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dlir $antbmj l^pralh SI KSTABLISHKl) APRIL. 1891. u! Published every Thursday in The herald building, on Main street, in '.he live and growing City of Bam- in berg, being issued from a printing office which is equipped with Mergenthaler linotype machine, Babcock cylinder press, folder, one jobber, a : - l-1 ~ nrocc q!1 rilTl hv nne -wieiutr i-.?tiuuct H .???, ?... electric power with other material . ami machinery in keeping, the whole K equipment representing an invest- 111 ment of $10,000 and upwards. gr Subscriptions?By the year $150; un six months, 75 cents; three months, 50 cents. All subscriptions payable tlc strictly in advance. $1 Advertisements?$1.00 per inch tii for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 10 cents th a line each insertion. Wants and pr other advertisements under special . head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, an and twelve months. Write for rates, ut Obituaries, tributes of respect, reso- Sj( intirms cards of thanks, and all no tices of a personal or political char- I acter are charged for as regular ad- aP vertisiug. Contracts for advertising 00 not subject to cancellation after first insertion. Communications?We are always tic glad to publish news letters or those w? pertaining to matters of public inter- co st. We require the name and ad- . dress of the writer in every case. N'o article which is defamatory or 00 offensively personal can find place in 00 our columns at any price, and^we are oo not responsible for the opinions ex- ... pressed in any communication. - - 1 ~ sti Thursday, Feb. 25, 1915. ins = el? It is now up to the people of rir Orangeburg to secure an extension of thi .. . the B., E. & W. railroad to connect no with thft Coast Line. Governor Manning has proven himself to be a statesman of broad-mind- se. ed principles. He is giving close at- sn] tention to the details of the gover- Ae nor's office, and is using his appoint. v ive power carefully. tio h0 In the death of Capt. Charles Petty. South Carolina journalism has S63 lost one of its most fluent writers. Capt. Petty died at a ripe old" age. He had rouuded out a most enviable ln* career, being one of the most attractive writers in the South. South ^ Carolina has lost a powerful pen. ' The condition of Main street is a co menace to the town. Every time cn there is a rain, the street is almost mi impassable. It is no better than the en worst country roads during a rain ho . , and for some time after a rain. Bam- sh: berg is a pretty good sized place, and ^a it is high time for something to be Re done to remedy this condition. soi foi Eight months have elapsed, and th( the war continues without abate- p0 ment. Those who expected the war jj, to end within a few months have been disappointed, but conditions are fast regaining the normal condition. The farmers are preparing to feed them- a selves and raise their own commodi- ac, ties, and business next tall yill doubt- e(j less be good notwithstanding the orj wa?- sts Replying to The Herald's criticism se? of the general assembly last week, S1C the Newberry Observer says: "In re< our opinion the present legislature pe has done more and better construe- se? tive work than any legislature that has sat within our memory?and that 110 goes back to a good many years." de It is true that the last few days -of ^ the session were crowned with some success, and we are grateful that in< something was accomplished. But at wo the time the item in question was *a> written, we failed to see wherein the 111 general assembly had passed many n*a measures of a constructive nature. The general assembly concluded mi its session Saturday night and ad- ho journed. Several important meas- exl ures were passed during the last few by days. One of the most important tht measures enactea was uie wmpui- im sory school attendance law. This foi law requires children between the cla ages of eight and fourteen to attend ty school; but the measure is local op- mc tion. The school district is made the unit. Much of the force of the meas- foi ure, it seems, will be lost by the kn t* I 44 small unit. However, it is a step to- w ward eliminating illiteracy, and any ex< measure tending toward this end is cai most welcome. Any school district dij can invoke the law by holding an election or even presenting a petition for the law to apply in the dis- va trict. . on tot Xot Accepted Here. . ov "You know it is said that the poor and righteous man has treas- th( ures in heaven." seJ "Yes; what a pity he can't use it su as collateral while he's here."