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Pamtietfl geralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published Weeklj at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April 1891, under Act of March 8, 1879. $2.00 PER YEAR. Volume 28. No. 2. Thursday, January 16,1919. V # 1 Seven more States on Tuesday ratified the prohibition constitutional amendment to the constitution, and this brought the total to date to 30 j ru-1? n?1 -?+SflaJ fha omond. I OlttlVB iiiiti uavc laiiuou w?v ment. The number necessary for vJ?4 '# * % the amendment to become law is 36, and prohibition leaders claim this number will be reached during the present year. The amendment provides for national prohibition. There does not seem to be any organization in Bamberg county for raising the county's apportionment of the fund for the relief of the people of the Near Bast. It is hoped, however, that such *tn organisation will be perfected, and that the county will respond in the same generous manner as in the past. While this fund goes to feed and clothe the starved and naked people, devastated by the ill fortunes of war, it differs materially from any fund yet raised as war work. These peoples, inhabitants of Syria, Greece and other !' nations of Asia Minor, have died of ?? { starvation by the thousands, and this fund is for their relief. * ? The central accounting postoffice has /received the new series of war t sayings and thrift stamps, and they ipay now be purchased from the various postoffices in the county. The prices of the stamps are the same as the series of last year, and mature ^ one year later. These stamps offer B the people of the country an excelHjr lent opportunity to continue their savings, and no doubt the people will gladly continue to purchase them. Thrift stamps are especially attractive for the saving of small amounts, as a twenty-five cent stamp can be purchased at any time, and when a ?v / sufficient number of thrift stamps are purchased, they are exchanged for a baby bond, which has a maturity value of five dollars, the interest being computed compound. One of the most interesting articles we have printed in some time was the excellent letter from Private R. P. Bellinger in the last issue of The Herald. The Herald has heard many expressions of appreciation of this letter, and the hope is generally expressed that The Herald may receive them as regularly as Private Bellinger may find time to prepare them. "Pink," as his friends will always know him, is/one of the most promising young attorneys in the State. He writes in a most attractive and entertaining manner. Before he was called into the service of his country. Pink was local editor of The Herald, a job he undertook as a public 1 spirited citizen because we could not get a newspaper man to do it, and our ' readers recall his many spicy and i W readable news stories. The best i Bp wishes of a whole army of friends : went with Pink to Prance, and his : interesting letters lessen the die-! < k . _ _ tance to Vichy by many hundreds of : miles. < REGAINS HIS SPEECH. m. i Peculiar Case of Orangeburg Soldier, j Injured in I^ance. ' ' Atlanta, Jan. 9.?Private Ricken- j backer, of Orangeburg, S. C., who . was made practically dumb by a gas < shell explosion on the battlefields in ! France, regained his speech in a wres- j ling match at Camp Gordon today,! and tonight he is talking in old form. \ His opponent got a tight grip around 1 Rickenbacker's chest, and the latter cried out in pain, and he has been ! ? v talking naturally since. Orangeburg, Jan. 9.?Robert 0. 1 Rickenbacker, a private in the in- ( fantry, who lost his voice as a result of being gassed while, in active service in France, has again regained 1 his voice in a most marvelous way. 1 It appears that Private Rickenbacker was returned to the United States ( because of losing his voice while in action and was seat to a military hospital at Camp Gordon, Georgia, and while wrestling with a fellow soldier, Private Rickenbacker receiv a J % 31 ea a 115111 squeeze anu yeueu luuuiy, which caused his voice to return and he can talk now as well as ever. Private Rickenbacker was a member of the Tillman Volunteers, a local miliary company, which was muster- 1 ed into the national army. He was on the border during the Mexican trouble. He is about 88 years of age, unmarried, a farmer and the son of L. H. Rickenbacker, who resides about five miles fro? Orangeburg on the Belleville road. Read The Herald, f 2.00 per year. i' . LETTER FROM DR. WEEKLEY. Former Bamberg Physician Writes of Experiences in France. The following letter from Dr. Augustine S. Weekley to his father will be of interest to his many Bamberg friends. Dr. Weekley enlisted in the medical corps, with the rank of lieutenant, from Bamberg county in 1917. "A. E. F.. Nov. 24, 1918?Dear Father:?Your letter of Oct. 14th was received a few days ago and was mighty glad to hear that you all were well and had so far escaped the