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, 1916-06-01

The contractors are re-flooring the
steel bridge ON Spring creek n mile
south Of town. This bridge was floor
ed last winter with frozen concrete
and did not hold. II had to be all
torn out and re-hoored in a decent
manner. We hope this will end the
troubles over this bridge matter.
, 1916-06-01
The Last
Old Soldier

by A. H McGregor.)
Say, boys, have you heard what
the newspapers sayp
One hundred and fifty old SOL
diers a day!
Footsore and weary, have dropped
out at last,
Back on the road where the COL
umn has passed.
Every week-seven d~ays-keep the
number in mind,
Another full regiment, tagging
behind;
We bid them good by, with a tear
and a song,
And the column keeps steadily
marching along.
Every three weeks, another bri-
gade,
Back in the quiet old church.
yard is laid;
One look at the spot, where they
peacefully sleep,
And each, at his place, in the
column must keep.
Sixty days-a division forever at
rest,
No pickets thrown out, no foe
will modest;
And, let it be morning, at noon,
or at night,
The column moves onward and
is soon out of sight.
Every six months a full army
corps,
Goes into camp on the further
most shore.
No break in the column the even
ing is damp,
But. never mind, boys, we'll
soon be in camp.
An army each year, and weary, l
ween,
Sleeps meath the sod, with the
grass growing green;
An army complete, fifty thousand
strong,
Soon there will be but an inva-
lid corps
OF an army that numbered two
millions or more
A division, a brigade, then a
regiment small,
Too feeble to note when a COM
rade shall fall.
At last, but a company, then a
platoon,
A few stragglers left; then, soon
they will read this item:
The news comes today
That the last old soldier has
just passed away.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-17
No Respect for a Lawyer.

An English journal tells of an &C
ton brought against farmer for
having called another "rascally
lawyer.' An old husbandman, being
a witness, was asked if he heard the
defendant call the plaintiff a lawyer.
81 did," was the reply.
"Pray," said the Judge, what is
your opinion of the import of the
word?"
There can be no doubt of that, "
replied the fellow.
"Why, good man." said the Judge
there is no dishonor in the name, is
there?"
81 know nothing about that" an
swered he, "but this l knoW-if q
man called me a lawyer Id knock
him down.
"Why, SIR" said the judge, point
ing to one of the counsel, that gen
tleman is lawyer, and I, too, am
lawyer"
"No, no. replied the fellow; mo
my Lord. You are judge, | know
but I'm sure you are no lawyer
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-17

nest of other birds, leaving their ba-
bies to be brought up by perfect
strangers, and shifting all care and
responsibility to the shoulders of
birds who doubtless have troubles
enough of their own. In England
the cuckoo prefers the nest of the
hedge sparrow, when looking for a
place to deposit her egg. The young
cuckoo being much larger than its
step-brothers, the baby sparrows, de-
liberately with malice atore-
thought" shoulders them out of the
nest, to perish on the ground, While
he gets all the food that the credu-
lous little sparrow stepmother can
find. So, with all the shortcomings
that can be laid up against our Amer
lean cuckoo, the raincrow, he has
much more to be proud of and a
great deal less to be ashamed of than
his kinsfolk in the old world. If it
lust wasn't for his voice!-C. A. D.,
in Greenville News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-17
Matter-Of-Fact Wars.

Wars sometimes conclude in al
most a matter-of-fact way, as did the
Franco-German war of 1901. Bis
mark, who had just concluded the
terms of peace with France, told his
friends at supper that "at II O'Clock
tonight our troops and the French
will exchange their last shots, and l
have agreed that the latter shall fire
the last one." Shortly before mid
night Bismark's guests left him, and
waited outside the Hotel de Reser-
voir, Versailles. Soon they heard a
shot from the Germans, and then, af-
ter a brief silence, the French fired
their last reply. Hardly had the can
mons echo died away than the tower
clock of Versailles struck 12-and
the Franco-German war was an event
of the past.-Boston Transcript.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-17

To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Ouinine and Iron in a tasteless form.
The Ouinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. so cents
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-17
HEN CRIPPLES TELEPHONE.
Trying to Do Tight-Rope Act, She
Causes "Cut-Outs."

