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f She iamberg ijeralft ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. \V. 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 oviinrfpr nrpss folder, one jobber, a LU gi v v vuunci3i.vii c* nijuvi .. which does not allow whiskey to be sold by the drink? What that city v. _> wants is regular old-time barrooms, ^ and that is forbidden by the constitution. Even with high license, liquor cannot be sold in less quantity than half pint and in original packages. with no drinking on the premises. We have no idea how many entries there will be in the race for congress in the first district, nor from what counties they will come, but we are free to say that Charleston should furnish the congressman from that district. Because of the location of the navy yard there and its other important public interests, the congressman should come from Charleston by all means. Hon. Geo. S. Legare, congressman from the first district, died at his home in St. Andrews Parish, near Charleston, last Friday morning. Mr. Legare had been in bad health for some years, but during the last few weeks he failed rapidly until the end came. He was born in Charleston county, at Rockville, and had represented the first district in congress for a number of years. The burial took place in Charleston Sunday afternoon. Delegations from thei South Carolina legislature and the National Congress attended the funeral. He was an able man, conscientious and true, and will be greatly missed. He leaves a "wife and four children, having married a daughter of the late Judge Jas. F. Izlar, of Orangeburg. 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Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters or those pertaining to matters of public inter-j est. We require the name and address of the writer in eyery case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find plabe in our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. Thursday, Feb. 6, 1913. > Bad as the dispensary is, all must agree that it is much to be preferred to the illegal sale of liquor, about which no one seems to be concerned. "r- ?nf +V10 VV e UUUft! mat Xi.U. fCtami/, ui mv, ? Gaffney Ledger, has chartered a special coach to take a party to Washi ington for the inauguration. Why, we imagined Ed. wouldn't have been satisfied with anything less than a special train. jr-'' . The whiskey law passed by the house of representatives seems not to be satisfactory to Charleston, although the bill was offered by a representative from that city. The bill of course does not provide for whiskey being sold by the drink, as that is prohibited by the constitution. It begins to look like the general aacomWv will nrnvirie fnr elections WJ. J ? ?* v . - ? ? - ? - ? this spring in a number of counties on the question of dispensary or no dispensary. A bill providing for elections in May for all counties which voted out the dispensary in 1909 has pased the senate and is likely to beiome a law. - . The death of Congressman Geo. ; - S. Legare creates a vacancy in congress, which must be filled by an! Mr T oor<iro V* Q H hoon TO? CICtliVXi. 1U1. v iiuw wvvxi 4 V elected for another term of two years, this term to begin March 4th. # Several candidates are being spoken of in Cnarleston for the position, among them being ex-mayor R. G. Rhett. ift'-S V A company has been organized in Walterboro for the purpose of establishing an ice plant in that town, to be ready for business by April. It is the intention of the company to later establish an electric light plant also. Bamberg needs an ice factory, ami it would pay some of our local capitalists to establish such an enterprise here. /to * ^ ? What is the use for the legislature ? PViorlactAn o 1 in n r>r law job, and I never get my bondsmen in cr trouble, but I tell*you this thing is getting serious and I want some help. "You have just about ruined the ab express company ana you have worse than ruined me. The express com- sa pany has made enough to quit, but pa 1 was not making a good square liv- W1 ing at first, and now I am working t0 for nothing and feeding myself. I wouldn't mind working three more ^h years for nothing, but the feed is about out. ^e1 "Can't you make some arrange- pa ments about this thing? You know they should not add the express business to my mail contract. If you know of any relief, study it up and write me. I know that Uncle. Sam st( doesn't want one of his hard work- ^ ing citizens to do the express com-j panies' business for nothing. I am i:51 willing to do the work if you will ce get a pair of mules and wagon, and of something to feed the mules. * 1 "See the man who handles the money up there and ask him if he will not raise my wages or cut Mc- c'*' Intyre and Irwinton off from the *,e post business." ? ? an Delk & Free have opened up an 0r up-to-date meat market in the rear ce of their 5c and 10c store and will serve you with the best of meat at sti all times.?adv. TELLS STORY OF DOWNFALL. Preacher, Formerly Rank Casliier, N Sentenced 10 Three Yaers. