manufacturers and cotton brokers inquiring about the law and asking information as to the boll weevil territory. Thursday afternoon a let ter was received from uapt. ju. a. Smythe, of Greenville, president of the State Cotton Manufacturers' Association, and Friday morning another letter was received from Cooper & Griffin, a prominent cotton brokerage concern having offices in Greenville and other points in the State. From the tone of these letters it is evident that the enforcement of the quarantine law this year will hamper the cotton mill industry in this State to a considerable extent. The law, however, is in protection of the cotton crop of the State, which I is a greater industry than even that! of cotton manufacturing, and there seems to be nothing for the cotton manufacturers to do except to get along the best way they can under the provisions of the law. The territory infested by the boll weevil is constantly growing larger, and thus the territory left open for the manufacturers in this State to draw upon continues to srow smaller each year. Although Commissioner Watson is deeply interested, from his position, in the industrial and agricultural development of the State, he is informing the writers of these letters that he has no authority whatever in the matter. He calls attention to a circular recently issued by Mr. Conradi, in which it is explained that clean compressed cotton can be imported from infected territory without danger during July and August and for that reason the law was not rigidly enforced during those months, but with the coming of the hibernation season of the insect the law must be rigidly obeyed to protect South Carolina farmers. Jurors Visit Circus. Spokane, Wash., Aug. 29.?Two prominent club women and suffra* gists were members of a jury of six, including two retired capitalists, a nlnmhor a n r? a huiHor in TJIllTlifi flu4u^? " pal court, where William Evans was on trial on the charge of stealing a duplicating machine. Mrs. Mary Arkwright Hutton, forewoman of the jury, returned a verdict of "not guilty," after twenty minutes deliberation. The prosecutor and counsel for the defense addressed the arbiters as "ladies and gentlemen of- the jury," while Justice George W. ^istocker, presiding referred to them as "gentlemen of the jury." The hearing occupied several days and was continued after a session of more than three hours, when Mrs. Hutton and Mrs. A. P. Fassett, the other female member, expressed a desire to attend the circus. Mesdames Hutton and Fassett were the first women to serve 'on a jury in Spokane. Mrs. R. A. Wellman. of Spokane, is the first woman summoned ito serve on the September panel in the Spokane county superior court. The panel contains the names of twenty-one women in this county. Negro Posed ds White Man. Spartanburg, Sept. 4.?C. M. Love, a negro who had been passing off as a white man and boarding in the home of well known people here, was fined $100 or 30 days in the mayor's court this morning, Mayor Lee ruling that it was disorderly conduct for the negro to sit at the table with white people. When you pull down the town in which is your home, you are pulling down yourself, and when you build I up you are building up yourself and your neighbor. Try and banish from your mind the mistaken idea that all good things are off in some other locality. Give your town all the praise it can legitimately bear. It certainly will do you no harm and will cost you nothing; but above all patronize your home institutions. FOR SALE. Eight shares of stock of the Cotton Oil Company of Bamberg. One brick store on Main street in Town of Bamberg. Apply at The Bamberg Herald office or write The Herald. | \ jfabk Ii '"i JUST 1 Boiled Ham s I Herndoi ^ Malcolm Moye, Mgr. TO BUILD IMMIGRANT STATION. Erection of Big Government Build ing Involves $60,000. Charleston, Sept. 4.?The Simmons May rant Company have received official information from Washington to the effect that they have been awarded the contract for building the United States immigrant station and approach.- When seen yesterday Mr. May rant stated that as soon as the papers were drawn up they would be ready to begin work on the contract, but he could not say just how long that would be. The amount Involved in the contract is about $60,000. Walker & Bourden are the architects. Of the several bidders the Simmons Mayrant Company's bid was the lowest, and accordingly was recomended to the government. The station will be located on the Cooper river, just above the Charleston Terminal Company's Columbus ?treet wharves. Description of Building. The station will be a very handsome structure and all the plans have been drawn so as to give the building great durability. The building will be two stories in height and will be of brick, hollow tiling and re inforced concrete. It will be built upon a foundation of creosoted piling and will have a composition roof. There will be a single story brick and concrete annex. The building will be situated on the stretch of marsh land on the west bank of Town Creek and the north bank of Vardell Creek. The piece of land, which is owned by the government, is 500 by 300 feet, but the station and pier will not cover all this. The main structure will be 100 by 83 feet, the approach from the main building to the pier 168 feet, and the pier itself 100 by 35 feet. Before disposing of your cotton seed, see me., Will buy or exchange. W. G. HUTTO, at Copeland's store. SPECIAL NOTICES. Advertisements Under This Head 25c. For 25 Words or Less. For Rent?Store room 25x75 feet, on Main street in town of Bamberg. Apply to J. T. O'NEAL. For Sale.?Five thousand feet ceiling, in lots from 1,000 up. Cost $24 per thousand; will sell for $22.00 per thousand. CLIFF JOHSON, Bamberg, S. C. , For Rent.?Nice office rooms in The Herald building. Have electric lights and water. The most desirable offices in the city. Will rent singly or in suites. A. W. KNIGHT. ! Bevei of the most del ; flavor and of th \ are always to be 1 J A supply of our ( f Coffee, or Tea wi \ rrnnrl fripnrl tn PI t who prides hers [ M A fresh supply of * fast Bacon, Large liced to order. 