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Milford chronicle., 1917-10-05
BUY A BENJAMIN SUIT

They made in New YOrkAre correct in every deai-and
are moderately priced Good dressers know what the name
"BENJ AMIN means absolute guarantee of everything
that right in clothes making n fit workmanship and material
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15
DURANT MEASURE PASSED
SENATE BILL PROVIDES FOR ONE
QUART A MONTH.
Physicians Prescription Required.
Provision for Beer is Voted Down.
Ends Long Debate.

Columbia. Feb. 12.-The senate
last night, after prolonged discus
sion of the prohibition situation,
passed the DuRant bill by vote Of
20 to 10. Provisions of the bill are
that but ore quart of liquor may be
obtained each month. and this on a
physicians prescription. No pro-
vision is made for the use of whiskey
as a beverage. Ministers of the gos-
pei may procure a quart of wine each
month for sacramento purposes. The
vote was:
Yeas: Beamguard. Beattie, Black,
Brice, Buck, DuRant, burst, Epps,
E. c., Epps, R. D., Evans, Friday,
CHM, Griffith, Gross, Johnson, John
stone, Ketchin, McCown, Nickles,
Nicholson, O'Dell, Padgett, Purdy,
Spigner, Wharton-29.
Nays: Bonham, Harvey, Harrel-
son, Hughes, Laney, Rogers, Sinkler,
Stacy, Stuckey, Williams, ]. Flo.
Prior to the passage of the Du
Rant bill numerous amendments were
offered in substitution. Last Friday
night, the Bonham amendment,
which was an emasculated form of
the bill by Senator D. Reece Will
liams, of Lancaster, had been substi-
tuted. This provided for a quart of
whiskey each month, to be obtained
on a permit from the county clerk
of court. Senator E. c. Epps, of Will
liamsburg, and Senator r. D. Epps,
of Sumter, offered a bone dry
amendment in substitution of the
Bonham amendment last night when
the prohibition issue first came up
for discussion. When this had been
tabled by vote Of 29 to II, numer-
Gus other amendments were offered
to the Bonham amendment. When
this had been somewhat modified as
to minor details, the Bonham amend
ment was the indefinitely postponed
by a vote of % to Is, but not until
Senator Hughes, Of Union, had made
another fruitless effort to have it
amended so as to provide for the
monthly allotment of pints of beer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15
Taking a Chance.

Andy Donaldson, a we'll known
character of Glasgow, lay on his
deathbed.
Il Gamma leave ye thus, Nancy" :"
the old Scotchman walled. "Yere
owe auld to work, an ye couldna
live in the workhouse. Gin, l dee,
We maun marry another man. wha'll
keep We in comfort in yer auld age. -
Nay, nay, Andy answered the
good spouse; Il couldna marry an
ither man, for whit wull l dae Wi
twa husbands in heaven?"
Andy pondered over this, but sud-
denly his face frightened.
Il haze it, Nancy" he cried. Eye
ken auld John Clemmens? He's a
kind man, but he's ma member O.
the kirk. He like We, Nancy, an gin
yell marry him, twill be a the same
in heaven. Johns ma a Christian
and he's ma likely to get there
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15
MARVELLOUS SPEED OF DOGS.
Greyhounds Travel as Swift as the
Flight of Carrier Pigeons.

Few people realize of what re-
markable speed dogs are capable of.
Some statistics in regard to this have
been gathered by Nj. Dusolier, a
French scientist, according to Our
Dumb Animals. After pointing out
the marvellous endurance shown by
little fox terriers, who follow their
masters patiently for hours, while
the latter are riding on bicycles or
in carriages, he says that even great
er endurance is shown by certain
wild animals that are akin to dogs.
Thus the wolf can run between fifty
and sixty miles in the night, and an
arctic fox can do quite as we'll, if not
better.
Eskimo and Siberian dogs can
travel forty-fve miles on the ice in
five hours, and there is case on
record in which a team of Eskimo
dogs travelled six and a half miles in
minutes. According to
NJ. Dusolier, the speed of the shep-
herd dogs, and those used on hunt
ing ranges, is from ten to fifteen
yards second. English settlers and
pointers hunt at the rate of eighteen
to nineteen miles an hour, and they
can maintain this speed for at least
two hours. Fox hounds are extra
ordinarily swift, as is proved by the
fact that a dog of this breed once
beat a thoroughbred horse, covering
four miles. in six and a half minutes,
which was at the rate of nearly eigh-
teen yards a second. Greyhounds
are the swiftest of all four-footed
creatures, and their speed may be re-
garded as equal to that of carrier
pigeons. English greyhounds, which
are used for coursing, are able to
cover at full gallop, a space between
eighteen and twenty-three yards
every second.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15

