The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 27, 1910, Page 4, Image 4
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Thursday, January 27, 1910
2? 1
The question before the people ;
of South Carolina is not whether Dr.
Hell was too small a man for the
position of president of Clemson
college, but whether the statements ,
made in his letter to the legislative
committee are true. If the state- (
ments made by Dr. Mell as to tne
board of trustees be true, there <
should be some resigning done with- <
oul delay. Ain't we glad that the j
Press Association decided not to j
meet at Clemson this summer!
?? 1Some people believe this newspa
per is in favor of higher tax values
^ and higher taxes, but not sb. It
>, v ' would be a decided advantage if all
property was returned at its true \
value, provided the tax levy was <
made to suit, for this is the only ;
?' Bane and safe basis for taxation. But j
what we want is for property of all <
v ; hinds to bear its just proportion of <
I taxes. Property is now returned at
f?) all sorts of valuations and as a re- ;
f* suit one man pays more taxes in proportion
than his neighbor. Let us i
jj| ;:v have the burden shared equally.
We hear it rumored around pret- .
? ty strong that W. W. Ball, now of ]
*-?- -..ill +?l.^
gv xne uoiumuia ouur, win mac ?-uv
If -.', position of editor of the News and
jg1 Gourier when Maj. Hemphill goes to
Jlichmond next month. Mr. Ball j
H'; was formerly on the staff of the News
? and Courier, leaving that paper
h~. some months ago to go with The
State. We are very glad if the news
6- ^ ' ? ,
Be true. Mr. Ball is a brilliant news- *
| - paper man, a writer of force and *
r convictions, and withal a most com- ]
panionable man. He will no doubt (
^ ' succeed in bringing the News and x
jfe Courier and Charleston into closer 1
| touch with the balance of the State, 1
? which will be a good thing all round.
p. The average value of the farm y
lands in Bamberg county, as re- ^
turned for taxation, is $3.75 per
e*' acre. In Marlboro county, where c
land never sells for less than $100 t
^ an acre, the average tax value is <
p. $5.25 per acre. We wonder if any s
?| - :class of property is returned so much f
below its real value as farming land. f
In Bamberg county no doubt the
real value of farm lands is not less I
^ than $20 to $25 per acre, and yet it
| is returned at $3.75. And yet Bam- 1
berg land- is returned much higher y
'? than the other counties, in proportion *
to its real value. The equalization t
. of taxes is the most important issue 1
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afraid to attempt to better condi- (
tions. J
ARRESTED FX)R ^KIDNAPPING. ?
Negro Says he Took Child to Save It
& From Rough Treatment. <
* *
Lexington, Jan. 24.?Charged with 1
kidnapping a little 10-year-old negro
girl on the 8th of February, 1909, j
Emanuel Johnson, a negro, is in jail 1
here, having been arrested by Deputy j
Sheriff Miller late Saturday after- -<
noon near Summit.
As soon as the crime was commit- 1
ted George Simpkins, father of the :
girl, swore out a warrant for John- ]
son's arrest, but the warrant was not :
placed in the officer's hands here un- i
til about two weeks ago. ;
Johnson claims that his reason for 1
toTHnp- phild was that it was re- i
lated to him and that it was being i
roughly treated by its step-mother.
He says that he will give the child :
up, provided her father will agree to j
his release and will pay all costs in
the case.
The old man was very much elated i
\ when he found out where his child 1
was. :
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KANSAS WOMEN IN OFFICE.
Teachers, Court Clerks and County
Treasurers and a Judge.
The power and influence of women
in the State's educational affairs was
demonstrated in Kansas last week,
when 5,000 teachers had their annual
meeting. Neary three-fourths
of them were women, says the New
York Sun.
The first day brought together the
county superintendents. Gov. Stubbs
and other State officials who have
not kept themselves informed on the
progress women are making in this
State as officeholders were amazed to
learn that forty-one of the 105 were
women.
The day following more than 3,000
of the bright young women of the
State marched in the city to have a
voice in the annual meeting of school
teachers. Five hundred of them arrived
by special train at 1 a. m., finding
hotels and Hoarding houses
packed with earlier arrivals. It was
too late to find shelter in the homes
of Topeka for that night, but these
women were equal to the emergency.
"Open your churches," they said,
"and we will sleep in the pews."
More than 200 were thus accomodated.
Sixty-two women hold county
offices by election in Kansas, many of
them having been elected for their
third and fourth term. Many women
hold executive municipal offices, but
a list of these is not obtainable.
