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PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. # ?Mr. C. R. Gillam, of York, spent several days in the city this week. ?Mrs. L. M. Glenn, of Florida, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. R. L. Risher. * ?Mr. B. C. McDuffie, of Augusta, spent Monday and Tuesday in the city. ?Mrs. A. L. Edwins spent the week-end with relatives at Branchville. ?Miss Susie Edwards, of Charleston is visitine the family of Mr. C. W. Rentz. ?Mr. W. S. Miley left this week for Savannah, where he will spend som? time. ?Dr. and Mrs. Robert Black spent ^ a few days in Williston last week with relatives. ?Mr. Harry Thomas, of Florence, is spending several days in the city with relatives. ?Mr. Frank Gustafson, of Camp Hancock, Augusta, spent Saturday and Sunday in the city. ?Miss Martha Ray, of Bamberg, is visiting Mrs. J. D. Milhous on Sumter street.?The State. ?Mr. and Mrs. John H. Cope left ^ by automobile Monday for Glenn Springs to spend two weeks. ?Mr. and Mrs". LaVerne Thomas and children spent last week with relatives in Barnesville, Ga. ?Mrs. Hebron Berry, of Branchville, spent Tuesday in the city with her Brother, Mr. k. ju. jtsruce. ?Mrs. Joseph Brunson and Mrs. R. W. Gillam, of Aiken, spent Sunday in the city with Mrs. R. M. Hitt. ?Misses Ray and Thelma Miley, of Ruffin, are spending this week in the city with Miss Eunice Hunter. ?Mrs. Clement, of Union, is spend* ing some time in the city with her daughter, Mrs. George P. White. ?Mrs. J. C. Guilds and Mrs. C. E. Black have returned home from Blackville, where they spent a week. ?Mr. D. P. Rentz, of Lakeland, j Fla., is spending some time in the city with his brother, Mr. C. W. Rentz. ?Miss Thelma Bailey has returned to her home in Greenwood after spending some time in the city with f relatives. , ? ?Misses Dorothy and Rosa Adams and Mr. and Mrs. j. J. Smoak and little son, Julian, spent Sunday in Charleston. ^ ?Mr. Mclver Ray, of Bamberg, returned to his home yesterday after ] an operation in a Columbia hospital. ?The State. ?Miss Lucile Reasoner and Miss Marie Tarrant have returned from a visit to Miss Caroline Starr at Olar. ?The State. ?Mr. and Mrs. C. J. S. Brooker left Sunday for Hot Springs, Ark., where Mrs.. Brooker goes for a month's treatment. ?Col J. R. Owens left Tuesday for ^ Savannah, where he was called on account of the serious illness of his sister, Mrs. S. W. Bliss. ?Miss Ruby McMillan and Mr. Frank McMillan, who have been visr iting friends in the city, have returned to their home in Westminster. ?Mr. J. Garland Smoak, U. S. N., is spending a furlough at home. Mr. Smoak has only recently returned from his second trip to France on one of Uncle Sam's transports. He has seen many interesting things on his two trips, including the sight of a German submarine on one occa' sion. GERMAN WAR PRACTICES, a (Continued from page 4, column 5.) the Gare du Midi about 750 responded. These were examined by German physicians and 300 were taken. There was no disorder, a large force of UiUUUitU i;uiaus nccymg, uatn mc \ crowds and barring access to the sta- j tion to all but those who had been summoned to appear. The Commission for Relief in Belgium had secured permission to give to each deported man a loaf of bread, and some of the communes provided warm clothing for those who had + none and