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%\)t Bamberg ^eralii ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. ?2.00 PER YEAR. Volume 2S. Xo. 16. Thursday, April 17,1919. There are many matters of great importance before the people of Bamberg, and it would help if these matters were discussed. We offer the columns of The Herald to the citizens for the discussion of these * n " /vn on/1 toll thp QjlieSllODS. V^UUiC UU cuiu IV11 ^ voters and others your views on the needs of Bamberg and your suggestions for securing these needs. The city election for mayor and aldermen will be held the first part " of May. Many of the gentlemen whose names have been suggested? for none have announced of their own accord?refuse to take the jobs if they are elected. Many of the others do not want places on council. We should like to see at least fifteen or twenty good men offer for these places as a matter of public duty. The voters may then select whom they will. The traffic in illicit whiskey in ^ Bamberg is a growing industry, judg~ ing from the number of drunken peo/ pie now to be seen constantly. That the liquor is being made in the county there is little doubt. Sheriff Ray states that it is practically impossible . to apprehend the liquor sellers and makers unless he is given assistance. The sheriff is in hopes of securing help from the State government, and he says if he can get the necessary TT.in nlain tliom mif ttS?>15jLcim;C 11C n ill V/ieau mbui vu?> It is a peculiar fact that blind tiger stills is one of the hardest propositions to handle which; the officers have to contend^ with. The majority of good people, even though they are not in sympathy with the traffic, will hesitate or outright refuse to cooper9 - ate with the officers in running down the blind tigers. The time is coming when some determined action will have to be taken, else the traffic will assume menacing proportions. It lpoks like there will be very little help from the national government ,for some time to come. It was ex, pected the revenue department would enforce national prohibition after ' - July 1, but the revenue service states that it is not its province to do so. As congress made no appropriation for the enforcement of the law, there is not likely to be much enforcing done by the federal authorities until such appropriation is made. In the meantime it is up to the law respect ing citizens to cooperate with the*officers if any relief is to be had. ? / The Prize Letter. The censor gets gray hairs early wading through a lot of wild letters, hut the following taken from an J American Doughboy at an English port has gained him the reputation as the "prize liar" of the war: "Dear mother and the folks?We ' hadn't more than got out of sight of New York than you could see submarines bobbing up all around us. The periscopes were as thick as cattails in a swamp. I counted 75, and v' then the ships began to fire. "The gunner near me fainted. Shell-shock, I guess. I sprang to the gun and began shooting. The shot ? I fired hit a submarine square on top at the back, and tore out its J whole backbone, just like tearing out a, whale's backbone. There was bipod all over the water and some oil. "I kept on shooting. I sank 12 of the submarines myself. The battle lasted a good while, and I heard 50 of the submarines had been destroyed. None of us was killed. The sub. marine^ what was left, finally left us. We haven't seen any more of them. Give this to the papers. Love to all. the folks from your soldierboy.?G." Puzzling. In Tennessee they tell of a judge, a man well versed in the law but entirely self-educated, who had to contend with the difficulties of ortho graphv. In the old days he lived in Knoxville, and for a long time he insisted upon spelling it "Noxville." Finally his friends educated him up to the point of prefixing a K; so thoroughly in fact, was he learned, that a few years later, when he moved to Nashville, nothing could prevent him from spelling it "Knashville." \ Then some time later, the judge moved again, this time to Murfreesboro. On the day that he began to write his first letter from this place he scratched his head in perplexity and finally exclaimed: "I give it up! How on earth can they spell the name of this place with a K?" J Labor Supply Less, Demand Greater. i Saluda, April 8.?According to the government report released today by | : B. B. Hare, South Carolina field agent; j of the bureau of crop estimates. V. S. j department of agriculture, the supply ! of farm labdr in South Carolina is 20 per cent, less and the demand 3 per cent, more than on the corresponding date of last year; while for the entire United States the supply is 1T>.6 per cent, less with an increase in demand of 