The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 08, 1917, Page 4, Image 4

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tETfie pamberg Strait) ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Thursday, March 8, 1917. The health of Bamberg is pretty good at present, but we are expecting to hear of a good many cases of illness after the 25th of April. The paper situation must be pretty bad when the Yorkville Enquirer uses ordinary news paper instead of high grade book paper to print its "Take out my advertisement," said a gentleman Saturday who had inserted a 25c "For Sale" advertisement one time: "I have received enough applications already." Advertisements in The Heraid bring results. When you try every other kind of advertising, and fail to get results, put an ad. in The Herald. 1 nat is a very iu teres 11115 yictu suggested by Dr. V. \V. Brabham, health officer of Orangeburg county, to stamp out malaria in that county. Dr. Brabham proposes that every person residing in a malarial section, or who has in the past suffered from malaria, take quinine every Saturday during spring and summer months. This is a simple plan, one that can easily be carried out by everybody, and would be just as effective in Bamberg as Orangeburg county. You will soon have to be sick to .get even one quart a month; and it is not at all certain that you can get it then. We have not yet seen an authoritative opinion as to whether or not, under the Reed amendment, liquor can be shipped into South Carolina, even for "medicinal" purIf tViQ T?ooH amonrimpnt rinPK PUOCO. 11 llic AVVVU V% AAA v** V4 ~ not make the State "bone dry," one quart a month may be had, under the State law, by making application to the probate judge, declaring that the booze is to be used for medicine, and paying him a fee of ten cents. A measure has been offered in the Ohio legislature to forbid any newspaper from printing an advertisement of any financial proposition unless the same has been passed on and approved by a financial department of the State government. We don't believe in so much legislation regulating newspapers, but, at the first glance a measure of this kind commends itself, We don't think any reputable newspaper would print an advertisement of any proposition which is known to be doubtful, but it is a fact that many people are swindled by alluring advertisements of disreputable financial schemes. If the people would first investigate for themselves, no such measure would j be needed, but as the public generally loves to be buncoed, it is hardly to be hoped that they will ever do vii I?j. We presume that Senators La Follette and Stone thought they were doing their country a great service when they blocked the legislation that President Wilson asked for. We presume that they were sincere. But there is something wrong with a system whereby a handful of men can prevent a vast majority from carrying out such a programme as proposed last week in congress. The poll of senators showed that the senate stood 76 to 13 in favor of backing the president up. The ^thirteen completely ruled the 76. Now it seems squarely up to the majority of 76 to enact such rules that such a thing will be impossible in the future, and then go ahead and do what the president asked to be done. We have learned from past experience that when Wilson asks congress for anything, that thing is needed, and needed mighty bad. Joke Was on the Counsel. The fair plaintiff's counsel in the breach of promise case thought that he would make life a burden to the unfortunate young man who was the unwilling defendant. . "Do you mean to say, ne asKea, ^fter a lot of embarrassing questions, "that after you had been absent for an entire month you did not kiss the plaintiff, to whom you were engaged to be married, when you first saw her on your return?" "I do," responded the defendant, firmly. "Will you make that statement to the jury?" "Certainly, if necessary." "Do you think they would believe you?" "One of them would, I know." "Ah, indeed, why should he?" "Because he was present when I first saw her. He was at the gate when 1 rode up, and she stuck her head out of the second story window, and I asked her. 'How d'ye do?' and said I'd be back to supper in half an hour. I'm no giraffe." And everybody in the court smiled except the barrister.?Boston Journal. Names have been given to 727 minor planets and new ones are being discovered all the time. BRUSQUE TO LA FOLKTTK. Tillman Wouldn't Allow Wisconsin Senator to Sit in His Seat. Washington. .March r>.?An incident which was much noticed in the senate chamber during the ceremony of swearing in the vice president was the brusque manner in which Senator Tillman repulsed Senator La Follette, leader of the filibuster, which defeated the presidential empowering bill yesterday, when La Follette came into the senate late and attempted to take a vacant seat by which "Pitchfork" Ben was standing. Senator Tillman thrust the Wisconsin man aside, remarking with vehemence: "You can't sit here, this is my seat"?and perhaps something more. The Singing Quail. It is, perhaps, a matter of some chagrin as well as of satisfaction', to the q.uail to learn that he has been put into the list of song birds. He realizes, of course, that we have, at last, done the right thing by him, but there is considerable, humiliation in the thought that it had to be left to