The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 06, 1917, Page 2, Image 2
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
Thursday, September 6,1917
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We do care what sort of country
this will be after we are dead, i
Do you?
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Bamberg complains of leaking water
spouts. Come to Xewberry and j
walk up Friend street from the Her- |
aid and Xews office, and in other {
parts of the city, when it is raining. |
?Newberry Herald and Xews.
Correctly stated, except that Bam-j
berg's drain pipes do not leak. They >
pour. !
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JBamDergS nrsi tuuuagcui in uic :
national army carries with it to the n
cantonment in Columbia and to the
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front in Europe the best wishes and j
prayers of the people of the county, j
Everybody joins in the hope that
each one of'them will return crowned!
with glory after the glorious victory
is won.
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Sheriff Huckabee, of Kershaw
county, who died some months ago,
is alleged to be about $9,000 short
in his accounts, and an effort is be- j
ing made by the county authorities
to collect the shortage from his
bondsmen. It will be recalled that
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Governor Manning attempted to dismiss
Sheriff Huckabee from office a
year or two ago, but the supreme
court decided that the act under
which the governor took this action
was not constitutional.
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The opposition in this country to
the draft and to the administration
in general, is no doubt, fostered by
the German government. . We don't
doubt for a moment that the kaiser
knows all about it, and that he regularly
receives reports on the progress
made in this country. Germany has
from the beginning of the war conducted
the most insidious propoganda
in this country that the nation j
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has ever heard of. It takes money
to conduct the campaign that is being
waged in America today against
the war. Where does the money (
come from?*
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Which flag are you sailing under? ,
You are either an American or an
anti-American. There is no such an
animal as a German-American. Such
a person is either a German or an
American. We have no sympathy
v with the so-called German-Americans.
If this country is good enough
to live in and if this government j
is good enough for Germans!
to seek privileges from in times j
of peace, they should be com-j
pelled to be loyal in time of war; ! ;
else be treated as ordinary traitors.
Even at that, we think the disloyal
Germans in America are entitled to
more consideration than those parad-:
ing as Americans, and at the same \
time stabbing the country in the i
back under the guise of "Americanism."
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s.
/ The following paragraphs are tak-'1
en from a booklet written by Otto H.
Kahn, of New York:
There appears to prevail amongst
not a few people the strange delusion
that America's entrance into the war
was fomented by moneyed men, in
part, at least, from the motive and
for the purpose of gain.
Were there any such men, no public
condemnation of them could be
too severe, no punishment would be
adequate. I am absolutely certain
that no such hideous and dastardly
calculation found lodgment in the
brain of any American, rich or poor.
Moreover, is it not perfectly manifest
that any rich man in his senses
must have known that His selfish in- !
terest was best promoted by the continuance
of the conditions of the last
three years in which America furinished
funds and supplies to Europe
iat huge profits, whilst our entering
the war was bound to diminish those
profits very largely (indeed, to entirely
eliminate some of them), to
interfere with business activity in
many lines, and to compel the imposition
of heavy taxes on wealth?
We do not know Otto H. Kahn;
Cf. a?a r\ ? fl-nrv *4 T">-? An
perua.u5> uc is uuc wi uiwu&.itu |
men," but it does not make any difference.
The point is a good one.
We have always said that it may be
true (we do not know it to be true
or untrue) that the moneyed interests
may want the war, but if helps them,
it is only incidental. Either war or
peace is bound to help some people:
that is no argument against or for
the war. It does appear likely, however,
that the moneyed men. if they
were seeking profits only, would
have preferred a continuance of the
conditions which netted them so
much more profits than actual war
between this country and Germany.
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Under the head "If Germany Wins,"
the Yorkville Enquirer makes the
following: wise observations:
If Germany wins the war, the consequences
to the United States of
America will be something: terrible.
To win, Germany must first crush
England and France, and as the result
of that all that England and
France have that Germany wants she
will take.
With England crushed there will be
no British fleet to keep the German
fleet from doing what it will, and if
the English fleet were destroyed or
taken over by Germany, there would
be little to prevent Germany from
coming to America with whatever
force she sees proper to send.
