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DAGUERREOTYPES IN FAVOR. V Portraits of a Generation Ago Are Now Treasured. Fashion takes many backward flights. It already has been affected by "ways back in the early days" ^ . tendencies in the furnishings of the home, the style of dress, customs and manners. Now it is taking a turn at daguerreotype photograph, says the Minneapolis Journal. New York society is daguerreotype mad. Minneapolis society is following suit. Until recently the daguerreotype l photograph album has been tucked m. away, far out of sight. Today its contents are taken out and given a place in the cabinet that contains the choicest family heirlooms. At present the person having in his f or her possession old family daguerreotypes may revel in the knowledge of such ownership. A merry hunt for the old style portraits is on. Coffers and chests are ransacked. What joy, when out from the depth of dust-covered trunks are brought to light the likeness of grand and greai\. ? grandparents, immortalized on tin ? or copper plate. Metals are precious articles nowadays, but this only adds to the zest of revival of daguerreotype photography. New York has given out the decree that to own a daguerreotype always has been one of the proofs of - - J "nrlv social standing ana i ku&, mi v***.? . the well-to-do could afford to have /(hem in the olden days."?Washington Star. >L Humming Birds* Nests. K Even in those parts of tropical America where, as in Colombia, hum ming birds are vastly numerous, it is almost impossible for the most exB perienced naturalist to find their nests. And this, although, as a rule, |Hk they are not hidden at all?the! feathered builders relying for con|| cealment upon the likeness of their |^| tiny houses to the surroundings amid which they are placed. A hummer's |^| nest always corresponds exactly in WB color with the branch to which it is v attached. It may imitate a knot or ' other excresence. Thus the Calliope humming bird of the western United States often builds on a dead pine / * twig, either upon or near a cone of . similar size and hue. y \ i Usually the nests of humming birds are cup shaped or turban shap, ed, and their material is always plant down. Such down, resembling cotton-wood, but of more delicate fibre, is gathered from the stems of ferns and other plants. This is .woven together with spider's webs Into! a compact mass. Usually they ornament the outside of the nest with small feathers, or lichens which | they obtain by detaching them from the rocks where these humble plants grow. These they fasten with cobJ webs all over the exterior of their \ tiny house. \ When these wee architects suspend their nests from leaves or tendrils, they are always weighed for stability, in order that they may not be upset by every passing breeze. For * this purpose the bottom is made very thick. But the most remarkable ex* pedlent is that adopted by the hillstars, which dwell far up near the f- snow-line of the Andes; they weight ?v..i the tiny, suspended house on the lighter side with a pebble, to give the proper balance. There is no question whatever that this is done, and . ( many of the nests of such species, preserves in collections, are found to contain pebbles.?Rose L. Honeyman in St. Nicholas. ?.. ICEBERG PATROL. V: 4. )? ^ I XttKCU kJJ , vxuwu |t; i ' Guard Against Icebergs. Ever since the Titanic disaster the United States government has maintained an iceberg patrol. Revenue cutters and scout cruisers of the regular navy are employed in the work. They patrol the Grand Banks for about three months, beginning in April or May. They even tried' to demolish icebergs by firing shells at them and succeeded in smashing off tons of ice at a time; although, of ; course, in the case of big icebergs it is not practicable to destroy them ? completely by gun fire. The patrol boats chart all of the bergs sighted, and report by wireless to the govern; ment their location, the direction in which they are traveling and their speed. The chief effort of the patrol ?>HnlA& of nrocont ic tn flisfftVAT tbft SOIVIVO ??v {/A VkA/UW AU W VtAWV t w. ? ~ . most effective means of detecting the presence of icebergs at night or in fog, and the various expedients devised are described in an article by f H. M. Snevily in the June St. Nicholas. One of the greatest dangers of icebergs hitherto, it is stated, has been that little or no change in the temperature of the air can be noted in time to veer the ship aside, if she is headed toward the berg at any considerable speed. s However strong a gale may be blowing, not a breath of wind is felt by the occupants of a balloon. - 1 K TO PUMP OUT ZUIDER ZEE. j Project Will Cost the Netherlands < Ninety Million Dollars. 