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PERSONAL MENTION.
i
JE^eople Vfciting in This City and at J
Other Points,
?J, T. Carter, Esq., spent .Monday i
in Barnwell.
?.Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cope spent
the *?'eek-end in Rock Hill.
-?Mrs. N. Z. Pelder is spending
some time in Savannah, Ga.
?Mrs. Melle Pringle, of Sumter,
is visiting Miss Genevieve Kirsch.
?Miss Minnie Lee Ayer- who
teaches at Blenheim, spent las* week-end
at home.
?Mr. R. 1*. Zeigler, of Denmark,
was in the <city last Thursday.?
Hampton Hseraid.
?Mrs, S, R. Wilson, uaf Greenwood,
speiti Sunday in the city with
Mrs. M. I*. Johns.
?Miss iRuth Hern&ca, who is
teaching mear Walterhoro, spent last
week-end at home,
?Mrs. C. J. FiefcL, tof Bamberg
was a -recent visitor in the city.?
Charleston American.
?-All. and Mrs, W.. I. Johns, of
Baldock, spent Sunday in the city
with Mrs. M. L. Johns.
?Miss Kate Rentz, teacher in the
Waltecboro school, spent the week-?
end at. her home in the city.
?Mass Willie Dean Andrews, at
Orangeburg, was a recent visitor at
the heme of Mrs. L. E. Livingston.
?Miss Josephine Adams, who .is i
teaching near Canr0en, spent the,
week-end at her home near the city:. ;
?Miss Leona Brabham, of Coker
-college. Hartsville, .spent a few days i
in the city last week: and this week.
?J3rs. George S. Smith, of Colnm-i
bia, spent a few days in the city last j
week with her mother, Mrs, J. A.
r* ja
.ovru_
?Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Whetstone
and children, of Branchville, spent
( Sunday in the city .with Mrs. C. E.
Simmons. \
?Rrof. J. F. Entminger, a member
ojf'.the faculty of Bailey Military
Institute. Greenwood, was in the city
Saturday. /
.L- ?Miss Genevieve !Kirsch has returned
sto the city from Charleston,
where She has been visiting relatives
and friends.
?CoL W. A. Klauber. Qf Bamberg,
spent last Sunday in St. George with
his father, Mr. L. A. Kiauber.?Dor(
Chester Eagle. ?Mr.
and Mrs. Jobs -H. Cope and
Mr. and Mts. Glenn Cope were among
the visitors to the automobile show
in Columbia last week.
?\frc v A Adams has returned
- tto the city .from the Baker sanirtasrium,
Charleston, where .she has
been under treatment for swne time.
?Mr. and Mrs. Kirkland, (Of Ehrharit,
and Mrs. Eddie Yarn, of
Moselle, visited Mrs. B. F. Yajm Sunday.?Varnville
<cor. Hampton Herald
?Mr. Thomas Ducker befit Monday
n^ght for Greenwood-to attend
the State W. O. W. convention,, as a
4- delegate from the local Woodmen
lodge.
/ N
S ?Mr. J. J. Heard, farm demonstration
agent for Bamberg county,
was in town several days the latter
part of the week.?Walterhoro Press
and Standard.
v.
?Miss Leone Bamberg, stenographer
for.the Southern Carolina association,
spent the week-end with
relatives at Bamberg.?Welterboro
Press and Standard.
?Mr. Alex Speaks, of Bamberg,
was in town Monday. Mr. Speaks
lost a building here in the fire, but
m will soon begin the erection of another
one.?Varnville cor. Hampton
Herald. *
?Mr. F. B. Wheeler, a-member of
The Herald staff, returned Monday
from Sumter, where he was called
last Thursday on account of the sudden
death of his father, Mr. R. G.
Wheeler.
?Mr. and Mrs. G. Move Dickin,
son, and Mesdames H. J. Brabham,
B. T. Felder, C. E. Wilson, W. G.
Hoffman and J. W. Price motored to
Augusta Tuesday, returning Tues^
day night.