in addition a small financial allowance. As by one of the ironies of life the winter has been more excessively cold than Belgium has ever ^ known it, and while many of those L? who presented themselves were adequately protected against the cold, many of them were without overcoats. The men shivering from cold and fear, the parting from weeping wives and children, the barriers of brutal Uhlans, all this made the scene a pitiable and distressing one. "It was understood that the seizures would continue here in Brusp sels, but on Thursday last, a bitter cold day, those that had been convoked were sent home without ex amination. It is supposed that the severe weather has moved the Germans to postpone the deportations." Cardinal Mercier attempted to persuade the Germans authorities to * abandon their terrible plans, reminding them of their solemn promises in the past: "Malines, 19th October, 1916. "Mr. Governor General: "The day after the surrender of Antwerp the frightened population asked itself what would become of the Belgians of age to bear arms or who would reach that age before the end of the occupation. The entreaties of the fathers and mothers of families determined me to question the governor of Antwerp, Baron von Huene, who had the kindness to reassure me and to authorize me in his name to reassure the agonized parents. The rumor had spread at Antwerp, nevertheless, that at Liege, Mamur, and Charleroi young men had been seized and taken by force to Germany. I therefore begged Governor von Huene to be good enough to confirm to me in writing the guarantee which he had given to me orally, to the effect that nothing similar would happen at Antwerp. He said to me immediately that the rumors concerning deportations were without basis, and unhesitatingly he sent me in writing, among other statements, the following: 'Young men have no reason to fear that they will be taken to Germany, either to be there enrolled in the army or employed for forced labor.' "This declaration, written and signed, was publicly transmitted to the clergy and to those of the Faith of the province of Antwerp, as Your Excellency" can see from the document enclosed herewith, dated October 16th, 1914, which was read in all the churches. "Upon the arrival of your predecessor, the late Baron von der Goltz, at Brussels I had the honor of presenting myself at his house and rermoctod Viim hA erind enoneh to Vj UVkJ VVU. VV W Q WM - ?- ?0 ratify for the entire country, without time limit, the guarantees which General von Huene had given me for the province of Antwerp. The Governor General retained this request in his possession in order to examine it at his leisure. The following day he was good enough to come in person to Malines to bring me his approval, and confirm to me, in the presence of two aides-de-camp and of my private secretary, the promise that the liberty of Begian citizens would be respected. "To doubt the authority of such undertakings would have been to reflect upon the persons who had made them, and I therefore took steps to allay, by all the means of persuasion in my power, the anxieties which persisted in the interested families. "Notwithstanding all this, your Government now tears from their homes workmen reduced in spite of their efforts to a state of unemployment, separates them by force from their wives and children and deports them to enemy territory. Numerous workmen have already undergone this unhappy lot; more numerous are those who are threatened with the same actsiof violence. Mercier's Moving Appeal. "In the name of the liberty of do-i micile and the liberty of work of Belgian citizens; in the name of the !