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W& ePamfcerg J|eralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. $2.00 PER YEAR. Volume 27. No. 52. Thursday, Dec. 26,1918. The Herald has had to part company with some of its best subscri bers recently simply because they neglected to send in remittances for their subscriptions when due. WeI cannot run on two or three different plans, and our present plan is cash in advance, which system was inaugurated upon instructions from the government. Upon being told to do so by the government, we, on October 1, cut off from our listp all those whose subscriptions were not paid in advance. The Herald intends to do this monthly. It is th? only business way in which newspaper subscriptions can be run, and it is a very easy and simple matter when your subscription expires, or preferably before it expires, to forward us $2 for renewal. We request all of our readers to notice the labels on their papers, and remit tor their subscriptions in time to reach us by the date of expiration. There are a large number whose subscriptions expire on January 1. We should receive remittances for these subscriptions this wreek. This will give us time to get our lists straight by the following v Wednesday. If remittance is not received by that date, subscriptions marked 1 Jan. 19 will come off* ^ ll> ? The postmaster informs The Herald that up to Monday morning of this week, the total sales of War savings and thrift stamps at all postoffices in the county, reported to that date, did not exceed $3,500. This is a serious matter. Is it possible that there are enough persons in this county to make pledges of upward of $125,000 who would not keep th^ir pledges? It is almost unbelievable?-yet these are the facts. The county pledged to buy about $250,J t 000 in war stamps last June. Up to that time there had been sales of some $25,000 or more, and this should have put the county across if - all the pledges had been redeemed. It is not at all likely that all of the parties making pledges intend to redeem them within the remaining week in this month. It certainly looks as if about half of those making pledges have no intention of keeping them. This is a matter to cause serious consideration. It cannot be that the people are suddenly confronted with a shortage of money. Money has never been so plentiful as now. People ?ave' never spent spent money so lavishly and unstintingly as during the past fall. They have not balked on paying $10,for a paid of shoes that could'have been bought for $5 a year or two ago; | yet, when it comes to making this investment in Uncle Sam's securities, th$y fall down flat. And, the serious part of it is that this is no donation. but simply a money saving proposition. The government only asked the people last Jupe to pledge , to sarve $250,000, which is a mere bagatelle for this prosperous county. The county will be disgraced if the final accounting shows that we have been weighed in the balance and found wanting. This is a matter of honor. An honest man feels that his honor depends on him keeping his obligations. We suggest the necessity of the war savings committees making a canvass after the first of January to ascertain who hate kept their pledges. The columns of The Herald are open for the publication of a list of all those who have not kept th'ei* pledges. Lists were kept of all pledges. As a matter of rec^ ord, let's now ascertain who have kept them, and who have not kept them. It will be a good guide for all persons who do a credit business. In the meantime there is yet a week in which stamps can be bought. Flash from the Footlights. "There were two actresses in an oor?1v riloTr r\f mine " cairif an ailthnTV VUA AJ iUlJ \S M. U14UV) V% ** v* V? v? W J , "both very beautiful; but the leading actress was thin. She quarreled one day at rehearsal with the other lady, and she ended the quarrel by saying, haughtily: "Remember, please, that I am the star." " 'Yes, I know you are the star,' the other retorted, eyeing with an amused smile the leading actress's long slim figure 'but you'd look better, my dear, if you were a little meteor!' "?Tit-Bits. Didn't Tell the Truth. Jones?"I know now that my wife lied to me before we were engaged." { Brown?"What do you mean?" L Jones?"When I asked her to mar& ry me she said she was agreeable." A ?Tit-Bits. "Deep Stuff" h Doughboys Re \ Parts.?