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?tip lambrrg i?rralfc 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 i 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, or 10 cents a month for less than 4 1? ? novo Kid one year, au uuutsurtpuuus paj oviv | strictly in advance. Advertisements?11.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent insertions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 10 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 month^. 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 ad> vertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first insertion. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters of those pertaining to matters of public interest. We require the name and address 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, Feb. 2, 1911. Are you doing anything for the growth of Bamberg? If not, you are f neglecting your own interests. The general assembly is hard down at work these days, but let us be thankful that so far no great harm has been done the State. It seems that we are to have in South Carolina a government of Blease, by Blease, and for Blease and the friends of Blease. Just count up the number of real public-spirited enterprising men? those who are earnestly interested in the growth of Bamberg, and let ns know the result, please. If the governor carries out a seeming policy of filling every position at his disposal with his friends, , he may want to be saved from his friends before he terminates his of; ficial career. i:'-' The Walterboro Press and Standard was silent last, week in regard to our question as to taxes being six times higher in Bamberg than Colleton. We would appreciate an answer to our question. Plenty of money for private lux1||" aries but none for public necessities and enterprises. This seems to ~be the motto of most of Bamberg's moneyed men. Such a short-sighted policy is bound to be productive Sr of harmful results. Oh, governor, the newspapers would like so much to tell you how to run the State and you won't let 'em. Seriously, though, you may wish later you had taken their advice, for some times the newspapers jp i are mighty close to the people. The Spartanburg Herald has mov ed into a handsome and commodious building, erected especially to meet " the demands of this fast growing newspaper. It has also installed a mew press which will print 22,000 papers an hour, a stereotyping out* ? "fit, and is putting on the airs of a ? metropolitan newspaper. Congratulations. Aiken county had the judge of this circuit for years in the person of * : Judge James Aldrich, while either that county or Barnwell furnished the solicitor. Now Barnwell county lias the judge, while Aiken has both the solicitor and stenographer. Is it not time that some of the other counties in the circuit were getting someBpf'' thing? By all means let us have an investigation of the dispensary winding-up commission, and the investi-' gating committee should summon the governor as the first witness. He evidently knows something, to judge "by his message asking for the investigation for surely the govenor of the great State of South Carolina would not make such statements unless he had proof of what he said. Do the business men of Bamberg really care anything at all for the future growth and prosperity of Bamberg? Some times we are inclined to think they do not. We almost lose heart often when we see so little interest manifested by those who ought to be most interested. It takes work to build up a town just as it does a private business, and Bamberg will never develop as it should until this selfish policy is abandoned. The good of the community should be paramount. y '? * ? DEPOSITS TAKE WING. Decreased Nearly $200,000,000 Within Two Months. Washington, Jan. 30.?Deposits of individuals in the 7,200 national banks of the United States decreased $191,566,488 between November 10 and January 7. a situation probably ,v. unprecedented in the reports made to the comptroller of the currency. Banks in the South, however, showed increases. Of that sum more than $158,000,000 was withdrawn from the 39 national banks of New York city. No two officials of the treasury agree as to where the money went, some are of the opinion that part of it might have gone to strengthen the New York State banks and trust companies during the flurry caused by the so-called Robin failure early in the month. All of the treasury officials, however, expressed great i interest in what explanations the j New York bankers might give. Drop in New York. , A comparison with the national [ banks of Chicago show that the drop wras confined almost entirely to New York city. The 11 Chicago banks reported a loss of about $9,000,000 on individual deposits. The reserve banks of the Western and Pacific States and the New England States all* show losses, but comparatively small ones. The unexpected call of January 7 served to show the condition of the banks in a new angle. Not once before since 1879 have they been call ed upon so early in the year. There were no January calls whatever from 1890 to 1903 and there has been none since 1907. Might Get Back. Some officials think if the call had been made as usual late in the month or early in February the money, if it were withdrawn for dividend payments, would have found its way into the banks again. One peculiar aspect of the drop was that the New York banks alone lost as much as the combined banks of the country had gained in November. Another feature of the situation which greatly puzzles the treasury experts is that in spite of the enormous slump in deposits the banks are still holding a higher percentage of reserve than they were in November and the total loss in loans and discounts of the whole country has been only $48,000,000 while there has been a gain in cash of more than $20,000,000. The last call in November showed a loss in loans and discounts, and a loss in cash of $35,000,000. South Only Gains. The banks of the South are about the only ones showing gains of deposits. That is said to be because they are now