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Evening journal., 1919-03-04

come mothers. or they are careless of
their health. So the annual toll Of
women who die in childbirth is 10000
according to the maternity records pub
llshcd by the Maternity Central Ass0-
clat.on.
Perhaps II other cities in this country
drop their stones and try 90 bring sun
shine into the lives Of unmarried moth
ers and the little citizens OF tomorrow,
the whole world VIII change its 3tti-
tude toward lis half mill on women
who sin Every year more thJn 800.
600 women In the civilized worli ind
themselves unmarried mothers. 10 is
as II more than tho entire population
OF New Hampshire or OF Utah found
itself ostraclzed. This community OF
shame-faced mothers is equivalent 90
twice the population 0f Arizona Ac-
cordlng "a countries the latest figures
Of nlegitlmste births are as follow.
Germany &c. 90. -. ..iSOOOl
Austria ... ... .......ieO,Wu
Franco -. ..-.... to.ph
ltaly ..--.- 60. ........ D'Vo
spain ...... ... ....... Jo,uV0
Great Britain &c. ...... JO,O0
Belgium 60. ...-. .... 90. i-.VuO
Every time the clock has marked OF
sixty minutes there are seventeen new
falherlcss babies in the United States.
What shall we do with them and their
mothers? shall we treat them as out
casts, hide them i'm our back alleys,
condemn them 10 darkness and sordid-
ness or shall wc answer tho.r help
less sobbng and remember that 3aby
Is a baby-that environment makes or
breaks a human soul2 shall we pr ltt
from the lesson Newark teaches. and
give these mothers and their iai1nis
not charity or supcrcilious tolerance,
but a chancc--a real chance 10 make
good and I've?
Evening journal., 1919-03-04
The Things of Spring
Iva the WNn0naaker Store

bined with silvery whits
silk braid, some simple,
some elaborate, all ador-
able.
The price range of $3.50
to S16.50 indicates how
many kinds of children's
hats there are.
A fine ASSORTMENT Of
smart, new little Spring
coats for the four-to-sixes
Evening journal., 1919-03-04

ways - the burnt, the
"glycerine," or the soft
curl - are in high
favor
Or ought we to write
high feather?"
Many pastel shades
are shown, but there is
excellent C h oos in G
Evening journal., 1919-03-04

are veritable gardens
in themselves.
On the other hand,
you'll see lots and lots
and LOTS of hats trim
med exclusively with
feathers. The delicate
fronds of the ostrlcn
used in all sorts OF
Evening journal., 1919-03-04

in matching or con-
trasting colors pre-
dominate, although
there are handles that
are leather-bound with
metal tip, and the ele-
gance of the Cloisonne
handle has returned to
favor.
Evening journal., 1919-03-04
The Young
WOmen's S~I0n

is Just full of the new, de-
lightful things that breathe
Spring. These are suitable
not only for the older girls
ia to 20) but for women
who wear small sizes.
There is the new popu-
lar dolman coat, so admirs-
bly, adapted 10 the slender
lines of girlhood. There
are other loose wraps
lots of capes, of course
and the pretty new suits
with their youthful lines,
box coats and blouse ef-
fects, made up in tricotines,
serges and poiret twills.
with dark blues predoni-
mating.
Various charming groups
of new dresses that the
girls will like have Just
come in-new foulards. TIL
colettes, satins. Georgettes-
A feature of the Young
Women's Store that is OF
especiaI interest TO economi-
calIv-ninded mothers B
fbe really excellent assort-
rent of dresses for school
girIs-6 to II years - m
Singhan1s, plaids and plain
colors, and in chambrays;
made prettily, stylishly and
well, starting in prices as
low as So.
These are only a feuc
out of many, many
signs of Spring in this
big Store, oil of tChtch
cannot be noted here
today and no need for
it, since you IUilI note
Haer in the Store If not
in these cOiuru1si
Evening journal., 1919-03-04

