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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-10-12

risk of short weight or measure and
of getting damaged or inferior goods.
And don't you know if you buy
from your home merchant along the
same lines as you do the mail order
house-in bulk or crates-paying
cash, there are many merchants right
here who would be ready to figure
with you-and they are right here
to take the risk if it is found the
goods are not as represented.
And don't you know that the
growth and prosperity of Bamberg
and Bamberg county depends largely
upon the success and prosperity of its
home people? We cannot succeed so
long as money made here goes to the
mail order house where we lose sight
of it forever.
Do you get it? Put it in your
memory-take the straight road to
your home town.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-10-12
The Home Merchant-Who Is He?

The home merchant! Who is he
He is the chap who gives yol
credit when you are financially broke
and carries your account until yov
are able to pay.
He is the chap who gives you bacF
YOUR money or makes exchanges
when you are not satisfied with what
you have bought.
He is the chap who stands behino
his guaranty, and makes restoration
of all losses that you may sustain on
the goods you buy.
He is the chap who meets you al
the door with a hand-shake, and lets
YOU out with message to the kids,
and a real come-again goodbye.
He is the chap who meets and
greets you on the street every day in
the year, and takes neighborly inter
est in your family and your affairs. >
He is the chap whose family and
employees live in Bamberg and BAN
berg county-they spend their money
with you.
He is the chap who pays taxes to
help support the town, build roads
etc.
He is the chap who helps support
the churches and charitable organi-
cations of Bamberg.
He is the chap who talks and
boosts for Bamberg every day in the
year.
He is the chap who visits you when
YOU are sick, sends flowers to your
family when you die, and follows
your body out among the trees ano
tombs, as far as human feet may
travel with the dead.
He is your home merchant-you1
neighbor-your friend-your helper
in time of need.
Don't you think you ought to trade
with him, and be his friend and help
er in the time of need?
Don't you know that every dollar
you send away goes to strangers anc
is gone forever-to men who woulC
not trust you for box of matches OF
skipper from cheese-to men wht
would turn you over to the police i
you should enter their Offices?
You don't save much, frequently
nothing, when you send your none!
out of Bamberg, and you take all the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-10-12
Ford For Wilson.

Here is the closing paragraph of
a lengthy statement given out by
Henry Ford: 'I'm a Republican,
but I'm for Wilson. I'm Republi-
can for the same reason I have cars
l was born that way. But I'm for
Wilson because 1 believe he can do
more to enhance the prosperity and
insure the peace of this nation than
any other candidate. Anyone who
does not want to gamble with pros
perity, should vote against him. >
Bristol Herald-Courier.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-10-12
LEFT $4,000 BY FRIEND.
Frank NJ. Unger, Anderson Tailor
Remembered in Will of Broker.

Anderson, Oct 5.-For kindnesses
shown and services rendered him in
removing his baggage containing val
liable papers from Hotel Pleasanton
in San Francisco during the earth
quake, and subsequent fire ten years
ago, Frank M. Unger, tailor, of
Anderson, aged 81 years, has been
remembered in the will of the late
Hiram Douglass, of San Francisco,
to the extent of $4,000.
Mr.. Douglass was a real estate
broker and had apartments in the ho-
tel in which Unger was employed as
steward. Mr.. Douglass died Septem-
Der End, and the administrator of his
estate was able to find Mr.. Unger on
ly today, after searching the nation
for him.
Lived in Sheet Tent.
Unger carried Mr.. Douglass's bag
gage on his shoulder one mile away
and buried it. The baggage was re-
covered after the fire and Douglass
and Unger lived in tent made of
bed sheets for six weeks until better
quarters could be secured.
The administrator says Mr.. Doug
lass's last words were wishing that
he could see Unger to again thank
him for his services and kindnesses.
Mr.. Unger is employed in local
tailoring establishment. He located
here five years ago and married an
Anderson girl. He has forwarded pa
pers of power of attorney to a San
Francisco friend to represent him as
suggested by the administrator.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-10-12
A SHERLOCK HOLMES TASK.
How q Railroad Company traces
Runaway Freight Cars.