influenza epidemic. I hope ere this it is well on the decline. We were very fortunate over here in that it only lasted a short time. "In one of your last letters you asked me to write a long letter denAnjktnry in J rtfft -51 m TT OVnononOQ HUOr 9U1JLU1U5 U^CCkli. U1J Wf w here. I will have to wait a while before I can tell you very much as the censor rules so far have not been modified, and the things that would interest you most are prohibited. I hope that it will not be very long until I can 'tell you* rather than write. "In regard to my trip over, most of it was very pleasant, we had good weather, practically no sickness, and up to the second day from landing had encountered no 'Subs.' But? finally the long expected and eagerly watched for 'Subs' were sighted, the alarm was immediately signaled to all the boats in the convoy and everything was put in readiness to meet the attack, the abandon ship forma tion was ordered and each man on board took his assigned position on deck. This formation had been thoroughly drilled and it was executed without the slightest disturbance or excitement. Now as to the results of this attack, our convoy escaped without the slightest damage, but Fritz lost pretty heavily. "I landed at a Northern port in France, and just shortly afterward I was ordered up to the front for a few days course of instruction, at the completion of this I returned to my Battalion and found that it was un der orders to go to tne trencnes. in a few days we went in and took over a sector, this was in the old historical Ypres sector. The hoys were very enthusiastic and determined to do just a little more than 'their bit.' Soon after occupying the trenches we received orders to attack. This was exactly what everyone was wishing for, merely holding the line was rapidly growing monotonous, such inactivity was the hardest thing in the war for our boys to get used to. This attack was a great success and considerable comment was given it in the papers. From the Ypres sector we went to Arras, from there to the Somme. This was just prior to the big attack that was launched between Cambrai and St. Quentin, here we took part in one of the biggest battles of the grand offensive which added considerable to the already famous history of the Somme. "As to the details of my experience I'll have to wait and tell you when I return, they are most interesting but too much to write, and as varied as they are numerous. I haven't said anything of the gloomy side of the game nor its hardships but they are not at all unbearable, for 'up there' your efforts materialize and appreciation for your services are so manifest that personal hardships and danger are partly overlooked, but I know the hardships I experienced were slight compared to those of some others. I never had to suffer being wounded, but I got plenty to satisfy me along this line in a small dos6 of gas which at the time I regarded as very trivial but later the after effects convinced me that it K-as due considerable respect. "Will close for this time hoping you an dall are well. Lots of love. "Your son, AUGUSTINE." .m < > m YOUNG NEGRO DIES IN CHAIR. Sam Johnson Suffers Death Penalty for Attempted Criminal Assault. Columbia, January 11.?Sam Johnson. 18 year old negro, was put to death at the State prison yesterday morning shortly after 11 o'clock. The negro was placed in the electric chair and strapped. One application of high voltage was sufficient to cause instant death. Life was pronounced extinct by Dr. R. T. Jenkins. TftVinoAn ttt o hTflll crhf intfl t Vl O OUUUQV/U nao /& auw death chamber attended by guards and the prison chaplain. He made no statement after he entered the room. Relatives or friends made no application for the body and the remains were interred yesterday afternoon by the penitentiary authorities. The negro was charged with the attempted criminal assault on the person of a white girl living in Fort Mill township. The deed was committed November 30 and the trial took place at York December 30. Johnson entered a plea of guilty and the jury returned a verdict to that effect without recommendation. Judge Memminger sentenced the negro to be electrocuted on January 10, and yesterday he suffered the penalty. BERGER AND OTHERS GUILTY. Five Socialist Leaders Convicted on Conspiracy Charges. Chicago, 111., Jan. 8.?All of the five Socialist leaders tried for conspiracy to violate the espionage law were found guilty by jury late this afternoon in Federal Court. The defendants found guilty are: Congressman-elect Victor L. Berger, publisher of the Milwaukee Leader. Adolph Germer, secretary of the I National Socialist Party. W. F. Kruse, editor of the "Young Socialist." Irwin St. John Tucker, writer and speaker. J. Louis Engdahl, editor of the "American Socialist.'' On Conspiracy Charges. The defendants were charged with conspiracy to violate the espionage law by delivering speeches and circulating published articles with the Willful intent