<5lu> iamhmj l&rralb "ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1801. Published every Thursday in The Herald building, on Main street, in the live and growing City of Bamberg, being issued from a printing office which is equipped with Mer- , genthaler linotype machine, Babcock cylinder press, folder, two jobbers a fins Aliehle 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 inser- ( tions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed b> law. Local reading notices 5 cents a line each insertion. Wants and : other advertisements under special | i head, 1 cent a word each insertion, i Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all no- I tices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first |k* insertion. i Communications?We are always | glad to publish news letters or those | pertaining to matters of public inter- i * est. We require the name and ad- < dress of the writer in every case, i 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, Feb. 24, 1916. ??? ? ? ?? Last Friday the Columbia State celebrated its % twenty-fifth anniversary. On the occasion of its quartercentury birthday, the State issued a very interesting special edition, in which the progress and growth of the paper and the State was recounted. The State is undoubtedly a powerful paper, one of the best and most influential' in the country, and we wish it many more quarter-centuries of v w existence. The gallon-a-month bill was so amended by the legislature that a person can now order only two quarts of whiskey a month instead of a gallon, as heretofore; but the individual is given the option of ordering sixty r bottles of beer, if he prefers. We fail to see wherein the amendment betters conditions any; in fact it , , would seem that it would make it more easy for the blind tigers. The law to put a man on the chain gang upon conviction for selling whiskey ought to help in the enforcement of the prohibition law, especially when v ' the governor is given a fund of $50,- . 000, if feO much be necessary, to run ? down the blind tigers. ? Isn't~ Governor Manning distinguished? We ask to know because the Bamberg Herald, writing of the Chautauqua to be held down there in March, says: "The crowds will be addressed by Gov. Manning, it is expected; "but in the event he cannot accept the invitation, some distinguished speaker will make an address." V The Herald may regard him as "distinguished" all right?as he i?? s as a man of strong sense and high j ' character, but not as a "speaker." The governor is not especially distinguished as a speaker, though he _ N has clear ideas and can interest his audience; but it is more in what he t says than in the^way he says it. In other words, he is "no orator as Brutus is, but a plain, blunt man that * speaks right on" and says what he c means in a manly, straightforward s " way, without fear and without ma- t lice. He is a man of deeds more than 1 words. . 1 So, he may not be a "distinguished c spoakor" after all; but is certainly a t distinguished governor, for the entire , ( country has been impressed with his wise and constructive policy.?New- P berry Observer. . c Let off with the microscope, broth- n er. Don't be so hard on a fellow. Of I course we should have said "some s I v other distinguished speaker;" but i! since you have brought" the subject up, the error is not such a bad one. The governor is distinguished more v for what he does than what he says; a we have a plenty of distinguished v speakers who are certainly distin- c guished for nothing else. Yet, we may as well own up, we think the f governor quite a distinguished speak- n er as well as a distinguished gover- o nor, and the omission of the little t word was quite unintentional. I Find Substitute for Potash. a ? c The scarcity of potash has started among the planters of Charleston t county a movement back to the old t nf forHHzine' thft soil in f vogue in th? sixties, and they are r using marsh mud to fertilize their r crops, W. M. Frampton, agricultural secretary of the chamber of com- r merce, said today. 1: Clemson college's analysis of the marsh mud proves it to contain a c . large percentage of potash and Mr. \ Frampton is advising the planters to use it extensively. The sea island planters are using the mud in big '< quantities, he said. In cotton plant- 1 ing this substitute for potash has ( been found most satisfactory.?Char- 1 leston Post. ' ~v"* ~~~~ ~~""""^""" Thank goodness the sleigh riding rule of driving with one hand holds * good for carriage rides on moonlight 1 nights. 