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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-10-13
STAYS WIFE AND SELF.
Chester Youth Commits Double
Crime Friday Afternoon.

Chester, Oct. 7.-"Doc' Runion,
% year old textile operative Of the
Republic mills at Great Falls, ~
miles east of Chester, this afternoon
took a keen edged knife and slashed
his % year old wife's throat, almost
severing the head from the body, and
then attempted to stab himself in the
heart, making seven unsuccessful ef-
forts, finally firing bullet into his
right temple, causing instant death.
The cause of the double tragedy Is
not known, but a telephone message
from Great Falls tonight stated that
the couple had separated some time
ago and this afternoons dispute was
precipitated through a desire on the
part of each for possession OF their
child. They had been married three
years, were natives of the Great Falls
section and were we'll thought OF oy
their friends. The tragedy occurred
in their home about 8 o'clock this
afternoon and cast a pail OF great
sorrow over the little town.
Coroner J. Henry GLADDEN. left for
Great Falls at once to hold the in
quest, but up to late hour tonight
had not returned to Chester.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-10-13
WOULD INVESTIGATE ORDERS.
Upshaw, Of Georgia
Defends Ku Klux Chief.

Washington, Oct. 7.-Investiga-
ton of leach and every secret organ
ization in the United States was call
ed for in a resolution introduced to-
day by Representative Upshaw, Dem
ocrat, Georgia.
Proposed as an Offset to efforts to
investigate the Ku KluX Klan, Mr..
Upshaw declared in a statement that
he felt sort Of wounded pride in hear
ing so many criticisms hurled at the
Klan which was organized in his dis
trict and whose imperial wizard "is
one of the knightliest, most patriotic
men 1 have ever known"
Declaring that the public would
commend the fairness. of his resolu-
ton to investigate concurrently with
the Ku Klax Klan all other organi-
cations holding meetings behind clos
ed doors, Mr.. Upshaw added:
IF imperial wizard and grand COB
lin are new titles to make the plain
people shudder (and they are) then
these same plain people have right
to know the meaning Of such start
ling titles as imperial potentate,
most puissant and illustrious grand
master gran dexalted ruler migh-
ty chief of the wampum' and full
thousand other weird titles of secret
order officials who seem about to fas-
cinate the majority of American free
men into joining mystic conclaves of
inscrutible words and deeds"
Investigation he said, might cause
embarrassment to some, inconveni-
ence to others and temporary strife
among foolish factions. but the
clouds will soon blow away, public
confidence will be restored, and it
seems to me every good sport and
every American will welcome the
light"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-10-13
ATTACKS COTTON EXCHANGES.
Wants Amount of Spinnable Staple I'm
America and Europe Ascertained.

Columbia, Oct. 7.-Francis H.
Weston, of Columbia, United States
Attorney for the Eastern District Of
South Carolina, in a letter addressed
today to E. D. Smith, United States
Senator from South Carolina, calls
for an investigation of the cotton ex-
changes, which he charges with the
defation of the price of cotton in the
face of the short crop. He requested
the introduction of resolution In
congress asking for the ascertainment
of the amount Of spinnable cotton
held in America and Europe. Mr..
Weston asks that American consuls
in Europe be instructed to investi-
gate the amounts of cotton on hand
at various points Of the continent
and that agricultural agents in this
country ascertain the amount on hand
in the United States. In the face
of six million bale crop, Mr.. Weston
says the smallest crop in a quarter
Of century, cotton is continually
going down. He tells Senator Smith
that the crop in this state is practi-
cally gathered and the return is only
small fraction of a normal crop.
Unless there is good price for the
staple this year, says the letter to the
senator the condition of the farmers
and all the industry will be distress
ing. Mr. Weston tells the senator in
his letter that he has been to cotton
Offices here to sell cotton and that the
buyers first have to consult New York,
New Orleans and Liverpool as to the
price that should be paid. 'This looks
unusual to me-" the letter says and
"the sooner the doors Of exchanges
are closed, the better it will be for
agricultural interests"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-10-13
DENIES STORY OF HIS DEATH.
Man Reported Killed Sends His Moth
er Message.

