Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I Otyp irnnbmj $jrralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. 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 Mergenthaler linotype machine, Babcock cylinder press, folder, two jobbers a 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 montns. 50 cents. All subscriptions payable 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 a line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resoIlutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first insertion. Communications?We are always 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 oua* columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. Thursday, Sept. 7, 1916. THE COOPER VOTE. Mr. Robert A. Cooper is a clean, good man. Nobody now ooudls or ever has doubted that fact. Mr. Cooper has come out squarely for South Carolina and against Bleaseism. There is no doubt about his attitude. The Cooper vote represents strongly anti-Blease sentiment. If the supporters of Mr. Cooper have hopes of their leader ever becoming governor of South Carolina, they must know that that can come about only by the defeat of Cole L. Blease for governor this year. Mr. Cooper is doing his share in the fight to defeat Blease. His supporters will be virtually voting for Cooper when they vote to defeat Blease. Mr. Cooper is almost certain to be in the race for governor at a future pT / date. His chances for election at that time will certainly be greatly enhanced by every loyal supporter of Cooper standing squarely for Blease's ^j*v. ' defeat next Tuesday. There have been candidates for State offices within even three or four hundred votes of election on the first ballot who were defeated in the second race. There is absolutely no cause for '{ alarm. If the anti-Blease people throughout the State will go to the polls next Tuesday and vote the defeat of Blease is certain. With the exception of the Bamberg box, we feel proud of the vote that this county gave the administration at the polls last week. We are ashamed of the vote given Manning at the Bamberg central box. If you want more whiskey, more blind tigers, more drunken men to menace your homes, don't cast your * ballot for Richard I. Manning next s. * Tuesday. If you vote for him with such expectations, you are sure to be disappointed. ^ C. L. Blease is asking for a third term as governor. If he is elected South Carolina will have broken a precedent that has stood for forty years. R. I. Manning is asking for a second term. If he is not elected, South Carolina will have broken a precedent that has stood for forty ? years. The main issue in South Carolina, to be decided at the polls next TuesJ "~ ?+V>?-vT?/-k in orninCT ,fr\ V\Q 1 UaY, IS WilCtllCl IUC1 C lO &W1JJ.5S ?"V/ yj\s \ prohibition in South Carolina or the open sale of whiskey. Do not be deluded. The defeat of Manning means the signal for the blind tigers to open the throttle wide. Every thinking man knows this. Vote like your conscious dictates, but don't vote with your eyes blindfolded. If the Bamberg Herald understands that anybody has complained of being misrepresented by the Yorkville Enquirer, it is mistaken. Our remarks on this subject had reference to the people who, complaining of alleged misrepresentation of themselves by individuals, come to the newspaper to have those alleged misrepresentations corrected at the expense of the newspaper. The Yorkville Enquirer never misrepresents anybody intentionally: but when it gives ground, either intentionally or unintentionally, for the slightest complaint from anybody, it always stands ready to allow all the space that r> n n 1 rl Vio roacnruihlv rlociror? for P correction or a reply. And of course never thinks of asking pay for such space.?Yorkville Enquirer. The Herald had no reference to the Enquirer, and did not even have the Enquirer in mind when the item referred to was written. We have never said anybody claimed the Enquirer misrepresented any one and we do not believe that it would. +- " The defeat of the present adminis-| tration can be accomplished only in one way: Through the apathy of the supporters of the administration. There is a preponderance of antiBlease sentiment in the State. The Bleaseites are a minority faction. Their full strength was polled last Tuesday. That the majority of