\TnnHav aftornnnn a email fira nr
curred in the residence occupied by
Mr. H. G. Fox on Midway avenue.
The blaze was extinguished before
the arrival of the fire hose. Very
little damage was done.
?Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bessinger, Mrs.
, M. E. Baltzegar, and Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Thomas, of Cope, motored to
Columbia Friday, and spent a most
pleasant and enjoyable day.?Orangeburg
Times and Democrat.
?Miss Harriedelle Free, of Coker
college, Hartsvilie, accompanied by
** . Miss Belva Jones, of Florence, spent
a few days in the city last week. Miss
Free attended the Myers-Crosby wedding
in Chester last Wednesday evening.
\
-?Miss Ruth Folk, of Denmark,
Miss Ada Belle . McLaughlin, of
Bishopville, Burley Bedenbaugh and
W. L. Bedenbaugh were the guests
last week of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Richards on Maole street.?Columbia
State.
*
HAM) GUKSADft USED IX 153?k
Baadly Implement Hecorded as Var
Back vas 4h?e Siege of Aries*
The use of hand grenades as an
implement of war dates back nearly
four centuries, and this deadly
weapon remains today, as m the sixteenth
century, one of the most effective
weapons of warfare, says a
New York special to the Indianapolis
News. In the current issue of the
United States Infantry Journal, published
by officers of that arm of the
regular service, there is an article
dealing with grenades, which is a
translation from the German military
publication, Mflitar-Wochenblatt.
"Hand grenades," the article
-r- c oo "3T1 i 1717*1 OniOTlt rtf TT2V Y* faCT"
1 CWi O) UO IA*4 A my *Vi*l C WA . *- wT
date back many centuries. History
reeords their use as far back as ll>36
at the siege of Aries. Up to the
diose of the eighteenth century soldiers
were trained in the throwing
nof hand grenades. They were for
that reason called grenadiers.
"The grenadiers 'were "hollow balls
of iron or other metal, aboettwo and
a half inches in diameter, fitted with
powder and iprovided with -a fuse,
which was lighted "before being!
thrown. At first there were a few
in each regiment, later -entire companies
were formed, and still lat%r j
every infantry battalion had its own
grenadier oempany, which in the different
armies had precedence over'
the other companies at parades and!
i
other formations. This continued toj
be the case long after the grenadiers ]
had ceased to carry grenades, which j
had originally gfren .them their]
names; their distinguishing characteristic
became their great height
and their peculiar headdress (grena-!
dier caps.)
"Daring the war between Russia.;
and Japan hand grenades were again j
used in great quantities by both
[sides, especially in fighting at close!
quarters, and in assanlts on the dif-j
[ferent forts about Port' Arthur.
Those of the Japanese were in the
shape of a small, thin cylinder, about
eight inches Jong and three inches
-?hick, which were filled with explosives,
and had a safety fuse in the
<eover. If the ifuse was lighted before
throwing, the grenade woiflri have
about nine seconds to reach ists destination
before exploding. It did
not, however, burn long enough to
hatke it possible for the enemy to
piCkiit up and thatow it away before it
[ could do any damage.
Return to Former Types.
"ill a general way these grenades
and their use imBcate a return to
former types. Any conserve can^ fill- j
ed w&h powder or ^namite and provided
with a fuse, <s>uld accomplish
about !t&ie same damage.
"Nevertheless, the effect of these1
hand grenades, especially in an enclosed
space, was very great. For
example, an one occasion a guard o? I
seventeen men in the guard room
were killed by the explosion of an
improvised grenade of ihis type,
which consisted of a piece of guncotton
provided with a fuse, and
which was thrown into the room
through a window.