OF course, they all
have straps or cord
loops or rings for con-
venience in carrying,
and the hinged ring,
for greater flexibility
in slipping on and off,
is 2 novelty this year.
Colors? NJ ore of
them than ever. al
though there are plenty
of black umbrellas,
too. This year there
are two new shades
taupe (quite the rage)
and tete de negre.
Prices are quite mod
erate-you can go as
high in grade and price
as you please, of course,
but there are fine UNI
brellas for So, $3.50 and
$3.50, and at $40 a real
beauty can be had.
Spring Millinery
blooms out all over the
Millinery Salons, max
ing the Second Floor
Chestnut and Thir-
teenth Streets) a very
bright and fascinating
place.
1t seems filled with
Just the kind of hats
the women are looking
for to " b e G j n the
Spring with"
Shall we call them
initiation hats?
Hats for everybody!
and for everybody's
sister, mother and
daughter.
And all of the hats
can be selected to be as
different as difference
itself! and yet be in the
van Of the vogue, for
the interest and charm
of this great attractive
Sprin garden Of
Wanamaker millinery
is the wide variety dis
played in shape, style
and trimming.
Some are big hats
and some are small
hats. There are demure
hats and there are
stunning hats, there
are sports hats and
there are hats for ele-
CANT occasions"
Some are of satin,
some of rough straw,
some of fine.
Lots of fancy straws,
lots of sailor shapes
And flowers are COM
ing into their own,
after having been ban
ished, or at least sub
dued, for several sea-
sons. Many of these
pretty Spring crea-
tions are bewitchingly
Evening journal., 1919-03-04
Spring Has Breezed
into the Store

and here she will stay
till Summer Gusts her.
The trace of her
dainty footsteps, the
glimpse of her trailing
garments, is every
where.
Sunshine?
If it's anywhere, our
windows admit it in
floods. If it's lacking
outdoors, we make it
indoors.
And if the skies out
side take a fit of Spring
weeps, the skies inside
are high and dry, with
nc end Of new and in
taresting things spread
out beneath them, "for
20 see and to admire"
and anyway, there's a
big enough stock of
Spring Umbrellas
TO supply every man,
woman or child in your
town OF in our town.
Thousands of them.
All OF good silk, stand
ing sun-and-rain, many
in regular parasol
styles.
And endlessly smart
as to handles, in which
there are hundreds Of
designs, including lots
of new ones. The eff
fective and striking
bakolite combinations
Evening journal., 1919-03-04

w Va va Y : n " Wia5le i,3S5 sie
ened now and ushered
in through any one of
the eight entrances of
this Store, he might
not know what year in
the worlds progress 1t
was, he could not pos
sibly conceive what
moInentous events had
taken place while he
toss taat prctracted
nap. be would not krow
what ror why is a
WansUiaker Sore, but
even the hyiefest, blink
INCEST glanccs about
the Store, would un-
questlonably show him
what season Of the year
il was.
Spring reiGns!
No matter how many
back-steps she m a y
take outside Of these
doors, how many her
coquettish leave-tak-
ings Of Winter and
how vigorous and gusty
tn e farewell kisses
which old Winter may
blow her in return
nevertheless
Evening journal., 1919-03-04
For Piles
Send Today for Free Trial Of PyFs-
mid Pile Treatment and Hind
Real Happiness.

n you suffer so badly you can't wait
for the free trial get a 60 cent box
OF Pyramid Pile Treatment az th6
Evening journal., 1919-03-04

among colors both light
and dark.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-01-23
WANT A SLICE OF
BAMBERC COUNTY
MOVEMENT STARTED TO MAKE
BLACKVILLE COUNTY SEAT.
Want to Move Court
House From Barnwell
Annexation Of Part of Bamberg Talk
ed About.-Davis, of Barnweu,
Introduces Bill to Kill It.

Some little interest has been Gre
ated locally by articles recently ap-
pearing in the daily papers from
Blackville to the effect that a move
ment has been started by the people
Of Blackville to move the county
seat of Barnwell county from Barn.
well to Blackville, and to annex
portions of Orangeburg and Bamberg
counties to Barnwell, presumably
in order to get the proposed new
county seat a little farther away
from the county line.
Since the formation of the new Al
lendale county, they say, Barnwell
is out on the edge of the county, and
they propose to move the court house
and public buildings to Blackville,
and then annex a part of Orangeburg
and the upper part of Bamberg I'd
Barnwell.
Barnwell county evidently does not
propose TO sit idly by and see the
proposition go through without OPP
position, for Representative Davis,
Immediately after the Blackville citi-
zens meeting, introduced a bill in
the legislature to prohibit the loca-
ton of any court house within three
miles of the county line. If this
measure passes, it will probably
knock out the Blackville proposition.
The following news dispatches, bear
ing on the matter, will be read with
interest:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-01-23
An Old Time Serenade.

