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LEVER MENTIONED
FOR CABINET POST
SAID TO BE SLATED FOR SECRETARY
OF AGRICULTURE.
Byrnes is Now Dean
But a Few Years Ago "Baby" Member,
He Yow Heads South Carolina
Delegation.
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Washington, July 31.?There is
much interest in Washington concerning
the future of Congressman A. F.
Lever, who has just retired from the
representation of the seventh South
Carolina district, after servin? that
district faithfully for many years.
While Mr. Lever has made no state.
, ment concerning his future plans, it
is understood here that he has something
big in sight in the near future,
after he has served in his position of
federal farm loan board commissioner
for a few years.
There is apparently a well founded
understanding in Washington official
circles that Mr. Lever, if the Demo
crats win the next national election
and remain in power, will be made
secretary of agriculture, and in this
contingency, South Carolina will then
have a ^cabinet officer.
It is not believed that Mr. Lever
f will hold the federal farm loan board
place indefinitely. Although the work
will be congenial to him and the pay
good, $10,000 a year, there are undoubtedly
other plans which he has
.on hand but which for obvious reasons,
will not come to light for some
time.
There seems to be little doubt that
Mr. Lever will become a cabinet member
if the Democrats remain in power
in national affairs, else it seems to be
doubtful if he would have cut himself
off from South Carolina politics, practically
bnrpinff his bridges behind
? W him,
in order to take his present asgVJ
elgnment. v
The retirement of Mr. Lever from
the house brings 10 light the fact that
Congressman James F. Byrnes, who
hut a few years ago was the "baby"
member of the delegation is now its
. dean.
^ About the time Mr. Byrnes came to
congress, his opponent and the man
he defeated for the house, Judge Patterson,
of Barnwell, died. In addition
to this the house lost George Legare
of the first district; Judge Joseph T.
Johnson, of the fourth; Representative
Finley, of the fifth; and two
members from the sixth, J. E. Ellerbe
and J. W. Ragsdale.
Last July Senator Tillman also
died, making an unusually large casualty
list for so short atime.
As a member of the farm loan
, i hoard, Mr. Lever will no doubt prove
1 "/ of great value to his farmer friends
throughout the country. His familiarity
with both agricultural and
' - congressional affairs makes him able
at the beginning of his new work to
take hold like a veteran and to push
the work with excellent advantage to
agricultural interests, this being the
main purpose of the farm loan law.
No one of course yet knows who
the successors to Mr. Lever and Mr.
Ragsdale will be, but this much is assured
already?they will find a ready
and spontaneous welcome from
the South Carolina delegation and
others here when they come.
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A Hard World.
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"Mother," said Helen, "when I
grow up, will I have a husband like
papa?"
"Yes, I suppose so," answered the
mother.
"Mother," said Helen after a
pause, "when I grow up, if I don't
marry, will I be an old maid like
Aunt Gertrude?"
"Why, yes, I suppose so," repeat?
ed her mother. "But what queer
questions for a little girl to ask."
"Mother," after another pause,
"this is a very hard world for us
women, isn't it?"
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With the senate on one side and
the league of nations on the other,
^ President Wilson must sometimes
have a good idea of what the conditions
are between the upper and the
nether millstone.
We have on hand a number of boxes
of fine papeteries which we will
sell cheap to make room for new
stock. Prices from 40c to $ J .25.
Herald Book Store.
Fountain pen ink, in all size bottles,
at Herald Book Store.
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BULLIES IX UNIFORM.
National Guardsmen Humiliated By
Regulars.
New York, May 10.?About this
courtsmartial matter.
Gen. Leonard Wood says private
soldiers are treated as fairly by
courtsmartial as officers are. Except
says he, officers sitting on courts
naturally hesitate to credit charges
made against fellow officers who have
served faithfully for years.
Maybe so. Gen. Wood has the
figures at .his fingers' ends. Every
one knows that Gen. Wood is absolutely
fair and square himself. But
is it not possible that he has something
of the professional soldier's i
point of view? Also, because he is a J
big man and a fearless one, it is
possible that things do not happen in
his presence which might well be
commonplace where smaller men
morally are concerned.
