The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 31, 1917, Page 4, Image 4
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FSTAIil lSHEJ) A PHIL. 1891.
Thursday, May 31, 1917.
Don't be misled into thinking that
anything is going to excuse you from
registering next Tuesday. Don't fail
to present yourself before the registration
officers in your voting precinct.
Answer the questions truthfully.
If there is any good reason
why you should not go to war, your
reasons will be given careful attention.
Illness or absence will not excuse
you from registering next Tuesday.
Read the instructions in this issue of
The Herald. Have your answers well
in mind when you go before the officers
and tell them the truth?the
whole truth. It is a lot better to
give correct answers than to serve
a year in prison, and then have to
register, just the same as you should
have done at first.
Tt is a significant fact that during
the month of May, according to the
official reports, the tonnage of ships
sunk by submarines has been only
about one-half the tonnage sunk during
April. Xo announcement has
been made of the operation of any device
to destroy submarines or of any
device to minimize the destruction of
vessels, but it is very evident that i
something is being done to stem the
tide of destruction.
.Many people do not understand
the registration system for the selective
draft. Some ignorant people
think they are signing up to go
to war if they register. This is not |
true in any sense. We suggest that!
it would be a good thing for all the
colored preachers to explain this matter
to their congregations. There are
hundreds of negroes, and a good i
many white people too, who never
read a newspaper, and we find that I
this class of people do not realize tne
the fact that unless they register f
next Tuesday they will be punished !
by a prison sentence. The United J
States government will positively re-1
<juire every person within the age.
limits to register, and they might as !
well make up their minds to do it. t
whether they want to or not. No I
country has ever been known to con- j
duct a draft system in a flippant man-1
ner. and this country will not do it. !
Nothing proves more certainly that i
Governor .Manning is not influenced ;
by politics in his war preparedness |
appointments than the appointment :
of Mr. Otto Klettner, Mr. E. R. i
Buckingham, and Major John G.1
Richards as members of the South j
Carolina council of defense. After j
the silly criticism that was directed i
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at the governor for conferring with a ;
leader of the opposing faction as to;
suitable names for appointment, none i
but a broad-minded man would have j
made any appointments at all from j
that faction. But Governor Man-j
ning did appoint these gentlemen,;
and his appointment is a good one.;
Mr iC'Pftner i?; a native German, and :
at this time has two brothers in the j
army o:' the kaiser. But he has been ;
a resident of this country for 40 j
years, and is a true American citi- i
zen. His speech at the patriotic ]
meeting in Newberry a few weeks ago ;
was a remarkable one. and showed ,
Mr. Klettner to be clean-cut. and i
there is no doubt about where he i
stands. .Major " -hards and Mr. |
Buckingham are aiso representative;
citizens, and will make useful mem- j
bers of the council.
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Announcement is made that the;
war department intends to deal en- j
tirely frankly with the people with !
regard to disasters to American!
troops and vessels in the war. That
is. when a ship is sunk, the fact will
not be withheld from the public. This
is as it should be. We do not think
that the withholding of facts would
help America in the war. This country
is used to getting the news; sup4
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pression 01 lacis, wiieiuer gouu <j:
ill. is strictly un-American. Of course,
there are many things in connection
with the American army and navy
that cannot be published for the reason
that to do so would be to betray
military or naval secrets. The
operations of vessels and the movements
of troops cannot be printed,
for. if published, it would put into;
the hands of the enemy valuable in- j
formation, the possession of which!
might be disastrous to or.r forces, j
might be disastrous to our forces. The j
to cooperate with the war and navy
departments in this respect. There j
are some newspapers, though, which I
undoubtedly need a muzzle. We are
glad to say that they are few in number.
Xo doubt the government will
map out a plan whereby this small
class will be properly dealt with.
The Herald wishes to impress upon
its readers the absolute necessity
or' registering t'or the elective draft
next Tuesday. We do no 1 elieve
that the people generally understand
the matter, and we are afraid that
many people are going to fail to register.