Wilmington, N. c., Oct. leon
e. Smith, a young man of this city,
whose dead body was reported to-
have been found beside railroad
track near Mullins, S. c., last We'd
nesday, and buried Saturday night
eight miles from Sanford, N. c., in
the family burying grounds, appeared
here today in the flesh, having just
learned of his reported death and
burial.
Wednesday body badly mutilated,
supposedly by train, was found near
Mullins and positively identified by
those who knew him, as Smiths body.
It is said that letters were found ad-
dressed to Leon A. Smith" Relatives
were notified and arrangements were
made to bury the remains near San
ford. It had been planned to hold
the funeral last Sunday but due to
the condition Of the body, hurried
burial was held by lantern light Sat
urday night. Relatives attending from
this city returned here today, only to
learn that Smith was here, alive. The
identity of the dead man remains a
mystery, since the face and head were
badly mutilated but there is some
idea that the mystery may be unraV-
eled. On his arrival here. Smith was
particularly perturbed over the re-
ports because of his mother, Mrs. D.
A. Smith, 336 Fifteenth street, Wash
ington, D. c., and he Immediately
wired her. He had been working at
Bolton, near here, and only learned
of his "death'' Thursday when
friend found him and told him of 1t.
Whereupon he Immediately left for
this city, arriving early this morning.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-10-13
Cold Wave on the Way.

Local weather prognosticators pre-
dict cold winter. Many Bamberg
folks place good deal of faith in
the predictions Of the dutch wealth
er prophet, who makes this predic-
ton:
early appearance of cold weather
with light frosts during the past
week shows the way to yet lower
temperatures for October. With frost
on October 5 records were broken in
q number of localities in the Pied
mont it being the earliest since Sep
tember 27, 1876, in the latitude of
Anderson county and in Newberry
since September 80, 1895. Temper
atures will vary each week from
moderate to normal until the week
of October 24-30, when the lowest
temperatures of the season will oc-
cur, with severe frosts in the Pied
mont and more probably in the low
country.\
stWide areas of precipitation will
begin to cover the country at this
time and extend throughout all sec
tions-snow in the northwest and
northeast, later invading the south
ern sections to the number of at least
three SHOWS south and east of the
Blue Ridge. Snow will occur around
the winter solstice insthis section.
"The~atmospheric currents by the
&decided change which was observed
August / indicated the early appear
hce of fall weather and frost. While
did not occur exactly on the dates
st by the forecast of September 10,
broke some records for earliness
then it did arrive a few days later
md was not so far out of the way
1t any rate for long distance fore
.ast which was calculated two months
tahead of it's occurrence.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-10-13
OWNS PROLIFIC COW.
Four Calves Born Within One Year
to Greenwood Cow.

Greenwood, Oct. 6.-Four calves IN
one wear is the record Of cow own
ed bv W. n. Henderson, prominent
breeder of thoroughbred cattle in the
lower part of Greenwood county. The
cow, an imported Scotch Shorthorn,
recently gave birth to triplets, which
later died. The other calf, born less
than year ago, is living and -four
ishing. Cattle breeders declare this
is the record for prolific COWS in this
section.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-10-13
WRITES ABOUT SNAKES.
"Old Hunter" Tells of the Horned and
So-Called Joint Snakes.

Editor The Herald: This old hun
ter and fisher has never seen a horn
snake; he has heard of them from
childhood, and had long since thought
of them as a kind of fairy tale until
Of late seeing apparently true state
ments of several being killed. He
was raised within a mile of the South
Edisto river near several water mills.
l have hunted and fshed since a mere
boy, have had some thrilling exper-
fences with all manner of snakes be-
longing to this section, and thought
I had seen every kind of them.
Now, as to the spur-like tail, all
snakes have hard substance at the
end of the tail very much like a
ROSTERS spur just beginning to come
out. The larger and older the snake
the more apparent this hard spur
like tail tip. AS to the joint snake,
there is no such thing, and we have
even heard more Of them than we
have of the horn snake. The social
ed joint snake is one that has ten
der, brittle tail like that of a lizard.
Tap it on the end of the tail, and
piece will break off and will continue
to break off like that of the lizard
until the body part is reached.
One will sometimes find them green
colored and at other times find them
brown. The writer two or three
years ago demonstrated this to sever
al drummers coming out of the ho-
tel. He saw one of these snakes
coming from out of grass plot and
called to the men and asked if they
had ever seen such a snake. They
said they had often heard Of them,
but never saw one. I called them ov-
er and showed them the secret. These
snakes are very slothful and on be-
ing accosted will lie still.
The most aggressive and most dan
gerous snake we have is what is
known in the country as the rattle
snake pilot. He will be pretty apt
to strike if one gets close enough; is
as poisonous as the rattler and has
fully as large or larger and longer
fangs.
A person should never kill the
king snake or the black runner. They
are harmless and destroy the poison
Gus snakes. The writer with several
others in 1915 saw a king snake Kill
and swallow a rattler which was
much larger than the king snake, a
Baptist minister being one of the
spectators, and how in the world he
managed to get the rattler down we
could not see. The process was very
slow. After he had swallowed the
rattler, rattles and all, he glided OF
into the grass not looking much larg-
er than when he began his morsel.
OLD HUNTER.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-10-13
LAND BANK SETS
new LOAN RECORD
SEPTEMBER BUSINESS LARGEST
IN INSTITUTIONS HISTORY.
MANY ASK LOANS.
Applications Actually Closed Total
Mre Than Two Million Dollars
for Farmers.

