Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. I??? ?. ?hr Bmnhrrg * ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. A. W. KNIGHT, Editor. ' ? Published every Thursday in The Herald building, on Main street, in the live and growing City of Bamberg, being issued from a printing office which is equipped with Mergenthaler linotype machine, cylinder press, folder, two jobbers, all run by electric power, with other material and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year, $1.00, - .t. e lA.n or iu cents a muaiu lui icck> mau one year. All subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 3 0 cents a line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first ; - insertion. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters of those p'ertaining to matters of public inter est. We require tne name anu auHfe dress of the writer in every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. Thursday, Jan. 19,1911. ============= W are glad to note that Senator J. B. Black voted against the "junketing" trip of the legislators to Winthrop college. This is a.useless expense, but many of our law-makers go there merely for a good time. . The bill requiring the railroads to accept mileage ou trains has again been introduced in the legislature. It has passed the house several times and been killed in the senate. At one time we thought the bill should ?not pass, but we have become convinced that it is an unneccessary hardship on the traveling men to require them to go to the station on/I ovr>h u n o-p thpir milpae,e for tick Iets, therefore we hope the bill will pass. Congressman Lever and the committee who appeared before the board of engineers in Washington in reference to the Edisto river project have been successful in their efforts, and the board has given a favorable report on the project of opening the Edisto river to navigation. Of course Mr. Lever, with his usual energy, I will now secure an appropriation for having the work done, and when the river is opened from Charleston up towards Orangeburg, you may be sure the South fork will be opened too. We noticed a right good cartoon in last week's Hampton County News. The cartoon showed a piece of meat labeled Colleton, around which were gathered three hounds labeled Charleston, Bamberg, and Hampton. Charleston was taking a mounthful from one side of the meat, while Bamberg and Hampton had hold of each end. Truly it seems that old Colleton is to be dismembered from !an siaes. mere must De som^iuiug radically wrong in that county to j make so many sections' want to go . elsewhere. Can Brother Smoak explain it? This newspaper will gladly welr#-\ - come any information as to taxation in Colleton, and if the people of Warren township ann^x to Bamberg county we want ?hem to do it after a full investigation of the affairs of j the two*counties. Let a committee \ of the intelligent citizens of that V township go to the auditor's and treasurer's office in Walterboro and make an investigation of taxes in that county, then come to Bamberg and do the same thing. That's the way to get your information direct and where there is no possibility of misunderstanding. mz. v It seems that the Morning News, > the new daily paper for Columbia, has died a-borning. Geo. n. Koester, who was to be manager of the company, has withdrawn, as he says some of those connected with the enterprise did not want to work with him. We are not surprised, but we did not expect the enterprise to die so soon. There is no room nor demand for the paper, and the promoters were wise to stop before they had invested a lot of money which they were sure u ; to lose. A. bill to establish the Torrens land system in this State has been introduced in the legislature. This system is now in force in several States, and it has the endorsement of the Farmers Union. We are not fomilior onrmcrh with it to dlSOlIRS JL U 111 lilUl V/1JIVUQA4 ? * * VM 4 v> w V it, but it must be a good thing or the union would not be endeavoring to have the legislature establish it. It is claimed the system will do away with the expense of having a lawyer _ ^ examine titles to real estate every time a transfer is made or a mort_ gage given, the State guaranteeing the title. ?4,'. j&x. Ife sfe ? M Ifes .; .v ; ; :. *' MR. BRABHAM AND TAXES. We cheerfully give space to Mr. A. W. Brabham's communication in another column, although we do not see any good purpose to be served by publishing it. He talks about our calling him hard names, etc., but we have not done anything of that sort nor do not intend to, no matter what he says in discussing taxes. True, taxes are too high, and we. agree with him that they ought to be lowered. But how? It's easy enough to say that taxes are too high, but as to suggesting a remedy, that is another matter. If Mr. Brabham has a remedy, we shall be glad to have it. Our burden of high taxes is as V> i r, nn^ f A VlO tfl T1QV tbp<sP gitrcic no uiO| auu iu iiuiv vu v?v~. charges is not pleasant. Last week we commented on the increase in our taxes the past year. But there is a reason for this increase, and taxes have