The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 12, 1914, Page 3, Image 3

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RUMANIAN JEWS. Rabbi Landman Tells of Woes They are Having. A searching indictment of the oppression of the Jews of Rumania, a history of 300 years of unremitted civil degradation, was delivered recently before the Reform Congregation Keneseth Isral, by Rabbi Isaac Landman, in a sermon, entitled "A A I People Without a Country," says a Philadelphia exchange. Rabbi Landman set forth in detail the long series of acts by which the Rumanian government has withheld all rights to citizenship from the Jews native to that country, recited the successive failures of their attempts to secure - citizenship, and, in conclusion, declared that the power of public opinion, expressed by all nations, alone would be able to solve "this 20th century anachonism of a people native to the soil on which it lives, yet without a country." The treatment of the Jews by Rumanian statesmen was denounced by the* speaker as "perfidy" and "studied infamy," and, in addition to the refusal of the rights of citizenship to the 250,000 Jews now resident in Rumania, the following civil disabilities were enumerated: Jews may not own land, live or do business in villages, or hire out as laborers upon farms. Jews may not be employed in the railroad, postal, telephone or telegraph service. Jews may not practice law nor be ( clerks to lawyers. Jews may practice medicine, but are not admitted as internes in hos- . pitals maintained by the government, nor on medical staffs. Jews operating factories may have in their employ Jewish workers to the number of but one-third of the total number of their employes. Jews are taxed for the support of all schools, but can not be admitted to them until all Christians have been accommodated, and then only v on payment of tuition fees. Jews may not teach in public schools or hold chairs in higher insti- J tutions of learning. Jews must serve in the army, may * not rise above the ranks. Jews may not bid on government contracts. Jews may not meet in congress to discuss any questions whatsover, be- 1 cause only Christians possess the ' right of free assembly. Jews, being aliens without foreign ] protection, are vagrants. Vagrants, i according to law, are to be held with-11 out bail. Courts therefore refuse bail to Jews arrested for any cause. Jews are liable to expulsion on 12 1 to 24 hours' notice. Being aliens withbut protection, they have no re- 1 drees. 1 "Is there, then no power in all the 1 world that can restore the Jews of 1 Rumania to their God-given rights?" 1 asked Rabbi Landman in conclusion. 1 "Is there then, no force in all the world that can procure for this peo- 1 pie without a country the protection 1 of citizenship in the land for the in- 1 dependence of which they died and 1 for the greater glory of which they offered their properties and their lives?" f Some Facts About Hookworm. i V The prevalence of this disease in the Southern States was discovered by Dr. Stiles in 1902. Work for the eradication was first begun in 1910, . and is now being carried on through- . out the South. Over 500,000 per- ( sons have been treated; 50,000 hav~ V aaw 4 i?nn +r\A in Caii + Vj Pornlino iUg UCC11 HCO.LCU 1U ovum vui vi '.uu* The work has been carried on in ( every county except Charleston, Kershaw and Saluda. Of all persons examined microscopically, over 30 , per cent, were infected; of children living in rural districts, over 4 6 per cent, were infected. In fully half of these cases the infected persons appeared healthy. The disease is not hard to cure, but this requires several doses of medicine. The youngest person treated was one year of age; the oldest was ninety-four. Wherever soil pollution is practiced, the disease is certain to prevail. Will these facts suffice to make our people do their utmost to make their premises sanitary? Woman Hidden Out of Town on Kail. Waukegon, 111., Feb. 3.?Five Women of Volo, 111., accused of driving their neighbor, Mrs. John Richardson, out of the village by riding her on a rail, to-day were fined $100 each by Judge Charles Donnelly. None of the women was able to pay her fine in court. They were given three days each to raise the money, during which time Judge Donnelly will consider the advisability of inflicting a jail sentence if the money is not forthcoming. Mrs. Richardson had been the subject of village gossip in which the name of her brother-in-law was involved. The women visited her home late one night, ordered her from the village and, according to her story, placed her on a' rail and rode her from her home. r SLAYS WIFE AND SELF. Atlanta Man and Woman in Double * Tragedy. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 6.?A. J. Amozon, a traveling salesman residing i here, late to-day shot and killed his r wife and then committed suicide by t sending a bullet through his heart. r The tragedy ocurred near the inter- ? section of Trinity avenue and White- i hall street in the heart of the city i n-iot of Qn far ac Vnntvn thf* c J uot ai/ kjv 1M1 ?" v V?w ^ shooting was witnessed by few per- i sons. \ According to one man who claims ? to have seen the killing, Amozon I and his wife, who was young and j attractive, engaged in a brief conversation. Suddenly, said this wit- ( ness, the man drew a revolver and t fired three or four times, the woman a falling to the sidewalk. Amozon then turned his weapon upon himself, fir- t ing two shots, one of which passed c through his heart. Both Amozon and p his wife were dead before medical 1 aid could reach them. p Police officials to-night said that l they had found a note in the dead man's pocket, apparently written on ] board a New Orleans to Atlanta p train in which he is said to have de- 1 clared his intention of killing him- \ self and his wife if she refused to I return to him. It is said that the couple separated several weeks ago, a and that since then Mrs. Amozon p steadfastly refused to see her hus- r band. She is supposed to have been t on her way to her rooms on Trinity i avenue when her husband met her 1 and presumably endeavored to ob- t tain an interview. The shooting im- I mediately followed. Mrs. Amozon was shot twice, one t bullet passing through her head, and p the other through her left shoulder. I i BLACK CAT COSTS HIM A JOB. 1 Engineer Stops Train to Make it Re- s cross the Track. c r Peter Houseman of Alton has lost e lis job as engineer on the Illinois Termiel Railroad because a black c :at sped across the track in front A )f the train. \ 8 There was no chance of the cp' t being hit, for it cleared the track t svell ahead of the engine. Nevertheess Houseman put on the air brake 1 ind made a sudden stop. When the 2 surprised train crew and passengers * iooked out they saw the engineer ^ throwing snowballs into an- osage E ledge tree, wherein was perched the 1 Dlack cat. 2 "What are you doing?" inquired a ;he conductor. 1 "This blamed cat ran across the 1 :rack and I've got to chase it back F icross again to break the spell," re- 0 sorted Houseman as he gathered * fresh ammunition. He soon dislodged * :he cat, which fled back across the 1 :rack. * It happened that a company official s vas on the train. Houseman prompt- * ? ? 44 ? - ? ^ ' r?oTrinor f Vi O f" 6 y got. a pixih. euvciut^c oa..Y iiife iuul lis services were no longer needed by i :he company.?St. Louis Dispatch. , I National Incendiarism. It is worth while to save $4,000,- f 000 worth of property from destruc- ^ tion: wherefore tne reaucuon oi uui 3 aational fire losses by that amount in 1913 as compared with 1912 is cause . for gratification. But that even with ^ that reduction the total loss last year . t was $203,408,250 is a reproach upon our national efficiency. In one year Chicago has $6,000,000 of fire losses, while Berlin, a ii city practically the same size, has only $200,000. Is not that a contrast t which should set Americans to cons sidering whether we are not suffering from a sort of national incendiar- c ism?perhaps involuntary, but be- f cause of negligence scarcely less criminal than if it were intentions? , t Does it mean nothing to the American business man. the economist, or t the conservationist, that in the last c 32 years our national fire losses have ^ amounted to more than $5,000,000.000. or twice as much as all the net , public debts of the United States, na- * tional, State and municipal? Povhonc if Tro tnnt thp Rnronean view of fires we should approximate ^ the European freedom from them. Here every fire is assumed to be innocent and inevitable unless it is proved criminal. Over there it is assum- c ed to be culpable unless it is prov- j ed innocent. There is a radical dif- ^ ference between those views and there is as marked a difference in re- j suits.?New York Tribune. v t which is at the bottom of the note. Thus mutilated, the notes are packed \ into sacks and kept for five years. 1 when they are burned. A five-year i accumulation amounts to about 100.- \ 000.000 notes. If they were laid in t a pile they would reach a height of | i almost seven miles, and they would I weigh close upon 120 tons. Such an c accumulation would represent an original value of over 2,000,000,000 i pounds. Of course, the number and c amount varies from year to year. 1 HISTORIC NOTES. furious Hits of Paper Preserved by Bank of England. If the bank notes which have been ssued by the "Old Lady of Threadleedle Street" had been gifted with he power of speech, with what inlumerable tales of romance, tragedy ind adventure they could have en iched the world! says London Titbits. For instance, there 'is preserved in the Bank of England ibrary a five-pound note with these vords written upon it: "If this note ;ets into the hands of John Dear of -.onghill, near Carlisle, his brother vnarew is a prisoner in Aigieia. This notification was copied into a Carlisle newspaper and John Dear hus became aware of the whereibouts of his long-lost brother. Among other curiosities in the >ank library there is a bank note, lated "19th Xber, 1699," for 555 >ounds. This is the oldest bank note cnown to be in existence. In ap>earance and design it is very simiar to the present day notes. Another interesting note is one for L,000 pounds which Lord Cochran >aid as a fine, imposed upon him for tis erroneously supposed connection rith a fraud for raising public funds, t is endorsed with these words: "My health having suffered by long tnd close confinement, and my op>ressors having resolved to deprive ne of -property and life, I submit o robbery to protect myself from nurder, in the hope that I shall fj-L Virin cr HolinnilPTlt<5 tn ills 1 ? V/ IV U1 bliV UV??M\1?V?*VV ?