Here is an item that attracted our
attention. 1t was first printed'in one
of the States daily newspapers. 1t
had been reprinted in the Camden
Chronicle, and we clipped from that
paper:
Barnwell, S. c., Feb. 2.-On ac-
count of the muddy, almost impass-
able condition of a large portion OF
Main street, the rapidly growing bus
mess of the city, and the heavy traf-
fic near the business area, it has been
definitely decided to pave this street
with concrete or cement.
Now the point is, things like this
attract the attention of people far
removed from the town where such
improvements are proposed. Cam
den is a good long way from Barn
we'll; yet the fact that Barnwell is
to pave it's main thoroughfare was
considered a news item of Importance
in Camden. Another thing: If Barn
well can pave it's Main street, what
is the matter with Bamberg getting
busy? We notice the Chamber of
Commerce is already thinking of this,
and if it never accomplishes anything
but the paving of Main street, it's or
ganization will not have been in vain.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15
INAUGURAL BALL.
Formerly Important, But Now Seems
Passing Into History.

Once again a president of the Unit
ed States is to be inaugurated with
out the ceremonial accompaniment
of an inaugural ball, but as to wheth-
er the omission involves any seri-
Gus social loss is an open question.
No doubt at an earlier day in the
history of the republic, when inaugu-
rations and everything else were on
a smaller scale, the ball formed a
fitting enough link in the ceremonies
of inducing new president into Of
flee. 1t was function which made
an especial appeal to Washington
trade interests. But what essential
relation an inaugural ball has borne
recently, under the new and expanded
order of things, to an Inauguration
has not been apparent. Except that
it attracted a crowd and offered OK
ceptional facilities for women to
have their gowns torn and for men
to be spattered with salad dressing,
it was without distinctive character.
There was not even the satisfaction
of dancing under federal auspices,
with the government acting as host
to the governed.
If precedents count for anything
in the matter, the inaugural ball has
probably now passed into history. 1t
was long a national institution, a
quadrennial celebration of COM
bined social and patriotic rite, but it
has passed with the growth of the
country and with the passing of the
sentiment which sustained it.-New
York World.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15
CUT DOWN SUNDAY DIET.
Eat Less and Exercise More and
Eliminate "Blue Monday"

Grouchiness is more prevalent on
Monday morning than at any other
time in the week, and to such an ex-
tent that life is made disagreeable
temporarily for many families and
for many coworkers. That such
manifestations of i'll feelings are det-
rimental to private and public inter-
ests is widely acknowledged, but it
has remained for DR.. Samuel G. Dix
on, State commissioner of health, to
direct public attention to the Mon
day morning crouch and to tell how
it can be done away with.
The majority of people," DR.. Dix
on says, "are apt to fall into two
general divisions. One class tries
to crowd too much into the time be-
tween one weeks end and the begin
ming of the next weeks labor. They
take up their business on Monday
morning exhausted and overtired in
stead of refreshed by the day of
rest The other class goes to ex-
tremes by overeating and underexer-
cising, and the result is equally un-
happy"
To these causes the doctor could
have added the hang over" from
Saturday night, for that there is
more dissipation then than during
any other night in the week is be-
yond dispute. This is followed by
late rising on Sunday morning and,
if the stomach will permit, the eat
ing of three meals, which are always
heavier on Sundays than on other
days. The remedy then lies with the
individual, and it consists in absti-
nence from liquor Saturday night
and less eating and more exercise
nothing better than a long walk-on
Sunday. BY following this plan
what is known as "blue Monday
will be wiped off the social and busi-
ness calendar and everybody will be
fit to enter upon the duties of the
week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

