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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
FOR RIGID PROHIBITION.
Over Plan to Drop Gal
lon.a-Month Law.

Columbia, Dec. 10.-ConservatlVe
leaders of South Carolina are appre-
hensive over the declared intention
of some of the prohibitionists to
force on the coming session of the
general assembly a proposition to
prohibit absolutely the importation
of whiskey or intoxicants of any kind
for personal use by eliminating the
gallon-a-month allowance and max
ing prohibition air-tight. Men who
have been hoping that the general as
sembly will at this session turn its
thought and attention to constructive
work are in despair when they view
the same old liquor fight looming as
large as ever on the horizon.
South Carolina, said one man this
morning, has been cursed with the
LIQUOR fights in every session of her
general assembly for years, to the
exclusion of other matters Which
might have been put on the statute
books for the good of the general
public. 1t had been thought, he said,
that when the prohibition was voted
and the gallon-a-month law put on
the statute books the liquor issue was
settled, but like Banquo's ghost, it
rises anew every year and 1917 Will
be no exception to the rule.
Might Switch Majority.
Viewed in the experiences and the
political fights last summer and the
closeness of the vote by which the
present administration was retained
in power, this observer said ne
thought legislative leaders might see
for themselves the situation and lei
the matter remain where it was. He
said that in his opinion at least 49,
600 of the votes polled against Gov
ernor Manning came from people who
I wanted to get their whiskey more
easily and he believes that II tne ue'
clared intention of some of the pro-
hibitionists prevail and prohibition
is made alright that the faction
which is now the minority and the
ones on the outside looking in might
become majority faction and be or
the inside looking out. "Once make
it impossible for people to get any
amount Of whiskey or other intoxi
cants for personal use and the ad
ministration which is responsible fol
putting such law on the statute
books will he swept out of office,
said this man, in talking over the
outlook.
That the problem before South Car
olina today is to build up more gen
eral sentiment for law enforcement
and that the matter Of bringing abou
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
out the year with Taylor or or! the
chain gang"

out the year with Taylor or on. the
chain gang
It appeared that Cooks father-in-
law, being poor, was forced to bor-
row thirteen dollars of the $25 paid
at first. Cook was tried before a
magistrates jury and sentenced to
serve on the Lexington county chain
gang. The sentence was served.
A third warrant was also issued
for his arrest. Judge Smith ruled
that none of the warrants issued
charged any legal offense and he al
so ruled that Cook had a right to
break his contract with Taylor and
that Taylor had a right to recover
the damages concurred and no more.
In addition he charged that under no
consideration should Cook have been
punished more than once for the Of
fense.
He also charged that ignorance OF
the law was no excuse for a magls-
trate or for anyone else, and that a
man is to presume the consequences
of his acts.
Hayes said that he thought he was
carving out the law of the State in
doing what he did and that he did so
only on the insistence of Taylor.
TAYLOR was a voter in his precinct
and has several sons, it was brought
out in the testimony.
Taylor testified that all he want
ed was the law carried out and that
it was on the insistence of Hayes that
the several warrants were issued
against Cook.
Both denied that they had an!
other intention than that OF carrying
out the law. Hayes, it developed, In
quired of the attorney general of the
legality of certain status under
which he issued his warrants. He
stated that the attorney general hae
ruled that the statute in question
was constitutional. Judge Smith
ruled that the supreme court Of Soutf
Carolina had declared this statute un
constitutional, the decision OF the at
torney general notwithstanding.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
PEONAGE CHARGE.
MAGISTRATE and Farmer of Lexington
County Guilty in U. S. Court.