The force that the British and i
French sent to Gallipoli would have
been ample to conquer the United
States as matters stood then, and with j
France and England out of the way,
Germany could send a much larger i
force against the United States than j
England and France sent to Gallipoli. j
If Germany wins, somebody is go-1
ing to pay all the expenses of the j
war for her, and no other nation has j
.more of the wherewith with which to ;
pay than has the United States.
The success of Germany would j
mean the destruction of the independ- j
ence of the United States, and the j*
United States without its independ- ;
ence would be done forever.
There may be those who think
there is 110 possibility of Germany being
able to win; but it will be far
.better for the present and future of
this country if it will begin to fear j
otherwise.
There is but one way to avert the
possibilities of German victory, and
that is for America to go into this!
war with the vim and vigor that is
characteristic of this country. The
nation cannot perform its whole duty
and purpose in the war unless the
government has the backing of all
the people. Wilson and his cabinet
are wise leaders; we were perfectly
willing to follow them in peace; let
us do not less in war. Every true
American will follow the administration
that did its utmost to keep
America out of war.
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The following circular was received
by a Western newspaper through
mistake. It was intended for the
local automobile dealer. It gives
some idea Ww supposedly reputable
business houses try to get something
for nothing?and unfortunately they
succeed pretty often:
"At one time we sent out copies of
our publicity stories to about 6,000
newspapers?probably the papers in
your town were on that list. Only 250
papers are receiving our publicity service
now. We are also publishing
these stories in the Starter, with the
request that you use them in your
home papers. We believe that you can
get better results. You probably know
Pete Perkins, editor or publisher of
your home-town paper?you probably
know him by his first name. If you
don't you ought to! Knowing him personally,
you can give him the story of
the trip Bob Hawkins made in his
Underground roadster, or the story
of the Billy-Day limousine you just
sold to your banker?or else it may
be typewritten copy of that publicity
story which appeared on the back
page of this week's Starter Well,
anyway, you can take the story to
Perkins hand it to him and say:
'Pete, here's a little story for you.
I'd appreciate it if you'd find room
for it tomorrow.' Perkins, knowing .
you as a prominent business man of
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Iiiiu? ii, anu aiou uiic \jl iux c
local advertisers, as well as a good
friend, responds: 'Glad to do it for
you, Sam. We'll ;give it a good
spread.' And you get a good story
in the paper, properly displayed."
Those 250 papers which accepted
the stuff do a grave injustice to the
other 5,750 which are trying to make *
an honest living. They also do all
their advertisers an injustice. Free ;
space, just like bad accounts, has to
be paid for by somebody, else bankruptcy
will follow. The giving of :
free advertising also lessens the value
of the paid advertising. Things
which cost nothing are of very little
value. If a merchant should give i
away suits of clothes to everybody
who asked for them, the probate
judge would receive a hurry sum- 1
mons to rush somebody to the insane i
asylum.
Organizing New Branches.
The Bamberg Keel Cross chapter is
actively engaged in orgar '-'ng new
branches. Besides those already organized
at Denmark, Ehrhardt and
Kearse, Olar joined last Wednesday
evening, with a membership of about 1
thirty. All of this is very encourag- i
ing to Red Cross workers. '
This makes the total membership
of Red Cross workers in Bamberg
county number about 300 or over. J
Around $200 has been collected 1
from the Red Cross chapter and other 1
societies and this money has been <
sent to headquarters for wool and
supplies for workers.
It is hoped that the wool will reach
Bamberg during the week in order
that the workers and those yiterested
can begin as soon as possible on the
articles necessary for the soldier boys. 1
Headquarters for the wool will be at
.Mr. \\ . u. ruioau s siore.
Our chairman of supplies has asked
that the ladies who have pillow
slips, hospital shirts, comfort bags,
etc., on hand, finish and turn them
in to the chapter as soon as possible,
this week so they can be made ready
for shipment.
