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I SLOW TRAVELING. How Aiken Visitors Came Through < 47 Years Ago. Below we print directions for reaching Aiken from Philadelphia, s Pa., as applicable forty-seven years < ago. They are taken from a letter 1 * written by a visitor to his sister in 1869. It is interesting to compare c this long tedious journey with many i changes of cars with the present 1 through parlor cars that make the ( trip in about 22 hours. * The Lett**. 1 "Buy ticket (underneath Continental hotel) to Augusta. Ga., via z ^ Washington, Richmond, Weldon and z Wilmington; and ask agent to send 1 to your house and check your bag- 1 gage. Get check through Augusta. '< > Train leaves Philadelphia at 11:30 ^ p. m. Sleeping car if you choose, s No change in Baltimore. Washing- < jj ton about 6:30 a. m. Omnibus in t front of the depot to take you to t Acquia Creek boat. Pretty good 1 \breakfast on boat. Acquia Creek at 1 11 a. m. Take the nearest car to j t ^he steamboat which has reclining i seats in it; it goes through to Wei- 1 don. \ Better have lupch with you to j 1 make tjiis day's dinner off of; th? < cars stofc at Richmond but therp Is; '< v no eatingv house very near. Rich-! 1 mond 2 p. m. Weldon, N. C., about s $ 7 p. m. As soon as the cars stop, < go to the sleeping car of the W11- 1 mington train, which stands near the; 1 rear end of the train you get off. * Sleeping car is cool and clean; get'< berth as near the forward part as j 1 you can. Get waiter to bring you j in tea and roll. About daylight ar-, i rive at Wilmington. Ask "John" to 1 call you early that you may have! 1 ft quiet face wash and first wipe! 5 ft Change cars at Wilmington; then < B no more change until Aiken. < ? Good / breakfast at Flemington < about 7:30 a. m. Can get chicken M - fixings, etc., brought to you 'for din- J * v ner by. speaking early to "Aunty," who has cooking stove in forward ] t car. < About 4 or 5 p. m., when stopping 1 at Branchville, or afterwards, ask * conductor to see that your trunk is ready to put out at Aiken. Arrive at Aiken about 7:30 p. m.; ^ when you will be met if the proprietor of 'Philadelphia Headquarters' .v knows of your arrival by that train. k ^ Darkeys to take care of baggage cm hand. In case no one should be j to meet you, ask for "Dabney Dickerson," or any one of his sons whose ( name is legion. He knows the 1 Webbs; and will act as pilot, bag?, gagemaster. Fare $30; half-ticket ] for Walter $15?$45.?Aiken Jourj rial and Povlow n U?A l?l i V* V ?v f> ^ Undersized Soldiers. < i ? " C When, with characteristic foresight . and ingenuity, Lord Kitchener decided to stretch the regulations and < recruit a battalion of men under 5 3 feet 3 inches in height, there were < not a few military men who laughed \ at the idea. Kitchener .himself was a man of large dimensions, and it was , ' supposed that, like many another ] general, he had a weakness, for tow- j $ ering men. Perhaps he had. But, if , so, he also knew that it is not so , much a man's height as the quality ( ^ of his. courage that makes a good i fighting man of him. At any rate, he j began to recruit his "bantams," as . j , they have come to be known, and in ; due time they found a place in the 1 jr-. first line. < . Now they are occasionally men- ? tioned in the official dispatches? , not, however, as being too small to fire over the trench barricades or too , slow to cover ground in charges ? where the speed of the charge plays , a large part in its success. They are ? being mentioned for their pronounced fighting qualities. It is said of them that in leaving trenches under cover 4 of darkness and scouting between , trenches they are preferred to their taller comrades. And in trench ( raids they have been known to lug back to their own trenches machine guns which larger men left behind because they could not drag them i over the rough ground. And in the !f irdinart routine of trench fighting . the only complaint the officers have is that the little men are too eager to climb out and meet the enemy in , the open. i It is a matter of historical fact ; tha^t many small men have been great soldiers. Napoleon himself would have been lost in an ordinary crowd. Ana .LfOra noDerts was a siua.11 uiau. who managed to command the af- , fection and respect of the entire ; British army to a remarkable de- : gree. The present king of Italy, who rJ j is not only by inheritance the of- ficial head of Italy's army, but is al- . i so a good field general, is almost a ' dwarf. There is, in brief, no reason to believe that the short