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SJhr Smnbrrg Sjrralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. W. KXIGHT, 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 line Mieme cynnaer press, an ruu uy electric power, with otl er material and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year $150; six months, 75 cents; three months, 50 cents. All subscriptions payable strictly in advanoe. 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, tind all notices of a personal or political charnnior arp ohar^pri for as rperular ad vertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation 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 ex pressed in any communication. . Thursday, Feb. 29,1912. J Ulil yuu evt;x" suup IV tLUUtv UUw icvv business failures there are in Bamberg? This speaks'well for the mercantile life of the town. Those from Bamberg who went to Charleston and saw the races Thursday of last week say there was an open bar-room at the track, but that the governor did not appear to mind it. Maybe he didn't know it was .there. Bamberg needs to double her population by the next census. We know of no town anywhere that needs new population more. There are plenty of people looking for a good town to live in, and we can bring them here i# ~ ?n1.T 11 WC UillJ 11 J. The Dorchester Eagle came out last week as a six-column eight-page paper. It has formerly been issued as a five-column eight-page sheet. Congratulations to Editor Felder on his ' prosperity. He is giving his people a first-class weekly. ' Governor Blease signed the State warehouse bill last week, and the measure is now a law. What effect it will have on conditions is problematical, and the governor seems to have grave doubts as to whether it will be of much benefit to the farmers. ? ? 1 It really seems to us that the peo pie of Bamberg do not realize what .a< solid town we have and what advantages we have. Compare Bamberg with any town in the ^State its size and you will find that it is in many respects the very best town anywhere. When strangers visit your town make it a point to show them what a progressive place it is. Inform them of all of its good points, and above all, be loyal to all its institutions. Nothing impresses a stranger more favorably than loyalty on the part of a town's citizenship. A cost congress is being arranged for by the printers of the State. It should be attended by every owner of a printing office in South Carolina. It is likely that the meeting will be held in Columbia some time next month, and we hope to see a large attendance. Let's get down to actual facts as to what printing costs us. Ton manv of us don't know anything about the cost of our work. ? Governor Blease vetoed a number of items in the appropriation bill, yet the legislature passed most of them over his veto. In most of the cases he was right, but he should have gone futher. The governor did not seem to liave the nerve to veto items which amounted to something, but rather he vetoed the smaller appropriations. However, he was right as far as he ( went, but he should have used the veto more freely. Frankly, we don't think very much of the three commissioners elected by the legislature to have charge of the State warehouse system. As the Hon. Jno. L. McLaurin was the originator of the scheme and drew the bill, it does seem that the legislature would have done him the honor of making* him chairman of the commission, especially as he is one of the largest farmers in the State and a, most energetic and capable business man. Yet his name was not even mentioned in connection with the place. Of course the election of Messrs. McCown, Clinkscales and Horlbeck may turn out all right, and we hope It will. 0 The three greatest bluffers in the South are in South Carolina and Georgia. Cole L. Blease is one and Thos. B. Felder, the Atlanta lawyer, is the other two. The South Carolina general assembly seems to have been suffering from a case of too much statesmanship. What is needed, it seems to us, is more common sense and that, too, of the commonest kind. We see that the dispensary investigating committee is to summon Thos. B. Felder to appear and testify. If He doesn't ten tne committee any more than he has told the public, notwithstanding all his bluster, he'll hardly be worth per diem and mileage as a witness. The Herald takes pride in directing attention to the statements of the two banking institutions of this city. We'll warrant that no banks in any town in the State can make a better showing, and if these statements may be taken as an index to the financial condition of Bamberg, the town generally is in fine condition. There will be general regret all over the' State that Mr. R. H. Jennings, the present State treasurer, has decided not to stand for re-elec- ; tion, but we see no reason- why the ( position should be handed down to an a# +V?r\ AflRnti nnfl Trhrt has CllipiUJ CC U1 U1C VXUVVS nuw u??