-%- - * J *1 mvioiaoiiuy ui lamum, iu mc uamc of moral interests which the measures of deportation would gravely compromise; in the name of the word given by the Governor of the province of Antwerp and by the Governor General, the immediate representative of the highest authority of the German Empire, I respectfully beg Your Excellency to be good enough to withdraw the measures of forced labor and of deportation announced to the Belgian workmen, and to be good enough to reinstate in their homes those who have already been deported. "Your Excellency will appreciate how painful for me would be the weight of the responsibility that I would have to bear as regards these families, if the confidence which they have given you through my agency and at my .request were lamentably deceived. "I persist in believing that this will not be the case. "Accept, Mr. Governor General, the assurance of my very high consideration. D. J. CARDINAL MERCIER, "Arch, of Malines." AIKEN COUNTY BOY IN FIGHT. (Continued from column 3, page 4.) tween clean sheets in the hospital I thought I must be in heaven. The records say we captured 130 prisoners in that show, but a staff officer from my battalion told me that he counted 310 himself. Within four days after we took the place the Germans counter-attacked 11 different times, hut the Americans have not budged an inch. Each time they came -over our rifles piled them out in front of us. For a litt)e while now I am trying to forget the war. A number of our officers (good friends of mine) were killed or wounded. This has not been a good descriptive letter, because I do not feel strong enough to take time and pains with it. Must close now. Love to all. Affectionately, GERALD. W. S. S. PI Amount Pledged By County.?Mor BAMBERG. j H.W.Adams $ 100.00 J. Q. Adams 20.00' Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Ayer .... 500.00 I Miss Minnie L. Ayer 75.00' F. C. Ayer and family 50.00 ; Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Ayer .... 100.00 j F. B. Adams 50.00 ; K. C. and M. J. Able 50.00 ! C. J. S. Brooker 1,000.00 ( Mrs. C. J. S. Brooker 1,000.00', A.M. Brabham 1,000.00 i Romeo Black 5.00 ; J. J. Brabham 50.00 | Mrs. H. F. Bamberg 1,000.00 j Wesley Banks 20.00 j J. B. Browning 100.00 j Henry Brabham 1,000.00 Thos Black Sr 1,000.00 Mrs. M. E. Bamberg 500.00 M. J. Black 200.00 Miss Bessie Lee Black 50.00 Dr. J. B. Black 1,000.00 Miss Urma Black 50.00 Miss Ethel Black 50.00 Mrs. M. A. Bamberg 1,000.00 Jno. W. Barr 1,000.00 Bamberg Banking Co 1,000.00 E. C. Hayes 1,000.00 Mrs. E. B. Walker 1,000.00 G. Frank Bamberg 1,000.00 C. R. Brabham, Jr. & family 225.00 Miss Nell Black 25.00 W. S. Bamb#fg & Son 1,000.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brickie .. 