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(Ehr Hamburg ibrralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Thursday, January 25, 1917. Colonel Roosevelt says Wilson's peace speech before congress was nothing but grandiloquence. But we are glad that it was Wilson's grandiloquence instead of Teddy's bombast and braggadocia. The legislature has begun to wrestle with the liquor legislation. There are a number of liquor bills before the assembly, and doubtess some of them will be enacted. Mr. Riehey, floor leader of the Blease forces, has a bill to proniDit tne importation ui any whiskey or other intoxicants, and there are other measures restricting the amount allowed. We are very much afraid that a bonedry bill would do the very thing which the prohibitionists are working against; that is, cause a reaction, and result in the reestablishment of dispensaries or other means of legal sale of whiskey. We understand that the State warehouse has fifteen thousand bales of cotton stored. The State of South Carolina last year appropriated the sum of $15,000 to help support the State warehouse. We are not prepared to oppose the warehouse system, but we can certainly see no reason why the State should have to pay a dollar per bale to store .the cotton of private citizens. If the warehouse can be made self-sustain ing, maKe it so; n not, men some change should be made. And we should like to know how much good the storing of 15,000 bales of cotton has done, anyway. Everybody wants good roads, but the main trouble seems to be that 1 very few want to pay for them. We will never have good roads until the people make up their minds that . the roads are worth spending money to get; and it takes a lot of money at that. A few thousand dollars looks like a lot of money, but a few thousand goes a mighty short distance when it comes to the building of permanent roads. This county may be able to get a system of modern highways by taxing automobiles and perhaps other vehicles, and we hope it can; but it is our opinion that th^ people of the county will have to go a whole lot deeper in their pockets than the mere paying of a vehicle tax before we get the roads ' the county needs. / JACOB A. RIIS. The Inspiration for His Great Work Came When He Was a Boy. I That Jacob A. Riis got his first inspiration to attack the tenement house problem while he was still a boy in Denmark is said to be one of the statements in an article on the famous reformer, contributed by Mary R. Parkman to the January St. Nicholas. It seems that in the town of Ribe, where he was born and ; spent his youth, there was a grim ! building called Rag Hall, a ramshac kle horror of a house filled with dirty gray-faced children. Riis's imagination began to work on that building, and the first time he received1 money for Christmas from his father, who was the town schoolmaster, he ran over to Rag Hall and divided it with one of the families there. The twelve-year-old boy little thought that the great adventure of his life really began that day at Rag Hall. But years after, when he went about among the tenements of New York, trying to make^ things better for the children of Mulberry Bend and Cherry street, he remembered where the long journey had begun. Greater Than Diplomacy. Henry Van Dyke resigns as minis ter to The Hague that he may have time to write. We have many men who could serve us acceptably in Holland, but there are too few with the ability to produce a story like "The Other Wise Man." One such story as this is worth more to the world than a dozen diplomatic triumphs. When this great war, the outbreak of which deprived Mr. Van Dyke of tie leisure which he expected to enjoy, is forgotten or remembered only as a horrible nightmare, "The Other Wise Man" will be on the reading table of the devout and in the libraries of those who like literature for its own sake. The whilom Princeton professor of English proves by his resignation that he has a proper appreciation of the relativity of values.?Philadelphia Evening Ledger. Her Qualifications. The village butcher was telling his wife about the new summer visitor. "She came into the shop today," he said enthusiastically, "and I can tell you she's a real lady, brought up select and exclusive. She don't know one cut o' meat from another,- nor veal from mutton."?New York Herald. ASSEMBLY MAKES PROGRESS. (Continued from page 1, column 4.) There is no certainty as to who will be elected. Naturally the impression is that the final result will be between the leaders in the two first ballots?Col. \Y. G. Smith, of Orange burg, and John J. McMahan, of Columbia. Mr. McLaurin's name is still in the limelight, although he voluntarily resigned and his resignation has been formally accepted. His friends insist on voting for him. One of the unusual bills of the session comes from Mr. Ellis. He has a bill which makes it a misdemeanor to engage in cock fighting. His little bill provides: Section 1. That section 393, Columell. Criminal Code. 1912, be amended by striking out the whole of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Section 393. ] It shall be a misdemeanor for any! person to engage in, or be present at, cock fighting in this State, and any j person found guilty shall be fined not; exceeding one hundred ($100) dol-j iars or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days." Sec. 2. This act shall take effect! immediately upon its .approval, and any acts or parts of acts inconsistent therewith are hereby repealed. There are four interest rate bills pending. Senator .MCKeis ana .nr. Moore have straight 6 per cent, bills, ] and Senator Hughes and Mr. Duckworth have a straight 6 per cent, bill, 95 Bushels of M is the prize-winning i fag South Carolina boy, wl HK Guano?one of our F< SSgrj that have been made IkurrERS ||| DOUBLES1 You can do as well if ter crops of corn, cottc s?il an^ make it more s??p reliable, time-tested fe g?