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PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting; in This City at Other Points. ?Mr. C. L. Etheredge, of C< bia, was in the city yesterday. ?Mr. A, M. Den bow spent day in Columbia on business. ?Mr. James H. McGowan several days this week in Augus ?Mr. S. W. Copeland. of hardt, was in the city on Sati last. ?Mr. G. J. Herndon. of the hardt section, was in tne city terday. ?Miss Evelyn Free has goi Pageland. where she will teach session. ?.Mrs. H. Spann Dowling. o derson, is in the city on a vis relatives. ?Mr. J. Crum Smoak, of the ter's Chapel section, was in th< VI* .uvuuw; . ?Miss Harridel Free left T day night for Hartsville to Coker college. ?Miss Lynn Riley arrived Thursday from an extended vii Northern cities. ?Messrs. G. W. Jenny, of J anc\B. V. Kearse, of Ehrhardt, visitors in the city Monday. ?Quite a number of Bamberg pie attended the camp meetir Cattle Creek last Sunday. ?Miss Louise Zeigler, of Hill, will be among the visito the Byrd-Henderson wedding week. ?Miss Dorothy Adams will the coming session at Bishopvill will leave in a few days to ope school. ?Miss Ruth Herndon has w ed a position as teacher at M and will leave for that place i the 15th inst. ?Misses Alma Davis and Kibler and Messrs. H. N. Foil Mortimer Sanders motored Orangeburg Sunday. ?Miss Lula Brown, of And< who will teach in the Hunter'3 < el school, is in the city on a vi Miss Mamie Hartzog. ?Mrs. John Poag, of Lane will arrive in the city in a d; two to attend the Byrd-Hend wedding next Wednesday. ?Miss Bess MoManus, of La ter, will arrive in the city this to attend the Byrd-Henderson ding next Wednesday evening. ?Miss Josephine Adams ha cepted a school in Berkeley e for the coming session, and will in a few days to take up her d ?Capt. D. G. Felder, a po Pullman conductor running 01 Charleston, is at home spend: few days with his parents, Mr Mrs. N. Z. Felder. Worth While. It is easy enough to be pleasan When life flows by like a soc .but tne man worm wnne is m who will smile When everything goes ' wrong." For the test of the heart is troi And it always comes with years, And the smile that is worth praise on earth Is the smile that shines thi tears. * It is easy enough to be pruden When nothing tempts you to When without or within no voi \ sin Is luring jour soul awaj*. But it's only a negative virtue, Until it is tried by fire, . And the life that is worth the 1 nf oarthv Is the one that resists desire By the cynic, the sad, the falle Who had no strength for the The world's highway is cumbert day, They make up the items of li: But the virtue that conquers ps And the sorrow that hides smile? It is these that are worth the ho of earth. For we find them but once while. ?Ella Wheeler Wile Terrible Misfortune. "They are shifting consuls o tnarif etrefnm '' to i ^ TnrAmn Q O.'OICUI, I^aiu KJ Wade, the Duluth collector, "t a man in Shanghai at $4,500 g< shifted to Barcelona at $3,000. other consul with a Warsaw j $4,000 is shifted on the merit tern to Fiume at $3,000. A few such shifts and where will the fellows land?" "Shifting consuls on the meri tern?that's a good way to exprt |t reminds me of Bilson: " 'Have you heard of the te misfortune that has befallen.Bo; Bilson said to me. "'No!' I said. 'No." " 'Bones, poor fellow.' said B has eloped with my wife.'' Louis Globe Democrat. TIM.K TO APPLY ECONOMICS. and Housekeepers Should IVe Wits in1 This Crisis. slum- The State president has received the following letter from the chairMon Iliatl home economics department of the general federation, which , should be of vital interest to the wospent men of South Carolina and we would ?*aadvise club presidents to act upon EhrMiss Johnson's suggestions: jrday '-\]y dear \irs Allen: Inclosed is a copy of the letter sent out to your Ehr- state home economic chairman, with yes- the request that it be given the widest possible publicity. ie to ''This committee feels that the i this condition now confronting the house wives of the country can not be so f An- wel1 by measures of relief as by jit to a study of the situation and what must follow in months to come. Hun_ Food prices will inevitably rise and k ... with this will come distress and want for many. This can be lessened only by the wise conservation of hurs~ food materials, a refusal to waste enter and a learning how to buy and how to use in the best and most careful home manner. We wish to help. We parsit to ticularly desire to add our influence for the promotion of that sane, calm, enny, simple living which must not only were aid in keeping peace but in promoting the highest welfare of any conr pe0_ munity. There is so much women lg at can do at this time to prove their fitness for the responsibilities already Rock theirs. t "Cordially yours. j next (Signed) "HELEN LOUISE JOHNSON." teach Copv of