15.00 A. M. Barnes 30.00 E. C. Bruce 50.00 Miss Lalla Byrd 20.00 Mrs. J. A. Byrd 20.00 C. E. Black 30.00 J. G. Bramlett 200.00 Mrs. W. P. Blume 150.00 James F. Byrnes 120.00 Charlie Brown 15.00 Leon Breeland 5.00 Lizzie Brown 5.00 R. M. Bruce 25.00 G. W. Bessinger 50.00 Tom Chagaris 100.00 Jonah Cowart 35.00 John Cam 100.00 W. H. Chandler 250.00 Philip G. Carnes 100.00 J. D. Copeland III : 900.00 Carter & Carter 1,000.00 T. J. Cook and family 100.00 Jno. H. Cope 1,000.00 Mrs. Jno. H. Cope 1,000.00 G. W. Cope 1,000.00 Mrs. G. W. Cope 1,000.00 Jno. H. Cope, Jr .1,000.00 Mrs. M. S. Copeland 1,000.00 Lucile Copeland 900.00 J. D. Copeland, Mgr 500.00 Harry Calhoun 15.00 Mrs. Jno. Cooner .. 25.00 Mrs. S. H. Counts 10.00 Miss Pearl Counts 10.00 J. D. Copeland, Jr 200.00 N. Crider 20.00 T. J. Crider 25.00 Henry Crum 25.00 Lizzie Crosby 50.00 Sylvia Carter . 100.00 Dr. J. J. Cleckley 250.00 G. A. Ducker 100.00 Mrs. Thomas Ducker 50.00 Mrs. G. M. Dickinson 1,000.00 G. M. Dickinson 1,000.00 R. A. Delk 50.00 D. J. Delk 1,000.00 A. M. Denbow 1,000.00 Mrs. A. M. Denbow 1,000.00 Luther Dowling 15.00 TToaio rimrtB 20.00 P. J. Davis 100.00 Jeff Davis 10.00 E. Dickinson 10.00 Jos. Dowling 25.00 Martin Dowling 15.00 Rosa Dowling 15.00 A. L. Edwins 25.00 Enterprise Bank 1,000.00 H. A. Fox 950.00 Mrs. H. A. Fox 50.00 Ben Free ...1 500.00 Roy Free 100.00 Mrs. Frances Folk 100.00 W. E. Free ' 100.00 Mrs. W. E. Free 100.00 Joseph Free 50.00 W. H. Fields (Govan) 20.00 O. D. Faust, Jr 10.00 Charles Tillman Felder 25.00 F. W. Free and family 1,000.00 The H. C. Folk Co 1,000.00 I. B. Felder 1,000.00 Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Folk .... 1,000.00 J. D. Felder 100.00 H. F. Free 10.00 Ernest F. Free 5.00 Katherine Free 25.00 Louise Free 25.00 Mrs. L. M. Free 25.00 N. Z. Felder 50.00 B. T. Felder 50.00 H. S. Felder 50.00 L. B. Fowler 20.00 C. J. Field 50.00 Mrs. B. F. Folk 100.00 H. N. Folk 100.00 Mrs. H. N. Folk 80.00 H. N. Folk, Jr 30.00 J. K. Faulkner 25.00 J. Frank Folk 10.00 Rev. E. K. Garrison 25.00 J. A. Griffith 50.00 H. M. Graham (10 children) 1,000.00 H. M. Gr&ham 500.00 JRCHASERS j Citizens of Bamberg e Next Week. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Grimes .. 1 >000.00 J. C. Guilds and family 300.00 Lewis A. Griffith 50.00 George Gregory 35.00 A. J. Gant 15.00 Emma Gant 10.00 Eddie Gaynes 50.00 J. W. Hill 1,000.00 Dr. George F. Hair 1,000.00 VI? T li IT 1, 1 A A AA IVU S. JL/. ^1. nugiics AVV/.I/V D. P. Hooton 100.00 E. A. Hooton (4 hands) .... 100.00 Mrs. J. B. Hunter 100.00 A. G. W. Hill (Midway) .... 40.00 W. G. Hoffman 100.00 Mrs. R. M. Hoffman 100.00 H. F. Herndon 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hitt .... 100.00 U. G. Hutto, guardian 1,000.00 Henry Herndon 100.00 Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hooton 1,000.00 S. A. Hand, Jr 25.00 D. F. Hooton (Hands) .... 100.00 Belton Hair 100.00 H. L. Hinnant 100.00 J. H. Hadwin 200.00 Mrs. Mary L. Hutto 1,000.00 W. F. Hughes 100.00 J. H. Hutto 500.00 Mrs. R. E. Hutto 500.00 Miss Gussie Hutto 100.00 Miss Lena Hutto 50.00 Willie Harley 10.00 W. P. Herndon 25.00 Lizzie Harris 10.00 Dr. F. F. Johnson 1,000.00 Miss Mildred Jones 100.00 Rev. James Jackson 5.00 A. J. Johnson 5.00 H. Q. Jennings 20.00 Mrs. M. L. Johns 1,000.00 G. A. Jennings 50.00 Jones Bros 1,000.00 Frank Jennings 900.00 Henry Johnson 10.00 Mittie Johnson 25.00 James Jones 25.00 Mrs. J. J. Jones 5.00 Hattie Jordan 5.00 Willie Johnson 30.00 Caroline Jenkins 25.00 Jane Jennings 5.00 W. A. Klauber 300.00 L. Kobetz 100.00 Chas. F. Kilgus 100.00 Henry Kinard 50.00 A. L. Kirkland 500.00 A. H. Kirsch 50.00 J. M. Kinard 25.00 Mrs. J. M. Kinard 25.00 