us?that sing as he might he was unable to establish his reputation as a j songster. It is not his voice which has saved him from being eaten, but ! that, on the contrary, a sympathetic world, in order to have an excuse for not eating him, has decided to pretend that he has ^a voice which is worth protecting. Things do mix themselves up that way and there seems to be little justice in such a mixture. As a matter of justice the quail should long &go have been recognized as a song bird for the sake of his song. It is only that part of the world that hears with its ears alone that has never recognized the quail as a song bird. Of course the quail has known all along that he was a song bird. He knew it from the way he felt when he whistled his bit of melody as he scurried about among the meadow grasses or swung over the tall spears of wheat. Those of us who know less perhaps j of musical values as registered by our ears have learned to hear with I something inside of us and we have heard the quail sing many and many a time. We have wandered along country roadsides where rail fences were a jumble of blackberries, elders and wild roses, and have listened to the quail's persistent lilting call from the fields behind the fences. It has set us whistling "Bob White" and led us into a ridiculous duet that began and ended with the 'same delightfully senseless words. Such a duet was, maybe, not a musical thing to hear, but it was a musical thing to take part in, and those of us who have joined in the quail's song have never considered him anything else than ai song bird. He has always seemed to be full of song, although he never got beyond the beginning of it as far as vocal expression was concerned,! J -.1 _ 1-: - J a Innflr ! ana uiere is many a uuu wim a iuus~ er repertory that knows nothing of what he sings. It is, of course, a singing heart that counts with a bird as with the rest of us, and though a cat bird may trill and staccato his imitations from morning till night he is not so good a song bird as is the quail with his two happy notes.?Indianapolis News. A Wife's Repartee. A party of young men were taking dinner at a fashionable cafe a few nights ago, when one of them who is somewhat a jester, called the waiter and said: \ "John, go and call Main on the 'phone. If a woman answers, it will be my wife. Tell her that I instructed you to say that I am in the police station for a few hours and will not be at home for dinner. Say to her that the possibilities are that I shall not be at home tonight. Understand me, sir?" John winked a couple of times in a knowing way, bowed defferentially and suggested: "supposm ? "Supposing nothing, sir! If she asks who is talking, tell her it is the turnkey at the central station, and she'll never know who told her the lie." The waiter ambled away and was presently seen to be having a good deal of fun with himself. The jester inferred that it might have something to do with his case and called him over. "What's amusing you, John?" "Wouldn't like to tell you, sir; at least right here." "I guess these fellows understand. Let'er go!" "Missus says to tell her husband she is glad he is so nicely located for the night. She knows where he is for once."?Cleveland Leader. An inclosed car that is heated by electricity is used as an ambulance in a large Wyoming coal mine. It is estimated that the daily attendance at the moving picture theatres in the United States is more than 25,000,000. NEUTRALS DON'T STOP WARS. With One Exception, Modern Conflicts Have Reen to the Finish. Just how much ice does a neutral cut with belligerents at war? Open your history and see. Only one great war in recent times was ended by a neutral. Xo neutral ever ended one of Frederick the Great's conflicts. The Napoleonic wars ran over a period of 20 years. Xo campaign had a period inserted after it by a neutral power. We fought the American Revolution to a conclusion, as the seven years' war and the accompanying struggle between France and England had been fought to a finish never heeding the word of a neutral. Bismark engineered three important wars against Denmark, Austria and France. He won them all, and stopped when he was ready, but not when a neutral suggested it. Neutrals talked and suggested an end of the Civil war long before Lee and Johnston surrendered their armies, but Lincoln's idea was that a peace that left the real issue unsettled meant that tens of thousands of soldiers would have died in vain. The Crimean war ended when the belligerents got good and ready. So did the Boer war end when one combatant was unable to continue. Theodore Roosevelt is the only neutral who has ended an important war in 150 years. He won the Nobel peace prize for bringing Japan and Russia to the United States to stop their battles.?Girard, in the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Fined for Winning His Case. "When I graduated from the law school," said the old lawyer, with a reminiscent smile, "I took Horace Greely's advice and went west. I located in a little town that then was on the frontier and waited with the confidence of youth for clients. Before I had fairly opened my office I was retained to defend a man for stealing a horse. This elated me very much, for I was not aware at the time that the case had been refused by all the other lawyers in the town, as defending a horse.thief was not a thing to be desired if a