1 The problem of removing the water from the flooded district of North Holland has revived the project of , drying the Zuider Zee, writes Com- , mercial Attache Erwin W. Thomp- , son from The Hague, and a bill is now before the Netherlands parlia- i ment for appropriating money for > this work. The cost is estimated at j ninety million dollars. The princi- ^ pal dam would be about fifteen miles 3 long, averaging twenty feet in height. * One of the most important re- . suits accruing: from the drying of , -------- W - \ the Zuider Zee would be that the { new dams would take the place of the several hundred miles of dikes that now protect the lowlands from the Zuider Zee. Under present conditions a strong northwest wind tends to blow the waters of the North sea into the Zuider Zee and to raise the level of the latter until it sometimes breaks over the protecting dikes and inundates the low polders or meadows. The flooded district in North Holland, which has brought up the Zuider Zee project, comprises forty thousand acres. This territory is all s below sea level, and is protected i from the North sea by a line of nat- j ural sand dunes for most of the dis- j tance, and along other stretches by ' heavy dikes built largely of granite. r On the east side, however, the prov- i ince is protected from the Zuider Zee i by a line of earth embankments. The < January storm broke through these 1 embankments in several places and 1 inundated the country. 1 The provincial authorities are now j engaged in repairing these breaks in 1 the embankments or dikes, and as < soon as these are completed tney win i begin pumping out the flood water, t The arrangement of locks and i sluices is such that at low tide*in i the North sea, and sometimes in the 1 Zuider Zee, the water can be drained 1 out to a certain level, but below that i it must be pumped. The average e height to which the water must be s lifted is only three to four feet, but the total amount to be pumped approximates seven billion cubic feet. ! There* are many steam pumping stations throughout the district, which were destined primarily for taking care of the regular rainfall in the low districts and for pumping water into the high level canals. These pumps will be used to their full capacity, but will necessarily have to be supplemented by many new ones. \ If the bill for drying the Zuider Zee is parsed by the Netherlands parliament, it is possible that American contractors may be called upon to build the dams and do the pumping. Caruso and Chaplin Meet. Two members of the high salary club in the amusement world, Enrico Caruso and Charley Chaplin, met in . the tenor's dressing room at the MetroDolitan oDera house recentlv. in an entr'-acte of "Rigoletto," which William J. Guard, who keeps news of the Metropolitan from appearing in the newspapers, was responsible for the meeting, taking Mr. Chaplin by his salary and leading him into Mr. Caruso's dressing room. "This is the Caruso of the cinema," began Mr. Guard. The tenor, who was making up in front of his mirror, gave a quizzical look at the stranger and grunted a a "Huh?" I "Charley Chaplin," explained Mr. Guard." "Aha!" said Mr. Caruso, dropping his rouge stick* and eyebrow pencil. "Aha! I congratulate you?you make nice contracts." "Oh, I don't know," modestly side-stepped Mr. Chaplin. "What oKnnf vniircolf9" OrUVUV J VU* W& ? "Don't mention it," shrinkingly replied the tenor. "Well, gentlemen, I leave you two to argue it out. But before arranging it, promise not to take all the money in the world," pleaded Mr. Guard as he went out, leaving the two members of the highly salary trust together. Staccato. If I could copyright A new way to say "I love you," With spring here, I'd collect enough royalties To invest in superdreadnaughts, Submarines And an aerial Fleet. Then, fully mobilized, Perhaps I'd Have some chance to Attack and win by storm Mabel's impregnable heart, If, With spring here, I could copyright A new way to say "I love you!" - . ?H. Stanley Haskins, in New York Sun. ANOTHER VIEWPOINT. Our Present Industrial Unprepardness. There are three concerns in this country today that make practically ill the gauges and inspection tools for this country, and ship much of :hat same material to Europe, declares Howard E. Coffin, in World's Work.' Those concerns are all in \Tew England?incidentally two are n seacoast cities. They have gotten ;ogether and have compiled figures nore or less for their own informa;ion. Those figures show that to -S AAA AAA . 1 1 _ _ JS i.1. produce zuu,uuu snens a aay in mis lountry of the sizes required by the irmy and navy would require an equipment in measuring tools and juages and inspection gauges alone pf from 17 million to 20 million :ools and would take the combined capacity of their plants five years to produce them, and the lack of these :ools is one of the main reasons tolay why American manufacturers ire unable to fill orders from Europe. -<*> ??