<By Malh)?Not "best selle ary refreshment demanded by the A that the war Is over, and our boys 'are soldier is a serious-minded person, w reports to the contrary. He wants t The American Y. M. C. A. in France group of 300 doughboys, when asked \ ing matter, spoke up with one voice, ai emetics. They were so much in earn< decided to start its first class in pract son, formerly an instructor in the Stai Colorado, was sent for to take chargt The first real impediment to intelle rates presented itself when it was diB any could find out, an American boo] France. There were the French one* pected to study French and Mathemal well to mix drinks from the fert oi son, however, was undaunted by the flrWhrtllf thABI f\ ilccicu (V WOVil n?Mivw> <u<? ? mediately could arrive from the goo< "Y" To Use < To Fight "t -r?r-r-i--' > ________ Association Men Will Fight Method?The Sweet T< Wine Paris.?(By Mail.)?A sugar-coated t American Expeditionary Force is the 1 Ideal now being striven for in the mark-time period of the armistice and demobilization, with fighting gone and the American fighting men suddenly turned into a uniformed tourist-seeing ? France. Peace, as has been quoted . often, has victories, and one of them . is to be tbe victory over the evil influences which besiege an idle army. In this campaign the Y. M. C. A. j has planned the drive and the soldiers are executing it. Incidentally, ' the Y. M. C. A. has gone into compe- t - - - x tition %ith the wine-shop, as this story Will relate. During the period of demobilization the Y. M. C. A. wfll have an even greater responsibility than it has had while the war was on. The soldiers then had the inspiration of being in the fight?or backing up the fighters? to spur them on. They also were extremely busy and their time for recreation and for spending money was limited. But there has been a letdown since the armistice was signed, and the men in olive drab are wailing for transportation home. Idleness always means trouble and Y. M. G. A. NEEDS ONLY' STRONG MEN OVERSEAS Candidates Yor Duty Over There Must Be True Christian Leaders. > Atlanta, Ga., Dec.?What type of men are now needed as Y. M. C. A. workers overseas? Only men of established Christian, character, culture and leadership, ministers and men who have had experience in relig- ] lous work in the church and the j Young Men's Christian Associations. ( In addition to this particular group i of men, all of whom would naturally * Qualify for hut leadership, there is a call, according to information jast received from New York, for educational ? administrators, such as school super- ' -? 1-1?V 1 ? < lnienaenus, mgu bluuui ?uu giauc pim cipals and college and university professors. i There is still a call for good chauf- ! feurs, mechanicians and entertainers 1 for overseas duty, all of whom must < be of good moral character. 1 It is. stated that the Y. M. C. A. ] Is no longer in need of such men as warehouse superintendents and work- * ers, store-room clerks, bookkeepers, ] transportation and construction super- j intendents, carpenters, electricians, 1 plumbers. However, a number of high ] grade stenographers, accountants and ' xnotien picture operators can be well 1 used by the Y. M. C. A. overseas at 1 this time. 1< Y. M. C. A. C Classes W Wait Fc r Atlanta, Ga.t Dec.?While the soldiers and sailors in the various camps of the country are waiting to be demobilized, they will be given an opportunity to take advantage of enlarged educational programs which will be operated in all camps by the Y. M. C. A. In the Southeastern department, which includes the states of Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina, Prof. A. M. Souby, department educational director, has advised a plan to better prepare the soldiers for civilian life when they are discharged from the service. Under Mr. Souby's new program of educational activity, the number of classes in various subjects will be increased and speakers will be exchanged by the different camps, all of them Ml 1 f What ad Over There reT bet serious works is the litermerican soldiers in France, now s waiting to get back home. The fth decided intellectual views, all 0 make his way in the world. 1 came to this conclusion when a j ehat they would like as light re&dkd demanded books on applied Math>st about it that the Y. M. C. A. Jcal arts in France. B. H. Monies Teachers' College ot Greeley, ? of the class. ctual research among the buck prioovered that there wasn't so far as i on applied mathematics in all i, of course, but none should be exJos timuitaneoualy. It really isn't ' leaminv in that way. Mr. Morri absence of textbooks and voluni? ones which were wired tor iro1 old U. S. Jl Candy Alcohol ~)ver There" Demon Rum With Proper >oth Compete Against Shop be government hu no Idea of dump* ng hundreds of thousands of men back nto the United States after they tare had nothing to do but loaf tor aonths, To do this would be to erode a very unhealthy social and Indus* rial condition hi our own country. There are drills and discipline and, tor many, the work of helping to put Trance on her feet again. At the tame time, the men have more leijure and more