/ been sucking the public teat for many : years. We hope to see some strong, i representative man announce for the ] position. > i The Florence Times, in discussing , the paragraph in last week's Herald ( in regard to the veto of the medical 1 inspection bill, sets up a beautiful j man of straw which it proceeds to , demolish, and calls on us to specify which class of parents we had in ^ mind. The Herald did not say the } bill "does take away the rights of parents." We said, "In matters of this kind due regard should be given the rights of parents." We represent one class of parents, and we believe we have a right to be protected from { contagious diseases which might be contracted by our children at school { because proper care was not exercised ( by some other parents. We have * urged for years a physical examina- * tion of all children before they enter J a public school, and this inspection 1 act is no new thing to us. But the 1 examination should be done at home by the family physician, the parents ' bearing the expense, and in cases 1 where the parents are too poor to bear the expense, then let the public { funds be drawn on. But we want no wholesale examination of children at ] the school building. Let the examin- 1 ation be made at home in all cases ( and no child should be permitted to ' enter school who is not sound physi- ] cally or who has not bee., successfully 1 vaccinated. Such a measure is need- 3 ed. but it should be a common sense 1 law and one which can be enforced ! without friction. We feel sure that 1 if the act had been properly drawn < it would have passed over the gover- ^ nor's veto, and, too, we do not believe 1 the governor would have vetoed an act such as we have outlined above. ] The Medical Inspection Bill. , The Bamberg Herald approves the 1 veto of the medical inspection bill on ! that ground that it does take away the rights of parents. We would like . to know just what set of parents The Herald has in mind. As the rep] resentative of one set of parents we _ demand that it is our right to be protected in our homes from the dis< eases that children are likely to con- ' tract at the schools, and we have no other than the public school to send them to, and we watch our little ones carefully, and send for the doctor at 1 the first alarm of illness, because we J know that the little constitution is weak, and that the little lungs or ] stomach cannot stand much, but an- other set of parents do not so care- } fully watch their offspring, for they are hardy, and the parents believe in < letting them rub against the world < when they are young, and the world * is often dirty and diseased and the ( hardy ones bring the seeds of disease to the helpless ones in the school and there are new made graves on the hillside before the glad ( holiday come, all because the gover nor thought that a new office was being created, and that a negro janitor might be appointed by the school j board to make one present at the medical examination of the girl pu- 1 pils, and a too large number of the members of the house of representatives of the people thought that the rights of parents were being infringed upon! Which set of parents did The Herald have reference to, those who this year may be called on to weep , over the grave of one more sacrifice to our criminal carelessness and blind s and foolish devotion to a fetish that j the children of our neighbors belonged to them, and they alone had a right to control them, no matter how they executed their trust or regarded the rights of the community.?Florence Times. An ad. in The Herald will bring recults. Try one and see. EGGS FURNISH HUMAN SKIN. Surgeon Claims He Has Succeeded in Grafting Thin Membrane. New York, Feb. 25.?Crushed fingers can be made to grow and wounds to heal without scars by grafting upon the injured members the thin membrane taken from eggs, according to an article by Dr. Russell Bellamy, who reports his discoveries in the current number of the New York Medical Journal. Dr. Bellamy is a graduate of the medical college of New York University. He was in the city to-day, but left the Hotel Plaza to go to Washington in connection with his recent discoveries. He reports cases where the implanting of the cells from the inner skin of the egg upon mutilated fingers actually caused those members to grow and to develop healthy tissue. His article is illustrated with photographs of negro patients, who, after sustaining injuries to their digits, started new growing under the stimulus of the egg grafting, and now they have fingers of which the upper halves are white. "By the associating of living cells" writes Dr. Bellamy, "and even with apparently dead cells, I have been able to revitalize structures and to create new tissues, osseous excepted, up to the time of my first work. "In order to fructify lifeless, or to renew lost tissues, the utilization of a little understood animal substance proved ideal. It now places itself as a positive factor, and allows one to do creative surgery. After satisfying myself that I had found the necessary cell, I can state emphatically that these cells are the realization of the ideal, and henceforth make creative surgery possible." The surgeon declares that his work is absolutely conclusive, and that in ao case is it possible to clas&ify the aew growth as scar tissue. ?