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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04
Want Allegheny for Fruit Trade

The steamship Allegheny. which for
merly piled in the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company's service be-
tween this port Boston, Savannah and
Jacksonville, is to be converted into
fruit ship. Negotiations for the sale of
the vessel to the Cuyamel Fruit Com
pany, of Puerto Cortez, Honduras, are
now under way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04

TNHB early showings of fall hats DEM
i onstrated beyond any further doubt
II there was any-that velvets OF all de-
acriptions and shades would be in vogue
this winter. Plum and black came in all
shapes and styles-toques being the first
choice for an early hat The reason for
this is plain. for the toque always looks
well. and is safe selection for the
woman whose winter costume is still a
matter OF conjecture
The later hat showings are developing
tendency towards pastel tinted velvets,
especially for evening wear. The poke
shape which has been SO popular this
past summer has many successors. The
same shape was reproduced in black,
with varied trimmings of silver, gun
metal, and In many cases, white gros-
grain bowknots. The same idea may be
traced back to the Paris openings, where
Alice showed the little model pictured
In today's fashion cut. The style itself
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04

is severely plain. but it has the undeni-
able attraction of being almost univer-
sally becoming. I have seen the "ffty-
seven" varieties OF faces underneath this
particular shape in hats. and can say
with truth that no style could prove 80
adaptable to so many types of femininity.
Tan velvet is used in a rather novel
fashion on this hat. Instead of being
plain. 1t is shirred in true French fashion,
giving the only real touch Of trimming
on the whole creation. Variegated French
silk flowers are seen on the front of the
crown, in q dainty knot, combining many
autumn shades of red. brown, tan, and
deep green. The colorings are perfect,
and bring out in boldest relief the tones
which go towards making the successful
autumn hat.
The scarf and mum worn with this
creation are made of blue fox. The model
Is rather plain, although It is among the
cuts featured for winter wear in the
Paris ateliers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04

matter was that n
pretty face and figure
were enhanced by
pretty clothes. lndl-
vidual types we're
studied, too. and there
was no slavish adher-
ence to one particular
style. Designers re-
membered that what
Is becoming to one
woman, or TO one
type OF woman, Is
anathema 20 another
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04
Thief Steals Phonograph Records

A thief stole 10 phonograph records and
a camera from the home of Joseph l..
Roop, A2 West Rittenhouse street, Ger
mantown, Thursday night The loss was
not discovered until last night, when Mr..
Roop looked for one of his favorite talk
ing machine records.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04

What you can see at a glance seldom
offers anything in the least thrilling.
The freakishness OF fashion, then, is
species of index to the average woman's
Characteristic outward and visible sign
of those little unexpected ways OF which
she Is past mistress.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04

TT STRIKES me that the modern fash
i Ions aim at freakishness more than
hnything. else. Once upon, a time. too long
ego to. remember rightly. they used to
aim pt beauty. The general idea In the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04

any formula for solv-
ing the riddle.
After all, her in
scrutability is precise
ly the thing that
makes her most in
teresting. There isn't
any charm whatever
about the expected.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04
FASHIONABLE FREAKS AND
THE VANITY OF FEMININITY
Woman as a Creature of Impuse-Her Inscrutability
Is What Makes Her Most Interestng-Strange
Oddities in Feminine Dress
BY ELLEN ADAIR


outside a zebra. The pinker and whittier
sho looks outside the hercer she generally
is within. Looks are nothing to go by
In the average woman.
once upon n time I heard Of a tiny
cherubic-looking lady, with big blue
saucers OF eyes and a little pink button
OF a mouth, whose husband used TO go
upstairs and turn on the bath water when
she started giving him her opinion on
any subject so as to drown the sound OF
her voice. Her martial spirit was quite
as strong as Boadicea's or any other war
rior queen Of ancient history
"a woman's disposition" said some
body or other recently. when you come
to consider Il, Is striped. She's black in
parts and white In others. Some times
she's awfully good for no reason, and
other times she's awfully naughty for
lots Of them.
You never quite know where to have a
woman. She'll stick TO man when he's
accused OF arson or murder or a few
other negligible little things like that,
and run away from the man who comes
home to dinner at every night with the
evening paper In his pocket SO that she
can study the cooking recipes"
Woman certainly is creature of i'm
pulse. You never can fathom the real
reason for her conduct. What seems the
obvious motive power of her action Is
the very thing that has had least weight
with her. And 1t is impossible to give
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-04

