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'$y ' . '; . .:' s~* 4 ' / ' (S, I ??'. :" Sv ?hr llambrrg fentUi ? $2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1919. Established in 1891 v . __ , , ^ ;I MM BOY HERO ? OF BEHEAD WOOD CAPT. GAINES MOSELEY OF THE 5TH MARINES RETURNS HOME. ii&y: : : . Recipient of Honors. His Men Over the. Top in June, ,*? 72 = 1918, Cleared the~\Yood and Took 300 Huns. Aiken, Aug. 25.?Captain G^aines ' -Jk Moseley, of the forty-seventh com' pany, fifth marines, hero of Belleau Wood and-member of one of Aiken's * ^ oldest -families arrived home on a t three .weeks' furlough last night* " " V 1 r- \ . Capt. Moseley joined the United ~~ m _ i OAPT J stales Marines m ia?i aim uas seen L service in South America and on the B Mexican border. He entered the World War as a sergeant but was ^^K>romotedv rapidly for gallantry, step step, to the rank of captain. ^^^yJn June, 1918, after two preceding ^PKompanies were shot to pieces in an endeavor to take Belleau Wood, he was elected to head his company, the v forty-seventh, hacked by the sixteenth, to break the German hold and clear the wood. The gallant Ameri3 cans went over the top at 5 p. m., about 2(H) strong, and after a terrible ; onslaught in which about 125 men : were killed, they cleared the Belleau Wood, taking 3Q0 prisoners and leavi ; lag the ground strewn with hundreds y of German dead. Well Deserved Recognition. For his brave act in being the first < to turn aside the fearful rush of the ?.^ enemy, Capt. Moseley has been the recipient of many honors and high praises. On his breast, as he passed down Pennsylvania Avenue, in Wash tngton recently, while the United v States Congress adjourned to review] his splendid contingent, proudly hung i the silver-crowned metal of the Order - T oflieopold, for King Albert, of Bel-' ?; gium, had knighted him as "Cheve0f Rer!" The gratitude of Franpe was shown in her twin medals of the Croix de Guerre, the one bearing a sflyer star and the other a star ot bronze. By the side of these were the purple bars of his own United ??> - States for service in eight major engagements and the bronze medal for distinguished service. In a little m pastebpard carton, the hero has hidden safely away citations from Gen, Pershing, King Albert and Gen. Petain, and only for the pleasure of I\ his kindred and firm friends gathered ' around him on thy porch of his an^ eestral home was he induced to dist ptey them this evening. K": N His Citations. Reads one: "On October 4, 1918, ; Capt. Gaines Moseley showed in comf mand extraordinary courage during a / heavy artillery and machine gun bar( at St. Etienne." Signed, Ulio. Another citation reads: "Captain > Gaines Moseley showed extraordinary * J frollo Tlf T*V at Heroism suq ^Ac^yuuuai ^auuub* ^ ??? jt Bois de Belleau in the operation of the American Expeditionary Forces." Signed, John J. Pershing. ' ; . yet another is as follows: "Capt. Gaines Moseley of the U-. S. Marines is cited in recognition of his Hvalor and splendid service in the common cause." Signed, Petain. Does Not Display His? Honors. '0. Capt. Moseley does not wear his medals and it was only through the r urgent request of his kindred and friends that he was induced to show them to his visitors. -He speaks but little of the awful ordeal that he and his gallant men went through,, but the gold bar on his right sleeve tells - x most eloquently of the wound he received while facing death in.the fearful fire of the enemy. In one engagement the collar was shot away from ^ t"'-' ? ~nn.nViinor V>ia throat hilt X His U1UUSB, awivu14ib U.o V. ? he lost not a minute in rest or attenv tion. In the terrible charge at Belleau V-.;. ' . Wood, in which 125 of his fine ?oung companions lay dead at his feet, he was wounded severely in the ankle f and being unable to stand he cheered t on his men with a wave of his arms ' while lying on the ground. The cheer was heard and the voice of the Aiken boy led the American forces on to victory. For thirty days Capt. Moseley did not once remote his shoes. The gallant young officer is a fine specimen of manhood, standing over six feet in height and weighing about 190 pounds. He comes of real old ' States Bights" fighting stock, being jp the son of Gideon Moseley, who entered the Confederate army under the age of fifteen, under his brother, Lieut. Pinckney Moseley, of Orangex' - * 'v - V r' DEMAND FOR BAMBERG LANDS. . t Pee Dee Tobacco Farmers Find This | County Surpasses Other Sections. That Bamberg county has made an , enviable record in the matter of tobacco growing is evidenced by -the fact that there is a strong demand here for lands on which to grow the '"weed." Monday morning ?" party of gentlemen from Timmonsville, a tobacco growing section, came to Bamberg for the purpose of investigating lands fiere with a view to purchasing farms. A few days ago another gentleman from Timmonsville