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TO ROUND UP SPIES. ? Virtually Entire Force of Govern- j nient's Employes Engaged in Work, j * _____ Washington, March 31.?Virtually I the entire force of the government's i civilian employes, approximately j 500,000 men and women, engaged in j every branch of service, has been ' summoned to aid the bureau of in- j vestigation and the secret service in detection of spies and apprehension of persons engaged in plots, in-1 trigues, or other activities against the interests of the United States. In addition, the government has sought the active cooperation of the police and detective forces of every town and city of consequence throughout the country. Huftdreds of letters requesting such cooperation have been mailed broadcast by the department of justice, and replies pledging unstinted aid are com 1 1- oryckut nnmhftrs bv tele lag ua-wiv .? ; graph and mail. Army of Postmasters. The largest single force the government has enrolled in its nationwide spy hunt, with the possible exception of the municipal police and detective forces, is the army of postmasters, all of whom have been instructed to permit no clue to the identity of suspected individuals and their activities to go unreported. tinder the postmasters are working city and rural letter carriers, a force all told of about 300,000 men. Instructions to the federal employes call for the prompt reporting to designated authorities of all information, no matter how minor it ^ J appears, which might be or value or furnish clues in ferreting out agents of foreign governments. Keeping Close Watch. Under this head come letters passing through the mails, telegrams and oyerheard scraps of conversation indicating activity against the government. Such information will be promptly forwarded to the proper investigating body at Washington, the name of the informant held secret and an inquiry quietly begun wherever investigation is warranted. 1 Although no request for cooperation has been addressed to the general public, officials will welcome and hold in strictest confidence, cooperation on the part of all private citizens looking to the prevention of acj tivities harmful to the national interest. Valuable Information. A number of private citizens, impelled by patriotic motives, already have furnished much valuable information of this character, it was said, and have aided materially in the < work of the two bureaus heretofore engaged in enforcing the maintenance of American neutrality. The idea of enlisting virtually all government employes in this work originated with the department of justice and was promptly approved by the heads of the various government departments. In calling upon its civilian employes to aid in the work of bureau of investigation, the government will rely chiefly upon the field forces of all its varied activities, men whose daily work brings them in constant touch with the public. Other Agencies. This includes, in addition to postmasters and letter carriers, the field forces of the department of the interior, federal trade commission, department of agriculture, interstate commerce commission, internal revormo nnn enstnms hnreans of the treasury department, department of commerce workers and investigators, and immigration and other officials of the department of labor. The cooperation of trained detectives and other employes of municipal police forces will result, officials believe, in obtaining a vast amount of information of great value to the government. Under the department's programme, virtually every policeman, plain clothes man and detective? other than private detectives?in the country will be assisting directly in the work of the government's investigating bureaus. Beyond a Doubt. While rambling around among the animals with his father one afternnrm little .Tohnnv came to a minia ture lake on which two swans were swimming. "Papa." said Johnny, pointing a chubby little finger out over the lake, "is that the father swan or the mother swan?" "Which one do you mean Johnny?" asked the old man, glancing in the direction indicated by the boy. "I mean the one over there," answered Johnny. "The one with all the feathers pecked off his head, and isn't allowed to have the biscuit, or anything?" "Yes. my son," promptly rejoined papa, with just a suspicion of a sigh. "That's the father swan all right."