The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 05, 1912, Page 4, Image 4
?he Bamberg Beralh
ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
A. \V. KXIGHT, Editor.
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Thursday, Dec. 5, 1912.
It is stated in the newspapers that
the citizens of Spartanburg county :
are longing for a return of the dispensary
and that petitions will soon
be circulated asking for an election (
on the question.
If there ever was a time when there ^
should be money in farming, that 1
time is now. Everything raised on
the farm is selling at higher prices
than in years. Pork, bacon, eggs, ;
syrup, chickens, potatoes, etc., are always
in good demand at good prices.
But farmers should raise things to
eat. They raise entirely too little is
the trouble now.
The grand jury of Colleton county
is certainly a body with a back bone.
At the recent term of court they
made personal investigation of the
matter of the illegal sale of whiskey
and as a consequence several parties
were presented for operating blind ]
tigers. The jury also, in strong
terms, brought out conditions as to
the illegal sale of whiskey in the
town of Walterboro and condemned
the mayor, W. B. Ackerman. asking .
that he be restrained from performing
the duties of mayor if there was ,
any way such action could be had.
Last week the governor either par- (
doned or paroled thirty-two people (
confined in the State penitentiary, <
many of whom were serving sen- 1
tences for the taking of human life. *
How can we expect anything else 1
but that lawlessness and crime will (
prevail when such an abuse of the 'c
pardoning power is shown by the 1
chief executive? Xo man's life is (
safe under present conditions, and 1
the shedding of human blood in this (
State is likely to continue until there 1
is more respect shown for the ver- 1
diets of juries. Why try men if the c
judgment of twelve men who hear ^
the evidence is to be set aside by one 1
man? *
i
Judging from many expressions we
have heard recently, the people of
Bamberg coutny are going to vote the
dispensary back at the first opportunity.?Bamberg
Herald.
Judging from the number of homi- 1
cides that occur in Bamberg, one '
would think that county has no need c
for the dispensary.?Newberry Ob- 1
server. *
The number of homicides is much *
greater under prohibition than dur- 1
ing the dispensary regime, and as *
most of the killings are caused directly
by whiskey obtained from 1
blind tigers, the people naturally pre- 1
fer the dispensary to the sort of pro- 1
hibition we have now. *
The paragraph recently printed in i
this newspaper as to the great num- *
ber of murder cases to be tried at *
the recent term of court for this 1
county was commented on by a number
of papers throughout the State
and gave the county a lot of unenviable
notoriety. This we deplore, but it r
could not be helped. We hate to ad- (
vertise our county in a bad light to ^
the world, and some times keep quiet ,
about matters which would not com- .
mend Bamberg as a good place to
I
live, but human life should be protected.
and it is high time the good
people of Bamberg county were real- '
*1^/-, tli?st cnr-h n vormtntirin
i 6, ill a, LI1C iciv.1, imu I*. A \K vv? ..
1
as Bamberg has abroad is bound to be
of material hurt to us. It is folly to
expect people to locate in a town or
county where life is held so lightly J
and where lawlessness appears to be
in the ascendancy. What are the
good people of the town and county j
going to do about it? s
JOHNSON WEDS WHITE GIRL.
Lucille Cameron is Now the Wife of
Black Pugilist.
Chicago, Dec. 3.?Jack Johnson,
negro pugilist, this afternoon married
Lucille Cameron, the 19-year-old girl
of Minneapolis, who recently appeared
as a witness against him before
the Federal grand jury, which returned
indictments charging him with
violation of the Mann act.
The ceremony was performed at
the home of Johnson's mother, by a
negro preacher, in the presence of a
dozen negroes and several newspaper
reporters.
A onrinnc prnwd f>f nparlv a thoUS
and men and women gathered outside
the house and a squad of police were
kept busy maintaining order.
The marriage will not affect his
case before the federal court, according
to Johnson's attorneys.
The prize-fighter said a moving
picture concern had agreed to pay
him $5,000 to make a film of the
wedding scene. Johnson said he told
the Cameron girl he had been blamed
for illtreating her and "that we
might as well be married right
away".
