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?be Pamberg peralb 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 28. No. 45. Thursday, November 6,1919. THK LAST CALL. The committee appointed to raise , the funds for the malaria eradica^ tion work must complete its work within the next few days. Captain Fisher must have the answer of the CltV 01 tsamDerg to me yiupuaai anihilate the mosquito here. If a negative answer is made, Captain Fisher will proceed elsewhere. There are a number of other cities in South Carolina that envy Bamberg her opportunity, and jvill gladly accept the offer of the U. S. public health service and the State board of health. If you value your own health, the health of your family, the health of your neighbor, if you sympathize especially with the poorer people who are more afflicted than anybody else, then heed the words of the committee when you are called on. If you have already been called on and fail ed to avail yourself of this privilege, then hunt up the committee and correct your mistake. If you have an interest in Bamberg, make your pledge. If you have already made your money here, do i it out of gratitude, that the next gen, ?ration may not be afflicted with malaria. If you have yet to make your "pile," help to make the town a decent place to live in. Sixteen thousand dollars is a mere bagatelle to Bamberg. Almost any one person in the city who has con, tended with mosquitoes and malaria would give the entire sum to get j health again?if it were necessary and within the range of possibility. If you have been so fortunate as to escape from the tentacles of this fearful malady, you are surely human enough to want to see your neighbor freed of it. The U. S. government says that it can be done. It says that it is merely a matter of money on the part of Bamberg. People have left here in jjj&i the past because of malaria; more <, people will leave here in the future if it is not eradicated. People have also refused to come to Bamberg because of the prevalence of malaria here. Our prediction is that Bamberg will be the most prosperous little city \ i In South Carolina, and the finest . i t town in the State, if we get rid of \ this curse. By,the way, if you doubt the effectiveness of the malaria campaign, don't knock the project until you have investigated it. It is very easy to ascertain the results of the cleanup in other cities. This eradication work is new here, hut it is not new in many other places. There's Hartsville, for instance. Suppose you make inquiry as to how effective the A ' clean-up was there. The work has not been completed, hut the results <so far obtained may surprise you. Do not put your opinion against facts. ITS WORTH TO YOU. There have been a number of very serious cases of malaria in Bamberg this summer and autumn. These cases have not been confined to any one blass. High and low are susceptible to malaria. It may be your turn next. If you knew that malaria would take from your family one you love next year?or perhaps yourself?you would not hesitate to,mortgage your home to get money to keep ifc away. But it is not necessary for you to mortgage your home. You caa perform your whole duty without doing that. Nobody expects it. But you can contribute according to your ability, and there is not a man in Bamberg who cannot afford to contribute something toward the malaria eradication campaign. Give something. We believe that you will be proud of your part. It may be the means of saving several lives in Bamberg. Is there a single life in Bamberg that is not worth $16,000? AX OPPORTUNITY. The South is beginning to feel the wave of prosperity that is sweeping the country. The North and the West and the East have been experiencing this prosperity for some years and now the wave is coming South. Nothing could more forcibly attest this fact than the shortage of houses. This shortage is felt not only in Bamberg but all over the State. In practically every town in South Carolina there are not adequate housing facilities. This has but one explanation?people are coming South who have not heretofore lived here. What is Bamberg doing to get her share of this "new population?" If | prospective new residents do not come j to Bamberg they will go elsewhere in the State or the South. The town that does not welcome the new arrivals not with open arms will feel it after the wave of migration ceases. Now is the greatest opportunity Bamberg has ever experienced to attract newcomers. Once people locate here, it is not very likely that they will desire to go elsewhere, but once they settle in other towns, it is likewise unlikely that they will come to Bamberg. Let's get in line. PEANUTS AS MONEY CROP. Big Deanand For This Product, and Many Farmers Will Plant. In casting about for a substitute for cotton, the cultivation of which will be rendered very difficult hereafter on account of the Mexican boll weevil, many Bamberg farmers have hit upon the happy idea of growing peanuts. While peanuts have never been grown commercially in this county, it has been demonstrated since man remembereth that no finer peanuts are grown than those produced in Bamberg county. The land land here is ideally adapted to the growing of this crop, and most progressive farmers have planted for years a small acreage each season for use on their own farms. As a hog feed, the peanut is said to be a most superior crop. Now that other crops are .necessary. it is understood that extensive plans are being made to grow peanuts on a large scale in the county. With the