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TRAFFIC STOOD STILL. 3fan Forgot Clothes in a Turkish Rath and New York Was Startled. Traffic at the Brooklyn end of the ^Manhattan bridge came to an absolute standstill during the rush hours this .morning when the "absent-minded professor" of movie and comic page fame came to life, says a New York dispatch. Frank Bye, of' the traffic squad was swinging the "stop" and "go" semaphore at the entrance to the bridge when he noticed a crowd coming down Nassau street. He halted motor traffic to let the pedestrains cros3 the plaza when he found himself the center of a swirling mob. Somewhat to the front of 'the crowd he spied Albert Hackerman walking briskly as if to work, but I without a stitch of clothing on his back. Bye made a dive at the nude figure and wrapped his coat about it, shoved it into the police booth nearby. "Where are your clothes?" the policeman demanded. "On my back, where do you think?" Hackerman replied. "Xo, they are not; you're stark naked." "Well, I had them on a moment ago." The policeman, puzzled, looked closely on the modern Adam before is * him and noticed the body shone as if freshly scrubbed. When Bye asked Hackerman whether he had taken a 1- - -Lt- T- 1 - J T- ? T_ ? J J UitLii ne reyneu ue uau, auu mcuuuued a Turkish bath about a quarter of a mile away. ; "I lay down for a while after the ?v"l>ath," he added. "Then got up and fstarted for work." ??> In >the shelter of an ambulance from the Cumberland street hospital Kr? t Hackerman was taken to the baths, "where his clothing was found. How.Fast Do Birds Fly? PC-. ?C*? V." t The speed of birds has been much exagerated. we are told by an editorial writer in The Scientific Ameri'Vv can (New York.) Every one, he says, who has watched the flight of the . swifter birds lias made his own estimate. The speed attained by the carrier-pigeon, the duck, and the jfaster of the sea-birds has formed the subject of endless guesswork. Birds incapable of doing more than 40 to 50 miles an hour have been credited with 100 and over. He con . tinues: "We remember reading somewhere the serious statement by a man, wljo -was both naturalist and huntsman, that when he was lying in wait for : -'j, ducks he had seen more than once a flock of geese pass overhead across a certain measured stretch of landscape that must have been going at least 120 miles an hour. "Now the fact of the matter is that nothing is moredifficult than to judge <of the speed of any object through the air bv mere human observation. SKSC' >? ' V;. Foreshortening due to perspective "i . .alone renders it impossible to tell just when a moving object passes above some fixt point on the ground, and almost invariably the estimated speed is far beyond the actual. At -the present time the highest well-authenticated speed in that of homingpigeons, some of which have reached a speed of 60 miles an hour. "But now comes Col. R. Meinerzhagen, a noted ornithologist in Great Britain, who has recently published some data on this subject in The Ibis, which is the leading English journal devoted to bird life. The Colonel - states that during his antiaircraft duties in the course of the war, he 'trained his men in instrumental -work by making them take observation of the flight of birds. These he collected and then confirmed their results by instrumental work himself. He tells us that the speed of birds, as thus accurately ascertained, is far ,below what it is popularly believed - Jwt OA + A A A milne ll# ut?, varjdug 11 uin t* \J iu iv mii^o tor the smaller Passers to from 40 to 50 miles an hour in the case of waders. Those speeds represent steadyflight; but when a bird is frightened by an enemy, or when it is pouncing upon its prey, ft can accelerate greatly for a limited time. He estimates that for a short distance the swift can reach a speed of 100 miles an liour. "The airplane, therefore, has greatly surpassed the swiftness of the birds both in Its power of sustained speed and in its maximum speed. From 100 1 'A miiar, non Via maintain AU if U U11IC3 CLU. UUUI vuu uu ed by many of the standard machines, and we know that last year the racing speed was carried up to from ISO to 190 miles an hour. "Where the birds still greatly surpass -the human flying machines is in the matter of taking off and alighting. The sea-birds, and all birds, in fact, by changing the angle of incidence of ctheir wings, are able to reduce their landing speed at a rate which the airplane and the seaplane can not approach." < > ? Samuel Richardson, one of the first famous novelists, was a journeyman printer, the son of a carpenter. I FLAMES DESTROY FACTORY. i Heavy Loss and Many Out of Employment. i Estill, Sept. 15.?Fire recently toi tally destroyed the box factory of i Hamilton Ridge Lumber corporation, causing a loss of from $150,000 to i $200,000 