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"BONK DRY" PROHIBITION'. RKEI) AMENDMENT TO POSTOFFICE BILL PASSES. Iron-clad Barrier is Raised Against Importation of Liquor Into Prohibition States. Washington, Feb. 21.?Absolute prohibition legislation took its longest forward stride in the nation's history today when the house, after two hours of uproarious debate, approved by a four to one majority a senate measure which would raise an ironclad barrier against importation of liquor into prohibition States. It is expected to receive the approval of President Wilson within a week, adding immediately to the "bone dry" territory about one-third of conti nental united states. The provision is regarded as the most far-reaching that could be enacted by the federal government and as sweeping as would be possible under any method short of national prohibition amendment. It would cut off entirely liquor importations, amounting now to millions of dollars annually, into the large number of States which have forbidden manufacture or sale but have permitted importation for personal use. Noisy Demonstration. Advocates of prohibition divided among themselves over the expediency of the step, some friends of the cause declaring so drastic a law would have a reactionary effect. In the same way those who have opposed prohibition were not unanimous in opposition when the vote was taken. The roll call brought cheers and cries of "bone dry" from all parts of the house, however, and the result was greeted with a noisy demonstration. The vote as officially announced OOI +a TO Knf o ranli aaL* nf tlm n ao o?i iu i uui a ut v uv roll changed it to 319 to 72. Party lines were completely broken down and numerous representatives from prohibition States were recorded in the negative. So large a vote seldom is recorded on any measure. Bars Liquor Advertisements. A provision barring liquor advertisements from the mails in States that prohibit such advertising is included in the measure, which came before the house as a rider to the annual postoffice appropriation bill, inserted by the senate last week on motion of Senator Reed by a vote of 55 to 11. Although the appropriation bill will go to conference because the house disagreed to other senate amendments, there is little possibility that the prohibition amendment, concurred in without change, will be altered. Members of congress are taking it for granted that President Wilson will approve it. Although some members have given it as their opinions that the legislative features added to the postal bill would not be effective until July 1, the effective date of the appropriations it carries, senators and representatives who are considered authorities, said tonight that all the legislative riders, including the Reed prohibition amendment, would undoubtedly become operative as soon as the president has signed the measure. Dry Advocates Jubilant. The dry advo<~ were jubilant tonight. Representative Webb, of North Carolina, father of the resolution for a national prohibition amendment, declared the overwhelming affirmative vote had killed the State's rights argument and that the national amendment, already reported favorably, certainly would pass the house at this session. The national legislative committee of the ^ anti-saloon league issued a statement saying today's action had "cleared the decks" for a national amendment. Many of the wet advocates in congress, particularly those with brewprs aninn? thoir prmctitnontc ctlcn V* V VMVli VV&AVV1 W1V4A V declared themselves much pleased with the outcome. The brewers are understood to have been in favor of the provision, both because it would curtail the so-called mail order business, carried on by houses dealing in spirituous liquors and because it might prevent States now wet from going dry and indefinittlv postpone pation-wide prohibition. Whiskey Men opposed. 