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 1.?Before fj pleading guilty to the charge of mis- jj appropriating $38,000 funds of the Bank of Colliervilie, Tenn., of which ^ he was formerly cashier, L. T. Ward p to-day told in open court the story a of his financial entanglements up to the closing of the institution September 28, 1912. tc Beginning with a legitimate loan g of $500 made to Dr. W. E. Thomp- ^ son, now of Tampa, Fla., but at one ^1 time pastor of the First Methodist c( church, South, of Memphis, Ward told the court he had either loaned ? Dr. Thompson, or at his solicitation ia placed in his busii/ess enterprises, notably the Monarch Lime and Ce- q ment Company, of Chattanooga, the tr whole of the $38,000. * T Meanwhile, Ward said, the origin- jr al loan of $500 had been renewed so many times that the directors of a] the bank objected. Then, said Ward, he falsified the bank books, P showing payment. Subsequent requests for loans were made by Dr. * Thompson, Ward related, which were granted, and the bank's records fur ther falsified. pc "I did not profit a dollar," said er Ward,, in open court. "I was not is interested in any enterprise. I ei | made a first awful mistake and in a to desperate effort to make it good I ai sent good money after bad." in Forty Methodist ministers were in pi court, when Ward, who is himself an th ordained minister of that denomin- ce ation, told his story. When sentence of three years in th? peniten- m tiary was pronounced, many of them or wept. Ward was remanded to jail rii preparatory to being taken to the penitentiary at Nashville next week, ac X T_ HE CAN'T CARRY JUGS. 01 Tale of Woe by Parcels Post Carrier pr m ia Wilkinson County. New York, Jan. 10.?A Washing- la ton dispatch to the Tribune says, ,pc the woes of the overburdened mail a carrier since the parcel post law went into effect are well depicted in pc a letter received by Representative nc Thomas W. Hardwick, of Georgia. su Mr. Hardwick was informed by his ec^ constituent that congress has placed ac the rural mail carriers in "a devil of UI a fix" and that immediate relief was pc sought. te The letter which Mr. Hardwick regards as a gem in its line, is from m F. T. Deason, of Irwinton, Ga., and reads in part as follows: m "I seat myself with pen in hand to write you a few lines to let you know ^ _ o n that you have played the devil with me. I am the mail carrier from Mc- in Intvre to Irwinton, and I took the nc contract to carry the mail three times a day, distance three and one-half in miles, for $519 a year. At that time JU the express 'company was doing a be pretty good business and I got 10 m cents for each express package and 10 cents and a drink for every jug. ca "You fixed the law so I couldn't ab carry the jug, and now you have fix- W1 ed up a thing called the 'possum' co post and the express company doesn't handle any more small packages, nor m< ? - TTTL 1 * do i dandle any more dimes, wnen ? I made this contract I could carry the mail in a road cart and a Texas po pony and haul the express on the side; now the express has shrunk ex and this post business has swelled so g0 I have to get a mule and wagon. "Now, when I made this trade to t0 carry the mail I didn't know anything about the darn foolishness of sending live stock and farming im- ba plements through the mail. I no thought that this was just campaign mj talk and had no idea that congress would be fool enough to pass any sesuch law. I ain't a man to quit his BIG DEFICIT A YEAR AGO. ow, However, Uncle Sam's Treasury Shows Surplus. Washington, Feb. 1.?Prosperity ivored the Federal government durlg January, large customs and inirnal revenue receipts turning a eficit for the fiscal year into a surlus of $5,415,635. At this time year ago, a deficit of $22,357,799 