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MANY TOWNS I>KSTROYEI>. Dead are Numbered at 17;*, While A 350 Are Injured in Upheaval. Catania. Sicily. May 9.?A great earthquake last night brought death 1< and destruction to many villages near ti Mount Etna. The number of dead up h to to-night was officially placed at tl 173, with about 350 injured. A large ti part of the devastated territory has c< not been inspected. The) affected zone extends from tl Zaffarana, the highest village on si Mount Etna, to the sea between Aci tl Reale on the south and Giarre on o the north. It includes Linera, the p center or tne aisturDance, rxsa.uu duu > Santa Vernina. In Linera alone. 110 ii _ persons were killed and 300 injured, e' In Bongiardo, 13 dead and 27 in- n jured, hava been taken from the tl ruins. At Consintini, 16 were killed h and many injured. At Passo Palmo, b two persons were killed;' at Malati, o . v twelve; at Santa Veneria, six; Santa tl Tecia, two; Santa Mari^ Virginie. ii eight; Arbiti, four. lc These villages and many smaller c; places were leveled. e The entire district to-day presented a spectacle of desolation, ruin and tl death. Many of the injured had not p y been taken from the debris. All tl train service had been abandoned c< owing to the collapse of bridges, u broken track and obstructed tunnels, n For centuries this section has suf- p fered from earthquakes, owing to the is activity of Mount Etna. Yet it is w thickly populated as the land is fer- o i tile, vineyards growing with little at- G A tention.. Bodies Lying in I load. k At the central point of the dis- h turbance dozens of bodies were lying b along the* roads, many so badly lc crushed they were unrecognizable. I1 The injured lay in the open, awaiting 11 assistance. '* || Where Linera stood is a mass of ruins. Those houses which did not ^ collapse entirely were so broken as ^ to emphasize the completeness of the ^ disaster. The village consisted of about 800 inhabitants. Most of the a people escaped because the shock oc- 11 curred when the men and some of the 11 women were working in the fields. From the vineyards, they saw their u houses falling and when they arriv- e ed, breathless, at their homes, they found only wreckage, with some of their people buried beneath it. 3 This accounts for the fact that most of the victims at Linera were women and children. ' Gen. Trabucchi and Moccagatte l are in command of the work of t< rescue, which is being taken up vigorously by soldiers, firemen, po- sj _ 1 icemen and Ked cross volunteers, n It is expected, however, that weeks b will pass before the full extent of the s' * disaster can be ascertained; as it is t< * believed many peasants are buried g underneath their homes In the isolat- w ed country districts. p Shock at Catania. t< At Catania, the strongest shock t] lasted six seconds. Electric lights a ~ were extinguished and the street rail- S( ways were put out of service. Peo- B pie were washed from the houses, shops and cafes. Many jumped into boats and others crowded into the 11 T . "P squares. At the hospitals patients ^ ?- Tan to the court yards imploring help. B " * Many pitiful episodes occurred. At u Bonglardo, an old woman, the only 0 survivor of a family of eighteen, re- ^ entered a half wrecked house .to ^ search for her grand children. She ^ returned with a little girl alive and d rushed in again. Almost immediate- n ly the house collapsed, burying her e - 1? , Under tne wrecnage. T i At Consentini, a young soldier who should have left Thursday on his return to Libya, obtained a leave of absence for three days to witness the s marriage of his sister, which was to have occurred Sunday. He is among the victims. v Monsignor Vigo, Bishop of Aci e Reale. remained for twenty-four q hours in attendance on the injured t] villagers. a Refugees declare that the loss is 0 as great as in the Messina disaster of ^ 1908. ALLEGED CROOK CAUGHT. ? tl E. J.' Harrison Arrested by Police at p Greenville. ^ ? ??? tl Greenville, May 11.?E. J. Harr rison, said to have swindled milliners in all parts of the United States, and for whom a liberal reward has been w offered, was arrested here late to- b day by the local police. Harrison, it a is said, had sold two local milliners . . . s< a years subscription to a popular periodical. A well-known publishers' . association in New York city, which 3. has offered a reward for Harrison's arrest, was telegraphed concerning the arrest to-night.. j Harrison is of neat appearance and was arrested at the leading