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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-08-07
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One hundred and fifty employees of
a coffee firm, with offices at Boston,
Montreal and Chicago, will receive
s250,O0O under the will of Charles
D. Sias, senior member of the firm,
whose will was probated in Chicago
on Monday. Bequests range from
$500 to $4,000, every employe who
has been with the company for a
year receiving at least the smaller
sum. Widows of five travelling sales
men will receive $500 each.
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tax, assessed against him and COL
lectible during the previous year.
The production of a certificate or of
the receipt of the officer authorized
to collect such taxes shall be con-
elusive proof of the payment thereof.
Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls managers and clerks must
take and subscribe the constitutional
oath. The chairman of the board of
managers can administer the oath to
the other members and to the clerk;
a notary public must administer the
oath to the chairman. The managers
elect their clerk and chairman.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at o'clock a. m. and closed
at o'clock p. m.
The managers have the power to
fill vacancy, and if none of the
managers attend, the citizens can ap-
point from among the qualified
voters, who, after being sworn can
conduct the election.
At such election all qualified cleo
tors of this county may vote. Every
voter who may be in favor of the sale
of alcoholic liquors and beverages in
this county shall cast ballot in the
box provided therefor by the election
commissioners on which shall be
printed the wards: "for sale of al
coholic liquors and beverages" and
every voter opposed shall cast bal
lot upon which shall be printed the
words: "against sale of alcoholic
1;nuorc ond hoyara geS -
At the close of the election, the
managers and clerk must proceed
publicly to open the ballot boxes and
count the ballots therein, and con-
tinue without adjournment until the
same is completed, and make state
ment of the result and sign the same.
Within three days thereafter, the
chairman of the board, or some one
designated by the board, must de-
liver to the commissioners of cleo
tion the poll list, the boxes contain
ing the ballots, and written state
ments of the result of the election.
The following managers of election
have been appointed to hold the cleo
tion at the various precincts in the
county:
Bamberg-E. L. Price, J. W. Stew
art, W. P. Murphy.
Denmark-H. G. Crum, ]. A.
Walker, w. H. Faust.
Ehrhardt-I.. D. Copeland, G. B.
Clayton, G. B. Kinard.
Farrells-L. E. Cooner, j. l.
Dempsey, J. G. Rhoad.
Govan-B. P. Hartzog, ]. A. Lain,
R. L. Lancaster.
Kearse-G. E. Kearse, H. L.
Brown, J. A. Peters, Jr.
Lees-H. B. Grimes, H. A. Cave,
J. q. Copeland.
Midway-A. J. Page, J. P. O'Quinn,
Eugene Hutto.
Olar-W. T. Cave, G. o. Barker,
J. E. Cook.
The managers at each precinct
named above are requested to dele
gate one of their number to secure
boxes, tickets and blanks for the cleo
ton. at the Supervisors office at
Bamberg, on Saturday, August 18th,
1913.
G. E. BAMBERG,
G. E. HUTTO,
JOHN B. WHITE,
Commissioners of State and County
Elections for Bamberg County, So.
Bamberg, S. c., July 25th, 1913.
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CARD OF THANKS.

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of kindness, gifts, and general love
and esteem shown us since our total
loss of all our worldly goods by fire,
on Thursday last. May God pour His
richest blessings on you.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16
A Fine Group of Early English
Portraits.

The extraordinary drift of British
hcirlooms to American collections has
for some time been a matter of tamil
lar observation. Rarely. however. IL II
made manifest with such emphasis as
in the small loan exhibition which ~
going on at The Scott & Fowlcs CAL
lery. Though there are only seven or
eight pictures i'm the show. they are OF
a quality making the affair really I'M
presSiVc Most of them appear to nave
como from the collection of the late
Charles j. Wertheimer. Of London, who
had a special fon Tor the eighteenth
century English School and had eXcep-
tional luck in obtaining good examples
of it.
The Reynolds in the group Is. on the
whole. the most bewitching thing from
his brush that has been seen here in
wears. II is no more than study a
Portrait Sketch of the Lady Bam-
fylde." but this happens to mean that
il is very personal piece OF work.
spontaneously and freely painted. 1he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