Olar, Jan. 20.-There is life in the
old land yet. Just a few days ago,
when the young men of Old Three
Mile heard that our friend Willie
Best was married, they Immediately
set about to give him an old time
genuine serenade-in the latest fash
ion. So they gathered up their VIC
Inns, harps, banjos, etc., and the
"Wedge Wood" crowd, who did not
have anything like the above, filled
in with cow bells, tin pans, old plows,
horns, etc., and soon were near his
place. Finding the house brilliantly
lighted, they halted in the nearby
grove and waited until the lights
should go out. They told soft jokes
and listened to the boot of an owl,
who seemed to say "Who are you?"
and whats up tonight?' y
After awhile the faithful sentinel
reported Call quiet On the creek to-
night, advance slowly boys, and be-
ware of the bull dog; you know he
will bite" But another fellow spoke
up quickly, assuring the crowd that
Bull never bites, just swallows his
victuals whole" An old man in the
party told the boys that he had al
ways heard that music hath charms
to soothe the savage" so he advised
them to start off on something soft
and sweet and low. When the music
started the boys on the "look out"
reported Bull standing on his hind
legs looking through the kitchen win
dow, evidently enjoying the music
or too scared to move. After several
pieces of this kind to soothe Bulls
feelings, the "Wedge Wood" crowd
concluded it high time for them to
do their bit and the circular saw and
COW bells pealed forth such a march
as has never been heard before,
everything on the place seemed to
thinI it marching time Except the
bride and groom. The pigeons flew
from their houses, the chickens run
for the creek, the cats disappeared
entirely, the COWS and hogs forgot
there was a fence around the lot as
they went marching on, all the dogs
left except the faithful bull, who still
kept his vigil at the kitchen win
dow. Suddenly this March was
changed to a waltz" and thu boys
seeing two wagons loaded with bales
| of cotton ready for market quietly
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-01-23
TO GET NITRATE OF SODA.
All Applications Must Be Filed By
Next Saturday.

Mr.. J. J. Heard, county ~distributer
of government nitrate of soda, Q
quests The Herald to state that all
applications for nitrate must be filed
by next Saturday, January rs. APP
plications filed after the above date
will not be considered, Mr.. Heard
has arranged with the various banks
of the county to act as assistants in
supplying the farmers with nitrate
of soda. Farmers may call at their
usual banking places, secure the nec-
essary application blanks, fill out
them and file with the bank: AS the
time for filing applications is very
short. it is very necessary that those
desiring to get nitrate from the gov
eminent take the necessary steps at
once.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-01-23
One Sister Dead; Another Very III

One Sister Dead; Another Very Ill.
Mrs. Sarah Summer Paysinger,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j.. Pink
Summer and wife of Mr.. Robert Pay
singer of this county, died in McCor-
mick. Sunday, Jan. 10, OF pneumonia
following influenza and was buried
Monday afternoon at Colony church,
Revs. A. J. Bowers, R. F. Cogburn
and C. E. Peele conducting the fun
eral services. Besides her parents
and husband, Mrs. Paysinger is sur
vived by two daughters, aged six and
ten years.
Mrs. Paysinger went to Mccormick
from her home in this county to
be with her sister, Mrs. Carter, when
DR.. Carriers family were taken with
the influenza. DR.. Carter died on
Jan. 18th, and Mrs. Carter, a week
later. They were buried in Rosemont
cemetery, Newberry. Their son, aged
ten months, is quite ill now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Summer have another
daughter, Miss Alathea, very i'll in
Mccormick, and a son, Leroy, slck
at home. They have been greatly
afflicted and have the sympathy o.
the community and of friends every
where.-Newberry Observer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-01-23
QUICKLY FOLLOWS HUSBAND.
Mrs. w. C. Carter Victim Of Influenza
at Mccormick.