All previous monthly records of
the federal land bank in Columbia
were broken during Sept, when the
institution closed applications for
loans to the amount of $2,032,600.
During August, the number of appli-
cations closed amounted to $780,
900, which figure itself was record
until September's figures topped the
August figures by a considera BILE
margin.
The number of applications filed
for loans during September totalled
2,0s9 for s6,e53,226, according to
Harry K. Root, treasurer. The num-
ber Of applications for loans approved
during September was 500 for ST.
$4,000.
The Third district, which the Fed
eral Land bank in this city serves,
is composed of North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The
average loan asked for by farmers of
South Carolina during September was
$4,000, according to Mr.. Root. The
average loan applied for by Georgia
farmers was $4,000; the average ap-
plication from North Carolina during
September was for $4,000; the aver
age amount requested from Florida
was $4,000.
South Carolina and Georgia farm
ers made applications for loans in ap-
proximately equal numbers, Mr.. Root
said. North Carolina came third in
number of applications with Florida
last. Florida farmers are not making
as heavy demands upon the bank
loans as are the other three states in
the district, this being due, the treas
urer of the bank says, to scantier
population and more diversifcation
of crops and smaller individual farms.
Most of the requests for loans from
Florida came from that section of the
state where cotton is grown, the
treasurer of the bank said.
During September, three new farm
loan associations were chartered in
South Carolina and nine in Georgia.
No new associations were chartered
in North Carolina nor Florida during
the month. There are now, all told,
416 farm loan associations in the
Third district which means almost
one association to each county.
The campaign for the sale Of $780,
100000 in farm loan bonds is now on
over the country, the treasurer Of the
bank said, and is meeting with con-
siderable success. The bonds are of
different denominations, the smallest
being of the $40 variety.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-10-13

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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-11
VERIFY IT
The Proof Is In Paris Almost At
Your Door

The public statement of Paris
citizen is in itself strong proof for
Paris people, bnt confirmation
strengthens the evidence.
Here is a Paris citizen who testi-
fled years ago that Doan's Kidney
Pills relieved weak kidneys and now
states the result was permanent.
Can any sufferer from kidney ills
ask better proof? You can investi-
gate. The case is right at home.
Mrs A. L. Burley, 329 Eighth
street, Paris, says: II have used
Dams Kidney Pills few times and
from the benefit obtained I can say
they are good and reliable remedy.
Whenever my kidneys have acted
irregularly 'or my back had been
weak and lame have always found
box or SO of Doan's Kidney Pills,
which 1 get at Ardery's Drug Store
10 relieve the complaint quickly"
The above statement was given
November 10. 1916, and on Novem-
her II, 1920, Mrs. Rurley said
Il haven't changed my opinion of
Doan's Kidney Pillss and recommend
them just as highly to-day as when
/ gave my statement 9n 1916. The
cure Doan's Kidney Pills made for
NE at that time has been perma-
nent."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the sane that
Mrs. Burley had. Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y. fadv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-11
WEATHER AS TOPIC

