The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 24, 1916, Page 4, Image 4
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Thursday, Feb. 24, 1916.
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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.
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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
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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
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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. '
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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
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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. ^
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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
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SIGNS FINAL MEASURES.
Manning Approves Appropriation
Bill.?Without One Veto.
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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.
><tturuay uigm.
Mock Session.
The concluding session of the 1916
egislature was enjoyable to the mem>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.
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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.
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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.
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)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
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AiVl JliJUl UD r. iuuunic,
JULIUS W. MORRIS, W
Feb. 21, 1916. Executors, m
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Mm BE ^ ^wEBB^f
MURIEL 0STR1CHE
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"THE
DAUGHTER ^ SEA"
5 PARTS <
CHARLIE CHAPLIN in "Laughs A
ing Gas" will complete the programme
for Friday night.
HELEN THEATRE 1
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FIN AL DISCHARGE. <j
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Notice is hereby given that I, G. j
Frank Bamberg, Executor of the estate
of Shady S. Broughton, deceased,
will on Saturday, March 4th, 1916, at
ten o'clock, a. m., make application
before G. P. Harmon, Judge of Probate,
at hie office at Bamberg, S. C.,
for a final discharge as executor of
the said estate of Shady S. Broughton.
G. FRANK BAMBERG,
Executor.
Bamberg, S. C., Jan. 27th, 1916.
SHERIFF'S TAX SALES.
By virtue of execution directed to
me by G. A. Jennings, treasurer for
the county of Bamberg, I, S. G. Ray,
sheriff of the said county, have levied
upon and will sell to the highest bidder,
in front of the court house door
during the legal hours of sale, on
Monday, the 6th day of March, 1916,
same being salesday in said month,
the following described real estate,
to wit:
* '? i1*?i nlA/in no.nal f\y?
AH Hid,l cei laiu picvc, i;ai vci v/i
tract of land situate, lying and being '
in the State of South Carolina, county
of Bamberg, containing thirty (30)
acres, more or less, and bounded as ,
follows: North, by lands of Isaac
Belcher and Lawrence Kinsey; South,
by lands of Henry Felder, and West,
by lands of Mrs. Julia May. Said
land to be sold as the property of
Alice Hartzog for taxes due and ow- ?
1 Doi*ihoi?er on/1 Cfota ^
lLlg UlC UUUUU/ \Ji Lfaiuugig auu wvwkv
of South Carolina.
ALSO
All that certain lot or parcel of
land situate, lying and being in the
State of South Carolina, county of
Bamberg, containing 64-10 0 of an
acre, bounded: North, by lands of
John Smalls; East, by lands of C.
B. Free; South, "by lands of John j
Days and Pink McMillan; West, by - I
lands of John Smalls. To be sold as 1
the property of Carrie Patterson for ^
taxes due and owing the said county
and State. >
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.
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