It is interesting for Red Cross
workers to know that increasing at
the rate of 25,000 to 100,000 a day ;
membership of the Red Cross has
just passed the 3,500,000 mark. This
is double the number of members on
July 1st, when the total was 1,800,802.
The present membership of ?>,548,280
is scattered among 2,400
chapters of American Red Cross,
which now are organized in all the
principal cities and towns of the '
country.?Contributed.
WAR TO LAST YEAR MORE.
Englishman Says Teutons Will Hold
Out That Long.
An Atlantic Port. Sept. 1.?A party
of prominent Britishers arrived here
today on a passenger steamship to
join Lord Xorthcliffe, British commissioner
in the United States, and assist
him in purchasing war supplies. They
will go to Washington for a conference
with government officials.
In discussing the war a member of
the party said lie does not believe
the conflict will end until about this
time next year. "The Germans will
never be overcome by hunger alone,"
he declared. "Neither will they be
Kir occonlt< nn tho front
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while tliey are convinced of the weakness
of their opponents. It must be
a combination of hunger and continual
assaults that will win.
"They are going to be hungry still
more and then is the time for the
Allies to deliver the blows against
the line that will settle the question
for all time.
"The embargo of the United States
against them is one of the strongest
weapons yet put into our hands and
if this had gone into effect a year
ago the war would have been over by
now. We have got to keep them hungry
and make them still hungrier
and keep on delivering the blows
against them while they are In this
condition."
As the Boy Understood.
A certain English foreman in one
of the Kensington textile factories is
in the habit of having an apprentice
heat his luncheon for him. The
other day he called a new apprentice.
"Go downstairs and 'eat up my
lunch for me," ordered the foreman.
The boy, a typical young American
with no knowledge of cockney English,
obeyed with alacrity. He was
hungry.
Ten minutes later the foreman
came down. He was also hungry.
"Where's my lunch?" he demanded.
The boy gazed at him in amazement.
'You told me to eat it up,' and I
eat it."
"I didn't tell you to heat it up,"
3 o n "T tnlrl
r03XeU lilts liaie luiciuau. x iviu
you to 'eat it up." \
"Well, I didn't heat it up," maintained
the youngster, stoutly. "I eat
it cold."?Exchange. .
The Reformed Lover.
The late John Philip Quinn, the reformed
gambler, who for 20 years
traveled all over America exposing
the electric roulette wheel and other
cheating devices, had a reform story
that he would tell while exhibiting
his queer paraphernalia in his private
car.
"Don't be afraid to reform," he
said. "Help every poor devil who
wants to reform.
" 'You stopped smoking because
she asked you to?' was the question
put to a solemn looking chap.
" 'Yep.'
And you stopped drinking because
she asked you to?'
" 'Yep.*
" 'And you gave up your poker parties
and went into refined, serious
society for the same reason?'
s" 'Yep, yep, yep.'
" 'Well, yep, ye never married
her?'
" 'Well, you see, after I'd reformed "
like that I found I could do better.' "
Made to Measure.
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A man who was much bandylegged
entered a local tailor's the other day
and asked to be measured for a new
suit. The assistant informed him the
boss warn't in.
"Never mind; the'll do as weel,"
answered the man, and the assistant
began to measure him When he had
taken the measurements for the coat
and vest he stood up, scratched his
head and looked down at the man's
legs.
"Wod arta looking at?" asked the
man.
"Why, Aw'm lookin' at tha legs.
Aw've never measured anybody like
thee afoar."
"Oh, never mind my legs," said the
man. "Thee measure urn straight,
owd lad. Aw'll bend um misel.' "?
l-onaon in mis.
Phonetic Spoiling.
Teacher?Tommy, can you spell
"fur?"
Thomas?Yes sir. F-u-r.
Teacher?That's right. Now can
you tell me what fur is?
Thomas?Yes. sir. Fur is an awful
long way.?Literary Digest.
Although Fred Edman, of Memphis.
Tenn., had $2,000 in his pocket
the other day in Cleveland, 0., he
preferred to live in a tent with Mrs.
Edman rather than go to a hotel. He
carries the tent with him everywhere
as he does not like hotels. .
