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?be p ambers Heralb ESTABLISHED APRIL. 1801. Thursday, February 7, 1918. The Herald's subscribers have been paying up their subscriptions handsomely during the past few weeks. There are quite a number, however, who have not renewed, and we shall appreciate an early remittance from them. It costs a whole I lot now to issue The Herald, for you ! will notice that while the subscription price has not been advanced the standard of the paper has in no way been lowered. Help us to meet the high cost of publication by renewI .. nrnmntlv UDOn lug V VJU1 OUUOM Ifviuu . or before expiration. One hundred and twenty-four new subscribers have been added to The Herald's subscription lists within the past few weeks. This increase came about without any solicitation by agents or any others, and without the offer of any premiums of any character whatever. There's a reason. In the meantime, if you are in the habit of borrowing your neighbor's paper, just remember that he does not like to lend it, and come straight to The Herald office and deposit a dollar and a half for a year's subscription; or send it in by mail. a inmi insurance man informed 44 *wwv>" j The Herald the other day that the boys in the training cataps were not taking out the government insurance as it was hoped they would. In, fact, he stated, numbers of civilian insurance agents had been call' ed upon by the authorities to go to j camps and work government insur-j ance. It strikes us that the parents j of every soldier boy in the service j should bring* pressure to bear upon him to take out this insurance. Under the plan of the government, insurance is furnished at and perhaps even below cost. The policy not only covers insurance on the life of the soldier, but provides pensions in case . ' of disability or sickness. A feature of the policy that is not generally t . understood is that at the close of 3X' / the war the holder has the option < of exchanging the war policy into any of the ordinary policies without any physical examination, and we understand that the same rate of premium applies that would have been effec-j ^ >. five at the time the policy was taken j out. Considering all these features,! any soldier failing to take out insur- j ance with the government is acting j very unwisely. * On opening our mail Monday morn- | ing, we found approximately twenty-; five columns of matter for which free space was requested. Twenty-two "' columns of this matter came from government sources, divided up as follows: Insurance office at Camp Jackson, two columns; Federal Reserve Bank at Richmond, four col% umns; bureau of crop reports, one column; department of agriculture, f eight columns; geological survey, four columns; national fuel adminis- i * i .tration, three columns. And then j the national association for the study and prevention of tuberculosis asked for a column, and an automobile manufacturer wanted a couple of columns. If publicatioh were given to all these matters, there would not _be a line of local news in this issue of The Herald; there would not be a j line of editorial matter; not an item I - - .. . I " of personal mention. Mucn or tms l ' i. ; matter is of absolutely no interest to: the people of Bamberg county. Fori instance the Federal Reserve Bank , sent us its statement; of what earthly interest is the statement of a bank in Richmond to Bamberg? Anyway, 'It is plainly advertising matter and is so treated. That's a plain waste .. : of paper and postage. The automobile matter was plainly advertising and no consideration whatever is given to that. The geological survey matter is of no interest here, and considerable paper could be saved if this office stopped sending it out, for if any paper ever printed it, we have not noticed it. Much of the other matter was interesting and ! doubtless would have been read with interest if it had been written in one or two hundred words instead of sev- j eral columns. The point of this is to show what demands are now being made upon newspapers. We receive a small amount of useful and interesting matter from governmental ! sources, but at least nine-tenths of : it is absolutely useless, and thous- J ands of pounds of papeV could well be saved by discontinuing sending it out. * ^ * m? ? A negro who" was commonly known in Bamberg as "Big Boy" Brabham and who had lived here for a long while but left here about a year ago along with other negroes migrating to the North, was shot last week in ! Pennsylvania. A telegram received in this city told of the shooting, but : gave none of the details. Brabham was not killed by the shot, or at least, < was not dead when last heard from. j< NOT EASY TO ESCAPE SWEEPING CHANGES MADE IN PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS. Flat Feet No Longer Barrier to Military. Service.?Weight Minimum Reduced to 100 Lbs. /wt 1 fMio in i \ \ clMliiiStUU, i'CW. -i- vaauSto