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The Monticellonian., 1919-06-06

day and waiting for a man to come home and listen to the gossip of her empty brain? That isn't loving, that's loafins."
 Clay was not at all persuaded But there's no comfort or home life in marrying business woman"
 "How do you know? You know plenty of unsuccessful wives who are not business women"
 q want d housekeeper, not q shop keeper"
 "Go get one, then. I say. If wom- an can't earn enough outside to hire n housekeeper let her do her own house. work. But if she can earn enough to hire a hundred housekeepers why should she stick to the kitchen? In my home, if 1 ever get one, the cook will not be the star. Besides il enlargeS life so. Instead of two living on the wages of one two will live on the earn ings of two. It seems to me it couldn't help being better and a hap pier way of living"
 Clay blushed vigorously as he num- bled What's your business woman going to do when the-the babies come? Or do you cut out the kiddieS Y'
 Daphne blushed, too. Well, I should think that the business woman could afford babies better than anybody else.
The Monticellonian., 1919-06-06
A Liberal Helpina.

The Wyn.Jenklns were giving a lit- tle dinner party. Fa Wyn-Jenklns was carving fowl. Ii was older than 1T looked, and, the knife refusing to d" its bit. the b.rd shot into the silken lap of the principal guest.
 Mrs. Wyn-Jeukins went pale. but her husband never lost his sang gfroid.
 "I belleye.' he said 10 the guesr. reeapturing the bird. that I've helped you to too much. Allow me to take back little" |,
The Monticellonian., 1919-06-06
Bush for Free Molasses.

When tank car filled with 5000 gallons of molasses was upset near Telford Pa. and the molasses began to run cut. people came ny scores. on foot in carriages and by automobiles, and salyuged some hundreds of gal Ions of moasses before the railroad men plugged the opening and left dozens of disappointed ones waiting to get at the outflow.
The Monticellonian., 1919-06-06
CHAPTER R3XxVi.

Leila was determined to endure everything that might be necessary to regain her beauty She would go through any ordeal of knives or plas- ter casts or splnts or medicines for that. She was quite grim about it. Her resolution extended to the spend \ ing of as much of Bayard's money as might be necessary on surgeons fees and doctors bills. If she bankrupted Bayard it would be with the tenderest motives
 Five times she went to the operat- ing table, made that internal journey into etherland, knowing what after anguishes waited her. what retching and burning and bleeding She braved death again and again.@ took long chances with covering bravado. And all for Bayard's sake.
 One morning when Bayard reached his office after narrowing all-nght vigil at Leila's side he was just falling asleep over the first mail when his telephone Snarled. He reached for it with alarm. A voice boomed in his ear:
 "Ah you thahf"
 Yes"
 Keep the line, please. Now, you ah through. sir?"
 Then a growl replaced the bOom q growl that made the receiver rattle:
 "Ah you thah, Mir. Kip? This is Colonel Marchmont I dare say you remember our conversation about those damned contracts with Meth erell. A little farther discussion
 might not be amiss-if you could make it perfectly convenient to drop ovvah at, say. quawtah pahst fah Good I shall expect you at that ah."
 Bayard pondered. What new per secution was fate preparing? As he went to the office, he bought an eve ming paper. A heavily headed cable gram announced that the laborers in the British intuition works were strik-
 ing or threatening to strike. A gIeam of understanding came into BaYard's s eye. When he reached the desk of Colonel Marchmont he looked un- abashed into the revolver muzzle of the old war horses one eye Without any preliminary courtesies ! or any softening of hisSprevous tone the colonel snorted: .'Those deyilish contracts you made with Wetherell- The poor fellow is no longer alive more's the pity, but Well, I'm afraid l was bit severe with you. l fancy We might see our way to renewing those contracts at a reasonable figure say at p per cent reduction from the terms you quoted.
 Bayard smiled and shook his head He bluffed the buffer. The prices We quoted included only fair profit, colonel. Since then materials have been going up in price every minute, Il owing to the demand from abroad N And the home market is booming. We can sell all our product here, and more, too. than we can make" Colonel Marehmont squirmed, but F he was soldier and loved good s counter-attack. He smiled as he squirmed Wetherell was avenged when his successor signed new con tracts at higher price than he had made. The changing times changed everything; yesterdays exorbitance was today's bargain.
 Bayard departed with wallet full of business. He got back to his office on feet fiedged with Mercurial wings.
The Monticellonian., 1919-06-06
Wetherell Was Avenged When His
 Successor Signed New Contracts at Hiqher Price Than He Had Made.

