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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
Established 1891.
$40. 900 LOSS FROM BLAZE.
Twenty-Five Buildings Burned at
Town OF Prosperity.

Prosperity, March 26.-Twenty-
two buildings burned, entailing a
loss estimated at not less than $780,
900, with insurance of only $4,000
we're the results of fire here today,
believed to have been the most dis
astrous blaze in the history of Pros
perity. The flames were discovered
about | o'clock this afternoon on a
wooden fertilizer warehouse near the
depot of the Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens railroad, and very soon other
nearby wooden buildings were
ablaZe.
The town has no organized fire
protection, and only individual efforts
of many in the crowd that soon as
sembled could'be counted on in the
desperate fight to check the flames.
For a while it appeared that prac-
tically the whole town, certainly the
entire business section, would be de-
stroyed, but through the heroic eff
forts of the many citizens who volun-
teered their services, and after two
hours of determined resistance, the
fire was subdued, but not until two
solid blocks had been laid in flames.
1t is thought that the fire was start
ed by a spark from a passing loco
motive.
Among the buildings burned were
five warehouses. two shops, four va
cant stores, five occupied stores,
barber shop, a vacant dwelling and
the residence of w. A. Moseley. In
addition to the buildings occupied
by them the following merchants lost
their stocks: E. A. Counts, w. L.
Mathis, w. L. Dominick. G. W. Nor
ris and w. G. Mitchell. All Of the
burned structures were of wood ex-
cept three stores, which were of con-
crete construction.
Other heavy individual losers by
the fire are: DR.. G. Y. Hunter, A. G.
Wise and S. D. Duncan. Reliable
figures on the separate losses are not
available at this time, but it IS not
thought that the estimate of 100000
as the total loss is any too high. The
aggregate would have been much
greater had not so many of the build
ings been unoccupied.
OF the $4,000 insurance carried
$4,000 was on the Moseley residence
and $500 on one of the store build
ings.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
TO COMMISSION DARGAN.
Governor Notifies Secretary of State
to Act in Case of Greenville Man.

Columbia, March 25.-This morn
ing Governor R. |. Manning gave out
the following statement relative to
the proposed appointment of Harry
A. Dargan as clerk of court for
Greenville county, to succeed John
NJ. Cureton, recently deceased:
"On the night of the 18th inst. l
gave out that l would appoint Harry
A Dargan clerk of court of Green
Vile county, vice John H. Cureton,
deceased. I had up to that time re-
ceived a great many endorsements
of Mr.. Dargan, and few, if any, for
any other candidate. Monday | was
out of the city and for that reason
the commission of Mr.. Dargan was
not signed that day. | received that
day long distance calls asking me
to hold up this appointment until
further communication with me
could be had on this subject. This
was accompanied by statements
charging that Mr.. Dargan was unit
for appointment. l have held up
the issuing of this commission since
that date, as requested, and have
given time and opportunity to any
one interested to appear before me
and to substantiate reasons why Mr..
Dargan should not be commissioned
In the meanwhile ! have sought al!
the light I possibly could get on this
matter. and am now convinced by the
testimony of men whose Judgment
and character are above reproach
that the reasons assigned and the
charges made against Mr.. Dargan are
erroneous and have not been sus-
tained nor proven and there is nc
cause for my refusing to sign his
commission.
Il have notified the secretary OF
State to complete the issuance of the
commission.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
ARMED MERCHANTMEN.
Ships of Commerce Should Not Garry
Offensive Weapons.