1 BRITISH WAR EXPENSES. Total Since War Began Said to Be 2,082,000,000 Pounds. London, Feb. 21.?The house oi commons tonight passed new votes of credit to the amount of 420,000,000 pounds. This is expected to carry the war to the end of May, bringing the -total sum appropriated b\ means of votes of credit since the outbreak of the war to 2,OS2,000,00( pounds?a sum, according ~o Premiei Asquith, "not only beyond precedent >icn-r-.r?rl tlia iiviQ o-inJltinr lJV.lL atlUUllJ UtJVlHl 1.11V lllmgiuMviv.. of any financier of this or any othei country." Parliament was occupied today entirely with financial questions. Premier AsO|Uith spoke for fifty minutes in presenting the government's motion for the exchequer, Reginald McKenna, followed with a statement regarding American exchange, which he declared, is now as high as the British government wishes it to be, The point emphasized by Premier A.squith was not the enormous totals necessary for the war, but the fact that by careful economy and safeguards, the government had succeeded in holding down the expenditures well below 5,000,000 pounds a day, which figure he thought unlikely tc 36 exceeded at any time. Overwhelming Responsibility. ''"I feel the enormous and overwhelming responsibility in asking the louse for this gigantic sum," said the >remier, "and could not do so unless . was satisfied that the government lad most carefully /, explored the jround, so that we are "not asking or a penny more than the ?exigenties >f our country and the great historic 9' / r j C * * ; + * esponsibilities which we-have underaken require, and unless wre are iatisfied that every possible precauion is being taken to see that the axpayers' money is not being wasted." Touching on the means to Eng "? ' 1 4V...4 ana s anies, Mr. Asquna sicil^u mai he amount had now grown to neary 169,000,000 pounds, to which nust be added loans to the allies nade by the Bank of England at the equest of the British government. Che amount of this latter item was lot made clear by the premier, but le declared that the provisions in he September budget allotting 423,)00,000 pounds for loans to the alies would not be exceeded. The chancellor 6f the exchequer, nan optimistic statement regarding he condition of British credit, said: Chancellor's Statement. "Criticism has been made that we ire not taking proper steps to mainain our credit, particularly with refirence to American exchange. I nerely ask the house to compare our American exchange ^with that of any >ther of the belligerents. At the >resent time the rate is 4.76 and the rovernment does not wish it higher han that. It is still 10 cents below wo n/vt wish it tn ivi uini) wub ? v uv uvk ? ?? .? ?v 0_ >ither up to or aboye normal, for the dmple reason that we are discouragng imports by keeping the exchange i little below par and checking the export of gold to America. "It is an absolute marvel that afer eighteen months of war we are >till the only open gold country in he world. Our1 paper can be exhanged for gold at the bank. Every overeign in paper money has gold ?ack of it. It would never have been lelieved two years ago that British redit could stand the extraordinary est to which it has been subjected. "Notwithstanding the gigantic ex enditures we have maintained our redit. We have great resources, but aust husband them with prudence, have no doubt that a year hence I hall be able to show that our credit 3 still unimpaired." Subject for the Future. Touching on the question as to whether, after the war, acceptance nd discounting of -German bills /ould be discouraged in London, the hanrellr*r said: "This subject must be left for the uture, but I am sure that the commercial interests of the country will ppose the relinquishment of the rad^e of accepting and discounting ills drawn abroad, which has made xmdon the admiration and envy of .11 the world's great commercial ities." In the course of the evening's defate, Sir Joseph Walton, Liberal for he Barnsley division, of Yorkshire, xiticised the government for noi nore carefully inspecting munitions eceived from the United States. "Care should be taken that we do lot get bad supplies from America," le said. "I am informed of twentylight shells recently fired by one of >ur howitzers at the front, only four mrst." Texas is not originally thought of is an iron ore district, but business nen who have recently bought 12,)00 acres of Texas land estimate that t ultimately will produce from 40,100,000 to 50,000,000 tons of ore. The homelier