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Clje fgamberg Heralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. $2.00 PER YEAR. ? Volume 31. Number 33. Thursday, August 17, 1922. -= The Barnwell Sentinel contains almost one column on the editorial page headed "Something About Alcohol." The article is an exhaustive nvocroeic rm thic suhipot and is writ VA* ~ w , ten as if the writer knows what he is talking about. The Chesterfield Advertiser: "The Dearborn Independent says that during the 19 months that we were at / war 91,000 persons were killed on our highways?almost twice the number of Americans killed in battle or ?? ?>who died of wounds." And yet millions?billions?were spent to win the war, which was well* Compared with the cost of the war nothing was spent to prevent these unnecessary deaths at home. ??.mm ^ We don't know what is the matter with Mr. William Coleman. We don't know anything about him, because he has not seen fit, for some reason - - - - i , * , "WHICH we ao not. kiiuw, l<j man*? sort of campaign for the (governorship. We should like to see someone champion a platform like that he started out with. He started in a vigorous manner, and suddenly virtually dropped out of the running. It is to be hoped that the voters in the primary on t'he 29th of this } X month will bear in mind that this is a Democratic primary, to nominate Democratic candidates to run on the Democratic ticket in the general election in November. In the past South Garolinians have made rather strict demands of the candidates as Pto their Democracy; those w<ho have flirted with the Republican party, or whose Democracy was tainted, were not given much consideration in the 'Democratic primaries. Bolters were never popular in this state. The state tax commission claims to have put $110,000,000 worth of property on the tax books. It is no trouble to increase the taxable property under the methods employed by the commission?simply increasing m ' property at will. Much of this additional property is represented in the stocks of the merchants, who are required to return their mercantile stocks at full value, whereas other i nnafn ir? +V10 ftoto CrAOC ATI tV?P yi U|/Ci tj XXX OWUWV ftv/VK/ v** ?w tax books at only a part of jts value. Of course much <^J*fpToperty that has been put ojj'lhe books should be taxed. ^ * ^ Georgians Highway Inertia. Georgia is not only the largest state in the south east of the Mississippi in area and population, but in wealth. She has unlimited means and resources, but no legislative vision. The pain, for instance, that is being expressed over a proposed bond issue for roads, is excrutiating. The legislature is all torn up over it. Two separate proposals are before the law-makers, proposing bond Issues of $5,000,000 and $30,000,000, each to be floated in equal subi; i "v divisions over a period of three years. There are stout advocates of both plans and still another faction that does not advocate either one. Quite singularly Georgia called upon Frank Page, chairman of the North Carolina road commission, to come down and tell what North Carolina waS|doing in the way of building roads. Georgia is better able to build roads than the Tarheel state, but she doesn't do it. And as a consequence North Carolina is forging ahead of the Empire state year by year. * What Mr. Page told them must have made them open their eyes?and their mouths. North Caro lina issued $50,000,000 Donas ior roads last year and proposes to spend $10,000,000 a year until the state is thoroughly covered with a system of improved highways. At present the state is spending $82,000 a day on her roads. x In 1923 it is proposed to float another $15,000,000 bond issue and later on more if necessary. North Carolina now has 6,000 miles of public highways and will have 3,000 additional miles before the work is completed, 1,000 of which will be hardsurfaced. Georgia, on the contrary, has no state highway development plan and \ what good roads she boasts are intermittent because they are con structea ana maintainea oy me individual counties. Good roads are not to be looked upon as an expense. They are as vital a part of a state's equipment as are the looms of a cotton factory. North Carolina is going to reap big dividends from her highway development and Georgia will lose if she does not develop hers. This is a matter in which no state can afford to be recalitrant. Not even South