closed a deal for the purchase of a large farm, and it is understood other dealsy are being negotiated, the purpose of the purchasers being to plant largely of tobacco. This demand for tobacco lands in Bamberg county has resulted from -the magnificent success attained by the growers of tobacco in this section in the last two years. Tobacco was I first cultivated here last year. Then about 100 acres were planted in this crop, resulting in fine profit to the growers. The acreage was increased this year to some six or seven hundred acres, and while the profit realized this season was not so great as last year, due to the slump in the market, a splendid profit was made by most of the planters. The interest of the Pee Dee tobacco growers in Bamberg lands, how ever, was caused by the excellent showing made by local planters in the Pee Dee markets. As there is yet no market in Bamberg, all of the tobacco was shipped to other markets, principally to Mullins, Florence, Sumter, Timmonsville, and possibly other markets. Local tobacco outclassed the Pee Dee product, according to common information, and Bamberg tobacco was of a very much superior quality to that grown there, and as a consequence far better prices were realized. The Bamberg county tobacco growers welcome these gentlemen to the local tobacco field, and feel that their presence here ^ill be a great stimulus to the growing of the crop in this section. Tbbacco is looked on as a most valuable asset to the county since the ; advent of the boll weevil, which will soon be a factor in the agricultural products of the county. While a few of the local tobacco planters did not meet with the great success this year that they/did last, this was due mostly, it is said, to the lack of experience in the production of this crop here, and not because of the non-productivity of ?he soil. This season a rather peculiar condition prevailed in regard* to tobacco, the poorly cured product being hardly salable, while the well-cured tobacco brought most alluring prices. Inasmuch as it is said that tobacco buyers cannot be induced to enter the local market unless there are two or more competitive warehouses, it is understood that a movement will be set in motion within the next few days for the erection of a second warehouse here. Already one warehouse, the Denbow Tobacco Ware.house, has been completed, and will be in readiness for tobacco planters next season. This warehouse has a large capacity, and with another one here, the local market will rank second to none. In addition to being a tobacco warehouse, Mr. Denbow's building is being used for cotton storage, and in this way is filling a much desired necessity for this section. Already several hundred bales of cotton are in storage in this warehouse. Opposes Elimination of "Jim Crow." Washington, Sept. 6.?Chairman John J. Esch-, of the House committee on interstate and foreign commerce, who* is regarded as the man likely to have the greatest influence in the shaping of the forthcoming railroad legislation, is not in favor of undertaking by federal law to eliminate "Jim Crow" cars where they are re quired by State statutes. Chairman Esch is from the far northern State of Wisconsin, but he thinks that the duty of the federal government extends only so far in this matter as to require that equal service be given to the races for equal money. As to legal power of Congress to go further, Mr. Esch regards that as debatable, but he thinks that even if the right exists, its exercise would injudicious. burg. He has always been known as ? a quiet lad and young man who would harm no one who would not attempt to harm him, but woe betide the fellow who challenged him for a scrap, for he generally got a good one. A movement is on foot for a public reception to the Aiken soldier and a big "Gaines Moseley Ball." ... ' " . . ? - ' h t ' ,'v;. r GALLOWAY TELLS OF RETIREMENT SOUTH CAROLINIAN LEAVES CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. Says He Was "Ousted." Charge Made That Postmaster Geqeral Would Control Commission as Well as Department. Washington, Sept. 6.?Upon retirement today frc^m the civil service commission, Charles M. Galloway issued a statement' declaring that he and Herman W. Craven, the Republican member of the commission/ were "ousted" because they "we v not willing that the comm'ssion should be a mere adjunct to the postoffice do-' partment and subservant to iz especially with reference to examinations for presidential postmasters." Galloway and Craven ware asked to resign just before President W'Tsou returned to the peace conference early in March. The letters were , said to have contained no reason for ; the request, but it was said ai the White House that it was the presi- . dent's purpose to reorganize the commission. Martin A. Morrison, oi Indiana, and- George R. Wales, of Vermont,, were appointed new members ; of the commission. 