collection of his pastcls. They embody
his impressions Of New York. of scenes
about Madison square. Fifth avenue.
Riverside Drive. the Fast Side ana
upper and lower Broadway. NJ SAINT
Mark sin the Eouwcric. over at l"il
street and Second avenue. there - an
exhibition Of American paintings ana
water colors Francis Newton. 'hilde
Hassam. Emily Nichols Hatch. Arthur
w. Dow and others are represented
Two exhibitions may he seen at the
Powell Gallery. one Is given To por-
traits in red crayon by II. T.. Ogden
Campbell and the other TO paintings.
decorations and some nocturnes in pas
tel bv Frederick l.. Stoddard Gardner
Symons has az the Macbeth Gallery a
collection of old and new landscapes.
At the Carroll Gallery there are decora-
tons. with landscapes in oil and pastel
Illustrations and title pages by Beatrice
l.. Stevens. Sergeant Kendall IL show
ing nj the Folsom Gallery collection
OF portrait drawings and LANDSCAPES
in pastel and oil NJ the klackncr CAL
lcry recent work done IN Japan and
Mexico 10y Helen Hyde may he seen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

lovely tints are as fresh and brilliant
as though they had been laid but YES
tcrday upon the canvas. and into this
vivid. blonde canvas there has passed
something of the very essence Of his
style II is an enchanting piece. which
alone would carry the show. We might
say the same Of GainsborOughs Miss
Linley," which is. indeed. az perfect a
souvenir Of him as the other canvas is
of Sir Joshua. This is a masterpiece.
beautifully composed and trimming
over with all that Is most ravishing in
Gainsboroughs technique. Tho con-
noisseur Of pure painting will linger
with solid enjoyment before the exqui-
site drawing IN the portrait and be-
fore passages in which the artist
seems 10 manipulate pigment not only
with consummate skill, but with what
we can only describe as a positive ten
derness for its special quality. Finally.
the work illustrates i'm its best estate
the elegant distinction of the early
English School. Here is the supreme
Gainsborough, the Gainsborough Of
some eight or ten portraits which arc
among the great treasures Of the world.
1t is rather disconcerting transit
ton which one makes from the two
portraits just traversed to the Chill
dren Of the Elphinstone Family" by
Raeburn. This triple portrait has all
of the clever craftsmanship which we
discussed at some length on the occa-
sion Of the recent Raeburn exhibition
at Knoedler's, and it equally well ex-
emplilies the painters limitations
There is no felicitous pattern in the
picture which is composed. indeed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

found somewhere between these two
extremes, AS was pointed out by nc
American sculptor Paul Bartlett in his
lecture upon the French influence on
American art recently delivered al the
Theatre Michel under the auspices OF
the ComitG France Am6riquc, NJ.
Bartlett. in referring 10 the subvcrsi1 e
tendency in French contemporary art.
said
I'VE fear not Tor France. for we
know that these follies are only mo-
mcntary and are merely a preteXt for
reaction that will surely lead To a
freshcr art. more living and more hui
man than hitherto. 1t is. however. a
dangerous game. II we are afraid. IL
is for our American pupils. We are
ashamed 10 see certain of our Young
artists return To the United States
after passing a few years i'll France.
without knowing the first principles Of
of an cpileptic. After inquiry we learn
that they have been drawn where one
cultivates mental alteration under diff
fcrent forms. where impotency passes
for genius and whore mendacious
theories replace talent. We learn that
these young American painters have
frequented sthdios where they have
been taught 10 design closed eyes To
represent the expression Of the soul,
where painting is only "A vicious daub
and where determinations. holes and
bumps pass for sculpture. and under
these circumstances IL is not surpris-
ing that during the last five years The
number of American art students IN
France had gradually diminished
To get a fair idea of the present SIT
uation ii should he remembered that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16
NJ. Helleu's Ceiling for the
Grand Central Station.

