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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-11-02
CHINATOWN BRANCH
No Other Telephone Exchange Like
This.

"No other telephone exchange may
be found in our land like the China
town branch of San Francisco says
st, Nicholas. 1T is strange mixture
of the Orient and the Occident. Seen
from the street, it is like bit of old
Pekin. set down in a modern city,
and it's curving roof-lines seem
oddly out of place between the con-
ventional brick buildings that adjoin
It. 1t is bit of richly carved and
highly colored architecture-a pic
ture from a fan.
"The visitor who enters is cour-
teously received by Celestial in ma
tive garb; but few moments of con-
versation reveal that is an up-to-date
business man-quite American IN
everything but his race and costume:
It is Mr.. Loo Kun Shu, manager OF
the Chinatown exchange, an electri-
cal expert and efficient head of staff
of fourteen operators. The business
done by this central includes all the
city and out of town calls between
the Chinese. There are about thou
sand telephones in the Chinese quar-
ter, and calls up to 5000 in number
are handled every day by the dainty
little Oriental girls who sit at their
work clad in the costume of their
own people. These girls are excep-
tionally we'll educated; all of them
were taught in the San Francisco
public schools, and, in addition to
perfect knowledge of our language,
they have a command of the different
Chinese dialects that are spoken in
the quarter. AS the Oriental sub
scriber does not call by number, these
girls must remember the name and
number of all subscribers, a feat OF
memory which would battle most
American 'centrals'."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-11-02
ANDREW CARNEGIE.
Schwab Tells How the Magnate Got
His Start.

In the November American Maga-
zine Charles M. Schwab says.
ANDREW Carnegie first attracted
attention by using his head to think
with. It was when he was a tele-
graph operator on the Pennsylvania
railroad under Col. Thomas A. Scott.
One morning a series of wrecks
tangled up the line. Col. Scott was
absent and young Carnegie could not
locate him. Things looked bad.
Fright then Carnegie disregarded
one of the roads strictest rules and
sent out a dozen kilograms signed
with Col. Scott's name, giving orders
that would clear the blockade
"'Young man. said the sdperin-
tendent a few hours later, do you
realize t..4at you have broken this
company's rules?'
We'll, Mr.. Scott, aren't your
tracks clear and your trains run
ning?' asted the young telegrapher.
"Col. SCOTS punishment was to
make Carnegie his private secretary.
A. few years later, when the colonel
retired from Office, he was succeeded
by the former telegrapher, then only
% years Old
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-11-02
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and at
Other Points.

Miss Ottie Harrison is spending
this week at home.
MIR. G. w. Johns, of Baldock
spent the weekend in the city.
MIR. Sam Rowell, of Clemson col
'lege. spent the weekend at home.
Miss Leona Brabham, of Coke1
college, Hartsville, spent the week
end at home.
Mr.. C. l.. Etheredge, OF Cnar'
1otte. N. c., spent few days in the
city last week.
Miss Dorothy Adams left last
week for Kirksey, S. c., where she
will teach this winter.
Miss Kate Rentz, who is teach
ing at WATERFORD, spent the week
end in the city at her home.
Miss Thelma Bailey, of Barn
we'll, spent the weekend in the city
at the home of DR.. J. B. Black.
Mrs. H. w. Mcmillan has re-
turned to the city from Aiken, where
she has been visiting relatives.
Mr.. Decania Bowling left last
week on a business trip to Detrolt'
Mich. and other northern cities.
Mr.. D. R. Matheny left fe"
days ago for the Riverside hospital
Charleston, to undergo treatment.
Miss Leonie Padgett, of Walter
boro. returned to her home MONDAY
after a visit to Miss Bessie Lee Black.
Mr.. Tom Harrison, of Augusta
was here last week to attend the
funeral of his mother, Mrs. Harrison.
MIR. ]. q. Harrison and family
of Smoaks, was here last week on
account of the death of Mrs. Harrl-
son.
Miss Moselle Moore, of Winthrop
college, spent the weekend in the
CITY with her sister, Mrs. Glenn w.
Cope.
. Miss Nell Black, OF Winthrop
college, accompanied by her trleno'
Miss Ruth Hodges, spent the week
end in the city.
Mr.. Frank Adams has returned
home from Galveston, Texas, where
he went to visit his brother, who has
been i'll for several weeks.
-Messrs. Roy Cooner and CLAUDE
Smoak, of the University of South
Carolina, spent the weekend in the
city at their respective homes.
Miss Sarah Clinkscales, of Able
Vile, who is teaching in the graded
school at Ehrhardt, spent Sunday IN
the city with Mr.. and Mrs. R. L.
Risher.
DIR. and Mrs. Charles E. Wilson
arrived in the city Tuesday nlght
from their wedding trip. They are
residing at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
George F. Hair on Railroad avenue.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-11-02
He Did.