a man is the more mxious he seems to be to prove it by having his picture taken every time he gets a chance. GIRL OF NINETEEN A SLEUTH. i How "Lucky Find" Protects Stores and Shoppers.?Is Pretty. t "Although there is always a man * at the head of the detective service * . of a department store, our force con- ] . sists of women mainly. Men are so _ conspicuous in a department store * and can't seem to learn how to wan i der gracefully and saunter about do- ~ I ing nothing," explained the general 1 . manager of one of the city's biggest ] according to the Philadelphia Even- 1 * t stores, according to the Philadelphia . Evening Ledger. "A store detective in many in. stances is a lucky find. Our best wo- c . man, Miss Margaret Leighton, was a ? ; girl at exchange two years ago. She [ I lost her handbag in the dressing 1 . room, and in telling me of her loss * .! I recognized in her qualities that ? ! make a good detective. Let Miss * '! 1 ;! Leighton speak for herself." Not One Bit Like Detective. . Miss Leighton came into the office, c . 1 cool and dainty in white blouse and ? skirt, and wide-brimmed straw hat. 2 .j Only 19 years old, she admitted, and 1 . | about five feet in height. 1 j "Eight-tenths of the shoplifters t ! are women," she said; "that is, those , who are casual offenders. With the 2 professionals the figures are almost 1 the reverse. And after a little prac. tice it's an easy matter to catch E J J them. No matter how experienced 2 J the shoplifter, she can't help looking * y ,| around to see if her neighbors are 1 | paying attention to her. She carries ; ' a folded news^apjr^'an empty bag, T and here are two of the cleverest ar- f ! rangements we have found:" 1 A Shoplifter's Box. t OnA was a box. evidently carefully k I wrapped up in brown paper, and the four corners of one end of the paper were sealed with red wax. But one * side of the box opened, and the shop- * lifter slipped under this flap -the arti- c cles desired. A more complex tool a was a large square box resting on a J flat package. The box was easily * lifted from its four'"^tion and show- * ed that it had only .iree sides. Thn> c was a particularly useful receptacle * for books. Several boxes of photographs with I i histories attached are filed in this of- ^ j flee. All weapons?revolvers, knuc- I j kles, etc.?taken from the men. * Every shoplifter who is sentenced 8 is kept track of and looked out for 2 on his release. * Steal From Customers. ^ "I dotft think bur customers real- 2 ize how much trouble we take to pro tect them," M}ss Leighton said, "foiy * i shoplifters lift from them as well as j from us. - Ait sales times the cus! tomer suffers most, and we increase * ! our force in this way: We station t ; men wityfy hjajvk-^haw side whiskers * | and we* aafte^'th'kifi lb act like a * j story-book-detective. They must * snoop around and eye everybody. * I Women are used here in the same 2 fashion. They must watch everyone i leaning against the counters and act r | so ostentatiously that the most casual ^ 1 observer , toill; discover that she is a c i detective. The real ones you never 1 notice. t "But it's the customer's own hand-: * ! bag that is the object of our care. ; * I "T look after a well-dressed wo- E ! man, who carries a plump handbag, t ! and often arrive in time to scare off * f a sneak thief. * | "Of course, I would not be able to hold a man or a woman if they tried 8 to run away from me when I asked them to come to the office, but the d other day, when a man would not C stop, I called stop thief, and the crowd held him for me. Some of Them Are Smart. r "Sometimes I think if the cunning, ; successful sneak thief's uses were given to another work, he or she 1 would land at the top in a short time. Most of the people we find are deI generates, in some way, but many of ^ them are unusually clever. "It never pays in the end, I know. * We detectives are cooperating with the city hall men, and the cities are nan^inv ar?f?thor nhntncranha and OCUU1U5 uuukiivi - ? x-?? news of the movement of the most representative of the shoplifters. "You might say the average loss for the year is around $1,000, but I know of one San Francisco firm ^ which admits its losses amount to 2 1-2 per cent, of its receipts. But ^ the life of the shoplifter is getting harder every day." And when one noticed the energy ^ and purpose in Miss Leighton's blue eyes one appreciated the perils in j store for the shoplifter of Philadelphia. Aiken Postoffice Case. ^ m m Washington, Feb. 21.?Litigation rj over the right of the Faith Granite company and other "material men" to recover from the Illinois Surety company, surety for A. E. Stannard 1 under his contract to erect a postoffice building at Aiken, S. C., was decided today by the supreme court i in favor of the material men. The claim of the Carolina Electric com- 1 pany was rejected as not presented t in time. I Why do people get married? See "The Doctor."