The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 31, 1918, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
Thursday, January 31, 1918.
The Greenwood Daily Index is the
latest addition to the fourth estate
in South Carolina. The Index has
progressed in the last year or so from
a weekly to a thrice-a-week and now
to a daily. The paper is edited by
Mr. H. L. Watson, and a live sheet
is being put out. This is Greenwood's
second daily?and two dailies
is' a pretty large order for a small
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city, Dili me peopie ui VJI ecu >* KJ\J\X I
have a habit of handsomely supporting
her newspapers, and no doubt
the new daily will be a success.
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An encouraging sign of the times
is the speech of the German socialist,
Scheidemann, who told the reiclistag
the other day that unless Germany
concludes peace before the
spring fighting starts up, there is
likely to be a great upheaval in Germany,
with the possibility of the
government being overthrown. While
there is little probability of such
drastic action as that, the socialist
leader must have pretty solid backing
to make such an amazing statement
as that publicly in the German
law-making body. There is, apparently,
an undercurrent in Germany
which is strong for peace, and there
is a remote possibility that this current
may sweep everything before it.
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As a war measure, and also to conserve
fuel, it would be a good idea
to close all theatres and other places
of amusement. The time is coming
when all luxuries must be given up,
and the sooner they are sacrificed,
the quicker the war will be over. In .
this respect, our country could well
take some lessons from Germany.
Shortly after Germany entered the
war, all places of amusement were
closed as a war measure; no gasoline
was sold to pleasure cars, and
eventually all privately owned automobiles
were taken over by the Ger- j
man government. Why not stop t
the sale of gasoline to pleasure cars (
Here? 'mere is a gasuiiu^itumuc .
all over the country?it may be caus- j
ed by congested freight conditions (
or scarcity of gas, it makes no differ- .
ence which. We have experienced ,
it here in Bamberg. It has been dif- ,
ficult, and even impossible in some (
instances, for necessary enterprises ,
to secure gasoline. It will be notic- j
ed, however, that there has been no ,
diminution of pleasure travel here- j
abouts. Pleasure riding and theatre- j
going could well be dispensed with ]
?with some sacrifice to pleasure and (
-convenience, to be sure) but many <
things must be sacrificed to win the j
/ war; and we can best dispense with 1
the things which are least necessary. t
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The world is growing more akin, j
This is One result of the world war. ,
Under the food regulations promul- ]
gated by the president and the food ]
administration this week, all Amer- .
icans are called upon to cease eating j
wheat products twe days in the week,
in order that our European brothers
may not suffer for flour. There is
' no question about the fact that America
has plenty of wheat for Americans,
but our allies must be fed. This
is entirely right, and no one should
consider it a hardship to sacrifice
for the good of others. Every time
.
you hoard up a barrel of flour, you
not only violate the food regulations,
but you are actually causing
suffering among those who need it
more than you do. This is a war of
sacrifice. What may develop into
America's greatest contribution to
the war is sacrifice.
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A good deal of discussion is now
going the rounds about taxation. The
State tax commission recently decided
to return real estate and personal
property at fifty per cent, of its
value. The question arises in our
mind, Why fix the tax returns at any
per cent, at all? Why not return
real estate and personal property at
the actual marketable price. And
then reduce the levy. There may be
arguments against this, but we are
frank to say we cannot see
them. At present property is returned
supposedly at about sixty per.
j cent., wnen, as a mauer or iacr 11 is
any kind of a per cent., ranging,
? doubtless from five per cent. up. Let
everybody return their property at
the real value, 100 per cent., and
the tax levy could be reduced accordingly.
If a man has a tract of land
worth $150 per acre, we see no reason
why he should not pay taxes on
$150 per acre; or if he has a house
and lot which cost $5,000, what argument
is there against him paying
taxes on $5,000? As the tax assessors
should be wTell informed as to ,
current property values, it should not
be a great deal of trouble to ascertain
if one's tax returns are accurate.
This, of course, would mean an upheaval
in the tax system, but it appears
that an upheaval of some sort
is imminent anyway.