prospect of a shortage of cotton seed in this section, there is a very strong demand for peanuts, ana many of the oil mills throughout the State are installing peanut crushing - '? TA ^ /\WPi+AA/l flio t j macmnerv. it is uuucioiuuu tuww very important local announcements are to be made soon in this section. Strong bids have been made for peanuts by out of the State concerns, and there is already considerable rivalry in the market for Bamberg county peanuts. It is stated that peanuts are worth on the market today 14 cents per pound in the hulls. It is further stated that a yield of 1,000' pounds can easily be made on good average land. In addition to the peanut cake and oil derived from the crushing of the nuts, peanut hay is described as being one of the finest feeds to be had. Bamberg county is preparing to go into the fight against Mr. B. Weevil with its coat off.- It is a well known fact that a great many farmers are going to be hit and hit hard for a year or two after the coming of the weevil?and he is already here in great armies. No serious damage has been done this year, but the discerning farmer knows that it will be a heavy risk to plant another large cotton crop. With tobacco an already an established crop in the county, peanuts will offer another valuable crop. The difficulty heretofore has been the lack of marketing facilities for the peanut crop. This obstacle will be removed another year, and an announcement will be made within the next few weeks, whereby the entire crop in Bamberg countv will be taken here at home. Most farmers will continue to plant a few acres of cotton per plow, and it is stated that under weevil conditions this is a safe risk to run, but to be dependent on cotton under the conditions that will prevail all over South Carolina, practically, will be nothing short of inviting suicide, according to experts who ought to, know. A few acres of cotton, however, may be cultivated under circumstances outlined by the farm demonstration service with reasonable certainty of a profit, but the acreage urged is small, so that in case of entire failure, the planter will not be left on the lonely island without a canoe to get to land on. MAXTONE?The guaranteed tonic for chills, fever and malaria. 25c and 50c bottle. Read The Herald, only $2.00 year, i i NON-UNION MEX REMAIN AT WORK. (Continued from page 1, column 6.) Trinidad, Col., began to depart today to patrol coal properties. Part of the Second infantry of the Fourth division began to entrain at Des Moines today for service in Ohio and Kentucky" coal fields, it was said. All the men of the thirty-second infantry, stationed at Camp Kearney, near San Diego, Cal.. were ordered today to report at the camp at once. An aide announced orders had been I rp -pivprl trv ennin nne comnanv with machine guns and to have it ready to depart at once. Federal troops are already on duty in West Virginia and additional guardsmen were called out in Tennessee today. United States cavalrymen were ready at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, to entrain tonight for the northern Wyoming coal fields, while Governor Carey moved to end the strike in that state by telegraphing union officials asking an immediate conference between operators anjl miners. ^ 10 p. SINGAPORE TO HAVE TAXIS Far Eastern City Will Abandon the Rickshaw, Long Used as Method of Transportation. According to advices from Consul General Edwin N. Gonzales at Singapore, that city is to have an internal transportation system of thoroughly modern taxicabs. Whether American automobile manufacturers will secure the order for these motors is.problematical, but The most significant part of the news is that it marks a further development of the use of modern methods in the far East. For several years in Singapore there has been a most consistent and vigorous agitation against the instil tution of the well-known rickshaws. Most of this agitation came from the tongue and pen of the educated Chinese, who maintain that the system of making a horse out of men is wrong from the standpoint of the degrading influence which it has on the individuals as well as the harm it is claimed to work upon the coolies. Distances are great in most far Eastern cities, and while the rickshaw makes transportation reasonably convenient and comfortable, the rickshaw most certainly is a primitive vehicle and doomed to early abandonment because of the rapid advance now being made in the industrial and social life of the far East. The new company to operate in Singapore is to be officially known as the Singapore Motor Taxicab and Transport company, Ltd., and will have capital of $3o0,000. The initial equipment will be made up of 40 landaulet taxicabs, five one-ton trucks and five three-quarter ton trucks. Singapore has a population of 300,000. Knew Something About Mothers. Ralph went to visit a neighbor's little boy. While there another boy came to play also; but he was something of a bully and Ralph did not like him. When he reached home he told his mother some of the mean things the boy had said and done. 