Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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(Liir iiiamutTg t^rralii ESTABLISHED APRIL, 181)1. Published every Tnursday in The Heraid building, on .Main street, in tv>a Mvo and growing City ot' Bam berg, ceing issued from a. printing office which is equipped with Mergenthaler linotype machine. Babcock cylinder press, folder, two jobbers, a fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by electric power with other material and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year $1.50; six months, 75 cents; three months, 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 ? 41? + o frw ratPS and twelve mourns. w, . . Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions. cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political character 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 j not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. ? Thursday, June 24, 1915. Weekly Weather'Forecast. Issued by the United States weather bureau at Washington, for the week beginning 'Wednesday, June > 23. 1913. I For South Atlantic and East Gulf ; States: | Fair weather, with continued high ' temperature, is probable throughout; the week. j "It's a long, long way to Tipper-: ary," but if there is any fighting gop . ing on there we don't mind saying! ?* s. i . our heart is nowhere close to it. Oo account of the limitations of : 0UIi "Pass" we will not be able to get f?"V' as far as Chick Springs this year, and to get beyond "wholly within the ^ - ' State of South Carolina" would be p', - quite out of the question. i A crowd of people hanged Leo Frank in effigy at Newman. Ga.. when the sentence of Frank was commuted. \Vre imagine that Frank prefers this j?' " kind of hanging to the kind that has ^;r stared him in the face""ifor about two S&^vyears. I n ? v ' We trust that the fapt that the meeting for the purpose of organizing a county fair association has been * \ nAotnnncd Hops not mean that the ar dor of the promoters has in any way i-r. been dampened. Several of those ; deeply interested in the project are out of the city, but it is well to ret'.'V member that if a county fair is to be r- held this fall some steps will have ^ to be taken pretty soon, else the ? necessary plans cannot be made in r. time. Pr*. The Newberry Herald and Xews^ this week was confronted by a most 'N unique situation. Last week a prom; inent murder trial was held in Newberry and, of course, the newspapers carried long accounts of the trial. On Tuesday of this week the Herald and ^ News contains letters on the front A . page from two correspondents, each > accusing the newspaper of being unfair; one be^ng in favor of the defendant, who was acquitted, and the other sharply criticising the jury for fcV its verdict. The dead man's friend :r said the report was one-sided: the live man's friend says the report was <'*. unfair and that it omitted important ... testimony. I seems to be a well estiblished fact that everybody cannot be pleased, but when both sides criticize one he must be pretty near corjj&T; . Suppression of news matter rarely ' avails anything: Newspapers are continnally asked not to print this or that. for various and sundry reasons. Then others, when asked about cerjjwv * tain news or a certain transaction, will SS&--V .^eny any knowledge whatever in an effort to prevent the news being disseminated through the newspapers. . The following very sensible paragraph is taken from a late issue of | irs the Southern Railway Bulletin, bearssi ing on the matter of suppressing >?-' news matter: No man is serving the interests of ?? - 7' the Southern Railway company by j-<~. withholding information from a news' _ . paper representative, or by attempting tD mislead him. Never try to discourage a reporter who is looking for Vt news. In the first place there's no use trying, for the reporter's business is to get the news and he generally | ,V gets it. If he can't get it from the railroad he will get it from some other source and in all likelihood will get a garbled statement which will . * appear much worse than would the facts. t ^ It is stated by a gentleman who is in a position to know that a special art of, the legislature allows towns and cities to vote water, light and sewerage bonds to any required amount. AI-i lendale. Blackville. Walterboro and Barnwell are among the towns in this section of the State now install-. ^ ?