hotel here.. 01 The world's largest mechanical tiltration plant is under construction at ^ St. Louis, to purify the city's water aj supply from the Mississippi River. P 0 h on: MAN Y Sl PKIiSTITIONS. ibout. :?.ooo of Them Affecting Our Daily Life. After Dr. Fletcher Basooni Dress?r got through with his investigaions and the University of California ad published them, it was apparent hat there are some 3.000 superstiions distributed among about 4"> per ent of the population. Pretty nearly everything under lie sun seems to be connected with ame superstition, from an owl to :ie hem of your skirt. Never hear f either? Well, if your skirt hapens to be turned up at the bottom, ou can be sure some one is thinklg of you. You can, however, make very one think more, especially the ipn. if vou wear a slit skirt. As for ie owl, if it should come into the ouse trouble is sure to follow. The 1 est thing to do when you expect an [ wl is to put all the cut glass into | ae china closet and the china closet lto the dining room closet and then >ck that closet. For the owl. you an use anything, a broom is genrally pretty handy. The first time pigs cross your ireshold make them jump over your ants belt, or your wife's garter, or ie maid's apron. Then they will Dme home regularly. A plan now in se among up-to-date American farlers is to keep the pigs in regular ens and feed them twice a day. It ? regarded as a scheme more popular -ith the wife and the maid. The ther way is recorded as being a erman one. If there are white horses in the arn good luck is due to come to the ouse. That's a German stunt, too, ut the United States has shown of ite a marked preference for gray orses?since about the time when ; was discovered that if you met a ed-haired girl you'll meet a white orse. The red-haired girls lately ave changed, so that the. white orse has disappeared, too. But ~e're going strong now on grays. It is bad luck to hear a dog bark t night. This superstition has been ound to depend on circumstances: : is a matter of whose dog. If it's he dog next door, the best thing to se is a flatiron. but a good aim is ven more valuable. < MME NORDICA DIKS. 'oted American Singer Contracted Pneumonia. I Batavia, Java, May 10.?Madame illian Nordica, the singer, died here >-night. Lillian Nordica was an American inger of world-wide fame. Her adlirers ranged from the men of the lowery section of New York, where he had sung at mission meetings, ? the most critical box holders of rand opera houses in all of the -orld's great musical centres. The urity of her voice employed in many ungues, had delighted hundreds of housands since the day, 40 years go, she first appeared in public as oprano soloist at Grace church in ;oston. Nordica and Eames?although the itter was born of American parents i far off China?were of old i\ew Ingland stock, both claimed by the tate of Maine, and they made up a \ otable American contribution to the peratic world. A farm house built y the prima donna's great grandither 011 a hill just outside the viltge of Farmington, Maine, was Norica's birthplace, in 1859. Her true ame was Lillian Norton. She changd it to the Italian, Nordica, 20 years iter when she began to study in taly for an operatic career. SMALL BOY PREACHED. ix Year Old Attracts Crowd in Walterboro. Walterboro, May 9.?A large audi- I nee Thursday night, heard young harley R. Turner of Orlando. Fla., ^ tie 6-year-old boy, who has been her- ^ lded as one of the greatest wonders ^ f the age. The services were con- tj ucted in the Methodist church. The lad was accompanied by his ither and mother, and the father, efore the sermon, announced that tie boy had received no training in reaching and singing, in both of 'hich he showed a remarkable aptiade. The father announced that very afternoon at 4 the boy would o to sleep, and would stay for sevral hours in a kind of trance, as it -ere, rolling and tossing upon the ed. Then, when he awoke, he would nnounce his subject for the night's srmon. It was stated that none of tie sermons were prepared, but that ispiration caused the boy to speak s he did. Here he spoke on "Ye are the light f the world." During the service he >d the congregation in singing sevral familiar hymns. ^ The Bamberg Laundry will open on J? r about May 20th. All work will m * first-class and guaranteed. Collars ? ill be done up in domestic finish. >re will thank you for your patron?e. Terms cash. CHARLIE CHING, roprietor.