The first interest that invades
our sleepy heads when we wake in,
the morning. the first topic of con-
Versatlon 1T any hour in the day
when we meet friend and the last
subject to receive our speculative
consideration wher we open the
window before popping into bed for
the night is usually the weather.
This year, in most parts Of the
country, the weather has been ex-
ceptionally interesting and disagree
able. 1t has intrrfered seriously
with our comfort, our enjcymen.
ana Our business. In a period wher
peoples dispositions were already
tried by the nigh cost of living and
by after-the-wI.' animosities, dis
turbaEce end unrest along comes
weather of a most violent and per-
sistent sort and intensifies the gen
eral guinness.
Rightly regarded, weather, even
bad weather, is 4 tonic and a dis
ciplinarian, Of course there are
some eXt1em of meteorological &C
tivity fol- which no good word can
be said-tOrnadoes, hurricanes and
billiards.; but the ordinary or even
the out-of-the-ordinary run Of bad
weather is a blessing in disguise, az
the superior prosperity and progress
SivenesS of the inha bitants Of coun-
tries exposed g such viciSitudes
demonstrates. Variety in weather
seems alwt.ys to mean versatility in
man.
The reason is, of course, that peo-
pie are not going to be dominated
by unfavorable weather if they can
help it. Where the conditions Of
climate are nearly always favorable
and a living is to be had with the
smallest possible effort it is differ
to benign circumstances. But the
fight to overcome conditions unfa-
vorable to easy living has developed
tho most valuable qualities OF char
acter. The complaints against the
weather that have been so general
and Just this year, though they have
indicated disgust, have seldom been
without the note of logged def
ance.
To defy bad weather in act IS we'll
as in thought is for the healthy
person the best way of dealing with
it. There is certainly no better way
of working off the sullen spirit that
it sometimes engenders Few storms
are so severe that one who is in
good physical condition and who is
appropriately clad will not he the
better for getting out and battling
with them. Bad weather cuts Us
off sometimes from pleasures TO
which we had locked forward but
we find in it pleasure of anOthe:
and, it may be, 4 mere subs tantial
kind.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-11
MT. STERLING JUDGE NAMED
COMMISSIONER

Judge C. C. Turner, of Nj. Ster-
ling. Democrat, has been appointed
Commissioner of the Court of APP.
peals by the Judges of the Court
He succeeds Judge William Rogers
Clay, who was sworn in as mem
Der of the bench.
Judge Turner vas elected to the
Appellate Bench in 1912 to fill the
vacancy created by the resignation
of Judge Edward G.. O'Rear.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-11
Can Elephant jump?

Although they are generally belle yed
to be able to do so, it is impossible,
owing to weight and structure, for an
elephant to leap either UP OF forward.
a big elephant takes teet Q inches at
stride, but 7-fnCt trench would be
as hopeless a ba:rier Ia it as one Of
20 feet.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-11
Revolutionary Rule.

According to the medical column Of
a weekly paper. a person suffering
from exhaustion should be put to bed
and allowed to sleep as long as pos
sible. This evidently does away with
the old idea Of awaking the sufferer
every twenty minutes i'm order to ask
him if he is still tired.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-11
Handle Lemons Carefully.

Few persons realize how delicate
are lemons and the fact that they
have to be handled with the same
care as is given eggs. This is done to
avoid any abrasions to the skin, thus
avoiding decay pores through which
germs otherwise might enter.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-11
PractjcS Charity.

We ought in humanity no more t,
deSpiSe a man for the miSfortunpS ot
the mind than for those of The body
when they are such aS he cannot help
Pope
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-11
New Ocean Danger.

Little Harold, 5, was vacationing at
the lake shore. He overheard his eld-
ers remark about the terrific under
tow near the pier. The next day his
old screamed at her from the shore !:
''Oh, mother. don't 60 In there there's
q big under toad there and it might
bite you.''
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-11

Constant Guard Against Forgery.
The secret marks on Bank Of Eng.
land notes. by which fOrgeries are
detected, are constantly being chang.
ed. The microscope reveals many
such peculiarities TO an obServant eve
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-11
GRANDM0THERUS
MUSTARD BL|STERS
TO RELIEVE CON
GESTEDCONDT|ONS