The law states specifically
that failure to register, for any reason,
will be followed by prosecution,
the penalty being one year's imprisonment.
without the option of a fine.
When the prison sentence is complet
ed, the party thus convicted will be
required to register. Failure to register
will not be excused on any
grounds, even those who are too ill
to go in person must send someone
to register for them. All males between
the ages of 21 and 31 are required
to enroll their names. This
means that every man who will have
passed his 21st birthday on June 5.
and who will not be 31 years of age
on June 5, must register. The law
applies to everybody, white and negro,
rich and poor. Registration does not
mean enlistment for war. It is possible
that you may have excellent reasons
for not entering the army, and ;
it is possible that you may be ex- j
cused, but this does not release you
from the duty of registering. Every
intelligent man, especially those who
employ labor, should tell their la-;
borers about this matter, and require i
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ficer. This is extremely serious bus-*
iness, and the seriousness of it should
be impressed by those who read the
newspapers upon those who are igno-.
rant and who cannot understand the
matter from what little they may be j
able to read or pick up from conversations
of others. Every person will
be responsible for his own action in
this matter, and ignorance will be no
excuse for dereliction of duty.
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The Herald is no knocker, and we.
believe we have just as much patriotism
as the average person, but we t
certainly fail to see why the govern-:
ment should expect the newspapers;
?as a class one of the least pros-,
perous industries in the country?to !
sell the Liberty Bond issue: for the
selling depends absolutely on the publicity
the newspapers give. The government
pays big salaries and all expenses
for men to go around and get!
the farmers to plant food crops, which
the farmers sell at big profits. The
farmers are given great credit for
doing something that enriches them.
The newspapers are cussed out for
not doing that which will make them
poorer. We haven't heard of any
other industry that has been asked ;
to give its merchandise to help the
government sell bonds. The Herald j
cannot sell anything but subscrip- j
tions and advertising, and every- i
body with a grain of intelligence j
knows that the subscription price,
nnthino- like envprs the eost of nrint- !
ing any newspaper. Therefore, the;
only thing The Herald has to raise :
revenue from is advertising: and the
government is not only willing to accept
that, but from expressions in the i
prints, newspapers refusing to give!
away its space are considered slack-1
ers. There are a good many mouths |
dependent on The Herald's advertising !
space for food and clothes, and if the!
government wont pay for the space it!
wants to advertise bonds, we will '
have to sell it to somebodv who will '
pay for it. We are giving plenty of}
t r\ T V> o /.nr> ;pri nt lVirt cv?td)11 hilt
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when it comes to sellinsr bonds, that I
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is a money proposition, and one of
the arguments offered for buying!
bonds is that this is the richest conn-1
try in the world. If we have billions j
of dollars in this country for the
allies, we have plenty of money with ,
which to pay the poor printers who !
have to dig their living out of the
case, and those millionaire newspaf
per owners in congress who fought
the plan to pay the newspapers for
advertising the bond issue ought to
have their millions confiscated, instead
of the government levying on
the little county papers for space
which is needed for live news and
local advertising that advertisers are
glad to pay for.
Why Does Oil Calm the Sea?
Waves in inidocean are caused entirely
by the action of the wind. The
adhesion between the rapidly moving
particles of air which compose the
wind and the surface particles of the
water cause the water's surface to be
dragged along with the air. Sntali
ripples soon overtake others near
them. They unite, and, due to the
friction between the water particles,
each succeeding ripple piles up on the
top of previous ones.
Just as soon as oil is spread upon
the water, however, the size of the
waves is reduced like magic. The
reason for this is interesting. Oil.
unlike water, has very little internal
friction between its particles. The
ripples of oil formed by the wind,
therefore, cannot pile upon each
other to any considerable height.
Hence water waves cannot grow in
an area of oil placed about a steamer.
They begin to fall down instead. By j
the time these waves reach the boat I
they will have lost their formative j
ripples, and the result is a perfectly j
calm surface over the portion of the
sea through which the boat is making
its way.?Popular Science .Monthly.
Time's Changes.