"She is alone in the world now."
said Johnson. "Her mother has left
her and her stepfather is quoted as
saying he wants to have nothing
more to do with her."
The clerk of the marriage license
office declined to issue a permit to
Johnson, because tne camerun gin
was not there to swear to her age.
The county clerk, however, issued the
license. Johnson gave his age as 34.
He said the Cameron girl was 18 and
that court records showed this.
When Chief of Police McWeeney
was informed that a moving picture
concern had arranged to photograph
the wedding he declared that if legal
means could be found he would not
permit public exhibition of the pictures.
"The whole affair is antagonistic
to public policy and morals generally,"
said Chief McWeeney.
Where Europe is Ahead of Us.
Let me now add that not only as
farmers but as citizens there is much
for us to learn from Europe. We
think ourselves a very progressive
people, but the truth is we are away
behind the times in scores of essential
things. Some of us think five
months' tenm enough for rural
schools with compulsion, while even
Japan gives ten and compels attendance.
We are robbed by an inquitous
tariff and a high direct tax rate,
when we should shift the main burJen
to luxuries, inheritances and incomes.
We provide no special bankno
fonilifioe fnr fn rnichin or mflllPV t.O
iu^ laviunvc iv*. *. v* * ** ...... v. ^ _
farmers, and don't even provide a
Torrens system that would enable
:hem to get money easier, even un3er
present regulations. We have
ihild labor laws that Europe looks on
is almost barbarous. Medical inspec:ion
of school children is still in the
future. Railroads, telegraphs, telephones
and express companies
charge us exorbitant rates, whereis
practically every Europegji governnent
either owns these conveniences
>r keeps rates down to a minimum.
Xnd our politics has been too freluently
nothing on earth but a disgusting
scramble to give certain
nen the spoils of office and keep
certain other men out instead of being
a contest over principles and
policies affecting the people's welfare.?Clarence
Poe, in the Progressve
Farmer.
Wesley House Xews.
Miss Regan had a busy day at the
tYesley House, on Thanksgiving Day,
nit ivitn Iiav ir a labor of love.
ind giving pleasure to others, being
i joy to her own heart. A nicely
) re pa red. daintily served. Thanksgiving
dinner was served to six mem)ers
of the .Mother's Club, and it was
i pleasant occasion to all. In the
ifternoon. under the auspices of the
k'oung Ladies Home Mission Society,
he children were entertained. There
vere about fifty of the mill children
present and. after the story hour,
?ames were played, and fruit and
:andy given to the children. "Inasmuch
as ye have done unto one of
:he least of these, ye have done it
into me."?Orangeburg Times and
Democrat.
McLaurin for Senator.
Hon. Juo. L. McLaurin will be the
text State Senator from Marlboro
ounty, he succeeding J. B. Green.
vho died recently. ?\o primary was
leld to select a candidate, as Mr. Mc^aurin
was the only one to file the
>ledge and pay the assessment,
herefore he was declared the nomilee
by the county Democratic executive
committee. He is a man of
deas and influence and will be a
orce in the Senate this winter. We
ire indeed glad that the voters of
Uarlboro were wise enough to give
Mm the position without opposition.
Ladies in Hanover are prohibited
rrom wearing large hatpins in the
street.
WOMAX CONFESSED MURDER
Of Her Husband After Seeing Mui
der Scene in Show.
Goaded by her conscience aft<
seeing a moving picture in which th
killing of a husband by his wife ws
depicted, Mrs. McAfee, a well to d
widow of Macon, Ga.. has confesse
that she killed her husband in In
land ten years ago. Two weeks ag
Mrs. McAfee saw the moving pictur
the plot of which, she thought, co
responded in a measure with the hi<
den story of her life. From that da;
her relatives say, she began to won
and weep. She summoned her reh
tives and confessed that she ha
been responsible for the violent deat
of her husband in Ireland in 190:
She said she would never know
moment's peace unless she returi
ed to Ireland and suffered for ht
act. She says that she was jealous (
her husband and brought about h
death in such a way that it seeme
accidental.