to cause insubordination, disloyalty and refusal of duty among the naval and military forces of the United States and with interfering with the recruiting service and the enforcement of the selective! draft law. The convicted men face prison terms of from one to twenty years, a fine of from $1 to $10,000, or both at the discretion of Judge K. M. Landis, the trial judge, who will fix punishment later. ^ i? ? Paderewski Shot By Assassin. London, Jan. 12.?Ignace Jan Paderewski, the Polish leader, has been slightly wounded by an assassin who entered the room of his hotel at Warsaw and fired one shot at him, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen reporting advices from Vienna. Several Bolshevik! implicated in the plot to kill him have been arrested. Mr. Padereweski had been in Warsaw for several days conferring with ' Polish leaders, in an attempt to form a government representative of all parties. When he arrived in Danzig on his way to Warsaw the Germans attempted to prevent him from going to Posen. After he arrived at Posen and while he was asleep in a hotel a crowd of Germans fired on a parade of children who were marching in honor of Padereweski. Two of the children were killed and several bullets struck the window of the room occupied by Mr. Paderewski. ^ > > m To Get Alsace Potash. Washington, Jan. 10.?Senator Fletcher, of Florida, today secured an order from the war priorities board that beginning immediately ship- j ments of potash will be made to the United States from Alsace. Recently some of the Western States, with large potash deposits, have been complaining against the contemplated action, declaring that should shipments of this kind be permitted, it will lower the price of their product. For this reason nothing was done. However, Senator Fletcher kept at the matter and finally showed the government authorities that it was, not fair to the agricultural people of this country, especially the South, to keep out potash which they greatly need, and to let in cotton in competition with the amount produced. He also showed them at this time j the United States department of agriculture and other government agencies are begging the people to plant large crops for the stricken, people* of Europe, but, at the same time, preventing the farmers from securing potash,except at an exhorbitant price. He was successful in his efforts and potash will now be brought in from Alsace and probably docked at Charleston. This means cheaper fertilizer for Southern farmers. 39.000,000,000 Cigarettes. Washington, Jan. 11.?Thirty-nine billion cigarettes were produced in the United States last year, and so far as the Department of Agriculture j has been able to ascertain, practically all will be used in this country J as few will be exported. This represents, the department reported, four times as many cigarettes as were produced seven years ago. Consumption of tobacco in other forms increased slightly last year, due largely to higher prices. Last j year 625,000,000 pounds of leaf to- l bacco were used in manufacturing j compared with 658,000,000 in 1917. ^ >?> Jury Acquits Locklier. Columbia, Jan. 10.?Harry Locklier, flagman, who has been on trial here for the past several days in connection with the railroad wreck of the Southern Railway passenger train from Greenville to Columbia on February 25, 1918, in which thirteen persons lost their lives and more than two-score others were injured, was acquitted of manslaughter this afternoon by a Richland county jury. Locklier was alleged to have been instrumental in causing the wreck by failing to flag an inbound .train, on which time his train was operating. S. C. MAN TOOK PART. " South Well Represented Wl.en Allies Captured Duraz/x). Washington, July 12. ? Seven Southern men were officers on the eleven American submarine chasers which played an important part in cooperating with the British and Italian naval forces which destroyed the Austrian naval base in Durazzo, October 2, last, a detailed report of which has just been made public by the navy department. The chasers sunk two submarines during the engagement and Admiral Sims reported to the navy department that the British admiralty and the Italian naval general staff had expressed high appreciation of the useful and efficient work of the small vessels. Lieut. T. Wildon Aott, of Ridgeway, S. C., was on submarine chaser No. 215, which with submarine chaser No. 128 sunk one submarine. Ensign Bert F. Hiscock, of West Palm Beach, Fla., was on submarine chaser No. 129, which alone and in a j crippled condition, sunk the other submarine. Capt. C. P. Nelson, who command- j ed the chasers, reported he considered the 129 as worthy of special men- , tion. Ensign Shirley D. Murphy, of Tam- ! pa, Fla., was on submarine chaser. No. 95, and Ensign Erskine Hazard, Richmond, Va., and Eugene T. Moore, Lake City, Fla., were on submarine chaser No. 179. Ensign Columbus D. Smith, 63 North Maysen evenue, Atlanta, was