increased likewise in every county which voted out the dispensary and thereby cut off a large revenue. In Bamberg county the blow was especially heavy, for the dispensary profits paid at least one-half of our entire county expenses. The official records do not show that taxes are six times as high in Bamberg as Colleton. We have gone carefully into the matter, and the records do not show such a state of affairs by any means. The fact is that taxes are about the same in Colleton as in Bamberg, for while the Colleton levy is a litle higher than ours, possibly, taken as an average for the entire county, our values are a little higher. If Mr. Brabham will send us his tax receipts for Colleton and Bamberg we shall take pleasure in publishing them, for it would be interesting to investigate why he was charged six times as much taxes on the same valuation in Bamberg as in Colleton. How such a1 thing can happen when the levy over there is higher we can't understand. Possibly his receipts will explain it. We have wondered why Mr. JtJraonam is so soncuuus ui the welfare of the people of Warren township? He is a citizen of Bamberg county and we have not seen his name connected with any movement to bulla up nis own county, auu wu? he should be so active in attempting to keep the people of Warren township from annexing to Bamberg we can't understand. It would seem that as a loyal citizen of this county he would have at least investigated this matter of taxation thoroughly before going into the public prints, when the official records do not warrant his assertions against his own people. Let our friend devote his pen to building up his own county and not try to tear it down. We are with him against high taxes, and if there is corruption or extravagance in our county affairs, let him show it up. We'll give him the space and support him in all efforts he makes i for better government and a greater Bamberg. ' Senator J. B. Black, of this county, is chairman of the Senate committee on medical affairs. He is also a member of the committee on manufactures, mines and mining. The Peoples Building and Loan Association will wind up its affairs in a few months. Why not start another? Buliding and loan associations build houses, and more houses are needed in Bamberg. Governor Blease certainly played into the hands of his enemies by his first public utterance as chief executive of the great State of South Carolina. Really we had expected better from him, and we hope yet he will see the error of his way. This sort of thing does no good and only gives his enemies the opportunity to keep nagging him. By the way, the editor of the Walterboro Press and Standard recently paid a visit to the auditor's office in Bamberg for the purpose of getting information as to taxes for the purpose of comparison with Colleton. Will he say that taxes are six times as high in Bamberg as Colleton? We will appreciate it if he will answer this question in his next issue. The Florence Times writes an edi torial as to the insolence of the negroes on the streets of that city, in which it is stated that there are numerous complaints as to young negro women running into white women and children on the street. The Times asks those who have influence with the race to use it. Over here we never have anything of that sort, and we don't have to ask the leaders of the race to use their influence either. Some of the insolent negroes in Florence ought to come over to Bamberg and live awhile. They'd go back mighty polite, and there wouldn't be any trouble over it. The only ones who can regulate affairs of this kind are the white people, and it is all in the way they manage the negroes as to how they get along without friction. There is never any friction in Bamberg between the races, because the negro is made to know his place and stay in it. LEAPED FROM WINDOW. Wealthy St. Louis Man Killed Himself Instantly. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 15.?H. B. Whitmore, 68 years old, leaped from a window in the eighth story of the Marquette Hotel to the pavement today, killing himself instantly and creating a small panic among pedestrians. Despondency over his continued illness and the death of his wife, who was the daughter of Geo. Knapp, one time publisher of the St. Louis Republic, are given as the causes for the act. Whitmore was a member of a wealthy St. Louis family and for a number of years was secretary of the Merchants Exchage. He retired _ 1 X 1 J 11 aDOut eigni years agu auu snoru) following the death of Mrs. Whitmore four years ago, he was stricken with partial paralysis. He left a sanitarium to-day and went to the Marquette hotel where he was assigned to a room on one of the upper floors. Fifteen minutes later he hurled himself to the pavement. Whitmore was a native of Newton, Mass. Mr. Brabham on Taxes. . Editor .Bamberg Herald:?I am writing the Press and Standard today that the taxes in my section are higher than they have ever been, i am now paying five times as much on the same property as I did when I paid in Barnwell county. If all the farmers are navine enual to mvself the