man valued his life. The case came for trial before an old judge and jury composed of bewhiskered ranchers. There was no doubt that the man was guilty, but he had a number of friends who were willing to swear anything, and I thought it my duty to make the, best possible use of them. They were all willing to swear that the defendant was 40 miles away from the spot when the horse was stolen, and the prosecution was unable to break down their testimony. I saw that I was going to free my t client, so it was with a satisfied air that I saw the jury leaving the room to prepare the verdict. They were back in five minutes, and the old judge asked them if they had suc| ceeded in arriving at a verdict. ' ' * J A 1 /? I ""We nave, answered tne iure-j man, as he shifted the gun he car-! ried on his hip. "We find the de fendant not guilty, an' recommendj I the defendant's lawyer, owin' to his youth and innocence, to the mercy of the court." '"While I was gasping for breath the judge fined me $500 and suspended sentence long enough for me to get out of town. It wasn't law, but ; I didn't stop to argue the matter."?J Seattle Post-Intelligence. An Elopement Spoiled. I "Papa is just too mean for anything," said the girl in blue bitterly. "What's the matter?" asked the; /girl in gray. j "Well, of course you heard of my; marriage?" "Oh, yes, of course. Wasn't that; just lovely?" "No, it wasn't," returned the girl in blue, sharply. "Why, I thought it was," said the: girl in gray, in surprise. "I heard i that you eloped." "We did." "And that your father was chasing' all over the country for you." "Well he wasn't. He acted just as mean as he could about it." "'What did he do?" "He didn't do anything. I thought he'd make an awful fuss and get the story in all the papers and then peo' i * * ii 3 i x ^ I pie wouia nave laiaeu auout uui iumance, and we'd have been somebody. But he didn't make any fuss about it at all." "That was strange," said the girl in gray. "It was more than strange: it was| downright mean. It just spoiled all the effect of the elopment. And that wasn't the meanest part of it either." "What else did he do." "We came back and tried to get up a little something dramatic by walking into the parlor and announe-, ing that we were man and wife, he I spoiled it all by just looking up from j his paper and saying, 'Well, that lets | me out of the cost of a wedding, j doesn't it?' Why, I was so disap-! pointed that I almost cried."?Chicago Herald. 44BOXK DRY" BILL SIGNED. House Passes Resolution Designed to Postpone Enforcement. Washington, March 3.?President Wilson today signed the postoffice Appropriation bill, containing the "bone dry" prohibition provision. The "bone dry" provision became effective when the president signed the postal bill. Six Southern States, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and at least eight others are added to "bone dry" States, and hereafter it will be unlawful to import liquor in any quantitv rorcnrnl nco A rlrsirtcq<a nnrl Tennessee already were bone dry under State law. Florida, Louisiana and Texas are not affected by the "bone dry" provision. The same bill prohibits delivery in the mails of any publication or cori respondence bearing liquor advertising in States which by their own laws prohibit such advertising within their borders. House Resolution. By a vote of 284 to S6 the house today adopted a joint resolution designed to postpone enforcement of the "bone dry" amendment to the postoffice bill, which became effective today, until July 1. Supporters of the resolution entertain a faint hope that it can be rushed through the senate before adjournment. Some members of congress, including Representative Randall, of California, the prohibitionist, contend that the resolution would not legally extend the effective date because the L -? -L. J a. a T5 a m An/? rv) avi f U1I1, IliUlUUing, tile IICCU auicuumciu, already had been signed by the president, and its provisions could be changed only by passage of a law amending it. Others said if it passed the senate the resolution could be signed by the president on the legislative day of March 3, the same date of his signature of the bill, and would stand in court as a part of the bill itself. Might Have Vetoed It. Representative Moon, of Tennessee, chairman of the postoffice committee, who offered the resolution, declared that President Wilson, who signed the bill today, would have vetoed it if he had not been assured the extension until July 1 would be granted by congress. Some of the most active "dry" workers, including Democratic Leader Kitchin and Representative Sims, of Tennessee, joined with "wet" representatives in urging adoption of the resolution. They were opposed oy | Representative Howard, of Georgia, and Representative Almon, of Alabama. Supporters of the resolution insisted fairness should warant its adoption. They declared that many distillers, taken unawares by the law so suddenly enacted, had large stocks of liquor on hand, which they could not possibly move under the statute as it stands except at a loss. Many banks, too, it was declared, hold large amounts of warehouse certificates upon which they have advanced money, that would be of doubtful value if the law were not amended. Representative Howard denounced the resolution bitterly. Enough "wet" spots, such as Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati, remain, in which distillers can dispose of their stocks, he said. He predicted these cities would be "dry" in two years. . Free. "Scribbles is a freethinker, is he not?" "Well, no editor will give him anything for his thoughts." . . _ i The Quinine That Does Hot Affect The Heao Because of its touic and laxative effect, LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name snci look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. 