At times when the scarcity OF
freight cars causes the railroads to
Mace an embargo upon certain class
es of goods, the problem OF keeping
track Of it's cars to see that they DO
not run away and become wanderers
,non the face of the earth is STU
uendous one for each company.
When a. freight car is built, it is
given a number before it leaves the
shop. and thereafter it is always
known by that number until 1t IS
vorn out and scrapped. When a ne"
car receives it's number, and starts
ont upon it's business career II IS
entered in the record book, ana d
careful account of its wanoerlnss
and earning power are kept there'
This record book is a history OF the
car and by consulting it, one can
aearn how many trips it has mace
what cities it has visited, now many
+imes it has been to the repair SHOP
md also where it is supposed TO oe
at any given time.
But in spite of all this care III
keeping record of each car no" anu
4bon for some unexplained reason
one disappears from sight-llteralis
running away. Some of the big com-
panies employ car tracers' but as
rule a. printed tracer is first sent al
ter the car to bring it back nome
This printed tracer, in a blue en-
yelope, is sent to the person IN whose
jurisdiction the car was last suppos-
ed to be, and if it had passed out or
his district the tracer is sent on TO
the next one to whom the car was
consigned. This little printed tracer
failing to bring the car home in
reasonable length of time, man
known as a tracer is sent after it.
A tracer is really a railroad car de-
tective.
And sometimes it is more difficult
to trace runaway freight car than
criminal. There are tens OF thou-
sands of miles of railways, and hum
dreds of thousands of freight cars
and to find the one carrying certain
number is often like hunting for
needle in a haystack. The tracer may
arrive in a city, where the runaway
is supposed to be, at the very mo-
ment when the car is leaving it in
the opposite direction. 1t may cross
his track on a parallel line, or dodge
around him on a short line. 1t may
be headed north, or rolling merrily
toward the pacific while he is going
toward the Atlantic.
A runaway car apparently is as de-
praved as any criminal. It hides on
q lonely siding, or gets lost in a short
swamp line. One such runaway rest
ed nearly year on a siding in South
ern Texas simply because it got lost,
and no one seemed to know just
what to do with it. The near
est freight agent had no record of
it, and no tracer had requested it's
return. Going on the principle that
what is 'everybody's business is no
body's business this local agent
made no effort to hunt up the owners.
If the order had been received by him
to return it, he would have obeyed,
but lacking such orders he left it on
the siding. In the course of time,
it was occupied by family of squat
tiers, who lived quite comfortably in
It for six months, and we're routed
out only when quite by accident, the
car tracer discovered it.-Popular
Mechanics
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-10-12

Controlled from the drivers seat,
the reflector in new type of auto
mobile headlight can be arranged to
, throw a narrow, powerful beam of
light directly ahead or to diffuse the
light across a road.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-10-12

We annually raise half a billion
chickens.
Evening star., 1916-02-20
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY

! Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, February 19.-The
/ petition of Mrs. Anna S. Dougherty of
! TenleytoWn. D. c., to have the circuit
court for this county award her the
| custody Of Edward Schaeffer, the five
year-old son of her deceased brother.
! Edward J. Schaeffer, on the ground
that the child's mother, Mrs. Clara
,, Schaeffer of Rockville, was not in a
position to care for him properly, was
denied by Judge Peter today. Mrs.
Dougherty has for several years had
the custody of four other children of
her brother.
Judge. Peter remarked that he had
no doubt as to the purity of Mrs.
Doughertys motives. but held that the
evidence was not of a character to
and his mother.
Mrs. Dougherty was represented by
: Ohm A. Garrett. and W. Outerbridge
Spates appeared for Mrs. Schaeffer.
Rev. Samuel r. White of the Baptist
Church offciated at the marriage here
today of Miss Violet Virginia Hunt,
Nd. and Calvin NJ. Bladen of Fairfax
county Va. the ceremony being per-
formed at the home of the. minister in
couple.
The county commissioners for this
| county have designated the Washing
Ton SanitarIum as additional hos
pltal for the care and treatment of
lndigent residents of this county.
transfers of real estate were re-
corded in the Office of the clerk of the
circuit court here during the week, as
follows: Samuel n. F'enton to Ella NJ.
fenton. 4s acres: Samuel NJ Fenton
70 Ella NJ. Fenton, lot: Ella NJ Fenton
70 James Pennie. 49 acres: George w.
Moxiey to James A. Moxley, So acres:
eugene Lenhart to Laura Lenhart. a.
acres: Anna J.. Young to George W.
fouhg. 30 acres: Robert G. Lohr TO
Lillian NJ. Stewart, TWO lots at ia.
koma: West Penn Land Company to
i auGe Jones, lots at Takoma: Alex
amer CoWaa to William McAinsb. lot
al Iakoma: Emma !. Walter to Harr,,
a. kme. lot at Chevy Chase: Josephine
n: MIX to Michael Erner, two lots at
,,ak9ma: Caroline klager to William
=: hinssbury. lot at Silver Spring:
John = Lewis to Roby Fl. Brown +
acre; tichard Evans to Bessie T.. Weav-
e. iot Al Concord: Charles +. Miller
10 20 standard OIL Company, lot at Be
.I: .hesda: John Fl. Merson to Horace A
harrison. lot at Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1916-02-20

Wednesday and oiiiciate as ioastnss-
ter.
Among the guests arc Senators Will
iiams and Eardaman of Mississippi aud
the Ave senators. natives of mississippi
chamberlain OF oregon. Clarke OF
Arkansas. Gore OF Oklahoma and Nov :
lands and Pittman of Nevada also the
Mississippi House dclegation Repre-
sentatives Gambler. Collier. harrison.
Humphreys. Sisson. stephens. ouir a.d
Nenable. Among other expected guests
are Representatives Chandie" ~. New
York. Gray of Alabama. Hardy "t
Texas and Taylor OF Arkansas. VIII" ~"
also natives OF Mississippi
Music will be furnished by the Ma
tionai Quartet. composed OF Mr..
Eliza beth Maxwell. Miss Lillian thero-
weth. William Braithwaite and Joseph
Schoficid; Miss Ethel Garrett Johnston,
accompanst. The Bloomngdale lie a, =
chestra of twenty pieces, B. j. wright
man, conductor. will play. Represent
ative Denver 5. Church of California.
with party of Californians. plans 1"
attend the banquet
James L. Mccormick is chairman OF
the committee on arrangements.
Evening star., 1916-02-20
SERIES OF PETTY THEFTS
REPORTED TO THE POLICE
Delivery Wagons Are Robbed and
Other Articles Taken in Va
rious Parts of City.