Miss Elvie Kearse 50.00 Sam Kimball 15.00 Helen Kirsch 5.00 Joe Kizer 25.00 J. E. Kinsey 15.00 Ruth Kinsey '5.00 Mrs. Carrie Kinsey 5.00 J. G. Kinsey , 25.00 Betsey Kinard 10.00 Prince Kinard 10.00 Mrs. L. E. Livingston 1,000.00 John Lawson 25.00 T. M.: Lynch 10.UU R. F. McMillan 100.00 Mrs. F. B. McCrackin 25.00 J. A. Mitchell 100.00 W. S. Miley 100.00 C. C. Murray ; 5.00 l 'H. H. Matthews 5.00 W. J. Matthews 5.00 Alfred Maynard 25.00 Willi? McCrackin 50.00 B. W. Miley 100.00 P. B. Murphy 100.00 C. H. Mitchell 250.00 L. C. Myers 50,00 L. P. McMillan ...... 10.00 W. M. McCue 25.00 Daniel Middleton and wife 20.00 Simon McMillan 25.00 B. R. Morris 20.00 Robert Miller 15.00 Mrs. Harry Murphy 20.00 J. H. Murphy 20.00 Daniel Minus 25.00 Mrs. J. A. Murdaugh 100.00 J. A. Nlmmons 20.00 Hattie Nimmons 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. J. T. O'Neal 100.00 J. P. O Quinn (Midway) .. 100.00 J. H. O'Quinn (Midway) .. 100.00 J. D. O'Hern . 1,000.00 E. B. Price 100.00 f "PI A f oroAn S fl ft ft | iy. a, x atigt ouu .... .... - - - - v " ! John Pinckney 25.00 J. W. Price 300.00 Grace Price 100.00 Helen Price 100.00 Mrs. J. W. Price 100.00 Mrs. G. C. Padgett 25.00 Peoples Bank 5,000.00 E. L. Price and family 200.00 E. L. Price, Jr 20.00 W. H. Patrick 50.00 Wm. Polite and wife 10.00 J. H. Pearson 50.00 Mary V. Padgett 5.00 | Jessie Padgett 15.00 T. C. Padgett 25.00 Prince Posev 20.00 ; Louisa Posey ). 20.00 j Rev. L. Rice 25.00 i Rev. D. Richberg 10.00 | Harry Richberg 5.00 | D. A. Reid 100.00 | Mrs. Cora E. Reid 50.00 | Margaret E. Reid 50.00 G. A. Rice 20.00 (Continued on page 6, column 1.) ^yThrift Is Power|j^ J Japa n's ambition to be VjlJ 1 a wor^ Power called Jlfji | ifl iorin. em uupwneu otuuv > - h i IJ \ telling the people to ! ft! M ) save. MB \M In three years, since jjf[ \|l 1912, the number of |?/ i u] Japanese with ac- jfi fl counts in savings ill \\JI banKs has increased fc\J W to 20,655,830, on?- fflJfl j/j half the whole pop- l\\J jll ulation. \\| j In the United States today, only 19 out of every hundred persons have savings accounts. - % Saving is a duty you owe your country ' as well as yourself. One Dollar Starts an Account! J 4 Per Cent. Interest Paid on Savings Deposits. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $100,000.08 Bamberg Banking Co. ?????^??? 11,1 ???MB Perhaps He May Become Insane \ ' ? You individual Executor now named in your Will might possibly go insane. True, not very likely? ? - - but it has happened before. It may happen again. What is the use of taking a chance? What will hap- 4 pen to your Estate if he is incapacitated by insanity from acting? Pretty mix up?wouldn't there be? Why not name us as your Executor? You remove ) &? at once this element of risk when you do so. v ; BAMBERG BANKING COMPANY . Bamberg, S. C. :',il ~ | ? j" J ul FISK NON-SKID TIRES I A real investment J on which you realize I full value in mileage anc^ Service, ||Vj with an initial price I t|iat js attractive. 1 I BAMBERG AUTO CO J D BAMBERG, S. C. Grove's Tasteless cbill Tonic Orove's Tasteless chill Tonic ^.vtolltrynd^bir puri^.nd?. d?,tro?UleII^lt<!nIulwllfclllI,atalnittt4 * * * * O.i.1. Mm ricuisg uic uiwiu- * v? v?w """ ? 10 me Diooa oy mo wuun .? w-v. eiuafi, Invigorating Effect Price 60c. Read The Herald, $1.50 a year. Read The Herald, $1.50 a year. I ' ;*j " 'V.; - i-V i