farms of Bamberg county are paying over $50,000.00 this year. I saw the tax receipt of a poor renter a few days ago, whose entire possessions were worth less than $100. His taxes with no penalty were $5.35, equal to at least 8 per cent, on what he actually had. A widow owning a small farm on which in old Barnwell was taxed for about $1.50 is paying $10.00 to Bamberg. There is a howl going up down here. Something is wrong and something must be done. When a people are taxed from 2 to 8 per cent, on what they possess to support a government, then the limit has been reached. Taxes must be lowered by some means. No free people are going to bear such a burden when redress is in reach. Annexing new territory is not the proper thing. A people who fail to rule and govern a small county have j no right to try and rule a larger county. There is something wrong in Bamberg county, and it must be righted j ed. We have the power to do it, We must and will. You can call me hard names if j you choose, you may say that I am j not making true statements if you | care to, but put me down that I am j but for lower taxes, and I shall not j ? ? ? JT i SlUM tJHUei UULli 1 see 111CUI lun^i^u. ; I am warning the voters, of War-; ren township in these words: "Be cautious, be careful how you vote.1 If you want to be taxed out of all * reason, then vote to come into Bam-j berg county. I am paying six times | higher taxes in Bamberg than I did i in Colleton, and, I know, and God knows I paid taxes in both counties." A. W. BRABHAM. Olar, S. C., Jan. 11, 1911. Peacemaker One of the Dead. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 16.?In a pistol duel at Raiford, Bradford county, Saturday afternoon, J. H. Jones and a young man by the name of Wells were killed and A. D. Andrews was, perhaps fatally wounded. Wells, a 20-year-old youth, started the trouble, while intoxicated, by trying to run a colored man away from his work in Andrews's grist mill. Andrews tried to induce Wells I to leave the place, when he drew his revolver and began firing at Andrews, who returned the fire. Andrews was hit once and Wells received four bullets, which caused his death. J. H. Jones, Andrews's partner, was killed by Andrews while acting as peacemaker. Andrews is: president of the Bank of Raiford. HAS VERY NARROW ESCAPE. George E. Brunson Nearly Asphyxiated in Car at Allendale. Allendale, Jan. 13.?Geo. E. Brunson, a bright 18-year-old youth whoj has been in the employ of the Geor- j gia railroad for about four months, had a narrow escape from death last. night. Mr. Brunson reached Allendale | very late at night. There was no j hotel or lodging house open, so he! went to sleep in a passenger car near- j hv Throneh some mistake the gas was turned on and the results were I I that Mr. Brunson was found uncon- j scious this morning by one of his friends who missed him at the breakfast table. His breath was coming1 in short gasps when first found. Doctors were summoned and he soon began to get better. His home was in Dillon. He has a mother and two brothers. His father; was killed several years ago while acting as sheriff. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claim^against the estate of L. L. Lancaster, deceased, will file the same with the undersigned administratrix, duly sworn to, on or before the 28th day of January, 1911, and all claims not filed within the time aforesaid will be barred. And all persons indebted to said estate will make payment to the said administratrix. ANNIE LANCASTER, Administratrix. Govan, S. C., December, 23rd, 1910. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the estate of Martin Hamilton, deceased, will file the same with the J I J Jul uuuersigiieu iiuaimuu eAecuuii, uuij sworn to, on or before the 28th day of January, 1911, and all claims not filed within time aforesaid will be barred. All persons indebted to said estate will make payment to the said executrix. MAGGIE HAMILTON, Qualified Executrix. Bamberg, S. C., Dec 23rd, 1910. PUBLIC NOTICE. I positively forbid anybody huntor trespassing in any way on my land. If any one should be caught doing what is hereby forbidden, he will be punished by the full extent of the law.. MRS. P. W. SAND1FER. J. Aldrich Wyman E. H. Hendersor Wyman & Henderson Attorneys-at-Law BAMBERG, S. C. General Practice. Loans Negotiated J. F. Carter B. D. Carter CARTER & CARTER Attorneys-at-Law Bamberg, S. C. Special attention given to settlement of estates and investigation of land titles. f i Ifrx i rvm 1/ U. J. UCLIY CARRIAGE WORKS When in need of anything in my line, don't forget the place, No. 24 Main street, Bamberg, S. 0., in front of the cotton mill. We run a first-class repair and wheel wright shop, build one and two-horse wagons, sewing machine and delivery wagons, log carts, and any special wagon; paint buggies and automobiles in factory style. ?r- I\AAH ?c arc agent iwr tnc i^cvt ing harvesting machinery* disc harrows, compost ' spreaders, gasoline engines, etc. We carry a stock of the best grain drills on the market. Call and see us before you buy. 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