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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
..,4.ao OR FIGHT WON THE DAY.
Lieut.. Peers Report to British Pre-
mier Changed Engiand's Policy.

The year 1845 brought 5000 peo-
ple with "54-40 or fight" blazoned
on their wagon covers. eyes," they
said, ''Polk is elected; and we will
fight for Oregon
. The brother OF, the Earl of Aber-
deem was in Puget. Sound with
British feet awaiting events. Sir
Robert Peel, prime minister of Eng
land, sent his son, William Peel, and
Captain Parke, of the royal marines,
to investigate the Oregon problem.
They saw the incoming vans. Hope
lessly Americanized,' was their fire.
quent exclamation.
Parke and Peel rode up the Will
iamette valley and were entertained
by the settlers. Tell us how you
came to Oregon" they asked a. the
house of Applegate He gave them
the story of the pioneers of 1s43.
"Such men would make the finest
soldiers in the world" said Peel.
They stopped at Nesmith's. He
staked their horses on the grass and
invited them into his cabin, Ia feet
square, with puncheon floor, mud
chimney and not pane of glass.
The furniture had been made by the
future senator himself, with an Ak
and auger. Boiled wheat and jerked
beef was the extent of the larder
The scions Of nobility slept in their
own blankets on the cabin floor.
twenty-five years after one OF
those officers met Senator Nesmith in
Washington. ''Do you recall that
was once your guest in Oregon?" he
said.
Nesmith attempted an apology for
the brevity of their bill of fare at
that time.
"My dear SIR interrupted the po-
lite Englishman, ''the fare was splen-
did and we enjoyed it hugely. You
gave US the best you had the Prince
of Wales could do no more
From Nesmith's house Lieutenant
Peel returned to Puget Sound ano
took a special ship to London. What
he told his father, the great Sir Rob
ert, we do not know, but we had nc
war with England.-From Eva EN-
cry Dyes "Stories of Old Oregon,
reprinted in the Portland Oregonian
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
WILL CAPITALIZE INDIGENCY.
Philadelphia's Dependents Put to
Work to Save City Money.

All the bread, shoes and carpets
needed by the city institutions under
the department of health and chari-
ties will be made at the HolmesburA
Home for the INDECENT after Decem-
Der /.
This constructive plan, which will
not only save the city thousands OF
dollars, but give occupation to the
900 dependents at Holmesburg, has
just been worked out by Superintend-
ent w. G. .McAllister, of the bureau
of charities. 1t is part of the broad
scheme outlined by DR.. Wilmer S.
Krusen, director of the department
of health and charities, to increase
the efficiency Of the city institutions.
A bakery, equipped with ovens
that have daily capacity of $1,000
two-pound loaves, will be used to
furnish all the bread needed at the
Philadelphia general hospital and
Browns farm for women at Torres.
dale.
Superintendent McAllister has
completed arrangements by which an
expert baker will take charge of the
model bakery and, with the inmates
of the home as helpers, turn out a
supply at least $4,000 a year
Philadelphia North American.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
Moving the Negro.

Hundreds, even thousands of COL
ored people are being brought from
the South to this vicinity by labor
contractors to supply the demand for
unskilled labor in plants of various
kinds and on municipal and private
work. This importation of the sons
of the Southland is little less than a
crime, especially at this time of year.
Born and raised in climate which
rarely knows the touch of Jack Frost,
the rigors of the Northern winter
find in them ready victims and unless
a strict watch is kept by municipal
authorities, actuated not so much
from a desire to add to the working
population as from a humanitarian
standpoint, hospital wards will be
crowded and scores and hundreds of
people who have been led to believe
dollars grow on bushes in the 4n-
known North, will find pauper
graves.
The colored man of the South is
only a child of the plantation and of
the farm and he never can be or
never should be successfully trans
planted to indoor work in factory or
mill. He can never srnDlant the har-
dy sons of Italy and the Latin ,coun-
tries in construction work as he has
not the stamina to do the work re-
quired or the constitution to stand
the frequently changing climate. To
the negro man born north of the Ma
son and Dixon line this does not ap-
ply for he has had the opportunity
to become accustomed to the climatic
conditions. Most of these men, too,
have employment, because of their
peculiar racial characteristics, whcr.
they are not exposed to the elements
day after day.
Many of the negroes coming to
the North today have owned little
farms in the South which they have
sold to stake their all on the venture
into the unknown country, the prais-
es of which have been sung by sirens
having but little regard for the
truth. Unused to the ways of the
city, these uninformed children of
nature have fallen easy victims to
unscruplous whites on their arrival
in the North and the few dollars OF
the little hoard, a small fortune in
their eyes, has soon dwindled to
nothing and to the shame of the
white man it can be said the un-
scrupulous one had not left his victim
until every dollar possible has been
obtained.
Without proper clothing or shelter
the immigrant, and the one from
across the seas is wise man COM
pared with the dark skinned child OF
the South, falls victim to pneumo,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
THE TEST OF MERIT
Bambers People Are Given convine'
ing Proof.