grandmother Also Walked to Town
It She Wished to Do Any Shopping
Do You Wish to Return to Grand
mothers Times Or Take An Ele
waited Car? This Comparison is
Brought Before You For thu Sim
pie Purpose of Illustrating Why
People of To-Day That Are Up-to-
Date Use Mintol In Preference to
! Using Mustard Plasters and
Smelly Mustard Creams.
For colds in the head. catarrh.
grip, bronchitis or pneumonia simply
apply a hot. wet towel tc the throat
and lungs for five minutes then ap-
ply MINTOL, rubbing thoroughly IL
foI five minutes and cover the spots
with hot. dry flannel, so arranged
as to allow the vapors arising from
the MINTOL to he inhaled. This
treatment will be found rs much an
Improvement over the old-fashioned
mustard blisters and creams as the
elevated is over walking
NOTICE:-MINTOL is the l3test
scientific discovery for the treatment
of all congested conditions, sttch as
occur in Spanish Influenza. Grip
Pneumonia and Bronchial affections.
1t kills the Influenza and Grip germ
and acts as an antiseptic in healing
infianIed throat or nostrils. For
hoarseness, a little of the MINTOL
applied to the back of the tongue
will give instant rclief-35c, 6Oc and
$1.25 a jar. If your druggist can
not supply you we will send you
Jar on receipt of price. The Home
Relief Laboratories, Boston, Mass.
For Sale by Brooks & Snapp Drug
Co. (adVl
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-01-11

Just History
The Colonial Dame
Spun her cloth
By Candle flame.
In 1860
In Crinoline bright,
She greeted her guests
BY Coal Oil light.
And later on,
& How time does pass
Her home was Lit
By Pickering Gas.
But the girl of to-day
Who wants her home bright,
Just presses a button
And has Electric Light.
Paris Gas & Electric Co.
(IncorpA<atedI
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-06-24
Home bluIl.
| Helps Y |
NOT ALLOWED TO BE PESTS
Governing Construction and Main
tenance Of BiIIboards.

The following regulations are In ef
feet In the city of Boston, governing
the use of billboards:
No outdoor advertising shall be per
mitted on any location within 500 feet
of town or city parks, Fairgrounds
metropolitan parks, parkways, state
reservations or public buildings
No outdoor advertising sign shall ex-
coed an area of ten square feet If
within 500 feet of any public highway.
No outdoor advertising sign, wher-
ever located, shall exceed an area of
100 square feet, and all such signs
shall be rectangular in form.
No outdoor advertising shall be per-
mitted upon any rock. tree or natural
object of beauty.
ALI fields and backgrounds Of out
door advertising shall be of neutral
colors, and the fields. backgrounds and
letters thereon shall not be discordant
with surroundings, and nothing shall
be placed thereon except letters of
the alphabet and numerals. 4.
No outdoor advertising shall be al
lowed within the area between inter-
secting streets and within a radius Of
800 feet from the point where the cen
ter lines of the streets intersect.
The structure and the materials of
all outdoor advertising signs shall meet
the approval of the department Of
public safety of the state as regards all
questions of fire hazard.
No waste or other rubbish resulting
from any billboard or outdoor advertis-
ing sign shall be allowed to accumulate
on or in the vicinity of the premises
where the same is located.
Bottoms of all signs shall be at least
three feet from the ground.
No outdoor advertising shall be per-
mitted or allowed to be maintained
without an annual state license.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-06-24
SEE VALUE OF FAIRGROUNDS
Cities Spending Much Money Now
for RecreationaI centers, Which
Might Have Been Saved.

| Memphis, Milwaukee, indianapolis.
Akron and Hartford have In the course
of the last year doubled their ap-
preparations for Fairgrounds, while
Dayton trebled its appropriation the
year before. Detroit has issued s1O.-
100000 in bonds for parks and play
grounds; Portland, Ore, has issued
$5OO,0O0 for the purchase of play
grounds, and Pittsburgh 1881, 900 for
the same purpose. With the increase
of congestion In the streets of Amer
lean cities the business Of being a
child becomes more and more hazard
Gus. In this connection the American
City states that % children a month.
on an average, were killed in the
streets of New York city during 1920.
Few blocks in the city have provision
for play space. OF the Is play centers
planned by the Playground association
all but six remained closed because Of
lacks of funds. 1t is pointed out that
the policy Of providing accommoda-
tions for play should be adopted in
connection with rebuilding and the
construction of new buildings.
The time to lay out Fairgrounds and
recreational centers is before the town
has grown to an extent that makes n
necessary to condemn property for
such purposes. Let there be a proper
ly understood, comprehensive plan fol-
lowed In the development of the town
from its start.