letter to State economics e and . . " chairman: n her "The present time is one of great * anxiety for many in this country. It I<RPt" is a time 0^ agony for our siste'3 c ee' over the sea. Under Ihe existing cira ou cumstances it has seemed right to us to urge upon club women all over Julia t2ie country a consideration of what : and tke home economics department has t0 to offer in the hope of migratir.g some of the evil effects of the rapiiirson, ly increasing cost of living, much of Chap- which we can not hope to prevent, sit to "There is an increase of economic pressure upon every home in the aster, land. Some can weather it. some ay or can bear it. some cannot. This coiaerson mittee feels that it will not have administered its responsibilities until incas- it has induced club women everyweek where to realize the extreme necessi-| wed- ty of discussing present problems of living with a desire to assist in solvs ac_ ing these, not merely for themselves, hut for other women of more limited ouniy leave opportunities. uties. "The responsibility of the budget pular is almost wholly in the hands of the it of women- They buy the household ing a suPPlies of a11 kinds. They generalaQ(i ly set the standards of living. Conditions ate now such that in thousands of cases the wages and salary earners can .get no more. Yet the prices of the necessities of life have t risen steadily for the past ten years, tg, rapidly within the past few weeks, e one This increase must be understood and met in the right spirit and prop'dead er way. In spite of the fact that a few speculators may have taken adlble, vantage of the situation, the fact rethe mains that "legitimate and unavoidable demand upon our resources has the caused and will cause rise in the prices of foodstuffs and other necesrough sities of life. "There is no other solution of the Droblem than that of learning how to live adequately, happily and well Btray, under conditions which confront ice of us. Waiting for something to turn up, for the ebbtide, for a day of fading prices, will not avail. Certainly it will be most disastrous if meantio or debts accumulate. "President Wilson has wisely urgf ed upon American women the need of curtailment and simple living. n> Agitation, boycotting, suspicion of strfe, Producer, jobber and retailer are un;d to- intelligent methods of meeting a sit-] uation which calls upon us for the fe. exercise of every domestic womanly ission virtue. It is our great opportunity in a to show what women can do to prove their sanity and wisdom for the ac>mage tual prosperity of the country which for a time must to a considerable dein a &ree He in the consumer's hands. "As a committee we urge upon all ox. those interested in home economics work to aid in showing the extreme need of learning how to consume and n the teaching how it should be done. We . mc- earnestly request an duo presidents lere's and chairmen of programmes to real;tting ize that this department of the clubs An- can and is ready to assist in helping ob at women to properly meet what is a t sys- crisis in home affairs, more "We ask the cooperation of the poor civics, public health and industrial and social departments of all clubs t sys- and suggest that the club women arjss it. range meetings where the buying of supplies, the adjustment of family rrible living, may be discussed. Represen-J nes?" tatives of other organizations should be invited to these meetings and a cooperative plan be adopted whereby ilson. prices can be Icept within possible '?St. limits and guidance and cheer given to those whom economic pressure WILL WEAR COTTON l>RESS. Cloth sent Misses Ola-k, Smith an<! Iiurles'?n Washington. Sept. 24.?Miss Genevieve Clark, daughter of the speaker: Miss Lucy Burlesoa, daughter o! the postmaster general, and Miss Callie Hoke Smith, daughter of the Georgia senator, received today presents of enough cotton cioth from a South Carolina mill to make each ol them a dress. They are to make these gowns themselves and wear them at the Cotton Fashion show tc be held here at the Willard hotel October 7 and 8. These patterns were presented to them in the speaker's office at the capitol by Representative Joseph T. Johnson, of th? 4th district. They are from a Spartanburg mill. Later Speaker Clark. Representative Johnson and the three young women posed on the steps of the capitol for moving pictures, whicl; are to be part of the cotton bargain week crusade started by Miss Clark: A NEW PRISON. Olympia Arena in London Convertec Into Jail for Germans. In the great arena of the Olympis ?that monstrous stadium in Ken sington, says a London dispatch where only a few weeks ago th( Freddie Welsh-Willie Ritchie anc Gunboat Smith-George Carpentei prize fights were held, strange scene: are being enacted daily now. Somt two hundred odd men and youthsranging all the way in age