The naval captain had granted a '
private interview with the cadet
whose father had been his boyhood
friend.
"Well, youngster, he said jovially..
"the old story, I suppose?the fool of
the family sent to sea."
"Oh. no, sjr." replied the boy:
"that, has all been altered since your
day."?Coliier's Weekly.
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That young couple who
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the right idea.
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HKAT KEEPS HEART GOING.
Would Continue to Heat After Death
Under Certain Conditions.
The Question "Why does a man or
an animal die?" has been answered
; "Because the heart stops beating."
But any hunter or fisherman who has
dressed his own catch can testify to
the tact that the heart does not stop
beating at the moment of the animal's
death. It will continue to pulsate
rhythmically for several minutes
after it has been removed from the
: carcass. The most recent answer to
: the "Why?" of this is that the heart
i muscles themselves possesses the ini
herent quality of contraction and
J will contract, or beat, just as soon or
; as long, as the conditions of environj
ment are right. That is their busi!
ness, and they can no more refrain
| from doing it under the right condi}
tions than a rose could help giving
! out its fragrance.
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A Scrap of Paper Worth While.
I It was rather a modest looking bit
: of paper which Samuel H. Lever,
financial secretary for the government
of Great Britain and Ireland
: handed to the Federal Reserve bank
I in New York calling for the transfer
: of $200,000,000, the largest sum
; checked out of any bank in the his1
tory of the world. It was written on
an ordinary scrap of paper, upon
' ^ ? of- oil
wmcii uiere %><*.& uu pinning ?n, an,
and read: '"Please pay to .Messrs.
J. P. Morgan & Co. the sum of
$200,000,000, charging this amount
to the government of Great Britain
and Ireland." And the Federal Reserve
bank cashed this uncommonly
democratic check without requiring
.Mr. Lever to bring up somebody to
identify him.?Charlotte Observer.
An Exception.
She?Isn't it funny that handsome
men are always disagreeable?
He?Oh. 1 always try 10 be pleas!
ant.? Lite.
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began together ssving a little
iy day and made it grow, had
gant "splurging?" As soon
' your friends disappear. Your
;eep it safe in the bank. |
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rest on savings accounts. i
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Put the "Loafers to Work.
At a time when every American
citizen should be doing something for i
his country there should be no sympathy
with loafers. The police should j
make their campaign against this
gentry thorough. The navy wants
men. the army wants men. men are
wanted in the foodstuff campaign?and
street corner denizens should be
made to get busy at something use- i
fill. What an army could be raised ]
if all the loafers were made to drill!
And drilling would be a good thing
for them: maybe it would teach them
that there is something better than
killing' time.?Savannah morning |
News. .
A Suspicion.
"Why is George Washington described
as 'First in war and first in
peaco'?"
"I dunno," replied Senator Sorghum.
"I suspect somebody was trying
to square him with both the preparedness
people and the pacifists." j
?Washington Star.
In Genteel Society.
Wife?Use the tongs in 'ere, Will- J
iam, for the sugar.. !
Husband (surprised)?W'y! 'Taint
'ot is it??Judge.
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Hard Lines.
There is in the employ of a Brooklyn
woman an Irish cook who has
managed to break nearly every vaI
rietv of article that the household
! contains. The mistress's patience
I reached its limit recently when she
discovered that the cook had broken
the thermometer that hung in the
dining room.
"Well, well," sighed the lady of
the house in a resigned way, "you've
managed to break even the thermometer,
haven't you?"
Whereupon, in a tone equally re
signed, the cook said:
"Vis, mum; and now we'll have to
? :;.ke the- weather just as it comes,
I won't we?"?Brooklyn Eagle. *
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Thunder and Theology.
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The thunder crashed and pealed
between flashes of lightning and
blinding dashes of rain. One of the
darkies thought maybe a little strong
language would ease his mind; but
his companion remonstrated with
him.
"Look heah, yo' Charles Richard?
yo' quit yo' cussin'. Don't yo' know
dat Gawd's got yo' completely in His
i power jest now?"?Richmond TimesDispatch.
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