and throwing several hundred out of employment. The origin of the fire is unknown. It bei came uncontrollable from the time discovered and threatened to destroy t several million feet of lumber besides the entire plant. The fire was, how ever, confined to the box factory. It i is not known at present whether it i will be rebuilt or not. i Hero Which a Newspaper Has Found. The Asheville Citizen has located a hero in its city, and has presented him to its patrons. The introduction ?J win i,a is a preny one, a.uu ucucvc, >> m uc of interest to our readers, for in Augusta there are heroes just like the hero of whom the Asheville paper tells: "We present you a hero. We encountered him, coatless in a doorway on College street during a chilly afternoon shower. He was of the kind usually described as earning the daily bread in the sweat of their brows; he worked on a truck, a furniture moving van. 'That rain,' he said, 'looks bad to a fellow* without a coat.' He had lost his coat from the 'truck and did not know when he.would get another?certainly not until winter weather made it absolutely necessery ?coats cost a lots of money -these days. "There are ten children in his family, including a niece and nephew whose parents had been carried off by 'the flu.' The thing about children not eating as much as grown persons was a joke?that is to say, there was nothing in it; besides, children ate between meals, too. When school was in session, he and his wife sent six children to their lessons every day; and every night there was something to be bought, shoes, pencils, tablets, books, seemed like there never was an end to it. Then one of his children has been through a dangerous and prolonged illness; that has ecu a lot; not counting medicine, the doctor's bill was over sixty dollars, of which he had already paid ten aouars. uutsiae 01 uiai, iuuuguf he was only four dollars in debt; and he was paying twenty dollars a month on his home. Anybody could see, he said, that all that took money?it kept a fellow hustling pretty much all the time. "We were stirred by his story. We had been looking, we told him, for a man like him. We wanted to know how any man, with nothing but a truck-driver's wages, and with the cost of living bumping the stars, could do what he was doing; support a wife and ten children, keep six in school nicely dressed, pay doctor's bills, and buy books, buy a home and stay out of debt. 'We-ell,' he said, cocking one eye toward the brightening sky, 'there ain't much to it 'cept keeping on. tne nustie every nour every day?and having a good wife. 'Course, a man can't spend a thing on himself.' "We passed on, strangely uplifted by this contact with heroic courage. Ten minutes later, hearing a broker complain of the -'hard times,' we laughed."?Augusta Chronicle. LUTHER TO MAJORS. Former Carlisle Boy Signs With Chicago White Sow It will be of interest to fans throughout the entire state to knowthat "Punk" Luther, star Newberry college moundsman, w*ho has pitched stellar ball for Sumter this season, has been signed by a scout for the Chicago White Sox team and that he will report to them after the completion of his college course next June. For the past two seasons Luther has been regarded as the best college pitcher in the state and it was rumored some time ago that several other big league teams were after him. Luther has all a pitcher needs, speed, a sharp fast breaking curve and a change of pace. In addition "U V* # * a or\l at? Uic Aomni* JJ.C uao of icuuiu wuti vi, in the big circle will be "followed with interest by his many friends and admirers throughout the state, who confidently believe that be will stick and become a star.?The State. Watson Luther is a former student | of Carlisle and is well known in Bamberg. ^ I I mm ' The Substitute. "Your honor." said the prosecuting attorney, "your bull pup has went and chewed up the court Bible." "Well," grumbled the court, "make the witness kiss the pup: we can't adjourn court to get a new Bible."? The Labor Clarion (London). Largest tablet in county for 5c at Herald Book Store. LONGER SKIRTS CERTAIN'. Gay Embroideries and Striking Color Schemes. Chicago, September 15.?Gay embroideries on dark frocks, ' lacy effects for evening wear and striking color combinations with skirts down to ten inches ; from the ground, will be characteristic of winter styles for women, according to the Fashion Art League of America. Gowns will be fashioned after the lines of the figure, but not . form-fitting, the league announced. Sleeves will be tight from shoulder to elbow, with a decided flare below. The newstyles will be displayed at the annual convention of the league next week. "The day of following fashions like a flnnlr nf chppn is r>VPT\" Alia Rinlev. president of the league, said: "Women in America are women of affairs, and our fashions mu9t appeal