man is less a fighter than his tall brother. He is excluded from the standard regi- 1 ments simply because it is necessary to draw the line somewhere, and in trench warfare it is easier to han& die men of about the same height.? Indianapolis News. Fountain Pens at Herald Bpok Store. * cathedral op salt. Church of St. Anthony Hewn Out ( Rock-Salt. "Every world-traveler knows th? ;onie of the greatest wonders of aj md nature lie altogether out of th )eaten track of sight-seers," says S Nicholas. "And no stranger exampl ?ould be found than the marvelou ock-salt mines of Wieliczka an Bochnia, in the valley of the Vist.uk >n the north slope of the Carpath ins, a few miles off the Cracow-Len )erg railroad. "The announcement was made ove i year ago that the Russians, in thei tdvance upon Cracow, had capture iVieliczka; but if this was true, the vere driven back from it not Ion liter, and thus lost possession of raliiQhla nriro nf war fr?r Wiplif?7.k ;alt mines are really one of the wor lers of the world. Indeed Cracow ?reat interest to the tourist and vis ;or has long been in these mine: vhicli are situated some eight mile from the city, and easily reached b ;rain or carriage. "On great holidays friends of th niners and visitors generally assen Die on the station platform, where i a cafe seating 400 persons. And i i gallery above?of course cut i :he salt?an ochestra of miners plaj selections to the passengers who ai about to make a trip altogethe anique. Just westward of the sti Jon are two beautiful grottoes, r< spectively the Rudolph and Sephanh connected by a tunnel filled with sa cvater sixteen feet deep. "Farther along, this broadens 01 into a lake, and rising out of the wj :er is a colosal statue of St. Johi with lovely shining salt stalactite ill round him. Immediately beyon< Dne enters the marvelous cathedn Df St. Anthony, with altars, statue columns, and so on, all hewn froi the sixteenth century onward out ( ruby-red rock-salt. "You can imagine no experienc more impressive than to enter th crystal church behind a party of me provided with flaming pine torche ind bunches of magnesium ribbon. THE CAUSE OF HEADACHES. Eyes or Teeth May Be Sounding Warning. Perhaps the commonest of all con plaints is the headache. There ai headaches and headaches. Volum< ^ould well be written about them an their many causes. As tall oaks spring from litt icorns, headaches rise from sue things as lack of sleep, infectioi such as decayed teeth, ear trouble 3ad eyesight, improper eyeglasses, e: sitement, hurry, overeating, poor d jestion, improper clothing, gall ston< and other such disorders. When you strain your eyes to rea a sign, a book, or a newspaper whi riding on a car a headache often r suits. This does not usually happe to those few and fortunate persoi whose eyes are of exactly the rigl shape and size. Nor does it alwa: happen to shortsighted persons, bi it constantly happens to those who* eyes are what are called "longsigh ed." They can see clearly at lor distances, but for sight at* short di tances they need to strain the ey< in order to see clearly. This strai almost always gives rise to a hea< ache. The remedy is to wear glass< that do the excessive work impose upon the muscles inside the eye, ar so relieve the strain and the cons quent headache. Headache powders are not desigi ed to remove the cause of headach They merely dull the fabric of li so that you do not feel the pain ar so very often persuade you to gn up attending to yourself as you wou! if the pain were still there. T1 powder does nothing for decave teeth, the strained eyes or the ove loaded stomach that may be the re; cause of the headache. Some persons get into such a cond tion that they think they cannot c without headache powders, and grai ually more harm is done than th< realize. Of course, in order to cui a headache?the effect?its caus must first be removed. A ?i A At* HAtTAO 1 f V A Visit tu Clil UtUUOL mat icv^a.1 (,1 cause of your headache. Proper ey glasses should be obtained if they ai needed. When the eyes seem tire they may be bathed in a soothir wash of boric acid and water. Fresh air does a great deal fc headaches. Correct breathing ah does its share, as well as a carefi routine of living. Loss of sleep, i regular hours, high tension, emotioi al excitement and the rush, hust and bustle do their share to encou age headaches.?Irish World. Sad Commentary. One of the saddest commentary on the intelligence of the masses v know nf is thp wav an emDtv header vociferant, oversize lung candidal for some important office or oth< can go bellowing around the Sta and get away with almost half tl electorate at the very lowest est mate.?Columbus (Ohio) Journal. i I i NOTICE OF ELECTION. Fol ] - State of South Carolina?County of .M. Bamberg. ] Notice is hereby given that the Fei General Election for State and Coun- ( ty Officers will be held at the voting J. ] precincts prescribed by law in said I county, on Tuesday, November 7. Ay< e 1916, said day being Tuesday follow- 1 t. ing the first .Monday in November, as fiel e prescribed by the State Constitution. .