Jap Hotels Have Quaint Customs.
"At dusk we cast anchor in the
roadstead of Kobe, where the Tenvo
Maru has to remain," writes Sven
Hedin, in his book From Pole to Pole.
"A launch takes us to the busy town,
and we determine to spend the night
on shore in a genuine Japanese hotel.
At the entrance we are met by the
landlord, in a garment like a petticoat
and a thin mantle with short
hanging sleeves. Two' small waiting
maids take off our shoes and put a
pair of slippers on our feet.
"We go up a narrow wooden staircase
and along a passage with a
brightly polished wooden floor. Outside
a sliding door we take off our
slippers and enter in stocking feet.
Cleanliness is the first rule in a Jap"
V. 'ifVirmtio o 11 ri it- it- mi 1 ri lio + tl nil sr)-| t
ancsc nuuoc anu u ?? uuiu ?
inexcusable to enter a room in shoes
which had lately been in the dust and
dirt of the lanes and streets. Our
rooms are divided from one another
by partitions of paper or the thinnest
veneer, which can be partially drawn
aside, so that the rooms may be
thrown into one.
"All the service and attention is
performed by women. They are
dressed in their becoming and tasteful
national costume, the kimono, a
closefitting colored garment, cut out
round the neck, a broad sash of cloth
round the waist, and a large rosette
like a cushion at the back. Their
hair is jet black, smooth and shiny,
and is arranged in tresses that look
as if they were carved in ebony. Japanese
women are always clean, neat
and dainty, and it is vain to look for
a speck of dust on a silken cuff. If
they did not giggle sometimes you
might think they were dolls of wax
or china. They do their work conscientiously
and are always cheerful,
contented and friendly.
"We sit down on our cushions for
breakfast. The serving girls bring in
a small red-lacquered table, not larger
or higher than a footstool. Every
guest has his own table and on each
are five cups, bowls and small dishes
of porcelain and lacquer, all of them
with lids.* * * These contain raw fish
and boiled fish and various forms,
omelettes and macaroni, crab soup
with asparagus in it, and many other
strange viands. When we had partaken
of the first five dishes, another
table is brought in with fresh dishes;
and if it is a great banquet as many
as four or five tables may be placed
before one before the dinner is over.
Wo oat with twn rhoDsticks of wood
or ivory, not larger than a penholder.
* * * When a bowl of steaming rice,
cooked dry, is brought in, it is a sign
that the meal is ended.
Something Wrong Somewhere.
"Grandma," asked six-year-old
Paul, "what makes Helen such a pretty
little girl?"
"She is pretty," grandma replied,
"because she is such a good little
girl."
"But, grandma," Paul protested,
"you are awful good."?Philadelphia'
Ledger.
, Of all the treasures in Alaska, the
seals are probably among the most
valuable. Unlike mineral wealth,
they need never run out for in concormonnp
nf their Dowers of reproduc
tion they can yield under reasonable
control a large and continuous revenue
for an indefinite future.
I The ~1
Farmers
I Restaurant
I beg to announce that I
have opened a first-class restaurant
on Main street, next
to G. A. Ducker's store, and
T will be glad to welcome all
of my friends and acquaintances,
and the pubilc generally,
assuring them of courteous
and prompt treatment
at all times.
D. D. STEEDLY
BAMBERG, S. C.
RILEY & COPELAND
Successors to W. P. Riley.
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Accident
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Office in J. D. Copeland's Store
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Dr. THOMAS BLACK, JR.
DENTAL SURGEON.
Graduate Dental Department University
of Maryland. Member S. C.
State Dental Association.
Office opposite new post office and
over office of H. M. Graham. Office
hours, 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
BAMBERG, S. C.
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crop and ihen he pats
where it is safe?
It takes cents to make dollars. It takes sense to
keep dollars.
This man knew enough to put seed into the
ground and it grew into a crop. Now he knows ^
enough to put dollars in the bank and grow a fortune.
He knows if he plants grain it grows; if he plants
dollars they grow. But dollars don's fear weather
conditions.
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