The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-12
HOW THE CONSCIENCE FUND"
LIFTS THE LOAD OF CARE.

J c&0 hs"e rei;her so long s-s carry
1t3iS terrific WitoeSs. Now CAP te@
(. realization Of the proTer5, he rlr-
tlsous s1d you Will be happy Now ]
Cal teeI au assurance that in years yet
, 60 ccrIe il can be said IF my children
lyet ~ come, they were OF poor but
! hcaes; parents. Please acknowledge
through local press, end request them
TO Pc. il dovolelea1ed brewer, ecl-
torj&l page
4 ccnscience-stricken departne ent
clerk wrote:
n clear conscience soiteos the
hardest BED, and as am z poor gov
ern,nsnt cIerk my bed is very hard
and neeGs softsning, so ] herewith re-
turn & which w2s orerpaid me last
pay6ay. and. besides. | have lcated
good oeaI lately"
Here's a letter which has the true
ing:
"Iuciosed is q check for $3.50. !
wjl briefly explain. have been in
the United States service and part OF
The tine with raak which entitled me
70 TWO servants. Grew pay for two,
but 2c,ualay had but one. 1t was the
COMMON practice Of officers TO DC this,
and he paYmaslers were well aware
Of *. entered The army poor and
s:cX-,oo poor, Sn fact. 10 get along
weii without e clear conscience"
One Of the largest contributions ever
received was $4,000, and it was &C
companiec by this letter:
= an sending you herewith inclosed
$4,000 which is TO go TO the Use OF
tie Cuited St2tes government Years
ago detrauded the government OF
money, but now have returned it ali
and an3 paying tourfcld 10 accordance
witn thc teachings Of the Scriptures.
The Wy ot tae transgressor is hard.
and 30 GRE bit God knows how | have
suffered
There are many such letters as
these, bur in large number OF in-
stances the contributions are made
without aay explanations whatever.
On several occasions it has happened
that people haze cut bills in two, send
ing oae,haif TO The Secretary OF the
Treasury, and the other half TO the
treasurer, for the sake Of safety
There are persons who do not enter
tain absolute faith in the integrity OF
government officials. One man for
w2rded SO 10 the conscience fund,
SAYING: Pay this money where II
belongs and keep your record clear.
An envelope postmarker Bealeton, Va,
contained six two-cent stamps and
sheet OF paper upon which was writ
ten, Il nisNsed six stamps and am
now returning them A remittance
OF s2.l1 was received from man who
wrote that he felt sorry for having
beaten his passage on a government
train during the war.
X Is q melancholy thing TO be obils'
ed TO say that the swindles against
the government which bear such fruit
Of repentance seem to be sadly
sinai. percentage OF the multifarious
chats that are practiced undetected
and appa rently unregretted by those
who perpetrate them. A fraud on
the government Of comparatively In
uoccnt sort is often practiced in the
army. A quartermaster finds shis
stores short by 100 tent pins, hVe an
Wis, and fourteen sledge hammers.
Very likely II Is not his fault; such
things will happen. Presently soi-
der deserts and disappears. Incl
dentaIly to the report OF desertlon
sent 10 Washington, mention is made
Of 100 tent pins, five anvils and four'
teen sIedge hammers as having dis
appeared with the delinquent. Thc
latter is supposed TO be walking across
the country with these articles thrown
,ermaster, who would otherwise be
over bis back. This squares the quar-
obliged to pay for the missing arti'
clcs.
Voyagers returning from across the
seas fetch gems concealed In cakes OF
soap, in the followed heels OF boots,
beneath porous plasters, in cartridges
from which the bullets have been re-
moved and the powder taken out, and
in various and sundry other ways. The
device OF folding diamonds in slice
OF meat, feeding it to a dog just De-
fore reaching port, and killing the ami
NAL few hours later Is a familiar
one VA ShinptOn Sta.