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t $b? iambrrg Srralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published every Thursday in The , Herald building, on 'Main street, in the live and growing City of Bam- 1 berg, being issued from a printing < office which is equipped with Mer- i genthaler linotype machine, Babcock ( cylinder press, folder, one jobber, a fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by 1 electric power wuu uiuei manual and machinery in keeping, the whole j 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 1 strictly in advance. c Advertisements?$1.00 per inch \ for first insertion, subsequent inser- i tions 50 cents per inch. Legal ad- J : vertisements at the rates allowed by ? law. Local reading notices 10 cents I a line each insertion. Wants and s other advertisements under special head, 1 cent a word each insertion, s Liberal contracts made for three, six, s and twelve months. Write for rates, e Obituaries, tributes of respect, reso- I lutions, cards of thanks, and all no- c tices^)f a personal or political char- s acter are charged for as regular ad- i vertisiug. Contracts for advertising t not subject to cancellation after first t insertion. Communications?We are always c glad to publish news letters or those s pertaining to matters of public inter- c st. We require the name and ad- t dress of the writer in every case, t No article which is defamatory or i offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are i not responsible for the opinions ex- a pressed in any communication. i , f Thursday, August 6,1914. I ? 0 If some progressive citizen of Bam- ^ berg with money to invest would a erect an ice plant here, there certain- s ly should be no reason why he should ? not make a nice interest on the in- j vestment. That the town needs an g ice plant cannot be disputed. h m a Despite the fact that certain candi- ? dares have denounced the late State h dAnocratic convention as endeavor- a J. . ing to humiliate the poor man and j . prevent him from voting, the re- jj ports of the club enrollments show e almost without exception all 4ver the n State an increase of enrollment over j; b the vote cast in the primary two years t ago, when the vote reached the enor- S mons tofal of 140,000. This enroll- s ment is a complete vindication of the * convention and further shows the s wisdom of the new rules. The rules b were not made to prevent anyone from voting, but will prevent any one man from voting more than ji once. a We can see nothing to make a candidate mad in being asked to state r his position in regard to the present t administration. Those of the Bam- v berg citizens who believe that the 1 present administration is not one for t and by all the people, would like to n know whether or not those seeking a their votes would, if elected, try to perpetuate the policies of the present administration. At the same time those of the citizens who side with the adminstratjpn and believe it to be 3 all that it should be, would like to s know where the candidates stand, * ro that they too may vote intelli- 1 gently. Yet some of the candidates appear to have taken the request of * some of the Olar voters as an affront. E It is a man's personal and individual 1 business as to whom he votes for, * but when a candidate asks the votes ' of the people and tries to secure a a public office, i? elected, his acts of the future become public property, be- * cause the people pay him to do those 1 acts?and they want to know what and how he proposes to do. s SOUTH CAROLINA EXHIBIT. * r The Herald has been furnished by the South Carolina Exposition Cora- s mission with a number of bronze f "Dollar Medals," which may be ob- c tained at this office by the payment ? of one dollar to the South Carolina f exhibit fund. This is a most worthy ? enterprise on the part of a number of patriotic citizens of the State, and * &.PP Arfc Will mppf with We 1X1191 IUC11 CUVIW r..-. ready response. The South Carolina legislature failed to make a provision for a South Carolina exhibit at the Panama-Pacific exposition? c which will doubtless be the world's s greatest and most brilliant exposi- * tion?and it remained for the State a to be unrepresented at the great r show until these men undertook to raise funds to provide a proper show- i ing for South Carolina. The medals 1 are meeting with ready sale in many 0 parts of the State. Several thous- 1 and dollars more are needed yet. , i Trainmen Threaten to Strike. ( Chicago July 31.?A strike of 55,- I 0(^0 firemen and engineers on 9S i railroads operating west of Chicago i has been set for Friday. August 7. it 1: was officially announced today. Wil- ? liam S. Stone, grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive i Engineers, and W. S. Carter, presi- 1 dent of the Brotherhood of Locomo- t tive Firemen and Enginemen, de- i clared the order would be put into < effect unless the general managers' I committee of the railroads accepted s the plan of settlement proposed by I the Federal board of mediation. 1 - ' \ : . THE EUROPEAN* WAR. Everybody is asking the question.! 