The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 12, 1920, Page 4, Image 4
t&be ^Sternberg Heralb
ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
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Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
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Entered as second-class matter April
1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. j
$2.00 PER YEAR. j
Volume 29. No. 7.'
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Thursday, Feb. 12,1920 j
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FAME.
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Fame, like fortune, is a flighty
thing. One day you have it, and the
* next, perhaps, you awake to the fact
that it has flown. Admiral Sims returned
from the war covered with
glory, honor and fame. He it was
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who administered the affairs of the
great United States navy in European
waters during the world war. But
the admiral like many ordinary folks
got to talking, and his talk got too
loose, and for some weeks now his
fame has been diminishing with
alarming rapidity. A few months
ago one would hardly have dared to
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openly take a shot at the admiral,
and yet his name was publicly hissed
in New York the other day, when
it was announced that when President
Wilson had proposed that the
German submarines be hemmed :"n
- their nests Admiral Sims was the only
American who opposed the plan.
After reading the flaying Congressman
Byrnes gave Sims one is not surprised
to learn that Sims did this.
The wonder is that the government
allowed the admiral to even remain
in the navy.
USELESS LEGISLATION.
We presume that the greatest majority
of the legislators feel that it
is abslutely necessary for them to introduce
and at least make an effort to
have Dassed some bills each year. If
we were in the general assembly, a
thing that is not at all likely to ever
occur, we think we should direct our
efforts not to introducing bills, but
to killing bills that were introduced.
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Every year hundreds of bills are passed
that are not worth the paper the
authors write them on. The result is
the statutes are encumbered with all
sorts and varieties of so-called laws,
only a.small part of which probably
are constitutional, and a great many
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of which are so confusing and conflicting
that a French lawyer could
not make head nor tail of them. We
have sometimes had the idea that
about the best thing to do would be
to throw away what laws we have and
start all over again. Probably this
would be of very little benefit, however,
unless an injunction could be
obtained restraining the legislators
from introducing possibly worse bills
the next time.
MUD HOLES.
Th? Columbia State is authority
for the statement that it was only a
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comparatively few years ago when a
mule was drowned in a mud hole in
Spartanburg. However, that has
nothing on the city of Aiken. According
to the Journal and Review,
a mule was drowned in a pool of
water there only a few days ago. The
pool, or puddle, was located in the
city stable lot. This is a simple statement
of faot, and is not printed for
any purpose of deflecting from Aiken's
just fame as a health resort. Mud
holes will happen in the best regulated
towns sometimes. Fact is, we
have a few of them here in Bamberg,
but we don't believe a mule could
' be drowned in any of them.
We recommend that Aiken take!
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nattprn after Bamberg: and get rid!
of the mule drowning mud holes.
What few such places we have left
will not be here long, for the town
and the government are spending
$25,000 for the purpose of eliminating
all sources of mosquito breeding,
which, of course, includes mud
holes and the like.
We are not "uppish" however, and
Bamberg is not even ashamed of the
fact that we used to have a fairly
good fish pond out on Main street, i
Mr. John H. Cope has been named
by Governor Cooper as a delegate to
the Southern Appalachian Good
Roads association meeting in Ashe- j
ville, N. C., on February 26 to 28.
Read The Herald, $2.00 per year, i
35 Million toWa
Consumers* Union, Comprised
High Cost
The Consumers' union, 35,000,<
action, according to a Washington c
It will call nation-wide strikes
styles. Every one of the 35,000,000
pledge herself to wear last year's ha'
"Of course they will do it," said
Attorney General Palmer -as a marsh
lized by the government in a giganl
living. "Every woman is willing t
every other woman is doing it. I've
nrices. I have taken a vow to buv n<
ing can be no longer clothes.
"Everyone is organizing in Ame:
the consumers unite and stand solidl;
give campaign against high prices wi
and watch the profiteer flourish.
"The ^omen must carry on aboi
high prices and with 35,000,000 of
solid unit with the government, in
living back to normal levels.