There ought to be clear line or
demarcation between warships and
merchant ships The belligerents,
particularly the British, are injecting
confusion into an already chaotic ma
val situation by trying to make the
same craft serves both purposes.
If, as Germany charges, Great Bri-
tain has set about deliberately and
Systematically to arm ships of COM
merce with guns for the destruction
of the enemies submarines, then
there is justification for Germany's
threatened policy OF sinking British
merchantmen without warning. A
submarine can not be expected TO
rise up and hail an innocent-looking
ship at the risk of being perforated
and sunk the moment she shoulders
up to the surface.
This appears to be the strongest
argument that Germany has produc-
6Q III SuppOII vi iiel wal HohS poA'
cy. 1t would have been greatly to
her advantage to have produced it
sooner. International law requires
that the non-combatant crews and
passen gers be saved when ship of
commerce is destroyed, but the pres
ence of guns capable of sinking
submarine seems to make any ship
warship. and on warship there
are presumably no non-combatants
to be saved.
If Great Britain will take the can
non off her merchant vessels, and
give her word of honor that none OF
them shall be armed-and, further
more, that they will sail under their
own fag-then and only then can the
neutral world properly support her
in her demand that the German navy
respect the lives of those aboard
Augusta Chronicle.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
SEGREGATION ACT IN FORCE.
Passed by Legislature at Last Session
And is Approved.

The last general assembly passed
a measure to compel separation OF
the races laboring in the textile man
ufactories Of the State. The act fol-
lows:
Section |. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person. firm or corporation
engaged in the business of textile
manufacturing in this State to allow
or permit operatives. help and labor
of different races to labor and Work
together within the same room, or
to use the same doors of entrance
and exit at the same time, or to use
and occupy the same pay ticket WIN
DAVIS or doors for paving off its op-
eratives and laborers at the same
time or to use the same stairways
and windows at the same time, or
to use at any time the same
lavatories, toilets. drinking water,
buckets, pals. cups, dippers or glass
es: Provided, equal accommoda-
tions shall be supplied and furnished
to all persons employed by said per-
son. firm or corporation engaged in
the business of textile manufacture
ing as aforesaid. without distinction
to race. color or previous condition.
Sec. ,. Any person. firm or cor
poration engaged in textile manu-
featuring violating the provisions OF
this act shall be liable to penalty
of not less than 500, nor more than
$500 for each and every offense. to
be recovered in suit by any citizen
of the county in which the offense is
committed and to be paid to the
school fund of the district in which
such offending textile manufacturing
establishment is located.
Sec. 8. This act shall not apply
to employment Of fireman as subor-
dinate in boiler rooms or to floor
scrubbers and those persons employ
ed in keeping in proper condition IA
vatories and toilets. and carpenters
mechanics and others engaged in the
repair or erection of buildings.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect
Immediately upon its approval by the
governor"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
The Modern Spirit.

The modern world thinks and
lives and speaks in terms OF the
body. not of mind and soul, says the
Atlantic. The soul. that secret OF
personality, conceived as a part OF
one not wholly caught in the me-
chanical chain of things, capable OF
choice. was their great concern. To
them a little child was something sa-
cred. immortal, whose endless des-
tiny commanded on the part of those
to whom it was entrusted alertness,
watchfulness. lest its feet should go
astray from the narrow path that led
TO the heavenly hills Words spoken
near the cradle where the newborn
baby lay, turned the spot to holy
ground. To those of us who are
most advanced to-day, little child
is a little animal; few are left who,
in its presence, think of sacredness
any more than in the presence OF a
little pig. There is the utmost alert
ness in meeting its physical needs;
there is. if possible, a trained nurse
to bring semitic knowledge to its
requirements, to keep loving fingers
away, but the ideas that encircle 1t
concern for the most part its body.
Meanwhile, the most progressive
thought of the age is busy with the
question as to whether its standard
cannot be raised to that of choice
animal stock, whether the infant hu-
man being may not be bred, as colt
or calf of approved ancestry is bred
by choice of the physically fit. This
represents the farthest vision OF the
future: this is the goal against which
the Imagination Of the present
dreams.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
Playing 1t Safe.

