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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
Meeting Farmers Union.

The next meeting of the Bamberg
County Farmers Union will be held
at Bamberg on Saturday, July 18th,
at eleven o'clock.
J. E. MCMILLAN,
Secretary.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
New Advertisements.

Hoover's Drug Store-Sparkling,
Seductive, Superb Soda
]. J. Cleckley-For Sale.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06
NINTH IN TWO MONTHS.
Special Constables Destroy Liquor
Still in Spartanburg County.

Still in Spartanburg County.
Spartanburg, July 3.-State con-
stables destroyed a sixty-gallon ca
pacity illicit still near Chesnee at an
early hour this morning.
Chesnee is the new town on the
Carolina, Clinchfeld and Ohio Rail-
road. and this still is the ninth that
the special State constables, appoint
ed by Gov. Blease, have captured
within the past two months.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06

DR.. Charles E. Black is at home
from Charleston, where he has been
for some time.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-07-06

Comparison of conditions by
States follows: Ten-year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03
10 CAUSE FOR ALARN1.

Concluding his review of the con-
ditions which have prevailed during
the past year in the business and f1nan-
cial world-and as is well known there
have been numerous dark spots on
them-Henry Clews, the New York
banker, writes Interestingly as follows:
I'm this review no attempt has been
made to disguise unpleasant facts On
the contrary, they have been very
to be forewarned is to be forearmed.
Let it be admitted that the general
situation industrially and commercial
" in the United States is not entirely
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03
WHEN THE WIVES COME HOME.

WHEN THE WIVES COME HOME.
It's different world from base to dome,
It's a sweeter land, when the wives come
home,
The grind don't seem like it used to seem.
And the old home smiles in re arms OF
dream:
When the wives come home. when the
wives come home,
It's a different world, from base to dome!
They're a lot of care and heap of
trouble,
But it's empty world and a busted bubble
When they go away and they stay too
long,
And the heart grows sick for the home
love song;
It's different world when we're all alone,
And the wives have flown, the wives have
fowni
It's a SUMMER place to spend our lives
When the old home shines with the sweet
old wives:
And our hearts know best. through the
froth and foam.
What a joy it is when the wives come
home;
How the sunlight breaks, and we feel its
cheer,
When we know that the lips we love
lean neari
Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFron the Chica,

CFrom the Chicago News.1
Even the bachelor minister is mar
rying man.
Do your own thinking, but do your
worrying by proxy.
Bosom friends may be chums, or
they may be chumps.
It is difficult to get more than 10
cents for a hard luck story.
Too many candidates for Office run
in the wrong direction
A coquette is like a war veteran
she goes through many engagements
Elastic currency may be all right,
but what most people need is adhesive
coin.
A man seldom has occasion to be
ashamed of his associates in a worthy
cause.
Two may be able to live as cheaply
as One-if the one doesn't have to pay
alimony.
And the advice of a critic does about
as much good as the giving of medi-
cine to a dead man.
The man who thoroughly under
stands anything doesn't make much
noise about explaining how much he
knows about it.
It's easier for woman to run I'D a
bill at a dry goods store than it is for
her husband to run down the money
to pay it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03
VALUATION OF RAILROADS.