"In every city and village there
pledge themselves to do without rati
milk is raised to a price beyond rea
York, they will call a milk strike i
without milk until the law of supply
"One of the reasons for excessb
is drunk with money; people have m
are spending it recklessly.
"One of the first things we mus
another is to increase production."
Miss Strauss is a pretty, cnerg<
Her official title is director of worn
department of justice.
"Do you know that there are 1'
living by traveling through the coun
should be and how they should go on
conditions ?' she concluded.
PIGS CAUSED I
wnpi n war
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Quarrel Between Austria and Serbia
Traced to Difficulty Over Swine
Pigs?just pigs?brought on the
war, according to a statement accredited
to Count Carl Seilern, formerly
confidential adviser to the erstwhile
Emperor Charles at Vienna. Frederick;
H. Mead of Troy, N. Y., a membe/of
the Red Cross convoy taking food sup-1
plies to Budapest, reports the count
as saying:
"Fifteen years before the war Servia
was shipping great numbers of
pigs into Hungary, successfully competing
with the Hungarian farmers.
The Hungarians protested but, the border
was left open. Finally the AustroHungarian
government on the pretext
that all Servian pigs were diseased
placed an embargo on them.
"Up to that time the two governments
had more or less of a friendly
understanding. Political leaders in
Servia seized upon the pig incident.
Austro-Hungarian diplomats took up |
the question. Misunderstandings arose
over it. When it grew too old for political
propaganda, other questions
were built out of it and thus the woria
war was brought on.
"Yes, there is no doubt, pigs caused
the war." .
Ticket Stamper's Accident
Led to Discovery of Art
of Printing From Stone
An odd accident led to the discovery
of lithographing.
In 1796 a ticket stamper, employed
at a Munich theater, carelessly left his
salary check on a table in the room
where he worked. A gust of wind
suddenly blew the check off/the table
into a basin of water on the floor.
He dried the check as best he could,
and, to straighten the paper out, he
placed it underneath the whetstone,
which had been resting on his printing
stamp, and left it lying there
throughout the night.
The following morning, on taking
the stone off the check, he was surprised
to see that the imprint from
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IDC SlUUC ?ttO u
check, and the thought struck him
that by means of a large stone he
could "print" programs and songs. He
made experiments, and finally discovered?through
this accident?the art
of printing from stone.
Thus was he the first lithographer.
"The World War," Official
Name for Great Conflict
The war is still so close to modern
times that all sorts of names have
been used to distinguish it from other
wars. The war department through
the secretary of war, has decided to
call it "The World War." An official
order to that effect was made public
recently, declaring that "the war
against the central powers of Europe,
In which the United States has taken
part, will hereafter be designated in
all tffidal communications and publlcatiwus
as The World War,'n
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ige War on Styles |
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of Women, to Battle Against i
; of Living
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000 members strong, will soon be in ;
orrespondent.
>. One of the first will be against i
? women belonging to the union will j
ts and last years gowns.
Miss Edith S. Strauss, appointed by
al of the army of women to ba mobile
offensive against the high cost of
n wear last rear's hat if she knows
already gone on a strike against high
3 more clothes until those I am wearI
rica except the poor consumer. Until j
y behind the government in an inten- j
e might as well sit with folded arms |
it nine-tenths of this warfare against
them organized and working as a
six months we can get the cost of ;
must be a league of consumers who
ler than pay excessive prices. When
ison, like against the people of New
md on certain days of the week do
and demand forces a cut in the price,
'e prices is that the American public
ore money than ever before and they
;t do is to cut out senseless luxuries,
3tic, wholly confident young woman,
an's activities: High cost of living,
5,000 meil and women earning their
try telling people how unhappy they
,t from under and overthrow existing
Japanese Produce Dwarf
Trees Through Training
in Reverse to Nature
There is a general impression that
the method of producing dwarf trees
is a secret that the Japanese have
never divulged; but the course to be
pursued is really simple. The whole
system of culture may be summed up
as the reverse of nature's method. It
really consists, not in the survival of
the fittest, but rather in the survival
of the unfittest. A poor, weak seed is
usually chosen and planted. As soon
as it has attained some growth the
leading shoot is trimmed off. The little
plant then grows two other shoots,'
and these are carefully watched. When
one shoot exhibits a strength and vitality
greater than its fellow it is at
once cut off and the weaker shoot is
untouched in order to form the future
dwarf tree's main stem or trunk. This
system of trimming and cutting is followed
punctiliously. Water is seldom
used?only in very small quantities to
keep the little plant actually alive.
