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^?????? Wi)t pamberg ^eralb ' / 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. 4 6. j Thursday, November 6,1919. N m. . " i: The position taken by Associate c Justice Watts, in his dissenting ] opinion in the Charleston election t case, concurred in by Associate Justice Gage, is rather a startling one, "1 li and we are inclined to feel grateful that this opinion is not shared by l] the entire court. Mr. Justice Watts o says that nothing but political rights t d were involved in the election matter and that he opposed any interference a on the part of the supreme court, t If this opinion should hold, there n would be no redress whatever for p election frauds. It appears to us , b that there should be at all times re- c dress for fraud and for illegalities in ti elections or in any other matters. a ^ m MAIN STREET. T l'c t< The suggestion has been made that each storekeeper on Main street h be requested to sweep the half of the a street in front if his place of business ^ 3 each morning. By adopting this plan the street can be kept clean continuously. . It will do away with the dust, which will be more than worth the effort it costs, and at the a d same time keep the street attractive. 6( ei And spitting on the sidewalks, h That is just as filthy a practice as ai one could very well indulge in. The tc U Herald has previously called attention to the filthy practice that some js men will insist- on imposing on the tl sidewalks, where ladies and gentle-1' ^ men have to walk. We make the P' assertion that any man who spits on w the sidewalks, be he white or black, a rich or poor, deserves to go to the p< - 11 rr cnam gang, and ne ougnt to ieei " lucky if he gets off with a heavy fine c< Instead of doing time on the public works. Any man who /is too lazy to step to the street or an alley to expectorate?if expectorate he must ?needs exercise, and the town would h< be conferring a public favor by providing him with it. p V b< Now that Main street has been paved, there's some little work that * . ui can be done by the property owners which would greatly enhance the ap- M pearance of the business district. For Si a small outlay of cash there are a number of dilapidated and so-called 01 T display windows that could be made attractive. Most of the buildings on Oi Main street were erected years ago Si - when very little attention was givR en to shofw windows. In fact, then D windows were built for the purpose only of affording light for the store, gi Little was it thought that attractive ai window displays are one of the greatest commercial assets of a _ J u store. The merchants are thorough*" ly alive now to the necessity of dis- ai play windows?the live merchants O are?and the modern store demands attractive windows as a part of the Store equipment. c Si It has cost the city of Bamberg approximately $25,000 to pave Main ^ street and install the white way light- * M ing system. Now that we have it, ? our very earnest suggestion Is that we keep it up properly. Paper and w trash thrown on the street are much M TJ more conspicuous now that it was e1 before. If Bamberg has no ordinance to this effect, we suggest that city fj council speedily enact a law for- L v bidding the throwing of paper and B trash on Main street. Trash and ^ filth attract flies, and flies are almost Vs bad as mosquitoes as disease spreaders. We noticed the other day not less than a bushel of -sugar n cane "cuds" and peels in one place p a on the street. There were perhaps c< a thousand flies feasting on the re- a past thus provided. If people wish h to chew cane, let them go home or 0 out of town to do it. They certain- ^ I ly should not he permitted to deposit _ ' the result of cane chewing where it provides an eyesore, even if it did not attract flies. Carlisle School News. Clipped From the Bugle. Captain Walton Returns to Duty. Returning to duty Sunday mornipg, November 2, Capt. Van C. Walton, nfantry, U. S. army, relieved Major V. C. Duncan, acting commandant, ,nd resumed the direction of military nstruction. Arms were issued to the ompanies last Saturday, and excelent work is being done this week in he manual of arms. Wednesday at drill the companies "* *? /?Am riori v I i'ere eqilUIlzeu, giving eatu v,um ive full squads. The band will be divided equally etween the companies when turned >ut for drill. It is now carried on he company rosters. The band is oing excellent work. It turned out or drill with the companies under rms last Monday morning, and Capain Lanham said that it did its work lucii better Tuesday. The first order Captain Walton ublished last year was a