i-u i the physical requirements for men of the national army, by which thousands have been or will be rejected under the first regulations, can now be accepted for service were announced today by Provost Marshal General Crowder. The modifications indicate the war department is determined to hold for service, in their general military or special service, all men registered excpt thos whose physical defects can never be remedied to make them fit for any kind of service. Physical defects that can be remedied and make them fit for service will be remedied or the men put into some spcial work, not so glorious as trench fighting, Gen. Crowder says. Reject No Feet Cases. Height and weight requirements were both lowered and increased. Flat foot or club and claw foot and several foot troubles no longer are causes for rejection, an dlocal boards are or-, dered to "reject no foot cases." Any rejection ior mose trouDies must ue by the medical advisory board. The chances for rejection for eye and ear defects were greatly lessened and the dental requirements were modified. Hernia and similar troubles, the cause of many rejections under the first draft, must be vety serious to win rejection. Only complete nasal obstruction will reject, whiich means that adenoids and enlarged tonsils are no cause for rejection. The minimum height for men of the new army is lowered from 61 to 58 inches by the new regulations, although all the cases of men between 58 and 60 inches must be referred to the medical advisory board by the local physicians. Practically all the maximum height restrictions were removed indicating that Uncle Sam sees no reason why the giants should not fight. The old regulations placed the limit at 6 feet 3 inches but the new regulations provide that men above 6 feet 6 inches may be accepted if they are well proportioned. The weight minimum was lowered from 110 pounds to 100 pounds, although those whose weight is less than 100 pounds because of ill health are to be held for service pending bet ter health. Only extreme cases of obesity are to cause rejection. Registrants in good physical condition but under the weight requirements for certain heights are to be accepted. With the exception of those hopelessly crippled of foot troubles, such as hammer toes, bunions, and the various types of flat feet do not interfere with the wearing of an ordinary shoe, ?he registrant is to be accepted. All doubtful cases go to the medical advisory board. Spinal troubles must interfere with weight bearing power to reject, and the wearing of a plaster jacket will not of itself disqualify the registrant. Those who can hear with one ear spoken words at a distance of ten feet will be accepted, only complete deafness being a ground for rejection by local physicians. Deafness in one ear is refrred to the advisory board. Color blindness no longer will be a cause for rejection and those whose eye troubles can be well corrected with proper glasses will be accepted. If a man has six good teeth on each jaw he will be taken. Formerly if three were missing the man would be rejected. Only irreducible cases of hernia will keep a man out of the service, under the new regulations. Local physicians are not allowed to reject abdominal cases. Veneral diseases will be rejected only when they make a man permanently unfit for service. Other registrants with these defects will be advised to accept treatment pending receipt of orders to report for duty. A strict and careful examination of the lungs is ordered, with a view of keep- ^ ing to minimum the number of pneu- i monia and tuberculosis cases in the camps. Conditions at camps now indicate that physicians should be most careful in this respect, Crowder says. Extreme cases of chronic alcoholism will be rejected. Under the new regulations the power of the local examining physicians is greatly restricted. Local boards can reject or accept for physical qualifications only when the registrant comes within certain unconditional standards. All other cases and those of doubtful interpretation go to the medical advisory board, similar to j the district exemption board. Physicians do not need to make a' complete report on any man as was necessary under the first draft. As soon as a defect is found which unconditionally disqualifies a man, the examination ceases. Royal Theatre Ehrhardt's First-Class Play House. 