Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mr. S. E. Beard, of Columbia, was in the city Tuesday. ?Prof. J. C. Guilds is spending a few days at Cottageville. ? Miss Xan Vincent, of Varnville, isvisiting Miss Ethel Black. ?Mr. George J. Hiers, of Ehrhardt, was in the city yesterday. ?Mrs. J. A. Murdaugh is spend- j ins? a ?cci\s ?un icmuvcs m j Charleston. ?Mrs. W. A. Klauber and children have returned to the city from St. George. ?Mr. Vernon Brabham, of Co-i lumbia. visited relatives here Satur-! day and Sunday. ?Mr. Charles* Strom, of Plum J Branch, spent the week-end in the! city with relatives. ?Mrs. H. M. Wiggins and Miss; Louise Wiggins are visiting relatives in Savannah. ?Miss Mamie Hartzog is spending; some time in North Carolina with i relatives and friends. ?Miss Ulma Fishburne, of Walter boro, is spending some time at tne; home of Dr. J. B. Black. ?Mr. J. B. Rice is at home for! the summer vacation from the Uni-j versity of South Carolina. i ?Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Redfearn, of' Pageland, have been visiting at the' home of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Free. f * ?Miss Estelle Rutledge. milliner for Hcoton's Ladies Store and Milli-j nery Parlor, left Monday night fori Atlanta. | N?Mr. Francis M. Bamberg has returned home for the summer vacation from Sewanee university, Tennessee. ?Mrs. Frank Bamberg was a visitor in town Thursday for the SmithGeiger wedding.?Orangeburg Times j and Democrat. ?Mrs. J. J. Smoak and Miss Sallie j . D. Free spent several days in Co-; lumbia this week in attendance upon the annual convention of the Eastern < Star. ?Mr. John W. Folk, who is a member of the officers' reserve corps now in training at Fort Ogelthrope, Ga., spent the week end at his home - in the city on a furlough. ?Mrs. H. X. Folk and little son have returned to Bamberg after a pleasant visit to their mother, Mrs.! f J. N. McMichael on Whitman street. ?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. ?Capt. and Mrs. S. A. Guilds, and little daughter, Edith, of Mt. Pleasant, motored up to Bamberg Saturday and spent the week-end with j, Capt. Guilds's brother, Prof. J. C. Guilds. ?Among'the Spartanburg people: who attended the Duncan-Eaves wed-j ding in Union Thursday were: ^ Dr. and Mrs. L. J. Blake and Dr. and j Mrs. Webb Thompson.?Spartanburg Journal. _ ?Miss Mildred Beattie. of 0 :>rge-j town-, will arrive in town today. She will be the guest of friends for several days. While here she will be an attendant at the Smith-Geiger wedding on Thursday.?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. ?Mayor and Mrs. A. S. Hartzog . returned to Greenwood Thursday from a trip to (Bamberg county to visit the mayor's mother, who has been quite ill for some time. She is <wpr SO veers eld, but has been ae tive up to this illness.?Greenwood Index. ?Mr. Jesse MeGowan, of near Ehrhardt, was a visitor in Hampton Sunday. Jesse attended school here this year and was a member of the graduating class. He has made % many friends in Hampton who are always glad to see him/?Hampton Guardian. ?Those from -Bamberg who attended the Duncan-Eaves wedding at Union last Thursday evening were: Mrs. W. P. Riley, Mrs. H. H. Copeland, Miss Moselie Copeland, .Miss Mary Ellen Eaves, and Messrs. D.' Dowling, W. A. Klauber, Jim McGowan, J. D. Copeland. Jr., and A. W. Knight. Villa on the Job Again. El Paso, June 19.?Villa and government forces fought at Pilar De Conchos, east of Parral, yesterday, according to a message received he^e tonight. Government officials and Villa agents claimed the battle as a! victory for their troops. Villa had 3r>0 men engaged and the government forces an e<>ual number, the report said. Quits. "Bvlinks has a perfect mania for , condensing everything. Did you hear how he proposed?" "No." "He held up an engagement ring before the girl's eyes and said 'Eh?' " "And what did she say?" "She just nqdded."?Tit Bits. SIBERIA. ~ ? Russian I Province is Larger Than the Whole of Kuroj>e. Siberia is a Russian province larger than Europe. Such a bald, guidebook introduction gives, perhaps, an idea as good as any other of the vastness of that great land which stretches from the Urals to the Pacific, and from the Arctic ocean to the Chinese frontier. Perhaps no. other country is more consistently and persistently misapprehended than Siberia. To the world at large the name still conjures up visions of eternal snow, of frozen forbidding uplands and great treeless T'ollnt ar./l AVOW h ou* o / ! r* c o i v* vaiiCj o, ciJivi c?ci j nu ? auvL ci long file or chained convicts "slowly and toilfuily, verst after verst. traversing the continent on their three years' march to that great inferno of the Far East, the convict island of Sakhalin." This traditional