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?!je Pamkrg ^eralb i ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. ?????????? i Entered as second-class matter April ">891, under Act of March 3, 1879. $?.00 PER YEAR. Volume 11. Xo. 13. 9 Thursday, March 27,1919. In this issue of The Herald we presnt some figures concerning the financial condition of Bamberg county. We also reprint from the Barnwell papers a statement of the condition of that county. WTe do this in no spirit of criticism of the Barnwell authorities; but as a matter of information to the parties concerned. The iJiacKvine peopie nave assea ior a statement of the condition of Bamberg and they asked for a statement from the treasurer of Barnwell. We "give both, in comparison. The people concerned can draw their own , ? conclusions. Not so much as a matter of news, N but more as a matter of record, The Herald -today publishes a statement of Bamberg's record in the various campaigns that have been conducted for funds for the government during the war emergency. At the same V - . time, we have incorporated some fig-? ures on the prosperity of the county, whitfi we think may be interesting: if not at this time, perhaps in the future. The people have'a right to feel proud of J;he county's record. They should also feel very grateful . that "they have been blessed with great prosperity. v ?^? It is with considerable disappointment that we note many holders 01 war savings stamps are cashing them in at the various postoffices of the V 'if*- | ! county. It was intended that if an emergency should arise- hold- j ers of stamps should be able to realize on them at once; nevertheless, if one'really desires to assist the govornmont it panrmt hp done hv re w??? - v<" ? " I deeming stamps two or three months; after they are purchased. Unless a real necessity exists, loyalty to the -V government would, in our opinion, require the holders of war savings stamps to retain them until maturity. mm It is sincerely hoped that the appeal of Capt. J. B. Guess, chairman v for Bamberg county of the campaign! I - > for the relief of the Syrians and Armenians, will meet with ready response. In the campaigns that have been conducted in \his county in the i past, Bamberg county has responded yj'f with patriotnc zeal. These cam;paigns were conducted to raise funds ^ ' with patriotic zeal. These cam-1 J-.* and the ^ork connected with the j army. This fund now being asked,' ' . . is for the alleviation of suffering1 ' caused largely by the war, and if there was ever a worthy charity this is one. The wrar has not been the . , sole cause of the suffering of these ** j- Christian people. They have been under the domination of the Turks for hundreds of years, and one of the really bright spots of the great war was their liberation from the Turks, * though accompanied by great cruelty and suffering. The Armenians and Syrians are nQw under the care of the British army, but the men have nearly all been murdered; the women and children have been mistreated and starved, and driven from their homes. A movement is now bei - X X - *1*. 4.^ lllg earned out to La.H.e meiu uae& iu their home land, and this fund i$ to give them relief while they are getting again on their feet. These people are industrious white people, and n they will not b'e a burden once they get started to making their own hoipes. Christian people can do no less than to help them get started. * ^ ie> BILL "SLIPPED" THROUGH. Significane of Millage Measure Not Grasped. V Columbia, March 21.?A piece of legislation which "slipped" through the general assembly affects every i town and city in the State containing j more than 5,000 inhabitants, except; Spartanburg, was the Watkins bill; permitting municipalities to levy any j millage it sees fit by ordinance. This! measure was introduced in the senate September 14 and referred to the judiciary committee, which gave it a; favorable report on February 18. Tt! noeood i+o cof>nn/l roadincr Vohrilflrv I iVU gvwuu * VMV&AUQ * W* v21 and was sent to the house 6n February 26, the latter body giving its final approval on March 1, the last day of the session. The bill was signed by the governor about ten days ago. Representative Atkinson, of Spartanburg.was the only member in the house who caught the significance of the measure, and he had the J bill amended to exempt the city of i Spartanburg. - ^ ig> ^ Full line of all kinds of blank books at Herald Book Store. ? Blackville News. | Blackville. March 22.?Mrs. E. E. Hammond is visiting in Columbia, the guest of her son. Mr. James Hammond. Dr. John E. Molony and mother Mrs* S. S. Molony, are visiting in Greenville. j Mrs. Rhett Johnson and little daughter have returned to their home in Charleston, S. C. x Miss Rosa Brown is visiting in Charleston. Miss Bertha Rich has returned to her home after a few days stay in Orangeburg. M?