4 satire on those belligerent 'neu-
trail citizens who fight out the Eu-
ropean war in the United States, is
furnished in this story, says the Phil
adelphia Record.
4 certain man-about-town had in
his employ a small and fiery Japanese
valet who never grew tired of con-
dem.ing the Germans and all their
works. His repeated TRADES finally
wearied his employer and the, latter
decided to call a halt. So, one day,
after Sato had delivered himself OF
an unusually bitter TRADE, his en-
ployer questioned him:
Why don't you go back home and
fight if YOU feel that way about it,
For a moment Sato was astound-
ed.
Me Melican citizen" he replied at
length. His voice showed a sense OF
injured dignity.
You COMPOUNDED rascal" roared
his employer. how dare you tell me
such a preposterous thing as that. v
The Japanese bowed low.
Japanese in time O peace, he
explained politely, but Mclean IN
time of war
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
MUST ENFORCE THE LAWS
GOVERNOR SAYS HE HAS GIVEN
CHARLESTON MAYOR WEEK.
During Conference Manning Laid
Special Stress on Gambling and
Liquor Laws.

Columbia, March 29.-"Definite
action must be taken within week,
Governor Manning told Mayor Grace,
of Charleston, this afternoon at a
conference between them. Il asked
Mayor Grace" said the governor. "as
head of the government of Charles
ton to enforce the law. l specially
mentioned the gambling and the
liquor law. l asked for enforcement
and no regulation. I pointed out to
Mayor Grace that as SO much has
been said and written on the situa-
ton, and as so much time has al
ready elapsed on account of his i'll
ness, since I had first taken the mat
ter up with him, that definite action
must be taken within a week; that
the public is so we'll informed on the
situation that nothing could be gain
ed by further delay
The statement of the governor fol-
lowed the publication in the local af-
ternoon newspaper of an interview
with Mayor Grace, in which he was
quoted as saying:
Governor Manning told me un-
equivocally to enforce the law in
Charleston. l took his order Con-
tinuing this interview says: Mayor
Grace was rather reticent in discuss
ing the liquor situation in Charles
ton, saying that everything apper-
tanning to the illegal sale of intoXi-
cants had been aired by every one on
every occasion. He averred, how
ever, that Charleston should be
granted autonomy, that the people
of the city should be allowed TO regu-
late their own affairs as to liquor
selling in progressive way.
THE Charleston Mayor is of the
opinion that the State needs new
constitution, which will do away with
the present cumbersome system OF
legislation and allow progressive
measures to be passed. He also
thinks that Charleston needs a new
city charter. but it cannot be grant
ed unless there is change in the
organic law of the State
Mayor Grace reached Columbia TO-
day on the Carolina Special and went
into conference with Governor Man
ming at the executive offices, their
talk lasting about an hour. At first
the governor would have nothing tc
say for publication, and it was not
his intention to give out anything
but when he saw the statement OF
Mayor Grace in the local paper he
dictated the interview in which ne
said that Mayor Grace had been given
one week in which definite action
must be taken.
What he will do If the mayor fails
to take definite action within the
specified time was not intimated b!
Governor Manning.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
Can't Seize if for personal Use. "

Columbia. March 26.-Attorney
General Peoples, at the request OF
a deputy sheriff of Greenville county,
today rendered an opinion on some
parts of the .gallon-a-month' liquor
law. The attorney general holds
that peace officers have no right to
inspect the records Of the transpor-
tation companies or to seize liquor
marked for personal use: that the
officers can prosecute persons sus-
pected of having violated this law,
but cannot confiscate the shipments
Of whiSkey.
Mr.. Peoples did not pass on the
constitutionality of the "gallon-a-
month act.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
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.

A new dispensary board, consist
ing Of H. P. Dyches, w. c. Rawl. and
w. T. Hite, has been appointed by
Governor Manning, for Aiken county.
Petitions are being signed in
Orangeburg calling for an election
upon the matter of issuing 100000
in bonds for a public school building
and 100000 in bonds for water and
light plant.
The Blair-Frazier company, OF
Winnsboro, has gone into bankrupt
cy. This is one of the largest firms
in that section. 1t is rumored the
liabilities were s110.000, with $45,-
900 assets.
Ben and Sam Wolf, proprietors
of the Aiken Dry Goods company,
have been arrested charged with
making way with goods after enter
ing bankruptcy proceedings. They
will be tried in the United States dis
trict court.
The State board of health an
nounces that the law requiring the
filing of certificates of death by un-
dertakers will be enforced by prose-
cutions. In order to allow everyone
to become familiar with the new law,
it has not been enforced to the letter
so far.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
"As She Is Spoke"

