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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20
Big CANAL OPEN TO ALL
HENCEFORTH SHIPS MAY PASS
TO AND FRO.
Loaded Steamer Goes From Atlantic
Ocean to the Pacific in Nine
Hours.

" Panama, lug. 15.-The Panama
canal is open to the commerce of the
world. Henceforth ships may pass
to and fro through the great water
way, which establishes new ocean
highway for trade.
The steamship Ancon, owned by
the United States war department,
with many notable people on board,
today made the official passage,
which signalized the canals opening.
She left Cristobal at z O'Clock this
morning and reached Balboa, on the
Pacific end, at 1: o'clock this after
noon. The Ancoa will remain at the
Balboa docks for some time. dis
charging her ca~so, this being the
first commercial voyage made
through the canal.
The canal will be used tomorrow
for the transfer of four cargo ships.
The Ancon's trip was the fastest
yet made by a large ocean steamer.
The steamer went through the Gatun
locks in 20 minutes, a speed never
before equalled. The other lockages
were equally rapid.
Col. G. W. Goethals, builder Of the
canal and governor of the Zone,
watched the operations closely and
was pleased at the improved hand
ling Of the locks. He declared that
even this would be made much better
with time. Capt. Hugh Rodman,
superintendent of transportation,
who directed the trip, voiced similar
sentiments
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20
CHILDREN PLAN FLYLESS CITY.
Will Rob Pests Of Breeding Places
and Rid Town of Them.

Muncie is almost a fyless town,
and there's a reason. Several thous-
and school children enrolled in a
more or less definite organization
known as the Young Citizens, league,
pledged themselves a few weeks
ago to make Muncie clean city by
seeing to it that rubbish and garbage
of all kinds should be removed. The
result has been that flies having been
robbed of their breeding places, now
number less than a fourth of the
number usually present at this time
of year.
The ci;v and county boards OF
health and the city street cleaning
department have cooperated with the
children to make Muncie clean, and
while it is probable that there will
be a good many flies during the
summer it is believed that the num-
Der will be so reduced that by next
year it may be possible for an effect
i've organization of children and
adults to obviate the necessity of
screening.
Talk of that kind seems ldealls-
tic" said a Muncie physician, who
is interested in this work, but it is
really practical. l am told, although l
never have been there, that in Vienna
there are no screens because a fly is
so rare as to be curiosity, and this
because cleanliness is the city's mot
to. Now if we can interest the chill
dren a little more vitality in a cam
paign to make the town absolutely
clean. all this with the cooperation
of the adults of course, the fly here
may in time become rare.
Before the last term of school end
ed the Commercial club, by means OF
speakers, obtained pledges from
thousands of. school children, who
signed their names to printed cards,
saying that they would do all they
could to M e the city clean. Nothing
was said about flies, but the partial
elimination of the fly comes as nat
ural consequence of the clean up
movement. The pledges the children
signed follows:
For a cleaner and more beautiful
Muncie:
want Muncie to be clean and
beautiful, and l promise to do all
that l can to make it so, especially
in the following ways:
will not throw litter or dirt Of
any kind into the streets or alley OF
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20
Self Unmade Men.

Jerome S. McWade, the Duluth
millionaire connoisseur, said at din
ner at the Marlborough-Blenheim, in
Atlantic City:
Il am sick and tired of those finan-
ciers, who, when caught out, put all
the blame on another-put all the
blame on a dead man.
There was a sugar scandal, and
the blame all put on poor dead
Havemeyer. There was the railroad
scandal, and the blame all put on
poor dead Hartman. And now we
have the New Haven scandal and
Mellen puts the blame on poor dead
Pierpont Morgan. Bah, what stale
dodge"
Mr.. McWade struck the table vigor-
ously with his fist and added:
How ridiculous ever to put the
blame on others. dead or living, any
way! We hear a lot from the self
made man-why does the self un-
made one always give the credit to
somebody e?"-Chicago Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20
Provided For Now.

been taught to remember all his
Bobby had ben taught to remember
all his relatives when he said his
prayers. says the Philadelphia Led
ger. One night, as he knelt at his
mothers knee, he did not mention
the name of a favorite aunt.
why, Bobbie" said the mother,
"you didn't say Cod bless Aunt Be-
atrice and make her happy "
well, mother" replied the little
boy, II don't have to say that any
more. Aunt Beatrice's engaged"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20
Different Trains, Different. Folks.