Siberia was for many years a favorite field for the melodramatist and for the novelist, who desired to give an utterly free rein to their imagination. Siberia, however, is very far from being a ""frozen waste" or any other kind of j waste. In winter, it is true, there is snow more than enough, but, by the end of April, spring has set in with remarkable beauty and charm, and, during the weeks that follow, Siberia: makes up for lost time. Of course, in i a country so vast, conditions generally ! speaking, the land is astonishingly fertile, and those who know the coun-j try best confidently predict that it will some day become one of the great granaries of the world. The Russian j authorities have known all about this for years, as they have known of Siberia's immense resources in other di-1 rections, and every means has been ! resorted to to secure the colonization | of the territory by Russians. As early in its history as 1658, Si-j beria began to be a place of exile and a penal colony. Rebels under Peter; the Great, courtiers of rank under j the empresses, Polish confederates! under Catherine II, the "Decembrists,'' under Nicholas I, nearly 50,000 Poles, after the insurrection of 1863, were exiled to Siberia, and vast armies of political prisoners since. have passed through the great clear-, ing station at Chelyabinsk, on the: eastern side of the Urals, and have. been transported thence to their al-1 loted zone or prison somewhere be- j tween the Urals and the Pacific, 3,-j 000. miles away. Prisons, indeed,} are common enough buildings in Si-1 beria. Irkutks, for instance is literally surrounded by great prisons, which, for generations, have received the criminal and political offenders of Russia. Then, as imprisonment for any length of time has almost in-^ variably carried with it exile for life, scarcely any of the prisoners, released. have been allowed to return to! Russia. The population of ^Irkutsk, as of so many other Siberian towns, is j mainly composed of former convicts; or their descendents. A convict in Russia, however, is / / I" You don't have to w The steady blue flai Takes half the drudgery ]? No fires to build?no asJ ^ stuffy, hot kitchen. r l Does everything a coal or Ul do. Far more convenier ? more. 2,500,000 Americar f | served by the New Perfect sTv Washingt p| Norfolk, ^ Richmonc ^NEW. very far from being necessarily a criminal.> And these towns, such as Omsk and Irkutsk, have no appearance of being convict settlements. They are not the overgrown, dreary steppe villages which many stifi picture them, but thriving and modern cities, with lofty buildings and broad streets, long and straight, with all the side streets set at right angles: 1 schools, universities, theatres, and hotels in which the traveler finds himself amidst the most- approved hotel surroundings. Then there are ' public gardens, public fetes, fireworks displays, and bands, whilst everybody dresses very much in the same way /n rl /-^ 'M* A m n vino dd J/fUi'Itr Kl\J III LiUI U);c oi aa. All that, however, is the best side of Siberia. A very little closer inspection only is required to under-j stand the full misery of the life of thousands of those exiles, so many of whom are now returning joyfully to J Russia. The horrors of the prescrib-j ed area, the utter inadequacy of the government allowance, loneliness of the exile, often highly educated,) condemned to live within the con-) fines of some village peopled with a; semi-civilized peasantry, would re-j quire many books adequately to describe. Certainly for no part of the Russian dominions will the great re-j lease of March 17, 1917, be more full of immediate blessing than for Si-! beria. i, SIMS TO COMMAND. i I ) Great Responsibility on U. S. Admiral; Burins: Absence of Britisher. 1 ; < ! London, June 19.?Vice Admiral ( William S. Sims, U. S. X., has been ] appointed to take general charge of ] the operations of the Allied naval ' forces in Irish waters. jj Admiral Sims will act in this capa- j city while the British commander-;1 in-chief is absent from his post for I' a period', the official announcement of < his appointment explains. The 1 American Admiral's flag meanwhile 1 has been hoisted as the Allied senior! officer in these waters. j i j 1 = i RILEY & COPELAND < Successors to W. P. Riley. Fire, Life Accident * IN TT TN A r>t n I JN ? U 1C AJX U Hi ! Office in J. D. Copeland's Store BAMBERG, S. C. Whenever You Need a General Tonic j Take Grove's 11 The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless ' chill Tonic is equally valuable as a J; General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives j i out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and i; Builds up the Whole System. 