- ing sewerage systems. None of these I' ; towns, so far as our information goes, have had constitutional amendments passed to allow them to vote bonds in excess of eight per cent, of the tax valuation. It may be stated that these towns are among the nearest rivals of Bamberg. Can this city aford not to vote in a sewerage system? Considering the matter from a purely business standpoint, which is the least argument in favor of sewerage, would an investor looking for a site for a manufacturing plant choose Bamberg, without sewerage, in preference to either of the other towns named, with sewerage? Would a family looking for a location choose Bamberg? These are questions we leave to those in authority to answer. It the health of Bamberg will be bettered by a system of sewerage, can the city afford not to have it? That is a question for the people to answer. The progress and the health of the city demand sewerage. Our; neighboring towns are getting -sewerage. Mr. Citizen of Bamberg, what, are you going to do about it? , _.. - ? !..? t Kl,. .vuui i nroumi i>a|ui9i nw.m,.,,. , The Baptists of South Carolina are to have a great summer gathering of Sunday-school workers, B. Y. P. U.! workers, leaders of the Woman's; .Missionary unions, organized class' workers, pastors and others, begin-1 ning July 9th and continuing until July 16th. The assembly will be held at Furman university, Greenville. A gothering of fully five hundred workers exclusive of the local attendance is confidently expected. The pro-1 gramme is rich and varied. The fac-. ulty is composed of leaders and experts of note coming from all sec-! tions of the State and the South. The1 Rev. Thos. J. Watts, Columbia, is the! general secretary of the assembly. A beautiful thirty-six page booklet has1 been issued in which is given the en-j tire programme. These may be had on application to Mr. Watts, at Co-' lumbia. Among the speakers and teachers we note the following: Rev. W. O. Carver, D. D., Louisville, Kv.;t Rev. Chas. S. Gardner, D. D., Louisville. Ky.; Rev. John E. White, D. D.. Atlanta, Ga.; Rev. J. J. Taylor, D. D., Savannah, Ga.: Mrs. Maude Reynolds McClure, Louisville, Ky.; Miss Kath1 ? ? ?i?llni? Oalflmnro Md Prof. leeu mauui;, uui vt4uw. w, L. P. Leavell, Oxford, Miss.; Rev. Price E. Burroughs, D. D., Nashville, Tenn.; Miss Almeyda Coleman, Danville. Va.: Rev. B. W. Spillman, D. D., Ridgecrest, N. C.; Rev. E. M. Poteat, D. D., Greenville. S. C.; Rev. D. M. Ramsay, D. D., Greenville, S. C.; Prof. C. E. Crossland, Fork Unions Va.: Prof. E. L. Middleton. Raleigh, N. t., and a number of others equally important. Board will be provided in Furman university at $1,00 per day and reduced rates will be given by all railroads. For further information our readers should promptly address Rev. Thos. J. Watts, general secretary. Columbia, S. C. In connection with the Baptist summer assembly on the above dates' the State Federation of Baptist organized classes will hold its first meeting. Every Baptist organized class in South Carolina of whatever name or form of organization is invited to participate and to send delegates. The number of delegates is without limit. It is hoped that each class will send at least one reprett-tinco eYiwinsps shall be acuianvo " "vux, v?r paid by the class. Let the classes please take note of this great meeting of organized class workers. For further information address Rev. Thos. J. Watts, Columbia, S. C. The Whistle Test. A Parisian journal tells a little story of a young Parisian who, in civil life, had long worn a monocle in his left eye. and had continued the habit as an officer. He had been wounded, was cured and asked to be returned to the front. He was to be examined, and concealed the monocle. thinking lie might be charged with myopia in one eye. When the chief surgeon examined him, after looking well over his face, he said sharply. "Whistle!" The soldier whistled like a blackbird. w | - "This is curious," said the suroom and calline a voune assistant. he said again to the soldier, "Whistle!" He whistled again. "That is curious," said the young assistant. Another surgeon entered and the patient was called upon for the thiiH time to whistle. "Ah." said the surgeon, "this is curious!" "But," expostulated the