There is consolation in the fact
that if Russia wont do any more
fighting, there will be little opportunity
for Germany to withdraw liei
armies from the Russian rrontler.
While Russia will doubtless never
again be a factor in the war, they are
not ready to lay down all their rights
in answer to Germany's so-called
peace proposals.
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That Austria is weary of the war
seems to be an assured fact. She is so
closely tied to Germany, however,
* *j ? /n inflnonno n f
tiiat It IS PUSSIUIC Lilt; uuiutuvu ui
Berlin may prevent the impending
crisis in Austria-Hungary. The Austrians
are sick of war; they are worn
out, and, if left to themselves, they
would be ready tomorrow to conclude
almost any kind of peace that
would be acceptable to the allies.
But Germany has decreed that the
fighting must go on. The vassals
of Germany must, and probably will,
continue to do her bidding.
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Some idea of what America is do*
ing in the war may be gleaned from
the fact that the army is now six
times as large as was the maximum
number of men under arms during
the Spanish-American war. Under
arms today there 1,428,650 men and
110,865 officers in the American army.
During the Spanish-American
war the greatest number of men and
officers in the army was 272,000. The
selective draft will soon carry the
number to an excess of 2,000,000.
It has not been, we believe, more
than a year or so ago when we reed
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Ill on? 01 til@ Udliuucii liiaguzines
an article by a so-called military
expert, in which the writer said
it would take three years to manufacture
sufficient supplies and equipment
to outfit an army of one million
men.
PREJUDICE AGAINST CARP.
Abundant and Valuable Fisli Sadly
Neglected.
The most abundant and valuable
Bsh in United States fresh waters is
the carp, an important food resource
3f nearly every State, but although
i sale of 43,000,000 pounds in a year
has been reported by the fishery
census, a prejudice against it has
arisen from the peculiar flavor acquired
by living in muddy ponds and
streams. This muddy taste, it is declared,
can be removed by a little
pains in cooking. In a bureau of
Bsheries circular describing various
ivays of cooking, H. F. Taylor recalls
that in 1902 a gathering 224 men of
the North American Fish and Game
Protective Association and the fishery
departments of three provinces of
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Canada, were purposely aeceiveu u.y
being fed carp &s red snapper, and
the fish had been so well prepared
:hat the deception was not discovered.
The carp is hary, very prolific, and
is easily handled and shipped. Its
precentage of protein, or muscle
building material, makes it an excellent
substitute for beef or mutton,
is its deficiency in fat can be entirely
replaced by vegetables.
Rice Seed Good at 1,000 Years Old.
Rice grown directly from grains
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one thousand years oia win ue sei vcu
the emperor of Japan, when he attends
the autumn manoeuvers of the
Japanese army in Shigaprefecture
this fall. The ancient rice grains
were found inside a wooden image
of Vasravans in a little Buddhist
temple in the village of Iwame.
Vasravans is the god of wealth
and his image had become so old as
to need repairing. In the course of
doing this there was found inside
the image a flaxen bag containing
the seed and a paper with* the following
instruction in ancient Chinese
characters:
"This image has been carved for
the peace of the world. If any one
^f a later generation open it, he
should put in new seed." From the
artistic style of the carving and the
traditions relating to the image, it
was estimated that the seeds were
1,000 years old. They were planted
and yielded a good crop.
Color of Cord on Hat.
Just as the sleeve chevrons and
bars, stars, and eagles on the
shoulder proclaim ranking officers,
the hat cord denotes the branch of
service each private has entered.
Light blue signifies Infantry;
scarlet, Artillery; yellow, Cavalry;
buff, Quartermasters corps; scarier
and white, Engineer's Corps; orange
and white, Signal Corps; scarlet and
black, Ordnance; black and white,
field clerk; maroon, Medical Corps;
black and gold, officers; silver and
black, adujant general's clerk; green,
instructor Home Guards; green and
white, Home Guards. These cords
are worn only on service hats.
Cadet aviators wear as hat bands
inch and a half white ribbons and
on coat collars insignia representing
the aviation branch of the Signal
Corps, propeller blades.