Telephone service between Clifford,
Bartholomew county, and Flatrock,
Shelby county, was interrupted. The
operator in the Clifford exchange was
trying to talk to the operator in the
Flatrock exchange, but every few
words there was "cut out" and the
conversation was 'lost. The connec-
ton at either end of the line was in
order. Finally a telephone employee
at the Clifford exchange was sent to
hunt the trouble. He investigated,
and shortly the operator heard him
shout, "Shoo! Shoo!" Then the line
cleared and there was no further
trouble. An old white hen had flown
from a tree to the telephone wire and
was trying to balance herself there
Columbus, Ind, dispatch to Indian
apolis Star.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-17
LAYMEN OF STATE ADJOURN.
Final Sessions of Convention Well At.
tended.

Columbia, Feb. 9.-The final day
of the South Carolina Laymen's con-
vention of the National Missionary
Movement was a fitting climax to the
great gathering which has been in
session in Columbia since Sunday,
and which has drawn fresh streams
of enthusiasm from the fountains OF
inspiration that have been developed
as a result of this great comingling
and cooperation on the part of the
laymen of all the Protestants OF
South Carolina. The call to service
which is manifesting on the part OF
the laymen of all the denominations
was emphasized today by the speak
ers and great good is predicted as a
result of this four days mingling to-
gether in the great common cause OF
regaining the world.
The great audience which packed
anG jammed the spacious auditorium
at the Jefferson hotel last night and
again twice today illustrated the
gripping power that the cause has on
the laymen throughout the State.
Farmers from Pickens mingled with
lawyers from Horny, and bankers
from Charleston sat side by side with
laboring men from Greenville, all
united and all enthused with the
common purpose which knows no de-
nominational bonds and which calls
for the best that is every man.
All professions and all trades are
represented in the great gathering of
men from the mountains to the sea
and every county in South Carolina
is represented in the great audience
which has been in Columbia for the
sessions of the convention. Men from
Georgia and from, North Carolina
were numbered among the laymen
and the results of the different ses-
sions are greater than one can tell.
One feature of the convention is
the absence of the women. At no
one time have there been as many as
a. dozen women in the convention
hall. It has been distinctly gather
ing of men, a fact which one of the
leaders pointed out this morning.
The registrations for the conven-
ton at 1890 o'clock this morning
were ITO laymen, 376 ministers
and $50 students. More register
ed today and thus over 2,30O men
from all parts of the State partici-
pated in the great gathering.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-17

l1tCuSu IOSStuCl 1A AoPAAoNe'A ~
fashion, without the slightest re-
gard for the rules of bird architect
ure. When finished or rather when
the builder quits, it is but slip
shod, halfway, ramshackle~ platform,
no provision being made for keeping
the eggs from rolling out. In their
nesting habits they are irregular and
eccentric in the extreme. The fe-
male often lays the second egg when
the first is about ready to hatch, and
nests have been found containing two
or three half fedged youngsters,
scrambling over one or more newly
laid greenish eggs. The mother
seems to know no rules for house
hold affairs and runs the home mi
nus method or established custom.
Such carvings on around the
house are enough to drive the dis
tracted father away and cause him
to lose any interest he at one time
might have had in the raising of
family. But, with all their slack
ideas about nest building and family
affairs, they have at least the de-
cency to make a bluff at caring fo1
their own offspring, while their Eu
ropean cousins, across the water
sneakingly deposit their eggs in thu
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-17
Guncotton's Substitute.
Alas for the dream of 20 cent cot
ton that cannot be delivered!