"As the effect of the grenades is
great, especially when they are used
TA*r/N?? kl A f A r*
CitJici unuci Lav\j*auv^uauitiujuo, iui
example, in the hands of an assaulting
column or a sortie, detachment,
the Japanese employed special protective
nets, which consisted of
wooden frames covered with strong
wire netting from 120 to 210 centimeters
high, when working on fortifications
at close range from the
enemy. .V
"If hand grenades attained so
satisfactory an effect in an improvised
form it is not surprising that the
inventors' mind occupied itself with
this means of combat, and has endeavored
to adapt it to the requirements
of modern warfare.
"First of all, it was very important
to invent a projectile that would
unite deadly effectiveness with complete
safety to the thrower. Mr.
Aasen, the Danish inventor, constructed
a number of hand, rifle and
mine grenades, which are said to fulfill
these requirenients.
"The hand grenades are carried
by a man until required and then
thrown by hand. The rifle or 'howitzer'
grenades are fired from a firm
rest, such as a wooden stand made
from a rifle placed on the ground
and directed at various angles of elevation
by means of stakes. The mine
grenade is anchored in the ground
and discharged by electricity upon
approach of the enemy.
"The following report is made of
the tests which the inventor held
with his grenades on his private
proving ground in Copenhagen:
"Seven men behind cover fired volleys
at a group of eighty wooden'
double silhouettes, distributed over a j
space of 900 square meters under:
cover. From the first volley ninetythree
hits were made on forty-three
silhouettes. After the third volley
seventy-two targets showed 168 hits.
The distance was between 300 and
400 meters.
Weight of Rifle Grenade.
"The rifle grenade weighs about
550 grams. It contains seventy-two
Clarksburg's Ambition.
i
Shifting State capitals by arbitrary J
legislative action is by no means common.
The most recent instance was
the moving of the seat of the Oklahoma
government from Guthrie to s
Oklahoma City, but Oklahoma was i
a new State, and the people had not
become accustomed to any capital.
The shift brought no breaking of ?
home ties. Other States, such as <
Missouri, Kentucky, .Michigan and j
Louisiana, retain small Tillages or j
towns as their capitals, despite the 1
tact that they -contain great and im
portant cities.
Some may remember when Milledgeville
was the capital of Georgia ,
and when New Haven shared with
Hartford the honor 'of being capital .
of Connecticut; and it was comparatively
recently that Newport ceased
to rank -as one e'f the capitals of f
Rhode 'Ipiand. Ohio's change from
Chillicmhe to Columbus was so long
ago that few Ofcians are aware -that,
the Ross county city was ever the
capital,
A bill is now pending in the West
Virginia legislature to move the (-capital
.from Charleston to Clarksbnrg.
Both towns tare centrally situated.
| Charleston lias 10,000 inhabitants;
Clarksburg 3,.000. The difference is
| not ?nough to be of weight in a
t State that possesses only one city of
I imnnrtflnfip Whprfrne:. deSDite its
location, vras the first capital of the
State, but "was compiled to yds Id the
honor to Charleston. There was
.some reason for the Wheeling-Charleston
shift; there is none apparent
tn the proposed shift from ^Charleston
to Clarksburg.
It is not likely that the 'West Virginia
Legislature trill give serious atthan.
to tlielClarkslrorg proposition.?
Cleveland :T3ain Dealer.
Cuttlefish preserved in its own ink
is the only preserved-in-ink foodstuff
known to us.
bullets weighing 2.5 grams.and sev!
enry-two grams of explosives. The
| seventy-two bullets cover a space of
jat^east tar& to fifty square meters.
The rifle grenade may be fired from
ansordinarr.army rifle at aay range
upito about 400 meters. The great
destructive effect of the grenade is
due .to the Met that the explosion
takes place immediately after the
grenade strikes the ground before it
i has had time to bury itself in .the soil.