The Auditor or his deputy will be
at the following places on the days
and dates named below for the pur-
pose of taking returns of persona!
property, transfers of real estate, and
income tax returns:
At the court house until Monday,
January Is, 1917.
Farrell's store, Tuesday, January
16, 1917.
Denmark, Thursday and Friday,
January II and 18, 1917.
Lees, Monday, January %, 1917.
Govan, tuesday, January %, 1917.
Olar, Wednesday and Thursday,
January "a and 25, 1917.
ST.. Johns, Friday, January 26,
1917, from a. m. to IL m.
Kearse's, Friday, January 26, 1917,
from l p. m. to p. m.
Ehrhardt, Monday and Tuesday,
January 30, and 80, 1917.
At the court house until February
20, 1917, after which date the so
per cent. penalty will be added.
Every taxpayer is requested to
learn the name and number of his
school district before coming to make
his return.
Taxpayers are also urged to come
prepared to make separate returns
for town property, giving. number of
acres and buildings, and lots in town.
Persons living in town will please
state the fact to the Auditor so that
they will not be charged with COM
mutation road tax.
All real and personal property must
be returned in the school district in
which it is located.
r. W. D. ROWELL,
Auditor Bamberg County.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Visiting in This City and at
Other Points.

DIR. J. H. Roberts, Of Ehrhardt,
was in the city on business Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. H. VI. Graham
spent day in Charleston last week.
DIR. w. T. Herndon, of Lauren
burg, n. c., spent Sunday in the city.
Mr.. R. R. Creech, of Olar, was
in the city Saturday--Barnwell Peo-
pie.
Prof R. Fair Goodwin, principal
of the Olar school, was in the city
Saturday.
Mrs. J. J. Cudd has returned
from a visit to her home in Bam-
berg.-Spartanburg Herald.
Mr.. Herman Crum, of Denmark,
is the guest of DR.. A. D. Bedenbaugh
in Shandon.-Colunbia State.
Mr. ]. J. Heard attended a meet
ing of county demonstration agents
at Clemson college last week.
MIR. and Mrs. D. B. Black, Of
Walterboro, spent a few days in the
city this week with relatives.
Senator ]. B. Black and Repre-
sentative B. D. Carter spent the week
end in the city from Columbia.
Misses Mildred Jones and Hazel
Armstrong spent the weekend with
Mrs. G. D. Sanders in Fairfax.
Mr.. n. R. Hays, of kpalachicola,
Fla, spent several days last week in
the city with friends and relatives.
MIR. J. F. Kilgus returned to his
home in the city last week from Sa-
vannah, where he went for treat
ment in a hospital.
Mr.. Roy Cooner returned to the
city last week from the University of
South Carolina, from which institu-
tion he recently graduated.
Mrs. A. Mob. Speaks spent last
week in Atlanta, where she bought
goods for Mrs. A. McB. Speaks &
Co., and other points in Georgia.
Miss Bessie Lee Black has re-
turned to her home in Bamberg after
a weeks visit to Mrs. H. A. Wright
on Lowell street.-Orangeburg Times
and Democrat.
Mrs. E. L. Price, Jr., was car
ried to a Charleston hospital last
week for an operation for appendi-
citis. Her friends will be glad to
know that she is doing nicely.
Mr.. V. J. Hartzog and Miss
Mamie Hartzog went to Atlanta last
week. Mr. Hartzog is spending some
time with his son, Mr.. Robert Hart
zog, recuperating from his recent i'll
ness. Miss Hartzog has returned to
the city.
Miss Lola Folk, of Denmark, has
been the guest during the last week
of Mrs. Clarence Richard. Accom-
panied by Miss Leola Bedenbaugh
she will spend the weekend with
Miss Alma Folk, at Bookman.-Co-
lumbia State.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15
Too Shrewd for Him.