from 2( to 60?every afternoon at a set houi go through odd antics such as run ning up and down the arena, jump ing. rolling on the ground and othei like stunts. These youths and mer are Germans?held prisoners by th< government of England. Theii strange antics are the only exercise; they are allowed to take for a litth each afternoon. A thin line of Irisl guards, grim, silent, khaki-clad men stand guard while the Germans gc through their daily exercise. The Olympia was seized by th< government without a "by you: leave" or a notice of any sort. Of licials decided it was ^'ust the plac< they needed and they occupied^ without further ado. The German prisoners who an held there are men who have beer taken from German merchantmen German residents of England German "floaters" who it is fearec are spies in the employ of the kai ser. Many of the prisoners who hav< been residents of England for yean but who have never taken oat nat uralization papers, have been able tc secure their freedom. English friends have interceded for them. They wer< taken before the army officers ir charge of the Olympia and closelj questioned with regard to their feel ings for their native country. Thos< who have been able to convince th< officers by their testimony and tin pledges of their English friends, tha they; bear a love for their adoptee country, have been allowed to g< free. Bad Acting. One East Sider said to another: "How did the bal masque come out?" "Very poor," was the reply. "You don't say so! And how was Mary Lanning as the Goddess of Lib erty?" "Rotten!" "Rotten? Didn't she act her pari well?' "No, she got locked up."?Nev Orleans States. might make town ar city charges These meetings should be open t( the public. "We suggest that while this perioc of anxiety lasts emphasis 3hall b< laid upon the study of the famil} budget, on the proper use of money the factors of value and choice, anc that every effort be made to upholc and cooperate with the work of State and federal officiate who are endeav oring to safeguard and improve oui food supplies. "We do not believe that it is expedient to urge new bills, food oi textile legislation az this time. We do be!.ie%'e that it is our great opportunity to establish sincere and simple standards of living and help build ui our American industries along manj lines. "This committee is ready to assisl in every poss.ble way and it entreats all clubs to lay aside less urgent pro grammes in behalf of the home. Lei us be thankful for our homes, for oui measure of peace and security, anc in being this lay aside all spirit ol criticism, all rivalries, all littleness of every kind. This is not mert home economic work?it is woman's work?calling all of us to the highest services of womanhood, those undertaken in behalf of homes. "Yours very sincerely, "HELEN LOUISE JOHNSON. "Chairman home economics department. General Federation of Women's clubs." THE SIEGE OF PARIS IX T?. I City Snnes>fully Defended for Four Months. Paris, Sept. ^4.?Though appar. ently the German plan of battle has r been changed and Paris now does i not appear to be under any danger > of siege, the time when the kaiser's . troops menaced the French capital i and were within a few miles of the : Paris forts served to remind the peo> pie very vividly of the former siege of Paris by the Germans in the Fran, co-Prussian war of 1870-71. , | mere are toaay in raris inousi ands of people who remember the . former siege, and to them the fever. ish activity of a few weeks ago > when tons of provisions were massed - in the city and herds of cattle grazed in the Bois de Bologne, were preg. nant with memories, j On September 2, 1870, Macma> hon surrendered at Sedan and Napot leon III and an army of 81,000 offil cers and men became prisoners of war. That catastrophe brought down the empire and two days later the provisional government was set up in Paris. A fortnight afterwards 1 the investment of the capital was complete. The victorious Prussian army which had captured Macmahon, had made straight for Paris in the hope of an immediate entry and the | Prussian cavalry hurriedly completI ed the circle of investment by a rapid sweeping movement around the ^ city to the west. i The siege began on September 19. The final armistice was signed on ( January 28. Paris therefore stood . out for four months and there is little doubt "hz.t she would have kept the flag fiyirtg for much longer if she ? had been better provisioned and if ' there h^d beei the slightest chance a of any assistance reaching her from " without. Bat by the end of January , her two miliion population were 4 within a week of absolute starva' tion and one by one the hopes of outside aid with which they had been j buoyed up were dashed to the ground. 