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I ?hf Bamberg foralb I ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. I Published every Thursday in The I herald building, on .Main street, in I the live and growing City or' BarnI berg, being issued from a printing I oflice which is equipped with MerI genthaler linotype machine, Babcock | cylinder press, folder, one jobber, a I fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by I electric power with other material i and machinery in keeping, the whole j equipment representing an invest[ ment of $10.000 and upwards. I Subscriptions?By the year $150; "" ~ ^ ?wAn*hfl ; six months, 10 cenis; im?e I 50 cents. All subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch [ for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all no r?rtUfir>ol tices 01 a persuu<ii wi acter are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising ' not subject to cancellation after first Insertion. Communications?We are always . < glad to publish news letters or those pertaining to matters of public inter' est. We require the name and address of the writer in every case. 'No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. Thursday, October 15, 1914. .? = The legislature has been in session now for something more than a week, and nothing has been accomplished. A host of bills, many of which have not the remotest connection with cotton, have been introduced. The legislature costs the State something like, so it is estimated by those in a position to know, a thousand dollars a aay. u appears to us as being pretty costly talk in Columbia. And we will hazard a prediction that when the session comes to an end. and the many thousands have been paid out for the expense; nothing of material value to the farmer will have been accomplished. It borders on the riduculous to * hear some folks talking about the "hard times." The people of this country have been so prosperous in recent years that they have lost sight of the real hard times our older citizens have witnessed. When one feels blue over the situation, he should ask anyone who lived during the war between the sections or the ten or fifteen years following to relate ' the experiences of that period. He will feel better then. There may be a scarcity of money in this country on account of the war in Europe, but there can be no real hard times as long as the country is at peace, and the fertility of the land remains what it is. ? WILD GEESE HIS GUESTS. Canadian Feeds and Tames Instead n' Killincr tfftwljSL "r,? I That wild geese are shrewd enough to know friend from foe and that if you "throw a handful of feed at them instead of a thimbleful of shot" they will lose their fear of man and make their home within a stone's throw of human habitations has been clearly demonstrated by the experiments of John T. Miner, of Kingsville, Essex county, Ontario. The history of the growth of this flock furnishes an interesting example of what can be done to tame wild birds. In 1904 Mr. Miner obtained seven wild geese, clipped their wings and placed them on his pond as decoys, but wild geese were so scarce that it was four years before any others joined them. In the spring of 1908, 1 1 came, the following year 32 and in 1910 as many as 350. Since that time they have been too numerous to give any exact estimate, but probably about 1,000 may be found on the premises at a time. Since 1911 no shooting whatever nas Deen mauigeu m ?>main the reserve. By moving the feed by degrees the geese have been coaxed to come right up to the house. Wild ducks also frequent the pond, and some of these have been identified by aluminum bands bearing Mr. Miner's address. By means of these he has established the fact that they return to his place every spring, or if they fail to return, he has been able to learn what happened to them. One was shot as far away as Paris, Ky. Those that return nest in the neighborhood and bring up their young before again migrating. .Mr. .Miner's experiments are a striking illustration of how easy it would be to conserve the migrating bird life of this continent if only refuges were provided where the birds could remain fbr a short time unmolested during their seasonal flights to their breeding grounds and back again. Glendale Springs Water on sale at Mack's Drug Store, in five-gallon bottles. Delivered at house for 50c per bottle. LIVE AT HOMK. ' i Lettei sent Out IJ> I?ra?lfortl 4 Knapp. In every emergency a plan of ao-' | tion is a great help. The prices of j I food products are high, and there is: I every indication that they will re-' 'main so during the next year. The war in Europe has disturbed produc-[ tion abroad and has interfered with j consumption and with markets and financial conditions in uus tuuuu,>.i This state of affairs, familiar to j every one, makes it imperati%-e thatj every farmer and every cfimmunity should plan for next year's work accordingly. The department suggests to the cotton farmers the following important things to council for the next year. 1. A home garden for every family. The home garden is one of the; most important means of cutting down expenses and producing the*living