Alas for the dream of 20 cent cot
ton that cannot be delivered!
German science has developed a
substitute for cotton in making gun
powder, is the information that
comes from Bremen. The president
of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce
is quoted as making the following
statement to convention of mer-
chants:
Thanks to German science and
industry, we have succeeded in win
ming from the immeasurable supply
of German forests cellular material
which is cheaper and better material
for powder making than cotton.
Even after the war German ammuni-
ton factories will not buy another
bale of cotton from America.
;''The second important ingredient
salt peter-now is manufactured
exclusively in Germany from the air.
Our factories already are so advanc-
ed that in the spring they will be able
to cover the entire requirements for
nitrogen and if the war lasts longer
they will even be able to export this
product"
Whatever disadvantage the discov-
cry of a substitute for cotton in max
ing gunpowder may work for the cot
ton farmer, the accompanying infor-
nation that the manufacture Of salt
peter from the air is an accomplish
ed fact should far more than offset
it. The suggestion recently made in
connection with the appropriation to
be asked of congress for the improve
ments of music shoals that the pow
er produced could be profitably en-
ployed in extracting nitrogen from
the air for the manufacture of abun-
dant and cheap fertilizers would thus
seem to be so utopian and fanciful
as some have thought.
If one-half of the marvels of
science reported to have been wrest-
ed from nature by necessity, the
mother of invention, since the Euro
pean war began should prove to be
reliable, the additional resources for
sustaining life that have been dis
covered and developed will operate
in the far future to preserve incom-
parably more lives than the war has
destroyed and it is destined to de-
stroy.
We cannot feel the compensation
in this for the carnage of blood and
slaughter that is now being witness
ed, but it goes to exemplify the great
truth that
"God moves in mysterious way
His wonders to perform
Knoxville Sentinel.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-17
PROVEN SWAMP ROOT
AIDS WEAK KIDNEYS.

The symptoms of kidney and blad-
der troubles are often very distress
ing and leave the system in run
down condition. The kidneys seem
to suffer most, as almost every vic
tim complains of lame back and uri-
nary troubles which should not be
neglected, as these danger signals
often lead to dangerous kidney trou-
bleS.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root which
soon heals and strengthens the kid
neys is a splendid kidney, liver and
bladder remedy, and, being an her
bal compound, has a gentle healing
effect on the kidneys, which is al
most Immediately noticed in most
cases by those who use it.
A trial will convince anyone who
may be in need of it. Better get a
bottle from your nearest drug store,
and start treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test
this great preparation send ten cents
to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghampton.
N. Y, for sample bottle. When
writing be sure and mention The
Bamberg Weekly Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-17
EX.HUSBAND HER HOST.
Singer Honor Guest at Party Given
by Man She Divorced.

j. Franklin Aldrich, former repre-
sentative from Illinois, gave tea and
musical in honor of Nine. Marlska
Aldrich, prima donna of the Metro
politan opera, who divorced him two
months ago. Their two children and
forty of their friends made merry as
if nothing to speak of had happened
in the Aldrich menage.
The walls of the sumptuous rooms
of the former representative, former
husband, in Sonoma apartments, at
1,730 Broadway, were almost COM
pletely covered with photographs OF
the opera singer.
Mr.. Aldrich, white-haired and dis
tinguished of appearance, told of his
little "party.'
There is nothing unusual about
it," he said. Mime. Aldrich! 1t
may be very modern, but we see no
reason why we should not remain the
best of friends. We have often had
dinner together since the divorce"
Nine. Aldrich greeted her former
husband kindly and without the least
restraint. From o'clock until Z the
affair continued without a single
hitch. Nine. Aldrich sang.
Reconciliation? said Mr.. Aldrich.
''The idea has not entered the mind
of either of us. New York dispatch
to Philadelphia Ledger.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-17
Help.

Miss Casey-And when we are
married, papa, we are going to build
bungalow. We are saving for it
now.
Casey-And Oi'll help We, Mary.
Shure, Oi'll begin savin' the bungs
now, though twill take long time
to save enough to be av my use.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-30
RACES ON
HUNGARIAN FRONT
Petr0urad Claims Further Gains
In Carpathian Foothills
Partially Repu|sed,
Vienna Says.

PetrograG. tyia London), Aug. Is
In the foothills of the Carpathians in
Galicia, the Russians ave pressed back
;he Austrians and made considerable
advances, occupying a village, it was
announced today.
I'm the Carpathians west OF Mad
vorna,' the statement says. our adj
vanced guards having dispersed the
enemy. occupied h village OF Guta
and cached the sources of the rivers
Bystritza and Bystristza- Nadvorna, in
the region of Rafalcv."
Berlin, (by wireless to ssayvllle),
Aug. 2S.-Russian troops which are at
tempting to dvance in the Carpathians
toward the Hungarian border have
been partly repulsed, the official Aus
trian report of August %. announces.
The statement says:
Front of Arch Duke Charles Fran
els: West of the Moldova and in the
district of Tartar pass, several Russian
attacks We're partially repulsed in hand
to hand fighting. The enemy suffered
heavy losses.
"Front of Field Marshal Won Hinden-
burg: In the sector of Te~repelnilse-
Pieniaki. we re%captured all the trenches
lost August %. One officer, 211 men
and three machine guns We're cap
tured."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-30
TURKS Fooled BY
RUSSIAN VICTORY
Grand Duke Nicholas Has F:Ius-
irated Great Drive to Re-
take Erzerum Despite
Big Odds.