1t would repay you suburbanites
for your trouble were you to come to
town on successive mornings in diff
ferent trains. l promise that you
may observe wide difference in the
habits, demeanor and appearance of
the people all the way from 6 to 10
o'clock.
You've noticed that when a local
train approaches the station. some of
the passengers will crowd toward
the doors? Well, the earlier the
train the more crowding.
Thus the aisles of the Paoli local
arriving at Broad street at 6:45 re-
semble the aisles around a bargain
counter. Many of those early ar
rivals are hurrying to beat a time
clock at their place of employment.
Around 9:45 the crowding has
greatly decreased. Most Of those
passengers take no note of time regis
ters.
Different newspapers are popular
on different trains, and also in diff
ferent directions. And l observe also
that the passengers at "erent hours
are addicted to various news-the
later. trains prefer the financial, edi-
torial and society pages.
Sports attract most attention IN
some of the early trains. 1t isn't true
of course, that all the big men"
come to town late.-EXchange.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20
BORAN PREVENTS THE FLY.
Effective and Easy Means Checking
Spread of Typhoid.

AS a result of experiments, the
specialists of the department of agri-
culture have discovered that small
amount of ordinary borax sprinkled
daily on manure will effectively pre-
vent the breeding of the typhoid or
house fly. Similarly, the same sub
stance applied to garbage, refuse,
open toilets, damp floors and crew.
ces in stables, cellars or markets will
prevent fly eggs from Matching. Bo-
rax will not kill the adult fly or pre-
vent it from laying eggs, but its
thorough use will prevent any fur
ther breeding. 1t was felt that if
some means of preventing the breed
ing of flies near human habitation
could be devised, the diseases spread
by these filthy germ carriers could
be greatly reduced. While the swat
the fly campaign" traps and other
devices for reducing the number OF
typhoid-carrying flies are of value,
they are of less importance than the
prevention of the breeding. 1t was
realized, however, that no measure
for preventing the breeding Of flies
would come into common use unless
it was such that the farmer could
use it on his manure pile without
destroying its usefulness for growing
plants and without introducing into
the soil any substance that would
interfere with his crops.
In the case of garbage cans or re-
fuse piles, two ounces of boraX or
calcined colemanite, costing from D
cents a pound upward according to
the quantity which is purchased. will
effectually prevent flies from breed
ing. In view of this discovery there
now seems little excuse for any horse
owner or resident of a city allowing
typhoid flies to breed in his stable or
garbage can. 1t is believed that this
information will greatly help the
health authorities in their campaign
against the typhoid fly. The health
authorities have long tried to prevent
the breeding of flies in city stables
through the use of iron sulphate as a
larvacide. In the case Of iron sui
phate, however, large amount is
required, and other insecticides such
as paris green or potassium cyanide,
while effective in killing the flies,
are very expensive or extremely poi
sonous. Borax, which is used freely
in most households, and is readily
available in all parts of the country,
has the advantage of being compare
lively nonpoisonous and noninfiam-
mable, readily soluble in water and
easy to handle. 1t can be purchased
at retail for 10 cents pound, and a
single pound used as directed in a
garbage pail or open toilet may pre-
vent the breeding of hundreds OF
dangerous f1ies.-Washington Dis
patch to Boston Transcript.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20
No Fun in 1t.

John D. Rockefeller, during an
impromptu reception at the end of
the service in Yonkers Baptist
church, said of charity:
1T is we'll to get rich, but let us
get rich without turning our backs
on charity and gentleness and loving
kindness"
Mr.. Rockefeller, with a depreca-
tory wave of the hand, added:
There isn't much fun, after all,
in using as stepping-stones to sue
cess the stumbling blocks of other
people"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20
Rattlers at Tillman.

Tillman, Aug. 13.-W. d. Floyd
and C. NJ. Jones on last Saturday
killed 20 rattle snakes and on Sun
day 5S within one-half mile of NJ. w.
Floyd's residence. The 5S rattlers
we're killed at one spot, there being
three grown and 55 small snakes
measuring II to Is inches. There
have been a great number of rattlers
killed here this season.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20
Country News.