chances to buy things ban they had before. One of the most important things he Y. M. C. A. expects to do during he demobilization period is to enter nto active competition with the Trench wine shops. No, the Red Trimgle is not going into the saloon huailess. It is planning to fight alcohol with sugar. According to medical extorts, this is the best kind of amniulition to use in a battle against the nore or less well-known Demon. Heavy drinkers don't care for sugar ind heavy consumers of sweets usuilly pass up the "booze." So by plyn?r the soldiers with eandv. chocolate. chewing gum and cookies, the Y. M. 3. A. expects to reduce the consume :ion o* alcohol Tory materially. If AST AMOUNT OF GUM CHEWED BY MEN OF A. E. F. 1. M. C. A; Supplies T7y2 Tons of tha Country's Favorite "Jaw Developeito Soldiers in One Month?That Was 16,320,000 Sticks! Paris, Dec. 1.?(By Mail.)?The Y. VI. C. A. furnishes most of/the chewng gum for our soldiers and sailors jverseas. For one month's delivery ecently it ordered 77% tons of Andrea's favorite jaw developer. When one speaks of chewing gum n tons, the human mind starts to niss fire and skid, for it takes considerable gum to weigh 2,000 pounds. There are 16,320,000 sticks in 77% tons. Figuring the length of a stick of sum as three inches, this means 48,360,000 inches of gum. Dividing by 12 we have 4,080,000 feet of the succulent sticks. When you reduce this to miles you have just plain 771.1 plus. But even more stupendous figures ire to be had when vou comDute the aumber of "jaw-miles" that this much jum represents. It was found that the arerage man of phlegmatic temperament chews 70 times a minute, while an energetic, hard-working, amt>itiowj young man will make 80 round trips with his jaws in the same leagtfe of time. Conducts hile Men )r Discharge Ilscusslng questions of importance to he men attending the classes. Special historical topics will be ejected for discussion, and speakers rill be borrowed from schools and colleges to speak in the camps and j antonments. It is also planned by the Y. M. 0. ; L to keep In touch with the men j jven after they lea Ye the service. Thia i rill be done by correspondence, and rill be undertaken in the cases of lllterates and naturalized Americans mfamiliar with the English language, rhe city Y. M. C. A. secretaries will lid in this work. Since the signing of the armistice ! :he duties of the eamo soldiers are i lot ?o strenuous, and tbey naturally , lave more time at their disposal. This time will be used to advantage by attending the new Y. M. C. A. classes t ft Evergreen 4 ! f Girl i | By Marston Mercer V Qopynqhi He Clurt Newspaper Syndicate 6^?!$ year a,)?ut t^e mi<3* fl ??|ra die of November a small j mwM aPPeare^ over the j 8 m% c*oor ^^?mas c?t*' 6a* S tage which bore the ; legend, "The Evergreen Shop." Every year during the Christmas j season Ruth Thomas made hundreds I of evergreen wreaths, which she sold j for Christmas decorations. I This was why the people of Brierly j called her the evergreen girl. The day before Christmas Ruth sat j X rt V? am llffl a r?V? ar\ a 1 o of Ill 11 CI 1ILLJC ?31iuy UllIJMULlg LUC 1CLOL i wreath she would make that season. "There I" she said, deftly twisting a sprig of bright red berries among the evergreen stems, "that finishes Helen Stanwood's order, and thank goodness it's done In time. Oh, dear!" she sighed, laying the wreath aside, "I do wish I could spend one Christmas time enjoying my self as others do. Why, there has not been any one here over the holidays since I can remember, and I have not been to a Christmas party in years ?not since the time I went over to Dolly Blair's with Dane." A warm color suddenly glowed in the girl's cheeks anc'. there was a soft light in her brown eyes as she thought of that memorable night. Dane Stanwood had taken her to : that party. Once during the evening , he caught her as she was standing under the mistletoe bough, and? j The sudden roar of a high-power auto- j mobile broke in upon Ruth's musings, and she looked out in time to see a ; long blue roadster flash past the gate. The car belonged to Dane Stanwood. Shortly after the Christmas party at Dolly Blair's Dane had gone West to become a mining engineer. He had written a few times to Buth and theD the letters had stopped coming, and j ? * i x. i a j} i~; > sue flaa noi nearu irorn mm iur ueuiiy four years. Then, just a month ago, j 'The Girt I Expect to Marry is Here." V>a V?or! i.n.i^onlu onnotiro/i in "RriprTv UC UUU frUUUVU*J VV? with the blue racing car. Soon it was rumored that he had made a fortune in the mines. The second week after his return Stanwood bought the old Blain mansion and gave the information that" he intended to move into his new^ home before Christmas. Next he announced that preparations