"The 'howitzer' grenade weighs
one kilogram and contains 215 bullets
ami a bursting charge weighing
2041 grams. It can be thrown with
the bawl forty meters or with a 'how^I
itzer' 300 meters. The 'howitzer' is
a contrivance made of a cylinde^ and
weighs twelve kilograms. It may be
carried like a rifle. The bnllats of
this greaade cover a semi-circular
space of st least eighty square .meters
and spread only .to the front and
laterally,, "but not to the rear toward
the thrower. They ane, therefore, <of
special value for fighting at close
quarters.^ They are constructed eo
that they may he exploded only after
tU&ey have traveled eight meters toward
the^ target
"Tests with this kind of grenades
had the following results:
"Volleys were fired from 'seven
'howitzers' at a group of eighty figures
distributed over a space of 900
square meters at distances of 280 to
310 meters. After the fourth volVI'AMA
V*if 119
lev SIALJ -eigne XI &U1 n cic me XT u
times.
"The hand grenade weighs one
kilogram and contains 190 bullets
weighing 2.4 grams and a bursting
charge weighing 110 grams.' In contrast
to the above described 'how- ,
itzer' grenade, the bullets fly in ,
every direction, so that it is only ]
adapted for throwing from cover, A ,
volley of seven grenades, thrown by j
hand from cover, made 119 hits on ]
thirty-three figures against the tar- 1
get already described.
"The last kind of these grenades
is the mine grenade. It weighs
about four kilograms and contains
400 3.3-gram bullets and a 200-gram
bursting charge. The 400 bullets
will cover a space of at least 800
square meters. These grenades together
with their electrical connections
are placed about one-half meter
under the surface of the ground,
so that they are completely invisible
to the enemy.
"When it is set off, the grenade ?
rises about three-fourths of a meter ^
above the eronnd. then exDlodes and c
throws the bullets in all directions | 1
parallel with the ground. At a dis- ?
tance of ten meters the bullets will s
go through wood at least 100 milli- *
meters thick and retain deadly ef- 1
feetiveness for a distance of fifty me- 1
ters. A detachment of 100 men can v
lay a line of these mines over a *
front of 4,000 meters in less than ^
two hours. (
"In a test three mine grenades *
were laid in the corners of a trian- s
gle whose legs were thirty meters
long, among a group of 145 wooden \
double silhouettes that were scatter- 1
ed over a space of 2,700 square me- 1
ters. The grenades were set off
electrically, one after the other. The 1
result was that 120 silhouettes were c
hit 700 times." a
THK SEISMOGRAPH IX WAR. I
!
>esigned to Detect Earthquake, Now
Used to Locate Guns.
The seismograph, originally de- j
igned to detect earthquakes, is beng
used in Europe to locate the
inemy's big guns.
A trained observer can distinguish
accurately between the disturbance
caused by a falling projectile and by
;nn firing and can tell the number,
position and calibre of the guns.?
\"ew York Independent.
I*ractica3 Sympathy.
He sat solemnly upon the top step
almost directly under the streamer of
white crepe and accepted with gravity
the offerings of candy and other
childish treasures. Perhaps twenty
of his playmates had gathered about
him and the kindly faced old lady
whose quick sympathy took in the
meaning rff the tableau halted her
companion the better to observe.
"Isn't that just too sweet," she
said, with gentle enthusiasm. "The
poor litfle chap has lost his little
brother or sister and his playmates
are offering the best sympathy they
know. Now look at that little tot,"
as one tiny girl pushed her way
through the crowd and thrust a cigarette
coupon into his overflowing
hands. "It's all she has to. offer,
dear Jittle thing, but she gives it willingly
to show her sympathy with her
little playfellow. I am going to
give her a penny to give him."
Tie tot was an the outskirts of
the crowd and the od lady beckoned
to her. ^
"Has that little boy lost his sister?"
she demanded.
?Naw, his briifider died," was the
anssrer.
'lAnd you are trying to eonsole
him. It's just too sweet," was the
enthusiastic comment. "You are
giving him your little treasures to
make him forget Jtis loss?"
"Xaw," was the unexpected reply.
^.iSten de funeraTs over we're goin'
to git some of de flowers. Dat's
what"?Pittsburg Post.