Charleston, Dec. 9.-Ioor Hayes,
MAGISTRATE, and J. G. Taylor, a farm
or, of Lexington county, were found
guilty with recommendation to the
mercy of the court of peonage in the,
United States district court here yes
terday and were each sentenced to
serve a year and day in the At
lanta penitentiary and to pay fines
of $500 by Judge Henry A. M. Smith.
Hayes and Taylor were each in-
dicted for attempting to force young
white man named Cook to work
for the latter and a joint Indictment
was brought against them for con-
spring to force Cook to work for
Taylor.
On each separate indictment the
defendants were given year and
day in the Atlanta penitentiary and
fined $500 each and on the joint in
dictment were each sentenced to
serve year and day in Atlanta.
The sentences of each were made
concurrent, however.
United States District Attorney
Francis H. Weston, who represented
the government in the prosecutlon'
said last night that it was the first
conviction in a peonage case in South
Carolina he knows of. While he has
tried a number of peonage cases in
which negroes were concerned, ne
said that this was the first in this
State in which a white man was the
principal. He expressed great salts
faction at the result of the trial and
believes that it will greatly aid in
eliminating this "dastardly" practice
in this State.
The jury retired shortly after
O'Clock yesterday afternoon and re,
turned with it's verdicts, all guilty
with recommendation to mercy.
Judge Smith imposed sentence about
II o'clock.
From the testimony it appeared
Cook, a white man in his early TWEEN
ties, signed a contract to work fo1
Taylor for SO month. He borrow
ed money of Taylor and got married
and then left his employment. Tay
lor had a warrant taken out for hi
arrest by Hayes, a magistrate, ane
when it was served Cook and hi
father-in-law testified that the magis
trate said that if they would give
him $25 it would be all right.
The money was paid, as a fine
Hayes testified, and five days late
Cook was arrested again on the SAM
charge and testified, and so did hi
father-in-law, that he was told b,
Hayes that "he would either worl
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
GeorgetoWn's Pride.

It looks as if the Georgetown
bunch will have to give the rest OF
us odds in the bass fishing contest
News and Courier. Sure, the George
town boys can give the Charleston
bunch odds in bass fishing. There
isn't the slightest doubt about the
Times.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14

Snow took the place of waters in
Main street, Winstead, Conn.,, when
Mrs J. H. Snow moved from the
Higgins place to the Pierre house,
while Henry H. Waters moved from
the Pierre house to the Hugglns
place:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-14
reforms come slowly, was stated b.

reforms come slowly, was stated by
this observer. go too far and make
too radical a. change at once and the
people will repudiate the whole thing
and the condition of the State will
be worse than it was BEFORE" said
this talker and observer. Il allow
all honesty of purpose to those peo-
pie who are clamoring for an air
tight prohibition law, but it's a pipe
dream.
Don't Make Them Angry.
"People are going to drink some
thing and while they are willing to
submit to a reasonable amount of re-
striction for the common good, make
these restrictions burdensome and in
their anger they will wipe all of them
away and pull down all the bars OF
restraint. My prohibition friends
may all we'll realize this. If they
want to see a return of the dispen-
sary, or what is not an impossiblllty,
a return of the old bar room, just go
ahead with their declared intention
of forcing air-tight prohibition on
South Carolina he said.
That there will be hard fight put
up before the proposition 70 wipe out
the gallon-a-month succeeds before
the legislature is we'll known and
those in touch with the situation DO
not believe that the legislature Will
listen to any such proposition. They
pont out that the gallon-a-month law
was passed before the people voted
for prohibition and they voted for
prohibition understanding that they
could get a gallon a month for per-
sonal use. Its contract when
was entered into and any reputation
of the contract will cause the entire
prohibition structure to cave in, was
the way the man talked today in
summing up what he believes to be
the condition and sentiment of the
majority of the people of South Caro-
lima on the whiskey question.
The Bawling Out of Julia.
A deserted husband out West thus
advertises his spouse's delinquency:
Julia, my wife, has grown quite rude
rude,
She has left me in a lonesome mood;
She has left my board,
She has took my bed.
She has given away my meat and
bread;
She has left in spite of friends and
church,
She has carried with her all my
shirts,
Now We take note who read this pa
per,
Since Julia's cut this luckless caper
| will not pay one single fraction
Of any debt of her contraction.-Bos-
ton Express.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
BEAUTIFYlNG THE HOME
GROUNDS
BY L. N. BENNINGTON.