81 really don't believe said
Gladys coyly, "that you particularly
wanted to hear me sing
81 did, indeed" her admirer pro-
tested. 81 had never heard you. -
T ;fo
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-11-02

cost the county from $4,000 to
100000. One man lost about SO
out of every 100 head and several
others lost heavily"
From South Carolina.
Tick eradication has put new life
into cattle raising in our county. II
we could only get like cooperation in
the stamping out of hog cholera, our
people will then turn to hog rails
ing.-J. A. Woodley, Marlboro coun-
ty.
Have watched the cattle PROPOSE
ton since the eradication of the
tick. and everybody gives it praise.
Have particularly noticed the better
grade of cattle; also have never heard
OF or seen a tick since the work was
done. l hope the good work will con-
tinue for the South.-S. P. Clark,
Spartanburg county.
lost s4O0 or $500 from the ticks
myself before I knew what it was.
Lost some of the best milk COWS l
ever owned. The money spent for
tick eradication is money we'll spent.
Best thing the government has done
for this section. Cattle that sold here
for to 4 cents on foot now sell from
to 1-2 cents right here on my
farm. | used all my influence in as
sisting your men here in their work.
l thank you for what you did for me.
I hope you will continue the work.
A. w. Rodgers, Greenwood county.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-11-02

Just received carload Of wire
fence. See me at once if you are in
the market for fencing. S. W. Cope
land, Ehrhardt, S. C.-adv.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-11-02

Are you raising pure-bred poultry
or mongrels? Pure-bred pays the
best and is no more expensive to
keep:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-11-02
YOU.
::

are the only one to be held response
BILE for shabby appearance. Strang-
ers judge you, not by what you are
but what you appear to be. And
though you be dressed in the height
of fashion if your hair and face are
neglected, you are considered shabby.
Let us show you what real worth
in a Barber Shop is. For this is no
ordinary place. We render efflclent
service, and do so promptly. Come IN
and let US show you.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17

the munitions plants; every one of them had her heair neatly dressed, and was otherwise. ohservant of Ter per sonal appearance as befits a French woman. During my stay in Paris my little stenographer wore the same tailored suit every day, yet it was always neatly pressed and her waist was always immaculate. Her high heeled boots were always freshly pol ished, and her coiffure beautiful. No, the French woman has sacrificed none of her chic in the pursuit of her high calling as a war worker.
 Do you know that the imperial fleur de lys is no longer the national flower of France? It has been SUD- planted by the beautiful 'tri color of the f1elds-the red poppy, the blue cornfower, and the white daisy. When made my unforgottable visit to the first-1ine trenches the sildiers plucked these flowers growing on the edge of the embankment and presented them to me as a token of the affection in which France holds all those Ameri cans who have given so freely to init igate the suferings in hospitals, to aid those whose homes have been destroyed, and to succor the widows and orphans of those who gladly died that France and French civilization might live"
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spondents who have been permitted to visit the munitions plants where thou sands of girls and women are la bor- ing to keep the French artillery SUD- piled with high explosive shells and shrapnel. have deplored the fact that the nation is allowing the potential mothers of the future to sacrifice their strength and health in such tasks I confess that ] cannot share this re- gret. To me 1t seems eminently fair and appropriate that these daughters of France who of necessity are, pro- hibited from giving their lives to the cause on the battlefield itself should enjoy the privilege of offering them selves wholely and without reserve to their sacred cause, in whatever ca pacity their bodies and their brains are most effective for that far-off. di- vine event-the restoration of France and the fruits of a peace that shall last for all time.
 One of the most amazing things about Paris today is that it is a city of smiles. It is no longer Gay Paris but Cheerful Paris A student of into the smiling eyes of the women realizes instinctively that one of the obligations which each feels and full fills is to make as hapy as possible the six days furlough that the men from the trenches are granted from time to time.
 The Opera Comique and the Grand Opera House are crowded each night but that regulation which once re- quired all persons occupying the fa- nous tiers of logs and the parquet chairs to be in evening dress no longer obtains at the opera. The horizon blue uniforms and the simple gowns of dark material, most often black are to be seen on every side. And one of the appealing customs of the hours is that every woman as she sits in the theater holds the hand of her escort-son, husband, brother, or sweetheart-whilef from the eyes of the fancee no less than from those of the silver haired mother there shines the light of maternal love, a love which would protect and comfort, not one
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17
THE WOMEN OF FRANCE
 IN THE CONFLICT
Have Been Called Upon to Make Many Sacrifices Since War Broke
 Out-Acta of Heroism.
(psoial to The Bulletin.)