Like several of its esteemed contem-
poraries the State Journal has no chips
in the controversy that has been waged
for some time between Governor
Stubs and President Ripley of the
Santa Fe. Like these same contem-
poraries, it may be pardoned for but
ting-in'' but merely for the purpose of
Strengthening up the records bit. On
several occasions Governor Stubs has
intimated that President Ripley has
not been sufficiently precise in some of
the statements he has made. And it
looks as though this same charge
might now be applied to the Kansas
executive.
In one of his late kilograms to Mr..
Ripley. Governor Stubs said:
1.-THE interstate commerce COM
mission has repeatedly asked author
ity to ascertain the physical valuation
of railroads and the big railroads
Throughout the country have fought
bitterly and successfully against such
authority being granted"
AS a matter of fact the interstate
commerce commission has this author
ity. What it lacks to do this work is
sufficient funds to carry it on. These
facts were emphasized by President
Taft in his message to congress of a
few weeks ago, and Mr.. Taft seemed
to have the idea that instead of being
|opposed to a valuation of their proper
ties the railroads would help the COM
mission in it's work of making such a
valuation. On this topic President Taft
wrote:
1.-THE interstate commerce commits
sion has recommended appropriations
for the purpose of enabling it to enter
upon a valuation of all railroads. This
has always been within the jurisdiction
of the commission, but the requisite
funds have been wanting. Statistics
of the value of each railroad would
be valuable for many purposes, espe-
ciaIly if we ultimately enact any leg
islation upon the power of the inter
state railroads to issue stocks and
bonds, as 1 hope We may.
''T think, therefore, that in order to
permit Z. correct understanding of the
facts it would be wise to make a rea-
sonable appropriation to enable the in
terstate commerce commission to pro-
coed with due dispatch to the valua-
ton of all railroads. 1 have no doubt
that railroad companies themselves
can and will greatly facilitate this val
uation and make it much less costly in
time and money than has been sup
posed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03
How Far Have You Travelled?

Have you ever counted up the num-
Der of steps which you have made in
the course of one day-in going to
business, in walking from one room to
another at home and go on, through
out the course of the day? If you will
take the trouble to do So. you will be
surprised to find what a distance you
have covered without realizing 1t. Null
tiply this distance by 365. and you will
find that it will not require many
years before you have made up the
rs 900 miles which is equal to the cir
cult of the globe. Most people would
certainly be surprised if they were in
formed that during the course of their
lives they have walked a distance as
great as the length of the equator.
Yet, however sedentary we may be,
however little inclined to gain the rep
utation of a globe trotter or of an Al
pine climber, most of us have, I'M
known to ourselves, covered a distance
equal to the full circuit of the earth,
or a climb, to the highest mountain
peaks in the world. More than that,
we have accomplished task still
more colossal. Without having had
occasion to explore the unknown re-
gions beneath the crust of the earth.
we have descended as far as the
depths of the most unfathomable
abysses, even as far as the very CEN
ter of the earth.-Strand Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03
Hardy Rose Bushes.

There are several reasons why roses
are not trellised around the North
pole, one of these being that Peary
started before NJ. F.. Darcy of this
city had got far enough advanced in
his scheme of "Esquemau" arboricul-
ture to make the experiment worth
trying.
Mr.. Darcy had hundred bushes
still blooming in his outdoor garden.
One day last week a frost spread a
lacework of ice crystals over the ponds
of Andover, yet the hardy rose bush es
put forth their frail buds of pink and
white next day as if nothing had hap
pened. Yet the place where they bloom
is exposed to the sweep of the autumn
winds.
There is no magic about 1t, Mr..
Darcy explains. It is merely a new
justification of the habit of daily cold
bathing. These bushes get a shower
bath of unwarmed water every morn
ing before sunrise. This prevents the
frost from harming them Their own
er says one can make roses bloom at
any time of the year with proper care.
Mr.. D'Arcy's rose bushes had two
sets of blooms last year, the first start
ing in June and the blossoms of the
second crop lasting until after Christ
mas.-Andover (Mass.) special to New
York American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03