sambers People Are Given convine'
ing Proof.
No better test Of any article can
be made than the test OF time ana
this Is particularly true OF a honey
medicine. Doan's Kidney Pills nave
stood this test and stood it well.
What better proof of merits OF this
remedy could you demand, than the
statement of Bamberg resident VINO
used is successfully and tells OF last
ing results.
Read the following:
2. Dickinson, jailor, Rice st., bam'
berg, says: II was subject to severe
backaches and my kidneys did not
act regularly. The kidney secresaons
were unnatural and irregular in pas,
sage. I sued Doan's Kidney Plis'
procured at the Peoples Drug Store
and thev benefited me greatly. They
regulated the action Of my kidneys
and removed the lameness and sore
ness in my back" (Statement given
January 26, 1917
NO TROUBLE SINCE.
On May 20, 1914, Mr.. Dickinson
said "The cure Doan's Kidney Plls
made for me some years ago is still
lasting. My back is now strong ano
nv kidneys act regularly"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don
simply ask for kidney remedy-ge,
Doan's Kidney Pills-tne same .na'
Mr.. Dickinson has twice puoilcis
recommended. Foster -Milburn 70
Props.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11

MIA and it's kindred ailments and the
municipality speedily has another
ward to care for and possibly bury.
Winter or summer the Northland is
not a place for the negro born in the
South and the people of the South
ern States can do no more charl-
table act than to impress on their
negro citizens that disappointment
and possibly death await them If
thev venture into the unknown land
which contrary to the siren song does
not ''fow with milk and honey even
TO the white man born and bred
there.-Belleville On. J.) Times.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
Easy.

The class in history had been call
ed and the teacher asked her young
pupils how many wars England had
fought with Spain.
"Six," one little miss promptly re-
piled.
"Six!" repeated the teacher.
"Enumerate them, please"
Zone, two, three, four, five, six,
said the little girl with cheerful con-
fidence.- Washington Post.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
Worth While.

Dennis was plainly worried. He
scratched his head reflectively for
moment, then stopped and COM
menced poking a dollar bill through
a crack in a board walk.
81 say, what's up? What are you
doing that for, my man." questioned
a passer-by.
"Why, y see, SIR returned the
Irishman without glancing rp from
his task, "a minute ago l dropped a
dime through this crack, an now m
putin a dollar through SOS to make
it worth me while to pull up tn walk
an get tn dime. .''-Brooklyn Eagle.
Charleston's fire loss for 1916 was
little over $4,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
Theory is Wrong.

s'Do you believe that egotism and
genius go together?''
Not always. There would be a
lot more genius if they did. .'-Tran-
script.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
Whsuever You Need General Ionf<
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as g
General Tonic because 1t contains the
wen known tonic properties ofQUlNlNE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver 1tIves
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 ce1ts'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11

The man who poses as a model
citizen is usually the biggest fake in
town.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-02
SUPREME IN HIS EG0TlSM
Man So Sure of Himself That He Su'- fers Little From the Desire
 to Possess.