Two delivery wagons were robbed
on the street yesterday. Five dollars
worth of meats disappeared from a
wagon owned by Armour & Co. at 3rd
and c streets southwest. and a box of
groceries valued at IS was taken from
a wagon belonging to Arthur Williams.
1891 II street northwest.
Lieut.. Commander John NJ. Enochs. L.
S. n. reported to- the police that a tire
had been stolen from his automobile
The automobile was taken from in
front of 1874 New Hampshire avenue
Friday night by joy riders. he stated,
and was found in front of Police Court
The extra tire was missing.
Mrs. Amy Claspy, 1909 o street north
west. complained of the loss of a muff
worth $50. She said the muff was
taken from the counter of 7th street
store.
Albert Speeds, 10 Patterson street
northeast. asked the police to recover
watch that was taken from his
house last Thursday. He valued the
timepiece at SO.
The. theft of a bicycle valued at SO
was reported by Gilbert W. Hall, 200
Rhode Island avenue northwest. The
owners house last night.
Thomas Primas, 933 French street.
complained of the theft of watch
valued at SEQ He stated that the time
piece was taken from the dressing
room of a hotel.
Harry l.. Derricote. 91I s street
northwest, told the police of the loss
of bicycle with new tires and q bell
attached. The wheel disappeared from
in front of 10 East Capitol street
last night.
George w. De Atley. COZ 10th street
southwest, complained of the theft of
five bales OF hay. The police have sew
epai colored men under arrest in con-
nection with the investigation OF the
theft. a-..
Mrs. r. Fl. Picl<ford. 262O Connecticut
avenue. asked the police to recover a
stolen laprobe. The robe she stated,
! was stolen from her automobile III
front OF 1920 New York avenue Friday
The larceny Of laprobe valued at
SZ5 Was reported by Thomas VI. Rab-
bitt. lf2S Church street northwest. The
robe, he stated. was taken from his
garage.
Charles iaman. ZIG y street north
east, complained of the loss of a broad
cloth oyercoat valued at SO. The gar
IGent was stolen from his house. he
stated
Evening star., 1916-02-20
MAN IN STORE WINDOW
MERELY EATING LUNCH

Some Washington women
saw a demonstration in store
window at 9th and F streets
about which they have been
very curious.
If they will read to the last
sentence in this box their
curiosity will be relieved.
They saw a man seated in the
window, wearing the apron OF
a carpenter and looking the
part, calmly eating, while the
sunlight streamed in upon him.
There was no card to show
what sort of pure food" he
was advertising. and the women
went away puzzled, curious,
commenting that this must be
some new sort of scheme to
arouse interest in the new food
throuhg arousing their curl
osity. .-
Now. here's the answer
things are sometimes what they
seem.
The man was really a work
man, enjoying his lunch, un-
disturbed by their stares.
Evening star., 1916-02-20
WILL CONSIDER PLANS
FOR PERMANENT HOME
Chamber of Commerce Special Com.
mittee to Meet Wednesday and
Discuss Project. -

The first meeting of the special COM
mittee of the Washington Chamber Of
Commerce which is to investigate the
feasibility of obtaining permanent
home for the organization is to be held
Wednesday at noon. Isaac Cans is
chairman of the committee.
The great amount of business trans
acted in the headquarters of the cham
ber has been responsible for the belief
on the part of many members that a
permanent home should be acquired by
the chamber. one which would afford
ample Office and meeting facilities for
the orga aization and other rooms which
could be rented out as Offices 1t is
believed the acquisition of a building
would prove a good investment.
Announcement has been made that
Senator Moses E. Clapp has promised
to address the next meeting of the
chamber, scheduled to be held March
IA. Senator George K. Chamberlain
has promised to address the April meet
ing Presdsnt of ths 1Tga9zsMt9a g Mopan has appointed
the following publicity committee: r.
P. Andrews. chairman: Fleming New
bold. vice chairman; William Beuchert
J. T. Branson. Gustav Buchholz: D. p.
Collins, p. j. Cook, William r. Cowen,
Albert P. Conway, George S. De NeaIe,
Daniel F. Driscoll. julius Garfinkle,
Greene. Harry 3. HALEY. John B. Har
rell, W. Charles Heitmuller. Philip J.
Hermann. Samuel Hart. Charles Jacob
sen. Gardner f. johnson. p. J. kauf
Joseph J. Leary, +. l.. Lipsett. J.
Charles Mcclure, Robert F. MentZel,
Sol Minister. c. X. Mount. Frank F..
Murray, John J. Nolan. Gerson Nord-
limo 1f1, II
Parker. Theodore Picard. F. W. Plugge,
l.. a. Roberts, E. G. Schafer, Cleveland
Skinker. Edwin G. Siggers. J. NJ. Stod
dard' s; Relzensteln. James e. Taylor.
]. Eonderheide, Frederick A. Schultz
and Francis G. Wallace.
Evening star., 1916-02-20
having been begun in tho spring of
1918.
omcial Statement.