Mccormick, Jan. 17.-Mrs. w. C..
Carter died here this afternoon, just
one week from the date on which
her husband died. Both Mrs. Car
ter and DR.. Carter were stricken with
Influenza and Mrs. Carriers death has
been expected for the past several
days. her condition being critical
ever since the death of her husband.
Before her marriage Mrs. Carter was
Miss Nudge Catherine Summers, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Sum-
mers, of Newberry. The only re-
naming member of this family is the
little ten months old son. William
Carter, and he has been desperately
ill during the illness of DR.. and Mrs.
Carter.
Besides her little son, Mrs. Carter
is survived by her father and mother,
a number of brothers and sisters and
many friends. The body will be TAX
en- to Newberry tomorrow and laid to
rest beside that of her husband in
the Newberry cemetery.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-01-23
BOY GASSED.
Luke Bellinger Returned to America
in Casualty Company.

The friends of Private Lucius Bel
'linger will be interested to learn that
he has been recently returned to the
United States in a casualty company.
He is now in Atlanta ~recuperating
from the effects of gas, and he has
written that he expects to visit his
home in Bamberg Don He does
not know when he will be discharg-
ed from the army, but it is likely
that he will be discharged in the near
future, inasmuch as he has been in
capacitated for active service.
Private Bellinger was gassed in
the big attack of September 29th
last on the western front. He was
sent to a hospital for treatment and
was later transferred to a GONZALES
cent camp in England. He arrived
in America on December 21st last
and since that time has been under
treatment in this country. The full
extent of Private Bellinger's injury
by gas has not been ~ascertained, as
he has written. very little of his own
condition, but he writes that he is
now doing we'll in Atlanta.
Luke Bellinger was n Of the
first draft of men sent to the army
from Bamberg county. A year ago
last September, just about a year
before he was gassed on the western
front, he, in company with eight
other young men, left Bamberg to
serve his country in the war with
Germany. Luke's injury from gas
must have been quite severe, as it
has now been nearly four months
since he was sent to the hospital.
Private Bellinger's friends will be
glad to welcome him home, and they
entertain the hope that he will soon
receive his release from the service,
feeling that he has contributed lib
orally toward the redemption OF the
world to the cause of democracy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-01-23

removed the cotton so as to use the
wagons for a dancing stand. Mid
night coming on, the musicians pre-
pared to depart, n of the dancers
called for time to write up the "sltu-
alton" This is the situation" as
he wrote it:
Place-Somewhere on Three Mile
creek.
T1me-Midnight.
Pigeons-Rising.
Cotton-Falling.
Chickens-Running.
Cattle-Calling.
People-All quiet and happy.
Bull dog-At a stand still
Debaters once settled the question
that there was no such thing as luck.
We beg to differ, we believe in luck
Git was luck that the bull dog did not
get us) and we wish for the bride
and groom good luck.
Though happy they, the happiest OF
their kind,
Whom gentle stars unite
And in one fate, their hearts, their
fortunes and their beings blend.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-01-23
DAY CURRENT IS
AN ASSURED FACT
GENERATOR HAS BEEN PUR-
CHASED FOR PURPOSE.
Will be Installed
at the Cotton Mill
Arrangements Made With the Cotton
Mill Company to Furnish Cur
rent During Daylight Hours.

Day current all the year
round is an assured fact for
Bamherg. The people of the city
will be delighted to learn that def
mite arrangements have been made
whereby the town will be supplied
with current from early morning
till highland then all night.
The matter of furnishing day cur
rent has been a serious proposition
with the commissioners of public
works for years. Many schemes have
been devised in an attempt to estab-
lish day current permanently, only
to fail because of the relatively small
amount of electricity used in Bam-
berg during the hours of daylight.
. An arrangement has now been
made by the commissioners with the
Bamberg Cotton Mills company to
operate for the commissioners a
generator at the mill during the day
time. The commissioners have pur-
chased from the General Electric
company a SO k. ". generator at a
cost of approximately $1,000, and as
soon as the machine arrives it will be
installed at the mill and operated by
the mill power. The arrangement
with the mill management provides
for the operation of the machine at a
fixed cost per kilowatt hour to the
commissioners. The electricity WILL
be distributed over the same wires
the city power plant employs, and
the customers will be charged the
same rate as at present prevails. In
other words the people of the city
will be furnished with day current
the same as they are supplied night
current, and the only difference will
be that during the day the current
will come from the cotton mill in
stead of the power house.
The order was placed for the gen.
orator several days ago, and the COM
missioners have been assured that
the machine will be shipped at once!
It is estimated that it will require
about six weeks to reach Bamberg.
The matter of installing the genera
tor will take some few days, but the
generator should be in operation be-
fore the warm weather arrives.
By this arrangement the city will
be supplied with day current not
only during the summer but all the
year round. This will enable any in
dividual or concern to install mo-
tors, and will also enable the house.
holders to use electrical appliances,
which are now practically useless.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-01-23