^ Sensitive Smith. Under the head of "Who's Who? and Why" in the Saturday Evening Post for Feb. 24 appears an article iealing with the "Smith Family in Congress." The writer has divided congress into two divisions, "the Smiths and the non-Smiths" in which tie deals with the five senators by that Qame. The one of interest to this particular section is that which deals with Senator E. D. Smith, of South Carolina. In reference to this gentleman the writer says: "Sensitive Smith is Ellison DuRant 3f South Carolina. And what makes tiim so sensitive? asks the curious i party on my left. The woes of the common people, dear sir?the woes of the common people. Possessed of a tender and sympathetic spirit, it. causes him great pain to observe the velvet-shod feet of the criminal rich treading on the bleeding hearts of the prostrate poor, as he once observed; though it is quite apparent the criminal rich would have achieved greater results had they worn hob-nailed shoes. Still, the criminal rich down in South Carolina probably wear velvet on their aristocratic feet. Ellison DuRant weeps bitterly every time he thinks of the price of cotton and is esteemed an orator in his section of the country. Probably *here is no more sensitive man in public life than Ellison DuRant? certainly no more sensitive Smith. He quivers like an aspen at the mere mention of any atrocity on the dear people that may be perpetrated anywhere?and especially in the cotton belt. His soul revolts. And when his soul revolts, his vocabulary resolves." BANK STATEMENT. Statement of the condition of the Ehrhardt Banking Co., located at Ehrhardt, S. C., at the close of business February 20th, 1912. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $49,438.69 Furniture and fixtures 1,151.78 Banking house 2,250.00 Due from banks and bankers 45,049.39 Currency 2,876.00 Cold 222.50 Silver and other minor coin 346.36 Checks and cash items 5.50 TOTAL ? |101,340.22 LIABILilTliUS." Capital stock paid in $20,000.00 Surplus fund 6,000.00 Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid 3,464.36 Due to banks and bankers 454.77 individual deposits subject to check 43,615.78 Time certificates of deposit 27,682.11 Other liabilities, partial payments 123.20 TOTAL $101,340.22 State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg. Rpfnrp mp name A. P. Henderson. Cashier of the above named hank, who, being duly sworn* says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. A. F. HENDERSON. Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me. this 26th day of February, 1912. J. M. KIRKLAND, Notary Public, S. C. Correct-Attest: J. L. COPELAND, M. D., JACOB EHRHARDT, FRANK H. COPELAND, . Directors. [five dollar: of merck, J To give you an chandise we ca pared we are t now until April chase made, we j number of arti< 2 number of the s j| every article of OTo the pers< ber, we will alio1 Now, exercis win, you can't 1< with us. We h< to grow PEOPLES DRUG COI lia- ?= Boy Risks Life for Horses. Because he loves horses,- Steven Pau risked his life time and again to rescue more than 100 draught animals from a burning barn at Chicago. He discovered the fire, and untied the horses one by one until they were all freed. BANK STATEMENT. Statement or tne condition ot me Bamberg Banking Co., located at Bamberg, S. C., at the close of business February 20th, 1912. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $206,859.02 Overdrafts 410.19 Bonds and stocks owned by the bank 1,000.00 Furniture and fixtures.*... 2,173.11 Banking house 5,861.07 Due from banks and bankers 86,689.81 Currency 5,355.00 Gold 275.00 Silver and other minor coin 824.08 Checks and cash items.... 574.69 TOTAL $301,021.97 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $ 55,000.00 Surplus fund 45,000.00 Undivided profits less current expenses and taxes paid 16,780.83 Due to banks and bankers 4,810.56 Dividends unpaid 108.00 Individual deposits sub ject to check Savings deposits 36,588.59 Time certificates of deposit 20,435.12 Certified checks 14.97 Cashier's checks 197.85 TOTAL $301,021.97 State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg. Before me came D. F. Hooton, cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. D. F. HOOTON, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of February, 1912. W. D. COLEMAN, Notary Public, S. C. Correct-Attest: J. B. BLACK, HENRY F. BAMBERG, J. D. COPELAND, Directors. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg?Court of Common Pleas. J. W. Black, et al, plaintiffs, against Janie Tucker, etc., et al, defendants. Pursuant to an order made in the above entitled cause on December 8th, 1911, by his Honor Judge S. W. G. Shipp, Circuit Judge, presiding in the second circuit, I, H. C. Folk, Master in and for the county of Bamberg, will sell at public auction for cash, to the highest bidder, in front of the court house door at Bamberg, S. C., on March 4th, 1912, the same being sales day, the tracts of land hereinafter described, being the I portion allotted to the estate of J. M. Tucker in the above entitled action. All of that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the county and State aforesaid, containing one hundred and eight (108) acres, and known