The ofHciaI statement was as folIows:
"A telegram from the governor gen.
eral of Nigeria February IS reported
that the German garrison at Mora, in
North Kamerun. had capitulated.
This completes the conquest of the
kamerun by the allied forces, and A.
Bonar Law, secretary for the colonies.
te,egraphed warm congratulations to
Maj. Gen. Dobe1l. to Brig. Gen. Cum
line and to the forces under their
commands"
Evening star., 1916-02-20
CAPITAL, CITY BEAUTIFUL
Of WORLD, HIS DEMAND
Business Man Would Danish Com
mercialism From Washington for
All Future Time.

Interest shown in the National Capt.
tai by business man residing in an
other city is evidenced in a letter which
has been received by John l.. Weaver
OF this city from r. L. MckeIlar. as
sistant freight traffic manager of the
Southern Railway Company. having
headquarters at Louisville. ny. Mr..
kellar was a delegate to the convention
recently held in this city by the Cham
',er of Commerce OF the United States.
In his letter Mr.. McKeilar says that
in nation that is essentially CONNER
cial Washington should be the one spot
which is kept free from commerciaiisn..
In his esiima ton Washington should
he city in wiIich TO spend money; not
to make it
Evening star., 1916-02-20
RAILWAY MEN RIOT SUSPECTS.
First Americans to Be Accused at
East youngstown Held.

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. February 10
Six employees of the Pittsburgh and
Lake Ehie Railway Company were to-
day placed under arrest on orders from
Prosecuting Attorney A. NJ. Henderson
in connection with the East Youngs-
town riots in January.
The men arrested were employed in
the East Youngstown yards the night
Of the riot and are charged with loot
ing and other crimes. They give the
names Of RobeN Dyer, lack Martin.
William Newton. .NDavjd Mitchell. Will
liam Rimmcr and j. Baird. They are
the first Americans TO be prosecuted
for the riotine. nearly 100 foreigners
having been already indicted In this
connection. -7.a.s4. ---.-se.s .zsl
Evening star., 1916-02-20
UNION DEFENDERS DAY
FEATURED IN PROGRAM
w. r. C. of Thomas Post, G. A. B.,
and Sons of Veterans Unite
in Observance.

Union Defenders day was observed
last night at Masonic Hall by Gen.
George H. Thomas Camp, Sons of Veter-
ans. L. S. A., and the Woman's Relief
Corps OF Thomas Post, G. A. r. The
meeting. which was largely attended,
was called to order by Commander 4.
H. Marks of Thomas Camp. He intro
duced Michael j. D-iscoii, master. of
ceremonies. Corbin Birch served as
secretary .s-.-.-
The principal speakers of the evening
were: Past Commander-in-Chief Har-
yey V. Spellman, Sons of Veterans, who
took for his subject The Patriotic
Spirit in the United States; Past Com
mander George W. Sellers. Patriotism
Should Be First Taught in the Home"
and Miss Jennie l.. Hamilton, who spoke
of the lack of interest in the public
schools toward the flag.
Organizations Work Outlined.
Richard F. Miller Of Baltimore, COM
mander of the Maryland division, Sons
Of Veterans. gave an outline of the
work done by the organization during
the past year. Past Comma nder H. w.
Rutled9e of Gushing Camp responded
in behalf of the Ladies Auxiliary, Sons
Of Veterans. Mrs. Rutledge, the presi-
dent. being absent.
The other speakers were W. II. Nc
Donegal. Lincoln Camp. and Thomas F.
Entriken. past department commando
of the Department of the Potomac,
G. A. r.
The music program included patriotic
songs by Commander L. Albert Lang
Gushing Camp and Edsall Browne Will
liam E. Hall, B. Fitzgerald. Walter 4.
Burke. William Kelly and Richard Cur
rSn. Recitations were given by Mrs
J. II. Hendricks. president of Thomas
Iost- Woma MS Relief Corps. and T. 3.
EeSan.- Mrs. Hendricks read Lincoins
Gettysburg address.
THE entertainment committee was
composed OF Michael J. Driscoll. chair
man: F. l.. Marsden, f. H. Grove and F.
i. Hartley.
Gushing Camp was represented by
Commander r.. Alert Lang, Junior Vice
Commander j. Clinton Hiatt and Past
Commander n. W. Rutledge. Lincoln
Camp was represented by Commander
W- IT, McGonega1. Secretary James w.
Lyons. Past Comma nder E. K. DePuy
and Everett F.. Warner.
Evening star., 1916-02-20
KAMERUN COMPLETELY
IN HANDS OF THE ALLIES
Mora Is Captured and Territory Of
191, $50 Square Miles Is
Dominated.