Men do not. as rule, suffer very much from the desire to possess, be- cause they are so sure that they do possess, because they find 1t so difii- cult 10 conceive that their wife can find any other man attractive. writes ". l.. George in the Atlantic Monthly. They are loo well accustomed to be- ing conrted, even if they are old and repulslve. because they have power and money: only they think it is be- cause they are men. Beyond jealous care for their wives fidelity, which l suspect arises mainly from the feeling that an unfaithfui wife is a criticism, they do mol ask very much. BHt Wem- on suffer more deeply because they know that man has lavished on them for centuries condescendng admira- tief. ihat the king who lays his crown af their feet knows that his is the crown 10 give. While men possess by rieht of possession women possess only by right of preearious conquest. They feel II very bitterly. this fugitive empire. and their greatest tragedy IS to find themselves growing q little older uncertain of their power, for they ore afraid, as age comes, of los ing their man, while l have never heard of a husband afraid of losing his wife, or able 10 repress his sur prise if she forsook him.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-02
Mrs. AImeda Kent

Mfs AlmeJt [ .omnrl Buck Kent, widow Of Bela NJ. Kent, for many yeafs engaged in the business herea " conducted by his sons, G NJ ana |. E. Kent, died at her home, corner of InteIvnle and Mechanic streets, al , o'clock Tuesday morning, nged s years. She had been i'll but week with la grippe and bronchitis.
 Mrs. Kent was born in Thompson, Jan 4th, 1884, The oldest of ten chiI dfen. She was the daughter of John c. and Dianne fFyleD Conan. She attended school but d short time and al the early age Of ten years went to work in the Gfosvenotdale mill.
 About liflyfour years ago she mar fied Barney Buck who died about fotty.nin years ago. One son, John C. Buck, now dead, was born of this union.
 Oct. 18th, 1871, she married Bela VI Kent of Putnam who died some years ago. No children were born to them
 Mrs. Kent was a highly estimable lady and had large circle of acquain tances in this part of Windham coun. ty where she has spent her whole life. She was member of the Advent church ot Putnam,
 Mrs. Kent Leaves two sisters, Mrs lien k Shead of WoodStack ana Mrs. Alta Towne of North Grosvenor. dale and three brothers, John Conan of Webster, ftank 0. of Montville and Clarence of North Grosvenotdale.
 The funeral service was held this Friday from The home, Rev. George Stone of the Advent church oiticiat- ing. Burial was in the Grove street cemetery.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-02
Beoin Seal killinq.

A few years ago when pelagic seal CTS flourished and seals also were killed on the rookeries, if was the fa- yorite trick of milady to develop a hollow cough which left her better or worse half the alternative of send ing her to Florida for the winter or purchasing sealskin coat. Seals then became scarce through the un- ceasing demand. and the government stepped in and halted the killing.
 This, observes the Seattle Post-ln- telligencer. brought relief to father. and he, since 1910, when the govern ment took over the herds. has been able to lay up little money for the coal bill Comes now II. ]. Christoffer, assistant agent for the United States bureau of fisheries, with the depress- ing information that the seal herds on the Prhlof islands, St. Paul and St. George, have increased to such an extent that the government will start killing and put the hides upon the market All this means that history, with reference to the scalsllin coat, is going to repeat itself.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-02
Mrs. Emma L. Sheldon

Emma Louise Goldman, widow of William W. sheldon, died at the Day kimbalI hospital, Putnam, shortly after noon Thursday from pneumonia coupled with an affection ot the heart. She was 4S years old and h1,d lt1, Ii practically all ot her life in Wood stock, but for the past few months had made her home in Putnam,
 Mrs sheldon was born iu Wood stock, daughter of James aad Elmira tSaegefl Goldman Her father was born in Engand and went to lhe gold tieds of AastraIia Idsen sanger ai Wood Iook also went to the gold fields and the two became friends. When Mir, Sanger returned to Woodstoe k Mir, Goldman eame wIth him and sub. sequentY married Mr. Sanger's daughter.
 Mrs. sheldon attended ihe pubic schools of her native town and gTadu. aled from Woodstock Academy. She afterwards taught school for while. She married William N. sheldon Mir. sheldon was killed eight years ago by the explosion of q cannon on South Woodstock common during an early morning Fourth of July celebration.
 Two children were born oI the union and both are living, Raymond of Bos ton and Gladys of Putnam, A sister, Mrs. Henry Wells of south Wood stock and a brother, James Goldman of North Attieooro, Mass, also sur. vive.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-02
WOMAN FARMERS DOING WELL
Thousands Have Won Success m Ins Country, as They Have in the British Isles.