Lack of Proper Spirit.
My own impression has been that
our regular army is a bit Prussian in
its attitude toward the private soldier.
Not all of our regular army
officers, of course. But there are
mean-spirited little bullies in the uniform
and it has seemed to me that
the regular establishment supported.
them. Time after time I have
blushed for the service at hearing an |
officer snarl at a fine, clean, upstanding
young American who had
volunteered to serve his country.
Somewhere there was a lack of discipline
among the officers?or rather
somewhere there was lack of proper
spirit.
"Why don't you click your heels?
you national guardsmen?" snarled a
brigade adjutant of the Rainbow Division.
"Haven't you ever learned
how to salute, you ."
Abused in Presence of Men.
The lieutenant who was being
abused shamefully in the presence of
his men had been on duty in the front
line for 48 hours without rest. He
was covered with mud from heel to '
head. His boots were so clogged
with mire that he could not have
clicked his heels in ten minutes' trying.
The adjutant was brown polished
and tailored and natty. It was
his first visit to the front line.
"I'll teach you national guardsmen
something about soldering," said the
professional soldier.
He filed charges against the lieutenant,
who was an officer in one of
the companies of the One Hundred
and Sixty-sixth Regiment from Ohio.
It will soon land on this side of the
water. The lieutenant had a good
colonel in Ben Hough, who not only
fought his regiment but fought for
his regiment against the regular establishment.
Hough insisted that his
lieutenant be given a trial and filed
charges against the adjutant.
"I'll find out," said Hough,
"whether an adjutant can come down
into my trenches and curse an officer
of mine in the presence of his
men."
Well, he found out. The adjutant
did not press his charges against the
lieutenant because one of the unforgivable
things is to reprove an officer
in the presence of his men. So the
charges against the lieutenant never
came to a trial. At last accounts ne
was still a lieutenant. He had not
been promoted because of the black
spot on his record?and, anyhow, he
was a national guardsman.
In order to save the adjutant from
being tried on the counter charge
brought by the lieutenant, he was
sent home on a mission. He immediately
became a colonel. The regular
establishment knows how to protect
its own.
An Officer That's Different.
It always seemed to me that there
was a decided difference in the treatment
afforded the private soldier and
the officer in the American army. If
a private soldier was found in possession
of a jug, he was pinched by the
first M. P. who met him. That was
the M. P's. duty. But he also learned
that it was his duty to look the other
way when an officer made his way up
the street in tacks and jibes.
"What's your name?" I heard an
M. P. ask a drunken officer on the
streets of Paris. "What's your unit?"
"You go to hell," was the reply.
"If you come near me I'll knock your
block off."
The M. P. shrugged his shoulders
and went on his way. I asked him
why he did not arrest the officer, who
was making a very unpleasant exhibition
of himself on the streets.
"Not a chance," said he. "I ran in
one officer who was worse than he
was?and it was me who got bawled
out and not the officer."
Consideration for Officers.
This may be dismissed as a single
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COTTON ASSOCIATION ORGANIZATION
TO BE PERFECTED AT MEETING TODAY
Farmers, Merchants, and Other Business Men Are
Urged to Attend Meeting at the Court
House at 10:30 Thursday, August
7th.
For the purpose of perfecting the organization
of a branch of the South Carolina Cotton association
which is a branch of the American association,
a meeting of the farmers, merchants, bankers and
all other business men has been called to be held
at the court house in Bamberg on Thursday, Aug.
7 (today).
As the cotton industry is the backbone of Bamberg
county business, as well as the entire State, it
- is of vital interest to all classes of business men in
the county to see that the organization is perfected.
The American Cotton association is seeking
to protect the interests of the cotton planters.
Governor Cooper has appointed the following
organization committee for Bamberg county: C.
W. Rentz, chairman; H. C. Folk, J. A. Wvman, W.
D. Rowell, R. M. Hitt. R. M. Bruce, S. G.Mayfield,
J. B. Guess, Jr., A. M. Brabham, J. J. Heard, "VT.
B. Chitty, J. H. A. Carter, I. D. Copeland, J. F.
Lancaster, R. L. Lancaster, C. R. Brabham, Sr., J.
