The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 03, 1916, Page 3, Image 3
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POLICEMAN IX FKATHKKS.
The Blue Jay is the Preserver of Order
Among Birds.
If the sapsucker and tlie yellow
hammer are to be known as the wood
carvers among birds; the bank swallow
and the kingfisher as the workers
in clay; the oriole as the expert
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weaver, we are quite sure the alert,
self-satisfied, suspicious bluejay
Should be the policeman. It takes 110
great streak of the imagination to
see in his blue coat the tight fitting
garb of the brass buttoned man, who
takes his rest leaning against a telephone
pole. And, the jay's blue-gray
crest suggests the helmet of the
pompous director of traffic. The
. white bars across the deep blue of
his wings, were surely put there in
lieu of a sargeant's cevrons. About
all he lacks in the way of equipment
is the club, and his strong, black
beak more than takes the place of
f that. His official position is the result
of no elections, he is just a selfappointed
officer, who is glad to
serve without pay, and furnish his
own uniform.
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He goes on duty a little after day
break, and doesn't leave his beat until
the last brown thrush has retired
for the night, and if you are a close
fthflorvftr vnn will have noticed that
the stars are sometimes out before
the thrush is safely tucked in bed.
^ ; He has a detective sort of a .way of
suddenly turning up in the most unexpected
places and rasping out an
inquiry as to your business there.
He is ever expecting something to
happen and is afraid he won't get
there in time to see it. Just let a
strange cat find a nice sunny spot on
the lawn for a nap and it won't be
V two minutes before our inqusitive
"hliie coat has located her, and with
swooping down and rancus cries,
advises her to "move on." Let a
A family of English sparrows find a
W crust of bread and here ne comes,
\ stalking boldly in their midst! They
N are also required .to "move on." and
when they have moved he seizes the
morsel, flies to the nearest tree and
holding it steady with his feet proceeds
to sample its quality. A pair
of; catbirds may be only looking for
a suitable place to huild their nest,
quite an innocent occupation, it
would seem, hut the jay feels called
An +a AvarlnAlr all their movements
Let a poor little screech owl, half
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smothered in the suffocating heat of
her shut in hollow, crawl up to the
entrance for a breath of fresh air,
but before she can get the second
whiff the keen eye of this guardian
of the peace, has stopped her. Figuratively
speaking, he shakes his club
right in her face and calls her all
; ?. V *. sorts of ugly names that even a policeman
should not use. Not satis)
fied with this, he yells, murder! and
thief! until every bird in hearing
v drops anything he may be doing and
hastens to mingle with the noisy
, y * mob. The little owl sits there,
meekly blinking and silently wondering
what all this commotion is about.
"S i > ' Pushing aside a couple of sparrows
. and rudely hustling a lady catbird
' ' out of his way, our valiant bluecoat
rushes right up to the rotted hollow,
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fully intending to drag the owl out
and place her behind the bars. But
just then his eyes fall on her long,
. \ jstrong talons," drawn up in a most
threatening manner, as if about to
make a grabr in his direction! In
' one small second his vaunted braverV,,
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ry changes into adject discretion and
he quickly places himself in the rear
. of the warring sparrows. He is brave
enough when there is no great risk
in being brave, but if it looks as if
some one may be hurt he is going to
take good care that it is not he. In
carrying out his chosen role of general
supervisor he likes to puff out
his chest and hold his helmeted head
very erect and soldier-like if he
thinks you are observing him, but if
he imagines himself unseen, he
quiCKiy /arops into a nstiess, aon t
car? attitude, feathers fluffy, wingb
drooping, helmet on back of his head
and shoulders hunched up as far as
they will go. Even if the rightful
owner of the garden should elect to
.' walk among his roses, the bluejay by
virtue of his oflice must needs hop
along from limb to limb to see that
he does it in proper manner. About
the only member of the feather community
that the. jay really dreads is
the humming bird. He has never
learned to handle successfully this
small venom charged atom, who can
hit him three times with his hat pin
| bill while he is examining the spot
where he saw it last. The jay can
f manage a crow, a buzzard, or even a
hawk all right, but the humming
bird, with his lightning strokes is too
much for him. He fails utterly to
follow the motions of a being who is
here one second, and in four separate
and distinct places in the next.
Let a mocking bird get out his
music and begin to run over his softoof
mroatflcf n Vtofru'o 1 o nli-i r? cr
into song and if there is a bluejay
I within hearing, he will immediately
set in motion a series of harsh
screams and shrieks evidently intended
to drown out the songs of more
L gifted singers. The bluejay may
have his faults but like a good po
HAMADAX A BIBLE CITY.
Persian Town Taken by Russians
Figures In the Book of Esther.
