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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-22
Keep the Horses Busy.

The horse that works 1000 hours
a year and costs 500 for feed, shell
ter, etc., is cheaper than the horse
that costs but SIS for Keep and
works but 500 hours. The former
costs but 10 cents per hour work
ed, while the latter costs Is cents.
Wise use of the farm horse to his
fullest working capacity is thus of
vital concern to the farmer, accord
ing to United States Department of
Agriculture Bulletin $50, just issued,
"Cost of Keeping Farm Horses and
Cost of Horse Labor" embodying the
results of the study of the records for
316 horses on 27 farms in Illinois,
Ohio, and New York.
In Illinois 154 horses on 10 farms
showed an average yearly cost for
keep of S1O0.65. The average year.
ly hours worked per horse were L.
053 and the cost per hour worked
9.56 cents. Records for u horses
in Ohio showed an average cost of
keep of S120.27, average hours work
ed per horse S66, and cost per hour
1909 cents. In New York the av-
erage yearly cost per horse of 80
horses on 10 farms was S145.02, av-
erage hours worked 1920, and av-
erage cost per hour 1922 cents.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-22
NOTICE OF MASTERS SALE.

Pursuant to an order of the court
of common pleas in the case of Jno.
B. Smith, ct al, executors, VS.. B. w.
Smith, ct al, I, J. J. Brabham, Jr.,
judge of probate as master for Bam-
berg county, will sell to the highest
bidder for cash, at publ .uction,
in front of the court house door,
Bamberg, S. c., on Monday, Decem-
Der 3rd, 1917, between the legal
hours of sale on said day, the follow
ing described property, to wit:
TRACT NO. 1.
That certain tract or parcel of land
situate in the county of Bamberg,
State of South Carolina, containing
one hundred and six 106) acres,
more or less, and bounded on the
north and east by lands Of B. w.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-22
draft published some time ago.

draft published some time ago.
Contrary to some published reports
it does not exempt married men as
a class, but does place married men
with dependent wives and children
far down on the list of tables. In
fact, the QUESTIONABLE indicates that
only men of the first class will be
called to color except in the gravest
emergency.
The five official classification OF
registrants follows:
Class 1:
(A) Single men without de.
pendent relatives.
OBJ Married man, with or with
out children, or father of motherless
children who has habitually failed to
support his family.
Co Married man dependent on
wife for support.
CD Married man, with or with
children, or father of motherless
children; man not usefully engaged
family supported by income indie
pendent of his labor.
(E) Unskilled farm laborer.
CD Unskilled industrial laborer
Registrant by or in respect OF
whom no deferred classification is
claimed or made.
Registrant who rails to submit
QUESTIONABLE and in respect of whom
no deferred classification is claimed
or made.
All registrants not included in any
other division in this schedule.
Class two:
(A) Married man with children
or father of motherless children
where such wife or such motherless
children are not mainly Dependent
upon his labor for support for the
reason that there are other reason
ably certain sources of adequate sup
port Excluding earnings Or possible
earnings from the labor of the wife)
available, and that the removal o.
the registrant will not deprive such
dependents of support.
J. OBJ Married man without child
rem, whose wife although the regist
rant is engaged in a useful occupation
is not mainly dependent upon his la
Dor for support, for the reason tha'
the wife is skilled in some specia
class of work which she is PHYSICAL!
able to perform and in which she is
employed, or in which there is ar
immediate opening for her under con
ditions that will enable her to sup
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-22
100000 IN FIRST CLASS
SUBJECT TO DUTY BEFORE ANY
OTHERS WILL BE CALLED.
New Draft Plan Outlined. Those
Having Reached II Since Draft
Likely to Be Registered.
Registered.

Washington, Nov. l4.-Best avail
able estimates indicate that the first
of the five classes into which all draft
registrants are to be divided will con-
tain more than 100000 men sub
ject for duty with the coiors before
any man in any other class will be
called up.
It is regarded as practically certain
that Congress will take up the ques-
ton of extending the draft law to
cover men who have attained the age
of twenty-one since it was enacted.
Should that be done and provision be
made for the registration thereafter
of every man as he reached that age,
it is probable that perhaps 100000,
would be added to class one automati-
cal,y by next March. In that event,
70 r-ee~n+ r1"ns for the army would
reach the men in class two.
Orici us haze already considered
the possibility that Congress will
oe..ue u .aDe in these additional
young men. Some fair system by
which they may be registered, classi-
fed and assigned to places will be
devised. New regulations to be pub
Lshed shorty probably will set way
in viii h this can be done.
New regulations governing pass
ports for registered men become eff
fective November 20. After that date
the nearest local board my issue pass
ports permits without reference to
district boards as is now required
PASSPORTS are not necessary to enter
Canada.
The five classes into which 9,000,-
000 men registered for military duty
and those who are registered here
after-are divided and the order in
which they will be called for service
was officially announced today in the
provost marshal generals question
naire which every registered man
must fill out and 6le. The order
shows some change from the tentative
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-22
THE DANGERS OF
TAKING CALOMEL