II you want your bed Of cannas or
border Of calndiums to make grand
showing from now to frost. give them
a frost-like covering of bonemeal; then
stir the soil. water thoroughly and
mulch with lawn clippings. Do this
toward the end Of this month and be
sure to remove the fading flowers.
Copy nature by sowing seeds of
perennlals as they ripen. Provide some
sort OF shade for the seed bed. A
screen made of lath or one Of un-
bleached muslin will answer.
The robust-growing plants will need
some sort Of support. Let the supports
be painted green or oiled to bring out
the grain Of the wood and you will
find them more pleasing than rough
sticks and far more satisfactory. Drive
the stakes fast into the earth a little
lower than the plants. so that they are
inconspicuous.
The plants needing supports are such
hardy perennials as delphiniums,
giant foxglove and snRpdragons. Do
not overlook giving stakes to the dah-
las. cosmos, hydrangeas and gladi-
oil.
To maintain continuous blooming
from now until frost, a few perennials
must be preserved. Make a habit of
cutting flowers freely and remove all
the fading blossoms and nature will re-
ward you with lavish hand.
After this month, allow the chrysan-
themums to grow according to their
own will-that is, stop pinching them
back.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
Speed Upon the Water.

A boat has been designed by D. N.
Brown of Grand Haven. Mich, which
on test runs has attained a speed of
30 miles an hour, says Popular Sci
ence. The body of the craft is made
Of thin galvanized iron over a bass
wood framework two feet wide and
twenty feet long. Two galvanized iron
air tanks are attached to an outrigger
five feet from the rear end on both
sides. When the four-cylinder motor
set in the rear, whirls six-inch pro-
peller, the prov rises out of the water
and the craft skins along like huge
bird over the surface, the entire
weight resting on about three feet of
the stern. The two tanks maintain
the equilibrium.
The boat has proved a success in all
ways, and the inventor believes, with
an improved design. that he will have
q craft capable of making so miles
an hour without being crowded.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
Advice From seventv Years Aoo.

To young ladies, Who regardless of
hard times. deck themselves as if for
the sacrificial altar: Ladies must re-
collect that because their male friends
do not tell their pecuniary dis.
tresses. it does not follow that they
are at ease in these troublesome times.
Many a man worth his thousands is
"cramped" now. Ladies': Be econom-
Ical; lay off your rings, put on your
soiled slippers, resume and mend your
rent gowns. We call on females to
practice economy, to cut off eXtrava-
gances, regulate your expenses-cur
tail your wants, and show your affec-
tiOnate husbands, kind brothers and
fond fathers that you are ready to
hear a recital of their troubles. that
you will sympathize with them, and if
necessary resign luxuries, and do it
with a good grace, and have none the
less smiles for them for what they
would gladly avoid and what they are
not to blame for enduring.-From the
British-American Cultivator, Toronto,
June. 1S43.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
Practical ninIomacx.

''Papa," inquired young hopeful of
some seven summers, as he looked up
from a book he was reading, there's
a word here which puzzles me-diplo-
niacy?"
Diplomacy, my son." and the old
man smiled paternal1y as he said it,
'means this: Doing or saying precise
ly the right thing at precisely the right
time"
"Ah!" retorted the young hopeful,
then l guess exercised diplomacy
last night"
How, my SOM" inquired the fond
parent.
''Why, 1 rolled Johnny over into my
place just before ma came in with
the castor oil, and then back again just
before she came to the other side.''
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
Cat Dives for Ernns

Warren Clement of Mfllvale, while
at work in his bayfield,, heard loud
splash in a pond near by, and think
ing that perhaps u horse mackerel had
got into the sheet of water, noiseless-
ly approached the spot and was aston
ished, although he knew that he had
zone of the brightest cats in Maine.
when he saw his pet Angora coon
cat dive from Il stump and disappear
i'm the water only to reappear within
Il few seconds, bearing frog in its
mouth.
Deposlting the now lifeless frog on
the ground, the four-footed coon
gained the stump again, crouched,
another spring, another dive, another
swim and another frog.-Bangor Com
lmercial.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
WIFE HAD HER SUSPICIOUS
siupby's Compliment Evidently Made
Her Think There Was "Some-
thing in the Wind"
&C. J. M" writes as follows to the