P~etrngrad, Aug. 20, (v!a L~onion).--
Ne Iulks' attempt to encircle the left
tlank OF the Russian Caucasian army
appears TO have received q crushing
''loW from the TROOPS OF Grand Duke
Nicholas in the region OF Lake a
The Turks cnciicling scheme, aimed at
regaining Erzerum and thus multiplying
Ill the grand dukes victories in Turk
Ssh Armenia, appeared about to sue
cced, but the Russian occupation OF
Mush and reestabliShlnent of Russian
positions west of Lake Van apparent
~ has made hopeless the Turks efforts.
The initiative now appears agaln to
ne with the Russians at all important
Joints IN Asia Mlno-, and now. that The
Turkish offensive On the left flank has
oeen stopped. Grand VI Nicholas can
continue his march toward Asia Minor.
The task of turning the Russians
left flank in southern Armenia and
western Persia was entrusted 10 the
Mush ROT of the Turkish forces.
which, reinforced by troops from every
part OF European and Aslatlc turkey
until they far outnumbered the Russian
army opposing them, began the north
eastern drive i'm the direction of Er-
zerunl. Although constantly halted by
the Russian fire and forced to send in
u continuous stream of reserves to re-
pair rava@es to their lines. caused by
Russian counter attacks, the Turks up
ipeared early in August. after the occu-
patton Of Mush and Bitlis and the sue
ccssful expedition into Persian terri
tory as far as Hamadan; to be in a
tair way toward accomplishing the task
they a undertaken.
The turning POINT camc soon after
we occupation of MuSh. when the Rus
sian line in that neigilborhood stiffened
suddenly. The battle begun then con-
tinued unipterruptedly until Thursday,
when the Turkish forces. despite their
-arn-toj c1,ha,inrifv in ~pnnoharC fell
back under the Russian assault. con-
aucted from the regions Of Melasgur
and Gnissikala and left Mush again
Ia Russ m hands.
The tefeat OF this group of the Turk-
ssh forces is considered by military
critics here to be of great Importance,
because Of thc Turkish ability TO hold
Mush and use it as Il base of operations
against the Russian left wins, the sue
cess Of their entire mpaiea in this
region was predicted.
The expedition which the Turks sent
out from Rivandousa toward Persia is
an apparent attempt to distract the at
tention of the Russians from the main
Jheater of operations, likewise came to
grief neat -achta, where w regiments
were captured by the Russians. accord
ing to war office statements.
The Russians are pressing the ad-
vantage recently gained over the Turks
in southern Turkish Armenia, accord
inc 10 today's official statement. which
says:
.'On the line extending from the town
of kygi to Lake Van. stubborn fight
ing continues. Our troops, after hav-
inc occupied the town of Mush. adj
yanced 10 the ridge of Hurst Dagu.
where we captured q number OF pris-
oners.
In the direction of Mosul we con-
niue to pursue the remnants of tho
Fuorth Turkish division.'
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-30
SPANISH REFORMIS7
PARTY FOR ENTENTE
Convention Approves Portugal's
Action and Will Seek Favor
of Allied Powers.

Paris, Aug. 2S.-The national con
vention of the Spanish reformist party,
says a Havas dispatch from Oviedo q
decided to send a commission headed
by Melquiades Alvarez, the reformist
leader, to Lisbon to express the party's
approval OF Portusal's Intervention in
the war.
HI commission, the dispatch ADDS.
will hen proceed to Paris to give the
entente allies assurance of Spanish
sympathies. The convention decided
also to begin q campaign ia favor of
closer relations between Spain N the
entente powers.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-30
DORDEN EXPLORERS
WRECKED on ROCK
Schooner Lost, Gut Entire Com
pa,ly and Grew Reach an
island In Bering Sea
Rescued.