soldier. "I don't see why there is so much ot' this. I'm not to serve as a locomotive." "It is all right." said the chief surgeon. "You may return to the 1 1 VII I. When the soldier arrived at his regiment he gave to the regimental surgeon the note that had been given him by the examiner. This surgeon said in his turn: "Will you please whistle?" He whistled. "This is curious." said the surgeon. It seems that when a man wears a monocle it gives to the face the appearance of facial paralysis. The operation of whistling is a test. The facial paralytic cannot whistle. I SCIKXOK AM) SLAUGHTER. I i Scientific Assistance in the Favorite Pursuit of War. Without question, man lias every! reason to be grateful to science for her assistance in the favorite pursuit! by which lor the most part he reckons j historv. writes Henry \V. Xevenson.i in the June Atlantic. Nor is he re-! j miss in taking advantage of her! ; progress. This war is probably the! greatest and most destructive, as j ! well as the most scientific, since creaj tion. .Mr. Asquith tells us that 6, j 000,000 men are now trying to Kill i one another as fast as possible in Europe, and his is a low estimate. There! they stand, in long opposing lines. On one front the battle line is said j to extend nearly 400 miles: on the; i other nearly twice as far. In the ' west, sheer numbers and the accu-j racy of industrious science almost j prevent movement. For nearly five months now those men, in their ef-j fort to kill and escape death, have lived below the surface. like rabbits or primeval troglodytes. They have! floundered in oozing mud?"the fifth element." as Napoleon called it. They have stood day and night in trenches, j soaked to their middle by cold water,' until their limbs swelled purple and, threatened gangrene. The concus-j sion of exploding shells has driven' their eyes into their heads so that j thev see no more: shock and horror! have struck them speechless. Their | reason is overturned; some weep! without ceasing: some gibber like! ghosts. Limbs are scattered over the countryside. Hot-smelling blood i pours from their bodies in unexpect-J ed quantity. Naval Losses In tl'e Straits. The successful torpedo attack on the British Triumph operating in the| Gulf of Saros in support of allied troops, again emphasized the serious nature of the task of facing the allied forces at the Dardanelles. Already the British navy has lost more bat-i tleships in this operation than have been sacrificed in all other naval, operations put togather. The Ocean and Irresistible ware sunk by shell fire and torpedoes sent from shore tubes in the much-criticised sea attack upon the Dardanelles on March 18; the Goliath was sunk by a torpedo from a Turkish destrpyer while operating in conjunction with the allies' forces, and the Triumph was the victim 'of a Turkish submarine. A floating mine accounted for the French battleship Bouvet. -it is evident that 'thus far the Turkish defensive on land and sea has proved itself superior to the offensive strength developed by the allies. Will this discrepancy continue? The news from Gallipoli indicates that within the past week both armies have been strongly reinforced, the allies bringing their strength up to 90,000 men, while the Turks have added some of the forces which were operating against the Russians in the Caucasus. This indicates, a forthcoming clash of decisive importance. The allies cannot permit the Gallipoli operations t^ drag. While the. Turkish forts are still in action the invaders' hold on the peninsula is precarious. French and British troops are operating far from their bases and are dependent upon sea communications. A serious defeat on either flank might threaten the entire landing army with capture or annihilation. A severe storm might! interfere with communications or at, least prevent the warships from rendering effective assistance U t?._* land forces. A speedy advance, effected with whatever sacrifice in! men may be required, ought to commend itself to the allied command- 1 ers. As for the Turks, they are once more proving to the world their ability to fight. If they would prove as; tractable to instruction in the gen-j tier are' of civilization as they are apt pupils in the arts of modern war. the ^vorld might become reconciled to their continued existence as a nai tion. tion.?Brooklyn