'What is all this European war1 ibout?" The crisis which thrtu j to develop into the greatest wa . | modern times has come about so sud- j 3en that few persons are aware of the real causes which have led up to ! the present situation. The following i t'rom the New Orleans Times-Picayune briefly states the situation confronting several of the world's great powers: "When a few days ago the Austrian government sent a distinctly lostile note to Servia, a thrill of ex:itement pased through Europe, denoralizing the bourses, unsettled busness and depreciated prices. It ooked as though it was a deliberate nvitation to war; as though it would )e impossible to long maintain peace, ind this war, once started, threaten id, sooner or later, to drag in nearly ill the powers. It seemed inconceivible that a people who hate Austria ls bitterly as do the Serbs would subnit to the humiliating demands made >n them, which included a confession of guilt for the murder of the Vrchduke Ferdinand and a promise hat Servia would suppress all pariotic Serb societies. "Austria had as much reason to bject to Panslavism in Russia, Panlavism in Germany or the movement >f Roumania, which looks forward o union of all the Roumanians under he government. Such societies exst in all countries. "The Austrian note was evidently ntended to irritate Servia and bring bout a war. This threatened to drag n Russia, which, as the patron and riend of Servia, could not stand idly y and see her little friend overwhelmed. Germany bristled up at nee and promised to cooperate with er ally. France denounced the Ausrian note as cowardly and brutal, nd is obligated to go to Russia's asistance in the event of a double atack, and under such conditions the riple alliance would have called upon talv to act Thus nearly all the reat powers would, of necessity, ave been dragged into the struggle nd the little Balkan nations could carcely have hoped to keep out of it, a spite of the fact that they are exausted by their two wars and need rest. "In view of the fact that Austria is a a bad condition already, as far as :s business and finances are concernd. its wanton act seemed like mad- : ess. The country has suffered great- : w of late from the depression caused y the Balkan struggle; by the hosility which has killed trade -with ervia and the principalities to the outh. and by the great expense enailed by the frequent mobilization , nd call of its forces to arms on its outhern borders. Crops have failed, usiness depression has set in. and rom some of the Austrian provinces he people are emigrating by tens of housands, in many cases because of ack of food. Those who can get way are coming to America by the housands. the government interferag recently to stop this immigration, while those who can not hope to each a seaport are pouring over ino Germany and Italy looking for p'ork ana rood, it was mconceivaoie hat a country should want to go to - ar under these circumstances, and his Austrian outbreak and the new lobilization of its army, just ordered, re difficult to understand." The Better the Deed. He was a colonel of the old school, i veritable Lord Chesterfield. Though uffering from chronic financial emtarrassment, he could always find , he proverbial friend in need. Meeting an old comrade one day, le asked the loan of $5.00. "I shall | teed it for a short time only; a radesman has grown rather insisent," he said. His friend had not ;5.00 in change, but gladly pressed . ten dollar bill upon him. ] The colonel expressed his thanks; i hen asked, "And /how is your charm- i ng wife today?" "Not at all well, I am sorry to ! ay," was the answer.. : "And no appetite, I'll venture. Periaps some of these hothouse grapes 1 uav tempt her." ] Whereupon he stopped at a nearby i tand, purchased a basket of rare ruit, paid $5.00 the dealer asked i tut of his newly acquired $10.00 and ] ralked jauntily to the gate of his riend's home carrying the basket.? 1 few York Post. i CHURCH BUILT FROM TREE. , nterior Furnishings Are of Same Giant Redwood. In Santa Rosa. Cal., is a Baptist j :hurch building, the product of a ingle giant redwood tree which grew n the neighborhood of Guerneville, i few miles distant from where it ; iow stands. i Not only is the main structure built rom one tree but the interior finshings?except the floor, which is if pine?are of the same wood, beams . >ulpit and seatings, not a particle of )laster or other similar material beng used in this remarkable building. The tree when sawed yielded 7S,)00 feet of lumber, and after the >uilding was finished in every partic 1" - nnmnrh TviOforisil WQ<5 lpft tn 111911 liai cauufc," lijuvviiut - lfacture several thousand shingles, esides a quantity of scantlings, joists md other dimension stuff. So carefully were the details planled and so skillfully was the framework put together the builders of :his one-tree church declared it night be as enduring as the old Sax5n churches of England built cen:uries ago out of native timber and still in use. It is Gothic in style, finished beams inside.?Christian Herald. I THE JURY'S DOLLAR. From Whence Came the Custom of Paying the Foreman Dollar? Some days ago, at the suggestion ot Mr. C. C. Langston. this paper inquired as to the origin of the custom of the j|ury in each case receiving $1.00 from the party in whose favor a verdict is rendered. Mr. J. B. Lewis stated that he custom is as old as this nation, and came through the wish of the fortunate litigant to see that the jury received refreshments. Mr. G. H. Geigee, the United States referee in bankruptcy, cites that this is not only a custom but a law ratified on February 14th, 1791 and is found in