An old laboring man appeared be-
fore the court as a witness. The
lawyer for the defendant tried to
confuse him.
"You are Frederick Miller?" said
he.
Il am,' replied the laborer.
Are you the Frederick Miller who
was sentenced under mitigating cir
cumstances for robbery?"
"No, I am not that Miller.'
You are, perhaps, the Miller who
was sentenced to two years impris-
onment for theft?''
"No, l am not that Miller, either y
Were you ever in prison?'
Yes-twice.'
How long the first time?"
"A whole afternoon
An afternoon? And the second
time? You must make truthful
statements, you know, for you are
sworn. If you were in prison for so
short a time what did you do?'
Il only whitewashed cell ready
for your brother, who had been COM
mitted for cheating his clients
The lawyer did not ask any more
questions on that subject.-Phlla-
delphia North American.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15
Thp Bamhrrg Hfralh
ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
Thursday, Feb. Is, 1917.

The session of the legislature is
fast drawing to a close, and very lit
tie has been done as yet. We pre-
sumo that some sort of liquor bill
will be passed and the State highway
commission will be established. But
the results are hardly worth the eX-
penditure. We see no necessity OF
annual sessions of the legislature, but
it seems absolutely impossible to get
the biennial sessions bill through.
Every year it is put on the shelf. We
noticed that Senator Black intro
duced a biennial sessions bill, but
there appears to be no likelihood of
it's passage.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15

The Chamber of Commerce organ
lied last Thursday night has promis-
of doing great things for the city and
surrounding territory. 1t is some
thing the needs of the town have
been demanding for long time. 1t
is now a recognized fact that there
should be a commercial body in
every town that wants to grow and
progress. New enterprises and in
dustries will not locate where they
are not wanted, and, without a trade
body, there is no one whose business
it is to interest new capital in locat-
ing here. Bamberg needs more in
dustries- enterprises that will in
crease the city's pay rolls and bring
people to town. And, then, there is
the matter of civic improvements.
The Chamber of Commerce can do
much in educating the people in the
way of making permanent improve
ments. The town and county needs
advertising; the chamber can see to
it that the resources and opportuni-
ties and possibilities of the city and
county are heralded abroad. 1t can
do much to disabuse the mind of the
people elsewhere that this section of
the country is less healthy than other
sections--or, if it is less healthy, to
go about removing the things that
make it so. 1t was mighty good to
see the interest and enthusiasm with
which tle movement was received
The membership of 1913 in town of
the size of Bamberg can accomplish
just about anything for the town that
it goes after. We hope'th people will
stick together on the matter, and get
out of the organization what they
should. The board of directors is
composed of good, live, progressive
business men, and We can see no rea-
son why the organization should en-
counter anything but success. Bam-
berg is undoubtedly a place of great
opportunities One of the smallest
counties, it is also one Of the richest
in the State. The business carried
on in Bamberg city is far greater than
that in many other cities much larg-
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15

er. This indicates that the town is
capable of development. Let US
build up the city; make it an attrac-
tive place in which to do business,
and in which to live. We cannot pos
sibly do this without attracting the
attention of the outside world, and
there are hundreds of persons every
where looking for just such place to
locate in. Every new family locat-
ing in Bamberg means more business,
more progress, and more growth.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15

The advertising agencies are get
ting better than they used to be, but
still many of them send out their
orders calling for top of column,
next to pure reading matter" Such
contracts s\ould always be returned
for revision and changed to run OF
paper" or an additional charge made
for position.
But it is still better for the coun-
try paper not to sell position at all,
for advertising contracted for special
position greatly interferes with a
neat makeup, and when a paper has
a goodly number of position con-
tracts, the necessity of fulfilling them
all becomes distracting to the fore
man, and the results are positively
grotesque, little rivulets of reading
matter squirting out between the diff
ferent isements.-Inland Print
er.
This is the position that The
Herald has taken for long time. 1t
has been the rule of this newspaper
to decline to accept position adver-
tising except at about double the or
dinary rate, and it does not care to
handle them at that. Unfortunately
so many newspapers accept position
advertising that it makes it harder
on those thai do not; but there has
been decided improvement in this
direction. We believe that the aver
ago advertiser Drefers a paper that
has neat makeup, rather than
those that try to please every adver-
tiser by printing news all round his
advertisements.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15
NOTICE..

State of South Carolina-County OF
Bamberg.
To all whom it may concern, please
take notice:
That the undersigned has lost a
certificate of the capital stock of the
Ehrhardt Banking Company, of Ehr-
hardt, S. c., said certificate being NO.
5, and application will be made to
said Bank on February 18th, 1917,
for duplicate certificate of same.
2-15 JNO. F. FOLK.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15

Superior, Wis, for the first time
in sixty years is without saloons.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-02-15
CARD OF THANKS.