1.0 per cent. The average wages of male farm labor per month by the year with board in South Carolina is reported at $21.50, and without board at $30, the average wage per day for other than harvest work with board being $1.15 to include not only rations but living quarters, fuel and two or more acres of land is called to the fact that these figures represent money wages and when board is furnished it is the custom not only rations but living quarters, fuel and two or more acres of land free of rent, the same being fertilized, cultivated and harvested in the same manner as that worked for the landlord. The estimated number of sows in the State for breeding purposes is 3 per cent, more than last year. The condition of wheat gnd rye is excellent, both being reported at 90 per cent, of normal, the ten-year average for wheat on April 1, being 87 per cent, and rye SO per cent. Coming Back. The boys of the A. E. F. are growing pessimistic about getting home. They sing songs nowadays voicing their incredulity of ever getting back. One of the most popular was composed by a Second division man and runs like this: Darling I am coming back, Silver hairs among the black; Now that peace in Europe nears I'll be home in seven years. I'll drop in on you some night, With my whiskers long and white. Yes, the war is over, dear, And we're going home, I hear. Home again with you once more? Say, by nineteen twenty-four. Once I thought by now I'd be Sailing back across the sea. Back to where you sit and pine?I But I'm stuck here on the Rhine, \ou can hear the gang all curse! "War is hell, but peace is worse." When the next war comes around In the front line I'll be found. I'll rush in again pell-mell; Yes, I will?like hell?like hell! m n> > Busy Hours Ahead. He i was a strikingly handsome figure in his uniform as he started out upon his round of farewell calls. "And you'll think of me every sin1 2le minute when you're in those stu pid old trenches?" questioned the sweet young thing upon whom he first called. He nodded emphatically. "Every minute." "And you'll kiss my picture every night?" - - % "Twice a night," he vowed, patting the pretty head on his shoulder. "And write me long, long letters?" she insisted. "Every spare minute I have," he reassured her, and hurried away to the next name on his list. There were ten in all who received his promises. When it was over he sighed. "I hope," he murmured wearily, "there won't be much fighting 'over there.' I'm going to be so tremendously busy." ^ ? r Anti-Theft Device for Motor Cars. To check automobile thieving is the purpose of an electric accessory lately devised for the motor car, which is shown in a recent issue of Popular Mechanics. Essentially the contrivance consists of an automobile siren connected in a dry-batterv circuit with a mercury switch. When the car is in motion, vibrations agitate the mercury so that the gap is bridged and contact formed, sounding the horn in the event the circuit is closed. Thus if anyone, without the owner's knowledge, attempts to steal a car so equipped, the siren would sound immediately and keep on doing so until the engine was stopped or the electric circuit opened. STATEMENT Of the ownership, management, circulation, etc., required by the act of congress of August 24, 1912, of The Bamberg Herald, published weekly at Bamberg, S. C., for April 1, 1919. State of South Carolina, County of i Bamberg. Before me, a notary public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared R. M. Hitt, who, ! having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that ho is an editor of The Bamberg Herald and that the following is, to the best of L his knowledge and belief, a true ! statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the cir dilation), etc., of the aforesaid pub-j lication for the date shown in the ! above caption, required bv the Act j of August 24, 1912, embodied in, section 442, Postal Laws and Regula- ; tior.s printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses j of the publishers, editors, managing \ editors, and business managers are: j Publishers. Hitt & Bruce, Bamberg, ; S. C.: editors R. M. Hitt and R. M. j Bruce. Bamberg, S. C., managing edi- j tors R. M. Hitt and R. M. Bruce, Bamberg, S. C.: business managers R. 1 M. Hitt and R. M. Bruce. Bamberg, S. C. 2. That the owner is: (Give names and addresses of individual owners, or. if a corporation, give itc namp nnrt the names and address es of stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of stock.) A. W. Knight, Bamberg, S. C. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state.) None. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the own-* ers, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the boohs of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. 