English women are not the only ones who are hurrying into the farming business remarks a writer In the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Amer ican women are turning in large num- hers every year to stock raising. bee raising and farming of all sorts. When the national beekeepers' association bac it's last annual meeting in Phlla- delphia 1t was noticed that large number of the members wNre women and they took a pertinent part in the discussions.
 Western women are older hands at the business. The Missouri Woman tells us there are 5000 woman farm CTS in that state, and they are women who farm intelIigently, scientifically and successfully. They study the bull Ietins sent out by the state board of agriculture. they compete at the state and country fairs-often they have been quick to realize that cooperation between city and country is Of utmost importance to both.
 The 3000 woman farmers of Mis- sonri make good profits in time of peace. Tn time of war they could, very gkely. feed the entire state f ail the men farmers should be drafted into military service. Of one example of efficient afarm management we read that she has been making money annu- ally on 200 acres in wheat and exten- sive stock raising; another raises hogs undpr glass"-that Is to say, she at- traeted wide attention few years ago, during a blizzard winter. when other farmers were losing live stock by freezing, through resourcefully con verting her greenhouses into shelter. Another Missouri woman farmer IS widely recognized as an expert in hne hogs. Her Berkshires have taken prizes wherever shown and her corn exhibit ed at San Francisco carried off the ex- position gold medal.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-02
rom the Editors Desk

Putnam is to have 8 new motor
 iven fire truck which will be sta. pned in the north end of the city The ioney, $500, was Appropriated for ais purpose st special city meeting ast Friday. It was another bit of ev- dence that when the taxpayers hfe onvir ced that an expenditure oi money is necessary for some needed Improvement thnt they gre willing 10 have their pockelbooks touched to pro- rure It.
 When the matter was first suggested lnere was quite 4 feeling that such n necessity did not exisl To convince Athe yoiefs Int smother piece of appa. salus was necessary 10 properly saie- guard property from fire an intelligent investigation was made ny 4 eempe tent committee md they reported ln favor Of this addilionsl piece of app7f- stus and recommended it's purchase. This. was in line with the recommen- dation of Fire Chief Cortland B. Ar- mold. Such an abundance Of evidence tbat the fire department required this piece Of apparatus wns convincing to any intelligent mind that the appafa- tus was really required 10 keep up the standard Of efficiency. Thus eonvine- ed, the voters expressed their opinions that the apparstus should be purchas- ed, st the polls. While large vote was not cast, in most instances 1t would seem that the fact thst a ballot was not cast demonstrated that the voter was in favor Of the appropriation for, it is pretty safe 10 assume, those opposed to the appropriation would be on hand to try to prevent it's being made.
 The question of buying this new truck will be iakeu up al lhe next meeting Of the common council when, in all probability, committee 10 mnke the purchase will be appo nted. Tn 'ndditien to the special npptopfa ton ol slb00 there Is available seven or eisht hundred dolafs in the fire de. ? riaent appropriation md doubtless tae new budget WiiI eoelaln soiIicl, ent amount To allow Of bn expenditure ol 5000 fl necessary. The committee recommended lhe hnyinV of | truck tc cost between 5000 md S2500.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-02

