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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-22
|sskness and Love Don't Go
! Together; One or Other Must
Succumb, Dorothy Dix Thinks

with disgust at a soul 50 mean. petty
and gnoble that it never rises above
lis own material desires and We turn
away m loalhng form a htart that Is
incapable Of love Tor anything but itself
Time and again | have seen this
tragedy happen A woman married a
fine. splendid man who literally wor-
shipped her But the woman was so
selfish that she thought only OF herself
She wanted the things that money
bought and whether they could afford
them Or not she goi them aud her hus
band had 10 make the money 10 pay for
them She wanted pleasure and she
dragged her husband with her night
alter night 10 places OF amusement
Il was nothing to her that she made
him turn his Pegasus into dfay
horse Il was nothing TO her II she
worked HIM 10 dsiih. She never even
noticed when he brew tired, white and
worn. She whipped him on 10 further
effort with a lash Of her greed.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-22

NF course, for a time, the selfish
~ seem to prosper like the green bay
tree and !, appears TO those OF us who
look on that the way to have things
is just to take them by hook or crook.
without regard to the feelings or rights
OF your fellow creatures, but this IS
only a superficial view of the subject
Sooner or later selfiShneSs is rs own
undoing and the greedy find out that
the fruit they have Snatched away from
others turns into dead sea apples IN
their grasping hands.
A very wise old banker once told me
that there was no one else in the world
90 simple, credulous and easily hood
winked as the selfish, and that the
greedy were the foreordained prey OF
confidence men
"Nearly all OF the money that is lost
IN investments" he said "is lost by the
overly selfish, the people who are not
willing to take a fair and just interest
on their money. II is the grasplng
and the greedy who are never satisfied
who want more, and more, who buy
gold bricks and wild cat mining stocks.
sAnd rs the selfish. grinding en-
pioyers who arc determined to get every
ounce Of work out OF their labor, who
have employees who work with one eye
on the clock and do Just as little as they
can do to hold down their Jobs It's
the man who expects the last penny in
every trade who always gets the hot
end OF the trade IL anybody can hand It
to him. Selfishness doesn't pay even
in business"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-22
BY DOROTHY DIX.
(Ths worlds Highest Paid Woman
WnteT.)

a IL intelligent people recognize
~ that apar, from any ethical con
sideraiions, honesty Is the best
policy. The merchants whose goods
always came up to specifications have
made fortunes while those who gave
short weigh, and measure have gone
bankrupt. There was never a burglar
who eouldn', have made ten times as
much money had he spent the same
skill. intelligence and energy in follow
ing any legitimate occupation that he
did in porch climbing, or limmung
his way into bank safes.
II isa pity that selfish people cannot
be made to realize that Just as honesty
Is the best policy, 80 > unSeliIShir,,
the greatest gam and that greed and
lack OF consideration for others, defeat
their own ends. They are invariably
boomerangs that fly back and destroy
the hand that hurled them.
In reality, there are no people so
short sighted as the selfish They never
look farther than their noses. They
never see that In grabbing the thing
that /, Immediately before them, they
miss something far finer and better,
little farther away. Still less do they
perceive tina, they are the everlasting
chump who pereptually sells his birth
right for a mess OF pottage.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-22

AND | have seen such a mans love
"A dying by inehe, / have seen every
fresh proof OF ,he wiie's selilshnsW give
it a blow from which Il never recovered
and ! have wondered II such a woman
though, tina, the price she paid io- her
,cli,hncN made II worth while
And IN the same way ! have seen
selfish man Kill a wumans beautiful
loye-a love that would have gone I'M
ialtefingly with him through the tor
tures OF perdillon. but that could not
survive his bestial seishneS
We all know old people and sick peo-
pie who complain OF their Loneliness and
say that there is no human being on
earth who care, whether they live or die,
and that nobody comes TO cheer the
twilight Of their days.
Sometimes they inyeigh bitterly
against their kindred and tell you that
their sisters, brothers and even their
own children do not care for them
Always and invariably these have
been the selfish people who have taken
lhe best Of everything Tor themselves.
They have never visited the sick, nor
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-22
TT selfishness doesn't pay in business