iced the government. January receipts reached the high )tal of $60,542,363, or $8,000,000 reater than January, 1912. Disursements were $53,605,790, about le same as a year ago. Customs rejipts increased $5,000,000 and in;rnal revenue receipts increased 2,500,000, compared with January ist year. The general fund holds $145,84 6,20, and the working balance of the easury to-day was $89,614,548. he number of national banks was icreased during January to 7,438 ith circulation of bank notes counting to $729,931,621. ARCEL POST PROVES SUCCESS. reakish Things Sent Through the Mails by Persons. Washington, Feb. 2.?The parcel )st system, which has been in op ation since the first of the year, working like a well-oiled Corliss lgine. The experimental days seem i have been passed and the people e trying to reduce the cost of livg by the use of the new postal ex ess. Postal employes are doing ,eir utmost to make the law a suc(S6. There are two sides to the enforceent of the parcel post regulations, le is humorous and the other seous. The strict letter of the parcel post :t is not being adhered to all along e line. Many postmasters act withit learning the rules and lessons escribed by congress and Postaster General Hitchcock. Some of the infringements df the w that caused -merriment are re>rted. In the mountains of Georgia trapper shipped an odoriferous :unk skin to a friend at Seattle. The istmaster at the receiving point did )t.know that the package contained ch a loud-smelling parcel and passl it along. The skin wended its way iross the continent, leaving its lique trail in its wake, before the >stal authorities were able to dect it. Anything with a bad odor is "unailable." "What is a bad odor?" the departent has been asked. S., J. Batts, a seed corn farmer of aleigh, has entered his protest ;ainst a law that permits the postg of skunk skins by parcel post and >t seed corn. "I see," said Mr. Batts in protestg, "where one of our farmers has st sent a skunk hide which had to i kept out of the building until the ail wagon started to the depot. "Now, as I see it, corn for a horse n be sent by parcel post is favored iove his master, dui sureiy a skuuk .11 not be preferred to the farmer's rn. "I mention these things in arguent in behalf of seed corn. The w should be changed." The postoffice department is in ssession of a letter from Miss uise Moore, of Sandy Springs, Md., pressing her appreciation of the od service the parcel post is doing. "I have a beautiful cat that came me by parcel post," she added by e way of a postscript. Cats and other live animals are rred from the parcel post, but w and then they get by the postisters. ! John Medrick, of White Oak, Va., nt by parcel post to Mrs. Sarah llington, of Washington, five corn ib mice that he trapped one night r "Sallie," the family cat. The post ice people never knew about the e rodents until they saw a notice out them in a local paper. At Blair, N. D., the postmaster ve a little party. A parcel post ckage was made up, pasted over th all sorts of stamps, and started an ex-postmaster of the town who en resided in California. Among e stamps used were some "postage ie" ones. The sequel is told in a :ter from the postmaster to the dertment. The letter reads: "I beg to offer further information iv the postage due stamp was afed. On New Year's eve a company Blair people gathered in the Dre, suggesting that as it was on e eve of the inauguration of par1 post, that they, the patrons of the air postoffice, send out the first par1 post package to the ex-postmaster Blair, now at 92 Carl street, San anclsco. It was the desire of those esent to affix to the package all the different types of stamps, in iding the postage due stamp; fully lieving that the regular postage d been paid, I allowed the postage le stamp to go on the package in der that the addressee would reive all of the different parcel post imps. "Parties here have recently receivJ ' - ' --' TV 1 V - - "'\1 ' [WeWish ; We don't know wh ] good, bad or indi O bring you better li n D Uur success depei to say that the vo 0 s any previous year. || assure you that yi 1 our best to give y an up-to-date drug I PEOPLE Ik ed a letter from the addressee, stat-1 ing that she was very much disap- j pointed in not being allowed to retain these stamps as a souvenir, as the deliverer of the package had taken the stamps off. "We are sorry that this little hilarious spirit was the cause of an