D. Copeland, Jr., S. W. Copeland, C. F. Rizer, J.
K. Mayfield.
Every member of this committee is urged to attend
the meeting himself and bring as many business
men with him as possible. Mr. Protzman,
State director, will be present and assist in the
organization.
An executive committee to conduct-a membership
campaign will be appointed at this meeting.
The membership campaign will be conducted during
the last three days of August, during which
time it is hoped to enroll every farmer as a member
of the organization, as well as all other business
men. 1
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episode, but it remains a fact that higher officers of the American army
our officers paid not the slightest at- who permit the underlings to be
tention to our M. P. in France. It abusive to their men. Why is it that
often happened that when an officer ( the American army?according to
"got in bad" he was sent home in- j General Wood's quoted statement?
stead of being sent to a court-mar- had 4,000 general courtsmartials a
tial. There are no figures available year before the war, whereas the
to prove this, of course. But I have British army, twice as large, did not
never known of an officer being treat- have two courtsmartials annually?
ed with anything but the most dis- One often hears our professional
tinguished consideration. soldiers boast that "we have ab- 1
On the other hand, there was a sorbed the best of the Prussian militime
when enlisted men were being: tary system." I do not think there is
beaten up almost nightly in the army; much doubt that before the war, we
jail, which was under the direction had absorbed some of the worst of it.
of the provost marshal for Paris, ?Herbert Corey,
and was located in the Hotel Ste. ^ ^
Anne, on the Rue Ste. Anne, and Permanent Pastures.
which at that time sheltered several j
of the army departments. This was Now is the time for selecting the
unofficially brought to the attention location, ordering the seed and turnof
the army authorities, but I never the land for a permanent pasture,
heard of an officer being punished be- permanent pasture that can be
cause this condition of things existed, depended upon to furnish good grazSergeant
Abused Privates. throughout the late spring and
"I saw one sergeant knock three summer months is something that is
mpn down one nisht." one man told far to? rare in most sections of Bam
me "He kicked one about the floor. berg count5rAnother
was sent to the hospital af- Hogs' cows- mules and horses win
ter a beating. Another was uncon-l thrive for months and save many a
scions tor some time." busheI of corn and baIe of hay when
"What had they done?" they have nourishing grasses to graze
"Thev had been picked up in the "bystreets
in a drunken condition, and Mr- V- W- extension animal
talked back to the sergeant." was the ^band-an at Clemson college,
repjy gives the following mixtures to use,
The man who told that story is accor(3m.? to location, per acre:
now a commissioned officer. If the, 0n most 80"8 <not t0? 8andy or
armv ever cared to investigate the I P??r>?Bermuda sod; bur clover,
situation, evidence might have been! 2"3 bushel; white c,over' 3 P?und8:
turned up in the tons. But no one j L?spedeza, 10 Pounds,
ever did. The abused men were only! For low or wet lands?Italian rye
enlisted men, was the army's atti-i gras8' 8 PO"ads; red top, 10 pounds;
tude. No one would ever know any-! PasPa!um. 4 P?unds: aIsike cl0ver'
thing about it. The censor would j 5 P "^; white clover, 3 pounds;
not permit any correspondent to bur clover' 2? pounds.
write about it. After the war no one The soil should be turned DOt t0?
would care deeply about four weeks before time
. , . . for seeding. Early fall seeding usSomewhere
m the upper reaches of
nollr ctittoc fho hoc t rocnltc frnm
the army the spirit was wholly , _
. , September 2o to October 5. After
wrong. I have never heard a French .. _ . _ . . ? _ .
_ , . . . the seed bed has been allowed to
officer snarl at his men, or curse . c .. , .. . .. .
? .. ?, . , . ? get firm after plowing, disk lightly,
them, or call them "dammed fools .
? . ? m sow the seed and then harrow over
and worse. Maybe French officers ,. ... _ ,, .. , . _
_ _ at, _ ? i lightly or eise roll the land. For
do,.but I have neither seen nor heard . . , .