1 Distillers and whiskey dealers, on the other hand, were vigorously opposed to the proposal. There are at this time, Representative Sherley, of Kentucky, declared during the debate, more than 228,0*00,000 gallons of liquor in bond in the United States and 40 per cent, of such liquor heretofore has been sold in partially dry territory. Under the amendment concurred in today, all of this must be sold in absolutely wet territory, probably, he argued, at a great loss. Mr. Sherley made a futile attempt to amend the proposal by ex-1 tending the time when it would go into force for one year. This motion like all others looking to amendment of the measure was overwhelmingly defeated. Because of the defection among LEGISLATIVE HALLS SILENT. South Carolina Lawmakers End Session of Forty-three Hays. Columbia. Feb. 21.?The first ses-! <ion of the seventy-second general assembly came to an end this afternoon, three days beyond the usual forty days. The end was peaceful, all differences between the senate and house having been smoothed out. The senate adjourned sine die at T: 1 "? o'clock this afternoon and the house at 3:20, the motion for final adjournment in the lower body having been made by Chairman Liles. of the ways and means committee, after a message had come from Governor .Manning saying that he had signed the appropriation and county supply bills and had no further communication for them. When the senate sent over word this afternoon that they would not recede from their position on the appropriation bill the house gave up the fight, feeling that their position had been made plain, and that the burden, if any, for the three-milliondollar appropriation bill and the 8 1-2-mill levy was with the senate. Accordingly, they adopted the free conference report on the appropriation bill and made ready for the end. TidweH's Leave Extended. Columbia, Feb. 24.?Governor .Manning has granted an extension of sixty days on the parole of George W. Tidwell, who is serving a sentence of seven years in the penitentiary, having been convicted of manslaughter for killing Emmett Walker at Greenville. The parole was originally granted on account of Tidwell's ill health. It is understood that the extension is for the purpose of giving the board of pardons an opportunity to investigate the case. ALL VOTED DRY. South Carolina Delegation Voted for Reed Amendment. Washington, Feb. 21.?All of the South . Carolina delegation voted today in favor of the amendment inserted in the postoffice appropria-, tion bill by Senator Reed, of Missou-? ri, prohibiting the importation of alcoholic liquor except for medicinal, scientific, sacramental or mechanical purposes into any State which has prohibited the manufacture or sale of liquor within its own borders. This will simply reinforce the South Carolina law which has just been passed by the legislature, but after July 1, next, it will nullify the North Carolina and Virginia stntlltpc nprmittinJ? the importation of limited quantities of liquor each month for personal use. the delegations from such States as the latter underwent much torture today in deciding where they stood. As a rule their delegation voted heavily for the amendment but with faces awry. Many of the "wets" believe the adoption of the amendment will retard the progress of nation-wide prohibition by bringing a reaction. The wiser view perhaps, is the vote shows the rapid growth of the "bone dry" sentiment in the country at large. From the latter point of view if the purpose of the amendment was to throw a monkey wrench into the prohibition machinery the manoeuver was a decided failure. The Reed amendment has very sharp teeth in the shape of a fine of $1,000 for each violation. OUR NATIONAL LIBRARY. Over Two Million Volumes on Its Shelves. "Of the making of books there is no end." The contents of the Congressional library verify the statement of the wise Solomon, declares Thomas F. Logan, in Leslie's. This library now has a total of 2,451,974 books on its shelves. This represents a gain of 88,101 volumes within the year. In addition there are 154,200 maps and charts, 770,248 volumes and pieces of music and 392,905 prints, or nearly 4,000,000 distinct publications in all. Purchases of rare and valuable Chinese, Japanese and Korean collections cov 1 er important recent accessions to the library. Among these are very early Chinese books printed from blocks. There was also obtained a good copy of the oldest Japanese printed work extant, dating back to the thirteenth century, and a collection of the writings of Kaibara, the Benjamin Franklin of Japan. Next in importance among the foreign additions was a large number of Yiddish books. Local additions are provided i for by the law of copyright, which i requires that of every copyrighted j book, pamphlet or song two copies! shall be deposited in the library of I congress. prohibition advocates, the national! board of temperance of the .Methodist Episcopal Church gave out a formal statement tonight saying it had been "absolutely, unequivocally"' in favor of the anti-shipping amendment. BOLL WEEVIL At a meeting at Valdosta, Ga.. the planters of South Carolina. Georgia, and Florida decided to stick to the