&C. J. NJ" writes as follows to the
New York Sun:
Sir: This most beautiful morning l
arose early, went out on the veranda
and stood listening to the birds sing
ing, looking at the tulips and pansies,
the young leaves on the trees, the new
cut-lawns, and enjoying the floods of
sunshine making all SO restful. I felt
that it was good to live.
''On the breakfast-table found my
fay Orite dishes daintily served. My
wife sat opposite me. herself picture
of lovely .womanhood. I could not re
frs in from expressing my great pleas
ure and happiness.
81 said: This is a most delightful
breakfast, and I have the best and
sweetest wife in all the world to share
it with me-
Now, naturally, 1 expected sweet
srlfle of appreciation. Did get it
No! The 'booful lady half closed hel
eyelids, looked at me steadily ant
said: You be particularly careful tx
come home this evening on your regu
lar train
Aren't women queer creatures?"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
IRIS

Take some strong clumps of iris,
about two or three years old and not
too large. Leave the earth on them
and take them up just before the
ground freezes and put them in large
pots in a cool cellar. If they do freeze
it will not hurt them, but see that the
frost comes out gradually.
Bring them up to the light and put
them in a southern exposure and they
win flower during February and
March. If white ones are planted
beautiful Easter flowers will be pro-
vided. With care iris will bloom al
most half the year. The flowers grown
in the house are more delicate and
beautiful than If grown out of doors,
Other winter flowers are expensive,
but these can be secured at little cost,
and when once started one can get
them from ones own garden
Experiment with irises this fall; you
will get pleasure and profit from it.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
TAKE CARE OF THE GARDEN
TOOLS

Any steel tool will rust if exposed to
damp air, yet have found that tools
subjected to the following treatment
every three months will not rust un-
less actually thrown on the ground, or
exposed to hard rain.
Take two parts each of graphite and
tallow, and one part gum camphor
melt together, and if not soft enough
to form a stiff paste add more tai
low or lard.
Remove all rust from the steel sur
face, wipe dry, and apply the paste.
Let It remain on for "a hours and then
rub dry.
Unless the tool is needed, even long
er than one day will be still better for
the tool to be covered with the prepa.
ration.
The above preparation has the eff
feet Of coating of oil, though every
vestige has apparently been removed
for mOnths.-.H. f. G.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
PAT ROSE TO THE OCCASION
Lookout's Appeal Did Not Fall on
Deaf Ears, as Far as Irish
man Was Concerned.

Twas off the coast of dear old Ire.
lsnd, and the steamship was a trifls
off its course. 1t had. in fact, taken
the wrong turning.
Breakers aheadi We are lost y
yelled the lookout from his point of
vantage in the bows.
"Begorral" cried the Irish cook,
we're not lost if that will save US"
And he seized Delaying pin and hit
the lookout such a blow as completely
to daze the man.
"How dare your beloved the cap.
tain, angrily. why, did you striks
that man?'
well" replied Pat, 'she yelled.
Break us ahead or we are lostr and.
sure. 1 did it, sir. And I'll break a
dozen. sir, if that'n save the ship
bedad!"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
GARDEN NOTES

Tulips increase by bulblets which
issue from the side of the larger
bulbs. Under certain conditiNls, too,
the larger bulbs split up into smaller
ones.
In a well-drained, sunny bed the
bulbs will live and increase from year
to year, but should be lifted, divided
and reset every third year, as the
cIumps become too much crowded to
thrive and bloom.
In potted lilies, set the bulbs two
inches or more beneath the soil. The
larger the pot, the larger will be the
plant.
Auratum, Speciosum, Longiform and
Brownii are all suitable for pot cul-
ture.
After potting, water und set in a
dark closet or cellar, keeping the soil
moist until roots form and the tops
start, when the roots may be brought
to cool window, say in January or
February. If early started.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
Canary Blocked a Street.

1t aOes not require anything thrill
ing to attract New York crowd, nc-
cording to n letter to the Pittsburgh
Dispatch. A two-ounce canary bird
bolted it's cage in Broadway apart
ment house, and for three hours the
other afternoon kept capacity
crowd" a-nutter. When it became
known to the residents of the build
ing that the bird had escaped its gild-
ed cage most of them Joined in the
chase The posse tried in vain to catch
the dainty songster and finally it flew
to the cornice of the roof, where it
warbled defiance to the thousand or
more persons who jammed the main
thoroughfare. The owner of the bird
dashed to the roof and the crowd
cheered. He grabbed for the bird and
missed-the crowd cheered again. He
coaxed-still the crowd cheered. FL
nally he cornered the pet and captured
1.-THE crowd cheered some more and
dispersed.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
KiIties the Middle Seq.

