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BHBnnnm Great s It will pay you t I to clean out all ? the numerous be Fourteen years c REME Specials One lot Silk, Voile, Net ai waists, formerly sold special 89c 50c value Gowns, 25c I 35c value bilk ?lof || I 23c I Lana Oil Soap, 25c va p!|l 18c ft^l' ^ I I LOOK I v J I For the Big Sign I I i i * I I "~V/ | I I Ux s HHHHmHHHBHHHHHHHHHHHHiHHIBHB f $ip> Bamberg l^rralfc | ESTABLISHED APR7L, 1891. Published every Thursday in The Herald building, on Main "street, in. the live and growing City of Bamberg, being issued from a printing "* -t- _i- :_ ^n?;nnorl with ATPT omce which is ?* & genthaler linotype machine, Babcock |"v .( cylinder press, folder, two jobbers a 1. 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 payablt 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 5 cents line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special v head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, res6v Nlutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political chart acter are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising vC not subject to cancellation after first insertion. rvmi muni cations?We are always j glad to publish news letters or those pertaining to matters of public interest. 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 not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. ? Thursday, June 29, 1916. ? Two years ago the Newberry Herald and News, the strongest supporter that Former Governor Blease has had among the State's newspapers, advocated the candidacy of Hon. R. A. Cooper for governor. The Democrats of the county are reminded again of the fact that it will be necessary for them to enroll with their club secretaries or enrollment committees before they can \ vote in the ^primaries this summer. Under the new primary rules of the Democratic party in this State no person can vote unless he is properly enrolled. The enrollment books will f remain open until one month before the first primary. See your secretary or a member of your local enrollment committee now while you +v?ir?vinpr about it. Everv white Uli V VliAJJ? w man in the county eligible to vote \ should participate in the primaries. Voters tailing to enroll will have only themselves to blame if they neglect to comply with the party regulations. / # c oemio visit us and see tl >ummer Goods at! irgins offered. Re >f merchandising i MBER SALE Extraore id other fancy 18-inch En . at $1.50; I v V , each 10c Far ; ,e, pair $1.00 value ilues; box One lot $1.2 no LOTHING?We want t "1KL J "The Store The Yorkville Enquirer, one of the best papers in the South, last Friday published the full speech of the former governor at the campaign meeting in Spartanbhrg, to the exclusion of the speeches of every other candidate for governor. Yet, the Enquirer would reply, doubtless, if questioned, that it has no candidate for governor. According to a circular letter sent out by the State superintendent of education.to the county superintendents, last election year 22 per cent, of the Democratic voters in South Carolina enrolled their names on the club rolls with a cross mark, indicating that they were unable to sign their names. In other words yiere are something like 30,000 white male persons in South Carolina above the age of 21 who eannot sign their names. This is an appalling condi tion of affairs. There is now a compulsory school attendance law upon the statutes of the State. Any school district can invoke the enforcement of this law very easily; yet, so far as we know, not a school district in Bamberg county has availed itself of this law. There is no reason to hope that the present adult persons unable to write will ever be able to'do so; but the county or the school district can prevent this from being true as regards the next generation. Individually, the writer has never believed that the law should be local optional; but, since it is so, ,let us make the best of it. There ^are num-y bers of boys and girls right here in Bamberg who do not attend school. They should be compelled to attend. The State and the county owe it to the people at large to see that such ignorance does not prevail. It is dangerous to the State; it is dangerous to the county, and to the Demo cratic party. Free. It was in a country store in Arkansas. A one-gallus customer drifted in. "Gimme a nickel's worth of assafetida." The clerk poured same assafetida in a paper bag and pushed it across the counter. "Charge it," drawled the customer. "What's your name," asked the clerk. "Honeyfunkle." "Take it," said the clerk. "I would not write asafetida and Honeyfunkle for five cents."?San Francisco Bulr letin. Bad temper is sometimes merely a symptom of bad health. \ Annual Vhe big reductions no SOME KIND OF A vrAfiH ?nAli? 'Ilicuiuci _yuui mum iere insures that wt J CONTINUES linary tor ibroidery Flouncings, 25c alue, at, the yard 10c icy Socks for men, pair 7c J Baby Doll Slippers, sizes 9 to 2; pair 79c 5 value White Spreads, are w selling at, each 89 c I o close out every suit in tl s A U of Quality" HISTORY OF STREET CAR. ( i First Electric Vehicle Ran at Rich- c mond, VaM 28 Years Ago. t I The wonderful development of j electricity is best typified by the mi- ^ raculous # growth of the street car, \ which is less than 30 years old, and g yet has been installed in nearly t every important* city in the world, g I In these few years electric traction t i has been developed and extended un- t i I til there are, in this country alone, l I nearly 2,000 different companies in s ! operation, with a total capital stock \ | of more than $4,000,000,000. Be- j ; ginning in the larger cities, the elec- ( j trie service has been extended from j i city to city, from village to village, f | until it is now possible to make a c trip from Boston to St. Louis almost i entirely by trolley. ] Twenty-eight years ago every large t city had its horse cars and horse- ( drawn carry-alls. They are both cu- s riosities now. As late as 1890 there e were not more than 1,000 miles of \ electric railways in the United States, e Early attempts to use electricity e | as motive power resulted in a few ] scientific toys before 1882. Thomas i Davenport, the Vermont blacksmith, t who invented the electric motor