on submarine chaser No 337. Read The Herald, $2.00 per year. mm ?p> ? "Hearts of the World" Coming. The attraction at the Academy of Music, Orangeburg, January 17th, two days, will be the presen- ] MMBfflilf?lMIHME9K i ; i Read at f The money Plres rail splitter be life be often refern | count At nlgbt 1 " could lay biis bands Have you a ban If you haven't s j We'll gladly expli 1 method of doing bu ! A bank account 1 road to the goal of I THE I Wiil I I ACADEMY I W'LLIAM HA B SUSTAINED^Mai | SENSATION I A MYSTIC D D MELODRAMA D I DIRECT FROM C 43th STREET 1 I ?im persoi Money refti ACAD G. M. SEIGI tation of D. W. Griffith's tremendous screen play of the great war, "Hearts of the World," which after many months of capacity audiences ^n New York is still running in that city. This latest and supreme achievement of Mr. Griffith's is said to exceed in magnitude and general interest his former success, "The Birth of a Nation" and "Intolerance." Although it is not generally known as such, "Hearts of the World" is a film made under the approval and cooperation of the British government. It was because of this fact that the famous director was enabled to secure many of the big battle scenes included in the offering to stace scenes in ruined French villages with is principal actors in the foreground, and to pick what he desired from the actual battle line during real fighting and first line trench warfare. The play is developed naturally with this grim back ground of tens of thousands of British and French troops, belching cannon, gas and fire projectors. The | story evolved by Griffith concerns a young couple living in France before the war started. They are Americans studying art. Comes the first hint of war and mobilization, and the youth, declaring a country good enough to live in is good enough to fight for, starts out as one of the fighters of France. Thus the love theme, the all important factor of the story, weaves through an enthralling series of war scenes, and the story develops to an unusual climax. The players who accompanied Mr. Griffith to France included Lillian and Dorothy Gish, Robert IJarron, George S. Siegmann, Robert Anderson, Kate Bruce, Josephine Crowell and Master Ben Alexander. The company presenting "Hearts of the World" carrying their own large orchestra to interpret the superb and stirring musical score especially arranged for the production.?adv. Night ident Lincoln earned an put ta bank. In (ater d to his first bank ao le read every book he on* ik account? ;tart one with us today* lin our simple, safe slness. , ^ is a touchdown on the success. MMMMIMHK WB iY SPECIAL RERUES1 I 13th CH 'lay a Return Engageme OF HOSIC JANI RRIS, Jr., Present? * tr * nr\ trrif v bo AYAKU VC.ILLC.iv >NE YEAR'S RUN AT THE HEATRE, NEW YORK. nally guaranteeing s mded if it is not wh EMY OF I MIOUS, Mgr., ORANGEI NOTICE. I have disposed of ray interest in the stock of W. P. Herndon & Co., and am nc longer connected with the business. I am now devoting all mj time to my farming interests. W. P. HERNDON. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. A special examination for teachers' certificates will be held at the court house in Bamberg, S. C., on Saturday, Jan. 18, 1919, beginning at % o'clock, a. m. Teachers holding second and third grade certificates are requested to take this examination if possible. The usual subjects will be given. W. D. ROWELL, County Supt. of Education. Jan. 15, 1919. CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina, County of Bamberg?By J. J. Brabham, T ? Tl* ^ OTA } >Ji., x i uuaic d uugc. WHEREAS, H. H. Kearse hath made suit to me to grant him letters of administration on the estate and effects of W. Max Walker, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kihdred and creditors of the said W. Max Walker, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the court of prodate to be held at Bamberg on Jan 29 next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 31st da? of Jan., Anno Domini, 1919. J. J. BRABHAM, JR., Judge of Probate. PHes Cored in 6 to 14 Days I Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT Mb | to cure Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding PUet j Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and yon can get | restful sleep after the first application. Price fife. j J. F. Carter B. D. Carter i CARTER & CARTER ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Special attention given to settlement of Estates and investigation of Land Titles. BAM BE KG. S. C. BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS. I .. I ???i ! Roan The Herald, only S2.00 yeaf. I ' j ssass 1 Bamberg I Banking I a| p? n Co. I Capital and Surplus I $100,000.00 I I 4 per cent interest paid on I Savings Accounts | | I AIR I 1 I nt at H UARY 1 This is one of I you cannot af- I ford to miss this I attraction. I "THE SHOW OF I . MYSTERY" I a Hsf action. I at I claim. I WJSIC I SURG, S. C. I :*is >A -'-* 1\5W ' ;-^