JF selfishneN doesn't pay in business,
= still less does it pay in the more
intimate relationships of life
In nearly every family there is one
supremely selfish individual, one who
runs rough shod over all the balance
of the household One who preempts
the best seat by the fire, the tidbit at
the table, who gets the best clothes
the trips and who refuses to bear any |
Of the family burdens.
The one who thus grabs the best OF
everything for his, or her, own behoof
and benefit does 1t by sheer force Of
selfishness. At the time 1t seems a
triumphant thing to do, for the decent
members Of the family submit rather
than fight with the greedy like dogs
startling over a bone, but what the
stlfish do not take into account is that
tie others keep little account with
them in their hearts, and against every
selfish act, set down a little debit OF
hatred and resentment
And this is not what the selfish want
II is the essence Of greed that it desires
10 eat its cake and have it, too. II
wants TO sacrifice everybody and every
thing TO its own pleasure and profit and
still have their alteration and admira-
tpn. II wants to be loved and cherished
without ever having made a single sac
rtice to bind another's heart to it.
A ND life makes no such unequal bar
gains as that. Especially Cupid
doesn't Love and selfishness are the
and when they come in conflict they
two most antagonistic forces on earth
fight things out to finish One or the
other succumb. They cannot exist to-
gether
but they are fools and dreamers who
think that the selfish can keep love
alive Selfishness has slain love a mil
lion times where it has been killed
once by iniidelity drink, bad house
keeping, age, or any Of the causes to
which we generally attribute the death
of love.
We can forgive a big sin that may
have its inspiration in some primal i'm
pulse OF nature, we can shut our eye
% little blcmishes, but we are filleC
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18
Cement Walks on Main Street.

Contractor w. J. Nichols is en-
gagged this week in laying some ce-
ment walks across Main street. They
are four in number, and are being
located at the corner of Main street
and Railroad avenue; in front of Dr..
Blacks drug store; in front of the
Bamberg Herald; and at the corner
of Main and Elm streets.
If We can't have paved Main
street, this is perhaps the next best
thing. 1t will enable people to cross
from one side of the street to the
other, which is hardly possible in wet
weather-without the aid of boat.
Pedestrians will certainly be glad of
the new improvement, and everybody
joins in the hope that ere long they
will be able to cross the street any
where, instead of having to go to a
crossing.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18
Negroes to Buy Bonds.

An organized campaign among the
colored people of the county
has been planned by the col
ored council of defense in the in
terest of liberty bonds. Rev. H. H.
Matthews, chairman, and Rev. L. w.
Williams, secretary of the council,
called a meeting of the colored peo-
pie to be held in Bamberg yesterday
afternoon "wednesday for the pur-
pose of perfecting campaign arrange
ments. The colored people are be-
coming throughly aroused over the
various phases of war work, and
their leaders state that the colored
people can be counted on to do their
part. Already some fine work has
been done by the colored council,
and they expect to keep it up. Bam>
berg county is fortunate in securing
the hearty cooperation of both white
and colored people in war work. The
colored Red Cross has already done
and is continuing to do excellent
work. This branch has made up a
large quantity of war materials and
is pushing the work right along.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18
Thought There Was Fire.

Saturday afternoon what was gen.
orally thought to be an alarm of fire
came pretty near breaking up the
patriotic meeting at the court house.
All the stores on Main street were
closed for the meeting, and all the
business men were at the meeting.
While Congressman Byrnes was
speaking, a series of detonations,
sounding very much like a light ar
tillery bombardment, were heard
down the street. Some one said it
was a fire, and the crowd began to
shift uneasily, Mr. Byrnes told them
if it was a fire they had better go
and put it out, whereupon the crowd
departed. When they reached the
lower part of Main street they found
what the noise was about. It was
Mr.. Nat Felder's gasoline engine.
This engine is somewhat like public
opinion, some times it goes right and
sometimes it does not. It's owner
was trying to fire her up to grind
some corn, but she didn't like the
idea of starting. When the engine
fired, it went off like cannon. Find
ing the joke on them, most of the
crowd good naturedly returned to the
court house to hear Mr.. Byrnes finish
his speech.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18
Statement From Mr.. Wyman.