?Bos- on ton Transcript. lin Good for Xotfiing. "Willy, is your rather a rich man?" ' e<* "No, Sallie, he is a professor, so I can be educated for nothing." "Oh, that's nothing; my father is tic a minister and I can be good for C0; nothing."?Harvard Hampton. T01 no Speaking of the well-known Eng- a i lish language, why do we never refer to a man as all in until he is down ed and out??Boston Transcript. an PENDS FASTER THAN WAR VCLK SAM SI'KXDS AT HATK OF $41,000,000 Per Minute. crease for Submarines Over House is liecoinmemled by the Senate. Washington. Feb. 22.?Appropria>ns for national defence occupied e attention of both houses of coness today. The senate discussed til late tonielit the army appropria >n bill carrying approximately 03,000,000 while the house conlued debate on the fortifications 11. While progress was being made on e measures the senate committee acticallv completed consideration the naval appropriations measure d the senate paused for four mines to pass without debate the pen>n bill, carrying $164,000,000. In e passage of this bill the senate propriated at the rate of $41,000,0 a minute. Increase for submarines and avia?n over provisions of the house bill :re recommended by the senate mmittee on naval affairs in a bill lich will total approximately $150,0,000. The committee urges $1,0,000 for aviation instead of $300,0, as authorized in the house 1. It also provides for the conduction of six sea-going submarines stead of one, and sixteen instead of iven of the smaller type submales, the former to cost not more in1 $1,400,000 each and the latter t to exceed $550,000 each. For More Submarines. Senator Smoot proposed an amendsnt for the authorization of fifty i-going and twenty-five of the laller coast defence submarines, mother proposal by the senate comttee is an amendment to the secm abolishing the naval plucking ard, which would require all naval icers to spend at least half their rvice at sea. Notwithstanding the progress bel made on appropriations in the late there were indications today it not all the bills could be passed lether the ship purchase bill is rerted back from the conference mmittee or not. Several Demoitic senators said they feared it ght be necessary to adopt some tergency resolutions in the closing urs of the session. So far as the ipping bill is concerned nothing s been done by the conferees and ipublican leaders propose to have tne appropriation measures still be*e the senate next Saturday when 9 conference committee is to rert. The committee may report a sagreement at that time. Discuss Army Bill. Much discussion prefaced consideron of the army bill, necessitating night session. In urging prompt Lion Senator Chamberlain explainthe absence of provisions for re?anization of the army with the itement that the shortness of the ssion would not permit proper conleration. He predicted that the organization and reserve army bills ading would be pushed at the next ssion of congress. Many speeches were made in the use during the fortifications bill Katp ReDresentative Fordnay, of chigan, Republican, predicted it with the treasury revenues fall; off next year the administration iuld have to enact a so-called war c revenue measure, issue bonds as 1895, increase import duties, or iterially reduce government expenures. Representative Mendell, of Wyong. Republican, congratulated the use on not being stampeded into xavagant defence appropriations the European war. He regretted it some people indulged in what he isidered "treasonable baiting of eign peoples by constantly pro.iming the probability or centainof an armed struggle, near or re>te, with Japan." "We have no plans or ambitions the future, and so far as we ow, Japan has none," he said, hich will afford any reason for cuse for a clash of interests that anot be readily adjusted through >lomatic channels." Senate Naval Programme. At the night session the senate na1 committee submitted its report the appropriation bill carrying a :al of $152,961,981.88, an Increase er the house bill of $S,31 3,080. The naval building programme of e senate bill would provide for five i-going submarines, sixteen smaller bmarines, six or more destroyers, e oil fuel ship, one gunboat, one spital ship at $500,000 and two st-class battleships. Among the increases recommendare $500,000 for a projectile int. $130,000 for naval reserve, 00,000 for a high-power radio stain and $1,000,000 to be applied on nstruction of an armor plate faery if the secretary of the navy cant purchase armor in the market at reasonable price. Debate on the army