25c. XOTICK. By virtue of order of the Court of date February 24, 1917, we will offer for .sale on Friday, March 16, 1917. at 10 o'clock, a. m., on the J. A. Spann Guess place near Bamberg, . S. C., the following described per- ? sonal property: g Three mules, certain wagons, corn, * fodder, cotton seed. hogs, and prob- g ably other articles in connection with g the said farm. The terms of the said j sale, cash. t Anyone interested can get informa- ^ tion at the Peoples Bank, Bamberg . S. C. A. M. DEXBO W. BANK OF TROT, \] As Receivers for the Estate of J. L A. Spann. 2't. L /.irr 1 rpt/W L"I I 1 j The State of South Carolina, Court- | ty of Bamberg?By J. .J. Brabham, j Minor, made suit to me to grant her z letters of administration of the es- ^ tate and effects of John R. Minor. t These are. therefore, to cite and k admonish all and singular the kin- lr dred and creditors of the said John R. Minor, deceased, that thev be and appear before me, in the Court of , Probate, to be held at Bamberg, on March 16th. 1917, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 28th dav of February, Anno domini, 1917. J. J. BRABHAM, JR.. Judge of Probate. o <' Willful Waste Brings Woeful Want. DON'T spend as you go. Don't scatter your dollars. Plan to set aside a certain sum for the bank. None can tell' when a business reverse, loss of position or siege of illness, .< will overtake him. You'll find that in adversity your bankbook is your best friend. We offer every banking facility... K Call on us and we'll be glad to explain our system. $ <1 4 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Savings Deposits. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS ----- $100,000.0? Bamberg Banking Co. r i 1 TCSTATE OP PHILIP SEYMOUR, Dec'd. I I Philip Seymour, aged 48, died suddenly, heart disease, leaving no will, but a widow, and two young children. Court named administrator to wind up ^ Estate. Administrator never knew Seymour or his :f dffairs. Because of ignorance at end of year Estate showed loss of $10,000. Seymour had taken a chance ?put off making his will?and his neglect cost his wife and babies $10,000. May we tell you why this could not happen to ANY Estate where we sfre (Executor? We will be glad to advise you without charge. *A11 consultations ' strictly confidential. A BAMBERG BANKING COMPANY : "RflmVierir. C. A^A A A^A A4A A^A A^A Ihoney to loan! T ' 7 ' 7 ' t Y T A T ' f A T Y ' { f I represent a company that is-anxious f Y to put out money in this county, and I 7 <|> am in a position to negotiate loans of $ *{* from $2,000 up on good farm property, 4 at low rates and for long terms. tl ^ I A. M. DENBOwf 4 BAMBERG, :::::::: SOUTH CAROLINA - > DAI I U7ETVII I KLECTIOX NOTICE. DULL YYEiEiYlL ! Notice is hereby given that upon .. Tr .. ~ the written petition of more thaD . At a meeting at ^aldosta, Ga., ^ e 0ne?tliird of the resident electors, Planters or soum tarouna, ucuisia, i j 1;i j t^i - j . .. . . . in?? ana a like proportion of tne resiaent nntfnn Qnri fiHit tbl Rnii Wpp? ' free-holders of Govan school district staple: cotton and fight the Boll Wee-, Xo n> of Bamberg countVf s> c# at. + J ma" o- n*H vmi pvif the age of -1 years? an election will steadily increasing Did ou eve be held at the Govan school houSe on t.? think about the q,uanLt\of Tuesday March the 13th, 1917, for ong staple cotton used m automobile the of j j a s iaj v v8m . L vf t 1 !of 4 a? ^al a?d personal Webber long staple No. 8-, Harts | property in Govan school district No. i if n ?e * ni p ? i 1 ! Only such electors as return real i halt Couliette long staple. Pr1^ or personal property for taxation, are >L per bushel. Every farmer should residents 0f Govan school district No. lsk sevral acres it no more We al- ^ and ex]libjt their tax receipts and i? have Cleveland Big Boll, $l_.7o per registration certificates as required jushel: Moss Improved, per in generaj elections, shall be allowed rnshel, and the DIXIE WILT RE- tQ ? t 5ISTAXT that will flourish on your Electors favoring the levy of 4 .?lit lands, per bushel. Our seed m|iis special tax will cast a ballot ire irom reliable farmers only. We containing the word "YES" printed vill quote prices on large quantities. or written thereon, and electors op- J > t can suppiy you v,lth velvet beans, p0Sed to the levying of the 4 mills south Carolina grown soy beans, pea- Specja] tax will cast a ballot contain- ; luts, millet, peas and seed corn. jng j.be wor(] "XO" printed or writrrust us with your order. jr probace Judge: F. MASON ( HIM & CO. Whereas. Mrs. Emma Owens * Orangeburg, S. C. ten_ thereon. i r The polls will be opened at 7 a. m., - - ~ . I and closed at. 4 p. m. J. P. Carter B. It. carter "Mcp Eubanks_ j B Brownin?f PAPTPP At PAT?T!i,"R an(* fj- ^enne(iy are appointed ^w wxiXi???iXL managers to conduct said election. Attorneys-at-Law . ? GENERAL PRACTICE j. H. A. CARTER. BAMBERG, S. C. County Board of Education. ^^Bamberg, S. C., Feb. 21, 1917. i