reduction, ut the cadet affected took his mediine and has since made good. Caplin Walton's first order this year was lso a reduction. Work on the gallery range began 'hursday. The shooting has been detyed on account of necessary repairs > the ranae. Cadet Lieut. Peebles. s executive officer of the rifle club, as had charge of work on the range, nd now has it in excellent shape, 'rospects for a year of good shooting re excellent. Deportment Stars Awarded. Wednesday morning Col. Guilds warded deportment stars to 132 caets for the month ending October 5. The deportment stars are award3 for satisfactory deportment at the nd of the first month, and the cadets ave the privilege of wearing the star 3 long as they maintain a satisfac>ry record in deportment. They foriit the star if at any time their recrd becomes unsatisfactory. If a sattfactorv record is maintained iroughout the^entire year, the star scomes theirs permanently. The stars are quite attractive in apearance. They are star shaped ith the word "Carlisle" engraved on semi-circle connecting the three uper points, with the word "Deportlent" and the cross swords at the mter. t Locals. Mr. S. J. Jeffords, of Lamar, visited is son, Ulysses, Sunday and Monday. Capt. John Lanham visited his ome in Spartanburg last week-end. Lieut. Raymond Hill and Sfrgt. eurifoy Hill attended the Walteriro county fair. Mr. W. F. Smoak, of Cordova, vised his sons, Glenn and Gravard, Satrdav. ty ^ ^ .\ir. narry uarier ana Mr. Marvey ilev, of Lodge, visited Odell Lyons unday. Mrs. S. H. Folk and John W. Feld* and son. of Ehrhardt, visited Boyd hompson Sunday. > Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Simmons, ot rangeburg, visited their son, George, unday afternoon. Mr. J. B. Dubose and little son, obert, of Hartsville, visited J. B. ubose; Jr., Sunday. _/ Mrs. E. W. McElmurray, of Auiista, Ga., visited her sons, Grady ad Edward, Friday. Mr. Edwin Brown, of Charleston, isited his nephews. Hardy, Hal and larence Silcox, Saturday. Mr. Hugh Culler, Mr. Julian Culler ad Mr. David Whisenhunt, of rangeburg, visited R. L. Culler Sunay. Mr. J. W. Smoak, Miss Louise moak, and Miss Ethel Brickie, of ordova, visited Glenn and Grayard moak Saturday evening. Miss Ethel Reeves spent Sunday, ondav and Tuesday in McColl, here she attended the wedding of [iss Moore, of McColl, and Mr. L. C. mrwV nf RomWir I*' VMil y V/l The ' following cadets spent the eek-end at home: Lieut. Wylie ayes, Corp. George. Heriot, Cadets arry Buist, Theodore David, Ever:t Still, Rederick Still, Aldrlch Forelan, Eugene Eubanks, John Lorick, 'allie Brabham, Will Patrick, erov Chaplin, Ben Tyson, Luther runson, V. W. Lewis, Sergts. Ralph fhetsell, Bennie Pendarvis and Corp. ernon Wactor. That Paris Trinity. Premier Massev, back in Maoriland slates that Clemenceau, in reply to a rotest about the slow progress made t the Peace Conference, said: ''How an we get along fast when I have man on my left who imagines imself a latter-day Napoleon, and n my right a gentleman who holds le opinion that he is the world's edeemer cn a second visit to earth?" -Sydney Bulletin. Waterman Fountain Pens always lerald Book Store. i HAS STIRRED UP ANTIQUARIES Englishman Believes He Has Discov* I ered the Site of Edward the Confessor's Palace. In Windsor's great park the discovery has been made of what appears to be the site of Edward the Confessors' palace. The discoverer, Capt. Vaughan Williams, had his attention drawn to two moats where rabbits had been burrowing, and here he unearthed some tiles like Norman bricks. He next came upon flints, sandstone and tiles, and he is continuing the searth. In the days of Queen Victoria a tower with walls* 12 feet thick was pulled down which was said by archeologists to have been built by Edward the Confessor. The secretary of the Berkshire Archeological society in connection with Captain Williams' find, states that j there was before the foundation of Windsor castle a palace in Windsor ! forest where many notable events hap pened. This palace had a tower as a means of defense. In a Harleian MS. an illumination occurs which represents a palace where a lady is seen giving alms and earning for herself the title of "loaf-giver." The manor of Old Windsor belonged to the Saxon kings, and Edward the Confessor certainly held court there. Edward being prevented by his nobles from going to Rome caused Westminster to be built with the money which he would have spent on his journey. He then gave Old Windsor to the monks, but the gift i was revoked by William the Conqueror, who found Windsor convenient for his hunts In the forests. CITY MAY HAVE BIG FUTURE Dakar, In South Africa, Promises