The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 06, 1914, Page 4, Image 4
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Thursday, August 6,1914. I
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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
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Despite the fact that certain candi- ?
dares have denounced the late State h
dAnocratic convention as endeavor- a
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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;
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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. *
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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
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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.
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Trainmen Threaten to Strike.
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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
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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?->
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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.
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