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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14

When you see a young blood
prancing along the street with red
one in his buttonhole and P lie
smile on his face you may know he is
Just mellow enough to make darned
ass of himself.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14

This world is full of opportunities
if you go out and look for them. But
this is not their day for hunting you.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14

It's an easy matter for some men
to love their neighbors' '-provided
they are young and beautiful.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
CLEARED S22O.6s PER ACRE.
What Farmer Watson" Of Edge
fe3d, Got From Acres Of Cotton.

Edgefield, Dec. 9.-W. T. Watson,
Of the Johnston section of the coun-
ty, known as Farmer Watson" be-
cause recognized as being the best
farmer in the two counties of Edge
field and Saluda, makes the follow
ing statement Of the cotton he made
>en four acres this year, and also the
cash returns from the cotton and
seedS amounting to ss46.s5. He
says he Rept an accurate account OF
all cotton picked, which was 12,74s
pounds Of seed cotton from the four
acres, which ginned out 4,261 pounds
Of lint. His statement follows:
Sold 3,191 lbs. at Is 1-2c ----$499.95
Sold 1,071 lbs. at zoe ---- ---- 2l4.2O
Sold 181 bushels seed at 81 = 1S1.0O
Sold "a bushels at zoe . --.- $3.50
Gross returns .--- ---.S946.9o
He says the four acres are good
land. Last year it was sowed in peas
and grazed off with stock. He used
on the four acres 1900 pounds of
1s per cent acid, with 500 pounds
of cotton seed meal, the cost of the
two being $24.40; also 20 loads of
stable manure, which, at 50 per load,
would be $40. The total cost of the
fertilizer was $64.40, which, deduct
ed from s946.95, the sale Of cotton
and seed, leaves sS22.55, or s220.69
clear to the acre. This, he says, is
the best yield he has ever made. He
remarked that he was modest man
and not seeking notoriety, but he
knows of no business more profitable
than farming, Of course, If properly
conducted.
Il employ the intensive and rota-
etion system and never plant cotton
Dun the same field two consecutive
years." said Mr.. Watson. Il usually
cover my land with winter crop,
and this is followed by small grain
or corn, and then peas, and the next
year cotton, and so on. OF course
q farmer can't hope to succeed un-
less he raises foodstuffs both for
himself and stock at home. l haven't
bought q bushel' of corn since the
war. One great trouble is that lots
Of farmers plant too large an area,
which naturally leads to poor cultl-
vation and inferior manuring.'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14

full if, in the three months left with
some Christmas vacation inevitable,
it passes the railroad programme
which the president lays down. In
fact, to expect the passage Of that in
so brief a time is looking for a mira
cle.-Waterbury American.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-01-14
TRADE REVIVAL IN
WESTERN CANADA
Not a Myth but an Actually
Shown in the Returns of Ag-
riCuIturaI Statistics and
Every Department of
Trade and Com
nerCe.

The trade revival in Manitoba, Sas.
katchewan and Alberta is an actually
and not myth. There is today a
spirit Of optimism in the air, just as
two years ago there prevailed the op-
posite spirit of pessimism.
A general trade revival has been
felt in every department of business in
the Prairie Provinces. The agricul-
turists are in better shape than they
have ever been before in their lives.
No farmers of any country are in bet.
ter financial condition and in a more
general state of prosperity than are
the farmers of Manitoba, Saskatche.
wan and Alberta. The farmers have
harvested record crop-a crop which
enrches them to the extent of some
thing over s4O0,OO0,O00.
In the cities the prosperity OF the
country has been reflected. Every
where business is on the hustle. The
wholesalers and the retailers and the
implement dealers find business good
The banks and other collection houses
find. collections satisfactory, and finan-
cial men declare that westerners are
paying up their debts. In Winnipeg
the bank clearings have been the larg.
est in history, exceeding some weeks
the figures OF Montreal and Toronto.
The grain shipments have been the
biggest in the history of Winnipeg and
In the history of the twin ports, Fort
William and Port Arthur. The mail
order houses have had a big year, the
rush Of fall orders exceeding all previ-
Gus years and taxing the capacity Of
these establishments, whose most san
guine expectations have been exceeded
by the actual business done.
The tide has turned In western Can.
ada. The people of the West are
forging ahead, forging ahead in actual
production and in creation of wealth,
giving generously to charitable and
other funds, paying up their hack
debts, while going along carefully as
regards any creation of new debts.
They are ecOnomizing but not scrimp-
ing, acting cautiously but not misery.
The financial heads of eastern Canada.
OF the United States and of Europe are
no longer criticizing western Canada;
rather they are unstintedly Offering
their praise and their compliments.
The financial press recognizes that
the tide has turned in western Canada,
and it has been published to the world.
The condition of western Canada at
the close of 1915 Is one of optimistic
prosperity, backed by the same deter.
mination of western people to go on
increasing their productiveness and
maintaining the records which they
have already established.
The trade revival of western Canada
Is the happiest feature in the business
survey of the whole Dominion for 1915
and in the outlook for 1916.-Adver-
| tisement
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-01-14
Economical.