The women have a notion that they
can fill purely clerical places as well
as men, and the office of register of
deeds in each county appeals to
them. Seven women have already
been elected to the office in Kansas,
and it is estimated that at least
twenty-five will be candidates in
other counties next year.
Five women hold the office of clerk
of the district court, and their records
are models of neatness and accuracy.
Four are county clerks. Three
are county treasurers. One woman is
a county commissioner far out in
Wichita county. Miss Minnie Lipper
was elected to this office because of
her business ability.
Mrs. Mary J. Cooper is probate
judge of Mitchell county. She issues
marriage licenses and performs
ceremonies with as much dignity as
any minister of the gospel, and she
says she likes the job. Many brides
and bridegrooms from surrounding
counties have travelled to Beloit to J
be married by her. In this way she
has picked up many extra dollars.
The Kansas women who hold coun-1
ty offices attend strictly to business. |
Invariably the rooms occupied by j
women county officers are clean and
attractive. The use of tobacco is
barred.
MANY "UPS AND DOWNS."
Prank Herdic, Who Handled Millions,
Often Was Broke.
No man was more widely known
?n the trotting turf and better liked
han the late Frank Herdic, the noted
pool-seller, bookmaker, racehorse
jwner and a lifelong follower of the
;rotter, and perhaps no man had as
nany ups and downs in his life as
le.
During his life time Herdic handled
millions of dollars, and was alvays
a heavy plunger himself, with
varying luck.
A few years before his death Herlic
had a bad season, and soon after
he close of the Lexington meeting
same to New York hoping to
(traighten his finances, but ill-luck
ollowed him and he decided to retire
'or the winter to his native town,
i-Villiamsport, Pa., as the safest
dace.
He arrived there with only $20
>etween himself and starvation, and
vhile talking to a friend who was
ully aware of his financial condiion,
he saw a good chance to double
jp his twenty. An old blacksmith
mown as Uncle Henry, whom Herlic
had known from boyhood, had
iust passed, and Herdic bet his
friend the whole $20 that the blacksmith
had not had water all over
limself for three years.
The bet was taken and the two
friends went to the blacksmith shop
:o settle.
"Uncle Henry," said Herdic, "I
just bet all the money I had in the
ivorld that you have not had water
ill over yourself for three years,
ind we have left it to you to decide."
"Frank, you have made a very
bad bet," said Uncle Henry, "for if
pou had left it as you intended, that
1 have not taken a bath in three
pears, you would have won, but as
it is you lose because only a month
igo while driving over the bridge my
borse ran away, threw me out, I fell
into the creek and came near being
drowned."
Herdic always considered this the
most unlucky bet he ever made.?
New York Morning Telegraph.
When you want the new form crop
mortgages, this office can supply you.
We furnish them with or without
four name printed in them.
DEADLOCK IN MISSISSIPPI.
Senatorial Contest Apparently n
Nearer Ending than Before.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 24.?After
recess of three days the legislativ
caucus resumed balloting to-night i:
an effort to choose a successor to th
late United States Senator A. J. Mc
Laurin. Both ballots to-night, how
ever indicated that the caucus is a
tightly deadlocked as ever, the sev
eral candidates showing practical!
the same strength as when the cau
cus adjourned on Thursday.
After to-nieht's sessions report
were current that agreement woul
be reached during the present wee!
and the deadlock broken. Howevei
both the adherents of Former Gover
nor James K. Vardaman, who remain
far in the lead, but still short of th
required number of votes, and thos
who oppose him, declare that the tid
of votes will turn in their favor. O:
the surface there is little to indicat
but that much ballotting must yet b
done before a selection is made.
On the two ballots taken to-nigh
Vardaman received 74 votes on th
first and 69 on the second. Eighty
six votes are necessary to nominate
The Deed of Molly Pitcher.
' In the achievement of fame fror
whatever source it may arise whio
history or tradition gives a people
whether it be achieved by the lowl
poet in his lowly cottage sequestere
from the maddening crowd of socie
ty, or by the indomitable hero o
battle, whose skeleton has Ion
since bleached and returned t
dust, which too was arrayei
with mother earth and namei
corruptible, there is one whos
deed done in the name of lib
erty, invincible, courageous, valor
ous, towers above all others. He
name is Molly Pitcher. At the tim
of an engagement with the British ii
the Revolutionary war, she was ii
the act of conveying water to he
husband when he fell mortall
wounded. Hastily she took his plac
at the cannon and remained unti
the battle was over.