The chairman of the liberty loan
compaign states that from reports
received from members of the liberty
loan committee and from the banks,
that the response of the people in
subscribing to the loan at the call
of the government is satisfactory on
the whole, and the people of the
county are realizing as never before
that this is their war, that their
own men are actively in it, and that
they have duty to perform in ans
wering to the calls of their govern
ment at this critical time. The
chairman and the committee men,
bers are much concerned, however,
over the attitude of comparatively
small number of citizens who do not
realize the fact that the duty to sub
scribe to bonds is personal and
present duty, and the indifference of
some is appalling. Some seem to
imagine that having son or brother
in service excuses them from also
supplying money for war purposes.
The having of sons, brothers, rela-
tives and friends in the army or navy
of the country should be all the more
reason why one should give gladly
of his time, energy and money, and
the chairman urges that all COM
mitteemen stress the personal re-
sponsibility of all citizens to come
to the aid of their country.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18
Death of Mrs. J. @. Adams.

Mrs. Mary Elizabe Adams, wife
of Mr.. John @. Adams, died very sud-
denly at her home here last Friday
morning about 1870 o'clock. Mrs.
Adams had not been in good health
for some months, but she had not
been confined to her bed. She
was suddenly stricken and died
in a few hours. The funeral
was held Saturday, and the remains
were inferred at the Simmons >ceme-
tary, on Railroad avenue, the Rev.
R. H. Jones conducting the services.
Mrs. Adams is survived by her
husband, Mr.. J. @. Adams; two
children, Mr.. N. B. Adams, and Mrs.
Martha Annie Williams, both of Bam-
berg; two sisters Mrs. Annie Hunt
and Mrs. Ellen Thompson, both of
Orangeburg county, and one brother,
Mr.. w. S. Carrigan, of Neeces.
The deceased was SO years of age.
She had been married about forty
years, and was the mother of eight
children, six of whom preceded her
to the grave. She was a member of
the Bamberg Methodist church, and
was an estimable Christian woman.
Before her marriage to Mr.. Adams,
she was Miss Carrigan.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18
Sunday School Class Party.

Last Friday night week a number
of young ladies, who are members OF
Miss Bessie Lee Blacks Sabbath school
class, and quite a few of their boy
friends met at the home of Miss Mar
garet Jennings who graciously en-
tertained in honor of the class. Miss
Jennings, who proved delightful
hostess, shared the honors with these
young ladies who unitedly helped to
make this social gathering success.
The home was decorated in roses,
verify, the flowers of spring. Music,
games and conversation, all in their
turn, were engaged in. These young
people were largely free to do the
things they wanted to do for just a
few hours. Sandwiches and iced tea
were served the guests by Misses
May Bowman and Bessie Lee Black,
who were assisted by Mrs. Loving
good. Miss Ochie May Jennings as
sisted her sister in making the time
pass most pleasantly, all too hurried
ly by those who attended this party,
who were: Miss Thelma Bruce with
Mr.. Robinson; Miss Mary Lee Grimes
with Mr.. Cutler, Miss Thelma Ellzey
with Mr.. Odell Smoak, Miss Hazel
Armstrong with Mr.. Hazel, Miss Ma
ry Williams with Mr.. Emmanuel,
Miss Mary Ann Bronson with Mr..
Lever; Miss Jennie Simmons with
Mr.. Brabham; Miss Evelyn Brabham
with Mr.. Roy Free, Miss Mildred
Jones with Mr.. kirkland, Miss Gene
Price with Mr.. McCants. Others who
attended were: Messrs. Parrott
Turnipseed, Gibson, Luther, Sanders
and Charlie Moye.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18
Express Matter Still Undecided.

The committee in charge of the ex-
press Office matter in this city has
received the following letter from the
railroad commission:
s'The commission had hoped to be
able to handle the express situation
at Bamberg at our meeting today,
and had officials of the express COM
pany with us at said meeting. They
informed the commission that it has
been impossible to get the data nee
essary for the commission to have be-
fore them before acting regard to the
situation at Bamberg. However,
these officials assured the commis-
sion that they would have the state
ments ready by the next official meet
ing day, r"hich will be Wednesday,
April 18th. You may rest assured
that the commission is doing all in
it's power to secure adequate express
accommodations at Bamberg.'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18
Training For Undersea Service.