of the family on the farm. Set aside a good rich piece of land near the house for this purpose. Prepare it with extra care and apply manure liberally. Secure from your county agent, your Agricultural College 01 the U. S. Department of Agriculture, directions for the making of a garden, not only in the summer but early and late in the year. Proper attention to the garden will give the | farmer wholesome food during a large portion of the year. Get in touch with the girl's canning club work and arrange to can the vegetables and fruits for winter use. 2. Produce all the corn for your own use. Get good seed corn and follow the instructions of your county agent in raising a good crop next year. Figure how many bushels you will need for your own use and some to sell, and put your acreage in accordingly. You will need corn for the feeding of your livestock and your family, and a reasonable surplus. 3. Produce your own hay and forage crops. If you can obtain seed at a reasonable price sow crimson o; bur clover, vetch, or some other winter legume. If unable to do this put in oats or rye this fall, peas or beans in the spring, or use sorghum, kafir corn, milo or some other crop adapted to your climate and soil. Consult your county agent, your Agricultural College or the I". S. Department of Agriculture. " 4. Produce enough chickens and hogs to make your own meat. As a rule our Southern fanners have too few chickens. Pay some attention to them. With a little work they can be produced cheaply, and enough of them will save the necessity for purphasine meat. Even* family should plan to raise a few head of hogs and the crops necessary to feed them. The county agent will help you with plans in this direction. Save your brood sows and hens and pullets. You cannot afford to sell any breeding stock. Market a part of your corn crop and your peas and peanuts through hogs and chickens. Do not be tempted to sell heifers or cow; breed them to good beef type bulls and grow your own meat. 5. Cut your fertilizer bills by saving all manure and by planting cover crops, especially winter legumee, if the seed can be obtained. Buy fertilizers for next year carefully. Purchase only high grade materials of the kind you need. Some kinds of fertilizing materials may be highpriced. Do not use that kind unless you know your land requires it. Crops turned under add fertility to the soil and save fertilizer bills. Landlords should see that their tenants follow instructions and grow as much as possible of their supplies, as suggested above. Next year is the important year for all farmers in the cotton territory to make up their minds to "live>at home" as nearly as possible. Every dollar saved on advances will be so much gained at the end of the year; every dollar borrowed on advances has to be paid back out of the cotton crop. 6. Plant less acreage in cotton. Why? Because food products will remain high and cotton will proba blv remain low u tne war ia?is. uv not run any chances. Follow a safe plan. You will need the extra acres to produce the food craps. It is estimated that between three and four million bales of cotton will have to be carried over out of the present crop. A normal acreage in cotton next year, and no increase in food crops, will certainly mean high-priced food and low-priced cotton. You cannot afford to be compelled to purchase high-priced products out of a very narrow margin of profit in the cotton crop. Economy in raising what cotton is planted is of supreme importance. The best economy is in good farming and living at home. To bankers and merchants we would say mat wim men tuuiieiation much can be done to make our own supplies for next year. In many counties in boll weevil territory bankers, merchants and farmers have united to sustain credit. In such cases farmers have agreed to produce home supplies and do good duce home supplies and do good farm i:i:sei:yi: ijaxk hill. j ^ Impoitant Proposed by Com- [ f/tf iniltee. ! '' j I Columbia, Oct? 1".?Of special and striking importance is the bill today proposed by the house commit tee on ways and means loosing to the establishment of a State federal reserve bank. The plan is quite general. but of far reaching importance. Always the Way. j A landlord returning home after an absence of several weeks saw one of his tenants sitting on a stone wall, whistling merrily. The moment that he greeted him. however, the man scowled and began abusing him. j "Why, what's the matter Pat?" he asked. "Matter is it?" was the answer. "Matter enough, when your steward is after evicting me, bad luck to him!" "Evicted you? What for?" "The old liar pretended me cabin wanted repairing, and as Oi wouldn't let him, shure he put me out." j "Never mind." said the landlord, "I hear the cottage you have always wanted is vacant, and I'll let you have that at the same rent." "No thanking your honor." said I Pat. "I couldn't think of it." "But why not? What is to hinder I you?" "No, your honor," was the reply, I "Oi'd rather have me grievance." *???