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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-13
CHAIN GANG FIGURES GIVEN.
Report of Charities Board Afford In
teresting Facts.

The following figures r taken
from a report of the State Board of
Charities and Corrections, made last
week, for Bamberg and neighboring
counties:
Aiken: Total for all purposes,
sS9,1O2.O5; total millage, 6k mills;
total for changing, 100000; mill
age for changing, 2.17 mills; num-
Der of convicts, 9~-3O-1S-4S.
Bamberg: Total for all purposes,
s3O,O20; total millage, 7k mills;
total for changing, $4,000; mill
age changing, 8 mills; number of
convicts, 9-3O-1S-16.
Barnwell: Total for all purposes,
SCI ,9S4.43; total for millage, 81
mills; total for changing, $4,000;
millage for changing, so mills;
number of convicts, 9-30-1S-14.
Colleton: Total for all purposes,
S53,6S0; total millage, 13 mills; to-
tai for changing, SlS,OOO; mlllage
for changing, 4.23 mills; number
Of convicts, 9-30-1S-29.
Orangeburg: Total for all pur-
poses, S~97,S15.50; total millage, s
mills; total for changing, $4,000;
millage for changing, 2.o4; number
of convicts, 9-30-1S-25.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-13
TIME is
Applications for Nitrate May b'
Made Until Feb. Is.

County Nitrate of Soda Distributor
J. J. Heard has received Information
from Washington that the time TO,
fling applications for government
nitrate of soda has been extended to
February Is, 1919. This action has
been taken because the government
has been advised that there are many
farmers all over the country who de-
sire nitrate of soda, but were unable
for one reason and another to file
their arl'cat'ons during the period
heretofore announced. Bamberg far
mers who failed to get in their aprli-
cation by January %, the closing
date announced before, may file their
applications before February Is,
next Saturday.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-13

The price of cotton still is very
discouraging. Those who are in po-
sition to know strongly urge the
people to hold their cotton for 35
cents a pound. We do not pretend
to know anything about the price of
cotton, but it seems reasonable that
cotton should be worth as much now
as while the war was going on, and
we have little doubt that the pres
emit low price is due to speculation.
II this is the case, the farmers
should put up a fight, and make it
strong. 1t seems certain to us that
the best way of combating the low
price of cotton is to stop producing
so much of it.. If the price is due
to an o%versupply, reduction of the
acreage of the next crop is the right
thing to do; if it is due to specula-
ton it would learn the spectators
a valuable lesson. \
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-13

The Charleston News and Courier
Tuesday issued an SPACE live stock
edition, which is a most creditable
and elaborate piece Of work. The
edition is illustrated with numerous
cuts, and contains write-ups Of the
various sections of the State, special
attention being given to the eradica-
ton of the cattle tick. the State on
ly recently having been cleared of
this pest. The edition contains, one
page devoted to Ehrhardt.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-13
All Fuel Restrictions Are Off

County Fuel Administrator j. A.
Wyman has received the following
order from Washington, which is
self-explanatory:
DIR. Garfield announced today
that all price regulations on coke
and coal, except Pennsylvania an
thracite, will be SUSPENDED February
1st. This refers to mine prices,
wholesalers margins, purchasing
agents commissions and retail mar
gins and prices"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-13

We understand that the various
counties are being urged to make
preparations for the proper recep-
ton of the boys on the thirtieth d.
vision on their return home. Other
counties are planning to have dele
cations in Columbia when the divis-
ion arrives. There are a great num-
Der of Bamberg boys in this divis-
ion, and it is hoped that something
will be done by this county to prop
erly greet the boys when they come
home.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-13
Thursday, Feb: 13, 1919.

The need of houses in Bamberg
continues. People are being turned
away from the town because there
are no houses to live in. We under
stand that the price of building MA
terial is coming back to normal now,
and we trust that ere many more
months pass there will be a great
deal of building going on in the
city.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-13
is REAL GERMAN AMERICAN.
Pure Prussian on a Dark Night
Sends Huns All Wrong.

