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Contracts for advei not subject to cancellation afte insertion. Communications?We are i glad to publish news letters or pertaining to matters of publfc tst. We require the name ac dress of the writer in every No article which is defamatc offensively personal can find pi our columns at any price, and \ not responsible for the opinioi pressed in any communication. Thursday, Sept. 17, 3 SEPTEMBER. I'm glad I'm not a kid just no For I would wear a wrinkled b And walk along with lagging f And find existence far from sw I'm glad I'm not a kid just no And feel just like a lovesick c And amble on my weary way And veara all week for Saturds I'm glad I'm not a kid just n And to a teacher have to bow. And labor at arithmetic And other stuff that makes you I often wish I were a kid. And live the life that I once d But when September comes, how, I'm glad I'm not a kid just no Bamberg is now and alway been a leader. So far as we observed the Carlisle school, of berg, is the only school in the offering to accept cotton in pari ment of term fees for boys and attending the school. The s has issued letters offering to r< cotton at ten cents per pound *( ition and other fees. James A. Hoyt, of Columbia Dr. George W. Dick, of Sumte candidates for speaker of the house of representatives. Bot good men, and the people may i sured of a competent man ii speaker's chair, with either of elected. However, we think Dick entitled to the position ai are surprised that Mr. Hoyt, s member, should run against hi; HAVE VOl* IJOI GHVVOI D B 11 few h I Buy a bale of cotton. It is an obvious fact the th< just as much money in the co now i s before the war in Europ at * declared. The question confrc the people just now is how to into circulation again. We can of no better method than for > person who is financially able t a bale of cotton. Many of oui voric /T>\? r\ oml WO their example will be en:ulat< others. Ir every person in Bai county, who lias enough si money or savings to buy one 1) cotton at teii cents a pound. ' invest it in cotton, it would ta the market many hundreds of put a good sum of money into iation at c time when it is most ed. and he!;.- tide over the crisis the farmers and all others. The "buy-a-bale-of-cotton" meat is no charity proposition plain business investment. 1 body knows that cotton, even a lG.orio.uin; hale crop, is worth than ten cents a pound, it is : to bring that sum. but, unde present situation, the only wa price can he forced to what worth is by keeping the staple c market. The farmers must money, and at the same time th ton must not be thrown 011 the ket at the mercy of speculators will make millions when the rises. All cotton stored in the houses is "in sight," and has a influence in controlling the quot But cotton bought at ten ce pound, and put away in a ba back yard is not "in sight," an no significance in market quota At least three or four million of cotton should be bought a cents under the "buv-a-bale-< ton" plan, and bought with i pectation of placing on the n until the price reaches what tli pie is worth. Bamberg shouh in the movement heartily, at believe that she will. Some ( citizens have set the example. Who's next? -alii iSTATK A,I) FOK THK PLANTER*' == ; Senator Simmons Proooses States I ( 91. * Buy Fourth of Cotfm Crop. n The. ;et, in Washington. Sept. ! .?State notion Bam- . .. . , inting In a 0 1 C?tton growers was to- a Mer- day proposed I>y Senator Simmons. ( ibcock of North Carolina. His programme I her. a rVm nurotiaso hv parti r *un*bv * uuiciiipiutto v"v. j/u.v.4?w ~j ^.?.v.. v iteria'l cotton State of one-fourth of the cot- j whole ton produced by it during 1914 at a nvest- 10 cents a pound, eight cents a ( $150* pound t0 be advanced at time of Pur* a onths' chase in non-interest bearing bonds I. ayable of the State, said bonds to be re- l; deemable on or before January l. t , 1916, in cash or 4 per cent, bonds tnseral ad- at the option of the State. If the a ed by price of middling cotton remains be- t 3?and *?W ^ cents when the State shall v special have Purchased one-fourth of its q irtion. crop, the Simmons plan requires that v :e, six, the State shall continue to buy until t rates. ha obtained 35 per cent, of the f resoill no- 1914 cr?P unIess tlie price does not s char- sooner reach 10 cents. None of the t ar ad- cotton bought by the State is to be ' 'first sol<* 1,e:ore November 1, 1915. for i less than 1" cents, nor before June v ilways 1, 1916 for less than 11 cents. As s those soon as the cotton is sold the State p i- tlio. ornu-orsf fi'nm whom it 11 id ad- ,s l" *" * *"* r case, was purchased the excess above S try or cents for which the State sold it. B ace in Senator Simmons at the same time c are . " as ex- proposes that the State impose a pur- <j chase tax of 50 cents a bale on ah lint cotton sold within the State, the ? L914. proceeds of this tax to be used to p ===r safeguard the State against any loss c sustained in the purchase and hold- v ing of cotton by the State. The State a w' also to impose a tax of 1 cent a j, row pound on all lint cotton grown witli' in its borders during 1915, provided said tax