voters in South Carolina are anti-BIease is clearly shown by the fact that not a single Blease sympathizer running for a State office had a ghost of a chance, where there was opposition. Large?even decisive?majorities were rolled up against every one of them. The fact that Albert S. Fant is not a supporter of the former governor did not become known until just a few days before the close of the State campaign. Until that time Mr. Fant was practically unknown to the people of the State. Although his personal views as to the gubernatorial contest were given only a few days' publicity before the election, he received a most flattering vote at the primary, and is in the second race with Mr. Cansler. Indeed, had Cansler been listed as a Bleasite, as Hampton was, Fant would have easily lead the ticket. As it stands, we predict the overwhelming election of Mr. Fant. In 1912, with all the political machinery of the office holder working for a second term, Blease was elected by a majority of only a very few thousand. In 1914, the former governor received 57,000 votes. In the first primary of 1916 he received about 63,000, a gain of about 6,000 votes only. If a full vote is cast in the next primary, it will take about 72,000 votes to elect, and Blease would have to make a gain of nine thousand votes. It is entirely safe to say that at least ninety per cent. of the Cooper, Duncan and DesChamps vote is anti-Blease. Blease can never be elected if every antiBlease vote in the State is voted next Tuesday. It is squarely up to the supporters of and believers in good government to get busy and get every anti-Blease voter to the polls Tuesday. If this is done, the victory is won. There can be no doubt about it whatever. Three Letters. j One day last wreek The Bamberg Herald received three very interest-1 ing letters from two new subscribers and one old subscriber. These letters were interesting for two reasons: Each of them contained a check or money order, and each of them contained some very encouraging remarks, which, if we were inclined to be vain, might have "turned our heads." But it didn't, and they are appreciated, too. Now, we won't call any names, but just to show how appreciative our friends are we will reproduce the letters referred to: "Schofield, S. C.?Enclosed is money order for 75 cents. Will you please send me your paper. We think so much of The Herald we don't feel like we can do without it. Wish you all success/' "Govan, S. C.?Enclosed find check for $1.50 for The Herald one year. We can't do without it any longer." "Allendale, S'. C.?Enclosed you will find check for my subscription to The Herald. It is a strong link binding me to my old home and I hope to receive its weekly visits as long as I live." Since writing the above, we have received a fourth letter that is so good we must pass it on to our readers. Here it is: "Enclosed please find check for $1.50 for one year's subscription to The Bamberg Herald. I always look forward to receiving The Herald, for it is like getting a letter from home. I wish to thank you for sending the paper so promptly, as it reaches Quincy (Fla.) at 4:30 every Thursday p. m. Wishing you continued success." High Prices For Wool. Unusually hign prices prevail ror wool. The average price paid to producers of the United States for unwashed wool during June was 28.7 cents, 18.4 cents, 15.6 cents, 18.7 cents, 15.5 cents, and 19.5 cents respectively, in June of the last six years. The average weight of wool per fleece this year, 6.92 pounds, is the heaviest ever recorded in the United States. Last year the average was 6.84 pounds, and the averages of the last ten years is 6.74 pounds. It is interesting to observe how the production of wool per sheep has been steadily increasing in the last seventy years. The average weight per fleece reported by the census of 1910 was 6.84 pounds, and by each of the preceding censuses from 1900 to 1840, respectively, the average weights were 6.66 pounds, 5.5 7 pounds, b.S4 pounds, and me average of the 2.42 pounds, and 1.85 pounds. Similar improvement in wool production per sheep is observed in the wool statistics of Australia. ?Bureau of Crop Estimates. