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>.t * w x Br-* ' * ' ?bc lamhrrg irralii k $2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1919. Established in 1891 ^ PEOPLE MISLED I SAYS PRESIDENT, ^ S>L\LL AND TECHNICAL OBJEC- 1 * ' c HONS NOT TIMELY. Y i Crowd in Oakland 1 h Seating Capacity of Thirteen Thous- j. VI l?rlifrti>iiini \'ot. Sllf- V iuiu 1U .lUUllvl-uu. * * ficient for Audience. / 'V I Oakland, Cal., Sept. 18.?Presi- C I dent Wilson told an audience here o \ that the people had been "singularly \ and, I sometimes fear, deliberately misled" as to the contents of the r peace treaty. . j In an address interrupted many times by cheers he said that any man . i who discussed the treaty on the basis of small and technical objections would in the end be "overwhelmed" ^ by public opinion. Mr. Wilson spoke before a crowd . Q which. jhmmed the auditorium here with its seating capacity of 13,000. * Many others stood in the aisles and in the rear of the galleries. . For the first time during his trip ^ the president was introduced by a woman, Dr. Aurelia H. Reinhardt, ~ .. __ ? A. 1.1 A ^ president of Mills uonege 01 uai%.iaiiu, ,'/ presenting him as one to whom the international affairs of the country ' % might be safely entrusted. When he *'V rose to speak some one shouted, "Are we with him?" and many shouted in &. chorus, "Yes." For the second time during his trip Wilson, whose purpose was not to serve governments but "to serve peoples," all the peoples of the world, he declared, at last had seen a vision of liberty and had drawn up a treaty for the peoples "and the fortunes of children everywhere." It was for the benefit of those If future generations, ; he asserted, that the document had been formulated. ' "The characteristic^)f the treaty, asserted Mr. Wilson, was that "it ] gives liberty to peoples who never could have won it for themselves." Had the world not already been rent by the great war, he said, the world would have been amazed that such a thing was possible. He declared it meant the end of the dreams of every . imperialistic government in the world. 1 For one thingT continued the president, the treaty attempted to inter- ^ nationalize all of the great waterways of Europe. He said that in effect it proposes to "rut but" every influence of national privilege. . Discussing the labor section of the . treaty, he declared there .would be set up a new standard of labor for the whole world under which laborers , would be "regarded as human." In that connection he mentioned \ the seaman's act passed by congress a few years ago. The international labor conference to be held in Washington next month was recalled by the president and he k was cheered when he added: "We are waiting to learn from the senate of the United States whether we can attend it or not."' In short, said the pfesident, the treaty provided an "organization of liberty and mercy" for the world. Referring to Germany's temporary exclusion from the league of nations, the president said if the autocratic German government were revived with a Hohenzollern on the throne, Germany forever would be excluded from the league and from respect^ able society. "The Hapsburgs and the Hohenzollerns are permanently out of busivtaac " o rMor} \Tr Wllsnn whilfi the JUOOO? wuu^o. *?** s crowd cheered again. There were more cheers when he referred to the withdrawal feature of the league covenant and said that should the United States go into the league "with a seat near the door," It would he invited to take a front ^ seat immediately. Turning to the arbitration and discussion features of the covenant, the ^ president said it invited all the na\ tions to lay any grievance before the jury of humanity before going to war. "If you think you have a friend 4 who is a fool," he added, "encourage him to hire a hall." 0 ^ Some one in the gallery shouted: "Oh you Hiram Johnson," and the crowd lapghed and cheered. America foremost of all nations, said the president* declared it as one of the principles on which she enter' ed the war that there should be no more wars. "Why do we debate details," he asked while the crowd cheered, "when the heart of things is sound?" t L. AMERICAN' BALE IS DISGRACE. ( . 