bill was resumarter the naval bill was reported, d items were passed over quickly , NEW "DOPE" LAW. Limits Sale of Drugs to Prescription by Registered Physicians. The Harrison anti-narcotic ac . goes into effect March 1st. This measure, enacted last De cember, provides in effect that 01 and after March 1, 1915, no deale shall be allowed to sell or give awa; i habit-forming drugs without a physician's prescription or direct instruc I tions from a doctor. Drugs thu placed under the ban are opium, co ca leaves or any compound, manu factured salt, derivative or prepara . tion made from 6uch drugs. Reme dies which contain more than tw< grains of opium, or more than one ( fourth of a grain of morphine o one-eighth of a grain of heroin, o , one grain of codeine are included ii the list of narcotics which cannot b< dispensed in any manner unless spe cifically ordered by a physician. J , special tax of $1 a year must be pai< from March 1 by all persons wh< oil nr Hienonso such drues. An1 person who fails to comply with thi requirements of the law is subjec to a fine of not more than $2,000 o imprisonment for a term of fivi years, or both. Congress appropriated $150,000 t< be dispensed by the commissioner o internal revenue to enforce the nev law. Per Cent, of Criminals Using Drugs. According to statistics furnishe( congress at the time the Harrisoi bill was under consideration, 6 pe: cent, of the prisoners in large jail! and State prisons are addicted to th< opium habit in some one of its form! and of the general criminal popula tion, 45.48 per cent, are habitua users of the drug. The average o reports rrom twenty-nve oiaie: shows that 21.6 per'cent. of unfor tunate women and their hangers-oi are addicted to the drug habit. Ii the medical profession of this sam< territory there appears to be an av erage of 2.06 per cent, who use opi urn, and 1.32 per cent, of trainee nurses are likewise addicted to drug! in one form or another. Statistics furnished by manufac turers show that the use of morphin< in the rural districts of some east ern States has increased 100 per cent in the last ten years. An estimati made from the sales books of on< firm shows that in one or two o these States the use of opium hai increased 100 per cent. IT. S. Bound by Hague Convention. According to the arguments mad< by the proponents of the law whicl is soon to become effective, the Unit ed States government is bound b: the convention signed at The Hague Jan. 23. 1912, to control the sale o opium and allied traffics in this country. It has been pointed ou that during the last twenty-five year ODium. momhine. coca leaves am cocaine have been imported into this country, manufactured and placet upon the general market in sucl forms as to be available to anyon< who desires them or who desires t( trade in them. The report of the internationa "opium commission shows that Italy with a population of 33,000,000, im ports and consumes but 6,000 pound! of medicinal opium each year; tha Spain with a population of 19,000, 000, imports and uses so little tha it is not separately entered in cus toms or other returns. Germany whose population is 60,000,000, im ports about 17,000 pounds for hom< consumption, and Holland about 3, 000 pounds a year. These figures show what the five European coun tries, with a total population o; 164.000, import and consume less than 50,000 pounds or opium annual iy. Im|x>rts of Opium to U. S. According to figures laid befon congress, the United States import! and consumes over 400,000 pound: of opium each year. Saving Spirit. "Speaking of stingy people," saic the storekeeper, reflectively, "there"! no one that can beat old Scrimp." "What about him.?" queried th< customer who had come in for i pound of coffee. "Why, he even looks over the top: of his glasses for fear of wearini them out!"?Jit-Bits. The Connection Plan. Brown?What a rig that womar has on. Jones (looking)?By jove, that re j minds me; I've got to get some cas | tor oil for? Brown?Eh; I fail to see how tha rig can remind you of castor oil. Jones?The bad taste of it. boy. with little debate. When the sen ate recessed the only section remain ing for consideration was that pro viding for the establishment of i system of scientific management ir government navy yards and shops. The Indian appropriation bill was reported by the senate committee to j night carrying $11,255,865, an in : crease of $3,535,741 over the house bill. PKCTLIAHITIKS OF XATUKK. s Why Wind Currents Influence Soun Other Matters. ' Various peculiarities and anom; lies in sound propagation are note but