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(Ehr lambrrg ibrralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. \V.~lv\IGHT, 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 eipotrir nnwer with other 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 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 ether 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 advertising. 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 I offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions ex- j pressed in any communication. Thursday, April 10,1913. Have you contributed to the dormitory fund yet? If not, do not delay. Make every day "clean-up" day in Bamberg. That's the way to have a clean town. ??> Referring to the suggestion of the Aiken Journal and Review, we have only to say that the people of Bamberg know a good thing when they see it, and that Mr. Denbow's name has already been suggested in this newspaper for alderman of Bamberg. The Columbia State has announced that in future it will not accept whiskey advertisements. While The State is one of the few daily papers to adopt such a policy, it is only following the course adopted by many weeklies in South Carolina, who have always refused to accept whiskey advertisements at any price. Senator Tillman's letter on the mileage book question is timely and will serve to again direct vthe attention of the people to one of the great hardships the traveling public is forced to put up with, as well as one of the greatest instances of petty meanness on the part of the railroads that has come to our attention in a long time. The railroads adopted this regulation as a matter of spite because an act was passed by the legislature requiring that mileage should be pulled on trains. The legislature should have adopted a flat two c^nt mileage rate at the last session, but it didn't, and we cannot hope for substantial relief from railroad extortion in South Carolina as long as editors of newspapers and many legislators (so we are informed) ride on free passes. We do not object to exchanging advertising space for transportation, but it should be on a business basis?so much space for a given amount of mileage. The newspapers don't run their affairs in any such slip shod manner with anybody else, and why should they make an exception of the railroads? If we live to attend the meeting of the SU-te Press Association this summer, we serve notice here and now that we intend to offer a resolution along this line. We shall if possible put the Association on record as favoring or being against putting this matter on a business basis. Our idea is to offer the railroads space at cash rates in exchange for mileage, (not passes) such mileage to be good for members of the family of ar. editor or persons who are bona fiHo pmnlnvpp<> nf thp naner and a certain amount of mileage for a certain amount of space. The papers charge everybody else a fixed rate for advertising, but the railroads pay much or little, all depending on the inclination of the editor to use his "free pass." Let's put the matter on a business basis and retain our selfrespect and cease being under obligation to the corporations. . Georgia Town Wiped Out. Smithville, Ga., April 5.?The business section of Smithville was practically wiped out to-day in a fire that raged for over three hours in the middle of the day. From a radius of several miles in both Sumter and Lee counties farm ers came in and added their efforts to the tireless bucket brigades, which finally won the fight shortly after 3 o'clock. Four grocery stores, hardware, drug, meat and pool room establishments were completely wiped out. The total loss will be $20,000. The cause of the fire is unknown. . ' V . The Fish Law. A subscriber writes us to publish for information the laws governing the catching and selling of fish. We take pleasure in so doing. Sections 754 and 755 of the crim inal code provide as follows: For the purpose of classification the following fish shall be known as game fish, viz Jack-fish or pickerel, pike black bass or pond trout, striped bass or rock fish, warmouth, redbelly, robbin, beam, copper-face or ball-faced beam, banded beam, redfin trout or yellow perch, rain-bow trout, speckled trout, flyer, crappie, rock bass, goggle eye and white perch. Hereafter no person or persons shall cast, draw fasten or otherwise make use of any seine of drift net, fike net of any other description, or . use any other appliances for the catching of game fish in the waters j of this State other than privately j owned ponds or lakes except hook ! and line and ordinary fly, or by phantom minnow, or by artificial bait, between the first day of April and the first day of November of each year: Provided, That in the counties of Bamberg, Berkeley, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester and Williamsburg the close season shall be between the first day of April and the first