body can't be a water-lilyr and 1 be-
Itfe H. Hoo said the water-lily decid-
t'IF she nodded her head IN the breeze
nnd rocked coutenfedly
#h4f . footah wishl" exclaimed the
1Ianen Ht nushinFlr Please DO tell me
W1ai ipakes you think everybody would
|| ~ e Naltr-liis. or why they
t'EH|1 te oue NAelhef they liked 4 on
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23

Mccormick county has come into
being, voters in the territory which
will be embraced by the new county
having, on Tuesday, by vote of
about 4 to /, decided upon it's forma-
ton. The new county embraces por-
tions of Abbeville, Greenwood and
Edgefeld counties.
Only IA Spartanburg county citi-
zens have paid a State income tax
this year as compared with AZ last
year. The county auditor has writ
ten Governor Manning asking that a
list of the federal income tax pay
ers of that county be furnished him
in order that he may require all Of
them to also pay State income tax.
R.. o. Jones, a liquor salesman of
Savannah, Ca, has been indicted by
the Beaufort county grand jury,
charged with attempting to bribe Pat
Wall, a member of the Beaufort
county dispensary board, to use his
influence with the board to have
them buy their liquor supplies from
houses represented by Jones. Mr..
Wall went before the grand jury and
exhibited S56 which he said had been
given him by Jones with the under
standing that he would do what he
could to place the dispensary boards
orders with Myer, Pitts & Co., Of
Baltimore, Md, concern represent
ed by Jones' A bench warrant has
been issued for Jones and the COVER
nor of Georgia will be asked to honor
a requisition for his return to Beau
fort
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
United States.

United States.
8. F. J. Jackson, British minister,
was recalled by request Of this gov.
ernment because he charged bad
faith against the State department in
diplomatic discussion.
4. NJ. Pouissin, a French minis
ter, was handed his papers in 1849
because he was impertinent to the
secretary of State and announced
that he would go to other sources for
information.
5. Mr.. Champion, the British min
lister, was handed his passports in
1855 for attempting to recruit men
for service in the Crimea.
6. Lord Sackville West, the Brit
ish minister, was handed his pass
ports in 1888 for advising persons to
vote against Grover Cleveland for the
white house.
7. Dupuy de Lone. the Spanish
minister, was sent home at the out
break of the Spanish war in 1898.
8. DR.. Constantin Theodor Dunn
ba was recalled in September last as
result of his alleged attempt to
cripple American munitions plants.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
RATHER MUCH MALIGNED.
Hated Reptile Not Nearly So Black
as He is Painted.

Rare, indeed, are wild creatures of
this continent which are capable of
causing the fear and respect that the
rattlesnake causes.
A big part of the fear is unfound-
ed. He's dangerous, but there's no
use of being frightened at him. In
the first place, he usually gives you
ian unmistaken warning, little buz-
zing hiss which he makes with his
tail.
He gives his warning with a set
of shell-like rattles on the end OF his
tail, by which he is most easily dis
tinguished from other snakes. 1t
used to be common belief that the
snake added a rattle each year and
that you could tell his age by the
number of rattles. Now it is known
that sometimes he will grow three
rattles in year and that old snakes
sometimes lose a rattle or two.
His color varies from yelloWish-
brown to dark brown. The snake is
darkest just before he sheds his skin,
which may be two or three times
year. When he makes an attack he
doesn't leap through the air, and
he cannot strike further than his
own length, usually not that far.
Since the common rattle snake rare
ly grows beyond five feet in length,
you see his range is limited.
Nor is he so hungry for human
flesh as most persons would imagine.
He's very we'll satisfied with his diet
of mice, rats-yes, and sometimes
squirrel or a rabbit He eats enough
mice and rats every year to make him
the farmers friend instead of hated
enemy. "
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
10, O3,255 BALES GINNED.
Compares With 1892, ,229 Bales Gin
ned Cp to Same Period Last Year.