Carolina. ? * _ Woods Charged With Killing of Hill Barnwell, Aug. 12.?The inquest over the body of Alfred M. Hill, who, j it is alleged, was shot and killed yesterday afternoon by Jobe Wood near Patterson's Mill, albout seven miles from Barnwell, was held this morning, the verdict of the coroner's jury being that "A. M. Hill came to his death by a gunshot wound at the hands of J. S. Wood," and that "E. M. Harley was accessory before and after the fact." Harley, it is alleged, was with Wood at the time the homi cide occurred. In addition to the statement made by Dr. Charles A. Hensley as to the nature of the wounds that caused Mr. Hill's death, statements were made by Sheriff C. K. Sanders and W. F. Bates. Sheriff Sanders testified that he was called over the phone from Dunbarton and was told that Wood had j shot Mr. Hill. He went there immediately. He further testified that Wood told him that he (Wood) and E. M. Harley were going down the road^ toward Patterson's mill an,d met him; that Mr. Hill said: "Jobe, now is the time to settle it." and . shot at him with a pistol, and he shot Hill twice with a shotgun, killing him. W. F. Bates testified as follows: "I was standing talking to Mr. Cochrane, Silas Rountree and Dr. Anderson. I heard three shots, two gunshots in quick succession and a pistol shot some twenty-five or thirty sec| onds after the gunshots. I was working a piece of public road from Patterson to Millett. In consequence of what my son told me I rode up to where the body was. I found A. M. Hill dead. There were present when I got there T. B. Harley, Sr., Willie Wood and Reuben and Clifford Wood. T. B. Harley, Sr., told me that Jobe Wood had just gone by ihis house and had told him that he 'TnKa Ti a fT IHllorT A AT Till]. \ U VWW IT wu; AAMVA Hill was lying on his face. His .coat was turned up at the ibottom and his left hip pocket was turned wrong side outward." Wood was lodged in the Barnwell jail about 12 o'clock last night. Following the verdict of the coroner's inquest a warrant was sworn out for Harley, who was arrested, and is also in jail. The accused men have retained Brown & Bush, who left here this afternoon for Aiken to make application for bail before Tii rT>o\ci T?ir>o VV. Hill was a one-armed man, -having lost his right arm in a gin accident several years ago. SHERMAN L. WHIPPLE IS OUT FOR LODGE'S SEAT. New York Times. Boston.?Sherman L. Whipple, of Boston, has announced that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States senator "to contest the reelection of Senator Lodge." "I have no illusions as to the contest upon which we are entering," Mr. Whipple's statement declared. "Senator Lodge represents in the senate the senate power of organized money interests. They wilf fight to the last ditch to retain him. ''We can win against such odds only, if, and because we are fighting for right." . In a reference to William A. Gaston, already in the field for the Dem ocratic nomination, Mr. Whipple said: "Can we expect that victory win come to us if all we offer is the same thing under a different guise or the | ; old master under a new name? What J | would it amount to to ask the peoI pie to replace Senator Lodge by one I whose instinct, training and associations would lead him to think and feel on the vital issues which affect the plain people just as Senator Lodge thinks and feels, and whose instinct and inclinations would lead ' - - * - " _ Him to do ana to vote regaramg mose i great issues just as Senator Lodge J has done and voted?" Senator Lodge and other Republican leaders were held responsible by Mr. Whipple in his manifesto for conditions of unrest prevailing in the country today. "He has been leading backward and not forward," the statement said. "He has been leading against the movement of the times and not with it. He has been leading directly against the great swing of progressive principles. He has been leading back to the old days, to the days of prosperity of tariff, feed trusts and industrial serfdom, the days when prosperity was reckoned by millions of profits to the capitalists and not by the standards of living and well being of the masses. "The people have refused to be led back. They insist upon going forward. Hence the revolt, the confusion, the unrest, the bitterness, the resentment, the crying sense of injustice. Hence the defeat of the Republican leaders that seems to puzzle htem so." * SOME NOTABLE BRIDGES. The