-*. Music Everywhere, Every village contains a poteqtial singing society, every .church contains a potential choir, every family n which there are children might sing simple songs together, writes rhomas W. Surette, in the Atlantic, rhere is a singing club hidden away n every neighborhood. Every city night have, on occasion, thousands pf people singing fine songs and lymns. What is the present need? Lreaders?educated musicians who pave learned the technique of their irt and have, at the same time, earned to understand and appre;iate the greatest music, and who )refer it to any other. Our institu;ions for training musicians are sendng out a continual stream of gradlates, many of whom begin their la>ors in small towns and cities. Neary every community has at least one nan with sufficient technical knowledge of fousic to direct groups of lingers, large and small. Up to Mr. McLaurin. The suggestion made by Mr. N. B. Dial that he and Senator McLaurin lold a joint meeting in each of the longressional districts of the State 'or the purpose of discussing the Jtate warehouse ought to meet vith the hearty approval of Mr. McLaurin, who has expressed a desire 0 have the warehouse system fully j explained before the people. This is 1 common sense suggestion of Mr. Dial's and carrying it out only hinges ipon the consent of Mr. McLaurin. t is hardly to be expected that any county chairman would refuse to call i meeting for a discussion of this im>ortant question, but in case any of hem should refuse Mr. McLaurin ind Mr. Dial could call their own nesting. There is nothing now to >revent the question from being fuly aired. Will Mr. McLaurin take up he gauntlet??Laurens Advertiser. . SCHEDULE OF GAMES IN BAMB1 Composed At Bamberg At B; Bamberg | Entirely | jg June 27 Barnwell July 18 | August 8 'v June 13 June Denmark July 4 July July 25 Aug - June 20 June , Fairfax % July 11 July August 1 July [ SPORT i B The one big. seller this B Unless you have a suit, sfc B popular stripes you I ARF SIMPI1 IdK M**VM ?Mi i At 50c a yard we hav< silk, both white and tan rose, Cope, and black stri At 15c, 25c, 35c, to 5( in every kind of cotton mings, middys, smacks, < Every color you can wis widths. Send us your or I i*Aor I 1V1UJL M ORANGEBURG, S. C. HORSE MUST HAVE HIS BEER. "Bull" Steps Up to Bar and Whinnies for Long, Cold One. Hale and hearty at 25 and able to do a good day's work despite his fondness for beer is the record of Bull, a truck horse owned by the Globe Brewery company, Hanover street, near Barre. For twenty years Bull has taken his glass of beer at the bar kept by the company at its plant after coming in from a day's work. What is more, he knows when he has had enough. He drinks his beverage from a glass, and after two or three glasses he trots to his stall and nothing can prevail upon him. to drink more. The horse does not need to have i his keeper, Patrick J. Feeney, ask i the man behind the bar for his j "drink," but walks up and shinnies or paws the ground. Bull also drinks while on. duty, 1 but this does not seem to have impaired his efficiency to any great extent. His keeper says that when the horse is delivering goods he will often stand in front of a saloon of one of the older customers and not budge until he has been given a drink. Bull has never been sick in all his twenty years of service at the Globe plant. His former mate, Mike, did not imbibe, and consequently, so it is said, dropped dead on the street during a hot spell.?Boston Sun. Not The Greatest. "Sir," said the sleek-looking agent, approaching the desk of the meeklooking man and opening one of those folding thingumajigs showing styles of bookbinding. "I believe I can interest you in this massive set - a i 1- _ ? j. T . .V. ? C ui uuuks cumamiiig tut: sycccucs ui the world's greatest orators. Seventy volumes, $1 down and $1 a month until the price, $680, has been paid. This set of books gives you the most celebrated speeches of the greatest talkers the world has ever known and?" "Let me see the index," said the meek man, according to Farming business. The agent handed. it to him and he looked through it carefully and methodically, running his finger along the list of names. Reaching the end he handed the index back to the agent and said: "It isn't what you claim it is. I happen to know the greatest talker in the world, and you haven't got her in the index." The American Way. A foreigner was commenting on the strange perversity of the American. "Why, you can even see it in his cocktail, a strictly American drink," he said. "How is that?" he was asked. 1 "Why, he puts in sugar to make it sweet and lemon to make it sour, ice to make it cold and gin to make it hot, and says 'here's to you'?and drinks it himself."