long staple cotton and fight the bill weevil. The demand for long staple is increasing very fast. Did you ever stop to think that long staple cotton was used in making your automobile tires. We have a beautiful stock of Webber long staple Xo. 82, Hartsville Xo. 9. and the famous inch and a half Couliett long staple, $2 bushel. Also Cleveland Big Boll, $1.75; Dixie Wilt-Resistant, grown under government supervision, $2 bushel: Moss Re-improved, $1.50 bushel. Every farmer should risk several acres of long staple if no more. We can supply you with velvet beans, soy beans, peanuts, millet, peas, seed corn and reliable Garden seeds. Write us your wants. L' Vi icnv A' on Seed Mercliants Orangeburg, S. C. SALE OF LAM) UNDER ORDER OF COURT. United States of America?Eastern District of South Carolina?In the District Court in Equity. S. S. Ray, trustee in Bankruptcy, Complainant, against Enterprise Bank, of Bamberg, Mrs. Bertha Riddle, Mrs. E. E. Ellery, Defendants. Under and by virtue of the above entitled cause, filed February 15th, 1917, I will offer for sale and tfell (subject to confirmation by the Court), at public'auction, before the Court House of Bamberg County, S. C., at 11 o'clock, a. m., on the second day of April, A. D.. 1917: PARCEL A: "ALL those certain lots of land, situate, lying and being in the town of Denmark, in tne County of Bamberg, in the State of South Carolina, on the line of the South Bound Railroad Company, 1 nown as lots No. 1 and 2 in block 53 on the map or plat of said town of Denmark, with the buildings thereon; bounded as follows: On the North by lot No. 3 in said block 53; on the East by a lane; on the South by Sixth street, and on the West by Palmetto avenue. ALSO "ALL those certain lots of land Known as lots zi, zz, Z6y ana zi, Deing the western half of said lots Xos. 21, 22, 23, and 24, in said block 53 here by mortgage and bounded North by lot No. 20 in block 53; on the East by the eastern half of said lots Nos. 21, 22. 23, 24, in said block 53; South by Sixth street and West by a lane, measuring front on Sixth street, fifty feet more or less, by one hundred feet, more or less on said lane. Being same lots of land conveyed to Reka Rich by Philip Rich by his deed dated the sixteenth day of June, 1897, and recorded in the clerk's office for Barnwell County in Book 6-T, at page 173. ALSO '"ALL those certain lots of land situate, lying and being in the town of Denmark, in Bamberg County, in said State, known as lots 3 and 4, in block 53 on map or plat of town of Denmark, end bounded on the North by lots now or formerly of C. L. Wroton; on the East by a lane; on the South by lot No. 2, in block 53, and on the West bv Palmetto avenue. being the same lots conveyed to Reka Rich by L. S. Trotti by his deed dated the first day of January, 1897, and recorded in Barnwell County in Book 6-H, at page 450. And being same land conveyed to the said C. C. Ellzey by Reka Rich by her deed of conveyance dated 29th day of November, 1904. and recorded in the office of the clerk of court for Bamberg County, in Book E, at page 190." PARCEL B: "ALL those certain lots of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the town of Denmark, County " of Bamberg, and State of South Carolina, and known and described in a plat of said town of Denmark, as lots Nos. 2, o, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, in block 54 of said town, which said plat or map was made by W. J. Gooding, Jr., civil engineer, and bears date Dec. 22nd, 1896, and is recorded in the office of the clerk of court for Bamberg County, South Carolina." Terms of sale cash, purchaser to pay all taxes becoming due and pay-1 able after the loth day of February, 1917. A. M. HUGER, 3-29. Special Master. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 certs. A. B. OTSEY | LIFE INSURANCE i Bamberg, South Carolina Auto-Intoxication Causes Death Do you know why you have sick j headache, diabetes, neuralgia, rheu- J matism and liver or kidney troubles? j It's because you are being poisoned' by products cf your own body. Your j organs cf elimination are not work- | ing properly. Waste material that i rhculd be thrown out is being retained 1 to poison and intoxicate your system. ; That could not happen if the bowels j were kept open with Granger Liver i Regulator. This splendid preparation i is purely vegetable and non-alcoholic. | Demand Granger Liver Regulator at ! your drug store?25c a box?and take ; no other. There is nothing "just as jood." NOT ITi: TO CREDITORS AM) DEBTORS. All persons having