satisfactory. and that there is reason
to expect a further period of settling
down to lower level The only SEN
slble attitude towards this tendency is
to welcome it as wholesome return
to the normal. If this readjustment-
for at the present it is nothing more
and there are no signs of panic-can
be accomplished in gradual and Or
DERBY fashion, without sudden derange-
ment, the country will be vastly bet
any means On the contrary, if
properly regarded, is really hopeful.
There is no reason why in such a rap
idly growing country as this. largely
sufficient unto itself, there should be
any serious interruption to activity.
There are still many magnificent OPP
portunities for development which will
keep both capital and labor actively
employed for many years to come
While Europe, especially Great Brit
ness in other parts of the world, we
continue preoccupied with our ire
mendous home development, the end
| of which is far from being in sight
One very encouraging element is the
easy monetary conditions abroad,
which are likely to continue for some
time to come. There is plenty of
money in London seeking investment,
and fortunately the bankers at that
center are becoming more favorable to
american SeCurlIleS. During the ldSl
few years these have proved highly
profitable; the losses have been few,
and the multiplication of safeguards
in new issues is having the effect OF
Strengthening confidence abroad in
our inveStr1 ents. If our legislators
could only be brought to see the i'm
pOrtance of securing real currency re-
form they would hasten action in this
respect. Foreign investors understand
better than we. the consequences of a
poorly organized currency. and as long
as we adhere to our present defective
system a certain degree of distrust will
ALWAYS be attached to American in
lvestments in time of stress. The plac-
| ing of our currency upon sound basis
would certainly cause a large influx OF
foreign capital to this side and act as
a powerful stimulus to enterprise and
industry.
Because we have scared too high,
because the buying power of the peo-
| pie has been exhausted temporarily by
extravaganza or too free expenditure OF
| capital, the only cure is for commod-
tiles to descend to a lower level, thus
stimulating fresh activity and restor-
| ing the normal. This can certainly be
accomplished without any prolonged
cessation of industry; and in due sea-
| son it will be found that prosperity
| can be continued upon a lower basis.
What the country most needs during
the coming year is rest from political
agitation, rational treatment of bust
ness and social questions. and economy
| in national, state, municipal and do
nestle expenditures. In this direction
| will be found the true cure for present
Iderangem emit The situation will soon
correct itself if natural forces are not
unduly interrupted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.

EF'rom the Atchison Globe.1
1t is better to be well than to mean
well.
The. best get-rich-quick scheme in
the world is for poor girl to marry a
rich man.
We have noticed that there is always
a clue. But ninety-nine out of every
hundred clues are unreliable.
The average man is always crazy
about some politician. AS soon as one
big politician lands a good job, the
man goes crazy about another one A
man might as well be crazy over a
book agent or life insurance solicitor
as TO be crazy over a politician.
A newly married couple had COM
pany for a roast goose dinner yester-
day. When the husband passed a
filled plate to one of the guests, his
wife said: "Why don't you give him
some Of the white meat ?' CHART
There is no white meat in a goose)
Wen bet that three or four desper-
ate men could do this: Walk around
the streets of an ordinary small town,
ringing bells and firing revolvers, and
announce that they intended to rob
the town bank, and that everybody
must keep in doors. Our bet is that
the people would keep in doors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03
A FUTILE SLAUGHTER.

y gloom spreads over the world Of
aviation. Within twenty-four hours
the daring Moisant and the intrepid
Hoxsey went to their deaths. They
bring the total of the bird-men who
have passed on before their time dur
ing the year just ended up to thirty.
Considering the really small number
of men who are engaged in the realm
of aviation, this is a terrible toll And
it is the more terrible because of the
fact that most of these deaths have
resulted from foolhardiness and reck-
1essness on the part of aviators who
have gone in the pursuit of large prizes
and for the purpose of entertaining
multitudes of spectators when all sorts
of unfayorable conditions have pre-
vailed.
Nor have these many deaths ad-
vanced the science Of aviation to any
great extent. New and remarkable
records have been made, to be sure, for
altitude, for continuous flight and for
speed. But these records are of little
service to any one, and the price of
life that has been paid for them is
tremendous. Isn't it time a halt was
called, if it is possible to call one? 1t
is to be presumed that men have the
right to risk their own necks and limbs
in any way they see fit, provided they
do not work injury to others. But the
spectacles of men being dashed to
death are anything but edifying, and 1T
might be possible so to regulate the
management of aviation exhibitions
that their dangers would be reduced
to q minimum.
AS long as promoters will hang up
individual prizes amounting to thou
sands Of dollars for this and that kind
of daring fight and insist on its at
tempt regardless of the conditions that
may prevail in order that the specta-
tors who have paid their money to see
it will not be disappointed. just so long
will men who have become more or
less proficient in the art of flying at
tempt to win the prizes. 1t is only
human that men should want to try
to get rich quick in this fashion, even
If it is most dangerous.
More can be accomplished in put
ting something of an end to the kill
ing and manning of the man-birds
perhaps, if those who control the man
ufacture and exploitation of aero
planes turn the cold shoulder to these
perilous exhibitions which have be-
come the order of the day. They have
already found out that these heavier
than-air machines can be driven high
enough and fast enough for all prac-
teal purposes. Why don't they turn
their energies and those of their fear
less assistants to developing these mar
Vicious machines along dependable
lines? There is a great future in the
field of aviation, no doubt, but it sure
| ly is not necessary to lead countless
men to slaughter in it's spectacular at
tainment or gathering in large wads OF
prize money. Neither are these exhi-
bition flights which are ending so dis
astrously almost every day, going tc
point the way to give aeroplanes more
stability, more carrying power or any
of the many other attributes they need
if they are to be something more thar
toys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03

