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??????a 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. - 1 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. $ Bank || G? S. C. yJlfB I DIAMONDS I m Watches, Clocks and Jewelry I j J I A NEW LINE OF CAMEOj I H BROOCHES AND S LAVALLIERES W ifl '4-.^ I Reid's Jewelry Store jl H Bamberg, S. C. jP m mmmKBtmmKKKBKMm , '$ 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.