Hamadan, which the Russian
army operating in Persia has occu
pied, figures in Biblical as well as
early Greek history, relates a recent
dispatch from London. It was the
ancient Ecbatana, the treasure city
captured and plundered by Alexander
the Great, and it appears in the book
of Esther as Shushan, where Ashasurus,
who "reigned from India
even into Ethiopia" gave way to the
caprices of Vashti, and was induced
to relent by the attractions of Esther.
At Hamadan pious Jews still point
out the tombs of Mordecai and Esther,
which stand in a wooden-domed
building in the centre of the
town. There is no doubt that the
two wooden sarcophagi shown there
are ancient, but considerable question
of their being what tradition asserts.
They bear Hebrew inscriptions,
one said to be of, A. D.. .>57,
and the other 841, A. D. Near the
city a large mound is pointed out as
the site of the palace of Ahasuerus.
A crudely carved lion, on the site, is
the subject of much legend also.
Five miles from Hamadan, in a
mountain gorge, is a famous stone
with inscriptions in the Persian, Median,
and Babylonian languages,
which seems to have been placed
there by Xerxes. These inscriptions
supplied the key that make it possible
to decipher the cuneiforms inscriptions
at Ninevah. 'The natives
believe treasure lies buried under
the stone.
Hamadan was once famous for its
white wines, but now its chief business
is leather,. which is much in
demand in Persia for harness and
saddles. Residents say the stench
from the tanning pools prevents the
clocks from keeping the correct
time. Its population numbers 40,000,
including 4,000 Jews.
ROBBERS GET $15,000.
Group of Five Enter Bank in Chicago
and Hold Up Officers and Patrons.
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all believed to be under twenty years
of age, today entered the Washington
Park National Bank, forced the
twenty officers, employees and patrons
to face the wall with their
hands in the air, scooped up $15,000
from the teller's cage and escaped in
an automobile.
Although every available policeman
and detective was placed on
their trail immediately, no clue had
been found tonight as to the identity
of the bandits.
Four of the robbers entered the
bank with masks over their faces,
and each carrying two revolvers. The
fifth remained outside in the automobile.
Three of the bandits forced
the officers and ten patrons to hold
up their hands while one rifled the
cashier's cage. None* of the patrons
/were searched.
A. W. McCauley, assistant cashier,
jumped into his automobile, which
was standing outside of the bank,
and attempted to follow^ the robbers,
but they quickly outdistanced him. ..
J. Garland (Jake) Stahl, formei
manager of the Boston American
League team, is vice president of the
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pointed at his head.
The hank is in one of the busiest
parts of the city outside of the
downtown section.
Police Lieut. John Hogan caught
sight of the fleeing automobile later
and pursued it in his own jnachine.
As he was approaching his quarry an
automobile truck collided with his
car, -wrecking it and injuring Hogan.
' The Soil's Proposal.
Lord Reading said at a dinner in
New York, apropos of Germany's proposal
to get back from the Allies in
the shape of a war indemnity all of
her war expenditure:
"That proposal savors of the impudent.
It reminds me of the son to
whom his old father said:
" 4Yes, George, I've decided to retire
from active life and turn the
business over to you."
" 'But, father,' said the son, can t
you work a few* years longer, and
then we can retire together?' "
His Advantage.
"Why was one paving contractor
in the case preferred over the other?"
'/Because while one took up an abstract
proposition in the matter, the
other came down with a concrete
statement."
"The highest compliment a girl
can receive is for a man to ask her
to marry him."
"Well, I don't know. Mosi girls
orot tn-A AP til VQQ Af tll/ICQ AAlllllli
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ments. But how many girls are asked
to permit their features to appear
upon a soap calendar?"?Pittsburg
Post.
liceman, he is always on his job. He
can get over more ground and find
more things to disapprove of in a
given time than any one we know.?
"C. A. D.," in the Greenville News.
DECK CLEARED FOR ACTION.
Oeneral Assembly Preparing for Final
Work.
Columbia, Jan. 30.?The decks
were cleared for action last week in
the South Carolina general assembly,
culminating in the introduction Saturday
in the house of the annual
| appropriation bill. it was not so
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I upon that made last week an important
one as the putting through j
of measures that under ordinary cir-1
cumstances would have been left undone
until the last few days of the
session. This was particularly noticeable
in the lower house where
many local measures received their
third and last reading.
In introducing the appropriation
bill within 18 days after the session
convened the ways and means committee,
of which J. T. Jules is chairman,
set a record. The appropriation
bill carries yet another feature:
Its aggregate i& less than the preceding
year. For many years the
tendency has been to increase the
appropriations gradually, but it was
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thought that this year after 18
months of financial strain a note of
economy and retrenchment should be
sounded. This determination, constantly
seconded by the two branches
of the legislature, has enabled the
ways and means committee to hand
in a bill that calls for $2,394,409.02,
or $79,260.80 less than last year.