? Exchange. Read The Herald, $1.50 per year. f GEORGIA GOES "BOXE-DRY." Legislature Passes Strict Prohibition Measure. Atlanta, March 2S.?Governor Harris tonight signed the Georgia | "bone-dry" bill, making effective at once a law which will bar liquor from j the State absolutely except for ; medicinal, mechanical and sacramental purposes, under rigid restrictions, j The bill was passed by both houses j of the legislature in extra session j here late today. I As passed the measure was shorn of a provision making the State comj missioner of commerce and labor n.{fVl oH "prohibition commissiuuci ditional salary and charged with State-wide enforcement of the "bonedry" laws. This provision was advocated by Governor Harris and prohibition leaders who shaped the bill. Today the governor in a message to the legislature urged the adoption of this provision on the ground that the measure might be ineffective without it. Stressed Difficulty. The governor stressed the difficulty that might be experienced if the enforcement were left to the various county authorities and not centralized in a State head. The bill was amended to eliminate the "prohibition commissioner" feature in the house late today and although the senate already had passed the measure as approved by the governor, it quickly concurred in the house amendments. The bill prohibits the possession of liquor even for personal use and its transportation into or within the State except alcohol and wine for medicinal, mechanical and sacramental purposes. In these cases application for and the registration of such i~^.tafjnno mnQt ha made in the ill! JJUI IClllUUO county court of ordinary under penalty of punishment as for a misdemeanor. Manufacture of liquor in the State is made a felony. < A DEBT OP HEALTH. We Dig Our Graves Wjth Our Teeth. In the March American Magazine a writer cites the case of Luigi Cornaro, to . whom he acknowledges his debt of health. "Luigi," he says, "was an Italian nobleman of the middle ages. He had money enough and leisure enough so that Satan found plenty of work for his idle hands during his first forty years. About his fortieth birthday he fell sick and the doctors told him to make his will, he could not possibly live another year. "Luigi died at 104, painlessly, 'as one who passes into a sweet sleep' in the words of his granddaughter." "What gave him those extra sixtyfour years of life? Not doctors?he had nothing to do with them. Not medicine. Not exercise. Luigi simply stopped eating. He made a careful study of himself to discover just how little food he could eat and still feel well. Out of this study he soon learned the valuable truth that 'most men dig their graves with their teeth.' Most men die because they have so loaded their bodies with excess food that their organs of elimination have broken under the strain. Most men are tired because they are self-poisoned with too much food. All this Luigi discovered and wrote in a book called the 'Temperate Life.' Aside from the fact that I belong to a family that grows stronger as it grows older, I owe to Luigi more than to any one else the good health and happiness which I enjoy today at 30." SALONICA. Its Tragedy and Last Efforts in Its Behalf. :'Constantine made a last desperate effort to preserve Greek Macedonia from the heroes of war," writes T. Lathrop Stoddard, in the March Century. "He urged upon the allies a complete evacuation of the Balkans, pointing out the uselessness of further resistance now that Serbia was lost, and offering to protect their peaceable withdrawal from Teutonic pursuit. In this effort he came within an arc of success. England was quite ready to cut her losses and retire from the Balkans. But France resolutely opposed the abandonment of Salonica, Russia was equally intractable, and England gave way. Salonica was retained as the base for " ' * -11 * ?3 Drtlhnr* no nt no icn " 3. Iuture uuieu Dcni\au tani[juji,n. An l"p-to-l)ate Diogenes. An eccentric old gentleman placed in a field on his estate a board with the following generous offer painted thereon: / "I will give this field to any man who is contented." He soon had an applicant. "Well, my man. are you a contented fellow?" asked the old gentleman. "Yes. sir, very." "Then why do you want my field?" The applicant did not wait to reply. ?Exchange. I _________ Every Part a In the CI