Dr. H. Bateman, American m 1 teorologist, points out that they ha^ r a simple explanation in atmospher y conditions. Any wind has the gei eral effect of reducing the audibilii of sounds. The velocity of a wir s increases with altitude and th causes sound waves traveling wit the wind to be turned downwar giving increased range, while tl sound against the wind is turned u] 3 ward and shortened. When the u] per and the lower wind are travelic r in opposite directions, the sound bei r upward may be turned back by tf 1 upper current?an effect explainir e the strange zones of silence an crmnri often nnteri in easterlv su ^ face winds. In daytime, decrea: 1 of temperature with height and ui 3 equal heating cause sounds to be r< fracted upward and dispersed, bi 2 at night, with more uniform temper; ture, sounds are better heard. Tt r stratosphere, or isothermal layer < 2 the atmosphere, seems to refle< sounds from its lower surface, cau 3 ing artillery fire and other heav f sounds to be heard far beyond d " rect audibility. Moist air stifles, r? fracts, scatters, and perhaps refleci sounds. Temperature differenc< 1 may account for most of the peculit 1 effects of fog, but reflection from tfc r upper fog surface may produce ii s terference giving certain observed s 2 lent regions. A novel piezometer, claimed 1 1 give deep sea soundings of muc f greater than the usual accuracy, : 3 due to A. Berget, a French physicis The instrument, eight inches lonj 1 consists of a reservoir of water, froi 1 which a long tube, one-fiftieth of a 2 inch in diameter, extends downwari and communicates with an open sid ? * - r ... TU A f iiTTft vessel ui mercm>. mc iuuc, on>^ 1 ed inside, is graduated outside. Lov s ered in the sea, the pressure forct the mercury up the tube, where disolves the silver, showing the d< 2 gree of compression, and by this tt depth reached. 2 The non-corrosive steel tubes I 2 be made under a British patent wi f be given an electrolytic coating < s iron. This Iron, with no impuril except hydrogen, is practicaJly rus less> but for some purpose will t 2 given still greater durability by 1 second coating of zinc. Although the X-rays are now s ' widely employed in exploring the ii ^ terior of the body, it appears from 3 note by G. Lippmann to the Par 1 Academy of Science that the Hugh* 3 induction balance may be still usefi 1 for locating bullets and other piec< 3 of metal. The apparatus consists < 1 a battery and interrupter in serit 1 with two primary coils on which ai 2 wound two secondary coils connecte 5 with a telephone. The coils are e: actly alike and with the conductin 1 wires rossed their effects upon tb ' telephone are just the same, so thj no sound is heard. But wnen on 3 coil is brought near a piece of raeta 1 the electrical balance is disturbe< producing in the telephone a fair 1 sound, which is louder if the mett is magnetic, like a fragment of ' steel shell. The induction-balanc bullet-finder was a subject of e: 1 periments by Dr. A. Graham Bell an others as long ago as the summer c 5 1881, when President Garfield wa suffering from a mortal wound b ^ an assassin's bullet and the metho 5 gave results of "Some promise. Afte the bullet was roughly located b the induction balance Dr. Bell shov ed that its exact position could b J determined by a delicate needl 5 probe, which, being connected in ' elephone circuit through the P? tient's body gave a lick if any har substance touched were metal ir stead of bone. 1 - 5 Oxone. a preparation of fused sod um peroxide, provides a means c ? keeping oxygen ready for use that i t claimed to be quite safe as well a convenient, unlike the usual metho 5 of storing the gas compressed i r heavy cylinders. On adding wate at ordinary temperature, a pound c the chemical gives off 2.2 cubic fee of 99 to 100 per cent, oxygen, est mated to De sumuieui. ivi a mau *v half an hour. It has come to be understood tha the best fed army will win, and Di t Gastineau Earle the other day state at the London Institute of Hygien 7 that the soldier should be overfe rather than underfed, thus storin . in his own body reserves for time of food shortage. Meat, bread an vegetables are the essentials of th ration. An American scientist hai ing concluded that the British ra tions contain too much meat, th British war office authorized an e> periment in 1909 and 1910, and, a this showed the peace ration to b satisfactory but the war ration ir i sufficient, some additions were mad - " n.. 1 I to the dally allowance 01 iue auiuie The Truly Fortuitous. (1. The shades of night were falling fast When up the fence