1 Si-itish Delegation So Describes the Manner of Packing Cotton. Xew York. September 24.?Action o remedy defects of the American otton bale will be considered at the rorld cotton conference, to be held n,New York next month, according o' an announcement made today at he headquarters of the conference lere by Frank Nesmith, secretary of he British delegation, which is on ts way to. the convention. "The American bale is a disgrace rhen it reaches the other side beause of the way in which it is packid, its lack of uniformity and its rag;ed condition," said Mr. Nesmith. Means to reduce the cost of trans)ortation of cotton also will be disussed at the conference, he asserted, t is expected this movement can be >rought about by employing a packng process which will make the >ales compact without decreasing the quality of the cotton to be shipped. The financing and credit of the cotton ndustry, as well as a plan for stanlardizing statistics of the output alio will be taken up by the convenion. Brazil is being discussed as one of he possible big cotton producers of he world, according to Mr. Nesmith, vho added: "If she goes into it she vill do so on a scientifi basis." It lad been estimated; he said that Brazil could supply 20,000,000 bales >f cotton annually. This amount, he leclared, would answer the requirenents of the world. Tn twenty years, lowever. he said, an annual output of [0,000,000 bales will be necessary. Delegates to the conference expected to visit the headquarters of he conference opened here by Fuller Galloway, chairman of the committee >n foreign representatives of the contention, on their way to New Oreans, represent every branch of the ?otton industry from nearly every 'ountrv of the world. PLAN TO-HOLD COTTON. Distress Staple Will Be Bought in Florence. Florence, Sept. 23.?At an enthus isitc meeting of citizens of the county aere today plans were made for the organization of a corporation for buying distress cotton and keeping it out af the hands of the spinners and speculators until they were ready to pay the price set by the American Cotton association. Pray for Success. Nashville, Sept. 24.?As a climax to the period of intercession in the Baptist $75,000,000 campaign, which marks the month of September an all day prayer service was held in the. Baptist churches throughout the territory of the Southern Baptist denomination today. Tn many of the churches services began at sunrise and continued f&r past the customary hour of the mid week evening prayer service. mm i>i ? The Sister States. A curious inquirer wanted to know "What are the sister/ States?" and the brilliant'country editor answerd: We are not quite sure, but we should judge that they are Miss Ouri, Ida Ho, Mary Land, Calli Fornia, Alii Bama, Louisa Anna, Delia Ware, Minnie Sota and Mrs. Sippi." A New Name For Them. One rainy afternoon Aunt Sue was exolaining the meaning of various words to her young nephew. "Now, an heirloom, my dear, means something that has been handed down from father to son," she said. "Well," replied the boy thoughtfully, "that's a queer name for my pants." ^ i > ? The Herald Book Store has a few boxes of sample left on hand, which are being sold for about one-half the regular price. The paper is nearly in perfect condition. These are rare bargains In fine paper. The league of nations covenant, TIT.'InnT, onid in Tiie lllTlfllQfin JT I trSlUCMt > v liDULl oaiu ILL UAO iuuvuvvu address today, "is the enterprise of divine mercy and peace and good will." Continuing he added: "I believe in divine providence. If I did not, I would go crazy, if I thought the direction of disordered affairs of this world depended upon our finite endeavor, I should not know how to reason my way to sanity. But I do not believe there is any body of men, however they concert their power or their influence, that I can defeat this great enterprise." STORM VICTIMS GROW IN NUMBER DEATH LIST MAY REACH ONE THOUSAND. Many Bodies Found Known Dead Already Total Four Hundred With Search Still Going On. Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept. 19.? Recovery of 98 additional bodies today along the north shore of Nueces Bay brought the known dead as a result of Sunday's storm to nearly 400 ana causea iear tnai tne loiai aeam roll might reach double that number. The rising estimate of dead is based largely on conditions along the Nueces% shore line, where there is much wreckage that has not been penetrated and under which it is believed there are many bodies of storm victims. Compilation of figures at relief headquarters here showed an exact total of 386 known dead, and only a small percentage of additional indentifications. All but possibly 15 of these victims are believed to have been residents of Corpus Christi. The list gave recoveries, followed by immediate burials as follows: Sixty-nine bodies recovered and buried at Corpus Christi, 194 at White Point; 75*at West Portland; 11 at Sinton and Odem; eight at Rockport; five at Port Aransas; two at Aransas Pass, and 22 at other points. The figures for Rockport, Port Aransas and Aransas Pass are believed to represent victims from these places. Marked progress was made today in the work of clearing away the debris from the downtown streets, large army trucks carrying it away as rapidly as scores of workmen could load them. The usual