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CtjePamfoerg^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 29. Xo. 9. Thursday, Feb. 26, 1920 ALL XIGHT IX JURY ROOM. What Will the Women Do About It When They Get Equal Rights? George A. Wilson, v.ke old timers, tried and true Democrats who went through the dark days of reconstruction, announces himself unQualifiedly against the ratification of the Susan B. Anthony amendment. Mr. Wilson has fought an hundred battles for democracy and never one against it. He related a little instance he had with a suffragette in Lexington, who never fails to declare herself in favor of female suffrage by any and all kinds and every variety, from primary elections to federal amendment, Susan B. and all. He was arguing against the fad a few days ago and trying to show her that female suffrage would not do in this state. She held her ground and maintained it was as good for Mississippi as for Montata or any other state. "Are you in favor of women paying poll taxes for the privilege of voting, as men do?" "Indeed I am," she replied. "Aro vrm in favnr nf female suf frage if it compels women to sit on juries?" "I certainly am., We will take our places on the juries and exercise all the functions of men." "Do you know that in criminal cases juries are not allowed to separate and that if women are on the jury they are likely to be locked up with men over night; occupying the same room? Suppose there should be 11 men on the jury and one woman, locked up and must occupy the same room overnight, perhaps several nights, one woman and 11 men. Are you in favor of that kind of female > suffrage?" The lady replied, "I don't believe there is any such law." "Then ask your husband, a practicing lawyer, an old district attorney, who is present, and see what he says." "My dear husband, is that the law?" "It is, my darling, and if you should beNthe one woman on the jury locked up with 11 men, some of them perchance might be negroes, what would you think of female suffrage , then?" "I did not know that was the law, and in that event I am opposed to it." Let other good women who are suffragetting around apply the lesson to themselves and answer it in their <vrrm nrov flllf in tllO TCOCit TfrkTllPn V*?u " u; , v/au vuv ?* wwv, .. w ? . are drawn on juries and are forced to serve. There could be no exception because of race, color or sex, should Susan B.'s amendment become part of the federal constitution. If made voters by that amendment, there will be no excuse for women to shirk jury duty. They must stand up and take their medicine like men. Beautiful picture to contemplate, indeed. s. 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 print, ing stamp, and left it lying there throughout the night. The following morning, on taking the stone off the check, he was surM?teA/* a?o thnt thft imorint from I %V MVV c the stone was transferred to the 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, ha9 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, Id which the Uoited States has taken part will hereafter be designated in all affidal communications and piblieatim as The World War.'* DEAD ARE MOUNTING GUARD Soldiers Who Were Killed at Douaumont Still Thrust Their Bayonets Above Ground. At Douaumont, France, Cardinal Du! bois, archbishop of Rouen and former bishop of Verdun, blessed the historic [ Tranchee des Fusils, the "Trenches of I the Rifles." September 14. The ceremony occurred in the presence of General Valentin, commander of the forts and heights of the Meuse: of M. Robin, i mayor of Verdun, and a delegation of | the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh j regiment, according to Current His- | tory, ivew iorK nines. The Trench of the Rifles lies behind a humble wooden cross erected near Douaumont, which is a shapeless mass of splintered rock, of barbed wire writhing as if in torment, of nameless litter, through which poppy and bramble tried to thrust upward during the summer. This cross overlooks the bloodiest battle field of the war. It was erected by men of the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh regiment because close by their dead comrades are still mounting guard?there in the Tranchee des Fusils. It was a small episode amidst a cataclysm and soon over. In Indian file the men of the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh crept forth to mount guard, rifle on shoulder, bayonets fixed; there came a sudden, thunderous boom; the earth shuddered and cracked open, closed again, and swallowed up all. Thrusting above the ground, aligned as on that last march down the narrow trench that Jed to death, the bayonets of the section rise a bare six fnohps Tt tens this Trpnoh of Rifles. and the dead heroes, still mounting guard below, that the cardinal blessed. LAW AS TO COLOR BLINDNESS Does Not Mean Loss of Sight, Accord* ing to Ruling Made by Georgia Superior Court. Color blindness does not mean total loss of sight in the meaning of the law, it was held recently by Judge John T. Pendleton in the motion division of Superior court at Atlanta, Ga. Judge Pendleton's decision cleared a legal point raised only once before in the United States, so far as is shown by court records. This was in Nebraska, where both the lower court and the State Supreme court held that color blindness means total blindness. The question was raised in a suit brought by George "L. Fallin, who was a locomotive engineer for the Atlanta Joint Terminals, against the Locomotive Engineer Mutual Insurance and Accident association, a branch of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Engineer Fallin, it was set out, became color blind while engaged in his line of duty and was discharged from his position. He then applied to the engineers' association for his insurance??1,500?for the loss of his eyesight, as stipulated in the policy. The association, however, declined to pay the amount on the ground that color blindness did not come within the terms of the policy concerning blindness. Fallin then brought suit in the courts through his counsel, City Attorney James L. Mayson. Chinaman and His Queue. On April 16, at what was once the village of Fanpoux, I met a Chinese who was trying to grow a queue. It was only about a foot long and did I not improve his appearance any. That day while out in the fields salvaging ammunition, his nose told him he was in the vicinity of some unsuccessfully buried foreigners. He was hardened by this time to all sorts of disagreeable things, but the incident went to the back of his head and only served to strengthen hfs belief that he should grow a queue. Foreigners wear their 1 hair cut short. He had been in France going on two years and had long since concluded that he did not want to imitate them. Hence the queue.?World's Work. Dantzig Rich in Memoriea. The old fortress of Dantzig is rich in Napoleonic lore. It was here that the man of destiny failed to heed the intimations of a grand council of his marshals?Murat, Ney and the rest? that his star had passed perihelion; It was here that he upbraided them for having grown soft in prosperity, and for opposing the invasion of Russia; and it was from Dantzig that his legions "jumped off" for the ill-fated Moscow campaign. In a later day Dantzig was the background and base for the northern shear of Mackensen's gray-green pincers that took Warsaw. The Gridiron. "hut yon have no field of honor in zis countree," said the French visitor. "Oh, yes, we have," replied the American citizen. "Oui?" "Oui, oni. We have a field of honor with two goal posts at each end, and our husky young Americans take a delight in plowing it with their noses."? Birmingham Age-Herald. Her View. I Edith?I hear that Helen is to marry a rich man fifty years of age. Agnes?How foolish! He is twenty-five years too old and twenty-five Tears too young.?Boston Transcript. ; " ia Isn't It the Truth? When a woman asks you to be candid she expects yon to be compllmaa* tary, jupt the same.?Boston Trafr ? script. * t I 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 choseu and planted. As soon as it has attained some growth the leading shoot is trimmee orr. ?ne 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 for its full development, and the roots are constantly pruned. The shoots are j 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 mag-1 nificent specimens of dwarf trees are \ produced which in their miniature ' beauty and majesty compare favorably with their big brothers in the untrained forests. I The famous Holman Bibles are on | sale in Bamberg only at the Herald Book Store. A few family Bibles on j hand.. 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"Up to that time the two govern- j ments 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 world | war was brought on. "Yes, there is no doubt, pigs caused the war." I XOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against j the estate of P. H. Foley, deceased, : will iile the same, duly itemized and I verified, with the undersigned administrator; and all persons indebted toN said estate will make payment to the | undersigned administrator. B. D. CARTER, Administrator, j Bamberg, S. C., Feb. 25, 1920. 3-1 x j ICE e that we have increased the c s of ice per day and shall open i , thirty days in Bamberg. 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