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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
Thursday, May 17, 1917. j
A good thing for Bamberg would
be a canning factory. We notice that
steps have been taken to have a cannery
located at Spartanburg. If the
people had a place to have all their
surplus vegetables canned, it would
be a great help if a food famine
should come. Enough is wasted
every year to feed the population for
a good while if it were preserved for
future use.
\5n-ar ia u mip-htv ?nfid time to clear
m- o - the
country of vagrants. The loafer
should never have a place in this
country at any time, but especially
now he should be put to work?
either for himself or the State or
county. With the impending food
erisis, every able-bodied person
should be required to earn his bread.
If everybody should go to work this
would indeed be a great country?in
times of peace or war.
There is no law in this land which
prescribes the death penalty for a
man who invades the sanctity of the
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which is greater even than law, prescribes
little if any punishment to
one who inflicts the death penalty
for such invasion. Last week, on the
same day, Charles E. Vawter was acquitted
of the murder of Stockton
Heth, Jr., in Virginia: and in Georgia,
Mrs. Mattie Adams was acquitted
of the murder of Capt. Spratling.
Whether direct or indirect, the "unwritten
law" was followed by the
juries.
The conscription law as agreed
upon by the conference of the senate
and house prescribes the age limits
for service in the army at 21 to 30
years, inclusive; that is, all persons
over 21 and under 31 are liable for
service. The term "selective conscription
' means that the conscrip
tion authorities win nave large powers
of exemption; and it is not at all
probable that any man whose presence
at home is essential will be called
into the service at this time. But
all men between these ages will be
enrolled, whether liable to service or
not, as we understand the matter.
The conscription measure has not
yet been enacted into law, and the
provisions of the bill may be changed
before it is presented to the president
for his signature. The conscription
machinery has all been
fxed, however, and the measure will
be put into effect immediately upon
being signed by the president.
The seriousness of the situation !
arising out of war with Germany has
not yet fully dawned on our people.
We have always accustomed our- S
selves to feeling that America could I
easily defeat any nation on earth.
This belief is founded largely upon
the fact that we have never been defeated.
But this optimistic view is
not fully shared by military experts
and other men who are in position
to know the relative strength
of the nations. Of course, America
will win this war, or rather will help
the allies to win it, but those who
think it a before-breakfast job will
probably be keenly disappointed.
Hudson Maxim, one of the world's
great scientists and inventors, has
this to say:
With the u-boats Germany is
rapidly getting a strangle-hold on
England. The empire of the sea is
fast passing from oversea to undersea?from
Britain to Germany.
If England is starved into submission,
we are lost. With Britain out
of the way, Germany will smash us
like a puff ball with one swipe of the
mailed fist.
The consensus of opinion among
military men seems to be that to win
this war many sacrifices must be
made. The pinch of hunger will ue
felt, thousands perhaps must die.
But win it we must. If the allies
lose, America will be at the mercy of
the greatest despotism the world has
probably ever known.
Why Didn't 1He?
Jimmie giggled when the teacher
read the story of the man who swam
across the Tiber three times before
breakfast.
"You do not doubt that a trained
swimmer couia ao iuai, uo you.
"No, sir," answered Jimmie. "but
I wonder why he did not make it
four and get back to the side where
his clothes were."?Awgwan.
Two Viewpoints.
A young English girl who had no
love for the Stars and Stripes attended
a fair at which the American flag
was much in evidence.
"What a silly thing the American '
flag is." she said. "It reminds me of j
nothing so much as a lot of red and j
white checker-berry candy."
"Yes," answered a bystander, "the :
kind which has made everybody sick
who ever tried to lick it."?Hoi- j
land's. ;
The largest settlement in Green- j
land has a population under 800.
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'TM FROM MISSOURI." I kansaw, J am."
Deliberately, the :
Genesis of Famons Phrase Given By a lazy, expressionle
Congressman I)yer. half-drunk man am
tention again to tl
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Representative L. C. Dyer, of Mis- miners moved up i
souri, iu Congressional Record: saw's" latest victim.