* srg-barnwell county league. arnwell At Denmark At Fairfax 1 | > 30 June 16 June 23 21 July 7 July 14 ust 11 July 28 August 4 t June 23 June 13 |f July 14 July 4 ' August 4 July 25 3 20 ^ June 27 11 Home July 18 ust 1 llumt August 83 16 June 30 ni u ISi.'.. Pfayeis STRIPES I j season?Sport Stripes. H :irt or coat made of these H i NOT IN IT I 3 these Sport Stripes in B ground wun green, navy, pes, 36 inches wide. H )c, we show these stripes H fabric. Fine for trim ^oats, skirts and dresses. H h for and also several H der or write for samples. H LEY'S I ' 'PHONE 500 CANDIDATES' CARDS The rates for cards inserted under this head are as follows: For magistrate, coroner, cotton weigher and county commissioner, $3.00; for all other county offices, $5.00; for congress and all State offices, $10.00. Checks must accompany card. Please do not ask that we insert your card unless you send check or cash along with same. All cards will be published until the primaries. CONGRESS. I desire to announce to the people of the Second Congressional district that I am a candidate for the national House of Representatives. I will ' give my best services if elected and ! will at all times be faithful to the interests of my people. I respectfully ask your support. ALVIN ETHEREDGE. I hereby announce my candidacy for reelection as Representative in , Congress from the Second District of i South Carolina, pledging myself to abide by the rules of the primary and to support the nominees thereof. JAMES F. BYRNES. SOLICITOR. ~ I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Solicitor of the Second Judicial Circuit, and pledge . myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic party and to support the nominees thereof. R. L. GUNTER. CLERK OF COURT. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Clerk of Court of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. R. L. ZEIGLER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for clerk of court of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, and pledge myself to abid<e by the rules of the party. H. D. FREE. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Clerk of Court of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. J. D. COPELAND, JR. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Clerk of Court of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. A. L. KIRKLAND. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Clerk of Court of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party, pledging my support to the nominees thereof. J. Z. BROOKER. I have decided to become a candidate for the office of Clerk of Court for Bamberg county* and, will appreciate the support of my friends throughout the county for that posi- , tion. H. C. FOLK. I hereby announce myself a candi- j date for the office of Clerk of Court of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary, pledging my support to the nominees of the party. J. S. J. FAUST. i PROBATE JUDGE. I nereby announce myself a candi- . date for the office of Probate Judge of Bamberg county, and pledge myself to >abide by the Tules of the Democratic primary. R. S. SIMMONS. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Judge of Probate of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party. FRANCIS F. CARROLL. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Probate Judge oi tfamoerg county,, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary, and pledge myself to support the nominees thereof. R. P. BELLINGER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Probate Judge of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party. ALBERT M. DENBOW. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the office of Probate Judge of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. G. P. HARMON. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Judge of Probate of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic' party, pledging my support to the nominees thereof. J. J. BRABHAM, JR. AUDITOR AND SUPT. EDUCATION. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Auditor and Superintendent of Education of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. EDGAR PRICE. SHERIFF. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Sheriff of Bamberg County in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party, pledging my support to the nominees thereof. D. J. DELK. I hereby announce my candidacy for reelection to the office of Sheriff of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party, pledging my support to the nominees thereof. S. G. RAY. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office 01 Sheriff of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and . oofiilotinna nf tVia riomnprafir* nnTtv i ^^UAUtAVilU VI WUV JL/V4iiWV. J. P. O'QUINN. STATE SENATE. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the State senate, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. J. B. BLACK. HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. I hereby announce my candidacy for reelection to the House of Representatives from Bamberg county, subject to the fules and regulations of the Democratic party. B. D. CARTER. COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of County Commissioner of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party.. OTIS L. COPELAND. Thanking the voters of Bamberg county for their past support, I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection to the office of County Commissioner, subject to the rules, and regulations of the Democratic primary. W. D. BESSINGER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of County Commissioner of Bamberg county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. W. W. STEEDLEY. COTTON WEIGHER AT BAMBERG. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Cotton Weigher at Bamberg, subject to the rules and reguiations of the Democratic party. NEB CRIDER. * / J Deeply appreciating the confidence of the voters in the past, I hereby an- J nounce myself a candidate for reelee- ; tion as Cotton weigher at Bamberg , q in the primary election, subject to the rules of the party. . ' - ^ F. E. STEEDLY. - - M I hereby announce myself a candi- , '4 date for the office of Cotton Weigher : at Bamberg, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. JOHN H. PEARSON. EHRHAKDT COTTON WEIGHER. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Cotton Weigher at Ehrhardt, subject to the rules of ' . ' $ the Democratic primary. BRADLEY C. HIERS. I hereby announce myself a candi- y date for the office of Cotton Weigher at Ehrhardt, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. \ * geo. f. McMillan, jr. I hereby announce myself a candi- date for Cotton Weigher at Ehrhgrdt, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary, and pledge myself to support the nomiBOYCE W. BISHOP. * magistrate at ehrhardt. I hereby announce myself a candi- ;V date for reelection as Magistrate at /. Ehrhardt, subject to the rules of tlie Democratic primary, pledging myself to support the nominees thereof. . j. h. kinard. |&|g I hereby announce myself a can- i ^ didate for the office of Magistrate at ^ Ehrhardt, subject to the rules of -the 3 Democratic primary, pledging myself to support the nominees thereof. . j. a. johns. / , ,|| r I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Magistrate at Ehrhardt in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party, and pledging my support to the nominees thereof. J. C. COPELAND. magistrate at bamberg. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Magistrate at >J ? Bamberg, subject to the rules and \ regulations of the Democratic primary, and will appreciate any support given me by the voters. e. c. bruce: I hereby announce myself a candi- ^ date for the office of Magistrate at Bamberg in the Democratic primary* subject to the rules of the ^arty. pleading my support to the nominee? *; thereof. E, DICKINSON. MAGISTRATE AT OLAR. >||| I hereby announce my candidacy for reelection to the office of Magistrate at Olar in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of ithe party, promising to support the nominees thereof. O. J. C. LAIN. COTTON WEIGHER AT OLAR. I hereby announce myself a candl- / 'k date for Cotton Weigher at Olar, S. .? C. I will appreciate the support of my friends and abide the result of . * : the Democratic primary. D. J. TEMPLETON. NOTICE OP BANKRUPTCY SALET By virtue of an order of the Referee in Bankruptcy, in the case of the Peoples. Drug Company, Bank rupt, the undersigned trustee will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, at Bamberg, S. C in front of Mack's Drug Store, on the 19th day of June, 1916, beginning at eleven o'clock, a. m., an or me open accounts of. the said bankrupt eetate, consisting of several hundred dollars, against various farties. F. B. McCRACKIN, Trustee. June 5th, 1916. / '| 1785 1916 1 | COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON South Carolina's Oldest College. 132nd Year Begins September 29. Entrance examinations at all the county seats Friday, July 14, at 9 a. m. ' H5| Four-year courses lead to the B. 4 J1 o. j A +T..A iTaac a. ana a. o. uegreea. a ivyu-jwi? pre-medical course is given. A free tuition scholarship is assigned to each county of the State. Spacious buildings and athletic grounds, well equipped laboratories, unexcelled library facilities. Expenses moderate. . For terms and catalogue address HARRISON RANDOLPH, President, RUB-MY-TISM Will cure your Rheumatism Neuralgia, Headaches,* Cramps, Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and R?irn?. Old Sores. Stints of Insects Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used internally and externally. Price 25c. Read The Herald, $1.50 per year* s cj ...l'.*- ': w.'"