Economy was the text of Mr. Jones
discourse one evening after he had
been settling some household bills,
while Mrs, Jones listened with true
wifely interest.
81 don't want to make you unhappy,
darling" finished the husband, but
really we must be bit more careful
in future. For instance, look at the
bill for petrol. That motor car is cost
ing us rather too much for the time
being"
YES, Henry dear" agreed Mrs.
Jones. I'm afraid it is"
Then her sweet young face bright
ened as she went on
But just think what it saves us in
carfares and bootleather"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-01-14
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK 'CASCARETS"
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.

Sick headache, biliousness, dlzzi-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in.
testines, instead Of being cast out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 1Ocent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-01-14

Unless materially modified, Presi-
dent Wilson's preparedness plan is
beaten. That is the opinion, authori-
tatively learned recently of the ad-
ministration itself.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-01-14
SEVEN BAYS
OF NEWS
the WORLD OVER
War News.

war news.
1t appears not improbable, according
to advices from the front, that the
Austro-German forces at the southern
extremity of the fighting area will be
forced back to the line running
through Kolomea, Stanislaw and Ga
Itch in the near future as the result
% the steady. continuous advance of
the Russians between the upper
reaches of the River Stripa and the
Rumanian frontier. Already the Aus
TRANS are reported to have removed
their base from Czarnowitz towards
Kolomea.
r. T. r
While the battle on the borders Of
Bessarabia is apparently still far from
decision, each day finds the Russians
claiming the occupation of additional
enemy position and Petrograd believes
that if this process continues a short
time longer, break must come some
where in the lines of the central
powers.
+ r +
After prolonged artillery fire the
Russians attacked again along. the
front in Galicia and Bukowina, but
were nowhere able to break the Aus
trian lines, according to the statement
by the Hungarian war Office.
T. T. T.
The capture of the heights north Of
Czernowitz, where nearly 900 prison
ers were taken, is held by London
military experts to be of special i'm
portance. They predict that it prob
ably will result in forcing the evacua-
ton of Czernowitz by the Teutonic
allies, giving the Russians a strong
foothold in the center of BukOwina
and control of the railways into Ru-
mania.
On the Gallician front it is stated
in reports received in Petrograd, be-
tween the Rivers Sereth and Strypa,
before which the Russian troops had
taken up positions, the Muskovites
apparently have commenced an often
. siye and advanced as far as the left
bank of the Strypa, between Buczaca
and SOkolow.
l. T. r.
Three large British steamers were
reported as having been sunk by Ger
man submarines recently in the Medi
terranean. They are the Glengyle
with probable loss of twenty lives;
the St Oswald and the Peninsular and
Oriental liner GeelOng Whether any
lives were lost on the two last named
vessels is not disclosed.
T. T. T.
Reuters Athens correspondent say
the Norwegian consul at Saloniki wa
arrested at the time the Austrian, Ger
man, Bulgarian and Turkish consul
were taken into custody on the orde
of the French commander, Genera
Sarrail. He was charged with espion
age.
a. 4.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-01-14

Some men spend so much time
boosting the other fellows game that
they forget their own.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-01-14

More than half the newspapers pub
linhed in the world are printed In the
Er E'ish language.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-01-14
Washington.