I wish to take this method of ex-
pressing my deep and heartfelt
thanks to my friends for their recent
kindness to me during my illness. l
shall always remember these acts.
]. F. kILGUS. =,
The Huttig news., 1917-09-01
caribaIdis for Freedom.

Where his study window looks out on the yellow waters of the Tiber, winding through the Rome for which be fought so long and bravely, l lis tened. one afternoon in late December, to that fiery old warrior, Gen. Rieeiot- u Garibaldi, while he spoke of the war and of Italy's part in 1t, Lewis R. Free man writes in Worlds Work. "All of my boys are fighting" he had said, "and my daughters and my wife are nursing. Two of the boys are gone killed in Franee-but the other five are with the Italian army. They are all good fighters, I think; but one of them-Peppino, the eldest-ts also an able soldier. Or at least he ought to be, for he has been trained in the 'Garibaldi' school. There hasn't been a war (save that between Russia and Japan) or revolution in any part of the world in the last twenty years in which he hasn't drawn sword, car ried a rife or swung machete."
The Huttig news., 1917-09-01
Bables' Cries Set to Music.

The crying of babies is not regard ed as musical, but nevertheless 1t Is. Rev. Noel Bonava Hunt, a senior curate of St. Matthew's church, Willes- den, England, has set infants cries to music. He was particularly impressed with the beauty and musical quality Of the walls and cries of the infants at the baptismal services held at St. Mat thews. He tried to persuade the church musicians to catch the sounds and set them to music, but they re- fused. At length Rev. MT. Hunt him. self recorded the sounds In the form of a chant set to the words of the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh psalm By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee. o Zion." "The composition Is original" Rev. MT. Hunt says, "and it is little grotesque, but 1t Is musical. It represents the meaning of the words to which 1t Is set"
The Huttig news., 1917-09-01
Save the Best For Seed.

All cotton is not good cotton Some varieties have the ability to produce from $1200 to $1500 worth of cotton per acre more than others, according to results obtained at the Arkansas Experiment Station. This difference has largely been brought about by careful selection of planting seed Un- der the usual farming conditions in Arkansas cotton deteriorates very rapidly from year to year because of failure to select the best seed and because of admixture at time of gin ming This deterioration can be over come and cotton can be improved by careful seed selection. Choose next years planting seed while the crop is still in the field. Have good piekers go over the field ahead of the reg1- lar force and save the best bolls from the best plants, choosing from those that show ability to yield; watch also for earliness, for size of boil and for storm resistance. Get the best, get enough of. the best to make at least one bale, have this ginned free from admixture and save the seed for plant. ing purposes. Good seed selection will mean an increase of several dol lars per acre next year.
The Huttig news., 1917-09-01

ginning wet cotton. Bales carrying at discount.
 The back yard or lot is too often used as storehouse for baled cotton The bales are often thrown off in such places for flew days" which last for months. Cotton so exposed ab- sorbs moisture and blues (rots). Such cotton sells for eight to twenty dol lars less than it would have brought had 1t been properly stored. All bales should be housed or at least put off the ground under she'd THEY SHOULD BE KEPT DRY.
 Don't Sell Cotton in the Seed.
 The practice of selling cotton in the seed Is another source of loss. No buyer can determine the grade, the per cent lint, nor the shrinkage due to moisture. of seed cotton. For this reason all buyers of such cotton must buy at low figures to avoid risk. It Is a safe guess that cotton sold in the seed brings ten dollars per bale less than it is worth.
 The state produced 1,134,000 bales of cotton in 1916, worth approximate. Iy S100, 100000. It is safe to estimate that on such crop no less than $5,- 0O0, 900 would have been saved by ob. serving the six cotton don'ts:
 Six Cotton Don'ts.
 Don't let open cotton remain in the field.
 Don't harvest any more trash than can be avoided.
 Don't mix inferior cotton with that of better quality.
 Don't pile picked cotton on the ground in the open.
 Don't gin damp cotton.
 Don't allow baled cotton to take the weather.