Every person in Missouri and, for "Say you!" roan
that matter, all over the United jsa^ * m from Arkar
States, is familiar with the "I'm from | "Yes," drawled t
Missouri" phrase, but few know its j hoard you the first
derivation. In the early seventies,' "Arkansaw" went
there lived in one of the wild Nevada j ^on * know it
mining towns an individual of such eats em like you et
rare fighting ability that the whole ^ore breakfast. I'm
country knew of his prowess and re- ^r?m Arkansaw, 1 a
spected it. He was king of the com- two-handed man in
munity and was a reign of terror. For answer the :
Quick on the trigger, he had a row bis coat and threw h
of notches on his gun handle, but his
specialty was at rough and tumble. ! "Well, by gosh," h
He was a native of Arkansas and was j Missouri; you got tc
nrond of the fact. He boasted of j show you.
the superiority of his native State. I Arkansaw hand
So, as the name pleased him, he was bjstander and rushe
called "Arkansaw." He was built with a smash on the
like a puma and his punch was like kirn. Then the lan
the kick of a mule. "Arkansaw" en- ceeded to give the l
joyed the role of champion and hand- thrashing. W hen tl
ed out his wares in large and severe y?uth was a he
doses: in fact there were few men carried him in triur
in the vicinity who had not been lick- town. Thereafter, i
ed by the bully. And once was gen- a statement of do
erally enough for a man. After that some one was likely
he spoke in a meek and subdued tone was from Missouri
of voice in the Arkansas man's pres- shown,
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' , + .. . DECLARATION
One day there came into the saloon
a stranger. A lanky, solemn-faced ,
, . . , , . . , Tliirty-seven Made
boy he was. in patched and faded
blue overalls, and a great, floppy Fight Without
brimmed hat. He was a prospector
from the hills, and not a particularly 1914
successful one?from his looks. "Ar- July 2S?Austria
kansaw" caught sight of the youth. August 1?Genua
who leaned against a post mourn-I August ?uermai
fully watching the roulette and sac; | August l>?Gcrmai
a prospect. He swaggered over to I August 4?Great
the stranger and tapped him on the many,
shoulder. j August f? ?Austi
"You hid," said he, "you want to Russia,
be mighty blamed careful how you're j August 8?Mouter
actin' around here. I'm from Ar- August 9?Austria
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ing at a bargain. Good al
hat will give satisfaction.
to buy your shoes for this
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selling them for.
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day what we are offering them to
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Bamberg, S. C.
August 11?France on Austria. MBBE
young fellow cast August 11?Montenegro on Ger- I
ss glance at the many. I j
3 turned his at- August 12?Great Britain on Aus- I
le wheel. The tria. D r
to see "Arkan- August 23?Japan on Germany. fl ^
August 25?Austria on Japan. I
id the man. "F i August 29?Austria on Belgium. ||
isaw!" November 2?Russia on Turkey. a
lie stranger. "I November 5?Great Britain on , 0 *33*
time." Turkey. | jg ^jl
into a rage. November 5?France on Turkey, j S3
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ery morning be- j May 22?Italy on Austria. j jj| ,^*1$
an old she-wolf j May 22?Italy on Turkey. : 9
mi, and the best I June :i?San Marino on Austria, j a
the country." October 14?Serbia on Bulgaria, j |jj
youth jerked off October 15?Great Britain on Bui- I
lis old hat on the garia. Vjv
October 16?France on Bulgaria.
e said. "I'm from October 19?Italy on Bulgaria. i
> show me or I'll October 19?Russia on Bulgaria, j
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led his gun to a March S?Germany on Portugal.
id. He was met March 10?Portugal on Germany.
jaw that stunned March 15?Austria on Portugal, j ''***
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ky stranger pro- August 27?Roumania on Austria, f
?ad man a sound August 28?Austria on Roumania.
le combat ended August 2S?Bulgaria on Rouro.
The miners mania.
nph through the August 28?Turkey on Roumania. I
f a person made August 28?Germany on Rou- I
ubtful veracity mania. I j
to assert that he August 28?Italy on Germany. -a
and had to be 1917. 1
April 6?United States on Ger- I COL
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S OF WAR. Anrii 7?fiihn. on Germany. I I r>D
^ To some declarations of war the | I -p
So Far. Some nations declared did not reply with j 1
Declaration. a declaration of war, considering one i w
? declaration between them sufficient. | |j
Example: Germany declared war i p
on Serbia. against France, but France has not j a
ny on Russia. I made any declaration against Ger- i j|
tiy on France. j many. y
ay on Belgium.
Britain on Ger-t The first tin refining plant in the ' '
| United States, established in Xew 9
"i a-Hungary on .fersey in May, 1916, to handle Bo-, H
I livian ores, has reached an output ! 9
legro on Austria. I of ten tons a day of metal of remark- j 9
t on Montenegro, j able purity, electrolysis being used, i
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Poverty in OLD AGE slowly but surely approaches
;ry man who spesds all he earns and drifts into merci>
DEBT.
While you have EARNING POWER open a bank acint.
Your bank book will be a guiding light which will
er you away from a life failure. You only need to
FN a bank account; piling up money will then be easy.
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