The United States government S
Pan-American policy was revealed in
detail by President Wilson in an ad-
dress before the second Pan-American
Scientific Congress in Washington. He
explained the proposals submitted to
South and Central American diplomats
by Secretary Lansing as a basis for an
effective agreement between all the
republics of the Western Hemisphere
mot only for international peace
America, but the domestic peace of
America"
4. + +
After comforting with PRESIDENT vii.
son, Secretary of State Lansing sent
orders to the American consuls at AL.
exandria, Malta and Cairo, to gather
at once all available affidavits from
the Persia survivors and to cable sum.
maries. The idea is to bring in def
mite information Immediately.
r r. +
Fire was discovered recently in the
State War and Navy building, within
a stones throw of the White House.
The blaze was checked in time to
save public records of untold value.
Several suspicious circumstances in
connection with the fire prompted the
authorities to authorize a careful in
quiry.
4, l. +
The State Department has been Of
ficially advised that the French gov
eminent, in response to representa-
tons made by the United States, has
ordered the immediate release of Ger
mans recently removed from Ameri-
can ships on the high seas by the
French cruiser Descartes.
r. r +
Domestic.
Colonel Robert Thompson Van
Horn, founder of the Kansas City Jour
nal, is dead at HoneywoOd, his subur-
ban home at Evanston station. His
age was 81 years, seven months and
fourteen days The fatal illness, which
was due to the natural breaking down
of tissues incident to advanced age,
began on December 20.
r + r.
Baron Zwiedinek, charge of the Aus
trian embassy, has assured Secretary
Lansing that should it be found an
Austrian submarine sunk the Persia,
with Loco IF American Iife bic pOvarn-
ment would promptly give reparation
and satisfaction. He asked that judg-
ment be suspended until AL the facts
were known.
f. r r
Unless materially modified, Presi-
dent Wilson's preparedness plan is
beaten. That is the opinion, authori-
tatively learned recently of the ad-
ministration itself.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-01-14
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES
SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS.

SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS.
Jan. S-1S-Sale CT indian lands OF
Cnoctaws and ChicKasaws.
y City.
Il Mar. 5-10-Livestocl show and sale'
NOklahoma City.
sept. 12-13-Stephens county fair.
sept. 4-l6-Grady county fair.
sept lS-2O--Comanche county fair.
sept. 25-S0-StaIe r Ar OKIanoma City.
The sun., 1916-11-19

being interchangeable with "all OF
you" when, We maintain, it is correct.
although IL is more or less Of a pro-
vincislism.
"Well You see ] ought to he able to
speak naturally, as my friend says.
because | used to live in Virginia"
She said:
"0f course, | have ambitions 10
play ShdtG and Schnitslcr and Ibsen
and the rest. but II you really want
10 know, | would much rather play
the simpler, more lovable things such
~ Daddy Long Legs and this piece.
Il Is splendid 10 play those great dra-
bring the happy tears to the eyes OF
the audience ana to have them love
you. ! think they like It better, too"
This charming young person, Miss
Chatterton. made her first stage APP
p~earance in The Rainbow written by
A. f. Thomas, who also dramatized the
present piece from Alice Duer Miller's
novel OF the same name. She stepped
into instant popularity in Daddy
Long Legs" in which she played for
two seasons and is chiefly remembered
by New York audiences. Conn Out
Of the Kitchen was first produced in
San Francisco earlier In this season,
where its success was such that It
was decided to bring it to New York
ct once. whore its reception vas
equally cordial.
The sun., 1916-11-19
IL BETTY OAs ~.