disinfectant precautions were taken, and the officers in charge of sanitation said there was virtually no danger of disease. Many Streets-Cleared. A number of the streets along several blocks piled full width with wreckage after the storm, had been returned td( virtually norma! appearance tonight, although damaged buildings lining them attest to the severity of the. hurricane and the tidal wave. The chairman of various relief and rehabilitation committees are working in cooperation with the military, reported much progress at their regular daily session today. Electric lights which escaped material damage from the storm probably will be restored within two weeks; gas may be turned on tomorrow; water is being made available for ice manufacture and there is an ample number of laborers. ? The problem of laundry work made by the destruction of the city's only laundry establishment will be solved tomorrow when Mexican and negro women will be put to work at wash tubs under the slogan "no wash, nc eat." Extension of military regulations to bar sightseers from the stricken zone is expected to stop an anticipated rush of Sunday visitors from inland cities, and this rule will apply equally to residents of the Corpus Christi. There will be no diminiution of the work of restoration and relief Sunday. Permits for Travel. Before any person can leave th( city, a permit must be obtained. This is required to insure no interruptior in the relief work. For storm suffer ers unable to pay the cost of trans' | portation from the city in cases where permits to leave are available, an ar rangement has been made witH the United States railroad administratior whereby free transportation is pro vided. One of the bodies recovered anc buried near White Point, acros: Nueces May, was identified definitely as that of Mrs. B. M. Egeland, wifeo Captain Egeland, commander of Com pany I, Thirty-seventh Infantry, sta tioned at the rest camp here, who als< lost his life. The body will be disin terred and shipped to Mrs. Egeland'i home in Webster, S. D. Without confusion, military juris diction here was transferred at nooi today from the federal to the Stati authorities in accordance with cus tomarv procedure, and Col. W. D Cope, acting State adjutant general DKMOCIIATS rOl'KT INQLIKV. | More About the 1\ M. General and (be Civil Service. Washington. September 24.?The Democrats in the senate are not opposed to an investigation of the alleged activities of Postmaster Gen* eral Burleson in the operation of the civil service commission, Senator Simmons, acting Democratic leader, declared in the senate today. The statement was made during debate on Senator Xorris's resolution to inquire into charges made by Charles M. Galloway of South Carolina, former member of the commission that the postmaster general had attempted to debauch the system. Spnatnr liort accortor? tliot ^ vawww* * i V * A illAVA UUOUX llVU V UU U he believed an inquiry would show that Mr. Burleson had "resorted to all kinds of schemes to circumvent the action of the commission." Senator Simmons replied that the Democrats in the senate rather courted the inquiry. The Herald Book Store carries the largest stock of tablets, pencils memorandum books, and school supplies in Bamberg county. assumed control. Major'General D'ckmart, commander of the Southern department, spent the day here conferring in connection with the withdrawal of federal forces. Censorship of news and private telegraphic dispatches from Corpus Christi/put into effect today with the placing of the city officially under martial law, will not effect the Assoiated PrPSS whir>h oinno ATpm/lov night, has operated the only leased wire out of here. The censors, a civilian and army officer, declared il was not their intention to Criticise Associated Press dispatches which they described as having been "unusually accurate." Search for Bodies. Men searching for bodies along North Nuesces Bay tonight expressed the belief that scores of additional bodies are under unexplored wreckage along the shore, or buried in the sand shifted by the tidal wave. Miller C. Nelson, of.Stinton, a prominent attorney who has been working with other searchers on North Nueces ever since the storm subsided, said his experiences had convinced him that the total death list for Corpus Christi and vicinity would reach 1,000. ? t "Many of these bodies never will be recovered," Mr. Nelson said. "Unquestionably some bodies, probably many, have been swept awav down the bay, probably, into the gulf, or as the waters of Nueces river recedes j further, the sinking of wreckage will press many bodies into the sands beyond hope of recovery." The number of persons here willing to predict the total dead will not exceed 500 has become negligible and | stunned by the