as the May home tract, and designated as Tract A, and bounded on the North by the Charleston and Augusta public road; on the East by lands of Isaac Belcher and Henry Felder; on the South and West by lands of J. J. England. ALSO All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the said county and State, containing two hundred and eight (208) acres, and designated as Tract B, and bounded ' on the North and West by lands of W. L. McFail, N. P. Smoak and Southern Railway; on the East by lands designated as Tract D, and be- , longing to J. W. Black; and on the South by lands of W. L. McFail. The two tracts above described are more fully designated and described I v."''" V.TT /if flnnrt l'n I Ull a piai Luauc u.y uiu<ii \jm. this action, that is filed in the clerk's office in this county,' reference to which may be had if desired. If the successful bidder at the sale of these lands fails to comply with his bid, the property will be sold on the same or some subsequent sales day, at the risk of the former purchaser, and so on from time to time until a purchaser be found who will comply. Purchaser to pay for pa- 1 pers. H. C. FOLK, ' Master for Bamberg County. ' Bamberg, S. C., February 14, 1912. S WORTH cl 4NDISE T J idea of the number of < rry in stock and to sho\ n snnnlv vrtur wants in first, with each twenty will allow you to make :les of merchandise in o ame article will be coun a different name will b< 3n guessing nearest to th w them to trade five ($5.( e your guessing powers, < >se. A person has never sip their pocket book an< IEXAMBTH VLEN AMINE MPANY, - - rnnmnv PtPiniTmrin. Three Anderson Townships Show Decrease of 1,557 Acres. Anderson, Feb. 26.?According to returns from three townships of the county well organized to reduce the cotton acreage under the Rock Hill plan, a reduction of about 25 per cent, from the 1911 crop will be made. These three townships?Fork, Honea Path and Savannah?planted 6,634 acres in cotton in 1911. According to the pledges submitted to the central committee the acreage for 1912 will be 4,077 acres, a decrease of 1,557 acres. <r \ I A I\I 11 Amrr VlALUbUEJIj CONTINUED wjfa Boys'just iook Hi YY llw at your father. I He must think I'm going to |||l die soon. He has on one of ||||; the "Smile" hats from Rentz & Felder's; one of their tailor made suits, and a pair of their Douglas low cut button tan shoes. The latest in a tie and collar too. Did you get all they had, John? 11/ # Well, they alvOnn ready had to buy their second lot of spring goods, Slippers, etc., for you women folks. Time now for us to make a pull. Get some HpmeVY 110 spun, Gingham, Percale, Madras, Galatea, Linen, Bleaching, to-day. i I * 1 9 Who is that fifth 111 JOIlIl* animal you called? 9 They will tell WllC? you who it is John. Go to RENTZ & FELDER BAMBERG, S. C. Ill \?===^ pB PORTABLE AND STATIONARY tNGINES AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines LARQBSTOCK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, Supply Store. AUGUSTA, GA. REE] articles of mer- 5 M v you how pre* I our line, from I five cents pur- I a guess at the I ur store. Any I ^ ted as one, but 2 * s counted once. | i te correct num- I . ] Ifl ^ rlnl! are fvao I M j\j j uuiiui o i. a uv* m ind if you don't I 1 lost by trading Jk 1 bank account ' V - Bamberg, S. C. : q FULL SET BURGLAR'S TOOLS % Found on Man Arrested at Laurens jk for Vagrancy. ^ Laurens, Feb. 26.?To-day a white jj man, apparently about 40, was ar rested at Watts's Mills for vagrancy, M when it was discovered that he had V on his person a set of burglar's tools consisting of two burglar's keys, a file, a small pocket glass and some maps. The matter was reported to the sheriff who had him lodged in jail. Thp strane'pr savs hp is an "English 0 agjj man; that his name is George Wilson, and that he recently spent some time in Columbia, Jacksonville, and % Augusta. Plan to ^Strangle Prisoner. ... plot, of negro prisoners to lynch John Burdine, a fellow negro prisoner in the same cell with them, who was charged with a criminal assault on a six-year-old girl, was overheard by a negro woman who was cleaning * 1 the jail at Thomasville, Ga., and . the warden removed Burdine to an- * other part of the prison. t !| 5 ) I I LdulGo Listen! Miss Clara has returned. Jj Traveled all the way ^ from Baltimore to Bam- ' berg under one hat, and | it not a very large one either. Now this is d l^nYMr ' LiVU|f A VIU ; -1 you must remember. So we will have 121 Caps and Bonnets for the babies; 387 Hats for misses and girls; 987 Hats for young ladies on the a carpet; 12 Hats for those who have been on the carpet; 1 Hat for those who don't want to be on the carpet. Now to get them like you % want them, we will have with us Miss Lemacks, of one of the oldest and best families of the State, who has been in the leading fashion centers for > . years. Comes to us from one * of the best equipped houses in America, and will be of great help to you. Will be here March 3rd. Our New Arrivals this week are too many to mention after this introduction, but they are numerous and novel. THE I A A 1U?H? Millinery Store I (C. W. RENTZ, Prop.) I (Formerly K. I. Shuck & Co.) J 11 i