to the conservative taste, contrary to the edicts of Paris, which demand that costumes be created for the actress and demimonde." Dog Actors Barred From Beaches. Chicago.?Volunteer dog actors which frequent Chicago bathing dur ins the summer have been banned by police at one north side beach because the crowds they collect along fashionable Lake Shore Drive alb- i struct traffic. A half dozen dogs spend most of their time during the summer months at the beach, ready to dive, chase sticks and catch balls thrown by anyone who will stop to play with them. Chief of the canine entertainers is Dixie, a pedigreed Airdale with 'the temperament of a prima donna, his own set of stage, or rather bench properties and a list of tricks which cause scores to line the shore, walk any time he consents to perform, vhich is usually from morning unti.1 late in the evening. Dixie likes to attract attention, and he has his own method of collecting a crowd. He brings with him to the beach two sticks, each about a foot long, and a cork ball the size of a baseball. Selecting- a prospective assistant for his act, Dixie offers either the sticks or the ball to be thrown into the lake. Retrieving the prize, the Airdale ignores his first friend and stops a new passerby, repeating the process until ? a large crowd is collected. He rarely j offers stocks or ball to the same per- 1 son twice in succession, depending on 1 his impartiality to keep the greatest ] number of people interested. j The dog has perfected his act until ! he is able to catch a ball thrown to him from a distance of fifty feet or more and to snap fly balls without let ting them touch the ground. NO SOLICITING OF FUNDS. Rescue Home Commander Says it Means Closing. i i Ofangeburg, Sept. 15.?Mayor Liv- . ingston has issued an order prohibiting the public soliciting of funds fori the American Rescue Home here. The order, states the mayor, was based on ( affidavits charging immoral practices at the home. The commander of the home, Major W. L. Griggs, told the mayor his order means the closing of the home. However, it is still open. Major Griggs denies Immoral practices at the home and defends its operation. He exhibited a petition signed by several hundred citizens, many of whom are influential and prominent, protesting against any action which might tend to hinder the op eration of the home. The petition also states that the home has accomplished much good in the community. The petition is addressed to the city council, but has not as yet been officially presented 'to that body. The local home is said to be a branch of the American Rescue Workers of America. It has been in operation here for the past six years. His Record . "What sort of a worker is that town "carpenter you've got shingling your barn?" asKea a neignoor. "Well, he tore ,into the job this morning only about fifteen minutes late and whacked away steadily 'till noon, or, to be absolutely accurate, twenty minutes short of it," replied Farmer Field; "except, of course, stopping now and then to scratch himself or tell a funny story, and once to have an argument with an oldest inhabitant about the weather back in 1879, and occasionally to get a drink of water or yawn or take a chew of tobacco or look off across the scenery, and one time to snow a little boy how to work a puzzle, and afterward to explain the League of \T? i: M 4. ^ V, T o I n n d A r ?\auuns iu au uiiiuucul u.^iaiiuu. and later on to go out into the road to help a good-looking lady start her stalled motor car. and so forth. But that's all right; I'm only paying him seven dollars a day and his board for eight hours' work." Read The Herald, $2.00 per year. YOUR MONEY BACK If It Fails to Help l'ou. ZEMERINE For Eczema, itch, and skin diseases. Sold by local druggists. CREDITOR'S NOTICE. All persons or creditors having claims and accounts against M. A. Kinard, Ehrhardt, S. C., will present the same to t'he undersigned duly anH vprifio^ nn nr hfifnrfi I the 3rd day of October, 1921. 9-29 W. E. FREE, Receiver of M. A. Kinard. Colds Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c. S. G. MAYFIELD ATTORNEY AT LAW Practice in all courts, State and Federal. Office Opposite Southern Depot. BAMBERG, S. C. No Worms In a Healthy Child All children troubled with Worms have an unhealthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rule, there is more or 1 ess stomach disturbance. GROVE S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, improve the digestion, and act as a general Strengthening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be to perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c perbottk, OR. THOMAS BLACK DENTAL SURGEON. Graduate Dental Department University of Maryland. Member S. C. State Dental Association. Office opposite postoffice. Office hours, 9:00 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. ACT