History says she won the sobri
quet of Captain Molly Pitcher. Bu
what of the title? Did the title coun
to her anything? Was she aspirin,
for emolument?the preferment o
soldier rank? No, no, her heritag
was too dear, her spirit too patriotic
There she, a feeble woman, stood
beside her mortally wounded hus
band, perhaps thinking it futil
to minister unto him, she laid asid
the refreshing ale, with which sh
expected to refresh him, and tool
his place at the cannon. Such :
noble sacrifice. Has human endeavo
ever emulated an equal in bravery
in patriotism, in the spirit of sacfi
fice? The spirit of sacrifice her
appeals to liberty lovers, and he
name should be enshrined in th
heart of every American.
How could the enemy (did the;
know) have fired upon the Ameri
I cans, that shield for liberty beinj
supplemented with a feeble woman
Would it not have been enough t<
have turned aghast the enemy an<
paralyze them from further attack'
I suppose though this little act o
this woman, unimportant as it was
had its influence upon the narrow
fragment of the Continental arm;
only, and ere long the heroine tool
refuge in the everlasting arms o
peace, known as the inevitable, he]
fame to live or die.
WILLIE HAY, JR.
Govan, S. C. January 22, 1910.
"Methodism in Bamberg."
(Southern Christian Advocate.)
My good young friend, M. W
Brabham, of Bamberg, deserves grea'
credit for his admirable sketch o
"Methodism in Bamberg." I would
first of all heartily thank and com
mend him for it. As history is his
tory, however, I beg leave to correc
his table of salaries so far as it con
cerns the years I served the work
It was then "Bamberg and Buford'i
Bridge" charge, composed of Trinit:
(Bamberg), Mizpah (Buford'i
Bridge), and- Oakland, now th<
church at Cope. The charge paid m<
each year a salary of $800, not $665
$800, and 480, as Brother Brabham'i
table has it. The Conference min
utes for 1889, 1890, 1891 will sho\>
to others (what was sufficiently evi
dent to us), the generous support o
the pastor, as well as all Conferenci
claims in full. Never did we servi
better or more liberal people. Neve:
were the "perquisites" so numerous
It is a good thing to show how mucl
progress we have made by contrast
ing the present with the past "day o
small things." But it is better to re
call that Bamberg liberality is n<
new thing, but a blessed inheritanci
from the fathers.
There are some other minor error:
that I will not mention. I much pre
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ier lO bytiliv ui cut; i ecu. mciit wi vun
valuable paper. J. L. STOKES.
N. Augusta, S. C., Jan 14.
Subscribe for The Bamberg Heralt
this year and keep up with what ii
going on. If you have been bor
rowing your neighbor's paper, qui
and get one for yourself.
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MARITAL WOES.
o We Stand Next to Japan in the Mai
ter of Divorces.
a The divorce rate is much highe
e in the United States than in an
n other American or European lane
e says a writer in McClure's. Indeec
our people have had this distinctio
. for more than two centuries and
s half. Twenty years ago we first be
_ came aware from statistics of th
y exact situation that existed, and re
u cent research has proved that befor
Milton penned his essays favorin
s civil marriage and self-divorce, th
A New England colonists had initiate
k the most liberal divorce policy tha
f then could be found anywhere in th
civilized world. Year after yea
g since the birth of the American nz
e tion this policy has become broade
e and broader. To-day only Japane
for peculiar reasons which do nc
n concern us?has a higher divorc
e rate than we, and in this race eve
e Japan has been far outrun by som
counties in our Western States.
t During the 20 years covered by th
e last census 945,625 divorces were de
creed to 12,832,044 marriages cel<
>. brated; about one decree to 12 wee
dings; whereas it is believed that i
1870 the ratio was about one to 3^
One marriage dissolved by divorce t
11 terminated by death is sufficient!
tragic; yet, even this ratio, accordin
'' to one of the first statistical expert
y
' of the country, falls short of the re
ality. By Prof. Walter F. Wilcox i
' is computed that not far from one
tenth of all the marriages in th
g United States are now ended in th
? divorce court.
d
d Do Your Duty.
e
A very good resolution to make i
- to attend exclusively to one's ow
r business. The best way to ge
e through the world pleasantly is to g
a straight ahead. One's own busines
a is always more than he can attend t
r perfectly. But we must not limit th
y maxim to merely selfish pursuits. 1
e is our business to do our duty. Thi
il is the chief object and to it the mafe
ing of money and the winning c
- fame are mere incidental. The busi
t ness of life is to be useful to you
t neighbors, to the church, to the cour
g try, to the race. Happily a ma
i can now manage all the demands c
e his legitimate business and4 not go
!. day's journey to do it. He can pei
L, form all these duties for humanit
i- near and far, without leaving hi
e own home.