The friends of Ensign E. Roy
Cooner, of Bamberg, will be interest
ed to learn that he has been trans
ferred from his former post at Beau
fort and is now in training for sub
marine service. Ensign Cooner grad
uated from the University of South
Carolina last year and volunteered
some time ago for service in the
navy. Two months after being call
ed out he stood the examination and
was commissioned an ensign, rank
ing third in the 157 men who stood
the examination.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18
New Advertisements.

Jones Bros.-For Sale.
l.. B. Fowler-For Sale.
Tom Ducker-We Garry.
J. B. Brickle- Matter.
Thielen Theatre-A Sensation.
Peoples Bank-Fire Can't Burn.
VIM. Wrigley Jr. Co.-Wrigleys.
LaVerne Thomas & Co.-Values.
Planters Fertilizer Co.-Increase.
E. A. Hooton-Shop at Hooton's.
Enterprise Bank-Science of Saw
ing.
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Too Late.
Bamberg Banking Co.-Estate H
G.. Smith.
Chero Cola Co.-"I'm Strong for
Chero Cola
Klauber's s-Selection ready to
Wear Goods.
Bamberg Banking Co.-You1
Own Business.
Farmers and Merchants Bank
U. S. S. Month.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18
Negro Accidentally Killed.

Coroner Zeigler was called to Mid
way Friday to investigate the death
of Matthew Brown, a young negro
about 20 years of age 1t was found
that the negro's death had been the
result of purely accidental causes,
and no inquest was held. Brown
and another man were saving down
a tree, and when the tree fell, Brown
was caught under it, being crushed
to death An examination of the
body was made by the county ply
sician, who certified that death re-
suited from the above stated causes.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18
Tbe Bantberq Deralo
Thursday, April 18, 1918

IhufSQay, ApTu 10, 1910
A base ball game was staged on
Monday afternoon at Rhoad park be-
tween the Carolina scubs and Car
Isle. resulting in a walk-away for
the visitors, the score being Is to l.
Lieut.. A. S. Weekley spent a few
DAYS in the city this week with
friends. Lieut.. Weekley has recently
completed a special course in Chica-
go. and since then has been station
ed with the sanitary detachment at
Camp Sewer.
The meeting at the court house
Saturday was attended by several
hundred colored people. The color
ed people have shown great deal OF
interest in the liberty loan cam
paisn, and quite a number of them
have subscribed.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw will ad-
dress the ladies of the council OF
defense in Columbia on Tuesday, Ap-
ril 23rd, at 1920, and Miss Heeting
at 1900 O'Clock. All the ladies OF
Bamberg county who can possibly
do so are urged toattend.
At the regular meeting OF the
knights of Pythias lodge Monday
night. it was voted that the lodge
. should invest $500 of its surplus
funds in liberty bonds. This is the
second purchase of bonds the lodge
has made, $50 being invested in the
second loan.
Walter. w. Daniel, Jr., who en-
listed some time ago in the hospital
CORPS. of the army, left Monday for
Atlanta in response to call to enter
the service. Mr.. Daniel had just en-
tered upon his duties as superlnten-
dent of the Brightsville School.-Pee
Dee Advocate.
Saturday gentleman came to one
of the banks and said that he wanted
to buy some liberty bonds, and had
a bale of cotton he would put in them.
He sold the bale for s149 and some
odd cents. He supplied the diff
ference between the bale of cotton
and $50 and bought that amount IN
bonds.
Miss FRANKIE Folk has sent The
Herald her check for $500 to be ap-
piled to the fund TO erect head
stone over Daddy John Gieiger's
grave. This makes total of S12
The Herald has received for this pur-
pose. If there is anyone else who
cares to subscribe to this fund, let the
contribution come on.
The April meeting of the Method
ist Womans Missionary society Will
meet at the church on Tuesday after
noon next at 4:30. The subject will
be Fruits of the years in our noun
tain work. The leader will be Miss
Bessie Lee Black. Members are urg-
ed to be present and visitors are in
vited.-Recording Secretary.
Later unofficial information than
that shown in the tabulation in an
other column indicated yesterday
that the city of Bamberg had exceed
ed her allotment of liberty bonds.
The Peoples Bank of this city was,
the first bank to report in excess of
it's allotment, unofficial figures yes
terday giving the bank credit for
over $4,000 in applications.
The following delegates were elect
ed to the grand lodge, Knights of
Pythias, by the Bamberg lodge Mon
day night: DR.. J. B. Black and A.
M. Denbow, principals; LaVerne
Thomas and L. B. Fowler, alternates.
The grand lodge meets in Columbia,
on May 2Sth and 29th. DR.. j. B,
Black was also elected deputy grand
chancellor for the ensuing term.
-uI<&>>
Sunday School Class Party.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18