5. That the average number of* copies of each issue of the this publication sold or distributed, through, the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers durfng the six months preceding the date shown above is (This information is required from daily publications only.) R. M. HITT. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of April. 1919. (Seal) H. H. STOKES. Notary Public for S. C. (My commission expires at the pleasure of the governor.) 18 mm Every express bring! chic in Millinery. We business in this Departn put it off too long?com look no further. NEW B Today's express brou tion of voiles, organdie blouses. Some are vei some are tailored. Cor broken. Organdies and V Georgettes, $5.00 Telephone 41-J. ELECTION NOTICE. Pursuant to an ordinance of council of tlie town of Bamberg, notice is : hereby given that an election will be { held in the said town of Bamberg* on the 6th day of .May, 1 a 1 !>, to decide the Question whether or not . the provisions of an Act of the Gen- i eral Assembly of the State of S. C\, , entitled "An Act to Authorize Any or all Incorporated Cities and Towns : within the State to Levy and Enforce an Assessment upon Abutting Proper-; tv Owners for the Purpose of Paying for Permanent Improvements on Their Streets and Sidewalks," ap-1 proved .March 14th, 1919, snail be! operative within the town o' Bam-! berg. The managers appointed lor said t election are as follows: H. >'. Folk, j Harrv Murphv and 1}. T. Felder. L. P. MCMILLAN', Clerk of Council. j | April 15th, 1919. j TT McKink Sound il It was, the. mai McKliriey who mai money" famous. P a great believer in^ advised his friends 1 v A bank account Are you a bank If you are not, us today. M ?MUHIM?BMM illinery 5 us something new and have had a magnificent lent this season. So don't e to us today and you will houses v ght us a handsome selecs and Georgette erepe y fancy and snappy and tie in before the sizes are oiles $1.50 to $5.50. to $8.50. rne Th i i NOTICE OF DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that on the 10th day of May, 1019, the undersigned Administratrix of the estate dt Romeo Govan, deceased, will file her final report as such administratrix. and ask for letters dismissory. SILVIE GOVAN JENNINGS, Administratrix of the Estate of Romeo Govan, deceased. April 8th, 1010. TEACHERS* EXAMINATION. 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, 1010, beginning promptly at 9 o'clock a. m., (new time.) The usual subjects will be given as follows: Algebra, arithmetic, English grammar, pedagogy, geography, physiology and hygiene, history, civics and current events, and agriculture. \V. D. ROWELL, County Supt. of Education. A nril 7 10 10 + *. A A A I J. I' A 1/ . \ shbohhbhbhhi y and' S^2 Honey rtyr Presided Wllfiaitf le the term "sound resident McKinley was banks. He frequently :o bank their moneyw is a cure for worry* depositor? * ^ start an account with II 1 J I Getting ready for r and a pleasant ta out. Come to us ter is here you do n n out from shoppir . . 1 T r new attire, i ou e, uD-to-date STY] LUES, T / NEWD Just received, two dc taffeta and combination in white, coral, navy, ne^ gray, taupe and henna Georgette and taffeta. J ers embroidered, etc. Don't fail to see thes< find dresses like these ne From $15.00 to $ NEW 1 Come in and see our nc some in dark plaids with fine quality voiles. From $5.00 to $27 omas ELECTION NOTICE. 1 Regular election of mayor and six aldermen and one commissioner of j public works will be held Tuesday, ! May the 6th, 1919. ' I All voters are required to register * | not later than 10 days before elec- I tion. ' j, Managers appointed are H. N. j Folk, Harry Murphy, B. T. Felier. j L. P. McMILLAN, Clerk. 1 | NOMINATIONS FOR MAYOR AND ALDERMEN. We, the voters of Bamberg nominate the following ticket: . MAYOR: * J J. J. Smoak. J ALDERMEN: ? *J B. Tillman Felder. 1 La Verne Thomas. I F! A Hnnton. _ j Dr. H. J. Stuckey. j E. L. Price, Jr. M. G. Cooner. j COMMISSIONER PUBLIC WORKS: | W. E. Free. . ? VOTERS. v Bamberg Banking Jf f % Co. 1 / - ' I 1 ftm Capital and Surplus i $100,000.00 I Au0\ v|? ' : | ? j| 4 per cent, interest paid on / A A AAIIltlil oavuiHS rtttuums ' v. iM ' ??? - 1 Easter will be aji I sk if you let us fit I / EARLY. When ?jk lot want to be too . ig, to look well in -/ ' will find, at our * / 1 ' > L.ES, and splendid I ^1 RESSES I >zen beautiful Georgette, | Dresses. These we have I v blue, Copenhagen, pearl 8 and combination figured I m Some are beaded and oth- 1 e Dresses. You will not I g. arer than the large cities. 1 37.50. 8 MILES jw voiles. Some in white, 8 * various colorings. Very 8 8 .WV| & Co. 15 AM-Dili It It, O. U. | ?J; \ . , / '