ForeignerI don't exactly understand
your system of government. For example,
what are the powers of congress?. Native
We'll, as rule. there are two-the
speaker of the house and the chairman
of the committee on ways and means
Chicago Tribune.
Seymour-Young TIGER looks like a eau
tious man. AShley-He is cautious. He's
SO cautious that he wouldn't ask the pref
test girl In all the world to let him see
her home unless he had learned how far
away she hved.-Chicago News.
Bridget" said Mrs. Grouchy. 81 don't
like the looks of that man who called 20
see yen last night "WelI. WELL" replied
Bridget, "ain't 1t funny, ma'am? He said
the same about you.'-Catholic Standard
and Times.
do you like the prize you won at the
card club?'. Not at ALL. It's g. homely
thing, but don't care. I give it to
somebody for a Christmas present."-De-
troit Free Press.
Irate Coach-Why didn't you tackle that
man? Player-YOu see, when he came
along, 1 was standing on my head. and
the new rule 16. section q, makes tackIing
from that position illegal.-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03
QUAKER MEDTTATONs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The hobble skirt covers a multitude
of sins.
The only polish some men ever ac-
Quire is on their shoes.
To sell mining stock it is sometimes
necessary to set up several quarts.
The man who rides hobby doesn't
wait for Santa Claus to bring it.
OF two evils it is natura. to choose
the one that Is least likely to be found
out.
The fellow who is continually in hot
water doesn't always have a clean rec
ord.
The world may owe a man a living,
but he is generally a mighty poor coll
lector.
Nell-'Is Maude in the social
swim ~ Belle-"Well, not to the ex-
tent that she needs a life preserver."
Wigg-"Borrowel insists that Close
fist is live wire" Wagg-"Bor-
roweu must have been trying to touch
him.
Hubbubs-'I like a girl with plenty
of go to her" Subbubs-"Come out 10
my place, and I'll introduce you to
some of the cooks who leave about the
third day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03
AYHAWKER JOTS

In the vicinity of Seneca turkeys
were selling at SO cents each-thirty
years ago.
Two of the girls in the Flowers fam
lily of LArned have the appropriate
names of Myrtle and Violet.
We are now on the way to Christ
mas, 1911, remarked the Seneca
Tribune in it's last weeks issue but it
neglected to add: Do your Christ
mas shopping early. Purely an over
sight, presumably.
Emporia is not only a dr. town but
a good moral one, and recently it has
taken a religious spaSm and conclud-
This gives everyone chance to en-
joy their crap game without having
their mind burdened with business
cares.-Americus Greeting.
Any number of people are probably
in the same boat with the South
Graphic who writes as follows: We
have tried for number Of years to
follow the rule. whatsoever We would
that men should do unto you, do We
also unto them" But our experience
for the past year teaches us that this
course is not appreciated by many
people, and we may have to adopt the
rule to do the other fellow before
he has chance to do you."
A shortgrass farmer, relates the
Quinter Advocate, writing to a friend
back East trying to give some idea of
the productiveness of the soil said that
they had to NOW the grass on the sod
house floor every day to find the baby.
One family near him had twin babies
with only one cradle and the kid that
had to sleep on the floor grew twice
as fast as the other. Where the soil
is richest a man dare not stand on one
foot any length of time lest that leg
become longer than the other one and
bother him in walking.
BY way of an experiment the Signal
had a cement imposing stone made
last week. For the benefit of the I'M
initiated, an imposing stone is q
smooth marble slab on which the
forms are made up. They are gen.
orally bought when the printer starts
| in business, for he seldom has money
enough afterwards. George Femmell
an artist in cement work. made this
| one for the Signal two by five feet, fol-
third what the marble of that size
would cost. The only question in the
| experiment was as to whether cement
would take a finish smooth enough
but we find a little work on it with
punice stone gives it finish equal to
| marble-Alma Signal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03