to Develop Into Something Like Another Liverpool. The city of Dakar in South Africa, less than half a century ago in a really I primitive condition, ^ith naked chil-, dren running around the streets and mothers working with babies strapped | upon their backs, has suddenly come! into prominence as the prospective! "Liverpool" of Africa. In the keen! competition that Is expected oeiween i America and Europe for trade in South j Africa, Dakar, it is believed, will have i an important role to play. The French are today making ex- j tensive improvements at Dakar. They have spent much Uteney in enlarging j the dry dock and making the harbor j deeper as well as increasing the facil- i ities for transferring cargo from boat to train. The Dakar of today is a : thriving town of about 2r>,000 people, with wide well-laid-out streets, a large technical school, hospitals and work- \ shops. There are. however, a great j majority of natives, being in' fact, oniy j about 3,500 Frenchmen. These natives have been said by; some to have formerly been the mas-~j ters of the Mediterranean. They are j wonderful fighters and it was only with great difficulty that in 1862, Gen. Faidherbe, the French governor, was able to overcome them. Thus he paved the way for the founding of Dakar. We may know a great deal more about it later. Navy's Great Airship Hangar. The navy is purchasing its first rigid airship in England at a cost of $2,500,-1 000. To house it a huge hangar is to be erected at Lakehurst. N. J., which will be 800 feet long, 265 feet wide, and will have a clear inside height of 174 feet, while the total height from the ground to the peak of the roof will be over 200 feet. The steel frame-; work will be over 6,000 tons. Two elevators and several stairways will lead to the roof. The many shops neces- < sary for the maintenance of the air- i ships will be built in between the: great arched trusses that support the , roof. Three railroad tracks will run the entire length of the building. The hangar will be large enough to hold lOOAAfWY^ /liihip Of\' one Slixp Ui. J.v,wv,vvx/ . ? pacity, and a smaller one at each side,; or two 5,000,000 cubic feet ships side by side.?Scientific American. Loggers Use Electricity. A lumber company cutting timber from one of the national forests has installed over a mile of electric trans-! mission line through the woods to sup- ! ply an electric logging engine with power. It is planned ultimately to use electricity for the entire camp. * Cur- j rent is developed at the mill. Since j many forest fires start from logging j equipment and camps, the government foresters regard the introduction of electrical equipment with much favor. - Portable Electric Grinder. A portable electric grinder for the machine shop, designed to be moved over the work, has the motor of one-; eighth to one-half horsepower placed j above the work out of the operator's way. The spindle is bored with a flvesixteenth-inch hole to receive an adjustable shaft for interior grinding, and the use of interchangeable grind Ing wheels adapts the little machine 1 to a wide range of work. Practical Economy. "Wife ever get an economical1 streak?" "She does. Only this summer she j figured out she could save $S in one week by doing her own housework." "How did it work out?" 1 "She got a cook book, I got dys-1 pepsia and the doctor got the $8."? j Boston Transcript. Unavoidable. Hob?Oh, don't worry about the cook's crankiness. Don't take any notice of her. Wife?I have to; she's just given it j j?Boston Transcript J ' SHOW WAR'S APPALLING COST ? ???? Figures Reveal Price World Paid to Prevent Hunnish Hordes Extin> guishing Light of Liberty. ! Some comparative figures which ' force a realization of the magnitude of the world war are given in Henry Ford's Dearborn Independent, from which is quoted : "There were 10 major wars fought In the world in the 117 years from 1793 to 1910. The late war cost 50 per cent more in lives and cost 700 per cent more in money spent than the whole 19 other wars put together. "The most costly in lives of the pre* j vious wars was that hetween England j and France. 