the counter. The worst of it was that her eyes were so tender
 "Where did you get all the capital for all this stock?" Clay demanded, with sudden suspicion.
 "Oh. part of it we bought on credit and part of it on borrowed money" Borrowed from whom?'
 "From MT. Duane"
 This was too much of too much. Clay stormed: I'll get himl l"
 "Oh, no, you wont."
The Monticellonian., 1919-06-06
That Useful Guardhouse.

"Them gua'd houses at the trainin' camps Is shuah doin 2 gran work, jes' like the Red Cross observed Cindy. the colored launlre>s. "Fhey saved nah boy Dukes life"
 How is that, C.ndy?' queried her employer.
 T dunno how they done it. Only he wrote me pasfal card sayin' if he hadn't got ten days in one of 'em he'd a' been q corp.
The Monticellonian., 1919-06-06
Revising the Revenncs.

"'Fhe glasses are very small" ex- claimed on girl.
 "Yes. replied the other. "rhe lux ury taX ought to pay for the ice cream soda and the rest of the money ought to go te the government"
The Monticellonian., 1919-06-06
His Tribute.

Hans was on visit to his grand fathers farm, and for the first time saw a lot of bees making honey. After looking at them with deep interest for a few moments he said: Well, 1 must say they is certainly wonderful lot of little animals"
The Monticellonian., 1919-06-06
Ominous Int nation.

When l marry | will treat my wife with consideration, but l expect to be muster in my oWn house"
 "of course you do. We all begin life with great expectations"
The Monticellonian., 1919-06-06
Mean Intimatlon.

Mir Jones says he would die for me.
 How can he when he's bald?"
The Monticellonian., 1919-06-06

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The Monticellonian., 1919-06-06

Instead of resenting this insult Daphne laughed till she fell against
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14

some other senators and congress-
men who are talking the country to
death about the peace treaty. They
grasp everything that they think
they can possibly use against the pres
ident. And in the meantime the
country goes on suffering. We are
paying war prices for everything We
buy, although the war has been over
eight months.
The president recommends the
passage of needed legislation to get
the country on a peace basis again,
and we hope congress can stop wrang-
ling long enough to accomplish some
thing. That there is no sense in the
prices being charged ought to be ap-
parent to all thinking people. Some
body is making billions at the ex-
pense of the people, and it is high
time this thing is stopped.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14
NOTICE OF MASTERS SALE.

Pursuant to an order OF the Court
of Common Pleas in the case of Mrs.
Elise B. Walker VS.. Elizabeth Baker,
ct al, the undersigned as Master for
Bamberg county will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, at the
Court House, Bamberg, S. c., on the
first Monday in September, 1919, be-
tween the legal hours of sale on said
day, the following described lot: "All
that certain lot or parcel Of land with
the buildings and improvements
thereon, situate, lying and being in
the town and county of Bamberg, in
the State of South Carolina, meas
uring and containing one acre. and
bounded on the south by Church
street, measuring thereon two hum
dred and ten feet. on the east by lot
of Jerome Smoak, and measuring
thereon same distance: on the north
by lot of J. J. Simmons, and measur-
ing thereon same distance: and on
the west by Cox avenue, and meas
uring thereon same distance; the
same being the lot conveyed to T. j.
Baker by Mrs. Fielder"
Terms of sale: Cash; purchaser to
pay for papers.
J. J. BRABHAM, JR.,
Master for Bamberg County.
August 13. 1919.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14
CAN'T LIVE ON THANKS.