DYNAMITES GAS BAG AND DROP
; Law Does New Stunt for the Pictui
Machines.
Rodman Lav.*, who makes a livin
by jumping off bridges and the hig
spots in New York for moving pi<
ture concerns, did a new stunt a fe
days ago. He sailed out over th
North River in a balloon, blew th
gas bag up with dynamite an
dropped into the river unhurt.
There are miles- of moving pictur
films showing Law as a hero in
melodrama pursued by the villia
and escaping by daring leaps; bi
the moving picture men were gettin
tired of bridge jumping and that soi
of thing and they asked for somethin
new.
1 flax toueneu .ur, iuciv% & piuL^asiui
al pride and the wind favoring h
proceeded to go about the busines
of earning his pay, which was to b
$1,000, less the cost of the ballooi
the gas which filled it and son:
pounds of dynamite.
When Law was ready to start tb
balloon trip from Edgewater, acros
the river from Grant's Tomb, he wa
dressed in woollen knit clQthinj
which doesn't ignite easily, ana wor
a football player's leather helmet an
a woollen. veil over his face. Dow
below in the river the tugboat Lil
bey cruised about with the movin
picture battery ready to open fire. A
the balloon shot up he sat easily o
a trapeze bar attached to the specia
ly designed parachute which has 1(
him down gently so many times* I
one hand he held a lanyard whic
controlled the mechanism to explod
the dynamite at the upper part of th
balloon.
The tug whistled a signal and ther
followed a crackling explosion whic
rattled windows of apartment house
along Riverside Drive and startle
folks a half-mile away. There was
burst of flame and a great cloud c
smoke, out of which dropped Mi
Law. coming down very fast indee
until the parachute opened an
checked the fall.
The tug bustled up with the mo\
ing picture battery in action. Th
jumper lay inert on the water an
mere spectators on the boat got a
added thrill, although the picture ma
chines went on clicking. But plavin
dead was only part of the contrac
and in a moment Law raised his hea
and inquired somewhat petulantly i
it was also part of the job for hir
to stay in the water until he froze t
death. Then they pulled him o
board.?X. Y. Sun.
These Make Us Tired.
i
i
The speaker who says. "Now jus
j one more word and I am done"?the
I keeps on talking for an hour longei
The man who knows just hoi
I everything ought to be done and in
sists on telling it.
The woman who wastes time pat
ting a blear-eyed poodle when ther
are so many motherless childr^
seeking home and love.
The old graybeard who tries to ac
like a boy, and the old maid who trie
to act kittenish.
The fellow who thinks that dollar
make up for his lack of common
sense.?The Commoner.
The Snake Stone.
In most accounts of snake charm
in India, the snake stone plays ai
important part. When the charme
is bitten the stone is applied to th
bite, and is supposed to aid in hi
recovery. Writing in the Londo
Field. Lieutenant L. Mackenzie give
some notes on two of these stones
which he had the opportunity of see
j ing. They were triangular in shape
I at end, rounded, with sinooth, polish
! ed black surfaces. They are said t
come from the hills of Tibet and t
be solidified saliva of the markhor
This animal is spoken of in Lieuten
ant Mackenzie's notes as the "Persiai
snake eater." Its saliva is though
to contain an antidote to snake pois
on. The markhor is a species o
wild goat found in India, Tibet am
Kashmir.
ETIQUETTE IX WAR.
p* Rules Which Must be Obeyed by Armies
of Civilized Nations.
War?that is, warfare between
civilized nations?has its code of
lb etiquette, known as the customs of
l0 war, some of which are written, othj
ers tacitly agreed to.
Obvious examples of fighting eti'?
quette are the rules which protect the
Red Cross flag of the ambulance, and
r" forbid the use of explosives, or, within
the limits, expanding bullets.