1793-1815, a total of 1,900,000 men having perished. "Next came the war of lS54-'56. in | which England, France, Sardinia, Tur! key, Austria and Russia fought; 609,j 797 men were killed, j The more recent war between Rus" A n Tn*\nr\ / . n rv> A fVlt t*/l ; oia aim ua^aii tame uiiim> viuuuau^ the lives of 555,900 men. "In our own Civil war both sides ! together lost 494.400 men, ranking i fourth in loss of life in the great wars previous to the late one. "In the struggle between Prance and Germany, so disastrous to France and which played a very important part in the recent peace settlement, 311,000 lives were lost. "We Americans who remember or , have read of the Civil war, of Gettysburg, of Pickett's charge, of Sherman's march to the sea, of Andersonville, have been wont to look on it as one of terrible slaughter?and It was. "But Russia alone lost more than three times as many men in the late war as were lost by both the North and the South in the Civil war. Germany lost more than three times as many. "France lost nearly three times as many. "Great Britain lost nearly twice as many. "Austria lost nearly twice as many. "So great has been the development in the engines of death that it is almnst imnnssihlp to rnneelve the In crease of fatalities in the late war as compared with previous wars. "There were 69 years of war among the various nations^in the 117 years prior to 1910. "As nearly as ca* be learned, 5,098,097 men lost their lives in those wars. "That would mean 78,885 lives lost a year, or about 200 a day. "In the late war there were 200 men killed an hour, about 4,800 for every day of the war; a total of 7,450,200, according to the best available figures. That would be about 1,750,000 a year. "In money cost of previous wars the French-Englishx war, 1793-1815, comes first with its tax of $6,250,_ 000,000." Alaskan Fur Seals. % A tentative annual census of the Alaskan fur seals just made by Dr. G. Dallas Hanna indicates the strength of the herd as 524.269 animals of all ages, compared with 496.432 seals in 1918. The number of pups born, equivalent to the number of breeding cows, was 157,172, an increase over 1918 of 10 per cent in each class. The aggregate figures for 1919 do not include the seals taken for their skins. According to the telegraphic reports, OO AOT fnn nnn 1 ol'inc V* o hoon tolfOTl IUi"CCai r?Aiuo ua?v u\,v,u on St. Paul island and 3,354 on St. George island through the regulat killing season ending Aug. 10. A special Vffort has been made to reduce the excess of large male seals, with the result that over 6.400 such skins have been taken. Sympathetic Neighborhood. "How do you go about locating a 'still' in these parts V asked the stranger. * "Be you a revenuer?" asked the ancient mountaineer. "Oh, no. I'm a newspaper man, spending my vacation up here in, the hills." "Is that so? Well, I never yet heara tell o' one o' yer paper fellers that didn't have a powerful thirst. You just set aroun' a spell, sonny, an'- some o' th' boysll git so durned sorry fur you they'll come right up an' offer to lead you to a 'still.'"?Birmingham Age-Herald. \ Agreeable Outlook. "I just now overheard an argument between a theorist and a hard headed business man." "I presume the theorist said the business man lacked vision?" "Oh, yes. That's a stock phrase among theorists who can't pay their board bills, but the business man said he could see a net profit of not less than $200,000 next year, with a little fling at Saratoga, Palm Beach or Monterey, and that was vision enough for him." Latest Excuse. The Missus (at 2 a. m.)?Nice hour to arrive home and a nice state to arrive in, I must say! . Explain, you brute! Himself?01' friend asked me to help him gather ev'dence of vi'lations of the wartime pro'bition law, m'dear, an' 1 jus' (hie) couldn't refuse.?Buffalo Express. Six to One. "What a wonderful family! A' charming wife and five beautiful i daughters. You must be a very happy man." "Yes, I suppose I ought to be, and I suppose 1 really am, but right now I wan* co say that I can tell you a lot about the difficulties of being out voted six to one." HOTTEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. ? 1 Month Exceeds Readings For Over Century. Columbia, Nov. 9.?October was by ; far the hottest October on record ac-, cording to the United States weather bureau and the previous mean tern- i perature records for this section were! broken by the weather during the past month, according to the monthly report on weather conditions issued yesterday by Richard H. Sullivan, meteorologist. General deterioration of all late crops was noted due to the persistent heat and drought, the report says. These conditions in conjunction with the previous drought and heat in September caused premature opening of the late cotton crop except where plantings were very late the summary for the month says, but the hot and dry weather lead to much gathering of cotton and the picking season proceeded with more dispatch than nor-j mal. Straw Paper Coming. That newsprint paper will have to be made from the straw of wheat and, other grains in a few years if the; destruction of Canadian pulpwood; forests continues at its present rate, | was