infraction of the postoffice regulations." In Ohio, a rural free delivery carrier, was asked to carry a baby from one home to another. The laws do not provide for such a package but the carrier delivered tfre baby for 15 cents worth of* parcel post stamps, -x 1. ik- ?U^4 wmcn were sluuk oh me uastvci, ui^at contained the new-born tot. The ashes of a citizen of Illinois who was cremated in St. Louis, were . sent to the relatives of the deceased by parcel post for burial. Ashes of d^ad people are mailable. The postoffice department does not care to have its negro carriers, fall heir to such parcels lest it lose some good men. The colored man is naturally afraid of corpses. The postmaster at Clarksville, Tenn., has notified the department that the "system is meeting with approval at our place. We are handling nearly everything from soupbones to band saws, and have refused to accept a bundle of raw hides and a bull pup." That the parcel post is being used by the country people is evidenced by letters received at the postoffice department. A letter that drifted in from West Virginia has beeh framed by some of the clerks at the department. It reads: "Dear Harry? Please send to me by parcel post a mouse trap, two tin wash pans, and a half dozen papers of pins, my wife has just presented me with a fine boy, and, afto, old fellow, two loaves of bread and a half dozen lemons. oee vuu ouuu. A report from Aurora, 111., says: "A tea kettle came through the parcel post this morning and was delivered to a resident. A fur coat came and was delivered to a woman in the same neighborhood. "A gasoline tank was shipped from Waldo, O., it carrying 32 cents in stamps, and is sent for repairs. / "A pair of bicycle handle bars, was received to-day. "An eight-pound roast of beef was received and delivered to a woman on the jvest side. It was properly wrapped in cloth." Many efforts have been made to send liquors through the mails by parcel post. Somehow an impression that the law permits the shipping of whiskey and other intoxicants got abroad and hundreds of inquiries rm that noint have come to the de partment. No sort of intoxicating liquor can be sent by mail. Shooting Affray in Calhoun. St. Matthews, Feb. 1.?Sandy Run Township, the scene of most of the casualties and misdemeanors in this county, added afiother to her long list Thursday night. Mr. William Savior, with one of his negroes in a wagon, met Isaiah Jackson, an old negro, in a buggy at Sandy Run Creek, where the road is narrow and the surrounding dismal in the extreme. There was a collision, when Jackson opened fire with a doublebarrelled shotgun. A dog was killed outright, both mules were injured, Savior's legs were peppered, and Dozier Sykes, Savior's negro, was desperately wounded. Jackson surrendered and is now in jail. A message from Dr. Brooker, of Swansea, this morning is to the effect that Sykes is in a critical condition, with llllie CilCtllVJC 1LI1 inc. Liquor is said to have played its usual role in this trouble, and all the inside facts will probably never be known. The person are all unknown here except Mr. Saylor, who is a successful farmer of that neighborhood. . I | ', You a Happy at sort of treatment 1912 has t fferertt, but whatever it was uck, more prosperity, more su ids entirely on your patronage ihime of business done by us i , Help us to make 1913 our )ur business will be appreciate ou the most satisfactory ser [ store. S DRUG CC HE REXALL STORI Railroad Man a Suicide. Foreston, Feb. 3.?Mr. George Barnes, son of Capt. S. Y. Barnes, j committed suicide here this evening j about 4:30 o'clock by shooting him-! self through the heart with a double- J barrelled shotgun. He pushed the j trigger with a stick, is toe supposition from the position the body was in when his mother found him on her return from Sunday-school. Mr. Barnes was a railroad man, and had been working in Key West. He returned home, sick, about ten days ago. He was convalescent, however, and told his mother to go to Sunday-school, that he was better. He was seen walking in the yard just before he committed the act. Mr. Barnes was about 40 years old, on/1 iinmorriaH auu uuiiiui x tv/u. f HOW IN INDIANA GIRL Got Strong and Well Again at Small Cost. Miss Alta Abel, of West Baden, Ind., says: "I was a complete wreck, always tired, wornout and nervous. I had to spend about one-third of my I time in bed and my life was not worth living. Yinol, your