The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 10, 1919, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C
Entered as second-class matter Apri
1.891, under Act of March 3, 1879.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
Volume 11. No. 15
TVmrcHatr Arrril 1ft. 1919.
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Judging from the attendance ai
the called meeting of citizens Tuesday
afternoon, there must be vers
little interest in the city politics oi
Bamberg. Only a handful of men responded
to the call. This is a mistaken
attitude on the part of the
people. In our opinion th^ time has
arrived when Bamberg will either gc
forward or backward. There is not
much hopes of the town going forward
with such a lack of interest on
the part of the people. There is the
matter of street paving which the
next city council will be called upon
to work out, and it is very important
that progressive business men be on
the council. There arev many other
phases of civic advancement that
should be looked, after, and it would
be folly to fail to elect men who
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ideas to attend to these matters.
Inasmuch as it is not likely
that any ticket will have the backing
of a citizens' meeting, such as was
held two years ago, let the voters
see to it that the proper pressure is
brought upon capatjle men to offer
their services to the city for the good
of the community.
. While we would not pose as a judge
of such matters, it appears certain
that the farmers of the South, at
least the majority of them, are in
dead earnest about reducing cotton
acreage and ^thus increase the price
of cotton. Some men have taken the
stand that the matter of forcing up
the price and the cutting off of the
production of cotton is not right, but
we cannot bring ourselves to see it
in this light. If it were true that to
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reduce colioii pruuucnuii ?umu
'cause the people of the world to suffer
from a lack of clothing, we think
that it would not be right; but such
does not appear to be the case. Governor
Manning, who i^ in Europe,
writes that the people of the war
stricken countries will be unable to
buy cotton this season. This condition
would work against the interests
of the farmers. The planters should
not, and are not, called upon as a
matter of right to grow cotton or
any other crop unless there is an apparent
market for the product at a
profitable price. There does not now
appear to be such a market for cotton
this season. If a big crop of cotton
is grown this year, it will be gobbled
up at a low price by the speculators,
who will later sell it at high
prices, when the markets of Europe
open up.
, NEGRO STABS WHITE MA*.
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W. M. Kirby Seriously Out by Charlie
Williams.
' W. M. Kirby, foreman at. the Congaree
Fertilizer Works at Royster's
is^a patient at the Baptist hospital
suffering from knife wounds inflicted
by Charlie Williams, a laborer around
the plant. The knife blade pierced
the right lung and gasfies were made
in several places. Dr. A. E. Shaw
was the first physician to reach the
% wounded man and he accompanied
him to the Baptist hospital. The exact
extent of the wounds could not
be determined last night, but it was
stated that the man is dangerously
injured.
Constable Palmer and Rural Policeman
Dunaway went to the fertilizer
works and arrested Williams
V who offered no resistance. The negro
made nh attempt to escape. From
the best information obtainable it
appears that Kirby saw Williams
working at some point in the plant
and when spoken to by the foreman,
the laborer made some Ourt remark.
The foreman ordered the negro to
go to- another part of the plant.
Words followed which resulted in
Williams slashing Kirby with his
knife. Kirby dealt the negro a blow
on the head but that did not stop the
enraged laborer who used the knife
until his boss was severely injured.
Williams was taken to the county
jail for safe keeping. He carries
the marks of two old bullet wounds
on his body.?Columbia State.
His Notes Are Good.
*Is the living he makes on a sound
basis?"
"You bet it is. He beats the bass
drum in a band."?Baltimore American.
Impossible.
Hub?I don't believe in parading
my virtues.
Wife?You couldn't anyway. It
takes q,uite a number to make a parade.?Boston
Transcript.
MANNING WARNS FARMERS.
. Normal Crop Means 10 Cents Pound,
Says Former Governor.
[ Columbia. April 7.?That Europe
I lacks money and credit with which
to buy cotton, ?nd that if the South
. plants a full cotton acreage ana
makes a normal crop, conditions in
this section will be worse than at the
beginning of the world war in 1914
is the opinion of former Governor
Manning, of South Carolina, who is
i
now in France.