Nominally, a general may use any
J means in his power to bring his foe
to subjection, but there is a well defined
boundary line. A leader may
k cut off his enemy's food and water
O
supplies. He may subject him to all
a the horrors of famine and thirst; but
l" he must not poison his food or water.
iT Suppose a place is besieged and
that outside the walls are wells
ls which the besiegers cannot effectively
d hold, and which the besieged can
reach under cover of night. The besieger
would be justified in sending
parties to fill up the wells with earth
and stones, or to destroy them with
dynamite. On the other hand, to pollute
the wells with poison, or to
throw dead animals into them, would
g be an infamy.
A "prisoner of war" has his rights.
"" He may be asked to give his parole
w to promise not to escape; but he must
lG not be forced to give his parole; and
ie is not to be punislied for refusing to
^ do so. A prisoner on parole who attempts
to escape is liable to be shot,
either when escaping or if retaken
a alive.
| An unparoled prisoner may also be
shot while in the act of escaping;
? but if re-captured it would be murder
to shoot him, and he should not
o*
be punished for his attempt, though
^ he may be placed in more rigorous
^ confinment.
te
A prisoner may be compelled to
jS
earn his "keep" by working at his
1 trade, if he has one, or by doing work
ie for his captors not of a purely military
nature. Thus, he may be orderie
ed to assist in draining the camp in
;s which he is a prisoner; but it would
LS not be fair to put him to building
y fortifications.
3 The customs of war justify the
3 employment of spies, but under cerQ
tain rules. If a soldier voluntarily
turns traitor, the. other side is eng
titled to make use of him but it is
kS not "cricket" to tempt a soldier to
n betray his own side.
1- If thus tempted, a man may preit
tend to turn traitor and deceive the
n enemy with false information. On
h the other hand, voluntarily to go
e over to the enemy, pretending to be
e a traitor or deserter, would be dishonorable
conduct?that is, if the
e pretended traitor is an officer or solh
dier.
ss A spy, of course, has no rights, and
d is at all times liable to be shot or
a hanged at sight.
>f An officer, or soldier, however,
r- caught in the enemy's camp, must not
d be treated as a spy, but as a prisoner
d of war, provided he is not disguised.
If a commander takes part in a
"" charge, or persistently exposes hime
self to fire, he must take his chance
d nf hpin? shot: but in big affairs it is
n not the "game" to detail marksmen
L" to try to "pick off" your opponent's
g general, though every effort may be
:t made to capture him.
^ When a city or town is bombarded,
* public buildings?unless used for den
fensive purposes?should be spared
0 so far as possible. When a place is
n captured, the victorious foe is entitled
to seize art treasures and so on,
and to hold them for ransom. To injure
or destroy them would be the
act of a vandal.
When *" country is invaded, the inn
vader can compel the inhabitants to
* supply him with food and other supv
plies, and to act as guides, workmen
l" and drivers.
A person who, not belonging to
any recognized military force, takes
e up arms against an invader is liable
11 to be shot when captured. Retaliation
is sanctioned by the customs of
t war. It is military vengeance, and
s takes place when an outrage committod
rm fMio sirlA is hv the
s commission of a similar act on the
" other.
Thus, an unjust execution of prisoners
held by the enemy may be followed
by the execution of an equal
number of prisoners held by the op~
ponents.?Answers.
n ? m ?
r Some Argument,
e
s Way down in Florida two darkies
a were discussing as to the color of
s certain Biblical personages. One of
!- them asserted that as Palestine was
about in a line with Africa the peob
pie must have been colored.
"Lor* bress you' heart," said the
o speaker, "St. Peter an' St. Paul and
o the rest of the Apostles was as white
' as that Xoth'n gen'l'man ober dere."
"No, sah!" said the man in opposite
tion. "Paul may ha' been, but St.
t Peter?nb sah! St. Peter was a cul>
ler'd gen'l'man."
f "You're wrong, for if St. Peter'd ?
i been color'd dat cock wouldn't ha' 1
crowed more'n once't." J
S. G. MAYFIELD. W. E. FREE. TAX NOTICE.
? ,
MAYFIELD & FREE The treasurer's office will be open
for the collection of State, county.