50 certs, j ( R. P. BELLINGER ATTORNEY AT LAW MONEY TO LOAN. j Office Over Bamberg Banking Co. General Practice ? "?IT ^STAY^ PUT" ratch things if you cook on t me stays low or high?righ out of cooking. Ask your dealer to ties, no dirt, no ible glass reser Perfection feature wood stove will ALADDIN it and costs no Always clean anc 1 homes are now that you are sup ion. kerosene. NDARD OIL COMPA (New Jersey) on. D. C BALTIMORE r, Charlott< /a. yrx Charleston, i, Va. " Charlestoi 1785 19171 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON South Carolina's Oldest College 133d YEAR BEGINS SEPT. 28 Entrance examinations at all the countv seats, Fridav, July 13, at 9 A. .M. Four-year courses lead to the B. A. and B. S. degrees. A two-year premedical course is given. A free tuition scholarship is assigned to each county of the State. Spacious buildings and' athletic grounds, well equipped laboratories, unexcelled library facilities. Expenses moderate. For terms and catalogue;' address . HARRISON RANDOLPH, President. Wefi | J ee't Vterrific | j 5| * sick headache, H <|| dose or two of r ili^S Granger ? gS^^llgi! ?0?**y Livgr F fefe^, Rsplator | will put you in H || \r-?good shape. It n t* if a purely J [I vegetable preparation, non-alcoholic Jl (J ar.d acts pleasantly and effc-ctively. U 0 (VccorJ. N. B.. Jin. 17. 1P17 [l rf I was s^ck ?:x nif nths last year and tbs Dc^or jl K tcld c:? to po to F:'rid*. I jr-t some Grander |{ Ji L*ver Retalstop in f ierida and it cid.rce g<xtL |f "; I trocri.t f'ur !<xes boir.e with me aaa now I II Si <F;?ned) F.. J. Rrwlai;d h li Sold by all drusrgists?2Sc a box ?t > SCHOLARSHIP AM) ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS. I nivei'Sity oi ?>"uin <. arouiia. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in University of ?outh Carolina and for admission of new students will be held at the county court house on FRIDAY, JULY 13, AT 9 A. M. Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of ige. When scholarships are vacant after July 13, they will be awarded to those making the highest average at examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should vrite to President Currell for scholarship blanks. These blanks, properly filled out by the applicant should be Sled with President Currell by July 5th. Scholarships are worth $100, free tuition and fees, total $158. The next session will open September 19, 1917. For further information and :atalogue, address PRESIDENT W. S. CURRELL, Columbia, S. C. 240 Pound Pigs. With corn above 50 cents, hogs eat their heads off very quickly. The hog .that takes two or three months to ge?\on full feed never brings you a profit. When you are ready to put your shoats on feed, begin with the B. 4Thomas Hog Medicine. Use regularly and watcli your shoats round out into fat hogs in nine months?hogs going well over 200 pounds and as high as 240 pounds. Figure the average feeding and you will see why the B. A. Thomas medicine is a good investment. Try feeding out your hogs on this plan and if you are not more than pleased, we will refund the cost of the medicine. C. R. BRABHAM'S SOXS, Bamberg, S. C. # he New Perfection, t where you left it. show you the new reversion, an exclusive New SECURITY OIL g 1 clear-burning. Be sure - B >plied with this superior H ;tiqn) Bff?'-'*** ' ' ? ?f r. v ' * | "The Old I x I Hartford Fire Insurance Co." I Came Back to Me Again ? 1 f t % II Am Prepared to Write Your Insurance 4 V v t t 4 V Do you believe in PREPARED- Y X NESS and RECIPROCITY if so X I A I can protect you from fire, and . A J A you want my patronage, "LET'S A SWAP" f <? V A A i V Y 1 G. MOYE DICKINSON I * * ..... ..t i^Pr I MCTFNIU1FI ! I I M? VJLblll/llUU a t ? Y :*JI I 0 MINERAL |J I I SPRINGS I I 'k H BAMBERG, S.C. J > v f ^B y '^3 t ^B t ' m - 'rf ! ^ -A.. ,:f$M ^ For Sale By 1 W. P. HERXDOX 1 t Bamberg, S. C. X ?? <?' . * ^ * Jm| Don't Carry a Safe. I Enterprise Bank I 5 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Savings Deposits. Bamberg, S. C. f| BBMffiSHBBBBBHBBHnnBDBHMHHHIHHHHHHiB <r*% . j ; . The Human Factors J In Good Service There are three parties to every tele- ' || phone conversation?the party calling, the trained operator, and the party who answers. All three share alike the responsibility for quick and accurate telephone service. The calling party should give the corrpft number in a distinct voice, speak ing directly into the transmitter, and wait at the telephone until the party answers or the operator reports. The called ? ' I party should answer promptly. ' <\'4> Patience on the part of the telephone ~ f/M" 10 O 1CA PCs user anu ine icicpnunc upciaLui w aiov sential to good service. When you Telephone?Smile SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE I j. AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY ^gjpr i-r.'i , -v