I LONDON, February 1s.-The compile
tion OF the kamerun conquest by the
Franco-British forces, announced to-
day, was effected with the capture of
Mora, a position in the northernmost
section Of the colony, the last held by
the Germans, their southern forces
having recently retreated over the
border into Spanish Guinea, where
they were interned. The entire pro-
tectorate of 191,1S0 square miles and
population of 2.54o,0oo, including
abort 1000 whites. has thus been
wrested from German control after a
campaign that lasted nearly a year,
Evening star., 1916-02-20
ORDNANCE STRIKE ENDS.

NEW YORK, February 19.-The strike
of the 700 employees of the E. w. Bliss
Company of Brooklyn, ordnance manu-
facturers, which has been in progress
since February 4. was declared settled
today.
The state department of labor an
nounced that representatives of the
state board of arbitration had laid the
demands of the strikers before officials
of the company, with the result that
an increase in wages in deserving cases
and improved working conditions were
promised The strikers accepted the
terms.
Evening star., 1916-02-20
MISSISSIPPrS SONS WILL
GATHER HERE AT FEAST
States Delegation in Congress to
Meet With Others in Official
Life Who Were Born There.

Practically all of Mississipprs nu-
merous native sons in the United
States Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives and Mississippians promi-
nent in official life are expected to be
present at the first annual banquet OF
the Mississippi Society at the New Eb-
bitt Hotel next Saturday
Representative Humphreys, chairma n
of the newly created floods committee
is absent with his committee inspect
ing the flood district, but will return
Evening star., 1916-02-20
MRS. A. Mel. FOWLER DIES.
Was First Woman Bank President
in America,

ST. LOUIS, February 19.-Mrs. Anne
Mclean fowler, said to have been the
first woman bank president in the United
States, died at her home here today. A
few weeks ago she was reelected presi-
dent Of the First National Bank of Mount
Pleasant, Tex, of which she had been
the head for more than twenty years.
Mrs. fowler was in 1904 a member Of
the board Of lady managers OF the Louis
lana Purchase exposition, which was
held here.
Evening star., 1916-02-20
Tenaciously Defended.

February II that the commander of
the entente forces in the Kamerun had
reported that the conquest of this
German possession was complete, with
the exception of the isolated position
Of Mora hill. This position, according
to a semf-official announcement from
Berlin February 49,, was being tena-
ciously defended by the German forces
under Capt. Won Raben. who shortly
before the fall of Yaunde. in the south
western part of the colony. had sue
ceeded in sending to the German gov
ernor of the colony a letter in which
it was declared that the native soldiers
Evening star., 1916-02-20

Of his command had declared that they
preferred to fight to the last with Capt
Won Raben rather than surrender.
German forces III southern kamerun
crossed the border into Spanish Guinea
and were interned February s, their
retreat following the British occupa-
tion of Yaunde January l.
Evening star., 1916-02-20
Gov. Francis to Decide This Week.

David II. Francis of ST. Louis will
notify President Wilson early this week
whether he will accept the post of AM
bassador to Russia. Mr.. Francis would
succeed George T. Marye, whose resig
nation has been accepted.