attempted scare over the condition o? the Brooklyn bridge is not | taken very seriously by New York I newspapers. The fact that.two of the bridge cables have slipped a little over an inch is not accepted as indicating the disintegration of the structure as a whole. Washington A. Roebling, who supervised the completion of the bridge back in the eighties, declares emphatically that it is eood for two centuries at least. The New York Tribune says that the thing to do is to seek the advice of the very best bridge engineers. This would seem to be the only sensible course. What the Brooklyn bridge has meant to the development of Greater New York is beyond all calculation. It was the first tremendous step in the development of lower Manhattan island into the heart of the business world. There are four other great suspension bridges across the East river but the Brooklyn bridge has never lost its supremacy. Longer bridges have been built elsewhere but no other bridge has the fame of the Brooklyn bridge, no other bridge is used daily by so vast a number of people. It is interesting to note in this connection how large a part bridges are accustomed to play in city building; especially is it interesting for Charleston to do this at the present time. Springfield, Massachusetts, is dedicating this week a superb bridge across the Connecticut river, built as a memorial to the patriotism of the men of Hampden county. The bridge* which has a length across the river of 1,180 feet and a total length, including railroad viaduct, of' 1,494 feet, is of reinforced concrete, archribbed type, and has been completed at a rost of $6.000.000. It is a thing of beauty as well as of the utmost permanency. During the period of its projection and building the bridge has been the subject of much controversy but this seems to have died down and Springfield is to celebrate the opening in great style. With reference to the width, one of the matters formerly in dispute, the Springfield Republican says that "it is clearly recognized now that it would have been a mistake to have built a bridge less than 80 feet wide." There are numbers of fine bridges across the Connecticut river, one at Hartford which is similar to that at Springfield and which iiKe tne i Springfield bridge has a width of 80 feet. The most remarkable bridge now under construction in this country is that across the Delaware river between Philadelphia and Camden, a structure, which, to take care of the navigation requirements of the situation, must be the longest suspension bridge in the world, with a center span 1,750 feet in length, 135 feet above mean high water. This bridge is to cost $28,871,000, the state of Pennsylvania putting up $8,221,000, the city of Philadelphia $8,221,000, and the state of New Jersey $12,429,000. Probably not many people know of the proposed bridge across the Hudson river between New York and New Jersey, a bridge intended to take care of vehicular traffic as well as of nasseneer traffic of all the steam railroads which have terminals on the New Jersey water front. According to the Springfield Republican President Rea of the Pennsylvania railroad and President Willard of the Baltimore & Ohio have both given their approval to this project and a company has been organized for its promotion, but the difficulties are so great that "an actual beginning within the next five years is improbable." Few things more strikingly typify the spirit of progress than does a handsome bridge. The spanning of | the Santee, the fine new structure j soon to be built across the Ashley, the bridging of the Savannah and ! the numerous other bridges which have linked the islands 01 tne coast | with the mainland and opened the way over such smaller streams as the Edisto will mean the joining up for the first time of the country which lies along the immediate South Atlantic seaboard and should mean the beginning of a new era for the low country of South Carolina. ?News and Courier. / ??? ? Work or Fight. A prim proper young miss was much horrified on the street to find a small boy, apparently not over six t years old, smoking a cigarette. "Little boy," she commanded. "Throw down that horrid thing this minute." "Go chase yerself, lady," answered the infant disdainfully. "Hunt yer own. I found dis one meself."