< ice.?Cochrane, Grated Chamber, ving's Bench Prison, 3 July, 1815." One of the most unique notes in he bank collection is one for 25 tounds which was presented and tonored 111 years after it had been ssued. The greatest amount for which a Sank of England note has been isued is 1,000,000 pounds. There are >nly four of these million-pound LOtes in existence. One is preservtd in the library of the bank, anothtr is in the possesion of the Rothsihild family, a third is owned by dessrs. Coutts, the famous bankers, ind the fourth is in the hands of he descendants of Samuel Rogers, he poet. In the production of their notes the Bank of England authorities first iim is to issue a note which is im>ossible for anybody to counterfeit, ^oward the end, all the parts of the tote?the paper, the water-mark, the uk, ine engraving, me priunug? ire prepared and done in a special, .nd as far as possible, secret manier. At the mills where the paper s manufactured the most stringent irecautions are taken to prevent any >f the paper being stolen. Of course, here have been many attempted rob>eries, but only once, in the year 862, were thieves successful in obaining any of the paper. Very liortly afterward forged notes were n circulation. The thieves did not tnjoy their triumph long, for withn a short time they were captured. The printing is done on the ban* >remises. The notes are printed in airs and come off the machine pressid and dried. Stock notes of different values rom 5 pounds to 1,000 pounds, are :ept in iron safes in one large room, md Che average value of the stock s between eighty and ninety milion pounds. Over 80,000 notes of arious values are paid into the iank every day. On their return the lotes are sorted, first into their ocnoptivo thpn ppporriine' to heir dates, and finally into their tumerical order. Every note has a dace of its own in the bank regisers and immediately the notes are orted their return is registered. A special staff of examining clerks levote their attention to detecting orgeriqs. Of late years there have lot been many cases of forged notes. >ut during the eighteenth and early ?art of the nineteenth centuries the >ank suffered severe losses from ounterfeit notes. The story of the irst recorded forgery forms a unique ihapter in the hook of romance i. certain linen-draper named /aughn, was passionately in love nth a fair maiden whose father was i man of considerable wealth. The ove-sick swain knew' that the quick?st way to win the girl was to give ome proof that he was a man of lieans. To this end he employed everal men to engrave for him a Sank of England note for 20 pounds. Yhen twelve of the notes had been corked off he presented them to his ady fair. Unluckily the imposition vas soon discovered, and poor faughn was hanged. One of the cleverest and most vonderful note forgeries was comnitted by a schoolmaster, who manuactured the counterfeit entirely with )en and ink. He also was unforunate enough to live in the hangng days. and. the crime being jrought home to him, he ended his lays on the gallows. After returned notes have been loted in the register they are canceled. This is done by cutting off :he signature of the chief cashier More Time At Home <M TO and from work?four trips a day?a wheel will save ten minutes each trip or nearly an hour extra?three hundred hours a year more at home. You'll feel better and act better. Gets the cobwebs out of your brain and honest hunger into your stomach. The fIVER JOHNSON has more strong features, is better built and finished and runs smoother than any wheel you ever mounted. You needn't buy till you try. Trust Bicycles, Guns, and Automobile Supplies. Key Fittings, and General Repair Shop. First-Class Workmen. J. BUIST BRICKLE Bamberg, S. C. ASSESSMENT NOTICE. Tho anriitrvr nr his rioniltv will hp of -* uv UUUltVl V/l Xiiu uv^/v* VJ VV AAA V V M> V the following places on the days and dates below for the purpose of taking returns of both real and personal property, polls, commutation road tax, dog tax and income tax: Denmark?Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 12, 12, and 14. Lees?Thursday, January 15. Olar?Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 19, 20 and 21. Govan?Thursday, January 22. Ehrhardt?Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 26, 27 and 28. St. Johns?Thursday, January 29. Camp Hill?Friday, January 30th from 9 a. m. until 11:30 a. m. Kearses?Friday, January 30th from 12:30 until 4:30 p. m. Farrell's Store?Tuesday, February 3. All dates not mentioned above I will be at the court house until February 20, 1914, after which date 50 per cent, penalty will be added to all personal property not returned. Each tax payer is urged, if possible, to make his or her returns in person and thereby save errors and trouble in the future. All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 6(1 years are liable to a poll tax of $1.00. All ablebodied male citizens between the ages of 21 and 55 years, (except those living in incorporated towns) are liable to a commutation road tax of $2.00. R. W. D. ROWELL, County Auditor. FOR SALE. BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE. 38 fine building lots in town of Ehrhardt. 16 choice building lots in town of Bamberg. 1 store house and lot next to post office on Main street, Ehrhardt. Apply to JOHN F. FOLK, Bamberg, S. C. G. MOTE DICKINSON INSURANCE AGENT Will Write Anything Fire, Tornado, Accident, Liability, Casualty, in the strongest and most reliable companies. My Motto: "Buy What I Need in Bamberg, and From Those 1 Who Patronize Me. " ~ t ? -i /i:i \r:il 'F/ione iu-ij, or ai .txjii j BAMBERG, S. C. J j "LOMBARD" improved Saw Mills. {variable friction feed. S nd^RclUble*1^ [Best material and workmanship, lightj running, requires little power; simple^ leasy to Landle. 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