claims against the estate ot' .Mrs. Laura C. Dowling. deceased, w*ill file the same, duly itemized and verified, with the undersigned Qualified executors within sixty days from the date hereof, and failing so to comply with this notice, will be barred; and all persons indebted to said estate, will make payment to the undersigned executors forthwith. X. P. S.MOAK, Bamberg. S. C. MRS. LIXA DOWLING XEAL, 219 11th Ave., S. \\\, Roanoke, Ya. Bamberg. S. C., February 8th, 191 7,?4t. FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that I, Ella Mitchell, Administratrix of the estate of Jeremiah Mitchell, deceased, will on Saturday, March 17th, 1917, at ten o'clock, a. m., make application before J. J. Brabham, Jr., Judge of Probate, at his office at Bamberg, S. C., for a final discharge as administratrix of the said estate of Jeremiah Mitchell. ELLA MITCHELL, Administratrix. Bamberg, S. C., Feb. 26, 1917.?4t TAX NOTICE. The treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county, school and all other taxes from the 15th day of October, 1916, until the 15th day of March, 1917, inclusive. From the first day of January, 1917, until the 31st day of January, 1917, a penalty of one per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of February, 1917, a penalty of 2 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1917, until the 15th day of March, 1917, a penalty of 7 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. THE LEVY. For State purposes 6 1-2 mills For county purposes 7 mills Constitutional school tax 3 mills Total 14 1-2 mills SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. Bamberg, No. 14 9 mills Binnakers, No. 12 3 mills Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mills Colston, No. 18 4 mills Denmark, No. 21 6 1-2 mills Ehrhardt, No. 22 9 mills Fishpond, No. 5 2 mills Govan, No. 11 4 mills Hutto, No. 6 2 mills Hampton, No. 3 2 mills Heyward, No. 24 2 mills Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 8 mills Lees, No. 23 4 mills Midway, No. 2 .....2 mills Oak Grove, No. 20 4 mills Olar, No. 8 9 mills St. John's, No. 10 ......2 mills Salem, No. 9 4 mills Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills All persons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years of age, except Confederate soldiers and sailors, who are exempt 50 years of age, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar. uapitation aog tax ou cents. All persons who were 21 years of age on or before the 1st day of January, 1916, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar, and all who have not made returns to the Auditor are requested to do so on or before the 1st of January, 1917. I will receive the commutation road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from the 15th day of October, 1916, until! the 1st day of March, 1917. G. A. JENNINGS, Treasurer Bamberg County. I WILL BE AT H rizer's stables i SB OLAR, S. C. H Wm OH the**# Bh Bfi J J JiL II J ^ M gfi znu anu 4in muuuaj 5 mr I DR. J. M. LOVE I EH Veterinary Surgeon A PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines LARCJE5T0CK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, Supply Store. AUGUSTA, GA. Best material and workmanship, light running, requires little power; simple, easy to handle. Are made in several sizes and are good, substantial money-making machines down to the smallest size. Write for catolog showing Engines, Boilers and all Saw Mill supplies. tlU) IRON WORKS & g SUPPLY CO. ? Augusta, Ga. 8 Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in6to!4days. The first application gives Ease and Rest. 50c. IrealestateI T X X PAD O I 4 * rui\ JALL t ?* ^^ ' $ 4** One two-acre lot, two story.dwelling, barns, smoke house, pecan X trees, two servant houses, on Railroad Ave., corner lot, $6,000.00. ^ Also, three-fourths acre of land adjoining property of H. D. A J Free, on Railroad Ave., $750.00. i Also, one acre lot on street leading to G. Frank Bamberg's, JL V $500.00. t t Also, one brick store and lot used as a garage, $1,500.00. X ! V I Also, one brick store used as a grocery store, $2,000.00. ^ T 2 ^ Also, one lot known as J. J. Brabham, containing one and one- 4& J half acres, $250.00. 1 Also, fifteen acres of land on Main St., near South suburbs, suit- ^ V able for Cotton Mill site or peanut factory, $3,000.00. ? J AIoa nnn oiv_rnrvrr> hntlco QTlH Int with flllt hllildinfiTS knOWn X ^ HiOU, Uiit? CiA-? VV/JUi w*MV4 iw ?' -v?. pw VVM V ? ? w ^ as Andrew Bennett house containing one and three-fourth acre V & lots $1,000.00. ? 