day of August of each year. For violation of this section, the party so violating shall be fined twenty ($20.00) dollars or imprisoni o/? for enoh offense: Provided, that this section shall not apply to such person or persons as are catching game fish with a net or other appliances for the purpose of stocking a pond or other streams not for commercial purposes: Provided, that in the counties of Bamberg, Berkeley, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester and Williamsburg fish may be sold: Provided, also that any or all persons engaged in the catching of fish for the purpose of stocking a pond or stream must notify the nearest game warden or magistrate of his or their purpose to so catch the fish: Provided, also, That no game fish shall be sold during the months of April, May June: Provided, further, That this shall not prohibit the catching of any kind of fish in a private pond not erected on a navigable stream in any manner by the owner of such pond or by permission of owner at any season or tne year. Kew's Famous Gardens. Kew Gardens, which has recently suffered a heavy loss by the destruction of its tea pavilion by suffragettes, originally belonged to the royal family. It was given to the nation by Queen Victoria in 1840. The Gardens are a huge kind of botanical clearing house. There you can get information about any plant that has been discovered, be told how to grow it, how to care for it, what it is worth, and anything else you may want to know about it. Letters come from all parts of the world to Kew wanting information about this or that plant. Though the very center of the plant world, strange and rare plants that arrive there do not always take kind ly to the great conservatories. They sicken and pine away and would die were it not for a small, cosy structure known as "the hospital." There they rapidly recover their health and return to public life once more. The Great Palm House, one of the principal sights of the Gardens, was built in 1845 at a cost of 33,000 pounds. It is 362 feet long, 100 feet broad and 60 feet high, and contains nearly an acre of glass. Six huge ovens heat this enormous glass house. Three are kept going night and day. rummer and winter, and the other three in winter only. Over 17,000 feet of hot water piping is used in the palm house. Kew Gardens possess one of tlie b'ggest collection of dried plants in the world, a collection which is constantly being added to by travelers and scientific institutions in all parts - -c- 1 ^-1 j hp _ uatv 1. i, Ui Ult? wunu. 1U bllUW nvvv this collection really is one bequest, that of Sir W. G. Hooker, contained no fewer than 2,000,000 specimens of dried plants. Largest Power Project. The state engineer of the state of Oregon, John H. Lewis, has submitted a project for developing 300,000 continuous electric horse-power at Big Eddy, a point three miles above the Dalles on the Columbia river. At this location the river runs through a narrow gorge which could be closed by a dam only 300 feet long, and ISO feet above its foundations, and the construction of a canal 300 feet wide, 20 feet deep and a mile and a half in length. The head of water is 73 feet at low water, 42 feet at high water, AWT A f river I atiu LUC mcau uuu wi fuv ? . . v, . throughout the year is 235,000 cubic feet per second. The hydro-electric units would be each of 32,000 horsepower. The total cost of the scheme would be about $23,000,000.?Scientific American. ANOTHER JEAN VALJEAX. Sent to Jail For Life Because He Stole a Small Piece of ISacon. .Millions of Americans have shuddered at Victor Hugo's tremendous arraignment of law in tlie story of Jean Valjean?the youth who, for stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, was condemned to a lifetime of suffering, imprisonment and persecution. And they have said: "That was terrible. But that was in France, and long ago. Such things could not happen now?certainly not in America." But William Welch, looking out hopelessly from behind iron bars, gives them the lie. For William Welch, in free America, has suffered greater wrong than Jean Valjean. Driven by hunger, he stole a piece of bacon from a dwelling house; and for that "crime" he was sentenced to the penitentiary for life by an Ohio judge, and driven insane by brooding on the overwhelming injustice of it. Six years ago Welch, a young man of twenty-five, was wandering thru southern Ohio, looking for work. He found neither job nor generosity. Penniless, lonely, hungry he lost his rov/sronpo fr?r thp PTPflt P'Ofl PmnprtV. And so, one dark, bitter night, in Greenville, he opened the door of a dwelling house, entered and took a few pounds of bacon to keep him alive in his quest for work. He lifted his hand against no man. He attacked no woman. He frightened no child. He destroyed nothing. He had to have food, and he took a dollar's worth of bacon?that was all. He was seen, caught and hauled into court. And