row blithely passed. a_ Through creosote and paris green, These grim trespassers on the scene: e- One army worm, -e One chinch bug, ic One Hessian fly, One cut worm. ty l(l Advancing each before its kind, is They gave the wiggle-wag behind, ih And answering with buzz and whiz, (j, Their trusty troops invaded, viz: ie One wheat field, p_ One field of oats, p. One corn field, lg One potato patch. it ie The farmer slumbered in his bed tg While pleasant fancies roamed his id head, r. And dreamed of getting after bit ;e A few farm luxuries, to wit: i. One automobile, e- One lighting plant, it One tractor, a. One silo, le jf But where the setting sun had shone 2t On opulence remained a bone, g_ Clean-picked as frost denudes the -y trees, i_ And what the farmer had were these: g. One sale, tg One trip to a new. farming is country, ir One trip back again, ie One start all over, a- ?Wall Street Journal. Coin is Cheapest. Mrs. Homespun?What'll we con;o tribute to the minister's donation ;n party? is Farmer Homespun?Wall, I dunno, Hannar! Taters is 'way up, pork .s 'way up, fowl is 'way up? 31 we'll save money by giving him n money.?St. Paul Dispatch. i, ? [e Would Put Ban On Face Powder. r- Drug store complexions and eai ir- adornments will. be under the ban ;s in Kansas if the legislature passes it the bill introduced in the house to? da^v by Representatives McGinnies, le of Greely county, says a Topeka dispatch. He believes Kansas women should stand pat on native beauty :o- and taboo drug store beautifiers, hail 11 dressing deceptions and ear spark>f lers. The bill, in part, reads: ;y "Any woman under the age of 45 t- years found guilty of using or hav>e ing used face powder, perfume, false a hair, hair dyes or bleaching materials for the purpose of deceiving, advertising or creating a false impression 10 shall be deemed guilty of misdel meanor and be punished according a to the provisions of this act. is "Any woman as above mentioned ? found guilty of having her ears pierc11 ed for the purpose of wearing eai }s rings, or to be found wearing eai - * ?-J? o + no rfi'ue nr in )l rilJgS UU IUC MlCCl, a.1 vi&ti, ui ... ;s any public place within Kansas, shall e be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor id and punished according to the prot visions of this act. Any person viog lating the provisions of this act shall te be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor it and upon conviction be punished by te a fine of not exceeding $25 for each 1, offense." i, A bill already passed by the house it and recommended for passage by a U senate committee prohibits intoxicata ed persons from driving any vehicles '? except wheelbarrows. ^ in the field. The regulation ration )f now contains of fresh meat 1 1-4 LS pounds; bread' 1 1-4 pounds; sugar, y 2 1-2 ounces; jam, 4 .ounces; vege^ tables, 8 ounces; oatmeal, 2 ounces; ,r bacon, 2 ounces, and cheese, 2 ounces. v To provide against failure of transport the soldier carries a reserve rae tion of 6 pounds, of concentrated food?designed for three days. An ' additional emergency ration?seldom used, and consisting chiefly of d chocolate?weighs but 9 ounces; being insufficient for subsistence. A unique Australian power piam. differs from those of the United States and other countries in deriv' ing energy from rising instead of lS falling water. The artesian well bored at Thayo-Mindah, Queensland, in 1895, is stated in a recent report n of its engineer to have a water pres* sure when closed of 270 pounds per ' square inch and a working pressure of 190 pounds when driving a Leffel water wheel. The power is 'r used to generate electric current by two dynamos, which supply eighty 50-candle power metal filament Lt lamps, for twenty-five consumers, r. In the electric lighting of Southe ern Pacific railroad locomotives, a d lead storage battery supplies current s for thirteen hours?feeding five s lamps, including three in the cab, ^ besides the head lamp. The nitroe gen-filled tungsten head lamp of 140 " candle power is mounted in the or^ ' ' *1 1 ? + Vl Q ViQt_ ainary on lamp reuctwi, a.uU e tery cells are placed on the boiler. c~ the cells for charging at the end of s each trip. e !