The South Carolina Cotton associa-
tion the other day very graciously
rendered thanks to the newspapers of
the State for the excellent publicity
the cotton question has received at
their hands. This was mighty nice
of the cotton association. But news
papers down this way have ceased to
live on thanks. Thanks, as much as
they are appreciated, will not pay
grocery bills nor buy the family
shoes.
The cotton association, we believe,
voted to hire a publicity director.
That's fine. Our cotton matter now
will be all dished up for us ready to
serve. The publicity director, howev-
ever. is not to work for honor and
glory, we believe, like the newspa-
pers.
One hundred and sixty thousand
dollars, we understand, is what they
say is needed to carry on the cotton
association programme in South Car
olina. A magnificent sum OF money.
But why assess the farmers these
one hundred and sixty thousand dol
lars? Why not ask everybody else,
like the newspapers, to work free?
That would save quite a lot of mon
ey. Give them thanks. The officers
of the association are more obligated
to work free than the newspapers.
We have not been receiving but
about ten or fifteen columns of cotton
association matter week heretofore.
We ought reasonably to expect the
volume to be doubled, at least, now
that the newspapers are to have a
regular director of publicity; some
body to tell US just what to print and
what not to print, you know.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14

A few days ago We noticed in a
negro newspaper an editorial from
the New York World, and along with
it half dozen or more letters to the
editor congrat tulating him on the ed
itorial. These letters were from ne
groes or from white people who are
negro crazy, belonging to that class
in the North who are fanatically try
ing to ''uplift" the negro by preach
ing social equality to him. But most
of the letters were from bitter Nor
thern negroes, and some of the eX-
pressions contained therein were of
the character to produce trouble be-
tween the races. The editorial from
the World had reference to. the recent
race riots in the North and West.
THIS negro paper that we allude to
is published in South Carolina, and
is edited by negro who runs an or
phanage, supported by contributions,
much of this support coming from
Southern whites. He is too shrewd
to give expression to such devilish
views in his editorial columns, but
he copies from Northern papers. This
is the case with every negro news
paper in this State that we know of.
They are doing more to create fric-
tion between the races than anybody
else, and if there is trouble with
the negroes in this State these papers
will have had the major share in
bringing it about. Again we repeat
that the negro race has no worse en-
emy than the average negro news
paper, no matter where published,
and one which will do him the great
er harm.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14

Pursuant to an order of the Court
of Common Pleas in the case Of the
Equitable Home Company VS.. An
drew J. Bennett, ct al, the under
signed as Master for Bamberg coun-
ty will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder, at the Court House,
Bamberg, S. c., on the first Monday
in September, 1919, between the le-
gal hours of sale on said day, the
following lot of land: "That cer-
tain lot or parcel of land situate in
the town of Bamberg, county of Bam-
berg and State of South Carolina,
containing two and three-fourths ac-
res, more or less, and bounded on the
north and west by lands formerly OF
E. NJ. Cox: south by the public road
leading from Bamberg to Barnwell,
and east by Cox avenue; said lot OF
land being the same of which Andrew
J. Bennett died seized and possessed.
Terms of sale: Cash; purchaser to
pay for papers.
J. J. BRABHAM, JR.,
Master for Bamberg County,
August 13, 1919.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14
HIGH COST OF LIVING.

President Wilson has laid down
the law to congress on the high cost
of living. The magnificent address
of the president should cause some
of those in congress to be ashamed of
themselves. Their recent disgrace
full conduct in seeking to ridicule the
president, instead of doing something
to benefit the country in these peril
Gus times, has evidently got on the
nerves of the president.
AS the president says, the country
is now neither at war nor peace, due
to the dilly-dallying of Lodge and
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14
CHARLESTON.
Charleston is the metropolis of
er harm.

Charleston is the metropolis of
of South Carolina. The result of the
election in Charleston next Tuesday
will likely be looked upon by
the rest of the country as an
inbex to the people of this
State. Will Charleston DISGRACE
herself? We hardly believe it.
The people of South Carolina are 10y
al, and we are not prepared to be-
lieve, now that the light has been
shed on the disloyalty of Grace, that
Charleston will do otherwise than re-
pudiate Grace and the Charleston
"American' in no uncertain manner.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14
The president has at last opene,