being at heart an honest man, Welch admitted stealing the bacon. He would steal to live, but he would not lie to avoid punishment. The law, however, was not so square as the thief. Welch was guilty of "breaking and entering an inhabited dwelling at night," with intent to steal property. And that, in . Ohio, is an offense punishable with life imprisonment, unless the jury recommends mercy. Welch was destroyed by his own honesty. By pleading "guilty," he surrendered his right to a trial by jury. And so there was no jury to "recommend mercy." Wherefore inexorable law, in the person of Judge Allread, sent him to the penitentiary j for life. It is not likely that any jury would ! have done that. And the lack of a ; jury was merely technical. The judge might have insisted on a jury trial for ttie prisoner, reiusing to enter ms | plea of "guilty." Judges have often 1 done so. This judge merely said, "There is no alternative." So, speaking as a statute book, and not as a man dealing with flesh and blood and the passions of life, with legal phrase he took away this young man's lifelong freedom, his human ties, even his secret hopes?for stealing a piece of bacon! The door of the penitentiary closed on William Welch, his name became a number, and he was forgotten. Just the other day somebody happened to recall the case, and inquired what had become of William Welch, and this is what he found: The body of William Welch still lives. But the soul of him is dead. A few months of prison life brought him face to face with his appalling fate. Brooding over it in bitterness, and longing for "that little tint of blue," which prisoners call the sky, "his mind broke." Law had murdered the only part of him that raises man above brutes. And now he is no more than an ape in a cage. Spartan Youths Wounded. Spartanburg, April 7.?Their throats slashed with a pocket knife, said to have been wielded by Bonnie Fisher, 20 years old, in a midnight affray on the road near Shoaley Creek school house, Sunday night, Curtis Burnett, 19 years old, son of J. R. Burnett, and Jonah Kimbrell, 20 years old, son of Dock Kimbrell, are in bed at their homes, in the Boiling Springs section, in a serious condition. Burnett and Kimbrell met Fisher and two other youths in the road by chance. Fisher is said to have made some reference to an old grudge which he had against Burnett because the latter ran into him with a buggy a year ago. Nearly all of the youths became embroiled in the quarrel which followed. Burnett has been attending the Wofford Fitting School. His father is a prominent country merchant. Fisher was reported to have surrendered this afternoon. | The farmers of South Carolina have this year purchased about 800,000 tons of fertilizers, according to a report on file in the state treasurer's office. The report shows that $199,663 in taxes has been paid by the companies. There is a tax of 23 cents a ton. The fund goes to Clemson college. The records show that the tax on March 31, 1912, amounted to $183,302. This is about $18,- 1 000 less than the sales for this year. The total tax collected for 1912 tft O hrtll t 31 9 Fi ? 000 UUlVUUtWU vv C* ^ v w* v y ? vv,w v v. j BANK OF BRUXSOX CLOSED. Action of State Bank Examinee Causes Surprise. Brunson. April 5.?An astonishingend apparently unique proceeding on *he part of the State bank examiner was the closing of the Bank of Brur. son here today. Xo creditor has given the bank any trouble and the bank has not failed to meet any demand of the depositors. In the closing of the bank no fraud or shortage is charged. The depositors do not criticise the bank officials here, and many have voluntarily offered their help, and express confidence that their money is safe. The Bank of Brunson is one of the oldest banks in Hampton County, organized in 1901, and has resources amounting to over $200,000. There is not the unrest or excitement usually attendant upon a trouble of this kind. This is a hard season of the year, and the closing of the bank works a great hardship upon the community in having so much money tied up. . The people express confidence in the belief that this trouble will be only temporary. They have great confidence in the president, who is not a stranger here, but who is a nativp ritizpn nnrt has aociirmilated quite a fortune here during the last twenty years by hard work and good judgment and careful, judicious financing. EASY RELIEF FROM CONSTIPATION. The Remedy that Replaces Calomel. Causes No Restriction of Habit or Diet. It is a mistake to take calomel when your* liver is lazy and needs oning up. Hundreds of people in this section have discovered that Dodon's Liver Tone is a thousand times better and safer and its action is just s sure. There are none of the bad after-effects of calomel to Dodson's L:ver Tone and no danger of salivaion. For attacks of constipation or bil x uosness one or two spuumuis ui his mild, pleasant tasting vegetable