-5-21. Hi PROMPT A DOLLAR STARTS PERSONAL ATTENTION THE PEOPLES RANK A SUCCESSFUL BANK SAFE LIBERAL BAHBERG, 5. C. CONSERVATIVE THE "NEW PERFECTION" I t a TTunnroo LAUNVKEaa 1 Though she works next to the I stove, within easy reach' of her ' III irons, she keeps cool and com- I fortable. That's because she I uses a III Oil Cook-stove I Now Perfection Stoves bake, H broil, roast, toast?everything 1 any other stove will do, and they fit cost less for fuel. No handling fi of coal and ashes?all the cook- 1 ing heat you want, just when you want it. , New Perfection Stoves are made in 1, 2, 3, and 4 burner sizes. Also a new 1914 model?No. 5 Stove, sold complete with broiler, toaster, and fireless oven. Regular oven, broiler and toaster can be obtained separately for smaller sizes. Sad-iron heater and cook-book free with every stove. At dealers everywhere, or write direct for catalogue. STANDARD OIL COMPANY Washington, D. C. (New Jersey) Charlotte, N. C. I Norfolk, Va. BALTIMORE Charlestown, W. Va. 9 Richmond, Va. Charleston, S. C B Ihipment Mules & Horses i I have just received a few nice - - ? * i *ii I Mules and Horses and will be V glad to show them to all interested. Also some good cheap ones I. J. SMOAK i ailroad Avenue Bamberg, S. C. Come to the Herald Book Store when i need of Stationery, Pencils, Books, etc. . " Is m?M)^^resi s Jffl/ Jf/fiw^ I that refuse to work can be re_ I '! J l*S! Paired or placed here in the | iSKA^:lilillleast Dossible time and at the | m m p0SSij)ie expense. All our ^iic\.sm I? J auto repair service is on the same plane. Promptness and | 1 charges account for our popu- "v|'^ I ^ larity with auto owners. J. B. BRICKLE 1 Bicycles, Guns and Automobiles Repaired. Bamberg, S. C. . SSpS*8W / ' I $$k?%k ^ro^a^c Dressing | The use of side dressing is increasing on COTTON and CORN . |J| It pays to do it, if one uses the right goods. // Two applications of 200 pounds each per acre Aypofe. f are recommended by a well-known Southern investigator and j experimenter. He suggests a 5-5-5 formula, or a mixture of r ubSNl Hequal parts of Acid Phosphate, Kainit and Nitrate of Soda. m KAINIT Side dress rntfnn when thenlants are 10 inches hifh and attain when the btaom begins to open. Where cotton is inclinS to rust, use Kainit, making two applications of 200 pounds each per acre. This is also effective against root lice and cut worms on corn, if applied early enough. It will pay you to try it, for Potash Pays. &ii Order K: init now before the supply is exhausted. We sell v Kainit and Potash Salts, any quantity from one 200-lb. bag up. GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc. ' & Whitney Central Bank Buildlr.j Empire Building Savannah Bank & Trust Building NEW ORLEANS. LA. ATLANTA, 6A. SAVANNAH, A. ??? mwamaivapa?r7g' ) ' ??????^ Fjrnational Harvester Farm Wagons _ 'Sj IThe 1H C Lint QEE the International fifth wheel (pat- R GtfflaSSiT ^ ent applied for) on Weber and Co- |l lumbus wagons. This one feature 1 - makes these two wagons stand out above H ^ftrtTArtmfw all the rest as the best and cheapest for a R Ptuten, Pick. farmer to buy. The fifth wheel prevents R fefr ShS?*" the Pitcllirig ana pulling up of the front bolster, and R gSg Skreti?s ^ dees away with broken king pin3 and bent circle fl fauSt irons. It doubles the bearing surface of the bolster I f3*r5virTo"4e on fche sandboard; it increases the life of the wagon; fl distributes strains more evenly, and therefore makes H CEHmL LINK the work of hauling easier on the horses. > g ODuiCulnjiaii With all these points to recommend it, the Inter- IS Strnm SmaAn national fifth wheel is worth a trip to town to see. fl Grmm lewhn Call on the 1H C local dealer whohandks Weber or fl &?* tMT? Columbus wagons and ask him to show yon the H T|r?|,n International fifth wheel. Yon cannot see it on any Eg ? Cnh Drflb other wagon. If you do not know where to go, 9 VA rife drop us a line and we will give yoa the name of the 11! Bsdw-Twfee nearest dealer. jn ^ International Harvester Companyof America (Incorporated) CfllKv) Columbia S. C. A Telephone for Every Farmer Do yOU want one ? . ?11 ! We will tell you how to get it at small cos? Fill out and return this coupon today. , SOUTHERN BELL TEL. & TEL. CO. Atlanta, Ga. Please send me your free booklet describing your plan for farmers' telephone service at small cost. R. F. D-No Town and State ....... Address FARMERS' LINE DEPARTMENT ||| SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE #jl\ | AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY SAB 11 S. Pryor St, Atlanta, Ga. ||P CHILLS AND FEVER OR ANY FEVER 30 Mungp FoiiESS TONIC