Eagle. Could Have Cabbage. A deputy sheriff, who was here rej cently to take back a prisoner, told j this story on the jailer in his town: I The jailer, although a well meaning man. is illiterate and spelling is a trifle difficult for him. One day last spring, pencil and paper in hand, j he went through the jail to get sug-! gestions from the inmates as to1 changes in the dietary. "We would like to have some rhu-| barb," suggested one prisoner. "You may have it," replied the jailer, who then commenced trying! to record the request. He began "ru," hastily abandoned that for ' ?tlion nut *'rnn" anH ICU, ClllU iut?? ^ v. V * ~ "rheu," successively. Thoroughly: exasperated at last, he exclaimed: Rubub be hanged. You'll get cabbage."?Louisville Times. The Lord made woman and she; made herself over into a lady. Ol'K NATIONAL BKVEKAG Soda Water, the King of City nier S|H>rt.s. The time was?it is not so distant?when the chief, almos only, possible recreation durin heated spells in town was drii soda water, writes Harrison R1 in Harper's tor June. And tl still, perhaps, the king of city mer sports. . There are. of ct adepts of the fountain who ke< their favorite recreation all w Who of us has not seen, in bleak January day, half-frozer trict messenger boys take refu a drug store and there fortify 1 selves against the bitter cold by mugs of ice cream soda? Bu taste, though preserved in wint formed in summer. It is then doors are flung wide open to street, while glittering . fourf towering like fairy castles, cast magic spell upon those who rv ?Ua nommontc cllUIig Ll IC uuiuiat) i/u>v*Mviivw. certain fortunate regions, wher tide of national civilization mu admitted to be rising very high drug store serves its soda to music of a string quartette, an one happy Southern city, to th companiment of a "cabaret si Let those who are approaching die age remember the corner store of their childhood, with modest white marble fountain pensing six simple syrups. No better marks the triumphant ress of the country, the riclienin; deepening of its life, than these geous modern sources of a thot strange concoctions of exotic n and irresistible allure. A Few Affidavits. We have now arrived at the davit stage of the Lusitania cas gentleman named Gustav Si whose name indicates his entir partiality, and who is said to be a German reservist and an em of the German consulate in New city, swears that he was take board the Lusitania by a ste' the night before the ship sailed that he saw four guns mounted lower deck. A New York boa house keeper swears that the steward told her the Lusitania Grieve swears that he heard ried guns, and some one n steward say so to the boarding 1 keeper. Also, we have the s statement of an individual n Bruckner, who says that while s ing on the Cunard dock, he s gun mounted on the Lusitania. We can dismiss the testimoi the boarding house keeper an< testimony of Grieve as hearsay, \ no court of law, let alone the go meht of the United States, woul one instant consider. As for Stable his name, his occupatior his presumed prejudices call f( investigation which should go siderablv further than the qu? of fact set forth in his affidavit. 1 remains then only .Mr. >Bucknt whom we know nothing, but w unique, insofar as he stood righ in the open river dock, in broad light and discovered, in plain upon the deck of the Lusitania, ? thine which had escaped the ? tion of passengers, their friends the custom house sleuths, who i ed under the direction of Coll Malone. We should think the 1 would be ashamed of his bo neutrality squad, in view of th~< closures made in this intere group of affidavits who could < have told about the two 12-inch mounted forward on the Lusil next to the cookis galley and th< 14-inoh guns mounted aft of grand saloon, as well as the submerged torpedo tubes, ail of \ will doubtless make material fc ture affidavits.?Brooklyn Eagle The "Movies" as an Tndustr Even the hundreds of thou: of motion picture fans fail to r< the extent of the "movie" as a dustry. According to the fe census bureau. 