A Business Man's Prayer.
Deliver us from the passive, inactive
individual who whistles for want
of thought?the languor-loving lemon.
:Give us the man who works,
who acts, who executes; who is always
.in harness, ever on duty.
Relieve us of the incompetent /imbecile
w3th bungling brains, who
fumbles, botches; who always gets
the wrong pig by the ear?the slovenly
gawk.
Loan us ;the skillful son of craft,
the tradesman with the trick, with
the knack:; he man who ean feather
the oar?who is practical, proficient.
Separate us from the antagonistic
aninlal, more mule than man, who
kicks and clashes?the contrary cuss
?the cross between trouble and
treachery.
Spare us the cooperative man with
the long, strong pull, the pull-all-together
spirit; the fellow who stands
shoulder to shoulder and battles for
business.
Divorce us from the hard-luck'
harper, the despondent dub that .
blights and blasts everything; the
calamity croaker, the man that is
planet-struck, the evil-star sucker
that gings: "What's the use of anything?
Nothing at all."
Send us the sunshiny man, the
hightide fellow, the buoyant, thriving
man and joy?these three. It is a '
light in the windows of the face, by
which the heart signifies it is at home
and waiting. A face that cannot <
smile is like a bud that cannot bios- ]
som, and dries upon the stalk.
Laughter is day, and sobriety is
night, and a smile is the twilight that
tiovers gently between both?more ?
bewitching than' either,-?Henry
Ward Beecher.
,
To Hit at John Bull's Grog. I
t
It is announced semi-officially ^
he Archbishop of Canterbury, who,
:hat Lloyd-George will prohibit the
sale of spifituous liquors and restrict E
:he consumption of beer. The dis- ^
;illation of whiskey and gin will be
jrohibited and the whole resources
>f the spirit trade put under state
:ontrol.
This is dreadful. It will shock >
;ome of the produest members of the
Souse of Lords as nothing has in
ill their lives and it will seem to t
nany persons in the lower strata of ^
society to be the hardest blow ever v
_ j. t->_:, i- in a.. a t- fi
>Li uciv <11 Di iiisii uueriy. a iair
lumber of the peers of today vaulted '
nto the peerage from distilleries or b
he breweries. It would shock, too, s;
vhen the king foreswore liquor for u
he period of the war, declared he
vould not do so as he had been ac;usto:
-ed to his "pick me up" all lis
life and did not see why he
should give it up at his time of life.
It will shock publications such T
is Punch, much of whose advertis- ^
ng is of gin, Scotch and other kidley
and stomach destroying liquors. t<
It will increase British efficiency, r
10 doubt, but it is rather late in the t]
lay to make the move. Two years
igo there would have been excellent 4
y
with. morvey^
cai\ tell yoa
/-Izikt i c iK*
I li 1QI UV/JL/l lij U 1\
worst thirv? in
world. He has
moi\ey safe in
the 3ai\k.
The black hand is cert<
devil who is in DEDT.
DON'T get into debt. T1
you can go without NOW tt
you'll just put a little money
money will grow just as the
OAK. You will be encoura<
EARN more when you have i
Put YOUR mone
We pay 4 percent intere
/
Peoples
results. Today it may be past the
period. If the British had done as
the French and the Russians aid it
would have saved the Empire un-;!
told milions of pounds but John Bull's
likes his glass too well to give it upj
without a bitter struggle. j
Lloyd-George might have gone the!
whole route and wiped out beer but i
probably he did not feel he had the
strength to carry the measure'1
through to that extent.?Commerce
and Finance. j|
BANK STATEMENT
Statement of the condition of the
Peoples Bank, located at Bamberg,
S. C., at the close of business March
5th, 1917.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts ....$192,516.01
^ o aia a:
uveraraiis o,viv.oj i
Furniture and fixtures .. 2,010.00
Banking house 3,988.84
Due from banks and .