?adv. y I SIGNS FINAL MEASURES. Manning Approves Appropriation Bill.?Without One Veto. I Columbia, Feb. 21.?Without ve-; :oing a single item, Governor Man-; ling at :":3o o'clock yesterday morn-! ng sent his message of approval of j lie appropriation bill and the omni-j )us county supply bill to the general: issembly. Two minutes later tnej L916 legislature became history, from | ts convening at noon January 11 to ts adjournment. The governor's farewell message vas: "Permit me to thank your honorible body for the courtesy and consideration extended to the executive lepartment and to me personally durng your session. The friendship Drought about through personal association in a patriotic service to our lonored State will linger with me ong after you have adjourned and eturned to your homes and loved )nes. "I respectfully inform your honorible body that I have signed the ap)ropriation bill and the school and jounty supply bill and have no furher communication or message. "May God's blessing rest upon you md yours always, is my earnest >rayer." Following the reading of the message and the adjournment immediitely thereafter, members of the louse and senate extended hearty landshakes to their departing coworkers in the legislative halls. It vas in pledge of the many words of arewell and good wishes that had >een spoken at odd intervals during he nine and one-half hour session of J ? 1 4. >ers and the itinerant visitors be:aus9 of its irragularities, its songs ind music and its mock sessions of >arliamentary procedure. In various vays the legislators passed away the ime between the adoption of free :onference reports and the ratificaion of bills. All attaches of the legislative de>artment received thanks for the serrices rendered. Loving cups were >resented to Speaker Hoyt, who was lighly complimented in short ipeeches by more than 20 members, tnd to Junius T. Liles, chairman of he ways and means committee. Ipeeches of presentation and acceptince. of these "slight tokens of high esteem" were made with a sincerity hat was not forced. Members Go, Home. . The engrossing department, which lad completed all bills turned over o it by 5 o'clock#in the morning afer a continuous session of many lours, was commended in the followhg resolution, introduced in the louse by Mr. Massey and in the senite by Senator Laney: "Be it resolved, by the house of epresentatives (and the senate), That the engrossing department is ommended for their zeal and manler in which they have attended to he multitudinous duties which have leen theirs, and we especially desire o congratulate them on the promptless and correctness with which they ransacted the business on enrolling he acts on this the closing night of he 1916 session." Many of the members of the 71st ;eneral assembly left on early mornag trains, others departed during the [ay, while still others remained in Columbia all of yesterday. R. I. P. >ur blessings go to him, by jing, Who first invented rime; t is such a space-filling thing And saves us so much time. ?Columbia State. Ian, you don't know the game at all, In filling your allotted place; loss editors for this stuff fall? How is this for filling space? ?Savannah Press, 'o fill space some other day When ideas are coming slow; ind you're in haste to get away Try spacing this way bo. ^ ?Anniston Star. Tou all are in a state Of ignorance which is bliss, ^or the way to fill up space Is to lead your stuff like this. ?Spartanburg Journal, fou fellows think you know it all, You've got?it is bad; ."'he best way yet to fill up space Is to "throw in the office ad." ?News and Courier. A Highbrow. "And now, madam, what about )enciling the brows?" "I think," said Mrs. Nurich, "I'd ike one of these highbrow effects hat I read so much about in the pa)ers."