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Granger Liver Regulator i3' also free from alcohoL A dox of it lasts long, and a few doses relieve ordinary cases of biliousness. Granger Liver Regulator is sold by druggists | everywhere at 25c a box. Refuse all | substitutes as there is no other medi! cine just like Granger Liver Regulator. I I NOTICE I will be at Rizer's Stables, Olar, S. C., on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Dr. J. H. LOVE II Women! II fnsf ] Here Is a message to f flw 1 I suffering women, from 111 | I I Mrs. W. T. Price, of III I III I fered with painful...", IH I Ishe writes. "I got down [HII ! with a weakness in my IB hack and limbs...I 1B felt helpless and dis- fl IB couraged...I had abont E [fl given up hopes of ever fl [9 1 being well again, when fl III 3 a friend insisted I [iM/il : Take ^ "; GARDUI The Woman's Tonic II began Cardni. In |(m a short while I saw a ||fl| marked difference... ||fl I grew stronger right |H|| ' along, and it cared me. I IB || I am stouter than I y Vi have been in years." fl. If you suffer, you can I gS appreciate what it fl fl ; means to be strong and fl |fl . m 9 "well. Thousands of wo- |fl Niri men give Cardui the HJr m I credit for their good W I health. It should help I you. Try Cardui. At all i f / .' i i - RILEY & COPELAND Successors to W. P. Riley. Fire, Life Accident INSURANCE Office in J. 1"). Copeland's Store BAMBERG, S. C. The Quinine That Does Not Affect the Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor ringing in head. Remember the full name and look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. 30c. Read The Herald $1.50 the year, i FERTILIZE NOW The Cheapest Fertilizer THE world shortage of farm products means contin.ied high prices for . everything your land can produce. Plant more acreage this year and make each acre produce more. , \> Now is the time to use Manure?the cheapest fertilizer. The following comparison of the plant food value in commercial fertil* -i i r i l . _ _ j 1 i_ 1 j_ _ j_ _ i _ i? _ lzer ana manure Dears eviaence mac it is to your interest irom a cost standpoint to use Manure on your land. A COMPARISON OF THE COSTS OF PLANT FOOD IN COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS AND MANURE. ? BASIC PRICE PER UNIT ' > * Acid $1.25 Ammonia $7.00 Potash $6.00 commercial manure from camp FERTILIZES JACKSON I . ] Analysis? Analysis? 8-3-0 cost per ton $37.00 Acid, 0.45 at $1.25 $ .56 8-3-3 cost per ton $54.00 Ammonia, 0.68 at $7.00.... 4.76 10-2-0 cost per ton $30.00 Potash, 0.58 at $6.00 3.48 $8.80 . - : !|? ACTUAL WORTH OF MANURE BASED ON COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER $8.80 i " v ' . ,v ; y e Furthermore the decaying organic matter in the Manure is constantly adding available plant food to the soil, is valuable both from a humus standpoint as well as a land builder. Manure will show results for three years, and its cost divided through this pe riod will show a much lower cost per unit of plant food than any other fertilizer on the market. v ??? - * - . . . ..... >. Car Lots a Specialty Car Average 33 Tons > |?| WE ARE daily making shipments of this product into all sections of the country, and it is being received with entire satisfaction on accoimt of its excellent quality and condition on arrival at destination. It contains no objectionable matter such as trash, dirt, obnoxious grass seeds, etc.; oat straw is the only bedding used, and the Manure naturally contains a small quantity, but not sufficient to make it objefctionable. As a matter of fact it is worth more than its weight, on account of its high value of potash, which makes it more valuable as a fertilizer. JT 1 ? n THIS SCHEDULE OF I The Railroad Commission of | ppptixtrn1 p a ties South Carolina I V circuiiAr^S/ss^ ' Will enable you to determine the Freight Rate Adjustment rate tO your shipping point. Special Rate on Stable Manure. Applicable x . between points in South Carolina. Shipment can be made from Carload minimum 30,000 pounds; per ton, *iv 2,000 pounds. citiier. Not subject to percentage reduction on , joint traffic. ^ CAMp JACKSON 5 miles and under..... $ .55 COLUMBIA, S. C. I 10 miles and over o miles 60 15 miles and over 10 miles 65 20 miles and over 15 miles 70 ?OR? 25 miles and over 20 miles 75 } 30 miles and over 25 miles 80 _ __ ___ . .... u 35 miles and over 30 miles 85 CAMP WADS WORTH 40 miles and over 35 miles 90 50 miles and over 40 miles 95 SPARTANBURG, S. C. 60 miles and over 50 miles 1.00 70 miles and over 60 miles 1.05 W1^TIF1<, TTG TORA V 80 miles and over 70 miles 1.10 WJvllJli UD 1UUAI 90 miles and over 80 miles 1.15 100 miles and over 90 miles 1.20 vfm int.prpstftd in "nronvnt 120 miles and over 100 m-iles i.zt> ?- j ? ? ?- r xr 140 miles and over 120 miles 1.30 delivery. We already have nu1S0 miles aSd over 160 Sfczz: ii'o . merous orders booked for prompt 200 miles and over 180 miles 1.45 shipment, but will llSe Olir best 220 miles and over 200 miles : 1.50 "mfllvP dell VP TV in zip- ^ 240 miles and over 220 miles 1.55 enons to nidKe aem ery in ac 260 miles and over 240 miles 1.60 COl'dance With your instructions. 280 miles and over 260 miles 1.65 300 miles and over 280 miles 1.70 KW'raUV conflict. AGENTS WANTED IN UNOCBy order of the Commission. rlTT*DT1i,'n T'P'P'DTTri'D'V J. P. DARBY, Secretary. OUJrlJ!?.LJ IHiKltl 1 UK I. ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO ' Powell Fuel Co. Columbia, South Carolina ; .4 . . v , jjbl