. . further information ask the county
them. I have known that to happen GEO. R. BRIGGS,
in the American army. ' Countv Aeent
French Officers Courteous. . . ~0UDt- - -ent"
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The French professional officer His j0^
speaks to his men with courtesy and j
a smile, if that is possible. Some of i "What position do you occupy in
our officers adopt the tone to which | matrimonial firm? Manager?"
unfortunate New Yorkers were once i ?No; she>s that> T was the cash
accustomed in the conductors of the J boy, but since the baby came I am
Third avenue horsecars. The French I onjy ^e floorwalker."
officer gives an order snappily, with ! ^ tm > ?
force, and yet with a certain imper- j Appropriate Attack,
sonalitv. Some of our officers charge j "Sure, your honor, and if I did go
their tones with brutality and insult.; for the Chinese laundryman. it was
Not pleasant, is it? But the fault is j all in the way of his own business."
not in the offending officer?or not "How was that?"
wholly in him. The fault is in the " "I soaked him."
DENMARK DOTS.
Items of Personal and Social Mention
From Our Neighbor.
Denmark, August 2.?Mrs. Henry
Zorn has been spending several weeks
at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Wynian.
Miss Willie Delle Hutto is enjoying
a visit with relatives at Olar.
Mr. Longshore, of Newberry, has
come to Denmark to make his home.
The many friends of Mr. and -Mrs.
Roy Lesley regret that they will
move to Sumter, wher Mr. Lesley
will be engaged in the lumber business.
Among the most enjoyanle of the
summer parties was that given by
the Misses Vera and Martha Wiggins
for Miss Margaret Clinkseales, of
Belton, the attractive guest of Miss
Clara Wvman.
Mr. Frank Steifel sustained a
slight injury and shock while sawing
lumber. While recuperaring he spent (
a few days very pleasantly with relatives
in Greenville.
Miss Christabel Mayfield is spending
a portion of the week visiting
Mrs. William Mayfield at Lees.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sturgeon are
summering coolly and pleasantlv at
Hendersonville. An interesting feature
of their vacation was the motor
trip to HendersonvJFe with Mr. and
Mrs. John Martin.
In spite of the rains the Denmark
folk who camped at Blutiton had a
really good time. In the party
were Mr. and Mrs. George Turner
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Turner
and family, Dr. and Mrs. Boozer,
Mr. Abu ajid family, and Miss
Gertrude Riley, of St. Matthews.
The attractive guest of Mrs, Tom
McCrae is her sister. Miss Richards,
of Columbia. On Friday evening,
Mrs. McCrae entertainel very pleasantly
for her sister.
Mrs. Frank James has just returned
from Barnwell, where she has
haan +V10 cuoet n F Mrs Ttnnnpr sinrp
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Dr. Bonner's death.
A wedding of much interest is that
of Mr. Lucius Willis and Miss Sowell,
which will take place in Lancaster
next week. On Wednesday evening
Mrs. Robert Willis entertained in
honor of the bridegroom.
A pleasant occasion of tha visit
of Miss Havnesworth and Miss Norma
Guess in Denmark was the party
given by Mrs. Algernon Guess in their
honor.
With Mrs. Rj^pert Hughes are her
sisters. Misses Lizzie and Cora Shuler,
of Holly Hill. J x
COLSTON CLIPPINGS.
Items of Social and Personal Men
tion From the Community.
Colston, August 6.?Mrs. Bertha
Williams and little daughter, of Norway,
Mr. Phil Padgett and children,
of Ehrhardt, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
All and daughter, of Columbia, visited
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
All last week. ; *
Mrs. Lee Ussery, of Barnwell, is
visiting Mrs. Thomas Clayton this
week.
Messrs. George C. Beard and Perry
Lee McMillan are at home from
overseas, where they have been serving
Uncle Sam. Their many friends
are glad to have them back at home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Clayton, of Walterboro,
spent a few days last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clayton.
Miss Laura McMillan gave a party
Saturday night in honor of her brother,
Mr. Perry Lee McMillan. Every??