4 Everything was in favor of the be* siegers. Politically Paris was in a state of confusion. The fall of the > empire necessarily meant that the [ government was in the hands of men who were absolutely new to the ? work of administration. Jules Fal vre, Gambetta. Rochefort and the rest were ardent patriots, but they were quite inexperienced. I Their military position was, if pos. eible, even worse. * Only isolated fragments of the regular armies of ? .the empire were at their disposal, j The main armies had suffered a suc. cession of shattering blows and were > no longer in being. One corps, saved 3 from Lenieresi, another newly form? (id, a large number of marines, saili ors, etc., together made up a dependj able force of 80,000 men. The - Gardes Mobilos, from the Provinces i furnished another 115,000, and the ? Gardes Nationales. raised. in Paris i herself, comprised 100,000 more. i - a t rne military vaiue, nowever, ui me 1 last body was very slight. They ) manned the ramparts of the city but rarely came into close contact with the siegers. The real defence fell on the men in the forts and the mobile army under the direction of Duceot. > These forts formed a ring around Paris much closer to the city than the outer ring of modern forts which are the principal defence today, but stflTrequirmg the Germans to hold an enciennte of 50 miles. At the outset ^ the besiegers had only about 150,000 men available for the purpose and their situation was one of great difficulty, considering the length of their . communications, their lack of adequate numbers, and above all, the j guerilla tactics with which they were harrassed on every side. If there j had been any well-trained French ar; mies in the provinces capable of tak . ing a vigorous offensive, matters might have gone ill with the Ger[ mans. v 1 Their difficulties explain the leis> urely methods with which the siege } was conducted during the first six weeks when the population of Paris was scarcely put to serious discom. fort. But there was no well-trained - field army on which to rely. French; men responded gallantly enough to . the fiery appeals of Gambetta and De } Freycinct, but the raw levies had no ) time to acquire discipline and their r bravery was unavailing. Fierack in the west, D'Aurelles de - Paladines t and Chanzy in the Loire country, 5 Faidherbo in the north near Arras . and finally Bouraki on the Swiss t frontier, did their best but each in turn was effectually disposed of and [ the hopes to which their activies f gave rise in Paris died away. The ; garrison in Paris was continually > elated by cheering rumors of victory ; outside which never materialized .! and by confident promises of success . in the next sortie, which when it took place invariably ended like its predecessors, in repulse. Every direction was tried in turn.! There was the sortie of Chatillon on the heights of which the Prussians had established their most formid-j ? ( HECKS ON THIS BANK j are payable at sight. We alI ways carry a cash reserve large i enough to meet all demands. Have your account here and your checks will give you an added standing with your creditors. Be up to date by having an account with an upto-date bank. 4 per ct. pd. on Say. Deposits ; Bamberg Banking Co. i Ibhhihhhh able batteries. There was the big i sortie of Champigny on the eastern ! side, across the Marne on No%-embei 29, but the only result of three days fighting was that Gen. Duceot lost j some 3,000 men and was thrown I back to his own lines. The sortie of Le ^ourget, on Dej cember 21. met with no better fat< I and the final sortie of Buzenval a ! month later was the last nasn in tnt j pan. By that time even the most j optimistic Parisians had ceased to believe in the mysterious plan by whict Gen Trochn was to cleave a waj for the garrison to the outside world It is often forgotten that the Prussians did not begin their serious bombardment of the forts of Paris until December 27, three months after tht investment was complete and thai they did not throw a shell into Paris j herself until January 5. Bismarct i had spoken contemptuously of tht French forts. "We can take two 01 three with ease," he said, "whenevei we like to try." But that was an idl< boast. The forts of Paris, notablj j those which faced the Prussian bat teries at Mendofe, Clamart and Chat illon. held out manfully to the verj end and though the most exposec i forts at D'lssy Vanves and Montrougt i were ereatly knocked about they re i mained in action down to tfie capit { ulation. The first shells to fall within th< walls among the civilized populatioi came on the 10th day of the siege i Thenceforth they rained in withou | much intermission, the aim beinj | chiefly directed at the Luxembourj I and Invalides and the ambulance o j the Val de Grace. A number of wo men. and children and inoffensive cit izens were killed. It is computet that 6,000 shells were thrown int< Paris in the. 12 days and that tb< deaths