However much one may object to
the German lingo when grunted by
a Prussian, it sometimes came in
very useful when spoken by a man.
A good story touching this is told in
The Stars and Stripes paris,
France). 1t appears there is a Cor
poral Kaler, who was not regarded
with favor by his comrades, chiefly
because he was born and raised in
Germany. Outside of that he SEEM
ed to be "a regular fellow" Worst
of all, he had to carry around the
sinister name of Wilhelm, wished
upon him in Munich, twenty-three
years ago, at a time he couldn't help
it. When he grew up, strange to
say, he became a Socialist, with a
rooted aversion to the government
in general and to the "Clown Prince
in particular. How he set himself
right with the doughboys is told as
follows:
With these convictions, smelling
the battle from afar, he cried, "Ha!
Hal" and deserted from the German
navy shortly before the war broke
out, at a time when his ship happen
ed to be in Hoboken. Therefore,
while three brothers were serving
in the German army, he was out of
reach in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Then came a time when America
decided to enter the war. So did
Wilhelm-the very next day.
His knowledge of German made
him a handy man about the regi-
ment when it was ordered into the
line. but it was not as an interpre-
ter that this knowledge served him
in good stead during the savage,
free-for-all, wide-open warfare
which marked the spassage of Com
pany NJ from the Ourcq, to the
Vesle. He used it to battle and be-
wilder the Boche by more than one
order roared out gutturally in the
dark.
Once, when Kaler and part of a
platoon were almost marooned as
an outpost that had o~verreached it
self, he could hear a column of Ger
mans filing along the edge of their
woods with evident intent to sur
round them. The German order was
straight ahead, and from where Ka-
Ter and his pals lay quaking in the
u~nderbrush, they could see an end
less succession of grey legs trotting
by. Then, sharp and authoritatively,
a voice from the bushes ordered:
"Gehen Sic EUR rechten Seite." The
column veered off obediently to the
right, and before it could be steer
ed back again Kaler and his bunch
had made good their escape.
Another example of his prompt
ness in. using his knowledge of Ger
man and also his clear understand
ing of their machine education fol-
lows:
Again when, from his vantage
point on the edge of the woods, the
corporal saw four German prisoners
break away from an American who
was trying to bring them in, he call
ed out across the field:
"Kommen Sic voruber."
The escaping four stopped dead in
their tracks, wheeled, and hustled
docilely over to the spot whence the
voice had issued, and a moment la
ter Kaler had them covered and
started for the rear. Those were
his four prisoners.
Another Boche he killed with his
rifle and another died at the end of
Kaler's bayonet. In spare mo-
ments between such tasks, he ha-
rangued the prisoners on their sin
of working for the Kaiser. But how
could they help themselves? they
asked plaintively.
ssyfTn,, +bot,c ooev ooro and fpht
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-13

It will be noted. that Bamberg
easily led this section of the State:
in fact she led all counties in lower
Carolina except Beaufort and Char
lesion, those counties having per
capita investments Of S10.27 and
s1O.O7 respectively. Bamberg ranks
eighth in the State, which is an ex-
cellent record for the county, and
sreaks we'll for the splendid work of
the local war savings committee.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-13
FINAL REPORT IS ISSUED:
What Bamberg and Other Counties
Invested in w. S. S.

The State War Savings committee
has issued it's final report on the
amount of war savings and thrift
stamps bought by the people of
South Carolina of the first series,
from December, 1917, to Jan. 1,
1919. The figures for the State fol-
low: Total invested, s10,743,644.25;
per capita, $3.50. The figures for
Bamberg and neighboring counties
follow:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-13
WIDE AWAKE ORGANIZATION.
Olar School Improvement Associa-
ton Accomplishing Much.