(pootal to The Bullet1n.)
 Washington, D. C.. Nov. 1s.-One of the most vivid and comprehensive pie lures of the sacrifices, the heroism, and the hopes of the women of France which has come from war-stricken Europe in many months Is contained in communication to the National Geographic Society from Mrs. Harriet woman who has been permitted to vis- it the first line trenches on the French front since the great offensive of the Entente Allies began along the Somme last summer. Mrs. Adams, who is an author and lecturer of note. etud- jed the women of France with the ap- preciation and understanding of tinctfon as an explorer in the Andes, in Central America, and in the heart of Asia. She says:
 "One of the universal mistakes which the American people make in their estimate of the women of France lis the assumption that this war has created a new and nobler spirit among lthe mothers, the wives, the sisters and leweethearts of the men who are fight ling for the salvation of nation. Even | the briefest Of visits to Paris and to the firing line would convince the most self-Sacrifice and of complete devotion to a cause could not have been created or born in the women of nation in the space of two years. That spirit | has been inherent in the French wo- men far beyond the present-it goes back to Joan of Arc. Repeatedly dur ing the last few months 1 have been made aware that 1t has been an active and vital force for years because in many a base hospital l met young women of gentle blood who were ex- perienced nurses. having served grueling novitiate with the French forces in Algeria and Morocco.
 The splendid fortitude, indomitable will, and tireless energy of the French women have always existed; this great calamity has not developed new characteristics. but has only served to make known to the world those great virtues of heart, hand, and mind which are saving a people and that peoples civilization.
 Chiefly, perhaps. because of her charming feminiEity, and her dainti- ness in personal adornment, the American public has underrated the .sta an1ina of the French woman. Sup posedly timid, thic war has proved her to be the very opposite. For example, 1 the 20-ycar-oId daughter of a noble woman in whose chateau l spent sev- eral days has been nursing the wound ed f., two years. When the war be- ga>. and the trainloads of mutilated soldiers began to pass through the sta- tion near the chateau, this young girl, then only IS, who had never had a sight of human blood, arose each morning at 30, met the trains, and went through the cars caring for the wounds of those who had been placed hurrfedly on board to be taken to the base hospitals in the rear. This girl labored. and is still laboring, from 10 ito f4 hours q day. ameliorating the sufferings of those whose have given their all for her beloved France. And so are hundreds, thousands of other noble young women serving the re- public.
 Some of the American war corre-
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resses. In the professions the French woman has made astonishing strides not altogether since the outbreak of the war, but in the last quarter of century. For instance, the young dentiste who had taken charge of the American dentists office where called, could not have provided me with such completely satisfactory gold crown had her knowledge been acquired solely since August, 1914.
 One of the most interesting and appealing practices of the war is the adoption of groups of peasant soldiers by the well-to-do women of Paris. Osne acquaintance of mine, owning a large estate on the outskirts of the capital, is godmother to 150 soldiers whose home before the var was in a district now occupied by the enemy. These soldiers make their estate their home whenever they are OF a SiX-day fur tough. She cares for them exactly as of they were her oNergrown children, not only watchful of their material comfort but solicitous about their en- tertainment as well. When these boy ish soldiers return to the trenches they never fail to write to their 'chere Aimee,' as they affectionately call her.
 "In the beginning I said that the Americans had always under estimated the courage and strength of character of the French women because they were always judged as frivolous on account of their attention to personal adornment. It is worthy of note that the war has not changed this in stinct in the slightest. I saw thou sands of girls handling heavy shells in
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17
INTEMPERANcE AScRI8ED
 TO LONG WORKING HOURS
At Hearing of Switchnen Before the
 Board of Arbitration.