'He was so disagreeable I am sure nobody could like him," he said. Then after a moment's meditation he looked up into her fcce and added: "I suppose, though, his mother loves him, no mat ter how bad he la/* Hav< AUTOMOBII mathen1 Bambe Cars washed and ? guar; do you w Life Time go to georg: J.B.WH1 AUGrUS BEFORE There You Will Find i State of Georgi Prices J Prices Include Deli If desired, you can seci time payments, regular c "Write our Mail Order tions, cuts, etc.?'1 Satisfaction ENORMOUS LOSS. (Continued from page 1, column 3.) test, same surface down at all times, dropped from 503 to 438 pounds. (Loss 65 pounds.) Bale Xo. 7, on edge on ground, j turned from time to time, at least i once a week, dropped from 495 to | 473 pounds. (Ix)ss 22 pounds. | Inquiries by the agricultural sec-1 j tion of the railroad administration , ; have developed that the tests actu- j | ally demonstrate what will happen 1 to average bales of cotton handled , ! in the same fashion, and do not rep-i S resent exceptional cases. Many prac- j tical illustrations could be cited to! support the result of each test. While the grower and handler of' cotton are most vitally interested and will benefit chiefly by heeding the j warning given by these facts, the I railroads are also concerned?direct-' ly. because of the liability of claims I arising from damaged cotton, and: . . _ i indirectly because the interests or great class of producers and ship- pers and the interests of the railroad are common.?R. L. Winchell in Savannah Press. The Kaiser's Kitchen. In what is destined to be the last Btage of its travels, the field kitchen of William Hohenzollern, which had |" followed the former Kaiser in all his wanderings about Europe during the war, is on its way to the United j States. As if to give the changing of ; hands a more significant aspect, German prisoners of war were requisi1 tioned to load the field kitchen?with ! all its elaborate accessories?aboard ! the westbound transport at St. Nazaire. The portable "kochenhaus" j shows no sign of the wear and tear of i war, indicating a certain remoteness j to the battle front of all connected i with the once imperial suite. The trophy, it is intended, shall be added to a notable collection of war relics j at the American capital; whether it is ! to be utilized in the ways approved by the former kaiser i^, of course, another matter. Dreadful Threat "Late again!" cried the irate movi Ing picture director to the members of his company. "Do you actors think that you can stroll into tne studio at half-past ten every morning and get away with it? This isn't a national | bank. But, by humphrey, Til get even with you! Tomorrow we start filming that Alpine drama with the fog and ; cloud effects. Report at the old quarry at 4:30 a. m. You are all going to be shot at sunrise every morning for a week." Being shot at sunrise I is harder hardship for a movie actor 1 than It is for a prisoner of war.?Film Fun. . James Watson Says, "I'll Never Forget When Father's Hogs Got Cholera. "One morning he found 20 hogs dead and several sick. He called in the Vet. who after dissecting a rat caught on the premises, decided that the rodents had conveyed germs. Since then I am never without RATSXAP. It's the surest, quickest rat destroyer I know." Three sizes, 25c, 50c, $1.00. Sold and guaranteed J y Smoak & Move, Bamberg, S. C. Mr. P. LaDuke, Farmer, Says, "You = Bet Rats Can Bite Through Metal." < "I had feed bins lined with zinclast year, rats got through pretty soon. Was out $18. A $1 pkg. of RAT SXAP killed so many rats, that J've never been without it since. Our ! collie dog never touched RAT-SNAP." : You try it. Three sizes, 25c, 50c. i $1.00. Sold and guaranteed by Smoak jP. \fi-?T7o "Rarnhprc S. O. ; Your jE REPAIRED iT? r'S GARAGE :rg, S. C. greased. Satisfaction anteed. ISH TO BUY Furniture IA'S BIG STORE ITE&CO. 3TA, GA. YOU BUY. the Largest Stock in the a and the Lowest Anywhere. very to Your Station. Lire the privilege of easy, and pay only the ash prices. Department for illustra00 Minute Service7? guaranteed.'7 i t I i We are going to dis- I I Have Your Auto continue handling An- ; JireS Repaired dersons, Dorts, Pattersons and Chevrolets, so we are closing out at a , {TE0S cas1ixgsKtibes! ' n . , j kim outs, blow outs bargain, .both .second- j vulcanized, new , j steam process. hand and new cars of _ these makes. . See us quick for a real bargain. g D??u U..I?I ,. UdlUUClg V UlLdlll/Jllg C F Di7rp Company \ ^, i\lZjLl\ I XKAK SMOAKS STA0Iar'S-C ? I BLES" j Box paper at less than wholesale | prices at Herald Book Store. Ttvi ?HI THRIFT, NO LESS THAN EARNING POWER, IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THESE , ' CONSTRUCTIVE TIMES. . * Don't be miserly, but avoid extra vaganve?and, abve all, put your . "4MONEY IN THE BANK or invest it wisely?keep it in circulation. By so doing you stimulate business. Thrift and perse vering effort may be your part in helping to build the PROSPERITY OF TODAY. Capital and Surplus $100,000.00 A(V INTEREST ruin /%*J I ?V<M6SACC0UNTjJ[JjJ^AMBERG^^^CjJ^g||gg | I The Citizens Exchange Bank I % P. V. JAMES, H. C. RICE, ' % X Pres. & Cash. Vice President. 4<^ / ? B. M. STEADMAN, J. S. WALKER, X * X Bookkeeper. Asst. Cashier. X * DENMARK, S. C. CAPITAL $25,000.00 f V 5T4TUMFWT rnn TTTR rtownTTTOW OP THE A X "citizens Exchange bank" den- X x mark, s. c., oct. 25, 1919. ?|> I OUR TENTH BIRTHDAY I t f . Resources + Loans and discounts $322,397.97 VV Cash and due by banks 133,139.65 ^ j Overdrafts none if t Banking house, furniture and fixtures 5,000.00 1 V Liberty bonds 22,750.00 r ? Customers' partial pavm't Vict'y b'nds 235.00 T Tn+?1 J $483,522.62 Y ? ~ y Liabilities. ^ 1 X Capital stock .... y $ 25,000.00 Surplus and undivided profits 24>704.96 & Deposits 430,385.33 <|> Cashier's checks 3,432.33 X Total $483,522.62 X DIRECTORS I u'n p.Tfnm WO. W. CRUM * > C. W. GARRIS ?* H. B. GRIMES < JNO. W. PREACHER F. Y. JAMES. T ... . T Prompt and Efficient Service is in Our Line ? /.4a A^A A^A A. y "y t V