iquid are enough and Peoples Drug Store gives a personal guarantee that every bo-ttle will do all that is claimed for it. Money back in any case where it fails. Dodson's Liver Tone costs only 50 cents for a large bottle. Remember the name because therq are any number of remedies sold in imitation of Dodso-n claim^. Some of them have names very similar to Dodson's Liver Tone?and are in same color package. These imitations are not guaranteed and may be very harmful. Go to Peoples Drug Store and you will surely get the genuine. THE NEW BEAUTIES S1TLM0M1NG V Soon as a new idea is formed that takes the eye of a lover of beauty, we get it. Call at our store, you will be convinced that this is correct by inspecting our lines in HATS ...FOR... Ladies. Children and Girls, Colored Flouncings in Bulgarian Effects, Railings, Sis, Linens, Dress Novelties, House Dresses, Hundreds of Useful Items in Our Line of Notions We always have something New to show you. In keeping up with our plan we keep far ahead in ideas and mercnanuise, so 11 win pity you to see us often. The Millinery Store (C. W. Rentz, Prop.) - - t . rpXl?JLOBO OKLAUBi f n 1 ir i opend lour i Now and S We Must Get Rid of Thi Moving Into Oi O "Bargains E: H _ 27 inch line Swiss Jblour Ladies' Tan Button Cal quality, per pair only... i II 100 Men's Suits to close < 1 a Spring Suit it will pc 100 Xew Spring Dresses cluced prices. Big line of Kabo Corsets T J. * A f Pi t) usi in, m.eii s -rami dw Your Dollar Will Do E UKLAUBER'! B1"~*foao Zi? ?i? A? "A" TJTTJT %? !I7*i7 ?{7T{7^ IF ....THE C luuw JIMIH S Wonderful Magician | C.F.S.AU1 | Wednesday a I APRIL 9th ? An hour and a half M Since the days of B existed such remar M Hancocks. Stronge: jlj ment. Their enter j|[ please young and ol $ ______ | Seats on Sale at 1 iii TJ? A A 4??i? TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. The regular teachers' examination will be held in the court house at Bamberg, on Friday, May 2nd, 1913, begining at nine o'clock in the morning and closing at four o'clock | in the afternoon. The subjects! will be Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Algebra. Geography, History, Physiology and Hygiene, Civics and Current Events, Agriculture, Grammar, Pedagogy and Spelling. No one will be allowed to teach the next session, who has not a certificate. R. W. D. ROWELL, County Supt. of Edi^cation. , "LOMBARD" Improved Saw Mills. VARIABLE FRICTION FEED. and^Reliable- I Best material and workmanship, lightf running, requires little power; simple,! easy to -andle. Are made in several sizes and are good, substantial money4 making machines down to the smallest, size. Write for catalog showing En4 gines, Boilers and all Saw Mill supplies* Lombard Iron Works & Supply Ca.^ / AUCUSTA. CA. * i ? * ?? I J. Emile Harley, Esq., has been I elected intendent of Barnwell, he defeating V. S. Owens, Esq., by 27 j votes. i / f OE3QE=?H_ I 'D>0 "The Store n ill |J ?f Quality" { Cash With Us >ave Money is Immense Stock Before 1 4 ir New Building rtraordinary" q ( I '/* teings, per yard 25c if Oxfords, regular $3.00 , i $2.50 out. If vou are in need of i * Ji ly you to see us now. n - - ... now on sale at greatly re- ' * ' $1 to $10 each. " .] ich Suits, $5 to $10 each, m ' double Duty Here Now. -4SI11 ====. J "The Store of Quality" 1 Bamberg, S. C. ! || >QE30C=3sl :ivl--I- I--! -i:-:: 1 * i M, a 1REAT.... 1 H? With Two Assistants J . OlTORlUMi J i ti i .Jill m inursaay, ? \ AND 10th I 1 ?x ' ========== , m of fun and mystery. 3j [erman there has not j kable people as the t ? st letters of endorse- ?; . tainment is sure to ? J jj d- gsK ^ m ===== i 1/ Pennies Dnicr Sfnre T L VV|??VV 1 O VVV1 V I I I ? lis r'lp ftiti'tiif*itiit*?? ?t?* ? TAITJ"!? uTTTTt? TQKS? "1? W *? NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT > j AND DISCHARGE. State of South Carolina?County of Bamberg?In the Court of Probate Ex parte W. H. Mitchum, in re the estate of W. L./Mitchum, deceased.? Petition for final settlement and discharge. J . I To all and singular the kindred and creditors of W. L. Mitchum, deceased: Take notice that the undersigned ' will apply to the Judge of Probate at , ? / Bamberg C. H., S. C., on the 26tb ^ day of April, A. D. 1913, at 11 o'clock A. M., for a final settlement of the estate of W. L. Mitchum, deceased, and discharge from the office of administrator of said estate. W. H. MITCHUM, Administrator. Dated 25 th day of March, A. D. 1913. GRAHAM & BLACK, it Attorneys for Administrator. . * ___???-????????? LETTERS DISMISSORY. On Wednesday, April 30th, 1913, ii r* i i ~ 4. ~ ~ ^ J I win me my nnai acuuuau as istrator of the estate of Frances Black with G. P. Harmon, Judge of Probate for Bamberg county, and will thereupon ask for letters dismissorv as administrator of said es- * tate * W. C. BLACK, 4 Administrator. Bamberg, S. C., April 1, 1913. ?. H. HENDERSON Attorney-at-Law BAMBERG. 8. C. General Practice. Loans Negotiated. 1 4 1 I