Wilton Lackeye, the player, is a
stickler for correct English on and
off the stage, and he never loses an
opportunity to put the erring on the
right path in this respect. says Lip
pincotts Magazine.
One afternoon Mr.. Lackeye walk
ed into a New York drug store and
stated TO clerk his need-a mans S
comb.
do you want a narrow mans
comb" was the inquiry addressed
to him.
NO" said Mr. Lackeye. with the
utmost gravity. What l desire is
a comb for a stout man with rubber
teeth"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
That Voice" Again.

For many weeks the town had
been ornamented by bills announcing
that a lecture on the value of vege-
tarianism would be delivered by
Prof. P. Knot. There being nothing
else going on in the town at the time.
quite a respectable crowd filed into
the hall.
The professor was eloquent, and
before he half finished his lecture
many of the people present had de-
cided to give his teachings a trial
when-alas. the voice" interfered
in the proceedings.
Getting worked up as he neared
the closing passages of his oratlon,
the professor said:
Ladies and gentlemen: | DO as
sure you that l never cease thanking
the good soul who first persuaded
me to give vegetarianism a trial! !
have never for an instant regretted
the day when | decided to give up
meat eating forever. Before took
this step | was a wretched, alllng
creature-a thing of aches and
pains: an undersized. hesitating NOR
tai more like an animated scarecrow
than a man. To vegetarianism alone
can be given the credit for this
change-this-'
Here the horrible voice inter-
rupted with:
"Wot change. guv'nor?'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
A Telephone Telltale.

The good old evening entertain
ment of listening on the telephone
line on rural party telephones is soon
to be a thing of the past.
How does this indicator tell who
is butting in?
Why, by means OF musical notes.
Every telephone is to be equipped
with an indicator. Every indicator IS
equipped with disc with teeth.
This is set in motion the moment the
receiver is taken off the hook. The
teeth on the disc pick musical notes
from keynote tongues in the lnstru-
ment. The high and low notes cor
respond to the short and long notes
peculiar to the telephone that is be-
ing tampered with. Thus, if Bill
Jones's ring is a short and two longs,
and you are talking business and
suddenly hear a high and two low
notes over the wire you will know
that Bill Jones is rubbering in your
business.
Bill Jones, you get off that line
you can shout to him. 1t is then op-
tional with Bill whether he will get
off the line or fight you French
duel the next time you meet him.
But you have the dope on him.
But the Indicator does even more
wonderful things than this.
In the first place, when you call
Sam Smith with Smiths two short
and two long rings, Smith takes
down his receiver and Immediately
you hear two high and two low musi-
cal notes in your receiver. You
know at once it is Smith and not
that Butinsky Jones, who is at the
other end. You go ahead to talk
business.
Then the Indicator gauges the
length of the conversation, so that
one may comply with the rules OF
the company. When the receiver
comes off the hook it sets the indi'
Gator into operation. At the end OF
four minutes it runs down. Then it
automatically disconnects YOU. That's
hint that you have talked long
enough for mere visit. If it is busl-
ness. however, and you want to pro-
long the conversation, all you have
to do is'to press down the lever and
the spring is wound up for another
four minutes.
Again, by this means one can tell
just how long he is using the long
distance phone and does not need
to watch the clock or ask central to
call him down when he talks too
long.
The indicator will also register the
number of hours in the day. the
month, or year, the phone is used in
a given home. The time when the
receiver is moved and replaced is
registered so that it is possible to
tell approximately how long the av-
erage conversation on given phone
has been. This is of immense ad-
vantage to the trouble man when the
patorns deny they ever did anything
but obey the rules scrupulously. He
looks at the indicator and reads the
entire history of the use and abuse
of that phone. Then he talks from
knowledge to the persons complain
ing of trouble.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
Govan Items.