INSISTENT VOICE OF PEACE
DEMANDS HEAHI) FOLLOWING
NEW WAR STATEMENTS.
Phlip Scheideniaiin, German Socialist,
Pleads for Peace Before the
Spring Hostilities Start.
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The voices of peace advocates have
again been raised in the central empires,
following quickly upon what
is largely regarded as a new declaration
of Germany's warlike purposes
in her chancellor's speech.
A report is current that the Bolsheviki
government in Russia has
decided to continue the Brest-Litosvk
peace negotiations and another, quite
unconfirmed, that Austria is prepared
to make a peace with Russia independently
from Germany.
The peace note in Germany was
sounded by Philip Scheidemann, the
socialist leader, who in his remarks
following Chancellor von Hertling's
speech, pleaded for peace before the
spring came with its renewed bloodshed.
Regarding Russia, however, Scheidemann's
speech was more than a
plea, it was a warning that the military
leaders of the imperial government
would be "hurled from power"
if tliey did not bring about peace with
her.
Ground for Peace.
Scheidemann insisted ther?3 was
ground for a general peace on the
basis laid down by President Wilson
on 11 points of which an agreement
was easily possible. He was as uncompromising
as Chancellor von
Hertling, however, as regards Alsace
Lorraine, declaring this territory
must remain German.
Scheidemann's words comprise perhaps
the most radical utterance that
has yet come from his wing of the
party in the reichstag, the majority
of moderate socialists.
In the foreign press comment on
the speech of von Hertling, it is
pointed out that there Is yet no
sign of acknowledgment on the part
of the German government of any
responsibility to parliament and that |
to all appearances, the military party
is still in full control and determined
to maintain its grip upon the
situation.
Forces Now Six Times as Large.
There were 1,428,650 enlisted
men and 110,865 officers in the
United States Army at the opening
of 1918, more than one and a half
times as large as any force ever
mobilized by this Nation, according
to a statement by Secretary of War
Baker.
During the war with Spain the
Army of the United States at its
maximum strength aggregated 272,000
men and officers. The Army in
the field and in training now is
practically six times as great as the
maximum number under arms in
the Spanish-American War.
About 45,000 officers were commissioned
from civil life in the two
series of training camps, nearly
eight times as many as the number,
of officers in the Regular Army
April 1, 1917.
incriminating Himself.
An old colored man charged with
stealing chickens was arraigned in
court and was incriminating himself
when the judge said:
"You ought to have a lawyer.
Where's your lawyer?"
"Ah ain't got no lawyer, jedge,"
said the old man.
"Very well, then," said his honor.
"I'll assign a lawyer to defend
you.''
"Oh, no, suh, no suh! Please
don't do dat!" the darky begged.
"Why not?" asked the judge. "It
won't cost you anything. Why don't
you want a lawyer?"
"Well, jedge, Ah'll tell you, suh,"
said the old man, waving his tattered
old hat confidently. "Hits dis way. 3
Ah wan' tah enjoy dem chickens 3
mahself."?Brooklyn Eagle.
Conscience Clear i
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For the first three years of their
married life the wife's mother had ]
lived with the young couple. Then :
one morning, without even stopping (
to pack, hubby fled. <
The young wife rushed upstairs <
and told the news to her mother. "I i
suppose some nasty low down woman j
is responsible for his leaving you," ]
said the latter.
"Yes, mother,"' said the sorrowing j
wife, "there, was a woman in it." ?
"Her name?" demanded the good
woman, palpitating like an enraged
motor omnibus. 1
"You, mother," came the whispered
reply.
"Me! Well, I'm sure I never gave
him any encouragement!"?Ex.
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The manufacture and consumption
of pastry regarded as a luxury in
France has been entirely suppressed. '
except on Sundays and holidays. (
A Worn Out Word.
About 25 or 30 years ago hell
began to go out of fashion and since
then a movement has been on foot
to abolish it altogether. . Xine of
ten men will say openly, if not
loudly, that they no longer believe in
it and they ridicule the notion of the
existence of a lake of fire and brimstone.