rapidly increasing number of known dead, estimates such as that of Mr. Nelson do not 1 sound extravagant to them. Mayor Cordon Boone and Roy Milleri chairman of the local relief com1 mittee, today requested the Associated Press, to make public the follow' Inv statement: "The situation so far as food sup! plies are concerned are well in hand. 1 Donations received from various cities added to the subsistence furnish1 ed by federal and State authorities here, have for the present at least solved the food problem. ^ "Our immediate needs are clothing and ?financial aid. Hundreds?in fact thousands?were compelled to leave their dwellings on brief notice J scantily clad and leaving all their 5 worldly goods behind. In the area 1 contiguous to Corpus Christi as least 40,000 are homeless and dependent - upon the generosity of the people of * Texas and other States, not only for food and raiment, but for a new start J in life. 1 "We therefore urge the public to continue to send their gifts of clothing and money: We are hopeful that I these gifts, especially of a financial 5 nature, will be large enough to en7 able us to help these destitute people f to repair some of the material dam age they have suffered, and with re generated spirit, to begin life anew. 5 All contributions should be sent to " Clark Pease, chairman of the finan3 cial'committee, Corpus Christi, Texas. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 19.?Bishop i P. J. Nuussbaum. of the Corpus Chris5 ti Roman Catholic diocese, who was - reported to have lost his life in the ?. storm there is in Baltimore. He ar., | rived here yesterday. I i MAY YET DISBAR PAPERS FROM MAIL .ACTION' MAY UK TAKEN AGAINST NEGRO PAPERS. Burleson May Act 9 Representative McDuflie, of Alabama, Says Postmaster General is Considering Steps. Washington, Sept. 21.?President Wilson has put the soft pedal on the efforts of individual members of congress to punish or suppress the publishers of radical negro periodicals in the United States. Recently Representative Byrnes of South Carolina proceeded in a speech before the house against the Menace and The Messenger. Subsequently he took his complaint to the attorney general. His argument was that the publications were radical in the extreme and were dangerous in their tendency to renew bloody outbreaks between the white and black races. Later Representative McDuffie of the First Alabama district incensed by the contents of an issue of The Messenger, interviewed the postmaster general in an effort to secure the suppression of the periodical. He pointed out a cartoon representing a negro driving an automobile through masses of fleeing whites, the negro driving and shooting into the frantic crowds. Men falling were soldiers bearing service stripes. He pointed out editorials in which the editor congratulated the negroes for their successful opposition to mobs in Washington and Chicago. He also pointed uui a ymcigictyu m wiii^ii it ?aa saiu that in certain emergencies "a bullet is far more efficacious than a thousand prayers." Mr. Burleson agreed with Mr. McDuffie that the publication was inflamatorv. v Regarding the interview the Alabama member said: "The postmaster general told me that he had been considering ancLwas still considering the advisability of denying the mails to the Messenger and The Menace. He stated that the attorney general was also giving thought to the subject. He then declared that the president had suggested that no such action be taken at the present.time. It is evidently another case of watchful waiting. The postmaster general was entirely sympathetic, for he feels, of course, just as all other Southern men feel. ^ From the postmaster general I went to the department of justice and interviewed Mr. Palmer. Mr. Palmer stated that the department was giving the negro periodicals earnest consideration. He stated that ! were the department to proceed | against the publications they would in all probability protest on me ground that they were simply fighting against lynching. As every man is opposed to lynching, Mr. Palmei thought that the publishers of the papers could arouse a great deal ol sympathy throughout the North." Air. McDufee withheld a statemenl setting forth his 'opinion as to wh\ the president suggested a postponement of action against the negro radical press. In 'all probability, however, the president was movec through fear of the "unrest" whicl prevails everywhere in the Unitec States. It was probably Jlis opinio: that it would be wiser to suffer thf danger of such publications precipi tating other riots throughout th< United States than to force the radi cal negro element of the North int< the ranks of rebellious policemen striking labor, sleepless I. W. W., ex treme socialists and professional an