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. (Continued from page 1, column 2. ing rain Saturday night. Everybody is very busy gatherin the fleecy staple. Our gins are kei pretty busy. Quite a quantity of peavine ha is being harvested around our littl berg. Mrs. W. M. McCue is visiting he son', Mr. J. \V. McCue, of Charlestoi Mrs. L. D. Odom and little daugl ter, Myrtle, spent the week-end 2 Norway with Mrs. R. A. Young. Mr. Lloyd Hightower and famil visiitJU relatives ncie ounua.*. Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Spurlin visite at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. I Odom last Thursday. Mr. L. D. Odom went to Norwa Sunday morning and accompanie Mrs. Odom home Sunday afternoon. Schofield Sketches. Schofield, Sept. 5.?Mrs. S. D. Lai and children spent the week-end wit relatives at Govan. Mr. Joe L. Taylor is spending se^ eral days with relatives at Swansea. Mrs. Ogreta Beard, of the Colsto section, visited relatives here las week. Mr. P. K. Shultz and Mr. F. I Drawdy and family motored over t Bamberg on last Saturday afternooi Several of our citizens motored t Varnville Sunday last. The party ir eluded Mesdames D. L. Shiplett, "W G. Mcintosh, Lewis Clust, and F. ft Elliott and Mrs. G. W. Sowers an 1 _-V 1 -m ?- "?r . 1 1 aaugnier, miss Aiauei. ]\'lr. Howell McCormick, of Effin? ham county, Ga., visited his daugt ter here last week, Mrs. S. D. Lain. We are all glad to see the natior "wide railroad strike called off, as i would have practically demoralize every branch of business in the Unit ed States. Another victory for Wi son. DRAEBLR. Growing Colored Cotton. The farmers of South Carolina an other Southern States interested i the experiments of A. W. Brabhan of Olar, in the growing of colore cotton will read with interest a lei ter he has written to the New Yor Sun under date of August 29, rek tive to the progress he is making Mr. Brabham has faith in the prat ticability of growing cotton froi which cloth that will not have to b dyed can be made, although he is nc yet ready to announce definite result or to sell an? seed. His chief diff culty seems to be that he has onl white parent plants on which to e> periment, having been unable to ge native plants from Peru, Siam, Indi and Egypt. Mr. Brabham's effort are of unusual interest in view of th dye shortage which is acute just a this time, and his progress will b noted with keen interest. In his letter to the Sun Mr. Brat ham enclosed samples of dark greer ish gray, light green, tan and ligh tan lines of cotton, and they wer \T?n? VapIt nrtttryri av St?XIC LU tilts 1HC? JL 111 IV <,uituu sja change. He says in his letter: "About a year ago you referred t my work in producing colored col tons and went so far as to consul the great plant wizard of the wes Luther Burbank. Both of you wer sceptical. In order to allay you doubts, I am sending you some sail pies, which prove that I am makin some progress. All of my shades or hues, have not matured yet, an I am not able to say what other co ors I may have later on. But th samples sent show clearly that have solved both a biological and pi thological problem not dreamed of i the philosophy of man, living c dead. Get together the colored col tons of Peru, Siam, India and Egyp and it is hard to guess what can b accomplished in the different color of cotton. They blend readily. "For some years past I have mad fruitless efforts to get the seed of th red and brown Peruvian, the gray c India, the yellow of Siam, the brow of Egypt. I have failed so far, bi will try again. In the meantime give it to the cotton world that th growing of colored cottons can t done, and I wish others to aid me i this work. If I can produce froi white parent plants the shades I ai sending you?and upon the honor < a man and Mason I have done itwhat could be done if we had colore parent plants to begin with? "I wish to say that I have no see for sale. My work is in the exper mental stage yet, and under no cond tions will I send seeds or samples 1 any one. "Be kind enough to present thes samples to the New York cotton e: change with my compliments. T1 exchange made this request th spring when I had no samples c hand. "Please say to the public that cannot answer private letters. I a a busy man, and will endeavor 1 post the public through the press."Charleston Post. In Russia. "He who steals my good name? "Gets a load."