The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 16, 1919, Page 2, Image 2
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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.
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Seven more States on Tuesday ratified
the prohibition constitutional
amendment to the constitution, and
this brought the total to date to 30 j
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ment. The number necessary for
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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
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starvation by the thousands, and this
fund is for their relief.
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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-! <
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tance to Vichy by many hundreds of :
miles. <
REGAINS HIS SPEECH.
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Peculiar Case of Orangeburg Soldier, j
Injured in I^ance.
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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
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"Hearts of the World" Coming.
The attraction at the Academy of
Music, Orangeburg, January 17th,
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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
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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,
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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.
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