If you ony realized the terrible in
jury you do yourself when you take
calomel, you'd never put another grain
in your mouth. It's rank poison.
Instead Of calomel, use that splendid
guaranteed vegetable compound, Mar
tins Liver Medicine, the medicine that
is winning favor. It is excellent for
headache, constipation and kindred ills,
It acts forcibly and quickly without
gripping. Causes no loss of time from
business; does not impair the appetite.
full. have found by experience that a teaspoon
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-22

full at bedtime promotes sound sleep throughout
the night and q comfortable movement befo9G
breakfast. It gives me great pleasure to be able
to recommend Martins Liver Medicine ~ pleas
ant and thorough axative."-Andrew d. Beck
Macon. Ga.
II
Martins Liver Medicine is made ae-
cording to the prescription Of a cele-
brated Southern physician who used it
for years in his practice. 1t is purely
vegetable andis guaranteed to give sat
isfactory results. If after using it you
are not satisfied, return the empty bot
tie and receive your SOC.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-22

For sale by MACK's DRUG STORE,
Bamberg, s. G.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-09-29
WON'T LET HIM BE EXEMPTED
New York Woman Writes to Authori.
ties That She Is Not Dependent
on Husband.

Albany, n. Y.-Not all women In
New York state want their bubbles
kept off the firing line. Mrs. Mildred l.
Mount, postmistress Of Olcott, Niagara
county, doesn't, for one.
The adjutant generals office has re-
ceiyed q communication from Mrs.
Mount in which she takes issue with
her husband, Harry Blosser Mount, on
the matter of dependency. Postmis-
tress Mount declares that her husband
registered on June and claimed ex-
emption from military service on the
grounds that he was an assistant post
master in the service of his wife. This,
Mrs. Mount says, doesn't jibe with the
facts. Her husband, according to the
letter, has been employed on the Inter-
national railway for about two months
prior to registration and had in no way
assisted her in the Office.
Il am perfectly capable of caring for
nv two children and myself" the post
mistress wrote, and to clinch the case
added "and am in no way dependent
upon him."
The St. Charles herald., 1917-09-29

June &c which led to the discovery
of the mother by an agent of the Chill
dren's society.
The only information which the boy
could give when found on June p
was that his name was Jimmy" and
that he is a Every, very good boy"
did you make any effort to find
this boy?" Magistrate Doyle asked
the mother.
II looked about the nelghborhood
where I lost him." she said. 1t was
her story that she lost him in crowd
and did not abandon him.
"A dumb animal would have done
more than that" exclaimed the mag
istrate. "A dumb beast would have
looked everywhere for her lost. Here
is a cripple that requires a mothers
care and love, and you made no eff
fort to go to police station or to
make inquiries for him."
81 did all l could" sobbed the
woman.
Upon testimony, however, that when
first shown the photograph Of the
little boy she had denied being his
mother, the woman was held in bail
for trial.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-09-29

In stately sequence southeast across
the Pampa until they reach some large
obstacle or abrupt change Of level. II
the barrier is negotiable they adapt
themselves to cross 1t, the dune pro-
jecting itself into the easiest passes
and elongating up to the limit OF
its sand mass. Once the obstacle is
crossed, the vanguard Of the dune
marks time until the rear catches up,
forms once more into half-mOOn
shape, and proceeds on its way. These
dunes often attain considerable size,
measuring up to 30 yards between the
points Of the horns.
The march Of the dunes Is assisted
by the sand ripples, whose more ex-
posed surfaces are blown onward by
the wind. The sand climbs the steep
back Of the dune more slowly than the
low salient wings. hence the half
moon shape. Small particles travel at
relatively high speed near ground level
as far as the projecting points, or
horns, but as soon as they reach them
they are on the lee of the wind and
their farther progress Is checked un-
til the mass Of the dune catches up.
Thus the distance the sand travels
along the points Is dependent on the
maximum height Of the back of the
dune, and this in turn depends on the
force of wind. The stronger the wind
the higher 1t will force up the sand
particles In direct right angle to the
axis of the dune, |. e.. to line drawn
between the horns. The shape of any
given dune is therefore the result of a
perfectly graduated balance between
the wind force and the floor level. The
railway track In crossing the desert
shows an average rise of slightly over
l In 100, so that although their shape
Is governed by surface variations the
dunes are on the whole marching up
hill.
Move 100 Yards a Year.
Owing to my short stay In the Pam.
pa was not able to check the dunes
rate Of march by personal observation.
but I was informed by plate layers
and other railway men, whose duties
necessitate watching them, that the
rate is about 100 yards per annum.
The high hills flanking the desert near
The St. Charles herald., 1917-09-29