were under way for a party which he was giving Christmas eve. i The evergreen girl had been surprised and a little bit hurt because Dane had not eve.ii called. She had thought It strange, too, at first, that she did not receive an invitation to the party, for she knew nearly everyone in Brierlv was going. But when Ruth was told the party was to be given in honor of Slauwood's fiancee, she understood why she had not been invited. "That is why Helen Stanwood didn't mention the party when she ordered these wreaths," Ruth thought, an she began tying them together. "Of course. I would n^)t go anyway now. My, but they will have to hurry if they hang all these wreaths before eight o'clock." The evergreen girl was so busy getting the Stanwood order ready that she did not notice that the blue roadster had returned and stopped by the gate. Neither did she observe the broadshouldered young man who was striding up the path. The bell jingled merrily. "There's Helen now, after the wreaths," Ruth thought, aud she ran to the door. Dane was standing in the porch. "Why, Dane!" she exclaimed, drawing hack in confusion. "How you startled me. I thought it was your sister, and?" "Helen has gone to 3.alford to meet a friend who is to spend the holidays with us," said the young man, "so she sent me after the wreaths." He smiled down at the girl. "This is the evergreen shop, Isn't it ?" "yes," said Ruth, forcing a smile in return. "And are the evergreen girl?" "I believe they cull me that," she xd. "Well/' said Sttiuwood, "Sis told me to be sure and fetch yen back with me when I returned," ...... I I "Oh, clear," Beth pushed back her; chair, but Farley was before her. She found him bending over the old man, tending him like an experienced nurse. "It's only an attack of acute inaiges-; tion," he told her. "He'll be all right, i I'm a good doctor." He smiled down at her, and Mr. Benchley groaned and turned over to see who had come in. "May I wish you Merry Christmas, "Mr. Benchley?" Beth asked. 'Tm so sorry you don't feel well." "Don't feel well! Losh, mon, hear the lass talk. Get more hot water. 'Twas on'ie a bit of a wee fuddle I had the nicht, but Nit left mo dowershie.; Fruit cake and Vine after ten o'clock: wT bring any mon down on his back, j Do they miss me down below?" He was grave of face, but there was a twinkle in his eye. Alan raised him up and placed a couple of pillows behind him for support j "Now, you're gay enough, sir," he' said. Benchley looked from one face to the other, one on each side of his bed, and his eyes glowed from under their uimtu ui uca?j &i aj uivrro. "You'll be married the day," he an- j swered slowly. "I once loved a lass j to my sorrow, Alan. She was to wait1 for me, and I puir fool, worked my life ( out for her, and she married a long legged loon In the next town. I'm tell- j lng you noo, they will jib wait too long, i The sex is changeable. I've set myj heart on seeing you married before I get another turn for the worst" "Oh, Mr. Benchley, you're all right" began Beth, hastily, but he put his hand up warningly. "Don't shock me or alarm me, and j don't be arguing wi' me, neither, for t my heart's no too strong at that I've j talked this out wi' Alan before you j come at all, an' he's beginning to see j licht a'ready. I've been watching both I of you this long while, and I'm sick o' the lalligagging and waiting. You can go quietly over the river to Jersey and be married right away, and I'll pay the bill. Get ready, lass." Alan's eyes begged her to be yielding, but it was the old set face lying back on the pillows that moved her to act as he wished, and she slipped up to her own room without a word to any one. When they came back it was the din? ' ?v- v II J J ner nour, two o ciock on iiunuays, uiu as they came down stairs together Beth heard a voice in the dining room, a resounding, hearty, strong voice, Mr. Benchley speaking. "I had to use subterfuge wi' them," he was saying. "They're both obstinate, but so am I, and I've married them off safe and sound by making it 'my dying request. An' when you see j them coming in you're to gi' them a cheer?" ; He stopped short. Beth came first, blushing and wide-eyed, with a sprig of mistletoe on her breast and anoth- j er in her fair hair. And the old l'el-j low waited breathlessly till she camel near. Bending over her, he kissed her j on her cheek. "And may God bless you both the J day," he finished. (Copyright.) j "Not Our Business." A story is told of a little girl who, j In her evening prayer, told of a child! she had seen in the street that day. j "He was ragged* and I guess he was j cold," prayed the little worshiper, "but j that isn't any of our business, is it?"