shall be remitted if cotton w acreage in the States does not exceed S ow 60 per cent, of the acreage in 1914. and to be remitted to any individual IV grower whose acreage is not more than 60 per cent of his acreage this t ow. year. s The whole Simmons 6Cheme is con- t ditioned on its adoption by States a [ sick, producing at least two-thirds of the c cotton raised in this country in 1914. c ^ The senator believes that the adoption of his plan -would force the e some- ? , , price of the staple in open market $ to 10 cents and that the manufactur- n w. ers will be able to make a fine profit b s has at that figure. President Barrett, of a have the Farmers l men. ana coiununee a Bam- representing that organization will o State be here tomorrow and will urge up- a t ?ay- on congress and the president the & girls union's proposition that the govern- ti ichoo! ment shall itself purchase 6,000.000^ is jceive bales of the present cotton crop. The ti )n tu- skpport behind this idea is stronger a tnan is generally supposed and is X increasing. w and ^ r, are BETTER NOW THAN' LATER. 0 next Sl h are Crafty Scotchman Had an Excellent 0 be as- Theory Al>out Loans. w 1 the s them One of the shrewd la rds of Lan- t. Dr. arkshire had evidently experienced g] id we the difficulties of collecting money Q t new jent to friends. * ! n "Laird," a neighbor accosted him j ti ALF? one morn*n=' 1 nee(1 -(} P?und5- JG ye'll be guid enough to tak ma note, Ct ye'll hae yere money back agin in i are is tlire months frae the day." a untry "Xae. Donald." replied the laird. c e was canna do it." j I( 1" - -^ lma n'jpti rinne the i ? nting j DUl' ?- u get it J HI:e t'er yere friends.''* c think ' "N'ae, mon. I canna cbleege ye." w every "But, laird o buv "Will ye listen to me. Donald? As r eiti- soon as 1 took ye note ye'd draw tlie j trust -0 pounds, would ye no?" j ? ?(j j,v | Donald could not deny that he i e nbers would. I oirn us "I ken ye weel. Donald," the.laird j ( ale of continued, "and I ken that in three j t; would ntonths ye'd r.ae he ready to pay me j ! e ?n ; ma money. Then, ye ken. we'd ouar- I j} hales, i rel. But if we're t'< quarrel, Donald, j e eirc-'t-! I'd rather do it noo, when IJm.e ma t need- i - > pounds in ma pocket." v > with ... .? h Warnings. h ,n0>e" j Beware of the lieice Welch rabbit. ^ but a ] | men. Avoid him with a frown: U'ui j For he does all his fighting when v more j y01] t^j 11 v yoll pave him down. 11 ooun'* j ?Cincinnati Enquirer. i! r the t > t.te fight John Barleveorn. old l' u i5 paid." >ff the ^aj(j cjever Uncle Sidney. a hate "j>ecause j:e hits a blow that's ^ e cot~ barred? nia!~ He whales you on the kidney." * uh0 ?New York Mail. ? price C ware- ^uotiier gentle warning, son, a direct Champagne is bellicose: * a 10n" Just when you think you're having ^ nts a fun. "" 11 In Cl It colors up your nose. 0 l(* ^as ?Youngstown Telegram. 11 itions. t l.oloo ? - - * - j s gcorn aji tJie rruus wun seea, my lt ten child, " sf-eot- Qr all vour j0yS will melt: 10 ex-1 Thev strajg]lt seek your appendix out s larket j An(j svvats you 'neath the belt. a ie sta_ ?Houston Post. 0 i join t id we The Cuban national congress of v >f our mothers is working for baby saving, f and is providing school breakfasts b for the needy children in Cuba. c ACCl'SK I > OF MURDER |j" 'barge Against lnne>es Meruit of i Itennis-Nelm* Mystery. San Antonio. Texas. Sept. IT,.?Mr. | md Mrs. Victor E. lnr.es. of Eugene, j )regon. probably will be given a preiminary hearing this week 011 barges growing out of the disap-[ iearance of Mrs. Elois Nelms Dennis ind Miss Eeatrice Nelms, of Atlanta,! la. Innes is charged with murder nd his wife with being an accessory tefore the fact. They were brought lere from Oregon by officers on Sepember 1. The lanes twins, a boy and a girl, .ged four, who have been in jail with heir mother since their arrival here, vi 11 also appear in court this week, "he juvenile court will decide this ieek whether Innes will be allowed o provide a home for them with riends, during the detention of himelf and bis wife, or the court will ake charge of them. Mr. and .Mrs. innes. according to; ntimations of their counsel, will iaive preliminary examination and < eek release through habeas corpus roceedings. The hearing was nosttoned once on motion of the State. Neither Innes nor his wife has nade any extended statement, both ontenting themselves with a general enial of the charges. Innes acted as counsel for Mrs. )ennis when she secured a divorce in teno, Nevada. The Nelms family laims that she later sought his adice in regard to large investments nd that she came to San Antonio a June to meet Innes. ? V/T IV LIT 1 \l I>w! nu.u.i.n ?4 1*1 1-7. ome Valued Issues Came Out Under i Peculiar Circumstances. Not a little of the fascination which i he study and collecting of postage tamps holds for enthusiasts lies in he fact that the story of their origin ud subsequent history is. in many ases. of an exceedingly romantic haracter. The single known copy of the rar- i st stamp in the world, valued at , 10,000?the one-cent British Guia- j a issued in 1856?was discovered J y a young collector ir. the colony I mong some old