The tree is kept in a pot too small tor
its full development, and the roots are
constantly pruned. The shoots arfc
carefully trained and bent to follow
the growth of a large tree. All this
requires great patience, but the Japanese
never tire watching the growth
of the tree from day to day, week
to week and month to month. When
the tree has been growing for about
five years, it can then be practically
left to take care of itself. It has become
accustomed to its training, and
Its surroundings, and, like force of
habit, follows the course laid out for
it. In this manner some very magnificent
specimens of dwarf trees are
produced which in their miniature
beauty and majesty compare favorably
with their big brothers in the untrained
forests.
I RIGHT TO THE POINT f
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f And even the skin-deep beauty |
i is apt to wear off. \ $
| Trying to dodge work tires |
' more men than hard labor. f
A genius is a man who is not |
I much aood at anvthine else. ?
I It doesn't require much prao I
f tice to acquire the art of being j
| lazy. i
j Only a strong-minded woman f
i can preserve fruit and her tern- f
| per simultaneously. \
The railway conductor has f
! troubles of his own without wor- |
t rying about his wife's train. "
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An Interesting Link.
One of the interesting recent discoveries
was that of Sir A. Stein, who
found in the desert of the Helmand in
Afghanistan a series of watch towers
extending 62 miles, dating from the
early Christian era and connecting the
great wall of China with the Roman
lines of Syria.
Truck for Chambermaids.
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For the use of chambermaids In
| large hotels and apartment houses a
j rubber-tired truck with suitable
i shelves has been devised, capable of
! carrying all the supplies and impleI
meets she If. likely to require.
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STEPS.
Every once in a while a city or
town will come to a step. The ques-!
tion arises, will the town step up j
higher, or remain where it is. Bam-1
berg arirved at a step last year, and i
she decided to go up. We are now j
at the point of making another step j
upward in the voting of a bond issue
for permanent improvements. The
same question is here again: Will
Bamberg step up or remain where it
is?
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Messrs. Allison and Jones, deputy
internal revenue collectors, were In
Bamberg last Thursday, Friday and
Saturday assisting the people in making
their income tax returns.
I Just Arrived
One Car * I
Cedar Shingles I
SASH IX STOCK H
12-4 x 5-2
2-4 x 5-6 fl
2-4 x 4-6 fl
2-6 x 5-6 H
2-10 x 5-10 B
2-7 x 5-2 fl
2-10 x 4-6 H
All 12 lights tm
I GLASS DOORS fl
2-10 x 6-10 H
4-I*AXEL DOORS fl
v 2-10 x 6-10 fl
SCREEX DOORS S
< 2-10 x 6-10
L. B. FOWLER I
Bamberg, S. C. B
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We beg to ?
that we have pu
formerly owned
The upper IV
Mr. Dukes. Thi;
pert white barb6
and courteous at1
The lower si
he under Mr. Mc
three chairs, anc
mand of our pat
It is our inte
nnssihlp service ;
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plenty of barber
I our patrons and
shops.
If any of on
we request that t
ure to see that it
in a manner that
You are cordiall;
WE MAE
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BHHBH
The Herald Book Store carries the |
largest stock of tablets, pencils mem-1
orandum books, and school supplies |
in Bamberg county.
notice!