The president has at last opened
his mouth and condemned the out
rageous robbing of the people in the
prices of food, and it is to be hoped
that both he and congress will do
something besides talk. Some of
these food robbers ought to be shot,
and this robbery, as the president
truly says, is not confined to the large
wholesaler either. The retailer is as
guilty as anybody else. The crisis
must come soon, if conditions are not
bettered and that right speedily.
However, we might as we'll put
the blame where it rightly be-
longs, and that is on the gov
ernment. They could have pro-
tected the consumer and they
have not done it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14

!, After the United States declared
war the government got down on its
belly and groveled to labor, and it is
now reaping what it sowed. At the
construction of the military camps in
this State outrageous wages were
paid to most incompetent laborers,
but the contractors did not worry
they were being paid profit on the
cost of construction, so the greater
the cost the greater their profit. AS
a consequence Of this, negro brick
layers and other laborers whose work
does not require any special skill or
training are demanding and receiving
wages about double what skilled
and extensively trained technical
man is receiving. In this town negro
brick masons are being paid $500 a
day, and many white men, whose
work requires fifty times the brains
and skill, are receiving about half as
much. Is it any wonder that the sal
aried man has little confidence in and
less respect for the government?
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14

What has become of that ice plant
that was going to be built in Bam-
berg? We understood some months
ago that arrangements were being
considered for the manufacture of
ice here. An ice plant has been in
operation for several years in Walter
boro, and it is evidently paying in
vestment, for we note from the Press
and Standard that the capital stock
of the concern has been doubled, and
that the capacity has been trebled.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14
COTTON PRICES.

Recently the price of cotton ad-
vanced two cents pound in single
day. Two or three days later cotton
declined two cents in one day. Incl
dentally, it continued to decline some
more during the few following days.
In all cotton has declined in the space
of about ten days some four or five
cents pound, going first up and then
down. To the mind of the layman,
there is no real or apparent reason
for such tremendous fluctuations.
One marked decline of two cents was
attributed to the marine strikes. If
someone will kindly tell us what the
marine strikes has to do with the
supply and demand for cotton, we
would be glad of illumination. OF
course, they Will say that cotton can
not be exported with the shipmen on
a strike. Anybody with intelligence
knows that the strike will be over
some time, and that not bale less of
cotton will be consumed because Of
it. Somebody pockets the difference
in price. Who gets it?
After all, we are inclined to the
belief that if the government fixed
the price of cotton at fair figure,
everybody would be better off. You
would know where you stood anyway.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14

another home. Let tie negro learn
this lesson: let him refuse to coun-
tenance in church or society of any
kind those members of his race who
are vicious, immoral, and criminal,
and he will have gone long way to-
ward convincing the white people that
he himself is good citizen.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14

Our best wishes go out to Charles
ton for next Tuesday. On that day
we trust she will be true to the g!or-
ious traditions of that city and bury
forever that most notorious German
sympathizer and American hater,
John P. Grace. He has no business
in this country-Germany is his prop
er abiding place.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14

Zone great trouble with the negroes
GENERALLY is that the vicious and
criminal negro stands just as high
in their esteem as the honest, indus
trious, Iaw-abiding negro. The white
people-at least the Southern white
ple-differentiate between these
two classes. A good negro can get
along anywhere in the South, but a
bad negro soon finds the atmosphere
to warm for him and is forced to seek
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14

It is said that last winter in some
Northern cities, during the time when
influenza was an epidemic, that pail
bearers had to be hired Now We
would be delighted to serve as pail
bearer free for some men we know.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14

The greatest liability of the Wilson
administration has been one A. S.
BHrleson, postmaster general, and
the president should have handed
him the pink slip long ago. He is
one of the most prolific sources of
trouble for the present administra-
tion.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14

Through the postmasters of the
country the war department has Of
fered for sale 341, 100000 pounds of
foodstuffs. The postmasters and ru-
raj carriers are to act as salesmen
and in informing prospective custo-
mers as to price.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14

There are more automobiles in
l Bamberg, no doubt, than in any town
it's size in the State; yet there is a
woeful lack of public spirit.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14
Thursday, August II, 1919.

Think of this, please: If every
man in Bamberg was the same sort
of citizen that you are, what sort of
town would this be?
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14
NOTICE OF MASTERS SALE.