> Heal Genius. "Now," said the professor in the I medical college, "if a person in good I health, but who imagined himself sick, should send for you. what would I you do?" | "I," said a student, "would give f something to make him sick, and I then administer an antidote." "Don't waste any more time here, j young man." said the teacher, "but j I begin practice at once." And Welcome. | I At the recent Salvation army con- j ! gress some excellent stories were told. One of the best, a favorite of Gen. Booth,'s, related to a certain drunkard who fell into the hands of the Salvation army. "He had been drunk so long." said the general, "that he was able to give us very little information about himself. Eventually, however, we |J|l discovered that he was married, and that his deserted wife lived in a town in the Midlands. We imme- . diately telegraphed her: " 'We have found your husband.' "In a very short time we got the reply: " 'You can keep him.' " ing and bankers and merchants have limited advances by insisting that the farmers must reduce the acreage in cotton to make waj' for the necessary food crops. A little of that same cooperation will help the whole cotton territory next year. Will our bankers and merchants be coopera- G< tors? = The same general principles apply to the tobacco crop. Make your plane Si now to meet the situation. Diversi- ? fication and the production of home ? supplies is the only safe plan to fol- _ low. /i Suggestions and instructions on all Ri of the subjects mentioned in this let- = ter may be had on application to ^ your county agent, your agricultural St college, or the U. S. department of ~ agriculture. ii i r = Th The Food You Eat G.i Is an item of great im- ' portance to you, but the methods employed in/ its handling are of the greatest importance of all. Insist upon cleanliness and sanitary methods and you lOC are then taking a great Mfc step toward insuring the U security of health and happiness. Our policy: "A CLEAN STORK, / How CLEAN GOODS AND CLEAN improv BUSINESS METHODS" "ilSJ Also fl take or Has proved tremend- I cause n ously popular with Bam- pose. berg's housewives. They nameF appreciate the cleanliness Tri of our store. See it for yourself: we invue you. rrt Just received, a well-as- at 11 sorted lot of Heinz's "">7 Pre Varieties" Pickles, Pre- at &.( serves, Jellies, Sauces, Sur Dressings and Peanut ternoi Butter. Mi< Wedn B.W. Simmons & Co. 0vem Telephone 18 BAMBERG, - - - S. C. C ~ii Fl ^?be & - La Verne TiionasjCo." Jhe Store That Leads iii Style, Quality and Price"laVeraeThoinas&^ NOTICE! On account of the great slump in Cotton and the North- | ern firms not being able to handle it, we are compelled to ilj withdraw our offer of 10c per pound for cotton. We will, h however, allow one cent above market price on accounts in j exchange for our goods. We will help the farmer in any j way we can. Be Sure and Visit Our Fancy Work Department Just received a new line of Stamped Goods, including II U Gowns, Corset Covers, Shirtwaists, Bureau Scarfs, Centre III! Pieces, Linen Towels, also Stamped Turkish Towels. j Don't fail to see these goods. We also have the Floss in I All Colors. Start now and you will have your Xmas pres- j ents finished before Xmas. . M t HHnHHHHaBHBHHBnHHHBnHBBHI x. LaVERNE THOMAS & CO. : ??^i % Formerly K. I. Shuck & Co. and We Are Always \ Rentz's Millinery Store Buy While Our Stock' i~v 1., L is Fresh and New. Ready To Help Our Goods Do Not The Farmers Rp mhergj stay with us Lon*. / $1.95 From Denmark to % GEORGIA-CABOLINA FAIR, ?Augusta, Ga. ' Tickets on sale October 17th to 24th, rv rvCN limited to return until October 27th, 1914. v jr fcn-n t Corresponding rates from other points. ^ Sj )lden Sunbeam , _x 1 ? > 1 llf Make up your nartv and go. A Rich Yellow Cake V r ^ 1 J ? * Iver Slice ATLANTIC COAST LINE. lire white cake Standard Railroad of the South. ephisto Cake 1 A. ____ l Devil's Food Cake ; ' ???? ?isin Cake 10c ?1 , \ fellowRalsln Cake _ ? _ . >anish Cake in 11 , 1 W* 0 1 .1 sen ioc Hard limes jale i ?lce Raisin Cake ? F. O. Stone Baking Co. ros'site bv "ilr- begin at thh > . DUCKER & BRO., Agents ni 1 1. n * tv t BAMBeRo,^ thrhardt Bargain House THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15th i anc* days. During these 15 \ days we will refund railroad fare*for 20 miles or less to all out of town cusTo Give Quinine To children. tomers purchasing $20.00 or more. "S?iSi?e^No doubt when you deal with us you t *0? n? T<^knoir It is qSSK: will find us the cheapest store in-the countv, especially during this 15 davs' i| SBg'ZZSSG&SttA S sale. We are going to sell goods regard- ?! less of cost, for we have heavy obliga., xf ~ ~r~ tions to meet bv the last of this month L nity M. E. Cliurrh Directory. ,. /% t / ' and we must raise the money. Our lme ? T; :aching every Sunday morning Consists of Clothing, Shoes, Dry Goods, ?'clock- Notions, Hats, Millinerv and Readv-to- 'f .aching every snnday evening wear Garments. Remember the place. , )0 O clock. r ' , '? iday-school every Sunday af3n at 5.00 o'clock. t/ -?3 1-week prayermeeting every T?1 1 lfl. WW 7 * WW Zi League ?.H1 harut Da 1 ga 1II nOUSe ng at 8.00 o'clock. jrybody is cordially invited to yf LEINWAND, Proprietor. - . < Th. hodges, Pastor. I EHBHAEDT, S. C. I Railroad Avenue, B M > .. K . . / : L. . , _ . , . . V/r'^Ci