! That is the attitude of some people at i Christmas time. They do not seem to; realize that it is their business to look out for any outside their own happy little circle, and such miss the best ol the day of days.?Girl's Companion. Not Especially for Father. "Christmas was created for children," declares a contemporary. It is quite plain that it was not arranged exclusively for the benefit of father. | The government has fixed the price of war savings stamps. They increase in value one cent every month. Line of children's, misses' and ladies' coats just arrived. Rentz &! Felder.?adv. i i Colds Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. These Is only one "Uromo Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c. v M To each and < ?| wish to thank 11 mers for their elf ing the past y H sure them th< m tinue to carry p stocks of Sta |$| Groceries, Fri 8? gars, Etc., to 1 county. Whe need of Grocei I TOM D BAMBE] Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores vitality and energy by purifying and enriching the blood. You can soon feel its Strengthening, Invigorating Effect. Price 60c. NOTICE. The court house will be closed from Wednesday until Saturday morning for the Xmas holidays. COURT HOUSE OFFICIALS. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Eamberg. Pursuant to a decree issued out of the Court of Common Pleas for Bamberg County, in the case of AJrs. Bessie Atterbury against Mrs. S. A. Cain, et al., dated Dec. 3, 1918, by his honor, W. H. Townsend, I will sell at public auction, for cash, to the highest bidder, in front of the . court house in Bamberg, S. C., on x Monaay, January b, 1919, during the legal hours of sale, the following de- * scribed real estate, to-wit: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate, lying and being % in the town of Bamberg, Bamberg * county, State of South Caaolina, measuring and containing eighty feet in front and rear and two hundred feet in depth on each side line, bounded on the North by Church street; East by lot of Alonza Murdaugh; South by estate of Mrs. Nancy Bamberg; and on the West by lot of May Maree." , Purchaser to pay for papers. J. J. BRABHAM, JR., Master for Bamberg County. J. Wesley Crum, Jr., Plaintiff's Attorney. MASTER'S SALE. _ By virtue of the authority vested 1 in me by a decree issued out of the , Court of Common Pleas, in the case of Enterprise Bank, plaintiff, against B. H. Carter, et al, defendants, I, the undersigned, will on the 6th day of January, 1919, the same being salesday in said month, offer for sale to the highest bidder, in front of the court house door, at Bamberg, S. C., t between the legal hours of sale, the following lands and tenements: All that certain piece parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in iViQ nnnntn rt f T3o mhorc Qto to <vf Smith Carolina, containing one hundred and four acres, more or less, bounded East by lands of J. Laz ^ Copeland, West by lands of Mrs. Biddie Simmons, North by lands of J. D. Fender, and South by lands of H. H. Kearse. , \ Terms: cash, purchaser to pay for papers. J. J. BRABHAM, JR.,. Judge of Probate, acting as Master.MASTER'S SALE. * " Pursuant to an order of the Court of Common Pleas for Bamberg county, in the case of C. F. Rizer, plaintiff, vs. A. W. Bishop, et al., defendants, the undersigned will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, before the Court House door, at Bamberg, S. C., on the 6th day of January, 1919, the same be-, ing legal salesday, between the legal hours of sale on said day, the following described land, to wit: All that certain tract, piece or parcel of land, situate in the county of Bamberg, State of South Caroli- . na, containing sixteen (16) acres, more or less, bounded as follows: On the north by lands now or formerly of the estate of C. Ehrhardt, dece?is- ^ ted, on the east by lands of Paul D. Bishop, south by lands of Mary E. Bennet and O. F. Bishop, and on' the * i? t ri west Dy lanas or j. v^. -disllujj. i Terms of sale, cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. Should the purchaser not comply with his bid within one hour after sale, the land will to be resold on the same day, or on some subsequent legal sales day thereafter, at the risk of the former purchaser. J. J. BRABHAM, JR., Judge of Probate for Bamberg county and Acting as Master. December 14th, 1918. % * < i FOR SALE I |B Doors, 2 ft 10 in x 6 ft 10 in B IB Doors, 2 ft 8 in x 6 ft 8 in H M Doors, 3 ft x 7 ft. 9 19 Doors, 2 ft 9 in x 6 ft 6 in. H D Sash, 2 ft 4 in x 5 ft 6 in. H 19 ( 10 pair.) 9 IB Lime, Brick and Shingles. B IB See me for Mantles and B H Screens. B I L. B. FOWLER I U lew Year I everyone. We 11 our many cus- I patronage dur- II rear, and to as- 9 it we will con- 9 one of the best 9 pie and Fancy 9 lit, Candy, Ci- ?1 be found in the 31 HB ill yuu arc m ra ries come to ll 3H UCKERI Et.Gr, S. C. I