QUICKLY Do the right thing at the right time Act quickly in time of danger. tv. tinin of thhnpv riancpr. Doan'3 1U Unit Vi. Q y _ Kidney Pills are most effective. Plenty of Bamberg evidence of their worth. Mrs. C. E. Simmons, New Bridge St., Bamberg, say?: "My back hurt me so badly I would sometimes have to press my hands upon it to ease the pain. The action of my kidneys, wasn't right and my hands and ankles swelled. I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, which I got at Mack's Drug Store. In a short while they rid me of all this ^rouble." *' - - - 1 *>'?C. nr !' iti r ?o. Mfrs.i, TJufTnl^. X. T. Habitual Constipation Cured in 14 to 21 Days "LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a speciallyprepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual Constipation. It relieves promptly but should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days to induce regular action It Stimulates and Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. 60e per bottle. A. B. UTSEY INSURANCE i Bamberg, S. C. To Cure a Cold in One Day rake LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablets.) It Btops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold: E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 30c. ' I Just Arrived New line of WINDOW SASH ANDDOORS Bamberg Lumber Co. Bamberg, S. C. SOUR STOMACH INDIGESTION Thedford's Black-Draught Highly Recommended by a Tennessee Grocer (or Troubles Re* suiting from Torpid Liver. East Nashville, Tenn.? The efficiency of Thedford's Black-Draught, the genuine, herb, liver medicine, Is vouched for by Mr. W. N. Parsons, a grocer of this city. "It is without doubt the best liver medicine, and I don't believe I could get along without it I take it for sour stomach, head* ache, bad liver, indigestion, and all other troubles that are the result of a torpid liver. "I have known and used it for years, and can and do highly recommend it to every one. I won't go to bed without it in the house. It will do all it claims to do. I can't say enough for it." Many other men and women throughout the country have found BlackDraught just as Mr Parsons describes ?valuable in regulating the liver to its normal functions, and in cleansing { Via Kmpalu r\f ImnnrltfeE vmo wnuio v v?* *V?VM? Thedford's Black-Draught liver medisine Is the original and only genuine. Accept no Imitations or substitutes. Always ask lor Thedford's. & gg New A: FRESH PR TUNA F] CANNED CH FRESH FRUI1 GREEN B1 ICEBERG LI CELER PHONE t n 1 Ulll 1/ BAMBEBG QUALITY. RECEIVER' Pursuant to a decree of H Circuit Judge, signed at Chambe day of September, 1921, now on: Court for Bamberg County, I wil est bidder the entire stock of Fu the entire stock of Coffins the store formerly operated said stock and fixtures wil first in blocks and then as same brings more selling in will be knocked down in that mai sale will be had at the said store S. C., on the 3rd day of Octob< o'clock a. m. and continue until t fixtures are finally sold and dis casli. At the same time and ph the highest bidder, for cash, the all notes, and bills receivable be Kinard. V Reee I IMPROVED SE] Southern Rail\ The through trains from . to Washington and Xew Y( of Charlotte over the perfe Ilanta- VV asiimgton tmnK imi way System. Effective Sunday, A Leave Augusta 1 Aiken 1 " Trenton " Batesburg " 9 Lexington " Columbia <6 Winnsboro " Chester " Rock Hill " Charlotte A'ri'e Washington / / AT TT I** JN.ew iorK Early morning connection for Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and and Pennsylvania points. The Augusta Special is fa] High class coaches to Drawing room sleeping car ing cars for all meals. CONSULT A( Southern Raih The Double Tracked Trunk ? 1 TTT 1. ^ U-a., ana wasmu rrivals j UNES. m [SH. 9 ERRIES. 9 i * raw !S DAILY. 9 SANS. I JTTUCE. 1 ucKer I SERVICE I S SALE "1 is Honor, Hayne F. Rice, I ts, Aiken, S. C.,.on the 2nd ^ fiLe in tlie office of Clerk of I offer for sale to the highrniture and Fixtures, also I and Caskets, now in * by M. A. Kinard; the 1 1 be offered for sale, " a whole, and if the blocks then the same iner, or vice a versa. Sard A in the Town of Ehrhardt, j er, 1921, beginning at 11 M he said stock of goods and H pos.ed of. Terms of sale, ? ice, I will offer for sale to books, book accounts, and J8 longing to the said M. A. * 1 "1 1 W. E. FREE, liver of M. A. Kinard. A IJ El VICE VIA I vay System I Augusta and Columbia 9 j icted double track At- 9 9 iugusta Spl. No. 36. I fl 3:20 P." M.' 5:10A.M. I J 4:40 P. M. 6:30A.M. 5:39 P. M. 7:20A.M. 6:22 P. M. 8:05A.M. M 7:25 P. M. 10:15A.M. ^ 7:30 A. M. 11:00P.M. 1 1:30 P. M. 6:45A.M. 4 s made at Washington || 1 all Western New York g I nous for regularity. m I ,Washington. Pullman B s to New York. Din- I t ) >ENTS. I I n S *ray System g| Line Between Atlanta, tp gton, D. C. 3 H ^1 - fl