Olar, Feb. 1.-THE School I'M
provement association, although by
no means an infant organization, sell
dom ever accomplishes its desired
goal in small towns. AS a rule, all
energetic teachers endeavor to or
ganize such an association, but like
other things, unless the community
can be made to realize that this is a
branch of human endeavor. organic
ed for an expressed purpose, it is
more than worthless. But this is not
the case in Olar. 1t is not necessary
to issue a warrant to get the mem
bers of the association together. For
tunately, the officers are ladies, who
are endowed with qualities similar
to that of a magnet. When the date
of a meeting is announced, officers
and members begin to set the mighty
machinery to work. Nothing is for
gotten-nothing is left undone. They
believe in success, they believe in
their school, and like the engineer
who overlooks his engine before
starting out OF a trip, so do these en-
thusiastic workers consider and plan
their meetings, and they plan with
one aim in view-success. The Olar
league is success itself. AS Emerson
has we'll said, 1.-The greatest success
is confidence" Yes, they have con-
fdence, and they have a tact for do
ing things instead of talking and
boasting. At one time it looked as
if the "lu" would stop the recon-
structive hands, but the "indomitable
will" fought on, until the mighty
enemy, 1.-The flu" said, you are too
strong for me-"
Just as the great nations Of the
earth have been assembling in far
away France to form a league of ma
lions, so have the Olar people, little,
big, young and old, been engaged in
a similar undertaking, that of form
ing a school league. Today, as yes
terday, the Olar school stands as a
monument dear and sacred, beyond
a doubt, to every Olarite.
We are told thaA history is in its
making, and only the climbers know
the glory of what lies beyond. If this
be true, surely there is a bright flu
ture ahead of Olar and her illustri-
Gus people.
The association, although having
been at work just three months,
claims credit for having raised $3.50,
besides being connected with various
activities, which have been instru-
mental in the community uplift.
The box party and supper Friday
night was n of the most pleasant
events of the season. The pro-
gramme was convincing evidence
that the committees were on the job.
The associations president, Mrs. l..
A. Hartzog, along with the other Of
fcers and members, is to be con-
graduated in the highest terms for
the magnificent display of genius in
the rendition of their plans.
The president has named the fol-
lowing standing committees: Pro-
gramme committee, teachers; men,
bership committee, Mrs. Paul Cooke,
chairman; social committee, Mrs.
Robt. Kirkland, chairman; school
sanitation committee, Mrs. ]. G.
Wescoat, chairman; entertaining
committee, Mrs. H. H. Kearse, chair
man. The chairman of each com-
mittee has been requested to select
her co-workers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-02-13

Which looks as if there may be
some Deficiencies in German domes-
tic as we'll as foreign policies, &C
cording to Bethmann-Hollweg.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-15
CLASH WITH JAPANESE
POLICEMEN REPORTED

Washington, March IA clash
between American troops. a japanese
policeman and some civilians at Tien
Tsin was reported to the state depart
ment today by Minister Reinsch at
Peking The minister said he had
sent First Secretary Spencer to Tien
Tsin to investigate and report.
No mention was made of raid by
American marines on the japanese
consulate and the wounding of the
consul, reported in Picking dispatch
to the Associated Press. The minis
ters message was brief and gave no
details.
In the absence of complete infor-
nation, officials were not willing to
discuss the incident for publication.
Privately, however, it was said if the
Japanese consulte had been violated
of course the guilty would be pun
ished and a proper apology would be
made to Japan. The Japanese con
sulate is located in saloon and res
taurant section of Tien Tsin and
brawls there in the past are said "a
have been not infrequent.
NAVY department officials doubted
that 200 marines were involved I'm
the raid as reported, because no ma
rines are stationed at Tien Tsin and
the entire contingent at Peking, three
or four hours ride awav, numbers
only a few hundred Only the pres
ence of a number of American ships
in port of which the department has
not been advised could account for
SO many marines being ashore and
off duty at Tien Tsin.
The American force stationed al
Tien Tsin is the fifteenth regular in
| fantry regiment which has been there
| for several years and which is com.
posed entirely OF veteran soldiers.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-15
L|V|NGsTONS NOT
Good MA TER|AL
FOR j. 8. CITIZENS
Three Brothers Drafted, but
All Find Some Way to Get
Out Of Country One Draws
Ten Years in Federal Pen,