1 Mr. Galloway's statement today < follows: . i "My resignation was forced because j I would not cooperate with Post- j master General Burleson in iebauch- ] ing the civil service and making a { sham of the merit system. Herman W. Craven, the Republican member, ^ and I, a Democrat, were ousted from < the commission because we were not willing that the commission should be a mere adjunct to the postoffice ( department and subservient to it es- 1 pecially with reference to examinations for presidential postmasters un- ^ der the executive order of March 31. 1917. "A very recent example of Mr. Burleson's conduct is furnished by his proposed amendments to this order, which now await the signature of the president. The existing order provides that the eligible with the highest standing shall be nominated. A large number of nominations have been held up, many of them for a long time, evidently in anticipation of this amendment, which will enable Mr. Burleson, in many cases, to deprive those standing highest in these examinations of the nominations to which they are already are entitled. Among the postoffices affected by the amendment were those in Boston, Mass., and Newark, N. J. . "Furthermore, a short time ago, the commission unanimously recommended that the president appoint as chief examiner an employee of the commission who is far better qualified for this position than any other person of whom the commission has knowledge. But the postmaster general desires that the position be filled by another persoi. of own selection." ^ ie> ? SENDS FRANCIS MARION SKILLET Union Soldier Makes Unique Gift to Historical Commission. Columbia, Sept. 6.?W. H. Lee, a veteran of the Union army has written Governor Cooper that he is forwarding under parcel post to the South Carolina historical commission a skillet which was owned and used by Francis Marion, of Revolutionary fame. Mr. Lee, who was a member of Company I, Sixth Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers, lives at Martin, Tenn. He states, in his letter, that his mother was a native of South Carolina. "I am an old Union soldier," said ] the letter of Mr. Lee, "am now in my < 80th year, and this skillet has been < in my possession for about fifty years. < It was formerly in possession of my father, Green Thomas Lee, and he 1 acquired it at the sale of personal i effects of old Uncle Angus Alexander, 1 who came to this country from Union j county, South Carolina, early in 1800. The skillet was understood to be used < by Gen. Francis Marion, that is, his < cook, while he was in the Revolutionary war, and his meals, or mess as it i was called in army life, were ore- i pared on this skillet. Old Uncle 1 Alexander represented this as the per- i sonal skillet of Gen.. Francis Mar- 1 ion, and that it was used as above i stated, and no one ever doubted what 1 he said about it. I have no doubt whatever about it being as represent- ; ed and indeed pleased to present it to 1 you, the historical commission, and < to your great State." i . J . i . / 'M / " ' OLD WORKMAN. Is Now 1:52 Years Old and Is Able To Swing an Axe. Hyden, Ky., Sept. 1.?Listen to some good advice from the lips of tire oldest workingman in the all the world, John Shell, 131 years old on September 3. "Work hard, and don't overwork. "Too much work is as bad as too little. "The wcrkingman has to have all the food his body needs, all the sleep his body needs, and a little fun besides, every day, or he can't do his work well." John Shell ought to know, for he's Deen working for the past 116 years, ever since he was a little over 14, and lived in the Scotia Valley, Ohio, when "reds" meant Indians and not the Cincinnati baseball team. His work in days long gone by was splitting wood for the winter fire, hunting game, fishing and chasing redskins westward. Years ago, however, he took to farming, and has ever, he took to farming and has century, hogs and corn principally. But he's a corking good marksman even today, and only a short time ago, won a sharpshooting contest in which his great-grandson tried to show him up?and couldn't. Lived Through All Presidents. The world's oldest workingman was boi'n September 3, 1788, ten days before congress made New York city the capital of the United States, and something like six months before George Washington was inaugurated president of the United States. Shell is the only living American who has lived through the whole row of presilents. He got his first job, splitting rails :he year Ohio was admitted as a State, when the population of New Fork city w#s ^0,000. Later on the population got too thick for him in Dhio, where often there were neighbors within 18 miles of each,other, md blazed a trail into Southeastern Kentucky, where he hunted and fished to his heart's content. He's* been bere ever since. Then he married and went to work, terming. When he first started farming land and was sold