* A letter received by the chairman
' of the South Carolina Cotton associa
tion yesterday from the former gov:
ernor and given out last night sounds
" a strong note of warning to the plant'
ers of the South. In his letter Gov5
ernor Manning said:
> "I spent some time in New York
* and Northern points for the purpose
: of making a personal study of the
cotton situation at first hand. The
L information gathered at those points
! was a revelation to me. The situa!
tion is just this: Europe needs fooci,
' Europe needs clothes. She can postpone
buying clothes, but she cannot
postpone buying food. Europe lacks
both money and credit with which to
buy. Speculators will, of course, buy
cotton as cheaply as possible. Competition
will be lacking, there bein.s
no funds for credit for competitors;
the big syndicates will have an open
field. If the South plants full cot
ton acreage and makes even a normal
crop she will reap a whirlwind. It
means eight and ten cents and possibly
even lower prices. It certainly
means far worse prices and conditions
than prevailed in the South just
after the commencement of the world
war in 1914."
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XEW SHOES FOR OLD.
People Learn to Be Thrifty in Footwear.
War prices for shoes and the patriotic
desire to conomize in leather
so that the army could be provided
sent everybody to the cobbler. From
this experience thefpublic has learned
to be thrifty in footwear; and the
cobbler, as well, has learned good
counsel to give his customers.
For instance, it is poor thrift to
put a dollar's worth of labor on a
shoes larlshrdletaoicmfwetaocmfwya
nickel's worth 6f material when
shoes are to be mended; likewise it is
poor thrift to do cheap cobbling
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In prewar days the cobbler ran a
little shop in a basement, where he
patched and mended footwear, making
it serviceable, if not very sightly,
for a few months longer. War
cobbling brought such a new volume
of business that shoe repairing is
now done by machinery and by trained
factor^ shoemakers, using the best
leather and materials. Thrifty people
have learned to spend a couple
of dollars for the complete rebuilding
of a pair of shoes instead of makeshift
mending and patching.
Where clumsy hand stitching was
thought good enough before, the shoe
repair shop will not stitch by machinery
and the job will be finished
with a nice machine edge. The down
to date shoe repair shop will have
workmen skilled in putting new!
counters on shoes, or new box toes,
or cutting a shoe down at the top,
or putting new fancy heels on women's
shoes. Good leather is used
for soles, heels, and uppers. Silk and
linen thread make a strong and sightly
job. The best quality is demanded
in burnishing inks, finishing waxes
and cements.
Some idea of thrift possibilities in
cVirko -n^mairin v ic civori in tho f not
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that Uncle Sam will spend in the first
six months of this year nearly $8,000,000
for cobbling army shoes.
This provides for repairs costing
about $1.20 a pair on army shoes
that cost $7.15 a pair new, and each
American soldier will have three
pairs of shoes mended within that
period. With shoes for civilians
costing $7 to $10 a pair, it is considered
thrift to spend $1.50 to $2 for
modern mending by the latest machine
methods. Money thus saved
can be well invested in interest bearing
war stamps.
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Who's Who in Wartime.
He?"Have the car ready at the
admiralty at 4:30."
Chauffeuse?"Very well."
He?"I am accustomed to being
addressed as 'My Lord!' "
Sho?"T nm nrfnstnmpd tn hpin^
addressed as 'My Lady!' "?London
Opinion.
Try This Before Easter.
Wifey?"There are times when
I wish I were a man."
Hubby?"When?"
Wifey?"When I pass a milliner's
shop and think how happy I could
make my wife by giving her a present
of a new hat."?Cleveland Leader.
Read The Herald, $2.00 per year.
Blackville Items.
Blackville, S. C., April 5.?Miss
Eddie Belle Boylston, of Coker college.
is spending a few days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Boylston.
Mrs. Emniett Gribbon and children,
who have been visiting Mrs. I.
M. Gribbon, have returned to Charleston,
S. C.
Misses Genvieve and Isabelle Murphy,
of St. Mary's convent at Green
ville, S. C., are spending a few
days with their aunt, Miss Mary
Gribbon.
Mrs. Sam Lowe and little son,
Sam, Jr., are visiting in Aiken, the
guests of Mrs. Lowe's brother, Mr.
H. E. Gyles.
Miss Pena Brown, of St. Angela's
academy, Aiken, S. C., was home for
the week-end. |
Miss Mathilda Keeler, of St. An-j
gela's academy, Aiken, is home for
a few days.
Mrs. Julian Sanders and children
spent Monday in Columbia.
Mrs. S. S. Maloney, who hai been J
visiting her son, Mr. H. G. Maloney,
of Louisville, Ga., has returned.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bock and Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Milner and little son,
Georgef, Jr., were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. John O'Gorman Sunday.