Attorneys - at-Law school and all other taxes from the
15th day of October, 1912 until the
BAMBERG, S. C. 15th day of March, 1913, inclusive.
From the first dav of January,
Practice in all the Courts, both 1913, until the 31st day of January.
State and Federal. Corporation 1913, a penalty of one per cent, will
practice and the winding up of es- added to all unpaid tax?s. From gg
tates a specialty. Business entrust- J February, 1913, until
ted to us will be promptly attended 28th day of February, 1913, a h
t0i penalty of 2 per cent, will be added M
* to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st m
? - "Z Z" day of March. 1913. until the 15th 9
PHIIJHESTFR S PILLS da>' of iIarck> 1913,' a penalty of 7 ^
U J-L tiig diamond Per cent, will be added to all unpaid
//CK Ladles! Ask your l>rusfl*L for /A taxes.
MisSL THE LEVY. ?
?S?T?i?Sbrr!iB^%fVT??p v For State purposes 5% mills
|7 - flr Dnnw, Askforcm^rtEs-TEBS For County purposes 5% mills
! > 4 ?Sm&a'!&?<*2 Constitutional school tax ....3 mills
-r SfliO BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE To(al ? Muis
SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES.
Delays Are Dangerous B2BM!kV==? Si
J ^3 Euford's Bridge, No. T 2 mills ,
I represent the Mutual Life In- Clear Fond, No. 19 2 mills
surance Co., of New York, one of the Colaton Na 18 -.-. 2 m lis
strongest old line companies in ex- guffle Creek No 2m s
istence. Let me show you our many Denmark No. 21 t>% m s
attractive nolicv contracts. I also Ehrhardt, No. 22 9 mills
represent the Standard Live Stock Govan, No. 11 4 mills
Insurance Co., of Indianapolis. This Hutto, No. 6 .. 2 mills ? ^
is a strong company. Insure your Hampton, No. 3 2 mills
horses and cattle. Heyward No. 24 2 mills
Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills
W?* 4 v \\T a f Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 1 mill
. MAX WALKER Lees, No. 23 4 mills
EHRHARDT, S. C. Midway, No. 2 ...2 mills
???????? Oak Grove, No. 20 2 mills
/jNt Olar, No. 8 4 mills
JS?fy \ St. John's, No. 10 2 mills *
Jj/1 ^ Salem, No. 9 3 mills
gwfe. Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills
A11 persons between the ages of
l^rP twenty-one and sixty years of age,
except Confederate soldiers and sail-.
\' i\\\ ors' who are exemPt at 50 years of
age, are liable to a poll tax of one
Capitation dog tax 50 cents. N
If i V53H Wjty^Kafij \yvSv/ AU persons who were 21 years? of *
vmvj U\i imsehx ''feu1 \l)li age on or before the 1st day of Jan^lW
ffff*'' I uary, 1912, are liable to a poll tax
I of one dollar, and all who have not
SBBflF/p <*md!?y I made returns to the Auditor, are re,
i auest%d to do so on or before the
? " 111 jst 0f January, 1913.
YOU ARE PRETTY WELL I will receive the commutation
rnpnm road tax of two C%3-00) dollars from
the 15th day of October, 1912, until
against accident when you drive out ^ day March> 1913. ^
in one of our carriages. It takes an ** A* JENNINGS, >
? . , . . , , .. w . Treasurer Bamberg County,
awful lot to break them, light and
graceful as they are. If you could ^??^???
see how these runabouts, buggies, j. f. Carter B. D. Carter 1 ,
surreys, etc., were made you'd know _ . _____ nAomri)
why they are so strong as well as CARTER & CARTER
handsome. Buy one and you'll have AttOmeVS-at-LaW
style and safety at the same time.
bamberg, s. c.
HORSES AND MULES.
Special attention given to setG.
FRANK BAMBERG, tlement of estates and investi_
, ? ^ gation of land titles. V ..
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