?New York Times TAKES BICLORIDE. L Woman Registered at Hotel Last Two ? Weeks. g }t A woman who had registered as "Mrs. N. C. Moore, N. C.," attempt^ ed suicide at the Gresham hotel Frie day by taking bicloride of mercury. The woman was ill at the time she >r came to the hotel about two weeks 1# ago, and had been confined to her 1- room since. Friday morning the hotel manager, accompanied by the housekeeper, went to her room and J she told them to get a doctor, as she had taken bicloride of mercury. A physician was called and the woman ) _ was taken to the Columbia hospital. Physicians at the hospital say that * it is impossible to ascertain as yet whether the drug will be fatal, as it generally takes at least one week for any noticeable change to take place in a patient who has taken it.?The State. n h The Tick's Tax. Washington, D. C., Sept. 5.?The cattle tick has been in the South ever n since there were cattle for it to feed >t upon. It has fattened on the blood of Southern cattle that should have gone to the making of beef and milk o and in return it has killed with i. splenetic or tick fever the animals o that fed it. It has made our cattle I i- into scrubs and prevented the intro 1 duction of pure-bred dairy and beef I. animals, for in a ticky country no d man is willing to risk his money in ' high-priced stock. = ?- The United States department of i- agriculture has estimated the annual loss to the country from the cattle i- tick at from $40,000,000 to $100,it 000,000. These figures, however, d mean very little, for no man can calt culate the benefits that will come to 1- the South with the extinction of this pest. The essential point is that in a tick-infested county every cattle owner is taxed by the tick in proportion to the size of his heard. Every d animal is levied on; there are no exn ceptions. It is a mistake to imagine that cattle become immune to the d tick. Every year hundreds of thout sands of supposedly immune cattle k die from splenetic fever for which the i- tick alone is responsible. And each of those that survives suffers in other > ways. The tick feeds on all cattle n alike, immune and non-immune. It e cuts down the weight and lowers the \ >t quality of beef animals and reduces <s the milk flow of dairy herds. 1- This tick tax has been collected y so long that the people have grown ? > accustomed to it. That is a poor rea- j it son for continuing to pay it, however. a Out of 728,543 square miles that s were tick infested in 1906 and placed e under federal quarantine on that act count, 284,521?considerably more c e than one-third?have since been ] freed from the pest and released >- from quarantine. What has been done in these are^s can be done c -t wherever and whenever the people \ e want it done. There is no more rea- i > son why a county should suffer from I the tick than from smallpox. A lito tie trouble?a slight investment? > will dispose of both. x ^ it , ( t, Note?This is the first of a series i e of articles prepared by the bureau 1 r of animal industry on the eradica- ? t- tion of the cattle tick. g 5 HORSE CHESTNUT FLOUR. ( * ! 1_ Objectionable Materials Being Re- 1 e moved and Food Value Enhanced. J i ; L_ One of the near-foods abundant in n Germany as elsewhere is the horse )r chestnut, and chemists and agricul- < j._ turists are reported to have been ac- j (. tively seeking to adopt this for use ( e either as fodder for farm stock or as .s a substitute for the potato in the human dietary. As the nuts are more than half starch and sugar, with e some protein and fat, the proportion \ of nutritive matter is large. The ' n nuts are made objectionable as food ] lt by the presence not only of the pej culiar bitter principle, but also of < ie sweetish and irritating saponin-like )e glucosids, and the use of this man terial depends upon the removal of . ^ these substances. A recent paper by ] m Dr. H. Serger, of the Brunswick ex priment station for conservation in_ dustries indicates that this may be ( ;(j accomplished at a cost that is not i prohibitive. The raw nuts are ac- ] s(j ceptable to wild game and somewhat j l_ so to cattle, but in swine they proj_ duce digestive disturbances. A m^sh from which the bitter taste has been mostly eliminated by boiling in sev3e eral changes of water proves to be < K_ quite generally suitable for feeding 1 ie to domestic animals. The slight remaining bitter may be removed by )n a weak potash solution, but the product does not make