?Louisville Herald. It is no disgrace to be poor unless rou were once rich. ; V * ? G*??! rfcitOCRASTINATIOy is the thief o going to start a bank account Pay your bills by all means, bu Play fair with yourself. START N go along. It becomes a HABIT. Tr THIS BANK W1 CAPITAL AND SURPLUf 4 Per Cent. Interest Pa Bamberg B LAWMAKERS END SESSION. (Continued from pape 1, column 6.) accomplished in a general bill, but under the rules of the house what are known as strictly local bills seem to have the right of the way, and first one county secured the right to sell its liq,uor outside of the State through the old county boards, and then another adopted that plan until it became unanimous, but in each case a separate act was passed. Mr. Cothran called himself an "old dog in legislation," and this is altogether triie, and emphasizes how important it is when good men can be secured to accept a place in the general assembly, like Mr. Cothran, to have them continue in their service. It was Mr. Cothran's suggestion that relieved the strain of legislation to a very marked extent and helped to let everybody go home happy. He suggested an amendment to the rul^s by which bills that are known as local uncontested measures might be considered each day for thirty minutes, and it is remarkable how much legislation was enacted in the course of this thirty minutes, and thereby gave tremendous relief to the legislative mill. Notwithstanding this, on the last day of the session, 124 acts were ratified. There is a rule that no bill shall be read on the last day of the session,: and as there were no sharp issues for I settlement the rule was abrogated | and a number of bills given their final reading on the/ last legislative day. It would be better if this rule were made so that no bill could be 1 read for the last time three days before final adjournment. It would give the engrossing department a chance and it would avoid the mistakes that always happen in the crowding and crushing of the last moments of the legislative session. The mass of local legislation continues to grow. This is probably due -to the growth of the State, to the prosperity that is dominant and to the desire of one member to please another. Never before have delegations wielded such great force in what might be called local affairs, and if the present gait continues the; urV???ala nf lpenalatfrm are going to be I T? VA. I so much clogged that general and constructive suggestions are going to be sidetracked. There were probably fifty or more acts passed with reference to bonds, both outstanding and prospective, for school buildings. There were a dozen or more bills with reference to county court houses. Twice that many referred to other public buildings in the various counties. A score were enacted authorizing bridge and roads construction. An armful of charters were renewed or amended, and the constitution of 1895, which undertook to abridge the local legislation, has outlived its usefulness to a large extent, * largely because of the willingness of members to oblige their friends on "strictly local matters." All efforts to increase the salaries of State and judicial officers to an adequate basis failed. This was largely due to the fact that a political year is approaching. There was very much more interest in the election of the judge for the new judicial circuit than there was in the establishment of that cir-! cuit, and while the salary is regard-1 ed as entirely inadequate the mem- j bers are convinced that they have secured a judge much above the average in the State. The new county of McCormick was authorized, if the supreme court approves, practically without opposition.?News and Courier. *< )io$enes> a Chancelonesf WilK? '% You rsejj f saving. Don't say to yourself, 'Tin J, just as soon as I pay those bills." t put something in the bank at once. OW. Saving becomes easier as yon y it and see. [LL HELP YOU. 5 $100,000.00 id on Savings Deposits. >anking Co. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. ' All persons having claims against the estate of Richard Morris, deceased, will file the same, duly itemized and verified, with the undersign- ^ ed executors, on or before the 31st of March, 1916, and failing to file same on or before said date will be barred; and all persons indebted to said estate will make payment to J fl said executors. m i . T71T TTTfl T71 HJADDTO AiVl JliJUl UD r. iuuunic, JULIUS W. MORRIS, W Feb. 21, 1916. Executors, m pw^Hv mnKRj&M Mm BE ^ ^wEBB^f MURIEL 0STR1CHE ^ "THE DAUGHTER ^ SEA" 5 PARTS < CHARLIE CHAPLIN in "Laughs A ing Gas" will complete the programme for Friday night. HELEN THEATRE 1 == A FIN AL DISCHARGE. Terms of sale cash, purchaser to pay for papers. _ S. G. RAY, Sheriff for tJamoerg uouiuy. Keep healthy by drinking Glendale Springs water, for sale by Herndon's grocery 6tore and Mack's drug store. m ' '