'eThen our little deal is off, and
bid you good-day. Remember the
cash down grocery when you have an
order to give
The next caller was wire fence
man. who had job of fencing for a
farmer two miles outside the village
He heard the widow Collville and her
SIS, 600 talked about, and it occurred
to him that Providence was at last
backing him for a good thing. He
attended church of a Sunday to get a
good look at her. No fault could be
found with her looks. In the after
noon he called to see her. She d.
vlned his errand and when he began
to preface his remarks with words of
praise for the way she Joined in the
morning hymn of 1.-The Sweet Bye and
Bye she interrupted him with:
view?"
Yves. 1 am a man who
But are you a hero2"
II hardly know what you mean"
Have you done anything brave
gallant-great %
why, 1 licked an autoist who al
most ran me down.
THAT is mere nothing, sir. Have
you handled the sword and lancer"
mot that I know off,
Have you rescued any one? Have
you taken a motto and upheld 1t with
battle ak? Have you. sir have
you
But the wire fence man had faded
away. He wasn't the last by five or
six. A fair looking widow with $4,000
i'll the bank can't sink out of sight like
a stone thrown into pond. But there
came a slack at last, and the widow
was asked if she didn't despair of And
ing her hero
But 1 have found him." she re-
piled. cit is Mr.. Graham, the shoe
maker. We shall be married in two
months
But what great thing has-he ever
done?"
MADE me pair of shoes that took
away a corn that had bothered me for
five years!''-(Copyrighte 1911 by
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03
A HYPOTHETICAL OIJEgrIC

A HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
If one should write a, alleged
rhyme upon a perfectly good type
writer.-which same cost $110,-using
in said rhyme the word another" and
meaning the same;
AND upon looking over the paper
two days later, one should discover
that the word had been chopped up
and printed mo other" thus putting
perfect. Pittsburg Fritz upon what
little sense might have been made out
of the rhyme as it was written,-
SHOULD the paragrapher, under
these rules and circumstances, present
the printer with box of perfectos?
We are mildly anxious to be placed
in juxtaposition.
Another vital question: Why, might
one ask. should the other guberna-
torlal candidate compromise with
Hon Dolley? One might with slight
effort, name a young gentleman in
Wabaunsee county, who did not think
| it necessary, and proved himself right
in the premises.
Speaking Of pleasant New Year
greetings; the esteemed Morning
paper produced, upon the first morn
ing of the new year, the following:
"Death-falls for Moisant and Hockey,
THE SAME TO YOU
LIMERICKs:
Accident VIII.
Now if some one will turn the
crank, we will feed this one into the
machine:
A youth who resides in Olathe.
Is SO thin that he looks almost
wraithe;
He trips as he walks
| And lisps as he talks
And says that his name is THAN
Cathe.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Occupying prominent place among
the myths are the parrots which can
"swear like troopers"
X X K
With the great majority of people,
the savings of lifetime never amount
to very much.
II X
Paradoxica1 though it may seem,
among the unmarried women of today
are some who have had two and three
husbands.
\ X X ef
Many a girl doesn't accept a man
on his first proposal of marriage be-
cause it was directed to some one else.
x X
Only a few of them are left:-the
old fashioned fellows who slouched
around in seedy clothes for six days
in the week and then dressed up like
princes on Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-03

Like unto a judgment of Solomon is
the decision of the court CT last resort
of the nation that wife cannot COL
Iect monetary damages from her hus-
band for any beating or whippings he
may administer to her. If the court
could only have gone a step farther in
another direction and established pub
lie whipping posts in all sections OF
the country for the wife beaters, the
ends of justice would have been fur
thor conserved