The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 30, 1917, Page 2, Image 2
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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."
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/ 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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prayer, fervently and solemnly, for
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those who are to be called to arms
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