the assertion of C. Price-Green, of Toronto, industrial commissioner j of the Canadian National railways, in j Toronto to attend the exposition of chemical industries. The straw, he said, now is largely wasted. "With only one-fifth of the world's population, the United States j consumes one-half of the world's production of paper." he said. "At thei present rate of consumption and de-1 struction by fire, insects and fungus J growths, one is forced to the conclu-! sion that the time is not far distant when a substitute for spruce in the making of newsprint paper will have to be found, and one of the most like-; ly sources of supply is to be found in! the vast quantities of straw from the! grain-growing areas, which at the: present time is being wasted." Histrionic or Historic? Little Girl (to film actress)?"My*! father says he often saw you on the stage before you went into the pictures." | Excited Actress?"What did he say; he had seen me in?" Little Girl?"The 'Eighties!'"?I London Tit-Bits. The Herald Book Store has just received the swellesti line of boxed paper ever ex- j hibited in the town of Bam-1 berg, or in this section of the | State. We bought this pa- [ per direct from the manufacturers, White & Wycoif, and i we guarantee the prices to be j Iohh than is n.slrod fnr the | AVMM VAAWM WNTAAW V? * same paper at other stores. If it is paper you want, come to us, we have it in all colors. from 25c to $5.00 the box. ; IaBBHHHpHMHp You haven't a single ban! sound banking pr< not gla Even if you should c 1 that the liberal poli< I not meet, you will b< 9 and we will be grate! Your every banking neec ent, courteous 1 PROSPERIT Capital and Surp I AM INTEREST nrfo raid on ? SAVINGS ACCOUNTS LITTLE BOY DIES OF WOUND. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Avant Accidentally Shot By Negro Boy. Smoaks, Nov. 5.?The little fiveyear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Avant, of near Smoaks, was accidentally killed yesterday afternoon by being shot with a gun in the hands of a little negro boy, who, it is claimed, did not know the gun was loaded. The entire load took effect in the little fellow's leg and completely severed it from his body. The parents of the child left immediately with their son for the infirmary at Walterboro, but he died * before reaching this_city. The body was taken to his grandfather's home, near Walterboro, and the remains will . be buried in the family burying grounds today. The accident is a shock to the entire community ?/here he lived, as / he was a bright little boy and was loved by all who knew hii6. The parents have the sympathy of all in their sad bereavement.?Walterboro Press & Standard. CARD OF THANKS. / I wish (o take this method of expressing my sincere thanks to Our v many friends for the kindnesses ex- , tended to us during the long illness of fny husband, Captain Hunter, and for the generous help during his illness and after his death. MRS. J. B. HUNTER. BANKING HOURS. Nine o'clock, a. m., until 2 o'clock, p. m., except on Saturdays, when we will remain open until 3 o'clock. BAMBERG BANKING CO., 11-20 PEOPLES BANK. _ f NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All per^pns having claims against the estate of W. B. Kennedy, deceas- , ed, will fine the same, duly itemized and verified, with the undersigned, on or before the 29th day of November, 1919. MRS. S. M. KENNEDY, Administratrix. Govan, S. C., November 10th, 1919. 11-27. NOTICE OF DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested that the undersigned administratrix of the estate of W. B. Kennedy, deceased, will file her final accounting'with the Judge of Probate for Bamberg county on the 5th day of December, 1919, and will at same time ask for letters dismissory as such administratrix. MRS. S. M. KENNEDY, 12-4. Administratrix. CITATION NOTICE. Whereas H. F.< Spann has made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the goods, chattels, rights and credits of F. F. Johnson, deceased: These are, therefore, to cite all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said F. F. Johnson, deceased, to be and appear before me in the Court of Probate to be held at Bamberg court house in the said State and County on the 21st day of November, 1919, at 11 o'clock, a. m., tn cViati: psitiqp if nnv thev have whv the said administration should ifot --- be granted. J. J. BRABHAM, JR., (L. S.) Judge of Probate for Bamberg County, S. C. 1/ ; ;ome to us on a quest zy of our bank could 3 treated courteously :ul for the call. 1 will have prompt, eflBLcitreatment here. if OF TODAY. lus $100,000.00 tr mt m 1 1 T " P rf HI IKINB" CQ. 3 * t V ; - - ; V - ' VV. ' <0*