68.000 miles of was manufactured for the C States at a cost of $"7,000,000 i last eleven months of 1914. The motion picture busines the fifth largest industry in I'nited States, and this applies to the manufacture of film, feature films cost as high as $ 000. It is estimated that 10 000 people daily visit the movi IS.000 motion picture theatres The development of the m picture industry has been one c marvels of the present age. motion pictures had come to was early published, but recogi of their educational value is o matter of the past few years, the crude pictures of the early to the remarkable depictions ( day is a long step. There is nothing now that th< tion picture does not repro^uc the amusement and enlightenmt its patrons. America could not well get without the "movies."?B News. - - - Un r 1fJSmikJaF^ i disfbU" You'll Find huge I the A visit of inspection will p er . our store is full of the that Start any dinner with Ca 1 tlie none too pretentious to ] tains. 7 B.W. Simmons & e the st be A CLE AX STOKE, CLE AX G(X i. the AXD CLE AX METHODS. the d in TELEPHOXE 18 BAM BE K e acmid - - .. drug a PYGMY RATTLER ATTACKS. i its dis- Venomous Little Reptile Hidden in thing IiOg \ear King Snake Kggs. < prog- , or o n H & In a small pond we captured sev- < ! gor" eral of the banded water snake (Troisan pidonotus facciatus), says the N w < ames y^^ gun Qne a jarge an(j richly marked specimen, was lying coiled I under the water, which was about 4 inches deep, and lying as he was 1 > affi- among short growth of vegeta- '< A tion I nearly stepped on him before tahle 1 saw Placin& the forked e im- st*ck over him he wound up it as far J both as 116 cou'd and struck viciously at < ploye everything reach, but was soon York grasped by the neck and placed into ^ n on a bag. These water snakes, though R.ar(j non-venomous, were by a great ma- * anrJ jority of the people we met, thought on a t0 be ver-v P?isonousrding Many snakes were uncovered in 1 same turning over the fans; mostly very 1 car- young cotton-mouths, which very 5 the strongly resemble the young copperamed heads (Ancistrodon Contortrix), and . house the pygmy raHlers (Sistrorus milaiw?rn rius). This diminutive rattlesnake amed would generally be found coiled on * tand- the projecting base of a palm and aw a covered by a palm fan. None that we caught made any attempt to esiy of cape, but they had the chance. They 1 the were so small, generally from 12 to vhich 18 inches, that their rattling could c vern- not be heard unless held close to the 1 d for ear. !* Mr. " My partner had a narrow escape j i and from being bitten by one of them, t >r an He had broken open a hollow log. on t con- the inside of which were a number J stion of empty shells of snake eggs?prob- ] There ably the king snake or black snake? i sr. of and as he reached to pick one of 1 ho is them up for closer examination, he ' t out caught sight of a pygmy rattler coil- (* day- ed partly under some pieces of jthe 1 view, rotting core of the log and jerked" 3 some- his hand away just in time, for the1 ^ itten- snake struck viciously, narrowly , and missing it. vork- We broke open all the hollow logs'" ector which we found, and in doing so j latter found several very fine specimens of asted the king snake (Ophibolous getulus). - dis" L'sually when we found one we , >sting would find another one very close by. jasily These snakes, while of a rather 1 guns quarrelsome disposition among i :ania, themselves or with other snakes, are] ] ? two remarkably gentle with man. Not the one of the'several we caught made' * four any attempt to bite, nor showed any ? vhich nervousness. When handled they; j >r fu- vvould usually coil tightly around the 1 ! arm, probably to prevent falling, and j then would start slowly on an ex- ( ploring expedition. These snakes ] are powerful constrictors, feeding sands principally upon obnoxious rodents 1 ?al|ze and other snakes: they have been j _ n in" known to kill the deadly diamond- ] deral back rattlers (Crotolus adaman-. fiIni teus). although they have nd pref-J n*ted erence and will as readily kill and ? thp | devour the non-venomous species. j ? ? is Wanter Further Instructions. ; the i < only "Everybody." observed a New < Some York woman, "knows one or more of J ;300,- those conscientious egotists who can-; ] .000.- not rid themselves of the notion that, 1 i? no one can be trusted to carry out| 1 * ,.r\i Hntoilc nf rAiitinp wnrk i . I lit? uv^tuiio v I I * ~ | | otion without their personal supervision, i | ?f the "it was one of this sort who went, That west, leaving in his brother's care a i . stay parrot, of which he was very fond. J j lition All the way out he worried about the 1 nl.v a bird, and at Chicago he sent his From brother the following telegram: j* days -Re sure to feed the parrot.' i' >f to- "Whereupon brother telegraphed < back: ; ( s mo- "'Have fed him. but he is hun-i* e for gry again. What shall I do next?"j mt of ?New York Times. ! 