II is 1n old story that the experiment
which seems ne most reckless kind Of
q leap into the dark sometimes proves
tho orc sure way TO success. The re-
Election is provoked anew by the ceiling
in tho hugo waiting room at the new
Grand Central which is due to the
decorative ability of Nj. Paul Helleu
This clever Frenchman had long been
known To- possess a certain versatility.
Hc could not only draw the portrait Of
y fashionable woman and draw il SUI
rcrlativcly well, but he could do good
work in the open air. An enthusiastic
Nschtsman. his studies of themes found
upon the water disclosed a talent quite
apart from that exercised when he has
been nj work i'm what might be called
his drawing room vein. Still, it must
have taken courage in Mr. Warren, tie
architect. To call in for tho solution Of
his ceiling problem an artist not hith-
crto known. publicly at all events. as
decorator. He has had his reward. NJ.
1lcllcu has made a remarkably good
ceiling.
He has done this by the excellent
process of throwing convention over
board. His first step, we take it, was
10 recognize the absurdity Of painting
any kind of a picture at all in so vast
space lifted TO 50 great a height. The
ceiling is simply painted lovely blue,
Il ri CLx.
of the Zodiac are delicately indicated in
sold At night some of the stars
twinkle with electric light. and il is
said that NJ Helleu is quite delighted
with the effect thereby secured. No
doubt il is amusing. but we frankly
confess TO a perhaps whimsical willing
ness TO leave il unobserved, for time
AT least The association Of ideas will
not down. Art is art, in Whistler's
memorial BILE phrase. and mathematics is
mathematics. Paint is paint. Why
drag in electric light? TO do so is to
suggest the conjurer taking q rabbit
out of a hat. However. thi turning of
NJ. Heleu TO mechanical aid is an af
fair by itself, having nothing TO do
with the simple elegance. the pure
charm. belonging TO his ceiling as one
studies it in the daytime. All we know.
then, is that the decoration is right
as are necessary. A pictorial scheme
would have been, as we have said. inn
possible. 1t would have seemed petty
and fretful. covering so monumental
room. What was wanted was broad
held Of color marked here and there py
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

ducd atmospheric tones by Marcel Rain
and portraits by q. dc Ia Perche. The
latter makes small and delicate studies
of Nine. Raymonde PoincarC, wife oi
the President eject: of NJ. Paul c.
raldy, the poet; of Nine Marcellc
TinaNrc. the novelist. and of Miles
Berthe Ccrny and Marie L.econte of
the Theatre Francois. Here also is
an exhibition Of about two hundred
paintings Of Hungarian peasant scenes
and landscapes 10y I.aios de kunify. an
Hungarian artist who fifteen years ago
came To Paris and studied with Ben
understand the pastoral charms of his
own land. The annual exhibition Of
the Ccrcic Nolney contains some two
hundred works. among which are thor
oughly representative paintings by Cor.
mon. Gabriel Terrier. Dawant. Da-
moye. TWILL Paul Chabas, Aston
knight. Tattegrain. Nollon Weerts.
Lauth. lie Gout-Gerard, Devambez.
Jules Grim. Gossclin Guillonnet. Guel-
dry and Guignard. The sculpture IN
The Nolney Salon is unusually strong
The most engaging works are the group
OF young women playing with Cupid.
bN Cordonnier: the bust of Queen Rama
valona of Madagascar, by Ernest Du-
bots: the marble statuette' of "Ondine, -
by earlier.
The exhibition Of young American
artists at the 81. I.ul<e's Reading
Rooms contains many interesting
works. among which may he noted
The Seine Near the Andelys." by l..
w. Simmons; s. amer Day" 10y II. j.
Pushman; brittany Rocks" by john
Noble. and "A Modern Madonna" 10y
Is. a. Buehr. The small exhibition of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

prejudice it will be received. Success
should wait upon such a venture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