~ flirt nnooeiAn Tror v m n ch
uut? cu mc u^v.ucivu ? j Miss
Pearle Hutson, of Springfield,
spent a few days with friends
here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beard spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zeigler,
at Ebrhardt.
Miss Aileen Beard is the pleasant
guest of Miss Maggie Zeigler in Bamberg
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clayton dined
with Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Clayton on
Sunday.
Miss Hermine Beard is visiting
friends at Springfield this wp*T:.
Mr. and Mrs. Milburn Howard, of
Blackville, visited friends here this
week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Clayton spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Clayton,
at Ehrhardt.
Blondine?Doesn't Gertv Giddigad ^
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make up sometnmg awrui:
Brunetta?Yes. I don't know 1
whether it is her eyesight that is bad 1
?or her judgment.?Youngstown
Telegram.
The famous Holman Bibles are on j
sale in Bamberg only at the Herald
Book Store. A few family Bibles on
hand.
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COMPLETE TIE-UP
NOT IMPROBABLE
RAILWAY" SITUATION BECOMES
MUCH MORE SERIOUS.
Movement Spreads
With Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Out and More Striking,
Effect is Felt.
Chicago, Aug. 3.?A complete tieup
of the railroads of the country is
very probable, in the opinion of M. L.
Hawver, president of the Chicago district
council of the Federated Railway
Shopmen's Union which called a
sLi iue oi suop craris jp riaay. Jtie returned
from Washington today and
declared the strike is spreading rapidly
and that the unrest among railway
workers is so general that the movement
has overshadowed the international
officers of the various unions
involved.
Advices today from Cleveland were
that the executive board of the American
Federation of Railway Workers
with a membership of 20,000, chiefly
unskilled labor in Cleveland and the
East, had decided to strike tomorrow
according to Mr. Hawver.
The Maintenance of Way Men's Union
is also preparing to strike, it was
said.
Number Increasing.
With more than 250,000 shopmen
on strike and the number increasing
both President Hawver and John D.
Saunders, secretary, declared railway
schedules and industry would be seriously
crippled within a day or two.
Alerady steel mills and other industries
at Gary, and other northern Indiana
points and in Chicago have began
to feel the effects of the strike,
according to union leaders, and when
the strike is more complete factories
u-s t*
emu 111111s \ 11 tuaii> win uc iuncu uu
close down for lack of ore, coal and . i
other essentials.
"This movement is spreading like
wild fire and we are not going to lay
down until we get our demands," said
President Hawver. "It has not received
the indorsement of our grand
lodge presidents although they now
are getting ready for a strike August
24. But we are going ahead and are
receiving many messages telling of
more men out, or to go out.
"The seriousness of the situation
seems to be better understood in the
East than out here.
"In Washington the executive committee
has been repudiated and the
grievance committee of 78 members,
representing all railway workers has
been negotiating with the railroad administration.
Director General Hines,
while stating he is favorable towards
workers, has said that there are only
two ways fli meet our demands?a
congressional. appropriation or increased
freight rates.
Complete Tie-Up.
"More and more it appears to be
that a complete tie-up of the roads is
to be the outcome. Advices from
Cleveland today were that the American
Federation of Railway Workers
will strike tomorrow.
"The Maintenance of Way Emplpyees
Union, with headquarters in Detroit,
likewise is ready to strike, we
understand."
Additions to the strike of shopmen
reported today by Secretary Saunders
? IV/, r'anfrol c Vl nnc Qfr
w tj x y inc i liiiiuio vuun ax unvjk/u v? v
Memphis, and Kankahee; Lake Erie
and Western, whole system; Wabash,
whole system; Indian Harbor Belt
Line, all out.
Advices stated, according to the
secretary, that all men of the Chicago
& Western Indiana and the Iron
Range Lines will go out at 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning, and those of all
roads entering Indianapolis would
strike Tuesday.
Crawford?Since he became a magnate
his expenses are enormous.
Crabshaw?No wonder. He hiree
a doctor to keep him out of bed and
a lawyer to keep him out of jail.?
Life.
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The only sure way of getting these
lemobilized boys up to breakfast will
be to introduce an army bugle into
svery home and have mother trained
:o sound reveille at the proper monent.
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