due to them were 296. Then as now, the Germans'" did not can whether they killed non-combatant or not; then, as now, the King o Prussia cheerfully invoked the bless ing of God upon the success of hi! gunners in slaughtering women ant children. "Their system of warfare," wrot< Mr. Gibson Bowles, "is baset throughout on terrorism exei .set upon those who cannot defend them selves, in order to awe those wht can, precisely the same system ii fact that is pursued by brigands o all countries. They fight indeet when they cannot help it, but whei ?on thov nrpfer to take hostagt LllCJ , __ and levy requsitions upon civilians and now that they have met in Parii a force capable of resistance they d( not scruple to take their reveng< upon women and children." Prussian chivalry and German cul ture were the same in 1871 as the: are seen to be in 1914. Losses by Epidemics. The chief suffering, however, it Paris, was caused by famine and pes tilence. Everyone has heard of the privations of hunger which were en dured by the populace with greai courage as long as any hope of sue cor remained. The mortality was fearful. In the last week of the siege 2,500 infants died. Smallpoj during those terrible months claim ed 64,200 victims. .Moreover, it wai winter, fuel was scarce and the sea son inclement. Such was the siege of 1870-71 and the condition of Paris was ag gravated by the political dissensions which a little later culminated in the horrors of the Commune. If Paris should have to endure a siege now she would not have to fear the worsl of the evils which have just beet enumerated. There will be unbroken armies in the field to give hei succor when the favorable momenl strikes; there will be no grave internal dissensions, there will be nc scarcity of food. Above all. time will be on her side and her gallant defenders will fight hopefully, and not despairingly as they did 44 years ago. In Animal ville. - Coon?I see your wife has taken -to sleeping in a bed. Possum?Yeaha; hangin' ain't good enough for her.?Life. Not From the Burns Collection. "Where did golf originate, Sandy?" "It was furrst spoken in Scotia, lad."?Philadelphia Ledger. Too many lazy men pose as mar! tyrs. 1 i Capital and Surplus $100,000.00 ^???m^?? ;j Rusty, All Right. J ' "See here." complained the man ! as he walked up to the proprietor of .! the clothing store, "I have only had L this suit two weeks and it looks ; rusty already.' J "Well," said the proprietor, "did , the salesman guarantee the suit?" i J "He did," replied the man. "He J said it would wear like iron." rj "Well," replied the man, "it did, didn't it?"?Cincinnati Enquirer. ' I ^ i 1 Best material and workman;! ship, light running, requires t! little power; simple, easy to 5 handle. Are made in several i sizes and are good, substantial > money-making machines down r to the smallest size. Write for catolog showing Engines, Boil > I ers and all Saw Mill supplies. 1 - 9 LOMBARD IRON* WORKS & I " I \ SUPPLY CO. I 1 i 9 Augusta, tia. I 1 wmmmf .! NOTICE TO DISTILLERS AND LIQUOR DEALERS. " | Bids and samples are hereby re1 quested in accordance with the Dis. pensary Law now in force for the t following goods to be furnished the r State of South Carolina for the use J * of the County Dispensary Board of ?i Bamberg county, South Carolina, f: Liquors to be shipped in car load lots, .j except Beer, freight prepaid to Bamberg. S. C., te-wit: " All kinds of corn, rye, gin, wines 1 and brandies, both in bulk and bot- \ > tied in full 1-2 pints, pints and ? quarts. Beers in pints and quarts to be de' livered at Bamberg, Denmark, Ehr hardt and Olar, S. C. s Also bids on empty bottles, 1-2 f pint, pints and quarts, in dispensary cases, cork and tin foiH All goods shall be furnished in 3 compliance with and subject to the 1 terms and conditions of the Dispensary law of 19?7, and bidders must observe the following rules: 3 1. All bids must be sealed and 1 there shall be no signature or mark 1 upon the envelope indicating the v 4 name of the bidder. O All Hi/la mnaf ho sant hv AT } press or registered letter to Geo. A.. i Jennings, Treasurer, Bamberg, S. C., t on or before Monday, Oct. 12, 1914. I 3. The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, the 1 board reserving the right to reject ? any or all bids, or parts of bids. The Board requires that on all bids ' submitted the age and proof of all * goods shall be stated, and bids shall > be in gallons, 1-2 gallons, quarts, i pints and 1-2 pints. Bide will be opened at the office of . the County Board, Bamberg, S. C., on Oct. 12, 1914. f J. M. Grimes, Chairman. * , J. B. Kearse, W. H. Faust, 1 Board of Control County Dispensaries, Bamberg County, South ? Carolina. 3 i II II i . "A ' ! ' - , j 31 1 j ' | i 1 -1 , i . ! * !! ;! This Space | | ;i Reserved For B.W. Simmons & Co. 'v? ! WATCRIT ' fa Yy,7 \ i i **. ' v i J -53 M _