The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 27, 1919, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
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Entered as second-class matter April
">891, under Act of March 3, 1879.
$?.00 PER YEAR.
Volume 11. Xo. 13.
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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
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It is with considerable disappointment
that we note many holders 01
war savings stamps are cashing them
in at the various postoffices of the
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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BILL "SLIPPED" THROUGH.
Significane of Millage Measure Not
Grasped.
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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!
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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.
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Full line of all kinds of blank
books at Herald Book Store.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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."
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After the War
Soon after the civil war Pre
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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.
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