\ and Mrs. Charles F. Grones and children, of Savannah. Ga., spent the week-end with Mr. Grones's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Grones, at the Shamrock Hotel. Sam Izlar Buist, of the Charleston college, spent the week-end with his parents. Byron Hair, of Clemson college, is nunie lur a, lew ua%s. Stanley Brown, of Porter Military Academy of Charleston, was at home for the week-end. Mrs. Isadore Brown is visiting in Orangeburg. Miss Helen Weissinger, of the Carlisle school, of Bamberg, S. C., spent a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Weissinger. Miss Pattie Sweat is visiting in Columbia. Messrs. J. H. and E. G. Sanders attended the Richardson-Sanders wedding in Columbia Friday. Lonnie Oeech, of the Charleston college, was home for the week-end. Miss Geraldine Kammer is visiting in Columbia. Mr. Wagner Gyles has returned after several weeks' visit in Archula, Fla. The Wednesday Afternoon Book Club met with Mrs. Heffernan Buist. "hose present were Mesdames Thomas Wragg, D. K. Briggs. W. H. Dodenhoff, C. Risher, Charles Martin, Emmett Matthews, Sam Lome, Rutledge Chisholm, L. R. Free, Sarah Johnson, Roy Still and Misses Caroline O'Gorman, Rosa Rich and Isabelle Free. Mrs. Z. L. Madden, of Columbia, S. C.. was in the citv Sunday. . * ' , Miss Nanaline DeWitt, of Jackson, S. C., was home for the week-end. Mrs. S. J. Jarrett, who has been spending the winter with her daughter, Mrs. A. H. Ninestein, has returned to her home in High Point, N. C. Quite an enjoyable comedy, in two acts, entitled "The Rainbow Kimona." was given by home talent at the school auditorium Monday evening for the benefit of the U. D. C. chapter. Each character was well acted, especially Miss O'Gorman, who took the part of a colored maid, was extremely amusing to the large audience. The program was as follows: Nellie Van Tassel, president of the Rainbow7 Kimona Club, Mrs. Heffernan Buist. Ruth Ashton, vice-president, Miss Rosa Rich-. Alice Marion, treasurer, Miss Sadie DeWitt. Isable Sutro, secretary, Miss Flovrie ^lay Smith. Beatrice Courtney, class poet, Miss Sybil Buist. Oline Mercer, president basketball team, Mrs. Harry Rich. Winifred Turner, student, Miss % Louise Mathis. Edith Jones, the new senior, Miss Virginia Aver. Rosa Jackson, a colored maid, Miss Caroline O'Gorman. Time the present. Locality, Miss Penelope Wright's Collegiate School for Young Ladies, Clairmont-on-the Hudson. Synopsis. Act I?The Meeting of the Rainbow Kimona society. Act II?Nellie's room. One week later. Specialties by Miss Isabelle Free and Mr$. W. O. Brodie. WOUNDS WIFE; DESTROYS SELF. Man Serving Sentence?Also Fatally , Shoots Brother-in-Law. Chipley, Ga., March 23.?Angered at finding bis wife away when he came home on a parole from the chaingang in Troup county, Abner Bowles shot her when she returned late last night, fatally shot his brothtr-in-law, John Seveilles, and then committed suicide. Bowles was serving a seven year sentence on conviction of killing Dimon Brooks near here two years ago and his record had been such that he was granted privileges of a "trusty." He reached home late Saturday and found his mother and his six children, but his wife had gone with her brother to a fiddlers' convention in a nearby town. The shooting started when she returned about 11 o'clock. Bowles went about a mile away from the house and killed himself. It was supposed he had gone temporarily insane. His brother-in-law died today and Mrs. Bowles was not expected to live. All colors ink at Herald Book Store | A CURIOUS MUMMY. South Amtricaiis Used to Slirink the Heads of Their Enemies. The Charleston museum announces a special exhibit of unusual interest to be opened tomorrow afternoon. This exhibit consists of the Fossil .Man of Guadaloupe, which has been in the museum for more than a hundred years and is now emerging after a retirement of over ten years and of two mummied heads from South America. The Indian custom of scalping one's enemies is mild in comparison -with the diabolic ingenuity of the Jibaros in converting human heads into cute little dwarf mummies. The Jibaros live in the corner of Ecuador and Peru and at the headwaters of the Amazon, where they wander in the forests. Juan de Velasco declares them to be "faithful, noble and amiable" as well as "brave and warlike." In spite of these admirable qualities, or perhaps because of them, they have from time immemorial practiced the gefttle art of preserving the heads of their enemies as permanent trophies