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Wije pamkrg ^eralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Thursday, August oO, 1917. Some objection has been voiced to sending the boys in France tobacco. Give the boys all the tobacco they want, say we. We fellows at home know how well goes a cob and a can of P. A., or a plug of twist, and of course it is much better "over there." ^ JjC $ ^ / Barnwell has just finished paving its main street. What about paving Bamberg's main thoroughfare? Everybody knows how muddy the street is during the rains and how dusty it is when it is dry. We really don't know when it is worst, in rainy or dry weather. Either one Is bad enough. :jc sfc sfc 3jc jfc A good many people insist upon pronouncing it "cantonement," but this is the pronunciation as given by Webster: kan-tun-ment. The "a" in the first syllable is pronounced as in "am;" the "u" in the second syllable is pronounced as in "up." "Canton" is pronounced exactly as if you were saying canton flannel. * * * * * * We have lately heard quite a numbumber of well-informed people fall into the error of saying that America declared war against Germany. Such is not the case. Congress declared that a state of war existed. As a matter of fact Germany has made war upon America for three years. America simply said that there wras already war. * * * * * * It is not a very complimentary thing to say, but Bamberg is the only , town we ever knew that allowed drain pipes from the tops of buildings to empty out upon the side tor icfuuiut, niui statement is that his speech was reported by a friend of his. % >jc $ * j>e We are frequently told when soliciting business, that "it does not pay to advertise." Of course such a statement is based on lack of information. John Wannamaker, the merchant prince of America, is one of the world's largest and most successful merchants. He says that his success is due entirely to advertising. He ought to know. He spends more perhaps every year for advertising than the combined sales of all the merchants in Bamberg. John Wannamaker is worth hundreds of millions, and he used to sell goods from a wheelbarrow, now much is the merchant who says it does not pay to advertise worth? walks. And another thing that ought to be forbidden is the placing of awnings so low. A moderately tall person has to be continually dodging his head when walking along Main street to keep his hat upon his head. ****** The difference between the present governor and his predecessor in office is this: Governor Manning is no politician, and is a candidate for no t office next summer. The former governor is a thorough politician, has been a continuous candidate for about 25 years, and will be a candidate next summer unless he realizes how silly he has made himself and has sense enough to keep out of <A politics. ****** Last week The Herald spoke a word of commendation for the work of the Bamberg county Local Board. Inadvertently we omitted ikentioningi the unselfish work of the physicians; who assisted in the work of examin-! ing the 800 and odd registrants called so far. These doctors left their practice and stayed in the court house for days, without pay. The physicians have contributed liberally ' to the cause. ' * * * at * * Congressman Sam Xicholls, John L. 'McLaurin and Mr. Sawyer, v of Georgetown, have come out squarely for the administration. These three are among the few influential leaders of the Bleaseite faction. Their views, as published, differ very wide1 ly from the* utterances of Blease. We suspect a good many more of Blease's lieutenants do not share the ex-governor's anti-draft and anti-administration views. ****** The Columbia correspondent of the Charleston American consumes almost two columns in arguing that there is no split in the ranks of the "reform party." Maybe not; but when one fellow says that a man who says so and so ought to be arrested and hung, and another fellow who belongs to the same pai-ty has said just those things, it looks very much as if those fellows were not the best friends in the world. ***** v Ex-Governor Blease in a speech at Pickens Saturday, boasted for an hour or so of his "patriotism" and "Americanism," but he does not attempt to explain his utterance at Pomaria: "I don't care wnat kind of America we have after I am dead." The only reason that he does not denounce the newspaper's as liars c? l-i im ac making: that The Fairfax Citizen says: "It is much better to raise cane than to raise Cain." Well, it is a fact that Adam made a pretty poor job of the latter. :jc :jc si: Isn't a funny thing to hear anybody talking about "none but my friends need apply," and then chewing the rag about his friends missing all the patronage? * * :|c * :i: It is a peculiar fact, but true, that crooks and thieves believe everybody else are crooks and thieves. When you hear anyone continually accusing other folks of crookedness, it is a pretty good sign that that person is thoroughly yellow. A piece of bread in the garbage can is an act of treason. If every family in the United States throws away one slice of bread a day it means a total of two billion wasted loaves daily.?Aiken Standard. This would give us a pretty large population, about a hundred billion or so. However, the sentiment is a good one. Enough is wasted every week in America to feed a large army. This waste must cease. Every slice of bread wasted may mean a hungry mouth unfilled. ****** They lynched a negro preacher in York county the other day because he was opposed to the draft and because he had been talking against the war. Why, we thought, after reading about that Filbert picinc, and how unanimously the hands w^re raised when the vote was taken, that everybody in York county was against the war?yet we are told that this preacher was lynched by a mob composed of both whites and blacks. We must confess we don't see the logic of taking vengeance out on an ignorant negro preacher when white men, from whom so much more is to be expected, are allowed to say things much more harmful than anything a negro can say. ****** England or Germany, which? Disregard the initial cause for war between France and Germany. The German army was mobilized