The following incident has been re-
lated by Capt. Alexander Weel. Thir-
teenth battalion, Canadian expeditions
airy forces, Royal Highlanders of Cam
ada:
'The majority of the people in
France look at the kilties with awe.
After gazing at us for some time one
of the women remarked that the crazy
English were sending women over to
fight for them :. the second quickly re-
piled that that couldn't be so, for there
was a man with beard. At that a
third woman shook her head rather
solemnly for a few moments and then
suddenly exclaimed rather loudly: !
have it; they are the middle-sex.'
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
Thinks Fish Can Talk.

Stephen Decatur Bridges of Verona,
Me-, who is known as the salmon
King" of the Penobscot, is positive not
only that fish have brains, but that
fish reason and form likes and dis
likes. and tell their opinions to each
other, the New York World states.
Bridges explains the disappearance
of salmon f;.1In the Penobscot in two
ways : either salmon tell other
salmon how dirty its waters are and
how it is not fit for any respectable
salmon to live in," or '.the fish resent
it because at the hatchery in East
Orland they are taken from the wa
ter and stripped of their eggs.'
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
Told of Irish Soldiers.

ProVerbially, an irish soldier has
many lives One of them fancied he
had long enough to live to comply with
the demand which a French mother
made upon him thus. "If you kill the
kaiser, you shall have my daughter"
He was also an Irishman who said
of a glimpse he had of a Russian
Guards regiment, Look at them devils
retreatin 9Th their backs facin' us !"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-28
BELGIAN BELLS WAR VICTIMS
Famous Towers and cariIIons in Un.
fortunate Country Have Been De-
stroyed in the Conflict.

Among the many unfortunate con-
destruction of many of the bell towers
and carillons of Belgium. Mr. William
Gorham Rice, in his "Carillons of Bel
GUM and Holland" explains that the
carillOnS are set of tower bells at
tuned to intervals of the chromatic
scale. Sometimes there are more than
four octaves of bells. the lowest sew
eral tons in weight, whereas the small
est scarcely weighs twenty pounds.
The bells are connected with a key
board by means of which the perform
er causes their clappers to strike the
inside of their sound bow. or with a
clockwork mechanism that causes a
hammer to strike the outside.
The correspondent of a London
newspaper, describing a recital Civ
en- by Joseph Denyn. municipal caril-
lonneur of Mechlin {MalineS), wrote j:
''In these northern countries the day
is long in August. and it was still twi-
| light. Against the southern sky rose
the broad rugged tower of st. Rom
bold's. High up near the top of the
tower shone a faint light. After The
clock ceased striking and the vibra-
ton of its deep and solemn tones had
died away, there was silence. So long
a silence it seemed that we wondered
( If it was ever to be broken.
''Then, pianissimo, from the highest
! lightest bells. as if very gently shaken
from the sky itself came trills and
runs that were angelic. Rapidly they
| grew in volume and majesty as they
, descended the scale. until the entire
| heavens seemed full of music.
Seated in the garden, we watched
the little light in the tower. where we
knew the unseen carillonneur sat al
| his clavier, and yet we somehow fell
that the music came from somewhere
far above the tower. and was pro
| duced by superhunan hands, Some
times in winter there comes thaw
/ and one by one the icicles tinklt
! down; gently and timidly at first, theI
/ loader and louder, until, like an ava
lanche, the largest ones crash dowr
with a mighty roar. All that th'
music suggested.
ut was low, it was loud; it wal
from one bell, and it was from chords
of bells; it was majestic, it was sim
pie. And every note seemed to fal
from above, from such heights tha
the whole land heard its melody.
Sometimes the sounds were s.
faint and delicate that we found our
selves bending forward to hear them
AT other times, great chords. in tn
volumes of many organs, burst fortl
rapturously. youths Companion.