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W$t Pamterg ^eralb ESTABLISHED APRIL. 1891. Thursday, April 18, 1918 v Everybody iir Bamberg joins in the hope that the Cyclops, with "Punch" Felder on board, will finally turn up. "Punch" is a fine young fellow, popular with evervbodw and the anxiety felt by the members of his family is shared by every one in the city. It would be a pleasurable piece of news to read that the big ship had been discovered, and that her crew and passengers were safe. The outlook in France is decidedly brighter. The German offensive has failed in the objectives sought, and while deep, ugly dents have been made in the French and British lines, the lines have never been broken, j If that line can be held for a little while longer, the critics are unani-: \ mous in saying, all fears of the Germans reaching Paris of Calais in this drive may be dissipated. That the crf\-r> lmori.1 W illaild UU IV/Ug^l luv/n u^iuu AU1V i ca as .a joke may now well be assumed, for it is generally conceded that the terrific drives of the past four j weeks were made with the hope of gaining a decision before America . -v can get into the fight in earnest. Our impression is that this is not going to be a very profitable year for the professional politician. The peo- j pie are not so very much interested ; in politics anyway. They have more i serious things to think about. With j the fate of the.civilized world hanging in the balance, the people of the State are not taking much stock in; fire-eating political discourses. They j are thinking more about the wel-! fare of our boys in the camps and j on foreign soil. We shall have poli-1 tics, to be sure?they are a necessary j nuisance; but any man who is not [ thoroughly in accord with the gov-1 ArnmAnt' whn hn? onvthine' hilt the successful finish of the war in mind?; we believe he might as well cancel! his1 candidacy. He will do well to take his-campaign money and buy jfc' liberty bonds. / Bamberg county is apportioned ap. proximately $170,000 in the third' liberty loan. The county should go j far beyond that figure. The county prides itself on its prosperity, and it I is a fact that there is probably no cibunty in the State with more money! per capita than Bamberg. The government needs the money; but itj needs the interest of its citizens more* than the money. We should like to see every citizen of the county in r. possession of some government securities, either war stamps or liberty bonds. Everybody who possibly can, should\buy some bonds. If you cannot, however, put fifty dollars into a bond, buy some stamps. Every\ body can do that. Even if you have to sacrifice one meal a day to do it, it is your duty to lend your govern- {< ment?the best, strongest and safest | democracy in the world?some of your money. The government will be sound and safe only so long as its! citizens st*ind back of it. Every time anyone fails or refuses to back the| P.- . WHILE YOU ARE ABLE TC WHY CAN'T YOU PUT SOME OF YOU CAN OPEN A BANK MONEY AND YOU CAN ADD L uau/ cmnt tur su/ov tmtti 1 nwtjr i luubinu mini) i HAS GROWN INTO A BIG SUM, ' IN YOUR OLD AGE. WE ADD 4 PERC BUY U. S. WAR SAVING I People* BAMBER ! administration, the government is ! weakened just so much. With the I amount of money on deposit in Bam' bery county, we should subscribe not ! only $1 70,000, but a half million would not be too large a sum to subscribe to liberty bonds. For the first time, perhaps, in the history of Bamberg, the stores of the city were closed on Saturday afternoon last for the patriotic meeting at the court house. Anything that will close the stores of Bamberg on Saturday afternoon is serious busL ness?and serious business it truly i is. The spirit of the people in being j willing to sacrifice private business for the bigger business of winning the war is to be commended. The proper spirit in these times is to make winning the war the first business of all the people. When that spirit becomes broadcasted all over this country, the business of defeating Germany will not be difficult any longer. We can all be soldiers in this war?soldiers at home or in the army or navy. The people at home have a heavier responsibility than those actually serving in the trenches. One hundred million people, unified in thought andjmrpose, can be defeated by no nation on the face of the globe. But one person in a com munity pulling the other way, can do more harm than the desertion from the army of a hundred soldiers. Over 200,000 applications for insurance by officers and enlisted men of the naval service had been filed by March 31.* The average amount of insurance on each policy was about $7,300, making a total of more than $1,500,000,000. Payments on warrisk allotments are now about $4*,000,000 a month. CARD OF THANKS. The husband and children of the "ate Mrs. J. Q. Adams wish fc take this ihethod of expressing their thanks and appreciation for the many acts of kindness shown them and for the many expression^ of sympathy by their frfrnds and acquaintances during their recent bereavement. SPECIAL NOTICES. For Sale?Nice lot of ear corn. JONES BROS., Bamberg, S. C. tf For Sale?House and lot on Carlisle street. Apply to J. T. O'NEAL, Bamberg, S. C. ? tf For Sale?Ringlet Barred Rock eggs, Thompson strain. J. T. O'NEAL, Bamberg, S. C. tf For Sale?Four counter show cases and one second hand ice box. TOM DUCKER, Bamberg, S. C. 4-25 For Sale?One lot used doors, odd sizes; 4 pairs sash, 2 feet 10 in., by 6 feet 5 in., 4 lights; 2 mantles. L. B. EOWLER, Bamberg, S. C. For Sale.?500 bushels good heavy corn, closely slip shucked, $2.00 per bushel. 