Vol. V of the statutes at larsre. on case 154. The act is signed by David Ramsay, president of the senate, and Jacob Read, speaker of the house. It comes under the head of an act "to establish salaries of the public government and for ascertaining and regulating the fees to be taken by those who by law may be entitled to them:" and among other things it provides "To the jury, in each cause tried, five shillings." This has been the law since then and down to today, for Section 4,041 of the Code of laws of 1912 says: "The inrv in #>aeh case tried in the court of common pleas shall receive one dollar from the party in whose favor the verdict is rendered, to be taxed with the costs of the action." So far, so good. Now we would like to hear if anybody else knows the cause of passing this statute.? Anderson Intelligencer. 2,400 TURTLE EGGS. Perhaps Biggest Single Catch Now on Record. Two thousand and four hundred turtle eggs gathered on one fishing trip is probably the roiovd haul of this kind for these parts or at least tradition yields up nothing of the kind mat overshadows this f iat of four Charlestonians who arrived in tne city on Saturday afternoon after a week's outing. To go back to the genesis of the 5 case, Seabrook Lucas and three friends left Charleston on Saturday, July IS, for a fishing trip up the i coast. The party covered the choice M spots along the coast between Char- M leston and Cape Romaia, but met I with little success. The water ap peared to be muddy, and this or some other cause was evidently responsi- M ble for the fish not taking to the ' baited hooks. After seeing that the fish were not going to bite, the members of the party decided to turn the outing into a hunt for turtle eggs and during the week they were out succeeded in exhuming a total of 2,400 soft, round, white eggs. This large catch of turtle fruit was divided up among a number of nests, containing anywhere from 80 to 150 eggs each. A quantity of the product was brought back to the city and friends of members of the party feasted to their hearts' content on this particular variety of sea food. The eggs were particularly fresh, fine and large, and needless to say, toothsome to those who like them.?The Charleston Evening Post. England May Become Involved. London, Aug. 3.?All the great European powers except Italy, and most of the secondary powers are mobilizing with all their energy. Mobilization has not yet reached a 3tage where any of the armies have met in battle. Italy, which declared her neutrali:v, will begin to mobilize officially tor?-> ^ 1*Vi/micrVt fV>rvrrvnciea nrr\h_ I UiUUU**, aibUUUgU IUU pivvvg^ y * vr w/ ably is well under way. Great Britain's mobilization is nearly completed, but she has not announced that she will join the war. Tonight war officially extended between Austria and Germany on one aide and Russia, Servia and Montenegro on the other. There had been no official declaration between Germany and France on either side. But tonight the German ambassador in Paris received orders to demand his passports. \ The most important event in the past twenty-four hours was Germany's demand upon Belgium in the form of a 12-hour ultimatum that the German troops be permitted to cross Belgium to the French frontier, coupled with the promise that Belgian integrity should remain unimpaired at tVio onrf nf Hip war and that Bel gium should be compensated. To this Belgium refused to accede, on the grounds of her rights and honor. Sir Edward Grey. British secretary for foreign affairs, made a statement in the House of Commons indicating that Great Britain's interests and obligations could not permit her to submit to the violation of Belgian territory. This virtually left the decision as to whether Great Britain should make war to the public opinion. Va mon was pvpt known to worry over the fact that he was a fool, no matter how sincerely his friends have I grieved. j B Bohemia has 22,085,931 bearing J fruit trees. .. ill II iford THE UNIVERSAL CAR Riivoyc tn arp in Profih Si "WJVIO w * * w?w Lower Prices on Ford Cars Effective From August 1, 1914 to August 1, 1915 and 11 guaranteed against any reduction during that time: TOURING CAR $490 "RTT'N'A'RnTTT 440 F.O.B.Detroit, all cars fully equipped. (In United States of America only.) Further, we will he able to obtain the maximum efficiency in our factory production, and the minimum cost in our purchasing and sales departments if we can reach an output of 300.000 cars between the above dates. 1 And should we reach this production, we agree to pay as the buyer's share" from $40 to $60 per car (on or about ! August 1, 1915) to every retail buyer who purchases'a ; * new Ford car beaween August 1,1914 and August 1,1915. j For further particulars regarding these low prices and j profit-sharing plan, see the nearest Ford Branch or Dealer. >. ALotor(2ompanu ^ RIZER AUTO CO. Distributors for Barnwell, Bamberg and Hampton Cos. | Olar, S. C. I PAMIMPI uuiTiuiu: t 0 We will receive within the next few days one fl>a lovrrocf linoc VI 111V/ 1U1 gVUV A111VW of blank books ever handled in this part of the State. If you are going to need a Ledger, Jnnrnal. Dav Book. Cash Book, Invoice Book, or a book for any purpose, come and see what we have and \ get our prices, and then compare the quality and price with others. Ifoursarenot ! as cheao or cheaDer. " " ~K~ ~ i / don't buy. ' IERALD BOOK STORE