TNHE remarkable sand dunes Of the
feruVlan desert have attracted
u the attention Of every visitor to
hlS arid region. The striking
1eature of these formations Is that
they slowly but constantly shift their
position, always In the same direction.
IN the Geographical Journal of London.
Nv. ). Barclay thus describes and ex-
plains these travelling sand dunes.
Although the majority Of the dunes
are to be found in the western half
tof the Pampa, the subaerial weather
Ing OF the conglomerate bed from
whlch they take their origin is no
uceable elsewhere along the Peruvian
coast. One Of my most vivid recol-
lecuons on the steamer voyage along
the desolate coast from Lima to Mol
lendo Is a vision, against the early
morning sun. Of great flame-colored
nil that seen through the coast fogs
presented almost the appearance of a
city on fire. This flame effect was, as
afterwards ascertained, due to sand
and dust blowing across it's upper
ridges.
Starting from Mollendo the railway
winds its way up the deeply eroded
fianks Of the coast hills. The hot air
rising from the desert keeps back or
dissolves the clouds which attempt to
make their way across the Andean
erests to the sea, and rain is reckoned
to fall on this coast not more than once
In seven years. When this occurs, how
ever, its erosive effect on the soft,
loose soil Is striking. Watercourses Is
to 20 feet deep are cut In few hours.
One Of these rare phenomena had ta-
ken place few days before my visit.
1t does not pay the railway, when con-
structing its track, to allow openings
for these infrequent cloudbursts, and
one sees in consequence solid earth
banks built along the hill fianks, dam
ming gulleys Of great depth extending
sometimes a mile or more on the up
side.
Wind That Forms the Dunes.
On reaching the Pacific fringe Of the
Pampa, or Desert, del Sacramento, af-
ter an ascent from the coast of some
1900 feet, one begins to feel the wind
which is responsible for the formation
The St. Charles herald., 1917-09-29
sANp DUNE IN PrRuvAN DESERT

Arequipa are too steep to allow the
dunes to proceed farther. They there.
fore pile up In sort Of sandy GEM
etery at the eastern edge Of the Pam
pa. Before they reach the end, how
ever, and as the hills defect the air
in different directions, dunes OCCASION
ally advance over or threaten the rail.
way line. The method Of avoiding the
threatened obstruction is simple but
effective. A couple of men go out with
long-handled spades and a wheelbar-
row and collect loose pebbles and grit
from the surface of the Pampa. This
they proceed to scatter in thin layer
over the back of the unfortunate dune.
The pebbles arrest the action of the
ripples and so interfere with the even
circulation of the sand particles, which
is apparently as essential to the prog
ress of the dune as the circulation Of
blood to a human being. Very short
ly the dune assumes lopsided shape,
sagging where the debris has been cast
upon it, and offering, instead Of we'll
rounded back, q breach to the action
of the wind. The progress of disinte-
grafton is fairly rapid, and at the
end nothing is left on the Pampa ex-
cept the original wheelbarrow loads of
grit and pebbles which suffice to ex-
ercise the monster.
The dunes advance over pebbles and
stones without disturbing their posi-
ton. I noticed Immediately behind
several large dunes scattered stones
that obviously had not shifted from
their bed, just as pebbles may lie Sc
cure on the seashore in the swell Of
the breakers. Generally speaking, the
smoother the surface of the Pampa
and the higher the wind, the larger
and more perfect becomes the dune.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-09-29
Pushed the Carriage Down the Street

Pushed the Carriage Down the Street.
self, and their baby, five months old.
He asked to see the child after a
brief interview with the husband, who
replied to an inquiry by stating that
the baby was about three weeks old.
Finding she was trapped, Mrs. Blaine
broke down and confessed.
Law Steps In.
Mrs. Agnes Law, the real mother Of
the baby, was summoned and identf-
fed her child. She, too, cried, first
with joy, then with woman's SYM
pathy for another. The law stepped
in and Mrs. Blaine was taken to a sta
ton house, charged with kidnapping
Noting her condition, officers suggest
ed that she be removed to a hospital
for treatment. Her husband, shocked
but loyal, accompanied her and spent
the night in consoling the grief-strick-
en- woman. 1t is not believed the
charge of kidnapping will be prosecuted
by the authorities.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-09-29
WOMAN Steals
ANOTHER BABY
Mother, Frantic Over the Loss of
Her Own Infant, Resorts
to Theft.
FOOLS HER HUSBAND
Man, Home From Extended Business
Trip, Believes Child His Own,
Until Police Reveal Age
Discrepancy.