Washington, Dec. 20.-The. sew
enth cotton ginning report Of the sea-
son, compiled from reports of census
bureau correspondents and agents
throughout the cotton belt, and is
sued at 10 a. M, today, announced
that 1O,303,255 bales of cotton,
counting round as half bales, of the
growth of 1915, had been ginned
prior to December 13. That COM
pares with 13,972,229 bales, or S7.S
per cent. of the entire crop ginned
prior to December 13 last year, 12,-
0SS,412, or 80 per cent. in 1913, and
11,854,541, or 92.2 per cent. i: 1912.
The average quantity of cotton ginned
prior to December 13 in the last ten
years was 11,476,1S9 bales, or S9.5
per cent of the crop. -...,
South Carolina.
1915, 1,O9S,226 bales; 1914, L.
328,482 bales, 85.1 per cent; 1913,
1,276,42S bales, 900 per cent; 1912,
1,12S,S50 bales, 92.2 per cent.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
THE ST. NICHOLAS OF JAPAN.
Reverence for Jizo, the Children's
Friend and Protector.

Among the Buddhists in Japan it is
believed that the souls of children go
after death to Sui-no-ka-wara (the
stony riverbed) and there they re-
main until they reach maturity under
the care of Jizo-bosatsu, who is rep
resented as priest with long cane
in one hand and ball in the other.
He is said to stand in the centre of
the kawara, where he breaches to the
children as they pile up stones, one
for the salvation of their father, one
for the mother, the third for broth
ers, the fourth for sisters, and the
fifth for their own salvation.
When night comes on and the wind
blows hard a gigantic evil spirit ap-
pears and with a huge iron rod
knocks down the heaps of stones
which the children have made, and
they are so frightened that they run
to Jizo and hide themselves in the
big sleeves of his k1mOno, which nave
a miraculous way of increasing in
size according to the number of chill
dren who seek refuge. Then the evil
spirit disappears and the children be-
gin again the work of heaping up
stones.
Passing through cemeteries in
Japan one sees .tombs that have the
image of Jizo carved upon them, as
the parents take that way of gain
ing the special favor of Jizo for their
children, and one will see little piles
of stones built up by the parents and
brothers and sisters of the children
with the hope Of helping in the tedi-
Gus work of the little ones in the
karawa.-Christian Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
I'm THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading.-Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.

William Johnson and Lee Barnett
are in jail at Spartanburg, charged
with arson, it being alleged that they
attempted to burn their way out Of
the calaboose at Cowpens several
days ago.
Maj. T. T. Hyde was elected mayor
of Charleston in the general election
in that city without opposition. Mayor
Hyde will enter upol the duties of
his office this week. lie will serve
four years.
The Methodist church at Timmons-
Vile, valued at $4,000, was Destroy
ed by fire Monday night, the fire be-
ing caused by defective heating ap-
paratus. The building was insured
for $1,000.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Carolina Special near Branchville
Monday night by placing an iron bar
in switch. The special was delayed
about Is minutes while trainmen re-
moved the bar.
Fire in Spartanburg on Monday
night, destroyed property valued at
more than $4,000. One store was
completely Quilted and several other
stores and Offices were more or less
seriously damaged by the flames. The
origin of the fire is unknown. '"h |
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
Spring Branch Sprays.

Spring Branch, Dec. 21.-Misses
Lottie and Minnie Crider were the
guests of Misses Clara and Reba
0'Quinn last Sunday.
We are very sorry to learn that the
little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne
Sandifer has been so i'll for the last
few days. We hope that he will soon
be well again.
Little Mildred Smoak is just up
from a severe illness. We hope that
she will soon be able to be at school
again.
There will be preaching at Spring
Branch Sunday morning at II o'clock
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
SEND HOUSE TO EUROPE
TO ACT IN CAPACITY OF SPECIAL
MESSENGER FOR PRESIDENT.
Will Deliver Information Oh Inter-
national Questions.-NO Peace
Mission.