|l| Don't accept substitute Mi as good"?see that 01 Wmr Mark is on every bag. j|^P| satisfactory results. jl"M I'Ul aunv.^ nuuiuiauuu cuiu pjlptjp write us direct. |?fTrr]' Planters F Ph?8P ?4|r Charlestons The man opet^BankJp Xmas Ban] 1 or 2 or 5 or 10 cents wi our "Christmas Banking C financial education you ca amount; increase with the In 50 weeks: 1-cent club p 2-cent club p 5-cent club p 10-cent club p You can pat in $1.00 or and in 50 weeks have $50, We add 4 per cent interc Come in, ask about i^ar Club" book FREE. MEN an* You can start T People BAMBE1 HOLDS FINAL REVIEW. Officers Expect Troops to Move Northward This Week. El Paso. Jan. 20.?Although no official information has been given out here regarding the expected withdrawal" of troops from Mexico, army officers of this district say they expect the movement to begin early next week. These officers said that Gen. Pershing held a final review yesterday at El Valle, his southernmost point, preparatory to the withdrawal of the troops there to Colonia rcihinn It will rennire four davs for them to move from the El Yalle outpost to field headquarters at Dublan. The actual movement over the border is not expected to start until later as it will be necessary for the surplus supplies and baggage to be brought out by the motor truck trains which have already left Columbus, X. M.t for the south. Two weeks will be required to move all pf the troops to Columbus, it was estimated. Five cars of merchandise from the Colonia Dublan army stores already have been loaded at Casas Grandes for shipment to the border. The Second South Carolina Infantry, Ohio and Kentucky troops expect to be included in Major Gen. Funston's latest order for the return of National Guard troops from this part of the border. but with a proviso that \\here a loan of not more than $50 is made the rate may be as high as 10 per cent. Corn Per Acre! H ecord achieved by one ^Sg| !io used Planters Soluble >ur Big Crop Producers and sold for years and |j gnus! rOIIR YIELD , HlP you want bigger,# bet- mmM m, truck. Enrich your Hjl i productive with these RQ rtilizers. W s?there's nothing "just %P ir Giant Lizard Trade- Wjr, .fa It's your certainty of ||||jf is, consult our nearest agent ? or fertilizer and hate Co. facturars / Is ^ \1 outh Carolina ling Club * 11 enter your BOY dr GIRL in ;iub." This will be the best n give them. Start with this same amount each week. ays $ 12.75 ays $ 25.50 ; ays $ 63.75 >ays $127.50 $2.00 or $5.00 each week $100 or $250. iSt. id get a "Christmas Banking 1 WOMEN conjoin. ODAY? START! s Bank RG, S. C. I For the first time since 1857 the yearly report of the general board 1 of commissioners in lunacy, shows an absolute decrease in the number of all classes of insane in Scotland. (WEDNESDAY, L FEBRUARY I 111 MATINEE AND XKJHT ! Henry B. Walthall "The Sting of Victory" The Heart Call or Duty Call? It was difficult to decide?to hold close to Southern life, love and tradition, or to fight for the "equality of man" with tbo Vnrtliorn Rlnoc B| Impulsive, proud and unreason|9 ing, his brother remained loyal to the South and slavery, ra With the peach bloom of the Ha Southern rose, a girl fair is the Q idol of both brothers' hearts. But while she loves them both, she chooses the one whose H ideals and loyalty are the same U as hers, and tjjough the XorthHj erner wins the battle of prinH ciple, he tastes the dregs of deKH feat in "The Sting of Victory." ASSESSMENT NOTICE. The Auditor or his deputy will be at the following places on the days and dates named below for the pur1 pose of taking returns of personal property, transfers of real estate, and. income tax returns: At the court house until Monday, January 15, 1917. Farrell's store, Tuesday, January 16, 1917. Denmark, Thursday and Friday, January 17 and 18, 1917. Lees, Monday, January 22, 1917. Govan, Tuesday, January 23, 1917. Olar, Wednesday and Thursday, January 24 and 25, 1917. St. John's, Friday, January 26, 1917, from 9 a. m. to 12 m. Kearse's, Friday, January 26, 1917, from 1 p. m. to 3 p. m/ Ehrhardt, Monday and Tuesday, January 29, and 30, 1917. At the court house until February 20, 1917, after which date the 50 per cent, penalty will be added. Every taxpayer is requested to learn the name and number of his school district before coming to make his return. Taxpayers are also urged to come prepared to make separate returns for town property, giving number of acres and buildings, and lots in town. Persons living in town will please state the fact to the Auditor so that they will not be charged with commutation road tax. All real arid personal property must be returned in the school district in which it is located. R. W. D. ROWELL, Auditor Bamberg County. 1 Horse TV m i | We have a fu] ! stock is select each animal sc know what th don't fail to c< | showing you. > are bought sot ff YY 18 iff Wagons. YY i vv XX in == Y Y We have a spli YY Robes, Whips YY gies an dHari YY the best vehicl YY Come to see u YY ' M i :T yy yy yy *! *! v I Jon yy [ ^ o o "Don't Tempt the Thief! WHEN your money is in the bank it is safe from pickpockets and burglars. A man who is known to carry a large sum of money on his person soon is marked as prey by the thief. None of the big men of the country carry large sums of money about. Don't tempt the thief. 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