Los Angeles, Calf, March IL
Robert Livingston of Los Angeles.
convicted by court martial for deser
tion and evading the draft, was sem
fenced TO ten years in military prison
and his sentence has been approved
by the proper authorities, according
to information here today by Leuten-
ant Roy Meacham, Judge advocate Of
the court martial.
There were three Livingston broth
ers drafted according to court rec
ords. George Washington Livingston
was sent to Camp Lewis, feigned i'll
ness, was dismissed from the service
and fled to Central America in De-
cember, 1917. He has never been ap-
pretended.
Robert Livingston and Ben Living
ston also fled while under investiga-
ton on charges of having attempted
to evade service. Ben Livingston for
feited $4,000 cash bond. The two,
and their mother, Mrs. Nathan Liv-
ingston, were found In Venezuela and
returned here in September. 1918.
The mother was charged with assist
ing her sons to evade the draft but
her case was not pressed, the court
records show.
Two sisters, Clara and Elsie Liv-
ingston, were also held under bal
charged with aiding their brothers 70
evade service. forfeited their cash
bonds and disappeared and the faith
er, Nathan Livingston who fled while
under investigation on a charge OF
aiding his sons In their efforts to
evade service His whereabouts has
remained unknown, the authorities
declare.
Ben Livingston was also tried here
by court martial after his capture in
Venezuela but the finding of the court
has not been divulged.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-15


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khoW tIat II mas Always peeii lie
custom 70 regard anything as told ny
the Pfesiueht 10 the coihiilltlees ol
elthef mousse OF cohsress priVateN' as
ehtlreiy CONFIDENTIAL unless released
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pfoposltloh was OF 100 muth lhlpor-
lance 10 the people TO ne passed upon
after iledi iils ohiy oIe si"e'
Il thought then, and think now,
that the people are entitled to have
the other side explained to them, that
they may holding as they do the
| residum of power. after being fully
informed pro and con, definitely de-
termine for themselves whether they
propose to change their entire form
of government, rcmove the stars from
the flag and merge the red of the bars
into the flag of international social
ism.
1.-THE proposed league of nations is
not an ordinary treaty and full pub
licity should be given to the entire
matter either by direct referendum
or through the expression of public
opinion, that the people may be ena-
bled to compel their representatives
to act as the people themselves, fully
informed, think best.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-15
MARINES ATTACK
JAPAN CONSUL! IN
CITY Of TEN TS|N
Americans Raid Mikado's Con-
cession and Force Way Into
ConSuIatei Angered by the
Treatment of u, S, Soldiers.
10y MORNING Jou#s.L SPECIAL LEASED WIRE

Peking, Thursday. March 13 (by
the Associated Press) .-American
marines have raided the Japanese
concession at Tien Tsin. forcing their
way IN to the japanese consulate and
assaulting the consul, according to
dispatches received here.
The trouble is said to have been
caused by the. rough treatment given
American soldiers who became dis
orderly in the Japanese quarter of the
city. japanese soldiers drove out the
Americans with fixed bayonets, it is
said, wounding two of them seriously
The next day geo angry marines who
were off duty paraded through the
Japanese concession and II ,s alleged
they attacked every Japanese en-
countered. When the marines reach
ed the consulate they forcibIy entered
1t is reported, and assaulted the con-
sui, whose injuries are understood to
be serious
The consular body is celebrating
on measures to be taken to restore
normal conditions 1t is said that
feeling is running high at Tien Tsin
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-15
WHAT WILLIAM GIBBS MADOO
WILL TRY TO DO FOR THE MOVIES