1,000 lbs home cured bacon, 35 cents per pound round, hams, shoulders and sides. G. B. CLAYTON, Ehrhardt, S. C. 4-11 For Shle?pne unused Gullett'70saw basket feed cotton gin, one press, one cotton seed culler, one l,5U0 gallon iron water tank, and one plantation fertilizer mixer. Apply to J. A WYMAN. Bamberg, S. C. tf /jifSPENDING gALL^xjNAKE iiflPoOME Mr or iriN ^OUR BANK ) WORK ATD EARN MONEY IT IN THE BANK? ACCOUNT WITH A LITTLE ITTLE SUMS THAT YOU ARE SOME DAY YOU'LL FIND IT AND IT WILL WORK FOR YOU / * ENT INTEREST WD THRIFT STAMPS. > Bank G, S. C. \ More Food Signers. j Rev. H. H. Matthews, chairman of; the colored council of defense, has handed the secretary of the council! of defense the following additional signers to the food production proi gramme: M. W. D. Faust, Will Williams, L. L. Davis, L. W. Abel, G. W. Abel, A. j D. Dickson, C. C. Murray, J. H. Ham?-t-\ /I \ 11 W7 i 1 1 i n m r* T_I D uiuiiu, nuguoiuo u iinaiiio, 11. Keenheel. A. Dickinson, J. B. Jones, H. Davis, Joe Jenkins, A. X. Generette, C. H. Middleton, W. C. Carter. Jli ii i ii ii ii I f iT1 111 n - " E If y< part ings and start a us. we will Da ' X It won't be Ion can have your If you ever e: leader in affairs tice frugality an 4 Per Cent. Interest Pa: CAPITAL AND SURPLUS Bamberg B aPu&jnSS fl f (|H^H Do you have t have solved y( stock of infan Mary Janes ai 12 years of agi These we are $2.75 and we 1 factory wear. La V em BAMBERG, S". C. Another Call for Drafted Men. The local exemption board on Tues- j day received notice from R. E. Car- \ wile, in charge of the draft system j in this State, to select four white men to go to Fort Screven. Ga., about j May 1. The call is for 178 men from j South Carolina, all of whom are to! be white draftees. This is the first! time since the draft law went into j effect that South Carolina drafted j men are to be sent out of the State, j The board will select within the j next few days, also, six white men ^ ^ j w 11 I i ^ I )ur Own lusiness ] )U will save a I i of your earn- j in account with ! 5 iy you interest, g then until you j own business. \ i '* ; xpect to be a * J. j you must prac- f j d foresight now. j id on Savings Deposits. $100,000.00 [ ankingfCoJ ? tH || S| wan' JII)T] I rouble getting sho< 3ur wants. We ha ts and children she nd Scout shoes for" e. showing in tan, b can absolutely gua Let us show then ie Thom TRADE AT THE BUY THRIFT S and 21 colored men for the call is- The sale of British and Irish wool sued a few days ago to report at to persons other than those authori Camp Jackson in the period of five ized by the Government has been fordays beginning on April 23tli. bidden. I Est ate of Henry peorge Smith, Dec'd. Smith, aged 37, drowned with his wife. Left 3 children?all boys?and estate of ?80,000. No other relatives. Court named a guardian, a stranger, and Trustee of Estate, also stranger. As boys came of age their shares were paid them. No trust estate to flin-m / lm'iyirif ao vItt VO VtnClTlOSQ Iff. IpiULC^t U1C1U UUllllg tllCll cai Jtaio VJ. uuumvk)^ norance. One boy was swindled by a land schemer; dropped his all. Another boy "blew" his for fast living. The last lost on Wall street his share. All could have been avoided by a Trust estate protecting the boys until they had learned the value of money. May we tell you why this could not happen to any Estate where we are the Executor? We will be glad to advise you without charge. All con- , sultations strictly confidential. BAMBERG BANKING COMPANY Bamberg, S. C. I LARGE STOCK NO ITEM I * We Have the Stock] Everything that you can mention 0 in the furniture line is here for you 0 and at prices that /nake it go. We 0 have been asked by our trade and by 0 traveling salesmen how it is that we 0 can keep a good stock and do the 1 large volume of business that we do. 0 Here it is: We have the only exclu- 0 sive furniture store in Bamberg 0 county. The factories know that we 0 demand the best and the most that 0 - -t- -i i- /%?? HI iis snipped LU (.ills cuuii lj wax ci?tire time and efforts are in regard t-o 0 buying and selling the best that can 0 be had for the money. Therefore 0 our business is furniture and furni- 9 t ture only that will give entire satis- 9 faction or your money back. Yojjr 9 patronage we solicit. 9 F. K. GRAHAM I 44 The Furniture Man." EHRHARDT, S. C. Cash or Credit I . I m '^ast PSBB HW gHBg 9Kh mMBL n|0Cl nn| WBM rhree dollars will always buy three ired cents worth in our store. Giving GOOD STYLISH MERCHANDISE, then giving VALUE for your money Duilt our business. We do not mark goods UP so we can mark them ra" and make prices seem low. We t vou to ?et our nrices while vou lMINE our goods; you will then see we give values. / rIERS ^s for the small children ? We ve added to our stock a complete >es consisting of sandals, oxford, infants on up to girls and boys lack and white. From 75c to irantee every pair to give satis= 1 to you. \ as & Company ! BEST STORE. TELEPHONE 41-J IT AMPS HERE / /