The early introduction of the appropriation
bill points to an earlier
adjournment of the legislature than
had been anticipated, for once this .
measure is passed It Will De difficult
to hold the legislators in Columbia, {
no matter what measures remain on
the calendar.
In addition to passing local legis- j
lation that dealt primarily ' with |
school districts and small bond is- J
sues for the erection of school buildings
and jails, the legislature has
consumed many hours of the last
week in electing various officials. For
three days at noon the house and
senate met in joint assembly for this
purpose, resulting in the election of
the following: T. B. Fraser, asso- j
ciate justice; S. W. G. Shipp, judge
of the Twelfth circuit; James W. DeVore,
judge of the Eleventh circuit;
Carlton W. Sawyer, comptroller general;
F. Hj McMaster, insurance
commissioner; John L. McLaurin, |
warehouse commissioner; J. Rion
McKissick, code commissioner;
Mrs. Virginia Green Moody,
State librarian; B. R. Tillman
and D. W. McLaurin, trustees
of Winthrop college; A. H. Hawkins
and W. H. Glenn, directors of the
State penitentiary; C. E. Spencer and
L. P. Hollis, trustees of the University
of South Carolina; R. H. Timmerman,
S. T. McKeown and S. A.
Burns, trustees of Clemson college;
\j. b. wiiite and Charles F. Brooks,
trustees of the State college for negroes;
John P. Thomas and James H.
Hammond, members of board of visitors
of the Citadel.
Indications are that the general
assembly will not pass the bill providing
for an appropriation of $50,000
for the enforcement of the prohibition
and "gallon-a-month" laws '
of South Carolina. No provision for
such an appropriation has been made
in the appropriation bill.
Three bills increasing pensions to
Confederate soldiers have also been
introduced with the recommendations
of a special legislative committee,
but it is probable that these al- v,
so will not be passed as the ways
and means committee, consisting of
23 members, has decided on an appropriation
of $300,000, which is the
same as in 1915.
MEETS DEATH IN WRECK.
Train on C.. C. and O. Runs Into
Earth Slide.
Spartanburg, Jan. 2S.?Av doubleheader
freight train, northbound on
the C., C. and O. Railroad, ran into
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a slide at Kona, Black Mountain ?
Junction, early .this morning and
plunged forty feet into Toe River below.
William Raker, of Erwin,
Tenn., was killed and Engineer Cook
was injured, according to reports
reaching here during the day. The
two engines and a score of empty
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coal cars are said to be bottom-up
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reported that the line, which has
been blocked today, will be open by .
midnight. I
The slide is said to have come
down from the mountain above the J
track almost immediately in front of
the train. Kona is about midway
between Alta Pass and Erwin, Tenn.
Nominates Brandeis to liench.
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Washington. Jan. 28.?To say that
congress and official Washington
I generally were astonished, at the
nomination of Louis D. Brandeis, of
Boston, to succeed the late Justice
Lamar, of Georgia, as associate jus- ^
tice of the United States supreme
r?r?n r? nilttin 2" it mildlv. Few fa- i
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vorable comments were heard. j
Read the Herald, $1.50 per year.
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BV A BIG EUSINESS MAN
"Monlor-i flf AnnarpnTIv llnimnortant
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Conditions Wrecks Many a Healthy
Growing Business"
W. s. ELKIN, JR.
a prominent druggist of Atlanta. Ga.,
is authority for the above positive statement.
in explaining this statement he
asked two questions and offered one
cn?rcro?Hrm
If a growing healthy business turns
and begins to run down hill, what is
the condition of the owner's health?
Almost always, unusually bad
What was the first cause of his poor
health? Constipation.
This constipation could have been
avoided by taking Rexall Orderlies occasionally.
They are a pleasant candy
tablet laxative which can be used by
men, women or children with the best
resul^.
We have the exclusive selling rights for
this great laxative. Trial size, 10 cents.
MACK'S DRUG STORE
THE REXALL STORE
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Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 certs.
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SOLD BY DBIifiGlSTS EVERY WHERE
Dr. THOMAS BLACK, JR.
DENTAL SURGEON.
Graduate Dental Department University
of Maryland. Member S. C.
State Dental Association.
Office opposite new post office and
over office Graham & Black. Office
bours, 8 30 a. m. to 5.30 o. m.
BAMBERG, S. C.
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CARTER & CARTER
Attorneys-at-Law
GENERAL PRACTICE
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rhe Old Standard general strengthening: tonic,
SROVE'S TASTELESS chi'l TONIC, drives out
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A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c
Read The Herald, $1.50 per year.'
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