two wears ago an exhibition OF the
works of Ingres at the Georges re'i'
Gallery aroused widespread attehtloh
,1 caused = reaction toward classic
.,d. This wear retrospective
oxhibition of the works OF Louis DaViu'
the most "pompier" ana most acaue"''N
: ,,ostarS is announced. Impression
ton, nc understood by Manet, who NM
eolf was Insured by VelasqueZ ana
Franz Halls and whose PROCEDURE was
developed by Sisley, Claude Monet
piesarro Renoir and Degas. was con-
,annorsneous with socialism IN poll
,;,., and with tuaturalisIn in literature.
f., impressionsm the motives were ho'
Observed i'm detail but were h"'eu a'
,o,id GLANCE. The number of grapes
in tho bunch was not given. but the
general impression Of the whole puhc"
was impaired by rapid strokes OF the
brush. BY process oil cohipe''''o" q
sort of symbolism" ensued ana 'oon
forms of "cubism" and ''futurism. IL
is the reaction against tins that mas
nov set in. This TRANSITIONAL stage
thus puzzles the visitor TO scores OF en-
biI,itions now open here and explains
tho first notions of chaos and anarchy
that are. after all. merely SUPERFICIAL
Two large exhibitions are now open
in the Grand Palais of the Champs
Elvstes the Salon oliver ana 'Ir'
"e,Ion of the Ecole Franchise Out III
the five thousand numbers III the ca'"-
Iogues of these two shows there dic
rorhars three hundred works OF real
,.oIue There is nevertheless an earnest
search for truth. and also, at tiiiic''
absolute contempt Of accepted metn'uH
eucb as accurate draughtsnanship ana
sound technique. The Winter salon
contains some very good PORTRAITS ny
Gabriel HerVt. group OF spectators
leaving the Vaudeville Theatre, by
Henri Alberti some praCeful nudes by
Serendat de Belzim, and excellent land
scapes by Nozal, Boucher md Z. II.
Neunis. The Ecoe FRANCHISE salon
has some clever street scenes from
North Africa by Delahogue and some
fine portraits by Richard Hall.
The exhibition Of Paris Moderne -
q group of artists Of which Raffaelli IS
the resident--contains some clever
sketches Of Montmartre by Aoel
Truchet and Prins, view OF the
Champs Elystes by Raffaelli and
painting of the Cour du Louvre by
Duhem. The exhibition in the Pavilion
de Marsan of the works Of Jean-Louis
Forain cxemplilies the dictum OF IN
eres that drawing is the integrity OF
art" No contemporary artist conveys
so much subtle expression and "elo-
ouence" in a single line as Forain. His
series Of sketches gives a complete po-
litical history of rance durin, the last
twenty years Forain is the Daumier
of the Third Republic.
At the Georges Petit Gallery there
are exhibitions of landscapes in sub
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16
The HeI|eu Cei|ing-More Eng.
ish Portraits-Egypt.

The long looked for event OF the sea
son is here at last. The Association Of
American Painters and Sculptors has
finished its work on the big interna-
tional exhibition OF modern art in the
seth Regiment armorv which is to en-
able tho public to judge for itself OF
Post Impressionlsm and those other
'isms" which have of late caused such
storms i'm Europe. y press view IS 10
be held this afternoon and the assocld-
ton has sent out invitations for q for
nal opening which takes place to-mor-
row evening. Regardless of what may
he brought forward i'm this display or
painting and sculpture. we need not
hesitate to congratulate now Mr.. Ar
thur Il. Davies. the president of the
association, and his colleagues on the
spirit i'm which they have organized and
carried out their arduOus enterprise
Early last month tribute was paid ID
this place to their disinterested zeal
and TO the good judgment with which
they had reirained from all those fool
ish beatiaGs of the drum which have
accompanied certain other recent cN-
hibitions IN New York. Nothing has
since occurred TO alter our impression
that these independents are content.
as hoy ought TO be content. 10 let their
foreign and American revolutionaries
speak for themselves. Flowing from
developments in contemporary art
which have promoted bitter contro-
Nersy. this exhibition is offered without
prejudice. and. we believe. without
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16
PAINTING IN PARIS
Paul Bartlett on the Present
State of French Art.

Paris. January ~.
The Paris art season begins this year
with upward of forty exhibitions. The
harvest has never before been so abin-
dant. and the qualities and values cf
the works have never been so varied
nor hay" contrasts ever been SO
marked. At first sight the noii1n
formed bV the average spectator -
that anarchy and chaos reign supreme
But closer investigation and comparl-
sons show that transitional stage
has been reached by the younger ar
lists. whose productions range from the
most conservative academic standards
10 the widest outbursts of "futurism
The real trend of French art NAV be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

passes from the general to the par
tic,llar. and back again. with the re-
suit that when we have rcachcu th'
last of his pages we have clearly
grasped the main lines OF the subject.
In it, simplicity aud its stimulating
quality this is perhaps the best VOL
umc which has thus far been pun
lishod i'm 4 series which from the start
has been faithful To a nigh standard.
The ilustra tons we may add' are az
usual. well chosen and perfectly
printed. H. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