New York, Dec. 21.--Col. E. NJ.
House, confidential adviser of Presi-
dent Wilson, stated late today that
he will shortly sail for Europe at the
request of the president.
Col. House declared the sole pur-
pose of his trip would be to deliver
to certain American ambassadors in
formation regarding this govern
ment's attitude on various inter-
national matters now pending. He
denied emphatically that his trip will
in any way be peace mission.
Col. House said he expected to sail
from here within the next two weeks
and probably would be in Europe
about six or eight weeks.
Il am going to Europe at the re-
quest Of the president and the secre-
tary of State for the purpose of TAX
ing information to some of our am.
bassadors, he said, lin order that
they may have more intimate
knowledge of this government atti
tude regarding certain phases of in
ternational questions and in order tt
obtain from them their point of view
on these matters.
1T is not advisable to bring home
at this time any of our ambassadors
from the belligerent countries. i
as been found impossible to convey
or obtain by cable or correspondence
quite the correct atmosphere
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
Ready Print VS.. Home Print.

There are approximately five thou
sand $4,000 ready print papers in
this country. There used to be, many
more
Foreign advertising in these pa
pers is run almost entirely on the
ready print pages. Rates in these
papers are quoted to advertisers at
an average of from to cents per
inch per paper, with statement that
these ready print papers are the best
country. papers.
Advertisers desiring to use country
newspapers and not realizing the diff
ference between ready print and home
print papers, and, furthermore, not
Knowing what fair rates for foreign
advertising should be, are persuaded
to use ready prints. They do so and
to their chagrin find that results are
far from satisfactory and that their
advertising is surrounded by patent
medicine advertising. Meantime they
are approached to advertise in home
print papers. These they are told are
the best country papers; but, having
been told the same thing about ready
print papers and not knowing any
thing about country newspapers, they
are not sure which statement is cor
rect. But they ask for rates on home
print papers "by the hundred" They
are told that the space in home print
papers is not sold that way, each pa
per being a separate proposition.
They then ask for rates in the papers
of certain State. The rates of the
home print papers in that State are
laid before them. To their great sur
prise the rates average little over
Is cents per inch per paper. They
say that this rate is preposterous and
that they have just as good papers Of
fered to them at from 2 to cents
per inch per paper. The advertisers
say that they certainly will not pay
from four to eight times that amount,
and, anyway, they have found that
advertising in country papers does
not pay, and they do not like the
class of advertisers they were mixed
in with.
The net result is that many repu-
table and excellent advertisers whose
country newspaper accounts should
be-and under proper conditions
would hundreds of thousands of
dollars year are lost to country pub
fishers.
That is the harm done home print
papers by ready print Advertising
Press.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
RECALL OF DIPLOMATS.
REQUESTS Made i'm But Eight In
stances in Country's History.

Boy-Ed and Won Papen will be
known as Nos. 9 and 10 on Americas
blacklist of diplomats. Their prede-
cessors are:
l. Citizen Genet, the French min
lister, who was sent home in 1898 by
Pres ident Washington because he at
tempted to fit out privateers in this
country to raid British commerce.
2. Marquis Casa Yrujo, Spanish
minister, who was given his pass
ports in 1905 for attempting to bribe
Philadelphia newspaper to side
with Spain in a controversy with the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23

by Rev. Walter Black, our pastor for
the coming year.
1t seems as if the Christmas holi-
days are coming in with very cold,
snowy weather
We hope that our Sunday-school
will be better the coming year, as
we have a new preacher and are be-
ginning new Sunday-school.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
We wish everybody a. merry Christ
mas and a happy new year.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23

Breaking the glass in a new fire
alarm box intended for hotel or Office
building rooms permits the alarm to
be sounded and frees a fire escape
rope and harness.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
He Needed 1t.

The Widow Cat the seashore)-
Well, why don't you kiss me?'
Bashful Youth would, only
have some sand in my mouth.
Swallow it, young man; you neec
it in your system. Life.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
Dance at Ehrhardt.

The Ehrhardt Social. club an
nounces that it's annual Xmas ball
will be held on Wednesday evening,
December 29th, in Copeland's hall.
Bearden's orchestra, of Augusta, will
furnish music.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
NO POWER TO REMOVE SHERIFF,
Tribunal Orders Reinstatement OF
Huckabee.