palatable bread 1 j even when mixed with three times its 1 m weight of wheat flour, and it is only t0 when the disagreeable glucosids are _ extracted by 50 per cent, alcohol that ' a final product is obtained that can be ground into flour of good flavor. The expense is kept down by the 1 cheapness of the wild nuts and the " regeneration and repeated use of the 3. alcohol. I ^SAFEGU > , your B| 5USINLS if erib SIL PERSONAL ] We conduct bankin and hope to have 4 Per Cent. Interest Pai< CAPITAL AND SURPLUS Bamberg B; WHAT THREE PRO: Chief Justice Fuller, S and Marshall Field made tors and Trustees to mana? By this method they avoid" management on the part talk your Estate matters o ence with us costs you not BAMBERG BANE Bamberj CANDIDATES' CARDsl CLERK OP COURT. j I hereby announce myself a caniidate for Clerk of Court of Bamberg sounty, subject to the rules of the i Democratic primary. J. D. COPELAND, JR. I hereby announce myself a caniidate for Clerk of Court of Bam)erg county, subject to the rules and j egulations of the Democratic pri- j nary. A. L. KIRKLAND. PROBATE JUDGE. I hereby announce myself a canlidate for the office of Probate Judge I if Bambere county, subject to the I ules and regulations of the Demojratic primary, and pledge myself to lupport the nominees thereof. R. P. BELLINGER. ' I hereby announce myself a can- j iidate for the office of Judge of Pro- ; )ate of Bamberg county, Subject to ;he rules of the Democratic party, j )ledging my support to the nominees j ;hereof. J. J. BRABHAM, JR. j AUDITOR AND SUPT. EDUCATION. ; I I hereby announce myself a canlidate for the office of Auditor and Superintendent of Education of Bamberg county, subject to the rules )f the Democratic party. EDGAR PRICE. COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I hereby announce myself a candiiate for the office of County Commissioner of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary, subject to the rules of the party. OTIS L. COPELAND. nrvrTOY WRTGHER AT BAMBERG. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Cotton Weigher it Bamberg, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. neb crider. Deeply appreciating the confidence 3f the voters in the past, I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection as Cotton weigher at Bamberg in the primary election, subject to the rules of the party. F. E. STEEDLY. ehrhardt cotton weigher. I hereby announce myself a candidate 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 candidate for Cotton Weigher at Ehrhardt, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary, and pledge myself to support Uie nomiBOYCE W. BISHOP. IITIT/^IIT?!) t HP /"IT * T> UU11U.1 Uf/iunriiv ax vuait. I hereby announce myself a candidate for Cotton Weigher at Olar, S. C. I will appreciate the support of my friends and abide the result of I the Democratic primary. D. J. TEMPLETON. I ARD |r iS g in all its forms your patronage. i on Savings Deposits. $100,000.00 anking Co. 1 MINENT MEN DID Ik. - 4 enator Stephen B. Elkins i Trust Companies Execu- ] ?e their Estates for them. j ed bad and inexperienced > of individuals. May we ver with you. A conferring. { :iNG COMPANY y, S. C. * After 4 Weeks I in the Northern markets buy ing our Fall and Winter stocks, I I am back with the I Newest and Best Values I it has been our pleasure to show B Ladies Ready-to-Wear will I* ' be one or our best departments. mmam ^ Coat Suits. The new, long coats and * flared skirts in Poplins, Serges * and Broadcloths, Navy, Brown, Green, Plum, Black and Burgundy shades. Prices range from $12.50 to $30.00. Extra Skirts. Very snappy and new, practically all sizes. $3.00 to $6.00. Sport Coats. ?. The practical coat for . at once wear. $5.00 and up. Auto Coats. The large full backs and kimona sleeves, very comfortable and stylish. $7.50 to $20.00. Muslin Underwear. The "Dove Braiid" is the line we are going to handle. * ^ Every style of garment wanted. 25c to $2.50 each. Shirt Waists. Made of cotton, silks and * georgettes, flesh and white, very new and distinctive styles $1.00 to $6.00. i Silk and Wool Dress Goods We show a complete line in serges, poplins and heavy coatings in solid, fancies, plaids,' etc., 50c to $2.00. We ask for requests for anything needed; will submit samples cheerfully. * MOSELEY'S n?? n>AKiiiiA> CI P ?>V? An A Kfifk H i a )