Miss Thelma Sandifer returned to
her home in Collins, Ca, after an
extended visit to Miss Gladys Odom
and other relatives.
Mr.. L. D, Odom has returned from
a trip to Bennettsville, Clio, and
other points in Marlboro county.
Misses Eva and Lila McCue, and
Gladys Odom visited Ehrhardt
several days last week.
Mrs. L. D. Odom has returned from
a visit to Collins, Savannah, and
several other points in Georgia.
Mr.. L. D. Odom spent the week
end in Savannah, and accompanied
Mrs. Odom home.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20
FRENCH WOMEN WHO KILL.
Female Murderers of France Do Not
Expect to Suffer Penalty.


They have got out of the habit Of
executing women in France. For the
past 10 years there have been about
$50 murders year in France, two
thirds Of them crimes of passion, as
the French call them, says the Toron-
to Mail and Empire. Rarely, indeed,
is murderess executed. There is a
very notorious case that may be re-
called, that Of Nine. Lamberjack, the
wife of a well-known automobile
manufacturer. She had been divorc-
ed from a former husband for II
months, and the former mates, ac-
companied by their attorneys were
to meet for the purpose of arranging
for an equitable division of the fur
niture. In the presence Of the wit
nesses Nine. Lamberjack drew a re-
volver and shot her ex-husband. She
even pursued the wounded man into
the garden and there emptied the
contents of her revolver into his
body. Her defense was that she
loved him too much to see him mar
ried to another. She was acquitted.
Another case was that of Nine.
Poeckles, who kept small school in
the suburbs of Paris. One night as
she and her husband were returning
home together a couple of gunner
opened fire and killed the man. At the
trial it was proved that Nine. Poec-
kles had hired them to commit the
murder. She said that her husband
was a man of dissolute character
and had been unfaithful to her. She
was acquitted. France does not pun
ish her murderesses because the av-
erage Frenchman is very impression
able, and pays more attention to the
emotional appeals of defending coun-
sci than would the average Canadian
Juror. On account of this forensive
eloquence reaches high pitch in
France, and scores Of murderers are
saved every year for no better reasen
than that they have eloquent advo-
Gates.
In France the judge is not the
stern master of the courtroom that
he is in British countries. At the
trial of Nine. Steinheil, who was ac-
cused of having murdered her hus-
band and her mother, a contingent
of youthful barristers behaved out
rageously, making it impossible for
the jury to hear the voice of the pub
lie prosecutor, and jeering whenever
he made a point against the prisoner.
A French trial, according to recent
observer, resolves itself into a trian-
gular duel among the judge. the
prosecutor and the laymen for the
defense. Sometimes all three speak
at once. The judge frequently inter-
rogates witnesses. The public in the
background applauds, Kisses. laughs
and otherwise takes hand in the
proceedings. Emotion decides the
issue. If the murderess looks re-
pentant, and weeps becomingly, she
will frequently be acquitted without
the Jury leaving the box. In view of
the great political influence which
Nine. Caillaux can command it does
not appear likely that she will pay
any severe penalty for her crime.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-08-20

Be sure to read page 2 this week.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-04
ATTORNEY GENERAL
 REVERSES OPINION

Little Rock, Dec. 4.-Attorney Gen eral Moose has rendered an official opinion in which he reverses an opin- ion rendered by him two years ago, regarding the collection of premiums for insurance. The opinion was rem dered on the law of 1905, and by it Attorney General Moose declared that was not unlawful for the agent of an insurance company to share his pre- mium with the assured. The decision now rendered, under an act of 1903, declares that such a division is un- lawful. The ruling is made under section referring to fire insurance rates, which requires all rates under similar conditions, to be the same.
 The Insurance Department of the State Auditors office has been bother ed great deal about complaints which come from life insurance agents shar- ing with the assured the first pre- mium, and requested the second ruling from Attorney General Moose.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-04
COMMISSIONER GOING
 OVER STATES REVENUE
Actual Cost of Operating State In- stitutiOns and Departments is $96,00O per Month-Receipts
 Over 2R Million.