On Board United States Coast Guard
Cutter Mc(uilr-ll. Pering Sea. Aug. IS.
-(via wireless to Seattle.)--The power
schooner Great Bear, carrying the
Arctic expedition headed by john
Borden, of Chicago. and Captain Louis
Lane, CT Seattle, was wrecked on a pin
nacle rock in Boring sea, August 10.
The vessel was a total loss. but the
entire party landed safely on ST. Mat
thews ISLAND, where they were found
yesterday by the McCulloch.
The members of the party aboard
the Great Bear were able to land ,ents
and provisions on St. Matthews island.
and lived comfortably IL days until the
McCulloch, which had been sent from
Nome to search for them, found them
Yesterday. Borden and his entire
party were taken aboard the McCul-
loch. which started back to Nome last
night.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-30
RUMANiAM KING WON'T. SEE
PERSONAL AGENT OF KAISER

Paris. Aug. Collaborating to infor-
nation from diplomatic sources, says a
wireless dispatch from Berne. Emperor
William wrote to King Ferdinand OF
Rumania that he intended to send
Duke Albrccht of Mecklenburg on a
spe rial mission to him with regard to
tho position of Rumalia.
King Ferdinand replied, adds the
dispatch, that the mission would be
inopportune because. as a constitu-
tional monarch. he would be Obliged
to refer the envoy to his ministers and
in the circumstances he preferred that
any communication from the German
government should be received through
ordinary diplomatic channels.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-30
RUMANlA VOTES BIG WAR
CREDIT; GENERALS SHIFTED

Amsterdam. via London). Aug. %.
By decree of the Rumanian council
OF ministers. published in the Monitor,
the extraordinary credit for the army
is increased by 20o,0 100000 francs to
6o0.0OO.O0o francs. according to tele-
grams from Bucharest today.
The UniVersulu announces that Gen.
eral P~araskivesco has been appointed
director of munitions. adds the dis
patch. and that General Popovic. in
spector general of the cavalry. has been
appointed TO command the First army
corps IN succession to General Aver
CISCO.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-30
DEFENDING FLEET
WIPED OUT TODAY
Invading Army Is Theoretic-
ally Landing on Long ISL
and After "Decisive"
Naval battle.

Washington. Aug. 2G.-T'he defend
Helm nave been destroyed" by the
hostile fleet under Admiral Mayo in
the navy war game. and this afternoon
an invading army was being landed, in
theory, ON the shores ot Long island.
Later dispatches 10 the navy depart
ment announced that the defending
submarines had failed stop The trans
ports theoretical invasion Of New York
by Il foreign foe was accomplished and
thai the war game was over.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 28.- T,lo red and
hlile fleets have beeu engaged in battle,
the elimination OF the naval war game,
since 3 O'Clock TINS morning Off Scot
land Ligntship. Sandy IIook.
Up to noon by the u,npire'e decision
the battleships Nevada and Texas and
Of the enemy fleet. Inc scout cruiser
birmingham and tle GestroYcrs Ben
hun. IHannins, Balci, DraytonlaI11 sev-
eral others Of the blue" defending fleet
had been lost in action.
The battle will continue untii .
O'Clock this Afternoon unless the UNI
pire, Rear Admiral knight, decides one
fleet or the other has been decisively
defeated before that time. Many other
vessels may have been ~constructively
lost, but orders to the commanders of
the two flcets we're that ships regarded
as unk should proceed to port and
their arrival should not be reported.
The battle is being fought with every
.dan of each ships company At his
proper station. Empires stationed on
each ship judge the firing conditions
and determine" when the vessel has been
put ont of commission by the fire of her
opponents.
The red transports With the invatiing
army which Admiral Mayo command
ing the hostile fleet, was seeking to
land in vicinity of New York, were re-
| ported lying off Ambrose light near
Sandy Hook Whether the ships could
proceed or would he compelled TO flee
for safety depends on the outcome OF
the fight.
Few details q: the battle reached the
| yavy department. Officials assumed,
however, sthat the invading iattleships
wore destroyed by torpednes fired from
II. blue dcstroyers in an attack shortly
after daylight.