Govan. March 27.-Mr. and Mrs.
B. P. Hartzog entertained recently a
number of the advanced grade. A
number of games were enjoyed. iol-
lowed by a three-course luncheon.
the table was decorated in red can
dies and sprays of red jasmine were
placed by each place card. All the
refreshments were carried out in red
also. Afterwards a contest followed
and Leroy Kennedy was awarded the
prize.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Hay enter
tanned recently at dinner.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Olar News.

Olar, March 29.-Mr. H. W>Chit-
ty, who was badly hurt by mule, is
out again. From now on he will
know that the docile looking mule is
always loaded"
A friend of clever Ennis Breland
had this ad. prepared for The Herald:
Lost, strayed or stolen,' and show
ed it to a friend. The friend dryly
said: Hes out on Colston." There
is something in the Biblical adage:
Where mans heart is, there shall
he also be-
The regular communication Of
Olar lodge, A. F. NJ, on Thursday
evening was interesting. Deputy Dis
trict Grand Master Lemon presided.
and he makes a fine officer. Barn
we'll sent down a splendid contingen-
cy. and rendered good service in
comforting the sublime degree OF
Master Mason.
Mr.. H. H. Kearse has the largest
acreage of small grain that we have
seen on any farm this season.
Mr.. w. H. Ritter has the best field
of wheat that we have seen, and the
prettiest herd of hogs-a cross be-
tween Biltmore BerkshireS and Du-
roc Jerseys.
"Old Timer" has narrowed over
his entire grain crop and it has i'm
proved wonderfully. He must have
lost his pen, as we do not see any
OF his characteristic letters in The
Herald any more.
Misses Plunkett and Furgerson,
also Mr.. Marvin Arial. of GSaniteville.
spent the weekend with Miss Sudle
Ritter. These young ladies were
very much struck with the grey moss
on our trees and took back a quantl-
ty of it to show their friends. Mar
vim Arial spent four years near here
and is no stranger. He is full OF
mischief, and quite a tease. He told
MIR. H. J. Ritter that he had come
down to make a trade with HIM
that is trade him Miss Plunkett for
his daughter, Sudie. Quite laugh
followed this declaration.
1t is no news to say that March
has been a cold month.
\ The writer has never seen the far
ners so slow in preparing for cot
ton crop. The time for planting is
here. very little preparation has been
made, very little fertilizers have been
hauled on the farms. and it looks
like cotton is going to be a back
number this year. 1t certainly was
a losing proposition last year.
Some time ago the writer was on
one of J. X. Mayfeld's plantations.
He has laid out a 20-acre "tater
patch an S0-acre pindar patch. a
kitchen garden, up and growing con-
sisting of two full acres, and hogs OF
different ages were all over the
place. We are willing to bet a goodly
sum that lf y. X, makes a full
crop of potatoes and pindars on these
100 acres that every darkey on his
plantation will be wind-broken be-
fore Christmas, and that they will
catch every 'possum in Little Salka-
hatchie. But -. k is doing some
thing that no other farmer in Bam-
berg county has ever done-shippins
hogs by the carload, and selling corn
by the 1000 bushels. He is a young
man that will yet come to the front
and stay there. d.
Govan Items.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
New Abbeville Sheriff.

Columbia. March Ex-Governor.
Manning tonight appointed Robert
VI. Burts sheriff of Abbeville county.
Mr.. Burts was not an applicant. He
is a farmer and a brother of the
Rev. C. E. Burts, pastor of the First;
Baptist church, of Columbia. There
were more than dozen appli-
cants for this office, made vacant by
the appointment of Charles ]. Lyon
as United States marshal for the
Western district of South Carolina.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
Providing a job.

Senator, you promised ME Job.
But there are no jobs.
Il need a job, senator
We'll, III ask for a commission TO
investigate as to why there are no
obs, and you can get job on that. ."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01
His Rest.

| said in under breath; all our life is
mixed with death,
And who knoweth which is best?
And ! smiled to think GODS great
ness flowed around our in
completeness,
Round our restlessneSs His rest.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-01

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