There sixty million movie fans in the United States
Every development in the movie world is important to
every of them.
Mr. McAdoo's debut factor in the movie business is
the greatest thing that has occurred in the movie world
in years.
1t that of Americas greatest executives has
given his and his ability to the of better
movies.
Why Mr.. McAdoo has gone into the movies what he
expects to do for the business and what conditions nan
cial and artistic prevail in moviedom today of
the things told in series of articles written by Frederic
J. Haskn for The Albuquerque Morning Journal
The first article of this important series will appear in
this paper tomorrow.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-15
SPECIAL orsrArcs TO MORNING JoussAu
. o . 9 . 9 . o . Q . . . o . 9 9

Santa Fe, March 1.-THE disagree
bill is threatening to cause the fourth
legislature to work overtime. Late
last night the house passed the house
measure and refused to concur in the
dead, and the procedure will probably
be to amend the house bill in confer
ence. There is u wide diversion in the
two bills, the house last night tacking
on amendments until the house meas
ure seeks to appropriate nearly ONE
half million more than that of the SEN
ate, and there is grave conflict in va
rious items. one house or the other
must give ground, and at present
there seems no disposition on the
part of either TO do so. The session
ends by limitation of law at noon to-
morrow 1t is said that the senate Is
determined to adjourn by that hour.
In the house the democrats and few
iAsurgens republicans declare that
they will oppose any stopping OF the
clock or attempt to work overtime,
The condition of affairs created a
heated discussion this morning. The
democrats held their first caucus since
the session began and forced recess
when the roll was called, for the want
of quorum. The republicans then
went into caucus and conferred until
lust before noon. When the caucus
ended it was stated that "A conference
committee would settle all differences
in regard to the appropriation bill.
O.. att nj bau hanp made nv
either house to appoint a conference
committee.
After being defeated in the senate
by one vote, the woman suffrage
amendment was Unexpectedly revived
this afternoon. The absence of Sena-
tor Smith, who favored the resolution,
made it impossible to pass the resoIu-
ton on the reconsideration or the
vote. Senator Dunlavy was absent
when the measure was voted on but
managed to vote this afternoon by
parliamentary maneuvering. DunlaVy
moved to have the record expunged OF
the vote by which the resolution was
lost. The motion carried and DunlaVy
voted yes, making the vote 1S to 5.
The resolution was sent to the house
where it was referred to the steering
committee.
The house concurred in the senate
amendments to the public health bill.
The bill now goes to the governor.
Senator Mersfelder made an at
tempt to bring up the eight-hour day
law, but it was voted down. The SEN
ate indicated that it is opposed to the
measure.
The senate passed the following
bills:
Fl. B. No. $50, permitting cities to
use the surplus earnings of public
utilities for general purposes.
H. b. No. 1856, providing royalty
OF per cent for minerals removed
from state lands.
Fl. b. No. 29S, gasoline tax bill. The
bill was amended by the senate strik-
ing out the house amendments. Sent
back, and the house concurred in 1t
S. B. No. 31-providing for a ia,
exemption of $4,000 worth Of prop
erty owned by ex-soldiers, SAILORS an'
marines. The bill later passed the
house,
II. r. No. IA, appropriating $72t
bonus to state house employees,
H. b. No. 217, creating office o.
travelling auditor.
hNnutiuuad On papa 'rwOl
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-03-15
(By Morning Journal

Paris, March IA (by the Associated
Press. Methods of enforcing rulings
of the international labor bureau and
fixing of voting power of the nations
represented are the only questions
under consideration by the commits
sion on international labor legislation.
1t is believed both questions will be
determined next week.
With the exception of these points
the British draft for organization of
the bureau and the methods of its
procedure have been adopted without
change The recommendation to have
the first meeting of the international
labor machine held in Washington
will be incorporated IN the report. as
well as the date of the meeting.
The British recommendation that
the ruling of the bureau be enforced
with the same machinery the league
of nations employs has not found un-
qualified support, especially on the