4^ All of the above described property in Bamberg, S. C. ^ ^ Also, one two-story unfinished house and lot on East Broad St., V ^ Ehrhardt, S. C., $750.00. & 4^> Also, one lot in Denmark three acres, $1,000.00 ^ Any of the above described property can be bought separately V JL or in a lump cash or credit. z 3 f APPLY TO I | BAMBERG REAL ESTATE | I AND BROKERAGE CO. I I 3 ' *t* BAMBtKCi, 5. C. r BILLIONS OF GERMS h?.7???ELS, J Tells You About It 9 Bamberg People Should Learn How No matter whether you farm on a You can fight off the billion of Hastings' 1917 Seed Catalog. It's germs which you swallow. ready now and we have a copy tor How about the uric acid which your you absolutely free, if you ask for it, own system creates? mentioning the name of this paper. Can you conquer that, too? In addition to showing you about all Yes, if your kidneys work right. varieties of vegetables, farm - . J__.x grass, clover and flower seeds, this - ~ n P^U orlrricatalog tells how you can get free fire ness or discolored urine splendid varieties of easily grown, yet Soon warn you of graver peril. beautiful flowers, with which to beauYou must live more simply? tify your home surroundings. That's what Bamberg has found. Good seeds of almost every kind Use Doan's Kidney Pills to strength- are scarce this season, and yon can't en your Sidneys. afford to take chances in your seed Easy to verify local testimony. supply. Hastings' Seeds are dependRPAri thi* pocp- able seeds, the kind you can always ,Mrs. A. D. Jordan. Bridge St., Bamberg, says: "I had pains in my back tMg aprlng.g^y not success . and dizzy spells at times. In the 80 jar a8 poggjble by starting with morning when I got up, I was sore the right seed? Don't thke chances and stiff. I was bothered by excess that you do not have to. rr> in . Write today for Hastings' 1917 tic pains. I used Doan's Kidney Catalog. It's free and will both interPills with good results and doa i est help you to succeed in 1917. hesitate to recommend them." Til*" ^/ Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't Atlanta. Ga.-AdTt , simply ask for a kidney remedy?get I Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that DT TD __ - ___ ? Mrs. Jordan had. Foster-Milburn Co., KUB OUT I^AIN Props., Buffalo, N. Y. with good oil liniment That's the sureit way to stop them. ^ The best rubbing liniment isjj I Now Well I MUSTANG 8 "Thed ford's Black-Draught III HI I HI JP HI TP 9 is the best all-round medicine I I Nj I IWl N I | Ierer used," writes J.A. | 0 - ^ , , ... J MS |f Good jot the Ailments of H Sleelman, of Pattonvflle, Texas. Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. II "I suffered terribly with liver Kj 9 troubles, and could get no relief. H Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, | The doctors said I had con- B Cuts, Bums, Etc. i ^ < *? A. ? A _ 11 V-W ? I sumption. I could not work at H all. Finally I tried I sssssr __ WHAT IS THEDFORD'S I ay F A A BUCK- ILAA-FUS UX-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA nOAIIPUT I A Digestive Laxative UnAubn I I CATHARTIC AND UVER TONIC WWII! lax-fos is not a Secret or Patent Medi cine bat is composed of the following . ? and to my surprise, 1 got bettef, old-fashioned roots and herbs: and am to-day as well as any H cascara bark man." Thedford's Black- i blue flag root Draught is a general, cathartic, i rhubarb root l r a- i black root vegetable liver medicine, that h may apple root has been regulating irregulari- H senna leaves ties of the liver, stomach and | and pepsin bowels, for over 70 years. Get H ln tne mascara is improvea oy SB . , mk the addition of these digestive ingredi|SH a package today. Insist on the Bj ents making it better than ordinary Casm genuine?Thedford's. E-70 cara. and thus the combination acts not hS |H only as a stimulating laxative and catharBi i h|| i iiiewMMmJiu!tic but also as a digestive and liver tonic. i Svrnp laxatives are weak, but Lax-Fos J __ combines strength with palatable, aroErr TTT?-xrnr?-DQri'Kr matic taste and does not gripe or disturb A** tjje stomach. One bottle will prove 4 ... , T Lax-Fos is invaluable for Constipation, Attorney-at-lsaw I Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price 50c. General Practice. Loans Negotiated.! ??? bambkrg. s.c. R.P.BELLINGER ATTORNEY AT LAW To Cure a Cold In One Day MONEY TO LOAN. Take laxative bromo Quinine, it stops the Office Over Bamberg Banking Co. Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. General fractice E- w. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c. t