New York, Nov. 16.-Long working hours of switchmen emplc.--v. m rAe. Buffalo yards of the New .-,.rK Cen tral are responsible to a large extent for intemperance among them, ac- cording to F. L. Eggleston, yard con- ductor, who resumed his testimony to- day before the board of arbitration appointed to settle. the controversy between 800 members of the switch mems union and thirteen railroads.
 Egglest0n declared that in his opin- ion many of the switchmen are led to drink through fatigue. or because they do not get the recreation they might enjoy with shorter hours and thus seek sociability in saloons He be- lieved an eight hour day would de- crease the evil, he said.
 The witness related dangers to which the switchmen are exposed in the Buff falo yards where the tracks are so close together. he testified, that there is scarcely space for a man to walk between them when cars are on ad- joining tracks. He said shoulders of mems coats often are torn by nails in the cars as they move by.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17

Tor (No. 3 in the picture) and Miss Harriette Post.
 Among the eighty seven guests ask ed were John H. Finley, New York state commissioner of education, who is No. in the accompanying pictures; John Aspegren, Robert Bacon, Nicho- las Murray Butler, A. Barton Hep burn, Felix M. Warburg. Marcus M. Marks, pr. Thomas Darlington, Julius Rosenwald, George Cabot Ward, Chas. Hubinger, president of the New Haven chamber of commerce.; John M. Hum- phrey president of the chamber of commerce of Wilkesbarre, Pa; W. A. Law of Philadelphia, Dr. Bruce H. Payne of Nashville, Tenn; Wolfgang H. Preuss, l. w. Schmid of Detroit, Dr. Antonio Stella, H. H. Wheaton of Washington, R. B. Woodward of Ro- chester, J. l. Took of Chicago and Louis R. Cheney of Hartford.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17

uniform interpretation of citizenship in this country and to put the commit tee in touch with schools and colleges, government agencies and foreign newspapers and to reach especially those immigrants whose work touches on national defenses, such as muni- uons plants, mines, quarries and rail- ways. She also gave several Iuncheons ,lGst autumn for the committee. at one of which Colonel Roosevelt made an address.
 MT. Astor was unable, owing to another engagement to be present at the dinner and Mrs. Astor, who re- cevfed in the drawing room, had with her the women who were to act as the assistant hostesses at the various tables. These included Mrs Felix M. Warburg, Mrs. George Cabot Ward, Mrs. Robert BaGpn, Mrs. Julius Rosen- wald of GhicagN Mise Ffnncis A. Kel-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17

Mrs. Vincent Astor (No. in the pie ture) gave as her first entertainment of the season a large dinner at the Astor town house, $40 Fifth avenue New York (picture No. D, for the members of the immigration committee of the United States Chamber of Com merce, made up of well known men and women. It was the first time this of this kind, but it was not the first entertainment at which Mrs. Astor had been the hostess to aid in the work of the Americanization of immigrants. Her first large dinner was on Oct. Is, 1915, when she entertained at dinner at 122 East Seventy eighth street and at which the scope of the work of the national Americanization' committee was made plain.
 One of its objects is the enactment of uniform aRs h order to arrive at
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17
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 ' You buy it of. any well stocked drug gist in 2t >oz.s bottles and take it in ten-drop doses or bettersyet, mix it with simple sugar syrup, made by dis solving N#of a1pounds of. granulated sugar i'm a shalf-pint of boiling water. It is SO easy to makesa whole pint of cold and cough syrup sthat ..tens sof thousands of mothers make it every year for their. .4oyed ones,s = :. T I
 All agree 2 that this hcme-made cough 2 syrup isi free from harmful drugs and that only a. few. doses are required forfsachScase,Sso that a pint may last atfamily throughout the win tier season: S1. T For, colds, $. catarrh, cough, + and bronchitis, there is nothing Superior for prompt, lasting relief. Gdaran- teed by: the Blackburn Products Co., Dayton, Ohio. to please or money back. S.sz77saasSs,ss--<-"-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17

some instances astonishing inventive faculties. With artificial hands, maim- ed men are being taught many gainful pursuits while women nurtured in luxury have turned their unpracticed hands to typewriting, the making of munitions, operating street-cars and subway trains, taxicabs, and fiacres, managing shops, and serving as wait
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17
TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM

TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM nisstoners for New London County: I iereby apply for Q license to sell and exchange spirltuous and intoxicating iquors, ale. lager beer, Rhine wine and hder in the building at Baltic street. md, apart ments 1T, said building, any Iart or parts of which are cut off or ,artitioned in such manner as to form pooths, side rooms, retiring rooms. dy place of business Is not located within two hundred feet in a direct inc from any church edifice or public IT. parochial school, or the premises pertaining thereto, or any postoffice, .ubhc library, or cemetery. Dated at Dprague, this 9th day of November, A D. 1916. Irenee L. Buteau. Appli- ant. We, the undersigned, are electors md taxpayers. owning real estate. of he Town of sprague, and hereby sign Irenee Buteau for. a license, and lereby certify that said applicant is a Mftable person to be licensed pursu- mt to said application. Dated at lprague, this Sth day of November, A.
 5 1916. Alloy c. Cote, Moses Genard
 lmede Belair. Louis St. Onge. Charles [. Charon. I hereby certify that the Dove named slgners and endorsers are Electors and taxpayers, owning real Btate. in the Town of Sprague. Dated t Sprague, this 9th day of November, ! D. 1916. Arthur P. Cote, Town Jerk. U0zaaa&
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17

F'ranco-Prussian War are brightly written upon the pages of French his tory.
 One of the interesting by products of this war las been the creation of countless new occupations for women workers and for disa bled soldiers. In many lines of endeavor novices have developed remarkable initiative and in
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17
which demands or allures.

Tt should be mentioned that the Sisters of Mercy nave returned to France, bringing with them a gentle ness, an unselfshness devotion, tenderness, and withal an efficiency not surpassed by any other group of nurses in the world. The heroic ser vice upon the bat+Iefields of the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17

AT A COURT OF PROBATE HELD It Lebanon, within ana for the District ,f Lebanon. on the 18th day of Novem- per, A. D. 1916.
 Present = ALBERT G. KNEELAND, Judge.
 Estate of Thomas McGrath, late of Lebanon, in said District, deceased.
 Patrick McGrath of Lebanon ap- ,eared in Court and moved that admin stration be granted upon the estate of Iaid deceased, alleged to be intestate. Therefore. Ordered, That said appli- :ation be heard and determined at the Probate Office in Lebanon, in said Dis rict, on the 1st day of December, 1916, 1t o'clock in the afternoon, and that aid Patrick McGrath give public mo- dce to all persons interested in said state by advertising once in The Nor vich Bulletin, a newspaper having a circulation in said District, to appear, they see cause, at said time and place. and be heard relative thereto, tnd return make to this Court of the iotice given.
 Attest:
 ALBERT G. KNEEI-AND,
 JI1d
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17

The new battleship ''Tennessee'' will use 27,500 electrical horse power, enough power to furnish heat, light and power for a city of 100000 inhab- itants.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17

AT A COURT OF PROBATE HELD at Norwich. within and for the District Der. A. D. 1916.
 Norwich in said District, deceased.
 The Administrator appeared in Court and filed a written application alleging that said estate Is now in settlement In said Court. and praying for an order to sel, certain real estate belonging to said estate fully described in said ap- plication.
 whereupon, It Is Ordered. That said application be heard and determined at the Probate Court Room in the City of Norwich, in said District. on the 21st Hay of November. A. D.. 1910. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and that mo- lice of the pendency of said application, Ind of said hearing thereon, be given In some newspaper having a circulation In said District, at least three days prior to the date of said hearing, and that return be made to the Court
 NELSON J. AYLING, Judge.
 The above and foregoing is a true sopy of record.
 Attest HELEN NJ. DRESCHER, ! nov17d Assistant Clerk
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-17

Young chickens treated with eIec- tricity by London experimenter grow more rapidly than those raised without treatment.