Master for Bamberg Cou
August 13, 1919.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-23

into a refrigerator it has a mission
to perform. 1t is required to take the
heat out of other material to preserve
food products and it must disSipate it
self in the process, while ice is placed
in the ice house to stay, to be pre-
served until wanted for use.
An open shed will preserve ice, or
it may be piled up in a field and kept
all summer by simply putting cover
over it to keep off the rain and an
inner cover of sawdust to keep out
the air. Such a crude way of keeping
ice is necessarily wasteful, but not to
the Ttent popularity supposed.
Roof Must Be Tight.
It is quite possible to put a cube of
ice twelve feet through in a cheaply
constructed building and so pack it
with sawdust as to keep it in q very
satisfactory way until wanted during
the summer months. The roof must
be tight because water dropping often
in the same spot will bore a hole
through the sawdust covering down
to the ice; warm air will follow and
we all know that air must be kept
away from ice or it will melt rapidly.
Drainage is another very important
consideration. The bottom must be
Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-23
GOODBYE BACKACEiE, KIDNEY
AND BLADDER TROUBLES

For centuries all over the world
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil has af-
forded relief in thousands upon thou
sands Of cases of lame back, lumbago,
sciatiea, rheumatism, gallstones, grav-
ell and all other affections of the kid
neys, liver, stomach, bladder and al
lied organs. 1t acts quickly. 1t does
the work. 1t cleanses your kidneys
and purifies the blood. 1t makes a
new man, new woman, of you. 1t
frequently wards off attacks of the
dread and fatal diseases of the kid
neys. 1t often completely cures the
distressing diseases of the organs Of
the body allied with the bladder and
kidneys. Bloody or cloudy urine, sed-
iment, or "brickdust" indicate an I'M
healthy condition.
Do not delay a minute If your back
aches or you are sore across the loins
or have difficulty when urinating. Go
to your druggist at once and get a
Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-23
An Attack Of Influenza
Often Leaves Kidneys In
Weakened Condition

Doctors in all parts of the country have
been kept busy with the epidemic of in
fuenza which has visited so many homes.
The symptoms of this disease are very
distressing and leave the system in a run
down condition. Almost every victim
complains of lame back and urinary
troubles which should not be neglect
ed, as these danger signals often lead to
dangerous kidney troubles. Druggists
report large sale on DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root which so many people say
soon heals and strengthens the kidneys
lfter an attack of grip. Swamp Root,
being an herbal compound, has a gentle
healing effect on the kidneys, which
is almost Immediately noticed in most
eases by those who try it. DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y, offer to send
a sample size bottle of Swamp Root, on
receipt of ten cents, to every sufferer
who requests it. A trial will convince
any one who may be in need of it. Regu-
lar medium and large size bottles, for
sale at all druggists. Be sure to mention
this paper.-Adv.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-23

box of imported GOLD MEDAL Haar.
lem Oil Capsules. They are pleasant
and easy to take. Each capsule con.
tains about one dose OF i've drop&
Take them just like you would any
pill. Take a small swallow Of water
if you want to. They dissolve In the
stomach, and the kidneys soak up the
oil like a sponge does water. They
thoroughly cleanse and wash cut the
bladder and kidneys and throw off the
Inflammation which is the cause OF
the trouble. They will quickly relieve
those stiffened joints. that backache.
rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica, gall
stones, gravel, "brfckdust," etc. They
are an effective remedy for all dis
eases of the bladder, kidney, liver.
stomach and allied organs. Your
druggist will cheerfuily refund your
money If you are not satisfied after a
few days. USE Accept only the pure,
original GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil
Capsules. None other genuine.-Adv.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-01-23
B0SCHEE's SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies
when Boschee's Syrup has been used
so successfully for fifty-one years in
all parts Of the United States for
coughs, bronchitis, colds settled in the
throat, especially lung troubles? 1t
gives the patient a good nights rest,
free from coughing, with easy expec-
toration in the morning, gives nature
chance to soothe the inflamed parts,
throw off the disease, helping the pa
tient to regain his health. Made in
America and sold for more than half
q century.-Adv.