A meeting of the stockholders of
the Edisto Public. Service Company
w.'ll be held at their office, Denmark,
S. C., March 4th, at 11 a. m., for the
purpose of vot'ng on a resolution proposing
to increase the capital stock j
of the corporation to fifty thousand 1
dollars.
(Signed) R. A. EASTERLIXG,
Treasurer.
February 7th, 1919. 3-4n j
I Vulcanizing and
? We announce the ope
t tire repair shop on Raili
^ ing of .Mr. B. F. Free n(
Y pany on or about the II
Y chinery and material will
& and tube repairing. E'
^ anteed.
We have just returnee
J after taking a special cc
employed in the Goodyez
1 COURTNEY
MANY LOCAL
ARE TAK
NEW MEDICINE GAINS SAME SU<
THAT IT HAS IN MAN!
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Many people of this city and county
have started taking Meritone, the
famous new system medicine, since
it was announced in the newspapers
just one week ago that a supply of
Meritone had been shipped here to
Mack's Drug Store.
Indications now point to the fact
that Meritone will become just as
successful in this city and county as
it has in hundreds of communities of
a similar size, and it is possible that
the sale here may rival those in such
larger places as Nashville, Chattanooga,
Birmingham, Lexington, Ky.,
and others, considering the size of
this community.
The success Meritone has gained
here, however, is only the usual thing
ouncen
mnounce to the people of Ba
rchased the two white barbel
by Mr. E. H. Duncan.
Iain street shop will be under
s shop is equipped with four <
srs wilj at all times be ready
tention.
lop, formerly operated by Ar
Duffle's management. Thesh
1 three courteous white barb
rons.
ntion to give the people of Ba
at both our shops. We shal
s?and we shall employ only
friends the service that is ri
it patrons should receive uns
he fact be reported to us, and:
does not again occur. We gui
will be pleasing to you and a
finvited to visit us.
:e a specialty of hah
for children.
cDuliie J. (
BAMBERG, S. C.
NOTICE.
, ... I ^have just taken over the Buick
Agency, and will be glad to have your
future orders for cars and parts referred
to me.
G. M. XEELEY,
Olar, S. C.
LOST CERTIFICATE OF STOCK.
The undersigned will on the 25th
day of March, 1920, apply to Enterprise
Bank, Bamberg, S. C., for one
new certificate of stock of said bank
| !n lieu of stock certificate No. 35 for
one share, which certificate has been
lost or destroyed.
j 3-lSn MRS. J. L. GRAHAM.
Tire Repair Shop I
ning of a vulcanizing and
-oad avenue, in new build- I
jar Farmers Ginning Com
)th of March. Latest ma- V
I be used. All kinds of tire
very job absolutely guar1
from Akron, Ohio, where ^
iurse in this line, we were
ir Tire factory. V
BROTHERS |
PEOPLE
INfi MERITONE >
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:CESS IN THIS CITY AND COUNTY
I OTHER COMMUNITIES
wherever Meritone is introduced, and
this success is small considering what ,
it will be once the entire population J
! of this city and county learn of Meri- . 1
; tone's real merit.
i It is this real merit that makes
Meritone successful?real merit a
' trained chemist put into Meritone
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i oy years 01 worn on us lumuua. nc
i made of Meritone a medicine without
; a superior for the ills of the system,
! such as ailing conditions of the
; stomach, liver or kidneys, catarrh,
, rheumatism and the like, and once ^
! this fact becomes fully known here
! the sale of Meritone will rise by leap*
i and b.ounds.
Meritone is sold exclusively im
, Bamberg by Mack's Drug Store.
sent!
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mberg and vicinity I
: shops in Bamberg j
the management of
chairs, and four exto
give you prompt
thur Nimmons, will
op is equipped with
ers are at the commberg
the very best
1 at all times have |
those who will give
endered in the best
atisfactory service,
:a. ?iii tiff w>l nop | llll
Lb Will glVC UO yioaio- si
irantee to serve you
credit to ourselves.
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