family papers stored way in an attic. Knowing nothing f its scarcity, and not being favorbly impressed by its appearance, he old it to another collector for a rifling sum, the purchaser also being rnorant of his great bargain. Ulimately it found its way to Europe nd now reposes in the collection of I. Philippe de la Renotiere, of Paris. ;+ *vtnni> trno rc O orf\ IIO pUIAJIICtSCU ic uiau? J UJ5V. The value of $7,250 is placed upn the famous "Postoffice Mauritius" tamp, which was crudely engraved n a small copper plate by a local atchmaker of Port Louis, and *sued on September 21, 1847. A toil of only 500 copies of each of these tamps were tediously printed off ne at a time from the plate, and the lajority of these were used on inviations to a ball sent out by Lady romni, wife of the governor of the olony. It was not until nearly 20 years j fter their issue that the first two j opies of these rarities were brought o light by a young stamp collector! f Bordeaux. The most perfect used opy of the 2nd FostofRce Mauritius as sold by auction in lf?i>4, and is j ow included in the collection <Tf j ling George of England. { To the story of the watchmaker j lio designed this stamp may be add1 that of the baker's boy who c-nraved a stamp of the Republic of orrientes, now forming a part of- j he Argentine federation. ' In is.", i ; was decided by the authorities to jstie stamps, but they could rind no! j ngraver to cut the die or preparej he plates. While one of the ofucia's "as discussing the situation with the oad of the State printing office on is veranda one morning a baker's oy arrived with the daily supply of read, and, ov erhearing '^he eenverntion. volunteered to undertake the ork. stating"that before emiaratmu j South America lie had been aprentlced to an engraver in Italy. I'limately the boy was given the work ! o do. and he turned out a stamp :hich. although crude, served for 11 the postage stamps issued in 'orrientes irons IS", to lSS". King George (then Prince of \'alesi was responsible for the deign of the 1M?:1 postage stamps of 'anada acknowledged to be the most | i rtistic stamps o!" the last reign, ibout the time of the late ing's coronation. the postmaster general of Canada, then n a visit to England, took the oportunity of consulting the prince on he subjest of the proposed new isue of postage stamps for the Dominion. The prince at once took the eenest interest in the work, deigned the stamp in conjunction with member of the Royal Philatelic soiety, and superintended the preparaion of the "master die." The Ed.ardian stamps of Canada can. thereore, lay claim to the distinction of 'eing designed by a king.?Ex- I hange. IL LaVERNE THOMAS & COMPANY Fall OpeningDisplay ^ ? ? We Invite You to Attend Our Opening TllllVCf] oir on#l fnrlou I i nut auaj tuiu 11 maj SEPTEMBER 17 & 18 1 .^j MissHinshawisin charge of our Millinery Department again this season and will be * * - i i 1 C glad to show you our large selection or Patterns and Stylish Shapes. o Our Patterns are unmatchable and you can't afford to be absent on this occasion. Space will not permit us to describe the various styles. Anyway you would rather see them yourself, so be sure and be present. Buy Laces While They Last You are no doubt aware that 75 per cent, of the laces are made in Germany and France, and owing to the condition now existing in these countries laces , are very scarce. We, however, bought early, and we will show you the most complete line ever shown in Bamberg. Don't fail to see them. r Don't Fail to See Our Coat Suits and Goaks : ff You have no doubt already heard of the beautiful Cloaks and Suits we are carrying. We have no equal in this line in Bamberg County this season. We fully appreciate present conditions and have marked our Suits in accordance with the prices of cotton. WE ESPECIALLY INVITE YOUR INSPECTION OF THIS LINE. ' ? - I - -HS! Buy Your Gloves Early I |f We also bought ;our gloves early. We are, therefore, in a position to take I ' (care of your wants. If the war should continue six months longer gloves will be | sold at a premium. Better take our tip and buy now. Furs! Furs!! Furs!!! J| We are also carrying a complete line of furs this season. The minute I your eyes rest on them you will be surprised that we can offer such handsome 8 r.-firfiha/ndise at such low orices. We advise that you examine these carefully. ' | Be An Optimist ':m I WAE, IS A TEFvEIBLE THING, and there's no doubt about the effects on I our country, however, we felt that it was our duty to prepare for you, and this 1 we have done. Our stock is complete in every department, in fact we bought v K larger than ever before, regardless of war. A visit to our store will convince I? you of this fact. DON'T FORGET THE DATES, SEPTEMBER 17th AND 18th ff ? ? i -%! LaVerne Thomas & Co. s | | We have just what you want for the | FORMERLY ^ ^ and ^ our ^ Ronian , ? shower FRIDAY s.n- |_ ^ U stri|)<w |)Wds ,affetas lnolres sHk ,(,s file sheets and spreads, also desirable . , ... o . v AND poplins and other PRETTY" NEW towels and other things for the hos; 1>itJlK Rentz's Millinery Store things in thus department. . | TELEPHONE 41-J BAMBERG, S. C. i?S