in c 1835, constructed a toy car, which i ran around a circular track. Thret> c years later a Scotch inventor made a i small electric locomotive. A number 1 of such locomotives were built dur- i ing succeeding years until the Berlin c exposition in 1879, when Messrs. i Siemens and Halske' constructed an i electric line of about a third of a mile in length. The first regular 2 commercial line in the world was at 1 Lichterfelde, near Berlin, operating c in 1880, but was not a success. Edi- t son, Field, Van Depoele, Knight and i many others experimented in electric 1 traction at this time. t The first actually successful com- i mercial electric railway, i. 9., the 1 first electric operation of the com- ( plete street railway lines of a city, i was established in 1887, in Rich- t 1 mn j 1 x mona, va. ine roaa oegan operating in February, 1888, and was essentially the overhead trolley system now used, comprised 11 miles of track, had 30 cars operating in July,! 11888, and has been in continuous | and successful operation ever since. The phenomenal development and growth of electric street railway traction revolutionized not only city, but also suburban and interurban transportation. From 1890 up to the present the mileage has steadily increased at the average of about 3,i Sale a w in force throughc PRICE. It is youi y back if you are n j mean what we sa 4 I UNTIL SATl Saturday $6.50 value Kool Kloth Suits now for onlv / $4.69 25c Corset Covers, eac' 14c $1.5.0 White Slippers, Ladie ' $1.15 Extra large Turkish Towels 12c le house. Just come in, BEF Bamb( )00 miles per year. In the developnent and improvement of motors and >ther apparatus essential to electric raction, the General Electric com)any has figured with iparked promilence. In 1895 electric railway equipment reached what might )e considered a staple tyasis of design. Fundamental features, such as he enclosed motor, carbon brushes, series drum winding, single reduc;ion gearing, magnetic controller and he under-running trolley had then >ecome established. There were in service at this time approximately *5,000 motor cars equipped with ibout a half a million horse power )f motors. A gieat many of the )ioneer car motors were too smafl :or the work, because early designers lid not appreciate the amount of )ower required to accelerate a car. n 1895 the average rating of raUvay car motors was 25-horse power. )ther forms of street railway propulsion gradually disappeared until ibout 1900, when electric operation vas practically supreme. Then there existed some 20,000 miles of city dectric railways. From 1900 to L 910 the electric railway extended j apidly to surburban and interurban ransportation. Coincident with this levelopment there was a tremendous ncrease in the size and weight of ?ars. The average horse power of ailway motors increased from 35lorse power in 1900 to 63-horse )ower in 1910, and large interurban ;ars were equipped with four motors, vhile city cars generally were equip)ed with two. This increase in power brought ibout great improvements in coptrol ing apparatus. The multiple unit jontrol for the operation of cars in rains on elevated and subway lines, nterurban roads and later for reguar surface cars was developed. With = he simplification of control was also ntroduced forced motor ventilation, eduction in the weight of motor jquipments and increase in efficiency, t mprovement in commutation and in- a* ;roduction of commutation poles, per-| iection of air brake apparatus, intro-; g] luction of field control, etc. j si Since .that early morning twenty jo rears ago, when the firsts electric car n glided over the rails in the streets of ir Richmond, motors have been brought ai :o such a point of perfection that st jlectric cars are rapidly encroaching i U m the steam engine and threaten to: g: :ake its place entirely in a few years. c< rhe principles which Sprague used in u :he construction of the first car and ri power line are about the same as in tl ictual use today. He invented the s< ^ > itKlauber's ? ( >ut the store. We are determined r fault if you fail to connect with ot satisfied with your purchase. \ k yJRDAY, JULY 8th / and Next Week ' sPec^a^ 75c value Gowns, each 47c h Good Handkerchiefs, each 2c s; pair One lot Laces, values 15c to 25c; yard 9c - i- nn ? 5, eacil \_yiiiiui en o jl/jlcooco, large oiz.co , I 47c ire can suit you in price ) 9 All Prices Quoted I ^ ^j* Spot Cash I ? Q r NO GOODS CHARGED I i srg, b. C. I. TVr-x/*' ^ I1IIIV 9IIUVT9 Oil |A\ \J the one way to m immi ? July 4th?Independence day marks our Nation's fight for liberty, and should remind all to strive for individual independence by starting a bank ac- ? count. < ' Without effort there is little chance 1 for accomplishment and none for opportunity. If you earn money, it is a duty I to save part of it ana we are reaay to aia . those who have the desire to become independent. Start with 1. 4 per cent Interest Paid on $avings Deposits. PEOPLES BANK ^Bambwft^^^^^^^r^South^Carolin^ /erhead trolley; his motors were THE CITADEL 3ared to the car wheels and his sys- ? , , _ ; The Military Collie of S. C. jm of control was nearly the same1 3 in the modern cars. I Announced as "Distinguished Miraculous, indeed, has been the! Military College" by U. S. War De1 ncrtmont rowth of the street railway systems . . ^ i Ful1 courses in Civil Engineering, nee 1888. Today there are nearly | Sciences, English and Modem Lan0,000 miles of street and electricj guages. % iilways in the United States, carry-! Confers B. S. and C. E. degrees. .g more than 5,000,000,000 people . A scholarship worth $300 a year 6 ' . is vacant from Bamberg county, and nnually. From the tin} cars con-iwjjj fl]]e(j by competitive exami;ructed according to Sprague's plans i nation at the county seat on 11th venty vears ago the cars have day of August, 1916. For Necesrown to be models of comfort and sar-v info aTtio" "d^s apply to COL. O. J. BOND, Dnvenience. Some of the best inter-! The Citadel, Charleston, S. C. rban lines boast of electric cars' = ivaling the beauties and comforts of j maintain sleeping, dining and even > le Pullmans. In the middle west cold storage, freight, express, milk ime of the longest electric lines j and mail cars. n V . -V*v -^V. . : . - r-vC';.. < > / > ..-S. , 'Zr*Za?*A