Miss Louise Duncan entertained
the younger set with an enjoyable j
party Wednesday night. Those pres-1
ent were: Misses Fairy Belle Hutto,!
Louise Nevils, Florrie Storne, Vera
Creech, Elizabeth Altman, Myrtice
Boylston, Sadie DeWitt, Rebecca
tJia.it, .Mamie .wins, iucu uituaiuouu,,
Cecile Fickling, Ruth Creech, Marga-!
ret Chisholm, Dorothy Ninestein, Sa-'
ra Fickling, Geraldine Still," Fred;
Stevens, James Nevils, Earle DeWitt,j
David Fickling, Harold Hair, Belton!
Fanning, Ericdon Still, Malcolm
Dyches, Earle Partain, Bill Ray, Solo-,
mon Brpwn, George Fickling, Edgar;
Fickling, Arnold Lee, David Mat-|
thews, Bryan Powell, O'Neil Lott, of
Williston.
Mesdams A. H. Ninestein and E. H. |
Weissinger spent Monday in Orange- j
burg.
Miss Lucyelle Moloney spent Sun-!
day in Aiken, S. C.
Misses ' Bertha Rich and Rosa
Brown left Tuesday for an extended
visit to Washington, Philadelphia.'
and New York.
Edgar Fickling, of the U. S. S.!
Morris, has been visiting his parents,,
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Fickling.
Among those who motored to Co-.
lumbia to see the 30th division pa-j
rade on Monday were Mr. and Mrs. |
Eugent Boylston, jGeorge Boylston,'
Mr. Sam Boylston and family.
The Wednesday afternoon Book club
was entertained by Mrs. T. R. Chis-!
holm. Those present were Mesdames '
D. K. Briggs, C. Risher, H. L. Buist,,
Thos. Wragg, H. Dodenhoff, Charlie.
Martin, Willie Johnson and Misses
C. O'Gorman, Rosa Rich and Isabelle
Free.
Mrs. Maggie Murphy, of Augusta,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. I. M.
Gribbon.
"Victory Sunday" 4th Day of May.
Richmond, Va., March 29.?May 4
has been fixed as Victory Liberty
Loan Sunday, it was officially announced
by the war loan organization
here. Lewis B. Franklin, director
of the war loan organization of j
the United States treasury, stated in!
a telegram received in Richmond
that the above date had been set to
avoid any conflict with the Easter
services of Sunday, April 20.
Coming just after the middle of
the Victory Loan campaign, it is hoped
that this Sunday will be observed
as a special day of thanksgiving
for victory. Every minister in the
Fifth Federal Reserve district will
be asked to cooperate to this end.
Ministerial unions will also be expected
to participate. Sunday
schools and Bible classes will be requested
observe "Victory Sunday,"
as the Easter season seems a fitting j
time for a day of rejoicing and
thanksgiving.
German Potato Bugs.
"The way Germany prepared for
a generation for this war was positively
uncanny," said a congressman.
"Yes, Germany's forty years
of minute preparation is as .uncanny j
as the story of the potato bugs.
"On an autumn evening a group
of Minnesota farmers sat around the
fire in the general store' and complained
of the potato bugs' ravages.
" 'The pests ate my whole potato
crop in two weeks,' said one farmer.
" 'Thev ate mv crop in two davs.'
said a second farmer 'and then they
roosted on the trees to see if I'd
plant more.' "
"A drummer for a seed house
cleared his throat.
" 'Gents,' he said, 'all that's very
remarkable. Let me tell you though,
what I saw in our own store. I saw
a couple of potato bugs examining
the books about a week before planting
time to see who had bought
seed!'"?Washington Star.
Read The Herald, only $2.00 year.
TRIED TO CAPTUURE KAISER. !
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Colonel Lea is Said to Have Entered
Dutch Castle in Search of Bill.
Columbia. S. C.?While Col. Luke
Lea, former congressman from Tennessee,
who returned home with the
thirtieth division the other day spent
several days in Columbia, denies it.
one of the most thrilling episodes of
the war is credited to him by officers
of the Old Hickory outfit. This ex-:
ploit was nothing less than an at-1
j tempt on the part or uoionei L.ea, so i
i the story runs, to kidnap William |
Tfohenzollern.
When it is remembered that Colo-!
! nel Whittlesey is now denying that j
that when his lost battalion was call-!
ed upon by the Germans to surrender'
he told them "to go to hell," and it
has also been denied that Pershing
are here," one is inclined to believe!
said anything like "Lafayette, wei
there may be reasons for these deni- j
als. Particularly in the case of Col. j
Luke Lea and his reputed run-in with !
the former kaiser.