iChalmers puts quality materials every piece of every Chalmers c between the Chalmers and most e xj/vfA r?2jrfQ nnf- nf f*hoii sands il CUV Ull W vw ? ? j in the chassis. They are hidden movj \ ing parts of the motor?the crankshaft, | connecting rods and pistons. Chalmers | makes them of extraordinary materials I with extraordinary care and thorj oughness.' One-Piece Crankshaft The crankshaft js drop-forged from I heat treated carbon steel in a single piece. Balancing weights are integral with the shaft. The shaft is 2^ inches in diameter. Sturdy, but not heavy. Rigid. Strong. It is balanced while rotating at a fast rate of speed, on a unique machine. This helps you to understand why the Chalmers motor is so smooth. | All of the above meant quality. Ti Touring Car, 7-passenger . $1350 Touring Sedan, 7-p Touring Car, 5-passenger . 1250 Roadster, 3-passei (All prices ? o. | Chalmers 7-Passer Price $135 7 r^V JO. X/ | ,Wstributers Telephone l"' Whenever You Need a General Toole portable and stationary < Take Grove's 1 II A I II P A 4 The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless |L Ml I I ^ chill Tonic is equally valuable as a j BBB ! I luj B1 ^ < General Tonic because it contains the I In I { I fl n 4 well known tonic properties of QUININE ?J| I IB h| and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives < out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and A*NTI "RnTT.P."RS < Brnlds up the Whole System. SO certs. AJN1J < ? | Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injec- < Daaaimiman*I?J L.i i tors' Pumps and Fittings, Wood < Recommended by sB.ss. pu!leys' ? Doctor Cothram laroaetstock lombard ; | Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works. Dr. T.# E. Cothram is a well-known j Supply Store. ' pharmacist of Alexis, Ala. And when AUGUSTA, GA. < he gets bilious or needs a purgative ; medicine, what do you suppose he ' ^ does? Out of his whole big stock of ; RILEY & COPELAND liver medicine he selects and uses j Successors to W. P. Riley. < Granger Liver Regulator. He says _. _ "There is none better." That's a File, Life < pretty strong endorsement, don't you AprnrioTit < think, frcrn a man who knows all i ACUlUollu about the merits of the different medi- ; INSURANCE ' I cmes on tne marKeturanger juxvcx. t _ _ . ,, Regulator is purely vegetable, does Office in J. D. Copelands store i not gripe nor irritate the delicate lin- ' BAMBERG, S. C. I ing of the stomach and bowels and ! I always gives quick and pleasant re- ! ,wn. Uil*e&TZ ^supply Dr. THOMAS BLACK, JR. you?-25c for large box. Accept no. ! DENTAL SURGEON. -ubstitute. I j Graduate Dental Department UniPlles Cured In 6 to 14 Days j versity of Maryland. Member S. C. Your druggist will refund money if pazo State Dental Association. OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Office opposite new post office and Blind,BleedingorProtrudingPilesin6tol4days. i tt m The first application gives Ease and Rest. 50c. ; over office of H. M. Graham. Office ____________hours, 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. Read The Herald, $1.50 a year. BAMBERG, S. C. 4 ' * Quality Part lialmers I . ' V. and quality workmanship into ar. Therein lies the difference ither cars. 1II r*. Connecting Rods?Strong, Light r jSlp Connecting rods are designed to secure rigidity and tightness. They are made of special carbon steel. Are , v f;%|| unusually strong and dependable. Each II rod weighs only 41 ounces. Yet they will withstand greater stress and strain than some connecting rods weighing /" almost twice 'as much. ? [ \ r >> ^SBm Light Weight Pistons ? ! Chalmers pistons are of Lynite. A tight and tough metal, about the weight of cast iron. Chalmers pistons reduce the strain on the bearings. They insure the marvelous Chalmers smoothness. They make possible the remarkable Chalmers power. ' ' \e kind of quality you need in the you GET in the Chalmers I jj assenger. $1850 Limousine; 7-passenger ? . $2550 | I iger . . 1250 Town Car, 7-passenger . . 2550 I j| ;-y':?J* . iger Touring Car : ODettc* ' F. BRYANT ' Orangeburg, S. C. | "The Old | 3 | Hartford Fire Insurance Co.'| ? Came Back to Me Again 11 Am Prepared to Write Your Insurauceg Do you believe in PREPAREDf NESS and RECIPROCITY, if so Jj f I can protect you from fire, and Y Y you want my patronage, "LET'S *f | swap" ;||j| | G. Moye Dickinson 11