It is the exceptional preacher
nowadays who allows the word to
escape his lips when he is in the
pulpit. The Rev. .Mr. Sunday (no
offense intended by referring to him
as "The Rev. Mr.") is the exceptional
preacher.
Despite the degeneration of the
idea of hell, despite the popular contempt
for it, despite that there are
few so timorous as to do it obeisance,
the word waxes in usage.
Colonel Wjatterson finds it indispensable.
It is in nearly everybody's
vocabulary. The little fellows about
the streets with mouths out of proportion
to their "belfries" give it
fifst place in their chatter and even
some of the litttle sisters tremulously
lisp it. All sorts and conditions
of diminutive poets, or persons
struggling under the delusion that
they are poets, drag it into their
limping lines. Men, women, lads
and lasses proclaiming their enlightened
superiority to the "ignorant
superstition" of their grandmothers
incessantly inject the word into their
conversation and make it the commonest
of nouns. Pretending to
hold the thing itself an absurdity,
they make the term the dominant
seasoning of all their talk, not knowing
that they have so diluted it by
abuse that it has long since lost its j
hot flavor and become no more than
flat vulgarity.
For the sake of varietv. for the
sake of force, for the sake of zest,
why don't they say: "To jail with
the Kaiser!"? Or, "zero with the
Hohenzollerns!"? Can not the free
Americans and democrats sprinkle
our billingsgate with a little originality?
Why should we be stupid
when we try to be tough? This
generation has come to be about as
dull in its blatherskiting as is the
grunting porkers. Of course, one
expects little better from a particular
kind of political stump speakers,
but surely private citizens, even
the very young, might think more
of themselves than to be ever silly
when their tongues wag.
"To hell with the Kaiser!"T6
Helena with the Kaiser!" would
mean something.?The State.
The Soldiers as Men.
"I tell you that the man who wears
the United States uniform does not
want to be coddled," exclaimed
Sergt. Arthur Gup Empey to an audience
of several hundred men and
women in this city. "He hasn't left
his character at home with his civilian
clothes."
The author of "Over the Top"
vent on to describe the harm done
by the belief that a soldier is
mysteriously different from any other
man, that his whole nature is transformed
by a temporary employment
of a supremely honorable character.
Is it likely that a serious business
in which a man is called upon foi
every ounce of strength and purpose
in him, for courage, for resourcefulness,
for discipline, for grim devotion
against all odds?is it likely
that such business should change
men into brutes? Or make them
over except for the better?
No, likely, not; and still less likely
is it that war, which brings out
the stuff in a man, should be able to
make an ineradicably bad man good,
any more than a test with caustic
soda can make cotton into wool.
The miracle of the soldier lies in
the incessant revelation of what fine
stuff there is'in the 999?New York
Sun.
Echo of the Mooney Affair.
San Francisco sentiment regarding
the Mooney trials appears to be
reflected in the vote of the election
held on the recall of District Attorney
Fickert, who has acted as prosecutor
for the State. He had been
much criticised as a "persecutor."
He now wins at the polls by 20,000
plurality, and nearly 20,000 majority,
in a total of 74,192. While the
Dutside world has been much disturbed
by the reports of unfairness toward
the defendants in the murder
trials, San Francisco people have all
ilong, evidently, remembered the horrible
bomb explosion daring the preparedness
parade which cost so many
innocent lives. But, even so, the desire
to have punishment meted out
to tfie offenders should not blind the
people to tjie requirements of justice.?Springfield
Republican.
The 16 cantonments built for the
training of soldiers cost $134,000,000,
with a net profit to contractors
of 2.98 per cent.
Many things may be preserved in
ilcohol, but law and order are not
on the list.
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number and not by name. In a community
of this size the operators cannot possibly remember
the names of all subscribers; when
you call by name you delay your service and
hamper its efficiency.
All telephones are known to the operators
by numbers which are on the switchboard directly
in front of them. The directory is your
index to the switchboard and should be conOil
ofr\r& molrind a r?d11.
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