for less than a lollar an acre, and some you couldn't ?ive away. Once Shell swapped six icres for a gun, and today those acres ?.Te worth $1,000. Burned Corn to Keep Warm. "I can remember when we burned :orn in winter to keep warm," the oldest man told me; "it was cheaper than cutting wood, and wood was to be had for the cutting. I guess I must lave gone years without paying a cent for clothes, animal skins filled the bill. In those days the cost of living was mainly keeping the supply of ammunition up. I didn't know what a meat bill was until long after I was . middle-aged, and I never have had an ice bill. I can remember when the only money we had was animal skins, md when there was as big a fuss made over the Monroe Doctrine as there now is over the league of nations/' ' '. Folks down here on Greasy Creek, Leslie county, call the oldest man "Uncle John." They think he's the grandest man in the world, and pay tyi ar a o f f i an f a tttV* o f V* a f otto i a.i iuui c a v, uojuL uuii tu y> uat nu oa/Q and thinks than they do to all the ather wise men put together. Uncle John can just about tell when it's ?oing to rain and when it's best to plant corn. He has 200 descendants living near ^ tiere, the father of 11 children, oldest born 90 years ago, youngest just four rears old, and there are grandchiliren, great-grandchildren. They will jome to Uncle John's house for a ?rand birthday party September 3. While there are eome here who believe Uncle John is only a youngster af 117 years, he has a tax receipt showing that he paid taxes in 1809, vhen he was 21 years of age. His eyesight i3 good and he doesn't leed glasses when he reads. His teeth ire better than mine. They ought to De. for they are his third set, and he iiust recently cut them. "Cutting teeth after one is a hunired years old," he smiled, "aint no >asv matter." T saw Uncle John swing an axe and f you have any idea that a man can't vork at 131 get rid of that idea, for f never saw a younger man handle an ixe in better fashion. He can plow, loe and spade with the best of them, ilthough as he admits, he doesn't ivork like he used to. "When T was young, not much over 100 or so," he explained, "I never ihought it hard to swing an axe all lay." "I think," the oldest workingman / * - " ' v*- - V 4 *' ' J. f EXTRA CHARGE OFF IN FIRE INSURANCE ALL CLASSES OF RISKS IX THE STATE GET REDUCTION. Letter From Dunbar. Southeastern Underwriters Follow Resolution Adopted by Insur- ' ance Commissioners. Columbia, September 6.?Manager William F. Dunbar of the Southeastern Underwriters Association as of date August 29 sent notices to all rating bureaus under his juridiction notifying them that the war emergency charge of ten per cent, had been rescinded effective September 1. Manager James R. Parker of the South Carolina rating and inspection bureau located here has been busy sending, notices to the fire insurance agents in South Carolina to this effect. / / 1 J mi. . ? * - * me auaiuona: cnarge lias been on some classes of risks for about tyro years and on others for a less period. In certain classes the additional charge was in the "promulgated rate" and was not added by the agent, but in the order sent out the 10 per cent, additional charge is eliminated from all cases. The letter sent by Mr. Dunbar is as follows: "To Companies and Agents: "This is to advise that amendments to rates, rules and forms and the guide, providing for the collection of a 10 per cent, war emergency charge, are rescinded on and after September 1, 1919. "In this connection the following rule has been adopted: "It shall not be permissible to rebate by indorsement or otherwise any portion of the war emergency charge on a policy written to take effect prior to September 1, 1919, unless the . entire policy is cancelled at short rates; nor shall the war emergency charge, or any part of it, be refunded to the assured in event of pro rata cancellation of contracts issued to take effect prior to September 1, unless the cancellation is requested by the company." "The war emergency charge was not separately collected on certain unprofitable ' classes listed in white amendments r>f .Tn>v ?. 1Q17 tn trvnnv rate books, because the charge was included in the rates promulgated by those amendments. Agents may eliminate the 10 vper cent, from these classes by dividing final rates by 11 and deducting the result from the final rates. Following is an illustration: Original final rate $1.00 Increase (white slip amendment, July 2, 1917) : 1-0 $1.10 $1.10 divided by 11 equals .10 Deduct 10 Correct rate $1.00 " "The several classes, referred to above, which embody the war emergency charge (as listed on white amendments of July 2, 1917), are as follows: Protected dwellings having combustible roofs. Unprotected dwellings of all classes. Protected barns and garages (family use only) having combustible roofs. Unprotected barns and garages (family