\ The qualification for suffrage: I doi lS I .Managers of election shall require ( d 1 of every elector offering to vote at I lan i, j any election, before allowing him to I 1 sivote, the production of his registra- fnar i tion certificate and proof of the pay- 1 gat 1_| ment of all taxes, including poll tax, | boa | assessed against him and collectible | Cal during the previous year. The pro- < ber lr j duction of a certificate or of the re- | twe i ceipt of the officer authorized to col- j p. i U ln/.t tavoe clmll ho pnn pi 11 VO ! I I V OUV.11 tu A\.tJ, OilU il k/ V/ vvf** V ? y I proof of the payment thereof. g j Section 237, Code of 1912, as , amended by Act No. 6, special ses- q01 sion 'of 191 4. I a Section 237. There shall be three ( i- separate and distinct ballots, as rol- ( 's lows: One ballot for United States . Senator, Representatives in Congress, and Presidential electors: and one s' ballot for Governor, Lieutenant Gov- j , is: crnor. State officers, Circuit Solici-j ? yjtors, members of the House of Rep-I p ^ i resentatives. State Senator, county j officers, and one ballot for all Con- j e stitutional amendments and special ; . 1- o,uestions, each of three said boxes to ; . in is I be appropriately labelled: which bal- , | lots shall be of plain white paper and . of such width and length as to contain , ^ n the names of the officer or officers * *s and question or questions to be vot- r e ed for or upon, clear and even cut, ' I without ornament, designation, muti- as, ' ! lation, symbol or mark of any kind . l" whatsoever, except the name or \ * 2- names of the person or persons voted P P for and the office to which such per- 7? ' IHG son or persons voted for and the of- f hce to which such person or persons ' are intended to be chosen, and all ?LT1 it special questions which name or l. names, office or offices, question or ^ t questions shall be written or' printed ., ' or partly written or partly printed , JS thereon in black ink; ai d such ballot . 3, shall be so folded as to conceal the name or names, question or questions j thereon, and so folded, shall.be de-1 __ S 1 U1 ' posited in a box to be constructed, . kept and disposed of as herein pro- cju )f vided by law, and no ballot of any j other description found in either of the said boxes shall be counted. ' tak * On all special questions the.balis lot shall state the question, or ques- Bo in tions, and shall thereafter have the thp ;s words "Yes" ahd "No" inserted so t ",, that the voter may indicate his vote ad] by striking out one or the other of such words on said ballot, the word ( not stricken out to be counted. ' 1 Before the hour fixed for opening a the polls, Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe the Constitutional * oath. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath i- to the other members and to the / *e Clerk; a Notary Public must admina ister the oath to the Chairman. The M managers elect their Chairman and * . d Clerk. ' P? Polls at each voting place must be ie opened at 7 o'clock a. m., and closed at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City of Charleston, where they shall be ' i 1S opened at 7 a. m., and closed at 6 J, s, p. m. ti x. The Managers have the power to . fill a vacancy, and if none of the me Managers attend, the citizens can ap 3S point from among the qualified voters, the Managers, who, after being Bo L(j sworn, can conduct the election. , At the close of the election, the mi, Managers and Clerk must proceed e" publicly to open the ballot boxes and in count the ballots therein, and con- ^ 1S tinue without adjournment until the , same is completed, and make a state- f i ment of the result for each office and 0sign the same. Within three days ^ it thereafter, the Chairman of the 3e Board, or some one designated by ^ the Board, must deliver f;o the Com- * ( missioners of Election the poll list, B the boxes containing the ballots and s- written statements of the results of t 3S the election. j_ At the said election qualified electors will vote upon the adoption or d- rejection of amendments to the State B *s Constitution, as provided in the fol>d lowing JOINT RESOLUTIONS: Jr id A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend ; Section 7, Article VIII of the Consti- Ke e" tution., Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a Pro- j# a- viso Thereto, Relating to School Dise trict No. 1, of Kershaw County. 