Little Rock, Dec. 4.-State Tax Commissioner F. Epps Brown is now going over revenue of the state for the past year, and anticipating the re- ceipts for the next year under all State laws, he finds that if the legislature make appropriation for new building or for anything but the mere opera tion of the different departments of state, there will be annually $150,000 to apply on the indebtedness of the State.
 Commissioner Brown states that the last Legislature appropriated $600,- 900 for deficiencies which existed at the time, and for new buildings at agricultural schools and the insane asylum. The legislature of 1913 ap- propriated $3,19S,OOO. There will be deficit of $1 100000 in the general revenue fund on July 1, 1915, the end of the biennial period. This cal culation is based on the present state of the general revenue fund, which Commissioner Brown thinks includes practically everything provided for by the 1913 appropriations, with the eX- ception of the bare running expenses of state departments and institutions for the balance of the period.
 The actual cost of operating the state institutions and departments, ac- cording to the figures of Commission CT Brown, is $96,000 per month, or $1 1,152, ,000 per annum. The receipts from all sources for the past year have been $1.390,000, or about S2,S00,- 900 for the biennial period. There has been spent S2,S14,5O3 of the $3,- 19S,O0O appropriated by the last leg islature. The actual cost of operating the state governmnt, without new buildings or improvements, is appro- ximately $1,152,000, with receipts of S1,500,000, but no legislature will get through without making a heavy in road into the remainder, if not exceed ing it entirely.
 Gov. Hays has indicated that he intends to hew close with his pruning knife, through the veto power, but he cannot reduce the cost beyond the ac- tual running expenses.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-04

Washington, Dec. 3.-The. Cotton Loan Committee appointed to admin ister the $135,OOO,OOO cotton loan fund today appointed the following com mittee to administer the fund in Ark |ansas:
 Chairman, Moorhead Wright, Little Rock; Geo. w. Rogers, Ed Cornish and L. w. Hemingway, all of Little Rock; c. Alexander, Pine Bluff; W. T. Lane, Jonesboro, and s. s. Faulk- her, Helena.
 The last important step preliminary to the operation of the fund was taken today by the Cotton Loan Committee when it completed the list of state committees in II Southern states. The state committees will select local com mites in every cotton-producing com munity throughout the South. Appli- cations for loans are expected as soon as the local organizations are formed
 A meeting of the chairman of the state committees will be held here De- cember 15 to talk over details of the loan plan. A committee may be ham, ed later for Missouri since the south eastern part of that state produces cotton,
 It is possible that large part of the $100,000,000 contributed by North ern banks may never be used. Off cials realize some Southern producers are not enthusiastic over the plan, be- cause of the interest to be paid on loans and of cotton prices quoted on the New York and Liverpool exchang- es.
 However, the plan is regarded as successful whether a dollar is borrow ed under it or not. The fact the cot ton exchanges have reopened and cot ton is selling for fairly good prices officials say, is due to some extent to the completion of the loan fund.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-04
MAKING EXPLANATIONS TO
 GOVERNMENT INVESTIGAT ATORS

Little Rock, Dev. 4.-Commission- CT of Labor and statistics J. c. Clary is in Fort Smith, explaining to the government investigator who is look ing into the mining troubles of that section, his report on similar in- vestigation.
 Commissioner Clary is also prepar- ing his biennial report covering the work of his departemnt since it was created. The report will cover 600 closely typewriter pages. The limit under the law is 600 pages, and Com mlsslonr Clary has gone right up to the limit in order to give statistics on the great industries of the state, and 10 deal with each county separately. over 90 pages of the report will be devoted to saw mills and the condi- uons of the lumber company employees in the state.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-04
PEN. COMMISSION ASSIST
 ING IN HOLDING COTTON
State Has About 2200 Bales for Sale all Picked and Ginned. Wait ing for Better Prices-1700
 Raised on State Land

Little Rock, Dec 4.-The Arkansas Penitentiary Commission is doing con- siderable in assisting the holding movement in cotton. The commission has not yet sold a bale of the 1914 crop from the Arkansas state farm, and does not contemplate any sales until there is material change for the better.
 The cotton is all picked, and the most of it has been ginned. The State has about 2200 bales of cotton for sale, as a result of the year work on the plantation. Of this cotton, about 170O bales was raised on land owned by the state, and the balance on adjoining land which was leased by the commissioners in order to pro- vide work for all the convicts on the farm.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-04
KANSAS COTTON
 COMMITTEE IS NAMED
MOOrhead Wright is Chairman of Body That Will Administer Loan. Last Important Step Was
 Taken Today.
ALL WILL ACCEPT