? American Legion Weekly. "Be a good felloe," says the wheel. "Keep cool." says the fan. ? - Never turn off the ignition on a hill or the car will drag the engine. _ - V' . - * . ? I Notice of Primary Election August 29. For the purpose of nominating candidates for state officers, a congressman, and county officers, notice is hereby given, pursuant to the rules of the Democratic Party of South Carolina, that a direct Primary Election will be held in Bamberg County, August 29th, 1922, and the following named managers have been appointed by the County Executive v^uinmniee lo cuuuuct me eiecnon at the several Democratic Clubs, to wit: Bamberg?E. L. Price, Sr., H. D. Free, and L. C. Price, Managers. J. W. Folk, Clerk. Election to be held at the Court House. Colston?G. W. Kearse, G. W. Beard and Perry Lee McMillan, Managers. C. M. Varn, Clerk. Election to (be held at the Colston School Building. Denmark?T. P. McCrae, R. A. Goolsby, and W. H. Cain, Managers. James Wiggins, Clerk. Election to be held at the Sandifer Store Building. lEdisto?Hubert Herndon, B. C. Kinsey, and Jeanny Dempsey, Managrs. Clayton Jolly, Clerk. Election to be held at Farrell's Store Building. Embree?L. E. Cooner. .T. .T Ener land, and Clarence Irvin Hughes, Managers. James M. Watterson, Clerk. Election to be held at the Embree School Building. Ehrhardt?H. W. Chitty, I. D. Copeland, and J..E. McMillan, Managers. W. R. Copeland, Clerk. Election to be held at Copeland Hall. Govan?R. L. Lancaster, Joseph Gunnells, Jr., and Clifton Eubanks, Managers. Stoney Kennedy. Clerk. Election will be held at the Govan School Building. Kearse?G. E. Kearse, J. S. Breland, and L. M. Ayer, Managers. J. O. Ritter, Clerk. Election to be held at the Kearse Store Building. Lees?J. C. Kemp, H. A. Cave, and F. L. Cox, Managers. J. W. Grimes, Clerk. Election to be held at the store building of J. W. Grimes. Little Swamp?J. Z. Harrison, Jr., R. M. Goodwin, and Q. H. Miley, Managers. J. C. Goodwin, Clerk. Election to be held at the Little rv n -i l TT owamp ocnuui nouse. Midway?Q. H. Sandifer, B. D. Donalds, and J. P. O'Quinn, Managers. Gilmore Simms, Clerk. Election to be held at the store building of Q. H. Sandifer. Hightower's Mill?E. H. Hartzog, J. W. Hightower, and W. B. Gillam, Managers. L. W. Abstance, Clerk. Election to be "held at Hightower's Mill Building. Hunter's Chapel?N. H. Fender, Arnold Walker, and David M. Smoak, Managers. Horace Rentz, Clerk. Election to be held at Hunter's Chapel School House. Olar?G. M. Neeley, H. F. Starr, and G. O. Barker, Managers. E. C. Barker, Clerk. Election to be held at store building of H. H. Kearse. iSpringtown?G. Marion McMillan, C \\7 o n "YT ?T Mon, vj. ?v. ai i cu, auu .u. u . i i tt, .uuuagers. R. L. Kearse, Clerk. Election to be held at Duncanville School Building. Pursuant to a resolution passed by the County Executive Committee, the voters of the clubs of Bamberg and Midway will vote for Magistrate at the Town of Bamberg; the voters of the clubs of Denmark, Lees and Hightower's Mill will vote for Magistrate at Denmark; the voters of the clubs of Olar, Govan, Springtown and Colston will vote for Magistrate at the Town of Olar; the voters of the clubs of Embree, Edisto, Hunter's Chapel and Little Swamp will vote for Magistrate in Fishpond Townsnip, and the voters of the clubs of Ehrhardt and Kearse will vote for Magistrate at Ehrhardt. The voters of the clubs of Bamberg, Midway, Embree, Edisto. Hunter's Chapel and Little Swamp will vote for cotton weigher at Ban berg; the voters 01 tne ciuds oi feumaik, Lees, and Hightower's Mill will vote for cotton-weigher at Denmark; the voters of the clubs of Olar, Govan, Springtown, and Colston will vote for cotton-weigher at Olar, and the voters of the clubs of Ehrhardt and Kearse will vote for cotton weigher at Ehrhardt. . Under resolution of the County Executive Committee, J. S. Tant and W. H. Collins, candidates for County Commissioner, were declared to be in the Upper District, and G. W. Hunter, J. B. McCormack, and J. W. Zeigler, candidates for County Commissioner, were" declared to be in the Lower District. The voters of the entire County will vote for one person for the Upper District and one for the Lower District. Under the rules of the Democratic Party and the law of South Carolina, all clubs having an enrollment of fifty (50) voters or more are required to conduct the election according to the Australian Ballot Act. Therefore, the election at all clulbs except Midway, Lees, Hightowers' Mill and Springtown, under the law, will have -to be