Columbia, Dec 21.-Holding that
the legislature was without power to
authorize the indefinite suspension OF
sheriff for neglect of official duty
the supreme court in unanimous
decision yesterday ordered the rein
statement of w. w. Huckabee as
sheriff of Kershaw county. Mr.
Huckabee was suspended several
months ago by Gov. Manning on the
charge that he had refused to enforce
the whiskey laws. Isaac c. Hough
was appointed to succeed Mr.. Hucka'
bee by Gov. Manning.
1.-The result is that the governor, .
concludes the opinion, "had no power
to suspend or remove the petitioner
or to appoint the defendant in his
place.
''The judgment of this court is that
the attempted suspension of the. peti,
toner and the appointment of the
defendant, Hough, in his place were
without authority of law and of nc
effect, and that the petitioner is en-
titled to exercise the duties of his
Office of sheriff of Kershaw county,
! The opinion was written by Asso-
ciate Justice Hydrick and concurred
in by the other four justices of the
court. "
Manning to Abide by Courts Order
Columbia, Dec. 21.-Gov. Manning
after reading the decision of the SUI
preme court, said:
when I was inaugurated governor
last January I took an oath to pre-
serve, protect and defend the con
stitution of this State and of the
United StateA The constitution con-
fers upon the supreme court the duty
of determining the constitutionality
of acts of the legislature.
Section S41 of the code reads
ANY constable, deputy constable
sheriff or magistrate who shall ne
glect or refuse to perform the duties
required by this chapter shall be sub.
|ject to suspension by the governor.
Acting under this provision sus-
pended the sheriff of Kershaw coun.
ty for neglect of duty. The supreme
court has held that section S41 ofthe
code is unconstitutional insofar a
| it relates to the office Of sheriff, and
l shall do what I expect every other
citizen to do, whether as an ofhcla'
or private individual, to respect the
decisions of the supreme court and
to obey it's DEGREES without question. >
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23
What They All Say.

Employer hope you save some
thing out of your salary, James?
Office Boy-Yes, sir; most all of it
sir.
Employer eagerly DO you want
to buy an automobile cheap?
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23

When the ground is covered with
snow in at least one city in Norway
a trackless trolley car hauls as a
trailer a passenger car mounted on
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23

William Kinsler, of Ohio, who was
committed to the State asylum for the
insane from Anderson some time ago,
has escaped from the intuition.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-12-23

runners,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-07-29
-LooS." hs exclaimed. pointing.

Look" he exclaimed, pointing.
We crowded about the window.
There was an aeroplane passing over
the city.
Just watch that warehouse over
there"
We riveted our eyes on II, 1t was
an anxious moment.
Already. had we known II, Sing Lee
had quietly let himself into the loft,
taken the glasses from the cupboard
and leveled them al US in the labora.
tory.
Meanwhile. Sprague. OF whom we
learned later, had started his aero
plane flying from his hangar In the
suburbs, and was now speeding over
the city. As he passed he peered
down. looking eagerly for the target
the white circle.
With expert precision he let 20 the
bomb, and the deadly engine OF de.
struction swooped down.
Straight TO It's mark Il went.
The old warehouse across from us
rocked with the defamation. II seemed
as II the whole top Of II were blown
10 pieces.
The bomb that had been meant to
destroy the laboratory had. by the
quick change ot the white circle, de
stroyed the hangoui and the emissary
Of ;he Serpent.
Hail an hour later. Long Sin was
~nervously reporting to WI Fang In
the secret den in Chinatown.
That white devil. Kennedy. has de
fea,ed US again. master" he said dep
recatingly.
Again demanded WI his face
liyid with anger.
Yes. master. He saw the circle
wiped It oui-and painted a new one
on the warehouse. The bomb fell or
that-and Sing was killed"
Someone shall pay for that" Kissed
WI.
Far uptown. on the East side
Sprague led WI and Long Sin TO a
little machine shop kept by a for
eigner, Anton Schmidt.
What al ! do for you, gentlemen
asked Schmidt.
Il wish you'6 show us your new
gyroscope stabilizer," asked Sprague