0'( fe A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing < , to Amend Article X of the Constitu- J. tion by Adding Thereto Section 15, to Empower the Town of Mullins to na: Id Assess Abutting Property' for Perma- gai le nent Improvement. the ;d A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Article X of the Constitution so as to at r" Authorize the Town of Clintcyi and bel al the City of Easley to Assess Abutting o'c Property for Permanent Improvements. l0 A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an Amendment to Article XII, Sectidn 2 of the Constitution, by Strik- Co jy ing Out the Whole of Said Section 2, re Article XII, and Substituting There- { 3e for a New Section Providing for the ? 5 Appointment of a Board of Regents J. for Institutions Maintained for the Care of the Insane, for the Appointe ment of a Superintendent Therefor, re and Defining the Powers. ,d A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 5, Article XI of the Constilg tution, Relating to School Districts, ? by Adding a Special Proviso as to p" )r Spartanburg County. I A TOTMT nincnT TTTTHM tr> A monrl I jy xX. U X 1VUUVUU JL IV XX. iiiVli V4 jj Section 5, Article X, of the Constitution, Relating to the Limit of the ( r" Bonded Debt of School Districts, by a- Adding a Proviso Thereto, as to the le Charleston School District Comprised ? r_ Withi^ the Presents Limits of the City of Charleston. 1Y, A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend VI Section 7, of Article VIII, of the Con. stitution, Relating to Municipal In- . ^ebtedness, by Adding a Proviso 3S Thereto as to the City of Anderson. :e ELECTION MANAGERS. , ^ The following Managers of Elec- 0V( ' tion have been appointed to hold the ^01 election at the various precincts in Br the said County: te Bamberg?J. M. Grimes, Henry Kearse, A. B. Utsey. Colston?G. W. Kearse, J. C. Mc- Tal ;i~ Millan, Thos. Clayton. 5^ Denmark?St. Clair Guess, Chris. Ik, Frank James. I Ehrhardt?Isaac D. Copeland, J. Kirkland, J. Williams Carter. Earrell's Store.?J. G. Rhoad J. H. ider C. S. Herndon. jovan?G. O. .Mather, J. S. Fields, H. Lancaster." \earse's Mill?J. J. Kearse, L. M. ^r, Eddie Kearse. ,ees?H. B. Grimes, W. D. Mayd. H. S. Walsh, lidway?W. E. Utsey, H. W. Hern!, W. H. Bessinger. )lar?C. H. Brabham, H. C. Kirkd, .Morris. rlie Managers at each precinct lied above : re requested to delee one of their number to secure :es and blanks for the election. 1 for same at Court House, Bamg, S. C., November 6th, 1916, beien 9 o'clock a. m., and 4 o'clock n. D. 0. HUNTER, Chairman, A. M. BRABHAM, M. N. RICE, nmissioners of State and County elections for Bamberg County, S. )ctober 23, 1916. NOTICE OF ELECTION. te of South Carolina?County of Bamberg. " ' * I a. i x x K ~ vouce is nereuy. given mat me leral Election for Presidential and e-Presidential Electors and Repentatives in Congress} will be held the voting precincts fixed by law the County of Bamberg on Tues\ November 7, 1916, said day beTuesday following the first Monr, as prescribed by the State Condition. The qualifications for suffrage are follows: Residence in State for two years, County one year, in the polling icinct in which the elector offers vote, four months, and the pay nt six months before any election any poll tax then due and payable, yvided, That ministers in charge of organized church and teachers of blic schools shall be entitled to .e after six months' residence in \ State, otherwise qualified. REGISTRATION?Payment of all :es, including poll tax, assessed 1 collectible during the previous ir. The production of a certificate the receipt of the officer authorizto collect such taxes shall be consive proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for opening > polls Managers and Clerks must :e and subscribe to the Constitunal oath. The Chairman of the ard of Managers can administer \ oath to the other Managers and the Clerk; a Notary Public must minister the oath to Chairman, e Managers elect their Chairman 1 Clerk. Polls at each voting place must be rned at 7 o'clock a. m., and closed 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City Charleston, where they shall be med at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 