Boston.-When Mrs. Josephine NJ.
the Boston Homeopathic hospital, on
the eve of motherhood, she did so with
high hopes and ambitions for the lit
tie one that was to be brought into
being. The baby came and died. When
the mother was told, she lay as il
stunned and her life was despaired
of. But nature was strong and the
woman recovered sufficiently to de-
part for her home q few days ago.
Leaving the hospital, frail little
woman clothed in somber black. Mrs.
Blaine did not take car to her home.
Instead, she walked, broOding over an
inestimable loss. picturlng her greet
ing, when she should meet her hus-
band, who was on a business trip and
had not learned of the baby'S death,
but was on his way home to meet his
wife and their little one.
Real Mother Discovers Loss.
AS she passed store in the heart
Of the shopping district she saw three
baby carriages unattended. She peered
into one of them. A lusty little fell
low was sleeping quietly. Without a
moments hesitation she pushed the
carriage down the street and took the
baby home.
Meanwhile the real mother, after
making her purchase, left the store
and looked in vain for the baby and
carriage. She notified the police and
in a short time clews were obtained
that focused about the home Of Mrs.
Blaine. An officer entered the house
and inquired of the woman as to the
number of persons in the household.
Mrs. Blaine named her husband, her
The St. Charles herald., 1917-09-29

Of the dunes. The general direction
of this wind is from the northwest,
being caused by radiation from the
desert surface and the consequent In
rush Of cooler air from the Pacihc.
II blows at about 20 miles an hour on
tho hard. fiat surface between the
ridges. The wind starts as soon as
the desert warns up and Increases IN
violence with tthe rising temperature,
attaining its maximum force pet"een
Q %. m. and sunset.
The conglomerate bed of this desert
Pampa is chiefly formed OF the follow
ing constituents, in order OF their I'M
portance: Quartzite, tufa, gypsum ul-
orite with iron and pyrOxin crystals),
and quartz. The whole IS packed anu
blended by the gypsum when mas run
into and filled fractures mace perpeh-
dicularly, thus facilitating Weatnerins'
Tho tufa is found in beds also IN the
roicbhorhood of Arequipa, and IS cut
TITO blocks for building purposes.
They ring when struck like Weil-ournt
bricks. The Quartzite forms the nain
mass of the hills surrounding tne ues
ort II weathers into brick-red oxlde
~ +be surface, which gives the desert
;+S tome. making the slaty-whlte sand
dimes noticeable by contrast. Inc
onartz is infrequent. Diorite Is ln-
+ersnersed in the conglomerate' put IL
anonlar form, showing no signs OF wa
+er wearing; it must therefore pe at
tributed to volcanic ejecta. The ge-
nes,s Of the sand dunes Is pest seen
On the Pacific or western fringe OF .ne
,1asert where the winds are eauns
away the conglomerate ridges spossl-
S,n go the remains of an ancient higher
,nvon 10y which run out from the quartz
20 Hills In direction at right aneies
to the prevailing winds. sosor.
On the western border OF the ueSe.. SCI.
-, on sond nd remains largely inchoate' put
ue.or ele. oho,t Is or 20 miles dunes oeglh
to h,'a appear, and these increase IN e,iana nun
- IN on nearing the iniand lrins.' 8
Den,e Den d miles from Arequipa' tney can aa
be observed in serried pattaiion'
np,s mloa fnrm,s, the dunes take thels
e,oo, Uno half.moon shape and proceeu
The St. Charles herald., 1917-09-29
BEST JOB IN THE WORLD
Youth Makes Love to Mine Officers
Daughter at $3.50 Per
Day.

Keewalin, Misunderstanding to one
man here, there is a job in local
mine which need never be filled with
q strikebreaker.
The man who makes the assertion Is
q little bit peeved about something, but
he declares that among the mine en-
ployees are five boys. One Of them
has "the job
"He makes love to an officers daugh-
ter" says this man, land he gets $3.50
a day without doing anything; he just
makes love-"
Oh, you job!
The St. Charles herald., 1917-09-29
DOG LEADS HER PUP ASTRAY
Owner Is Fined Two Dollars for
Each Dog in Court in
Brooklyn.