of their prowess. The process is a complicated one. Through an incision in the back of the heads all bones and flesh are removed. Very hot pebbles are then tion by passing the head from one introduced and kept in constant mohand to the other. As the pebbles touch the inside of the skin they scorch it and perform the double function of cooking it and shrinking it. Much skill must be required to prevent the pebbles burning too long in one spot and to reach all parts of the skin. When one performer in this gentle rite becomes tired he passes the head on to another, and this work is continued for approximately two weeks. By that time the head is shrunken to less than onefifth its original size, but every detail of eyebrows, nose, lips and ears is preserved with grewsome perfection in this curious miniature. Styles apparently change slowly with the Jibaros, for these shrunken human heads are always very similar in form and arrangement. The face is drawn forward in a sort of snout and the lips invariably arei sewed together with three cords which depend as long tassels. Some times brilliant feather pendants hang from the ears, as in the case of the1 specimen now shown in the museum. * The effect of this elaborate manipulation is not as horrible as one might suppose, but on the contrary is quite dainty. One's first emotion on seeing one of these little heads may be a feeling of repulsion, which is invariably succeeded by one of fascination. One lajdy who had to be stimulated by two mint drops after the first inspection was found the next day fondly stroking the glossy black hair with its tones of bronze, and the only anxiety of the museum authorities is that visitors may not be willing to part from their new Peruvian friend and will want the privilege of taking him home. The Jibaros used to practice their skill only on their enemies, but when museums and collectors began to express in a financial way their appreciation of these museum trophies, the Jibaros very willingly began to make them to order, and the collector might notice when he went back for his prize that the old grandmother was no longer a visible member of the family. Occasionally a white man's head appears ir> tViic ehninkon fnrm ronrooontin c 1U HiAO QUA UU^VU I VWVU V1UQ perhaps some unpopular collector. In view of these occurrences the government has now prohibited the manufacture or export of these products of the Jibaros. The occasional specimens that turn up in the markets of the world are valued at from $200 to $400. The specimen that will be exhibited at the museum tomorrow was presented by Mr. Archer M. Huntington, of New York City. It will be installed temporarily in a special case, together with an entirely different type of mummied head made by the Mundrucus Indians lower down the Amazon and the fragments of the skull of the Famous Fossil Man of Guadaloupe. These two -specimens have been in the museum many years, but have not been on exhibition since the present building was occupied. Their story is no less interesting than that of the Jibaros mummy.? News and Courier. The Sincerest Flattery. Everything about Aunt Clara seemed lovely and wholly desirable to Sammy. Even an accident that broke a piece from one of her front teeth produced at last what seemed to her juvenile admirer an attractive result. On the occasion of his first visit to the dentist, Sammy bore with more or less patience the work that had to be done, and then made a request. "Right in the middle, in front," he suggested, "I'd like a copper-toed 'tooth like Aunt Clara's." I On Sound Basi After the War Soon after the civil war Pre Grant put this country on a sound fin K#cla fin hia rprnmmpndfltinn CAl I 11 II 1/MlJil^ VU Ultf f VWWHavMWOTwv-* vv> passed an act 4(to strengthen public ci and specie payments were later res These are prosperous days in this ^ and wise people are banking their a cash. Bank your money today and b< pared for any eventuality. I STATU | ? We rec 11 nicest as ed stati Ded to tl 1 * ' have p; differen price fr< This pa] for your day mor look wl any or r We < i;? A iiii^vri in the j office. Herald Bi Mail Orders Filled Same Day Received / :~T||r Bamberg gp| Banking SCa i *; Capital and Surplus v " : $100,000.00 sideat I aiicia] igress 'edit,* timed. 'and, lfp|us 4 per cent interest paid oil s prt. Savings Accounts 'i W ' s > DNERY, I .. | eived today the ' i isortment of boxonery ever ship. [lis county. We d aper in all the t tints, ranging in >m 25c to $1.50. per will be ready inspection Saturning. Come and lether you need lot. ilso have a full i iL: i_j ; f eryuiing neeueu school room or / .> f * ss w Dok Store Bamberg, South Carolina r*. : * 1 * 1 \ ^ ? . -