bankers 37,828.46
Currency 444.00
Gold 5,00
Silver and other minor
coin 191.79 '
Checks and cash items .. 4,190.18
Total $244;184.93
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $ 25,000.00
Surplus fund 13,000.00
Undivided profits, less
current expenses and
taxes paid 6,528.06
Due to banks and bankers
1,348.66
Dividends unpaid 188.00
Individual deposit
subject
to ck...140,570.86
rime certificats
of deposit
2,900.00
Certified cks... 561.20
Cashier's cks... 4,233.15 148,265.21 '
Bills payable, including
certificates for money
borrowed .... .... 49,855.00
]
Total $244,184.93 1
>iaw 01 aouii: Carolina?uouniy 01
Bamberg. <
Before me came C. E. Black, <
?asliier of the above named bank, ;
vho, being duly sworn, says/that the
tbove and foregoing statement is a <
rue condition of said bank, as shown
ly the books of said bank.
C. E. BLACK, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before (
tie this 20th day of March, 1917. <
I. B. FELDER, \
Correct-Attest: Notary Public.
H. C. FOLK,
A. M. DENBOW, " { I
J. F. CARTER,
Directors. . I
.OTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS. g
All persons having claims against q
he estate of James Parlor, deceased,
'ill file the same, luly itemized and
erified, with the undersigned quali- q
ed executor within sixty days from q
he date hereof, and failing so to
omply with this notice, will be
arred; and all persons indebted to
aid estate, will make payment to the
ndersigned executor forthwith. ?
H. M. GRAHAM, D
Executor.
Bamberg, S. C., .March 16, 1917. 4 b
NOTICE OF TOWN ELECTION*. b
Notice is hereby given that ofi
'uesdav, May 1st, 1917, an election ti
'ill be held in the Town of Bamberg
ar mayor, six aldermen, and a commissioner
of public works. All elec- q
di's for said election will have to
egister again, and books of regisration
will remain open, in the office
f E. H. Henderson, supervisor of
egistration, until April 23rd, 1917.
-5. CITY OF BAMBERG.
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ainly hanging over the poor
biere are lots of little things
lat you can enjoy later if
r in the Bank. That Httle
acorn does into a GREAT
ged to work harder and
-noney in the bank.
y in OUR bank *' l|
st on savings accounts.
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I DIAMONDS I
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I A NEW LINE OF CAMEOj I
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LAVALLIERES W
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BANK STATEMENT.
Statement of the condition of the
Bamberg Banking Co., located at
Bamberg, S. C., at the close of business
March 5th, 1917.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts ....$321,403<06
Overdrafts 590.78
Bonds and stocks owned
by the bank 1,000.00
Furniture and fixtures .. 2,270.96
Banking house 4,976.69
Due from banks and
bankers 91,470.61
Currency 3,686.00
Sold 130.00
Silver and other minor
coin 1,211.59 ,
Checks and cash items .. 2,479.58
Total $429,219.27
T A T>TT TfTlTT^O
LllADl Iji. X IHiO.
Capital stock paid in ....$ 55,000.00
Surplus fund 45,000.00
Jndivided profits, less
current expenses and
taxes paid 26,597.36
)ue to banks and bankers
1,469.00
ndividual deposits
subject
to ck...180,756.81
Javinge deposits
116,888.42
'ime certificates
of deposit
3,347.16
certified cks... 39.07
Cashier's cks... 121.45 301,152.91
Total $429,219.27 '
Before me came D. F. Hooton,
ashier of the above named
ank, who, being duly sworn,
ays that the above and foregoing
tatement is a true condition 01 saia
ank, as shown by the books of said
ank.
D. F. HOOTON, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
[lis 20th day of March, 1917.
H. H. STOKES,
Notary Public, S. C.
Jorrect-Attest:
E. C. HAYS,
G. FRANK BAMBERG,
JNO. H. COPE,
Directors.
Read the Herald, $1.50 per year.