The health survey Of the ely recent ly started ny RI especially appointed committee K one of the most impor- tant movements set In motion in n bng while. The committee organize q two weeks ago he q it's second meeting lsst Monday night. Already some work has been done with results that demonstrate thnt the field Is broad one and that great deal of beneficial dnta can be collected that will be use ful In the iurtherHnce 0. the desired end--n healthier Putnsm.
 While II was stHted when the move ment was first talked about, and also by Dr. John T. Black, secretary of the state board of health, that there is no alarming situation in Putnam and in fact that 1t has shown remarkably clean bill of health, yet as this survey goes forward and the time comes to re. port on specific conditions found in the various branches that the survey undertakes We believe that the citizens will be stirred to a realization that more money may be judlciously in- vested in the health department of lhe city with big interest on the invest ment.
 Already report along one branch of the work shows that there Is real need and plenty of work for district nurse and the sooner she Is procured the sooner will certain conditions be relieved and unfoTtunntes and children receive much needed attention. IL Is inc hope of the committee that this feature can be so strongly illustrated and emonstTal.d as the work pro gresses that Putnam will soon have such nurse working in lhe city
 The disposal Of garbage, for so long suggested by the hesuh officer, K 4 fentae thM should receive the united support Of the citizens and fl possible plan worked onl so thnt back yards. ash henps snd other places of exposure Nill cease 10 be a dumping ground for this fly tnecdtue, unhealthy wnste ma lerisl tfom kitchens mad lauies. E1rv citizen can help he eommiuee in it's wotk hy reporting any thing m the line ot possible improvement so lnal il may be investigated and fl possible ersdleAted.
 This work Is in line with work being done in many cities in lhe country. IL Is N work that nr. Black was instru. mental in accomplishing in the cit, of New London where the citizens are heartily cooperating with the health department now they have awakened to the vast improvement in the city and the great importance of The work. In that city many reports come in voluntarily each day from citizens who notice that conditions that are deleleri, us to health and not aS they should be. This tends 10 conslart education of people who become Ihouehlless and careless in conditions about their own homes, their property and in public places, so that alter awhile the complaints grow fewer, un. healthy conditions are less frequently observed and lhe city grows cleaner and healthier. II Is great work and 6 grand work. IL Is saniIary muni cipal housekeeping that Is the object Of such movements resulting in less sick. ness, a lower mortality among infants and adults, better food and water sup plies and greater happiness for all.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-02
To Tell Ane of n.rrlpn

NaturalistS calculate that the ago of the marketable herring may be any thing between three and seven years, judging by the annual rings on the scales.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-02
....,-..-.,......-..--..-...-..- ..--.-.---': !. OBITUARIES ..
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OBITUARIES
Mrs iebbeus E. Smith

sarah M. James, wife Of beooe us IL smith, passed away at her home on Church street at half past one o'clock, Tuesday morning.
 Mrs. smith was taken suddenly III Thursday evening and the family phy- sician pronounced her condition criti cal. She failed gradually becoming unconscious sunday night and con tinuing so until the end.
 Mrs. Smith was daughter oi Elisha B k. and Mary Ann fThomasl James of Rockville. She was married to Mir. smith at kock- vile. December 17th, 1878.
 Besides her husband Mrs. smith leaves 4 daughter, Clara Thomas, wife of Frederic II Case, Worcester, son, Herbert James Smith Of Putnam, a brother. Herbert l.. James, Rockville and two grandchildren, Fredertek Howard Case Jr. and ,l.ebDeus smith l Case.
 The funeral service was held at the home on Church street, Thursday morning at eleven o'clock, Rev f b. i Sargent af the Congregational church, of which Mrs Smiih WAS member, officiating. Bnfial WIS in Canterbury.
 INrs. Margaret F. Smith
 The death of Mrs Margaret r. snilh last sunday evening following A shock on Saturday removes another Of ,Putnamis old citizens. She had lived in this town for over half cen tnry and was very well known and highly respected
 Mrs. Smith was born in Harwich, Mass i, on Cape Cod, and spent several weeks each summer at her old home. She was "A daughter Of MT. and Mrs. Abner l.. Small and when young woman came to Putnam to teach school She married Datee Smith for many years prominent citizen and business man. MT. Smith was en- gagged in the meat business also the grocery business and for time ran the Elm Street house, now the Hotel Carpil. He died quite number ot years ago.
 There were,two sons, Luther, who died some years ago, and D. Roy, no" 4 lawyer Tn Boston.
 The funeral service was held from the home on south Main street Tues dny afternoon at two o'clock, Rev. F D. Sargent officiating. Miss GlndA | Farmer and Mrs Nilffed Wade sung "Aftef and aSome day we'll under .tsnd" Burial was ia Grove street cemetery.
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-02

Deans Rheumatic Pins for Rhen, malism and Neuralgia. Entirely veg. etable. Safe. adv
Putnam patriot., 1917-02-02
cactl Found of Value.

Valuable gum and varnish, 1t has been discovered. can be extracted from the desert eaeti plant of Arizona; the crude gums are extracted on ihe field and carried to renneries for manu- facture.
 With Torch on His Nose.
 CT aH tue luminous varieties of fish the torehd9it k ene ol the mast unique Cpaa its nose and erect upon a short stem. l. has sman orgau which is pbasphereSeent. This the fish has the power to make glow at WILL