conducted according to the provisions of the Australian Ballot Act, and each club will require one booth for every one hundred enrolled voters, or a majority fraction thereof. Under the rules, the polls will be opened at eight (8) o'clock, a. m., and close at four (4) o'clock, p. m. The managers are requested to designate one of their number to procure the ballots and ballot-boxes from the Secretary of the County Executive Committee, W. D. Rowell, at .Bamberg. The County Executive Committee will assemble at the Court House, Bamberg, S. C., at 12 o'clock, noon, " - -1 1 Q 9 9 tn on tne <sist ua y ui Auguot, * ~ , ?.v tabulate the returns and declare the results of the Primary. There will be a second Primary for the nomination of Officers not nominated in the first Primary, to be held the 12th day of September, which Primary will be held under the rules and regulations of the first Primary and the Managers named for the first Primary will act as Manners for the second Primary. J. F. CARTER, County Chairman. Bamberg, South Carolina, August 14, 1922. The union of South Africa imported 24,265 motor vehicles during the years 1917-1921 inclusive. Watch for black smoke. Your car's burning oil. You've too much oil aboard or too rich a mixture. an"notj n c e m e n t s CONGRESS. I hereby announce myself a candi-! -3 ~ A - 4 AT ua.Lt; lor me .uemocratic nomination j for Representative in Congress from \ the 2nd Congressional District. . JAMES F. BYRNES. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection as a member of the House of Representatives from j Bamberg county. I pledge myself to j support the nominees of the Demo- i cratic party. J. CARL KEARSE. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection as a member of the House of Representatives. I pledge myself to abide the rules of the Democratic party, and to support the nominees thereof. W. L. RILEY. 1 AUDITOR AND SUPT. EDUCATION. Thanking the voters of the county for their generous support in the past and asking a continuance of same, I hereby anounce myself a candidate for reelection to the office of Auditor and Superintendent of Education of Bamberg county, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. W. D. ROWELL. SUPERVISOR. , I hereby announce myself a candidate for relection to the office of Supervisor of Bamberg county in the Democratic primary. I pledge myself to abide by the rules of the party and support the nominees thereof. W. B. SMOAK. V I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of County Supervisor, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary, pledging my support to the nominees thereof. G. 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I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of County Commissioner for the lower district, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary and nledsre mvself to suDDort the nominees thereof. GEORGE W. HUNTER. Upper District. I hereby announce myself a candidate for reelection as County Com- i missioner from the upper district. I pledge myself to abide by the rules and support the nominees of the Democratic primary. J. S. TANT. MAGISTRATE, FISH POND. ______ t I hereby announce myself a candidate for Magistrate of Fish Pond Township, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary, pledging my 4 support to the nominees thereof. F. E. STEEDLY. At the earnest solicitation of numerous friends, I hereby withdraw a from the race for County Commis- 1 sioner for the Lower District, and hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Magistrate of Fish Pond Township, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party, A . ... R. H. JOLLY. _ 1 ??; i _______ " I hereby announce mysolf a candidate for Magistrate at Fish Pond, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. I also wish to thank the \ voters for their support in the last primary election. J. M. CARTER. MAGISTRATE AT EHRHARDT. T i M M?ii? i m i VLVreuy auuuuuic m;sen a. tauui" ? date for magistrate at Ehrhardt j (Three-Mile Township), subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary, pledging my support to the nominees thereof. J. H. KINARD. j x> Ipi . ] \ be days before die en the first G & J made* ,1 f ] Automobile Tube ( )ile itself?gets bej- M 4 ? \ of try out a G & J ^ ion with any other rtiat the class, price * j m ^ p p yuui uurngo giv* ; I I 2R SONS ? 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