? MASTER'S SALES.
J State of South Carolina, County c
of Bamberg?In Court of Commo
a Pleas.
r Mrs. Elizabeth Fogle, et al., plair
tiffs,
against
Mrs. Joanna Fogle, et al., defendant*
e By virtue of a decree of the coui
r of common pleas for Bamberg count
e in the above stated case, dated Janij
- -i ?- -r tt n-ii.
ary lvtn, iyiu, 1, n. v^.ruiK, ivitusie
for Bamberg county, will sell to th
F highest bidder for cash at the coui
- house door of Bamberg county, be
5 tween the legal hours of sale, o
Monday, February 7th, 1910, th
same being legal salesday in sai
3 month, the following real estate, t
i wit:
? All that piece, parcel or tract o
I land allotted to Mrs. Elizabeth Fogl
and children, containing eighty-thre
' (83) acres, more or less, lying oi
the Northern side of the Souther:
y Railway Company, bounded on th
j North by the lands of Mrs. L. K
. Mayfield and the Blackville publi
1 road; South, by the South Carolina I
p Georgia Railroad, now known as th
Southern Railway Company, up t
the twenty-five feet of right of wa;
of the said road; East, by public roai
from Ghent's Branch to Holman'
bridge, with an extension across sail
public road at the intersection of th'
Denmark and Blackville public road
said extension being bounded by th<
* lands of W. P. Sandifer; West, b;
t lands of Mrs. L. K. Mayfield, knowi
f as the Bryant-Rhodes tract. Sold a
the property of Mrs. Elizabeth Fogle
and children, plaintiffs.
* ' ALSO
. All that piece, parcel, tract or plan
tation of land containing one hundrei
* and seven (107) acres, more or less
. consisting of one parcel containini
3 five (5) acres, more or less, am
bounded by the lands formerl;
owned by J. W. Walker and Hermai
3 Walker, and now owned by W. F
= Sandifer, the Denmark and Black
a ville public road, and the Ghent'
Branch and Holman's bridge road
' said lot of land having one tenemen
3 house thereon and being triangular ii
- shape as shown by the plat of J. N
v Hankinson, surveyor, and on th
Northern side of the South Carolin;
" & Georgia Railroad Company, am
* extending up to twenty-five feet o
2 the track of said road; also, ninety
e seven (97) acres, more or lees, beinj
r on the South side of the said Soutl
Carolina & Georgia Railroad, no^
Southern Railway Company, Carolin:
i Division, and extending up to twenty
. five (25) feet of the center of th
{ track of said road, said lands bein;
bounded on the North by the South
" ern Railway Company, Carolina Di
d vision; South by the lands of H. J
3 Zorn and Melton Zorn; East by th
lands of Dan A. Fairey, formerl;
owned by John W. Walker and Her
5 man Walker; West by the Fogle
- Gregg-Jones tract, bought by J. J
3 Fogle and Mrs. Joanna Fogle fror
Francis Jones in the suit of Gregg
Jones vs. J. N. Wood and W. B. Rice
Sold as the property of Mrs. Joann:
Fogle and children, defendants.
1 Terms: Cash; purchaser to pa;
3 for papers.
H. C. FOLK,
Bamberg, S. C., Jan. 17, 1910.
* Master for Bamberg County.
Bamberg, S. C., Jan. 17., 1910.
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\ f GREETINGS!
This bank wishes to all its patrons and friends as happy
e a new year as it is possible for any one to have. Times
0 are good. The 1910 outlook is bright. To everyone $ '% y
y with a cheerful and optimistic spirit who is looking for "u":
1 chances to better himself, the coming year is going to
s offer abundant opportunities. Here's hoping that every
one of our readers finds himself or herself much fare
ther along on the road to fortune and independence at
' the end of 1910 than at the beginning. We are verye
sure that our bank will be a help, in this respect to ^
y everyone that uses it. And we ask your patronage
1 with the assurance that it will be of great benefit to you
s as well as us. In the coming year, as in all previous v
?"o *m? h?nt will be found to be loyal to the best
interests of all its customers.
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lowed on savings deposits. ' 'U
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d < * tlement of estates and investi- \ *
f Office In Telephone Building. < > gation of land titles. <
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5 ][ in Bamberg County. J
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