archists. It is not yet' known what Mr Byrnes's next step will be. ^ ? > ? MR. H. FRED FREE DEAD. Young Bamberg Man Died Wednesday After Long Illness. Mr. H. Fred Free died in this eit: Wednesday night following a Ion* illness. The burial took place Thurs day afternoon at Springtown at fou: o'clock, in the presence of a larg< number of friends and relatives. Mr. Free was 38 years of age. H< is survived by his mother, Mrs. Dixii Free, and two brothers, Messrs. E. F and C. B. Free, both of Bamberg. Hi had lived practically all of his lifi here, where he was well liked by hi: numerous friends and acquaintances All. size loose leaf memorandum! at Herald Book Store. / . OX Si:COM> TRIAL. Cooler and Davis On Trial in Walterhoro This Week. Walterboro, September 24.?The ! court of general sessions, which began the present term Monday morning, is now engaged with the trial of the murder case of Cooler and Davis. The case is being hard fought, the defendants having as their counsel H. K. Purdy and Mr. Wise, of Ridgelad, who appear for Cooler, and Geo. W. Beckett, of Beaufort, for Davis. Solicitor Warren appears alone for .' the State. W. D. Thomas, a woods rider for the O'Katie Club, in Jasper county, was killed in the woods December 20, 1916, and his body was found under his horse, which was also killed, three days later. -Several days later Sheriff Porter, upon information received, arrested Aleas Cooler and Will Davis ^ ^ ... ana piacea tnem in jail. They were tried at the spring term of court in 1917, and after a sensational trial were found guilty and sentenced to be electrocuted April 10, 1917. / An appeal was taken to the supreme court and a new trial was ordered. Meanwhile Cooler escaped from the Jasper county jail and was at large for several months. He was recaptured and has since been in. the State penitentiary. ALL FEARED MOON. f Soldiers Regarded ?Orb of Night as Their Enemy. "The war is-ended, the battlefields being cleared of their debris; the rusty wire is being rolled up. The nights can be spent in beds, yet the men of the one hundred and nineteenth field artillery even now look at the sky with dread," says L. L. Stevenson in the Detroit News. "The battlefields are not distant. Nor are the days distant when the moonlight was a menace^to the one hundred and nineteenth. "We were riding back from Toul, a lit tip comDanv of Detroit men, who * " -- / had celebrated a birthday anniversay in that old walled city. We had been discussing many things, principal of which was the home coming, plans for the future and those whom we wished were with us. Then the moon swung over those forts on the hill, concealed no longer, and fell a silence over the veterans. "They seemed to draw into themselves. Came a loud report and the \ : artillerymen half rose in their seats. It was only a rear tire, yet the effect on keyed-up nerves was the same . as though the blowout had been the ? * detonation of that which had dropped from the sky. "And simultaneously all damned the moon, as though that inoffensive prb had been the cause. "Then "they told me of those nights?marching'along ttae highways helpless. Jerry sweeping low and spraying lead at them from the ma- . 'x chine guns, of bombs that were siL j lent until they spoke in accents of I death. They spoke also of the night |[when Ruck was killed, when Chaplain William A. Atkinson, now quite recovered, lay in a pool of blood; " when others with whom I had eaten and slept and camped up at Grayling, had fathomed the great mystery. "It seemed to be a relief to them, " a lifting of the weight, and I said nothing though all of the night had 1 departed. Strange scenes danced about my eyes; the gaunt, unfinished 1 military hospital on the left was a gray ghost; those winking lights? " gleaming now, but not long ago had they shone they would have been an invitation to death?were far away } flares, the deserted ammunition dunap ' was animated with sweating figures. "It was as though a weight had . * t been lifted when we entered Mauvages. Clear and distinct in the bright light stood a sentry, a stalwart fellow, his naturally large build magnified in the silver beams, until he was a giant. The way he carried himcoif thp fit of his uniform, told that he was a veteran. "And he was shaking his fist at 7 the moon." ' i?> Wm The Teacher's Theory Shattered. r "Children," said the teacher to his 3 pupils, "yon should be able to do anything equally well with either hand. 3 With a little practice you will find it 3 just as easy to do anything with one hand as it is with the other." 3 "It is?" inquired the urcnm at tne 3 foot of the class. "Let's see you put s your left hand in the right-hand pocket of your trousers." 3 Fountain pen Ink, in all size bottles, at Herald Book Store. s " '.V* \ ' *'"