Portmanteau performance. and We
have given about . hundred In out Of
town theatres. In hotels. bathrooms.
g~ymnasiums and In college auditori.
vms. tells W We will succeed here. I
believe we will too. Otherwise why
should we leave . decidedly apprecia.
tive road and come to Broadway. But,
Is I said. II rests with New York.
mo. we are not highbrows. But
our things must have educational APP
peal-or at least must appeal to people
Of cultivated imaginations-or why
should we be booked by 20 many col
leges and universities and by 80 many
clubs? But educationally We practise
the elective system. II you wish to
read deep. potent meanings into Dun
sany's plays or into Walkers own
stun. go ahead. Or you may simply be
amused. Any feminine member Of any
audience 10 absolutely at liberty to
dampen the spare handkerchief over
The Birthday Of the Infanta' or 70
weep actually and ~copiously before
The Lady Of the Weeping Willow
Tree turns out happily. Any mar 10
equally privileged to laugh throughout
Nevertheless or to sit and muse Of
the days when he himself decided to
run away from home and when 70
him Jesse james was 4 hero.
Our New York bills have been tried
out in towns ranging from South Had
ley. Mass. to Buffalo and P1ttsburg.
ponderance Of real intellectuals to en-
The sun., 1916-11-19
KATIE sCHMIDT's STORY.
Qualities OF Her Wonderful
skating.

There is truly embarrassment Of
skating riches at the New York Hippo
drome this season. "The Merry DOLL
the novel and picturesque divertisse-
ment with which Charles Dillingham;
arranges to close a performance
crowded with original features, marks
not merely a new sort Of spectacle
but serves a. we'll to interest prac-
t!cally every American. For who Is
there among us that has not tried the
delightful and exhilarating sport Of
skating? Perhaps the sport authorl-
ties are right when they say that skst-
Ing moro nearly approaches being the
universal sport OF the world than any
other. But this bevy OF charming girls
from the leading ice palaces OF Europe
who interpret the beautiful Ice pan
tOm!me and skating ballet have stirred
up no end OF debate among the old
t!mo skaters. II has h""n discovered
that skating Is not merely skating. The
sport In IN varied rs golf and as rap
able OF as individual Interpretation as
\ Chopin %nocturne. Hence the selec-
ton Of little Miss Katie Schmidt -
the chotcs At many among the ssiAxy
The sun., 1916-11-19

of all ages said Miss Farrar. 1T IL
not as II another Joan OF Arc will
rise from our midst in this generation
to be commander in chief OF n great
nations army. but in their small way
thousands OF women in all parts OF
he world are miniature Joans.
Joan Of Arc more than any other
woman who ever lived stood for equal
ity and for woman's place In the
world. moi only alongside Of man. but
as the leader Of man. What commu-
nifty Is there but has its woman leader.
Its feminine mind that Is more far
seeing than the masculine and more
idealistic?
First Of all. Joan Of Arc stood for
a principle. Inspired by the voices
who talked TO her In her dreams. she
was determined she had a mission In
life to perform. Rebured. ridiculed.
wounded by word and sword. she
chung tenaciously TO her purpose. That
the world which circumscribes the life
activities Of the modern woman n
more limited than Joan's world does
not alter the opportunities Of the mod
ern woman to night and win 10 she
fought and won.
"Never lived there an o~pportunist
like Joan Of Arc. Her constant cry
was. The time Ia so short and there
Is SO much to be done!' Even after
she raised the siege Of Orleans in m
Of the most brilliant military exploits
OF all ascs she was not content to
remain idle in her newly won honors.
Where those around her counted time
in months and years. Joan counted
the days.
what inner lesson could Joan Of
Arc have left behind her for the mod
ern m to ponder over?s How
often is heard the statement that to-
morrow will be good enough? With
Joan there was no tomorrow; every
thing was to-day"
Miss Farrar said history records the
fact that Joan at seventeen years wa
made commander in chief Of the
French armies.
Certainly woman OF all generations
may find inspiration in 80 wonderful .
life. Joan Of Arc was the Woman.
Christ Of all ages!"
The sun., 1916-11-19