within a fpw davs and started on its way to Paris through Belgium. Germany had a treaty with Belgium, binding Germany to respect Belgium's neutrality. This document was treated merely as a scrap of paper, and was utterly disregarded by the German government in its mad attempt to overrun France before that country could gather an army to resist the invasion. Belgium resisted the German army going through Its terrij tory, and saved France from com[ plete occupation by the German army. England had a treaty with Belgium obligating that country to protect the little kingdom. England did. not consider her treaty merely as a scrap of paper, but threw her armies into Belgium's defense as fast as she could mobilize, which was about as difficult to England then as to the United States today. As the Newberry Observer remarks, if England started the war, as Germany charges, why was England so unprepared? Germany was absolutely prepared? so well prepared that it mobilized an army of hundreds of thousands in, we believe, four days. Such a wonderful mobilization could not have been possible if Germany had not foreseen the struggle, and was only waiting until a propitious moment to strike. Germany's alleged grief against the United States was that we should ' - - A nllnn-n/) svnnrlotinri nf mil. LI U L lid V C anuncu luhuu v nitions of war. Dr. Watson made the point the other day that this was equivalent to Germany saying, "We are prepared, we have plenty of munitions; and you must not furnish munitions to the Allies." As a matter of fact, as Dr. Watson said, Germany furnished war supplies to belligerent countries as late as the Balkan wars. But, now that Germany is at war, it is not right for the United States to furnish belligerents with supplies. It is to be borne in mind that America did not restrict her trade to the Allies. Germany could have purchased if she could have had use of the seas. But thai is the point of Germany's contention; she could not get supplies herself; therefore, it was against neutrality to furnish them to her enemies. II was all right for Germany to do this however. How to I5eat the Boll Weevil. If Sumter county would be prepared for the coming of the boll weevil within two to five years, we must build a system of roads that will be eood under all conditions of weather the tenement system must be entirely reformed, a marketing system mus1 be developed, the farms must be fenced and a diversified system ol farming must be practiced, with different sections of the county specializing on certain crops that experience has proven best adapted to the soil. There is much to be done and the time all too short even though everybody should get to work at once. ?Sumter Item. Read The Herald, $1.50 a year. Day of Special Prayer. Columbia, Aug. 26.?Gov. .Manning issued a proclamation yesterday, designating next Sunday, September 2, as a day of special prayer for those who are to be called into tne national armv by the selective service law. I The governor calls upon the ministers of all denominations and all Christian people to make special intercession for the soldiers on that day. The proclamation reads: "Beginning September 5, thous-i ands of young South Carolinians will' be called for service in the National Army. The National Guard of South ! Carolina is already m tne ieaerai ser? vice. It seems to me fitting that some recognition should be made of the sarifices that our men in arms are making, and are to make, in fight-, ing for our country, for defense of our? i honor, for the defense of the lives) and property of American citizens and for the cause of human freedom j and of human liberty. It is our duty I to dispel the idea that the men of the National Army are to be looked upon j in the attitude of being forced to fight. The policy of the government j has been fixed, by which men are selected for service. There is, there-1 Ittaro-Gola Chero-Cola BAMBER | NOT ! T T ===== ^ I contracted a i Weber wagons, 1 ^ ons, 200 buggies ^ also contracted fc L of dry goods and ago. I am now r <?+ buggies, wagons, [ ^ goods at less than J from manufactur J prospective buyer ^ buying. ' T Lr, ?! OLAR : I'-,,, : l^^tNCREASE YOUR I "SOPC i SOFT PHOSPHATE, 26 Per ce I QUICKLY AVAILABLE, RESUI I USED PHOSPHORUS |jj For Prices and Adve fore, nothing but honor and respect to the members of the National Army who have been drafted, as well as to those who have volunteered their services. "A solemn duty devolves upon the citizens generally who will not be priviledged themselves to bear arms, but who are in cordial sympathy with the purposes for which these men are to fight. "We recognize the sacrifices that are ahead of us, either as non-combatants or as soldiers, and that those bearing arms, who are leaving their homes and loved ones in response to the call of duty and patriotism to their country, may be called upon to make the supreme sacrifice. "We are a God-fearing people. We realize our dependence on Him and we trust in His sustaining arm. "I therefore call upon all ministers of every denomination, members of all the churches and citizens generally, to unite in making Sunday, September 2, a day on which all patriotic citizens are called upon to offer prayer, fervently and solemnly, for the men who are under arms, and for those who are to be called to arms and for their families and loved ones." REFRESHING WITH I NO BAD AFTER EFFECT I CHERO-COLA "In a bottle? throogh'a straw " I I I I Why only in bottles? We are determined CHERO-COLA shall be pure. We are determined it shall be clean and sparkling. 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Smith, de- j vlq iiRCl Jj ceased, will file the same, properly ; J! itemized and verified, with the un- j LilV^f I dersigned executors of said estate: J ?^ - II and all persons indebted to said es- ; RfififUmLOl11 II tate are hereby notified to make pay- . . , O q jl ment to said executors. i non-alTOkoljcprep?. || ? ?.,T^,TT ration,and is highly recommended for tick || j?v- /-j: otv? *!1 II ti. b.uiin, | imwicue, iuuixcbuvu, J H SMITH ! stomach and liver complaints. Your drug* II Executors of estate of Mrs. B. U. - ? Smith, deceased. _ l| Smoaks, S. C., August 21st, 1917. ??i *. .4 - '-^0