somewhat awliwardly. and Racburn :
prosaic habit comes D't amuslnsIy III
the excessive conspicuity which he
gives To the tambourine borne ny one
Of the children. This trivial property
dominates the design and pretty con-
clusivcly diSlocates ii. Both oI tue
two portraits by Romncy leave !" ialr-
Is good impression. hut neither u "
really memorable performance. me
three Hoppncrs, on the other hah"' are
delightful TO see The pure blues ara
whites in the Miss Coussmaker rep
resent Hoppners highest reach III inc
matter Of color. he is more opulenl
and vigorous than usual in the lion
Mrs. Parkyns." and his sympathetic
wholesome touch in the portrayal OF
children is charminsly exercised IN me
quaint LADY Augusta Herbert
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16
MATTERS Of ART
s>4lR g. S6&'

only the most tactful hints of pictorial
form. and this NJ. Hcllcu has most sue
cessfullv developed. His light airy
scheme. fragile as it is in its essential
quality, nevertheless fits constructiVelN
into the vast architectural ensemble.
Both for it's intrinsic merit, its delicate,
distinguished beauty and for lis sig
nificancc as in some sort a protest
against the conventional. oVcrpaintcd
decoration. il is heartily To he wei
coined.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16
Ma ior and Minor Incidents in a
Crowded Time.

The Borden pictures have been SOLD
but the dispersal of the rest OF this col
lection. especially The rare and finely
bound books. is still going forward.
The last session occurs next NcdneS-
day evening Meanwhile. the American
Art Association has opened another
show. but this time at the knoedlcr
Gallery. through the courtesy of whose
proprietors Mir John :. Talmase's pct
urcs are thus brought forward AZ the
height of the season. The collection is
small. being composed Of only twenty
six pictures. but these are choice OK
amplcs of the eighteenth century Eng
lish school the BarbiZon group and
certain of the modern 'Dutchmen. There
are also paintings by Guardi and Peter
de Hooghe Elsewhere in Tho Tribune
to-day The exhibition j. travcrscd in
detail We reproduce on this page ono
or two Of the paintings which are To-
he sold i'm the grand ballroom of The
Plaza on Thurs lay evening. The W. II.
Mctcalf collect IN. now ON Wow at the
Anderson Galleries. which contains AN
important Bougucrcau never before cN-
hibitod. ie to bc :old Tuceday afternoon
and evening.
The exhibition al "a" Architectural
League az the Tine Arts Building lasts
until noyt SATURDAY night Forthwith
he National Academy of Design will
proceed 10 organize in The same CALLER
jos lis annual spring show. This opens
on March l.. and will not close until
April 90. Tn. usual prizcs and medals
. viii be awarded. On March the
American Water color Society will
open its forty-siXth annual exhibition.
| holding it this year at tho knocdler
/ Gallery. \ circular sent out 10 intend
ling exhibitors expressly notes the
( change in both ;imc and place pointing
out that the artists will be permitted
To- show their work at the most favor
la bic time i'm the centre of the art dis
trict and that they have. therefore.
greater opportunities To put forth thcic
best and most united efforts. Each con-
! tributor is urged to send ia only his
! very hcst-a work not too larsc-and o
/ be most careful in tho framing" Every
lover Of one Of the most enchanting Of
artistic mediums will hope that those
Americans who employ 1t will take this
plea to heart and help 10 make the
I show really worth while
The Lotos Club is showing paintings
/ 10y some Of its members At the Ma
tiOnal Arts Club there is an exhibition
of the work Of the late Frederick War
rem Freer. and. apropos. We may note
! that that other memorial show. the one
! Of the late Robert Blums pastels.
water colors and other works. con-
tinues AT the gallery Of the Berlin
( Photographic Company until March |.
! The City Club has opened it's winter
exhibition Of American landsca pes.
presenting works by Albert Groll.
Henry W. Ranger. Gardner Symons.
4. r. Van Laer and others. There will
begin i'm the week of February q an cx-
| hibition at the Catholic Club of some
two hundred paintings by the Italian
artist Gaetano PrCviati. \ member ~
the art department at the College Of
the city Of New York. Mr. Louis Vein
berg, is showing there until March ! d
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

statues by Viggo Jarl at his studio. in
who is pure realist, capable Of inter-
preting deep feeling and cubtl. senti.
ment. The nudes convey impressions
of strength and distinction, imbued
with inspirations drawn from Dalou
and Rodin. G. |. B.