That something happened which
provided a basis for all these stories;
that are being told is apparent, j
Moreover, advices from Washington!
state that Secretary of War Baker'
admits that officers of the American,
army attempted to kidnap the kaiser.,
but the secretary will not state who
the officers were. An official report j
of the incident was filed with the war
department and this described in de-1
tail now the officers made thir way
in+rt M10 nnortorc nf thp T-Tnhpn7.nl
lerns at Amerongen and sought an
appointment with him. The fugitive
refused to give them an interview,
so the report runs,, and they were
obliged to retire.
Furthermore, it is known?and admitted
by Colonel Lea?that he was i
in Holland at the time, having gone
into that country on a mission for
Colonel House, the president's advis-:
er. Whether or not he was the of-!
ficer who attempted to capture the,
former kaiser, he is nevertheless get- j
ting the credit for that exploit, and
he is given that credit by the men
who were with him for many months!
in France.
The story has originated partly j
from the official report made to Sec-i
retary Baker and partly from what |
Colonel Lea's brother officers are,
telling, and in many quarters it is believed
that Colonel Lea's denial is(
conditional, and that he refuses to
admit the attempted kidnapping because
of the fact that he is not al- j
lowed to disclose details in connection
with such war incidents.
Colonel Lea, say the officers, was'
at Luxemburg, and securing a leave
of absence went into Holland. Re1
wPTit tn the same town where the'
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German ruler was stopping and to
the same building. He got through
various lines of soldiers, claiming to
be on a mission for the American!
government in neutral territory., He
even got into the building where the I
kaiser was stopping. He had asked |
permission to see the kaiser, but on
second thought the ruler asked that
the officer show his credentials from
i
his government. In 9ome way the:
real purpose of the colonel's mission!
was guessed, and Colonel Lea had to'
leave. Machine guns were turned on I
him as he fled, but he escaped uninjured
from the premises.
With Colonel was another officer,
a captain, and also a non-commissioned
officer. Officers who tell tb?
story state that Colonel Lea and the 1
other soldiers were placed under arrest
for having made the attempt to
kidnap the kaiser, for he was acting I
without orders to do so, but he was
later released and is now in Tennes-!
see, having returned with his troops. |
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It was; tbemai
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advised bis friends i
A bank account .
Are you a bank
If you are not*
_ us today.
LEXINGTON DRUGGIST SHOT.
Dr. Rice 15. Harmon Wounded by Policeman
Harmon.
Lexington, April 6.?Dr. Rice B.
Harmon, head of the Harmon Drug
Co., was shot and dangerously wound
ed late this afternoon by Reuben D.
Harmon, town policeman. The bullet,
3S calibre, struck the right thigh,
completely shattering the bone. Dr.
Harmon was rushed to a hospital in
Columbia in an ambulance after being
attended here by Dr. G. F. Roberts,
his physician. The shooting occurred
in front of the store of Dr.
Harmon and many bystanders were
present and witnessed the occurrence.
Dr. Harmon, it is said, fired j
three shots at the policeman, none
of which took effect. While nothing
definite has been learned it is known
that the difficulty happened as a direct
result of the Sunday blue laws
recently passed by the town council.
The two men first engaged in a heated
controversy, followed by a fisticuff.
Dr. Harmon is small in size
and this, it is stated is "why he drew
his weapon. All during the day Dr.
Harmon was besieged with persons
wanting prescriptions filled and these
he had accommodated, and had just
walked out of his store, when he encountered
the policeman, who had
been continually on the watch.
Policeman Harmon was prevented
from shooting further by Hon. Frank
W. Shealey, railroad commissioner,
who happened to be near and who
commanded the officer to cease. Dr.
Harmon is widely known. He conducts
one of the largest drug establishments
between Columbia and Augusta.
Policeman Harmon is being held
by Sheriff Miller at the county jail
pending the outcome of Dr. Harmon's
injury.
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WOMAN SHOT BY GRANDSON.
Mrs. Simeon C. Cross Fatally Wounded
at Home.
I
Hartsville, April 2.?A deplorable
tragedy occurred last Saturday in the
New Providence section of Darlington
county, about five miles- from
here. Mrs. Simeon C. Cross was accidentally
shot and killed at her
home by her little grandson. Just
how the little fellow managed to dis
charge the shotgun, which he playfully
took hold of, is not known. The
husband was in Hartsville at the
time.