New York.-It cost a mother dog
lust 81 here to lead pup astray from
the narrow path. The case came up
before Magistrate Manner when james
Poscene of No. $50 Grand avenue was
charged with having two dogs unmuz-
Zled.
"It's the mother, yoar honor" he
EXPLAINED. "These two dogs are mother
and son and the mother leads the son
astray. doggone it," Il hate to do it,
said the Judge, "but two dollars fine
for each dog"
The St. Charles herald., 1917-09-29
MOTHER STOLE TO AID
BABIES; FINED | CENT

New YOrk.-The lowest fine
In the history of the Brooklyn
federal court was imposed by
Judge Chatfeld in the case of
Mrs. Mary Purcell, on trial for
forging a pension voucher that
had come to her home in the
name of her mother after her
parent had died.
She took the money, she told
the judge, for her babies, for
they had no food. When the
fine of l cent was imposed she
was unable to pay it. Attaches
of the court not only handed
over the cent necessary to keep
her from Jail but made up a
good-sized purse for her.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-09-29
CHARGED MOTHER
LOST CRIPPLED BOY
Brooklyn Woman Is Accused in
Court of Abandoning Four
Year-OId Son.

New York.-Before Magistrate Doyle
In Yorkville court were brought two
persons. One was Mrs. Agnes Cuslck,
twenty-four years old, OF No. I'd
Eighth street, Brooklyn, charged
with abandonment of her four-year-
old son. The other was the little boy.
q victim of last years infantile paraly-
sis epidemic and still hobbling about
on q leg brace. 1t was his picture,
which was published in q newspaper
The St. Charles herald., 1917-09-29
Did His Share,

"You wouldn't think it, but once
had a happy home"
"Then why didn't you do something
20 keep it happy?"
II did, mister-I left it."
The St. Charles herald., 1917-09-29

Conceit is not a virtue, yet every
man should have little of 1t In his
makeup.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-13
Cantata Next Sunday
at Leslie Church

A cantata will be given Sunday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at the Leslie
Methodist church. Following is the
program:
Bass SOLO Incline Thine Ear
Chorus" Sing, o Heavens.'
Baritone solo-"The Heavenly King"
Chorus ''And There Shall Come
Forth"
Tenor solo-"Fear Thou Not"
Chorus Son of God"
Contralto solo-"Hail!, Bethlehem"
Male chorus-"O Holy Night"
Trio" Hark! What Mean Those Holy
Voices
Soprano solo-''There were Shepherds"
Male chorus" Glory to God"
Baritone solo-"Joyful Ali Ye Ma
tions Rise
Soprano SOLO" Christmas Song"
Soprano and Alto Duet" Bright Star
of Hope"
Male chorus" March of the Magi."
Ladies Trio-"O Jesus, We Have
Promised +"
Chorus-Blessed Be the Lord. "
Offering for the piano fund.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-13
APPLICATIONS FOR
Many FARM LOANS
Marion and Polk County AS
sOciatiOn Now In Work
ing Order

Applications for loans aggregating
upwards of 100000 have been received
to date by the Marion and Polk Coun.
ty National Farm Loan association.
Of this amount approximately one
half has been granted, the balance
awaiting the action of the federal ap-
praiser.
Twenty loans have actually been
made so far and the applicants have
received the money. The total amount
of these loans is $4,000, which has
been distributed among the farmers Of
Marion and Polk counties, the larger
amount going to farmers in this
county. Applications for additional
loans amounting to approximately $780,
600 have been granted and are now
awaiting the signing Of papers, yerifi-
cation Of titles, etc.
Attorney Roy Il. Smith, secretary Of
the association, stated today that in
addition to the above amounts that
have been graned the association has
on hand applications for loans totaling
100000 which have been appraised by
the local loan committee and are now
awaiting the appraisal of the federal
representative. This official comes
from the federal land bank at Spokane
which has charge Of the farm loan
business of Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Montana. Mr. Smith has been as
sured by the bank that a federal APP
praiser will be sent to Salem just as
soon as one is available.
Mr.. Smith says he has received no
official notice of the proposed in
crease in interest rates on federal farm
loans from to 1-2 per cent. Until
he has received such notice he will con-
tinue to receive applications on the
basis Of per cent interest, subject of
course to government action.