use only) of all classes. Churches, schools, universities and colleges of all classes. Protected boarding houses having combustible roofs. Unprotected boarding houses of all classes. Protected hay and feed warehouses having combustible roofs. Unprotected hay and feed warehouses of all classes. Protected hotels other thar brick. Unprotected hotels of all classes. Frame mercantile buildings and contents of all classes. Retail mercantile stocks in brick buildings in first, second and third went on, "that I have lived right; never too much of anything and never too little. Most of my life has been spent outdoors. Water has been the strongest drink I ever tried and I never ha4 indigestion in my life. I never tried to work harder or faster than I thought I ought to, and I always took off plenty of time to go fishing, even when the corn needed hoeing, if I thought I needed a fishing trip more than the corn needed hoeing/' , -*' - . . .. V.. . ;* _ *: V/4 -.* NEWS FROM COJjSTON. Social and Personal News From the Community. Colston, Sept. 10.?We are having fine weather and the farmers are very busy packing cotton while the sun shines. Misses Flossie and Mattie Mae Davis and Mr. Grover Davis, of Orangeburg, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Cora McMillan. Miss Mamie McMillan entertained with a party Saturday evening in hon- * or of Miss Agnes Kearse, who has v ' been spending some time with her. There was a very nice little crowd and all greatly enjoyed themselves. Mr. Clint Free spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. Jones McMillan. Miss Mary Clayton was the guest /% t r? - T TT ? * or -nrs. -L.ee ussery in warn wen, lasi ^ week. . ' ' -;-i Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kirkland and children dined with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kearse Sunday. Misses Laura, Thyra and Eleanor Goodwin spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Lessie Wooley. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beard and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Lucia Beard. Mr. and^lrs. J. F. Clayton and sons dined with Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Clayton Sunday. Misses Aileen and Hermine and Master Harold Beard spent Satur- . day night with their aunt, Mrs. Laurie Copeland, at Ehrhardt. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams, of Norway, spent a few days with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. All, last week. m tm, m MAP OUT PLANS. - to Arrangements Made tor Geological % Snrvev This Year. Washington, Sept. 6.?Plans of the geological survey for military map making in South Carolina during the > fiscal year which began June 30 are announced in a letter addressed to Senator Dial by the director of the survey; George Otis Smith. The areas to be covered are ten in number, as follows: v Chicora, Eutawville, Bowman, Branchville, Manning, Mayesville, Bamberg and Willistonv quadrangles in South Carolina; the Warrenville and Augusta quadrangles in South Carolina and Georgia. . x Field work on the Bamberg quadrangle has been completed already and field parties are now at work in the following quadrangles: Branchville?W. H. S. Morey, topographer in charge, address Branchville, and T. F. Slaughter, topographic engineer in charge address Orangeburg. > / Mayesville?Robert Muldrow, topographic engineer in charge, address Mayesville. 1 Williston?J. I. Gayetty, topographic engineer in charge, address Blackville. ^ ' Warrenville?W. H. Griffin, topographic engineer in charge, address , Aiken. \Augusta?Fred Graff, topographic engineer in charge, address Augusta, Ga. The biggest stock of ledgers, cash books, journals and dav books car ried by any store in this section of the State. All bought before the recent advances in price. Our prices have not been advanced. The Herald Book Store. class cities. ^ Unprotected brick mercantile buildings and contents. Town Rate Book. "In all town rate books issued since July 2, 1917, rated under 'rates, rules and forms' where the advantages on above listed classes are included, there is a note on the rate book stating that 'the fates herein 3 published include all increases provided for in all amendments to the 1908 edition of "Rates, Rules and Forms" promulgated to and including July 3, 1917.' "In all town rates made under the 1918 'Guide' the advances on above classes are included in the published rate.' "Therefore the same procedure as that indicated above should be followed, and such published rates for these particular classes should be divided by 11 in order to eliminate the 10. per cent, war emergency charge. "The directions given herein for removing the charge from published rates apply only to the classes listed above. As to all classes other than those listed above, the var emergency charge may be discontinued by. simply ceasing to add it." Read The Herald, $2.00 per year.