- As a rule, when a man quits a good e place "bounce" and "resign" are r synonymous. i A THE MAIL ORDER HABIT. i I t How Western Farmer Suffered From Failure to Buy at Home. Saved money on one end but killed the home town and lost his property value on the other?a striking testimonial to the virtue of preserv- j ing local merchants. Hans Garbus, a German farmer, of Iowa, has discovered that the benefits which appear on the surface as attaching to the mail order plan sometimes spell disaster and has written a very interesting story of his views in a certain paper. Here > is a part of his story: \ "We farmers need awakening to. 4 the fact that we have unmistakably reached the period where we must \\ think and plan. I am one of the , s slow German farmers that had to be shown, and I am now giving my ' i experience that others may profit for knowledge is more expensive now than ten years ago. > "Twenty-nine years ago, I began my farm career. I had an old team and $50. Our furniture was mostly home-made chairs, cupboard i and lounge made from dry goods boxes, neatly covered with ten-cent s cretonne by my girl wife. We rented eighty acres. Being a boy of good habits I got all needed machinery and groceries of our home ; merchants on credit, until fall crops were sold. The first year was a wet season, and I did not make enough to pay creditors. I went to each on date of promise and explained conditions paying as much as possible, and they all carried the balance over another year. * The mail order houses began sending me catalogues, and gradual. ly I began sending my loose change \ ? to them, letting my accounts stand in my home town where I had gotten [ i^iy accommodation when I needed it. "We then had one of the thriftiest little villages in the State?good line of business in all the branches, mer. chants who -were willing to help i an honest fellow over a bad year, and a town full of people who came , twice a week to trade and visit. Our * little country town supported a li- ;.."f L brary, high school, ball team and we had a big celebration every year. "A farm near a live town soon ) doubles in value. I sold my 40 acres at a big advance and bought an eighty-acre farm,' gradually adding . to it until I had 200 acres of the beet i -land in Iowa. I then felt no need i of asking favors and found it easy v> . to patronize the mail order agents ':? that came almost weekly to our door. I regret sto say that I was the first ; in the country to make up a neighborhood bill and send It to a mail [ order house. Though we got bit every once in a while, we got in the habit of sending away for stuff. % "Gradually our merchants lessen. ed their stocks of goods?for lack of ^ patronage. Finally we began to ' * realize that when we needed a bolt - f" quickly for machinery, or clothidg for sickness or death, we had to wait and send away for it, which wasn't x so pleasant. One by one men of less energy moved in. Gradually our . town has gone down; our business houses are "tacky" in appearance, a m number are empty; our schools/ * churches and walks are going down, we have no band, no library nor ball y, team. There is no business done in, . > the town, and therefore no taxes to keep things up. Hotel is closed for lack of travel. Go down to the depot when the freight pulls in and you will see the sequel in that mail -. order packages. "Nine years ago my farm was worth $195 an acre; today I'd have 1 a hard matter to sell it for $1.67 an '( acre. It is too far from a live town ?so every farmer has said that wants to buy. He wants a place near schools and churches, where his children can have advantages. I have awakened to the fact that in helping to pull the town down, it ' has cost me $5,600 in nine years."? The Journal of Commerce, New York. MASTER'S SALET Pursuant to a decree issued out of + /vf PnmmAn PlflOo fnr Rom. llio WU1 C \JL VUiumvu A AVMO I.V4 berg County, in the case of Enterprise Bank vs. D. M. Eaves, I will on Monday, March' 1, 1915, between the legal hours of sale on said day, in front of the Court House door, at Bamberg, S. C., sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property, to wit: All that lot, piece or parcel of v j land., lying and being in the town of ' , Bamberg, County and State aforesaid. containing five acres more or less, bounded North by lot of F. W. < Free: East by lots of J. F. Kilgus, J. H. Hutto, Mrs. Jordan and Southern Railway and on the West by lot of W. P. Blume. I It is also ordered, in the said de cree. that the successful bidder or bidders do immediately deposit with the undersigned, or 'Master for Bamberg County the sum of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars, either in cash or certified check as earnest money. Terms cash, purchaser to pay for papers. H. C. J'OLK, Master for Bamberg County. Feb. 1, 1915. Tin Outturn That Dots Not Affect Tin Hsad Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and look for the signature of E> W. GROVE. 25c. # ' . i / i i(