m. rhe Managers have the power to a vacancy; and if none of the ,nagers attend, the citizens can apnt. from among the qualified votthe Managers, who, after being orn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, the .nagers and Clerk must proceed blicly to open the ballot box and int the ballots therein, and conue without adjournment until the ne is completed, and make a statent of the result for each office, and n the same. Within three days ireafter, the Chairman of the ard, or some one designated by > Board, must deliver to the Comssioners of Election the poll list, > box and blanks for the election itten statements of the result of ) election MANAGERS OF ELECTION?The lowing Managers have been apinted to hold the election at the rious precincts in the said County: Bamberg?G. A. Rice, H. N. Folk, W. Rentz, Jr. Colston?G. A. McMillan, J. C. ard, C. C. Fender. Denmark?W. L. Riley, Asa Bax, C. M. Cox. Ehrhardt?J. C. Copeland, E. E. i box and blanks for the election. Farrell's Store?J. W. Websteer, N. Rhoad, Jno. W. Steedly. Govan?B. P. Hartzog, W. A. Hay, , R. L. Lancaster. Kearse's Mill?H. W. Chitty, G. B. arse, Willie H. Ritter. Lees?J. C. Kemp, J. V. Matthews, W. Grimes. Midway?J. Y. Hicks, J. P. 2uinn, H. W. Walker. Olar?S. E. Neeley, J. J. Brabham, E. Cook. The Managers at each precinct med above are requested to delete one of their number to secure j box and blacks for the election Boxes and blanks will be delivered the Court House, Bamberg, S. C., t\\^een the hours of 9-a. m. and 4 lock p. m., on November 6th, 1916. FRANCIS F. CARROLL. Chairman, R. L. ZEIGLER, J. W. STEWART, mmissioners of Federal Election for Bamberg County, S. C. October 23, 1916. ? . A. Klein Mrs. J. A. Klein Tescbers of Piano and Organ ios and Quartets for Two Pianos and the Proper Training of Beginners a Specialty R. P. BELLINGER ATTORNEY AT LAW )ffice Over Bamberg Banking Co. General Practice r. THOMAS BLACK, JR. DENTAL SURGEON. Graduate Dental Department Uni*sity of Maryland. Member S. C ite Dental Association. Office opposite new post office and jr office of H. M. Graham. Office irs, 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. BAMBERG. S. C. To Cure a Cold In One Day te LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stop# the igh and Headache and works off the Cold, iggists refund money if it fails to cure. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c. The New "Reo the Fifth" The Incomparable Four F. O. B. Lansing Mich. ?pO I A ' -IsS Our Own Opinion Jl of Reo the Fifth 11 WE VERILY BELIEVE that all things consider- | ed, Reo the Fifth is the greatest automobile ever produced. .... THOSE ARE STRONG WORDS?we fully ap- V 1 preciate that fact, and yet we use the phrase in , J full confidence that it is justified. i ALL THINGS CONSIDERED?size, passenger J1 capacity, sphere of usefulness, first cost, cost of ~Vm upkeep and enduring qualities?we submit there's no other car in the world that can com- : ":fS, pare with this great Reo. . THE MERE FACT that Reo the Fifth has been 71 standard for now seven seasons is proof conclu- |.|| sive of what we've just said. -If FOR NO CAR that was less than a super car (and - J by the way, Reo used that term several years ago) could for so long have withstood the fierce t I onslaughts of competition. AND NOT ONLY THAT?not only has Reo the ' "% Fifth been standard in practically its present form for seven times the span of life of the average model?but today it leads in popular favor and demand by a larger margin than ever before. NEVER WAS THE DEMAND for this model as | great as right now. It is almost hopelessly in excess of the factory output?and the output is greater than ever before. COST OF UPKEEP and operation is the reason. This has proved to be lower year in and year out than any other car of similar power or price or capacity?and less than in the case of most cars of half the weight and size. WE SAY PROVED?ask any owner. > JSI AND, BY THE WAY, we contend that no "one year model" can possibly have proved anything as to its enduring qualities or its upkeep cost. ANY NEW CAR is a good car?it is the seven ;; years service of this Reo the Fifth model that proves.. ORDERS IN OUR HANDS now will get preference in deliveries and the little delays will be more than compensated for by the extra value you'll get in your Reo when you do get it. \,?i: -m Reo Motor Car Company 1 Lansing, Michigan * \ J (flx The New Reo Six <M 1 Et A F. 0. B. Lansing, nich. <P * A t'V J. W. BARR, Distributer BAMBERG, S. C. "The Gold Standard of Values." q / I 4 t / . ' ' * v ? 'r