'Phone i i's Grocei Telephone 24 HOME WORTH MORE. Wife Will Not Give Up Husband for $800,000. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 1.?Mrs. May Deffney Baldwin, the blacksmith's wife who learned ten days ago that she was heir to a $200,000 estate, finds herself in as strange a | predicament as ever befell a woman. She has been informed that to inherit the bequest, which will far exceed the original estimate, and is probably in excess of $800,000?as there is fully $600,000 of real estate ?she must marry the sweetheart of her childhood in Brooklyn, George D. Curtis. Mrs. Baldwin is very much married at the present moment, as five children bear testimony. Furthermore, she is very much in love with her husband, even if he is a blacksmith and barely able to make a livelihood in these days of automobiles. ' Mrs. Baldwin and her husband occupy a small cottage at Milford, far from any train or trolley, where life's economies are practiced to the last degree. Won't Quit Husband. But so far as any indication has been given since she learned of the bequest, Mrs. Baldwin has not the slightest intention of giving up her blacksmith husband. It would be necessary for her, to fulfill the terms of the bequest, to obtain a divorce and also obtain Curtis' consent to become her husband. This last does not enter into her calculations so much as the first, and Mrs. Baldwin, according to her friends, thinks more of her five children than of money, even in such a large amount. Mrs. Baldwin's marriage to the blacksmith was in the nature of a runaway match, neighbors say. Her parents were fairly well-to-do in Brooklyn, N. Y., and it is said Curtis was looked upon as a likely sunor for her hand. But she met and loved Baldwin, and when opposition to the marriage arose she settled matters in her own way with an elopement. Despite the hard times that have befallen Baldwin during their wedded years, she has never been heard to murmur a word of regret for her hasty marriage. Uncle Disliked Match. The uncle in Minneapolis, it is said, left her all his wealth, with this string attached to the bequest, always frowned on her marriage to Baldwin, it is understood, and was partial to George D. Curtis. The will, it is supposed, was made before her marriage to Baldwin, and never changed. Lawyers from New York have visited Mrs. Baldwin, and it is said there is ground for a contest of the will on her behalf. There have been court decisions that where impossible conditions are attached to a legacy the legacy will stand even though no attempt is made to fulfill the conditions imposed. This is practically true in the case of conditions enforcing the marriage of a legatee to a certain person where the legatee is already married. But until the will has been passed upon by the Minnesota courts, Mrs. Baldwin's predicament will remain one to fever the brow of any dramatist The estimate of the damage to the corn and cotton crops in the Beaufort section by the storm a week ago is estimated at 50 per cent. If Yon Wish to Sell That rarm, timber land, store or residence, ?o* nnno on/1 aand -f 1111 W1UC US ail VUV6 auu ovuu lull description as we have an attractive proposition to offer you. LIGOX LAND CO., Sumter, S. C. Take Notice.?At the Breland Negro picnic I found in my huggy a double barrel shotgun, and my bundles wer taken out after I got off. Please come and get it and bring me my bundles or $3.75. N. F. GREEN, Ehrhardt, S. C. Wanted. ? Good Housekeeping Magazine requires the services of a representative in Bamberg to look after subscription renewals and to extend circulation by special methods which have proved unusually successful. Salary and commission. Prevous experience desirable, but not essential. Whole time or spare time. Address, with references, J. F. Fairbanks, Good Housekeeping Magazine, 381 Fourth Ave., New York City. rages] mj @ w X icious taste and ? e highest grades 1 had at Herndon's. & 2ocoa, Chocolate, g -x 111 always stand a g very housekeeper j| elf on her table. ? MX Hams, Break- ? Fat Mackerel, ? is your orders. X * ry Store ? Bamberg, S. C. @ ? i STORM i T nin/iinin r . J DMliMIJ J 2 aHHHB 2 Our buyer has jj 2 just come from X 2 the Northern ? .t * markets with f the most com- ?? / 14* rilato lino ovof ' * IpiVVV I1UV V T VI X shown In this t' section. ? Millinery, Silks, j? Dress Noyehies, t Etc., the very latest JJ and best V.V.V.V I We will sell you 5 the latest and f* best to be had in Ij any of the large C cities and at less ? cost .*. * One of the best f I milliners in this 1, country will be with us in a few 1> days. See our line, ? save money, and ? be better pleased * ...THE... Millinery Store t FORMERLY & 4 li. snuti s cu. > Z X 4 Bamberg, S. C. l| Piano Contest. Following is the standing of the contestants in the contest for the piano now being given away by The Bamberg Herald and Hoover's drug store. No names of contestants are published, each contestant having a number. Get in the game early and matte me uuuiesi interesting: 1 .. .. 36,995 75 .. 35,220 2 .. .. 36,525 79 .. .. 63,090 9 .. .. 6,625 89 .. .. 2,225 21 .. .. 142,990 90 .. .. 133,000 . 23 .. .. 6,140 112 2,335 35 .. .. 3,025 119 .. .. 2,005 41 .. .. 53,790 140 .. .. 65,840 42 .. .. 2,035 141 .. .. 2,040 43 .. .. 2,715 146 .. .. 42,285 49 .. .. 2,030 147 .. 42,000 50 2,050 179 .. .. 62,000 59 .. ~ 12,240 197 .. ~ 45,075 66 .. .. 2,785 198 .. ~ 69,106 . . ...