delicious cod liver and iron tonic* was recommended, and It has done me more good than all the medicine I ever took in my life. That nervous and tired feeling is all gone. I have gained in health, flesh and strength, until I feel like another person." Vinol is the most efficient strengthcreator for such women. It is the medicinal elements of the cods' livers contained in Vinol, aided by the bloodmaking and strengthening properties of tonic iron, which makes it so far superior to all other tonics to build up health and strength for weak, tired, ailing women. It contains no oil and has a delicious taste. * We give back your money if Vinol does not do all that we claim. Peoples Drag Co., Bamberg, S. C. Happy New Year to All Those who wish to buy fresh meats such as pork in season, beef >:he year round, will do well to call at- the Peoples Market on Church street rolored traded school building, or 'phone 88?L and have your orders filled. Satisfatcion guaranteed. Meats delivered anywhere in town free.' We also repair shoes and harness, try us when you have anything in this line. Our prices are reasonable; our meats and work are the best. We are here to please. A. W. BRUXSOX, Prop. ' Bamberg, S. C. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint not served as to absent defendants.) The State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg?Court of Common - Pleas. Matthew Hampton, plaintiff, against J. J. Cleckley, Ella Brabham. Alice Walker, Simon Washington Hampton, George Hampton, and Carry Hampton, defendants. To the defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which a copy is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office, in town of Blackville, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the j time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this j action will apply to the court for j the relief demanded in the complaint, i To the defendants Simon Washing-1 ton Hampton, George Hampton, and Carry Hampton. Take notice, that a copy of the summons and complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the Clerk of Court's office of Common Pleas for said county, said State, at Bamberg, S. C., on the 15th day of January, 1913. A. H. NINESTEIN, H. F. BUIST, Plaintiff's Attorneys. January 15th, 1913. NewYear j liven you, whether U may die new year J fl iccess.I - . We are happy k m in 1912 surpasses U 1 banner year. We Q J d, and we will do ? I vice obtainable in . 11 <1 i I ' DMPANYU . If I ii??m 1 nBaHnMDBBHBHHHHB NEW SHOP '1 HBB? ?????? Qur shop is now open and We are prepared to do first-class work on 4 , short notice. Remember we make a specialty of horseshoeing. Our prices are. moderate and all work is " guaranteed. mm nviv 9. rnoEi tun ' IULLIV <X tUrCLAllV | EHRHARDT, S. C. | (Say, Mr. | Yon say yon forgot something WAS IT? v Pair of Shoes, I Bottle Extract, . j Sack of Sugar, Pair of Suspenders, 7-inch Plow, Car A of Pearl Buttons, A Lead Pencil, ^1$$* Pair Plow Lines, Pair Boston Garters, A Pitch Fork, Q Vi^ 1 Gallon Vinegar, f| < Nice I>ress Shirt, 8 1 Smile Hat, if i BaiTel Flour, ?." Box Shoe Polish, 3 JH A Broom, B Some Sulphur, ^ Some Well Chain, ? Good Towels, j I Plow Stock, / / Good Linen Collars, I Bottle of Ink, Picture Frame, Neck Tie, Piece of Glass, Paper Pins,, Pair Traces/ Sack of Salt, Pair Shoe Soles and Tacks, > 2? fertilizers, Candy, Salts, I Tobacco, Keg of Nails, Lye or Soap, Embroidery, Shredded Coacoanut, Pencil Tablet, " Can of Peaches, j A Lamp, Sack of Rice, Pair of Overalls, Set of Tumblers, Child's Suit of Clothes, BPad Lock, Sack Grist, Rat Trap, Pair of Gloves, Dish Pan? . M Can't think of it? Oh, yes, * \ here is the memo? 1 Pair Scissors, 1 Package Tea, \\ Peck Rock Salt. ^ Here they are ready for 7 . $ you. We have begun to mention a few items that we cany. When you want anything in the Shoe Line just j say so. They are beginning j to come in: "Douglas" for "" 1 men and boys, "May Man- 1 ton" for ladies and girls. ' I I "mister Druwu lur uie ciuu- y \ dren. Nice staple new line 5 of Dry Goods and Notions. R I RENTZ &FELDER | I Bamberg, 5. C. I ^ NOTICE FINAL DISCHARGE, < I will file my final accounting with j Cr P Harmon. Jude? of Probate on ' Saturday, February 15th, 1913, as executrix of the estate of Francis M. Stubbs. All persons having claims will present same before that date or forever be barred. MRS. HATTIE M. STUBBS. * >N Executrix. Bamberg, S. C., January 15, 1913. -4