Moorhead Wright, chairman of the newly appointed state com mittee to direct the operation of the $135,000,000 cotton pool, said last night that he would call meeting of his associates on the committee for an early date to dis cuss the plan with special refer ence to Arkansas conditions. He said also that he would attend the conference of state chairmen in Washington December 15, when he expects to report the ideas pre- sented him by the Arkansas com mittee.
 Mr. Wright, who is acting pres ident of the Union Trust Company was offered the chairmanship in a telegram yesterday. He accepted at once, as have the other members designated in the Washington dis patch.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-04
AWARDS
 PRIZES TO NEGROES
Rrinkley Schools Receives First Prize for General Display also First Prize for Drawing. All Ex-
 hibits Were Good.

Little Rock, Dec. 4.-Supervisor Leo M. Favrot, of the negro schools of the state under the State Depart ment of Education, has issued a state ment awarding the prizes for colored school exhibits at the State Fair in Hot Springs.
 The first prize for the general dis play goes to the Brinkley schools, and second prize to Lake Village. Brink by also won the first prize for drawing and Lake Village was first in written work. Brinkley won special prize for the best caned clair. Monroe county won second prize for drawing in the rural schools, and first in needle work. The Thorton school won first in plain sewing, with the Arkansas City school second. Second prize for written work went to Malvern with a special prize to the same school for an embroidered pillow slip. The Niece hee colored school took first prize for the raffia basket. The Immaneul h. stitute of Almyra won second prize for brooms, and the Bailey Chapel of Pulaski county was first on framed mirror The Risco school won a prize for fancy work.
 The Gibbs school of Little Rock won first display among the high schools  and colleges, with the Camden schools a close second Two prizes for needle
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-04
PREFERS PLANTATION
 LIFE IN ARK ANSAS

Little Rock. Dec. 4.-Frank O. Low den, former Congressman from Hi nois, who purchased large planta- tion in Jefferson county near South Bend, and moved to Arkansas, return ed from Chicago Thursday night in his private car, Republic, and was joined in Little Rock by several busi- ness men, who will spend the week end on his plantation. MT. Lowden states that he prefers plantation life in Arkansas to the hustle and hustle of Chicago, and he expects to find it much more remunerative.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-04
nprpARING ITINERARY
 ANNUAL INSPECTION
-:rs About First of Year and Will peauire One MnOth.. .Adjt. Gen. Lloyd Wrestling With New
 Orders from Washington

r;ttle Rock, Dec. 4.-Capt. A. B.. soon and w. c. Bradford, Assistant .a;utant General of the Arkansas National Guard, are preparing their ;t;rerarv for the annual inspection of .lo N. G. and will start out about .ho first of the year. It will require .hout month to visit all the compan- ies
 Adiutant General Lloyd England is ;rst now wrestling with the new gen. orol orders sent out from Washington in which additional officers are pro- vided for the general staff, and for work in headquarters. The orders do not state definitely that the addition al appointments shall be made, and Adiutant General England has writ ion Washington to see if it is not optional.
 The additional officers may be nec- essarv where the State Guard has ev- cry vacancy filled, and is recruited to it's full strength, but when the condi- ton is as it is in Arkansas, Adjutant < General England is of the opinion that the additional officers are unnecessary. He states that it is difficult enough now to keep the companies up to the standard. and the officers are needed in active service. If the Arkansas National Guard is forced to elevate some of the line officers, and put others in their stead, the organization will be weakened, as will also be the case of additional appointments are case if the additional appointments the filled by putting in them men who are merely to be honored and from whom no service may be expect ed
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-04
CERTIFIED ELECTION OF
 SENATOR JAMES P. CLARK F

Little Rock, Dec. 4.-Gov. G. W. Hays and Secretary of State Earle w. Hodges certified the election of James P. Clarke as United States Senator, Thursday afternoon. Sena- tor Clarke will leave for Washington Saturday, but his new term of office will not begin until March 4, 1915.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-04

work went to Philander Smith College |of Little Rock. Arkansas Baptist College won prizes on furniture and
 basketry, and the Arkansas School for
 the Blind, on brooms and mops Hope
 won on neeblework.