1 ? ? i! along Under normal conditions ten j 1 iiffalo inches of snow yields one inch of,' water. . ! it All Here 'J trove our contention that things that YOU like. mpbell's soup; there are give it a place. ' s Co Guess Again. .; "%i Shronk stopped his motorcar at a 1 lesolate crossroads and yglled to a * farmer who lay on a cart of fertilizJr: ?$m "Hey, Cornsilk, is this the way to . oroydon?" The farmer raising himself from ' *, * the fertilizer in astonishment. v "By heck, stranger, how did you know my name was Cornsilk?" he *x isked. :-4 V: "I guessed it," said the motorist. "Then, iby heck," said the farmer, f is he drove off, "guess your way to Croydon." ' v If he can do it, Mr. Bryan ought > ? * :o induce President Wilson to write ' f >ome of the signed editorials in the' Commoner.?Houston Post. . ' As Jess Willard is tired of being ? m actor already, this comes pretty ifcar making it unanimous.?Washngton Post. Read The Herald, $1.50 per year. MASTER'S SALE. -- i State of South Carolina, Barnwell County?Court of Common Pleas. Elizabeth W. Rice, in her own right and as Administratrix of the estate of Benjamin T. Rice, deceased, plaintiff, agaiiist B. T. Rice, et al, Defendants. By virtue of a dpcretal order to me iirected in the above entitled cause, will sell at Bamberg, in front of the :ourt house, on Monday, July 5th, A. * Ty [). 1915, it being salesday in said - %; nnnih trytfMn" fV*n 1000 1 TTaiim nf enln uv/uvuf TT itiiiu buwivbtti xavuao wi oaiu, he following described real properly: All ttfht certain piece, parcel or ract of land situate, lying and being n the County of Bamberg, said State, Buford's Bridge Township, contain- :>7 ng five hundred .acres, more or less, ^ *' tnd bounded on the North bj* lands >f Patrick Starr; East by lands of Vialcome M. Rice and P. H. Starr; >n the South by lands fo Frances J. Pelzer, and on the West by William Phail. Terms of sale: Cash, purchaser to jay for papers. _ H. L. O'BANNON, y T Master for Barnwell County. > " , Master's offlce'i June 11th, 1915. .? 1 '-V7 $ DIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA .* Entrance Examinations Entrance examinations to the University of South Carolina will be ' neld by the County Superintendent . '. jf Education at the County Court rlouse Friday, July the 9th, 1915. The University offers varied courses of study in science, literature, his:ory, law and business. The expenses are moderate and many opportun * ties for self-support are afforded. A arge number of scholarships are V" available. Graduates of colleges in . .v"', :his State receive free tuition in all .' courses except in the School of law. v For full particulars write to , The President, ' MYERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Colombia, S. C. , < .'fc BANKRUPT SALE OF J. B. MILEY & CO., LODGE, S. C. ' __ j' " " T' Under and by virtue of an order of :he United States District Court of :he Eastern District of South Caroina, dated third day of May, A. D., 191T>, in the matter of J. B. Miley & :o.. bankrupts, I will sell to the high;st bidder, at public auction, on the 5th day of July, 1915, at 12 o'clock, roon, at the premises of the said J. B. Miley & Co., on Main street, in the +' :own of Lodge. S. C., the following , 'v* lescribed property in separate par- , :els as set forth herein. The same :o be sold for cash, all sales subject :o confirmation by the court. ' Parcel Xo. 1. All that stock of goods contained n the store house on Main street, in he town of Lodee. formerly occupied ? t d p_ r*/v jy .1. .uiicy ot , uani<iniJii<, <.vusisting of dry' goods, notions, clothng. shoe's, hats, hardware." etc.. which it invoice amounts to approximately 52S">0.00. also the notes, ooen ac ounts, and other evidences of indebtedness. belonging to or owing to the aid J. B. Miley & f'o.. bankrupts. Parcel \o. 2. One horse, one cow. one lot of lonsehold furniture, etc.. and other idnor personal property referred to n the aprra'sement of the pronerty jf the said han'-r^nt. W. MAX WALKER. Trustee. # ' < s. -V ' s I . ' ::dS