The funeral took place at New
Providence Baptist church on Sunday
and was largely attended.
Rubber Chewing Gum.
The chewing gum material from
Pontianak rubber patented by W. O.
Snelling is stated to result from a
few minutes' action of ozone on the
rubber with suitable exposure to the
air afterward. The unpleasant taste
is removed by washing with dilute
caustic soda solution, then with water,
and the product is claimed to resemble
chicle very closely. A similar
change of the rubber is reported
from hydrogen peroxide.
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Medical Officer?"Have you any
organic troubles?"
Recruit?"No, sir. I ain't a bit
musical."?Tit-Bits.
who were landed at Newport News.
What Colonel Lea had planned to
do with the kaiser when he got into (
his presence is not known, but his ,
firiends are not finding it hard to
guess, and they admire the spirit
that prompted him to undertake such
a mission in the face of grave danger.
Had he been successful the whole
world would have rejoiced with him
in his attainment.
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U-BOAT VISIT CHARLESTON.
Surrendered German Subs Now on 4
Way to America.
Washington, April 5.?The U-117,
a big ocean mine laying submarine
which planted mines on the Atlantic
coast during the war, will visit
Charleston and other Southern ports,
according to announcement by the
navy department.
Surendered German submarines ;
now being brought to the United
States by American crews will be exhibited
at ports on the Atlantic, Pacific
and Gulf coasts, the Great Lakes
and Chesapeake Bay and on the Mississippi
and Hudson rivers. The five
submersibles will arrive at New York
'ate this month while the victory lib
Arty loan campaign is in progress,
ioan campaign is. in progress.
The navy department announced
today that after the fleet reached *
New York motion pictures would be
made for display over the country.
Two of the vessels then will visit
Southern ports.
U-117, a big ocean mine layer
which planted mines on the Atlantic
coast during the war, will go to Philadelphia,
Wilmington, Del., Wilming- y
ton, N. C., Norfolk, Baltimore, Annapolis,
Charleston, and then lay up
at Washington.
IT-B-88, a small type submarine
will proceed to Savannah, Jacksonville,
Tampa, Pensacola, Mobile,
New Orleans, thence up the Mississippi
river to St. Louie, then to Galveston,
Key West, through the Panama
Canal, un the Pacifin roast to the Pu
get Sound district, then lay up at
San Pedro.
TEACHERS' EXAMINATION.
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Notice is hereby given that the
regular spring examination for
teachers' certificates will be held at
the court house in Bamberg, S. C.,
on Saturday the 3rd day of May,
191.9, beginning promptly at 9 o'clock ?,
a. m., (new time.)
The usual subjects will be given as i
follows: Algebra, arithmetic, English
grammar, pedagogy, geography,
physiology and hygiene, history, civics
and current events, and agriculture.
W. D. ROWELL,
County Supt. of Education. '
April 7. 1919.
ELECTION NOTICE.
Regular election of mayor and six
aldermen and one commissioner of
public works will be held Tuesday,
May the 6th, 1919. ' . .
All voters are required to register
not later than 10 days before election.
Managers appointed are 'H. N.
Folk, Harry Murphy, B. T. Fel-ier.
L. P. MCMILLAN, Clerk.
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ALDERMEN.
We, the voters of Bamberg nominate
the following ticket:
MAYOR:
J. J. Smoak. '
ALDERMEN:
B. T. Felder.
LaVerne Thomas.
E. A. Hooton.
Dr. H. J. Stuckey. 7
E. L. Price, Jr.
H. N. Folk.
M. G. Cooner.
H. L. Hinnant.
COMMISSIONER PUBLIC WORKS:
W. E. Free.
VOTERS. *
TOWN TICKET SUGGESTED.
The following names are suggested
to the voters of Bamberg as suitable ;
material from which to choose a
mayor and aldermen in the approach^
ing municipal election:
FOR MAYOR: /
A. M. Brabham.
FOR ALDERMEN: h
A. Rice. ,
J. F. Jennings.
C. J. Field.
W. P. Jones.
W. A. vKlauber.
E. C. Bruce.
J. J. Heard.
R. M. Bruce.
E. H. Henderson.
TAXPAYERS.
Bamberg
Banking
Co.
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Capital aid Surplus
$100,000.00
4
4 per cent interest paid on
Savings Accounts
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