taken in Barnwell county to have the
court house removed from Barnwell
to Blackville, which is within three
miles of the Bamberg county line:
The recent looping off of a portion
of the southern half of the county
for the formation of Allen county,
has intensified the effort to have the
county court house transferred to
Blackville.
With the introduction Of the Davis
bill a few days ago, to prevent the
location of any court house within
three miles of a county line, which
bill is designed to retain the court
house at Barnwell, a determined eff
fort has been started to counteract
the progress of the measure in the
house. A delegation Of Barnwell
citizens, headed by A. H. Ninestein,
president of the Blackville Chamber
Of Commerce, came to Columbia to-
day, with petitions signed by 200 or
more leading citizens. Mr.. Ninestein
expects from Is to 100 residents of
that section to come to Columbia
tomorrow to fight the measure.
Blackville citizens, who argue for
the right of the people to pass on the
question, cite Article z, Section 8, Of
the state constitution, which allows
the people to vote once every five
years on the question of a courthouse
location, should The people so de-
sire.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-01-23
War Work Pledges Due.

Mr.. H. H. Stokes, local treasurer
Of the United War Work fund, re-
quests The Herald to state that the
pledges made during the campaign
are now due, and he urges that the
same be promptly paid. Mr.. Stokes
is treasurer for Bamberg, and all
pledges made here should be paid to
him. Mr.. Stokes will give receipts
for all funds paid over to him, and
will turn the moneys so collected ov-
or to the proper authorities.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-01-23
MR.. /. w. RENTZ DEAD.
One of the Oldest Citizens of the
County Passes Away.

oo~
Mr.. Isaac w. Rentz, one of the
county's oldest and most honorable
citizens, passed away at his home
about four miles from Ehrhardt on
January 9Th, at the ripe old age of
"a years. Mr.. Rentz was one of the
landmarks of the county, having been
a life long resident Of this section.
He suffered a stroke of paralysis a
few days prior to his death, and he
never rallied. The remains were
inferred at Pleasant Hill Method
list church, the Rev. C. S. Fielder, his
pastor, conducting the services. as
sisted by the Rev. P. D. Risinger,
the Lutheran minister. Mr.. Rentz
had been a member of Pleasant Hill
church since the church was estab-
lished, in fact he helped to build
the edifice. He was strong in his
church faith, and took a great deal
of interest and pride in the affairs
Of his denomination.
Mr.. Rentz is survived by eight
children. His wife died seven years
ago, after having been married to
Mr.. Rentz for 50 years. His sur
viving children are: Mrs. L. Hear
ter, Ehrhardt; Mrs. B. B. Goodwin,
Smoaks; Mrs. Rosa Hoffman, Ehr-
hardt: Mrs. J. B. Miley, Lodge; Mrs.
G.. F. Mcmillan, Ehrhardt; Mr.. G.
w. Rentz, Ehrhardt; Mr.. A. K. Rentz,
Ehrhardt, and Mr.. J. L. Rentz, Or
angeburg. In addition to these, Mr..
Rentz is survived by a large circle
of family connections, being a men,
Der of one of the most prominent
and largest families in the State. His
friends and acquaintance were num-
bered by the hundreds all over the
lower section of the State.
Mr.. Rentz had been a subscriber
to The Herald since the establish
ment of the paper in 1891, and was
a loyal friend of this publication.
He was an old Confederate veteran,
having served throughout the four
years of civil warfare. A notable fact
in connection with Mr.. Rentz's war
record is that although he went
through 20 of the major battles OF
the civil war, he never received a
wound. In addition to these 20 large
battles, Mr.. Rentz participated in a
number of small skirmishes, which
he never counted. He served as a
private in the infantry, and made
one of the best soldiers of the Lost
Cause.
He had resided at the old home
place, now occupied by his son, Mr..
A. K. Rentz, ever since he was mar
ried, some 60 years ago. He was a
good man and a good citizen, and al
though he lived to be very old, ne
never lost interest in the affairs OF
his country and his community. He
always took a keen interest In all
public movements.