There will be a basket ball game
in Bamberg next Tuesday afternoon
at O'Clock between the town girls
and the teachers of the graded
school for the beneftf of the Red
Cross Admission 15c and 25c.-adv
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18

There will be a Thrift Party at
Hunters Chapel school Friday even
ing. April 18th, at s o'clock. Show
your patriotism and come. Proceeds
to be invested in Thrift Stamps. adv.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-18
War Stamp Sales.

The sales of war saving stamps in
Bamberg county are going up ra-
pidly. For the period April l to 10,
the county shows sales of s1,916.95,
with Bamberg far in the lead with
sales of $1,412.S0. Following are
the sales at the various Offices in the
county from April l to Is:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-30
PERU GOVT. DENIES
APOLOGIZING TO
CHILEAN GOVT.

New York, Nov. 29.-The ministry
of foreign affairs of Peru through
Edouard Higginson, Peruvian consul
general in the United States, issued
here tonight denial of recent
statement by the Chilean consul gen.
eral that Peru had apologized for its
action IN withdrawing consular rep
resentatives from Chile. Cablegrams
received from Lima. Mr.. Higginson
stated, announced that its severance
of commercial relations with Chile
was prompted not only by attacks in
Chilean cities against Peruvian ma
tionals but by forcibie detention of
it's consul at Iquique aboard ship,
where he was prevented from COM
municating with his government.
The messages branded as untrue
the claim of the Chilean consul gen.
eral Carlos Castro Ruiz, that recog-
milton of the Peruvian envoy at Iqui-
que had been withdrawn by Chile be-
cause he forwarded to Lima accounts
Of anti-Peruvian demonstrations in
Chile which never occurred, and that
the Peruvian authorities had admit
ted the falsity of these reports.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-30
Y. NJ. c. A. ACTIVITIES
is n Big Brother 70 Many Auausta
Young Boys Whose Father, or
Brothers Are IN the Seryice

Augusta folks may well feel proud
az their local Young Mems Christian
Association and the wonderful work
which 1t is doing with the boys Of the
community. The association has felt
kcenly the absence of the MANY hum
dfeds OF NounS men who have left
Augusta To JOIN the colors, While
these men have been training in can
comments or lighting in France their
KID brothers have found another
hig brother in the local v. NJ c. A.
Friends OF the ~" believe that they
are justified in asking the support and
sympathy of every person in Augusta
Tor the work which they nrc doing for
boys.
\ visit AT the big "Y" building any
afternoon or night will tell the story.
Here one VIII see groups OF boys in
Scout meetings. gymnasium classes,
swimming meets, attending meetings.
enjoying banqucts. playing the vari-
Gus games OF billiards bowling.
checkers. chess, etc. Stiil other
groups Will be seen in the reading
room quietly enjoying the good books
and magazines
All boys Of augusta ere always
welcome at the ~" and they will al
ways find there one who is interested
In their welfare aud ready to take the
Nlace or their brother or father who
mas been called to the colors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-30
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
NOT TO BE ALLOWED
no MEET TRANSPORTS

New York, Nov. 2.-Relatives and
friends of the first American troops now
returning from England will not be per-
mitted to meet the transports when they
reach Hoboksn,> according to stats-
mefit made BY Brig. Gen. q. n. Nc
Mant1s, embarkation officer at the port
of New York, at a conference here to-
day with newspaper men. He did not
state whether this policy would apply
to other troops returning later to
America.
While accredited newspaper men may
board the ships. he said the public
would not be allowed on the piers, first
beeause Of the congestion that would
result. and, second, because Of a desire
to safeguard public health by making
possible physical examination Of the
soldiers before they were welcomed by
their relatives, in order to make sure
they had contracted no illness on the
voyage.
The first contingents to return, COM
prising chiefly men in the air service,
will proceed directly from the docks to
the camps at which they will be exam
ined and discharged. according to Gem
eral McManus.