ayers who watch their business In any
Of the cities I have named and they
will tell you the foreign born element
Of their patronage Ia very much larger
than 1t was formerly. This was a read
lily ~perceptible condition to me As a
spectator and l took the pains to 20
convince me that the pictures were
primarily responsible for II.
ION the other hand. We know that
practically all OF the patrons Of the
speaking stage are nj least occasional
visitors to the picture houses. Here
and there you will ind an individual
who scorns this form OF entertain
ment but not often.
"Foi the small places the pictures
are a special boon. As an example.
neither The Whip nor Life the two
biggest spectacular dramas eve
staged. could DO played excepting In
the very largest theatres. OF which
there are not many. In the Ease OF
the former the country could not he
half covered. while with the latter the
stages large enough to hold II were q
far apart that q week must be lost
between times. and the play never was
seen outside OF the Manhattan Opera
House. New York; the Auditorium,
Chicago. and two or three other
theatres.
AT the present timc the Paragon
studio Is just completing The Whip.
which in fact is finished excepting for
the railroad collision. which. ] believe,
Is about TO be pulled on with real
trains on a real railroad. This. how
ever. Is not the main point. Both
The Whip and Life on a far bigger
scale than they could have been built
for any regular stage in the world. will
now he open to showing not alone In
the cities but every tank town on
earth.
"Ail this makes a sure thing OF a
prediction | made months ago--that
the one nighters In the near future
will derive their amusements almost
exclusively from the pictures.
THE screen drama will soon pass
through another phase-the educa.
tlonal phase-and the soone tho bet
ter. Modern plays and stories OF
genuine worth are beginning to run
low. and IL we cannot at some time
before long interest the public in the
great stories Of Sir Walter Scott,
Wilkie Collins. Charles Reade and the
other old masters. ! do not know what
We are going TO do
The sun., 1916-11-19

ways supported and always will sup
port good drama. We can do won
ders' with a little support. For our
organization Is so geGred that We can
put on a repertoire of no less than
fourteen plays, ranging from brief
interludes to Ave acts. with what Il
would cost an old line manager to pro-
duce two plays. Then we keep our
company the year round. giving them
work in the summer as well as In the
winter.
"Our receipts have always gone into
more plays. With fourteen already In
our active repertoire. we have half n
dozen more In preparation. SO though
We want to make money we are not
just crassy commercial. The Port
manteau is a lot Of fun for all con-
nected with It. We produce plays for
the plays sake alone. And doing so We
bless the good old public, which from
the time Of Mr.. Thespis himself has
always been willing and eager to con.
tribute it's drachme to see a good play
well acted.
please note that In our advertising
we make no appeal. We do moi ask
for support on the ground that tho
cultured few should hang together. We
don't use the word '%esoteric.' We
don't refer 10 the Portmanteau as an
art theatre and we have never
thought Of mentioning 'uplift.' We
want no cult OF the Portma nteau-un.
less the public Of New York wants the
rortmcntcal and expressoe that desire
In coming to see our plays. We arc
The sun., 1916-11-19
BRADY IS BACK.
He Retains From the West 20 Tell
what lie saw There.


what He saw There.
William a. Brady. whose interests
In both spoken and silent drama are
more extensive than those OF any other
amusement producer, has returned
from a brief our OF observation
through the middle West. These tours.
which are undertaken whenever Mr..
Brady can absent himself for a short
space from his two New York theatres
md the World Film Corporation. are
designed to provide him with first hand
information regarding general condi-
tions and their bearing upon the pub
lie at playtime.
where" said Mr.. Brady yesterday,
has become 80 well known that wa
may pass II ove as fully established
for n considerable time to come. OF
course 1t has helped both the moving
pictures and the theatres, but the
matter that attracted my attention
more than any other during my recent
trip was the unmistakable fact that
the theatres are helping the pictures
and tho pictures are helping the thea
tres.
Formerly VIC thought the movies
were inJuring the spoken plays. and
they probably YER But this condi-
ton has been reversed and the motion
pictures are making p~laysoers. Take
foreigners. for illustration. In De-
troit. Cleveland, Pittsburg. Chicago
and other cities whose great industrial
development has attracted hosts Of
workmen unfamiliar with our Ian
suase. the pictures naturally were nrst
to secure great patronage. In due
course a large percentage Of these
seekers for recreation were drawn
Into the regular theatres.
ASK any Of the regular hou1 man