being paid for cotton. Reductions of loans is the rule, however, all over the country, and this is said necessarily to follow such a sharp reduction of deposits. Still with all the reductions the banks are now holding $67,000,000 more in their reserves than is required by law. On the whole the showing is pronounced good; but the disappearance of $158,000,000 from the banks of New York is a great puzzle to the treasury officials. None of them cared to express an opinion for publication. Give Exhibition of Strength. Saluda, Jan. 30.?The two negroes recently placed in jail here made their escape yesterday afternoon and as yet neither of them has been heard from. Their mode of escape was unique hut yet very simple and easy. The jailer was allowing them the privilege of the corridor. The rear door is of latticed iron or steel, hung on hinges. This was securely locked. By main strength they bent this steel door down from the top and after folding it Sufficiently to permit their bodies to pass through they climbed over and pushing the wooden shutter open, left. Both were charged with housebreaking. One of them a few days ago brol^ into Powell's store at Ridge Spring and the other was being held for breaking into a tenant's house on Matheny's place. MANY VISITORS FOR BLEASE. Governor Adapts Ticket Plan for Seeing His Host of Callers. Columbia, Jan. 31.?No Governor in recent years has had any more visitors than Gov. Blease is having these days. From all parts of the State his friends are coming to the executive office to pay their respects, and so many are the callers that the governor has had numbered tickets issued to the visitors?first come, first served variety?and the visitors await their turns. Mr. Blease is adhering to his promise made during the campaign that he would be at home to the people of the State, and as a result he is a very busy man. He sees them all, rich and poor alike. CARRIED ALOFT BY KITE. Boy on Trip to the Clouds Saved by Tree. A large box kite which he received for a Christmas gift carried 9-yearold George Harpwell, of Minerva street, Roxborough, on an unexpected trip toward the clouds, and he might have been flying yet had it not been for the friendly branches of a tall and spreading chestnut tree, which the boy embraced as he was flying skyward. For several hours the boy clung to the tree while the kite pulled and wedged him tightly between the branches. The Roxborough hills are said to be on a level with the city hall tower, and the wind and cold were in accord with the elevation. If woe nnt until thp thiolf rnnp at tached to the kite cut his benumbed hands that he let the little airship go. Shortly after it was released he was rescued. The boy did not have an opportunity to test the kite on Sunday, so immediately after his breakfast Monday morning he went out on the hills near the poor house and started to raise it. A stiff wind was blowing and the kite readily took alt the rope "fed out." In fact, it took the rope so quickly that before Harpwell could unwind some of it from his wrist it took him too. When his feet left the ground he was dazed, but when he recovered himself he was about 20 feet above the earth. He intended to let go then, but a quick glance showed him that he was directly over a stretch of hard and jagged ice. He went fully ten feet higher before he started to struggle, and his jerks brought the swiftly moving kite over toward the friendly tree. When he was wkhin arm's length of it Harpwell grasped wildly at a friendly limb and held fast. Then he worked his legs over. Despite the unexpected rise, the youngster held on to the tree with one hand and clutched the rope of the struggling kite with the other. The tree was an especially tall one, higher than the nearby housetops, in fact, and as the branches were not obligingly situated the boy concluded to wait until he was discovered. While he spent the afternoon hours in the cold, all kinds of rumors were reaching his home. One was to the effect that George was seen flying over the' Schuylkill in tow of the kite, while others were that 1 ? 1 /I i vonllr\r\ nf I L1C WclS gUlUg HI luc uuctuuu ui Chestnut Hill. His relatives and boy companions scoured the hills and woods until near nightfall and finally James Brogan, a neighbor who was making i a short cut over the hills, heard his cry for help and rescued him from the tree by means of spliced ladders. I The boy was blue from the cold and his hands and body were cut and bruised. He was taken home and Dr. R. B. Lentz was called in to attend him?Philadelphia Public Ledger. YEGGMAN BLOWS SAFE. Arrival of Clerk Interrupts Robber i Who was at Work on Safe. Laurens, Jan. 30.?The office safe of the Charleston & Western Caroline froiVht ripnnt was dvnamited X1XX14. 1.A VA0MV WW .. ? ? this morning about 6 o'clock by a supposedly : lone yeggman, but no money was gotten out. on account of an interruption of operations by D. W. Seigler, Jr., billing clerk at the depot. Mr. Seigler went down to the office to open up this morning and noticed when he reached the door that it was already open. Supposing that the negro man had come in to make a fire, he thought nothing of it but went in. When he got a few 'feet within the door and was ready to turn on the light, the man working at the safe turned his flash light on Mr. Seigler and told him to "git out." Mr. Seigler says that he got out at once. He didn't stop to argue but walked quietly off the platform and went for help. However, when he returned the yeggman had collected all of his tools and left. The police were at once notified and a search began, but nothing has been learned as to his whereabouts. A number of safes have been in thia virMnitv rpppntlv nnd viavuvu iu ^ ^w??^ ? it is thought that this man is the same one who has done the other jobs. From the appearances of the job, the man could hardly be judged a professional. He first made an attempt to blow a hole in the combination lock, but finding it too hard he bored through the casing. By means of dynamite he blew one side of the safe open but this happily had no money in it. The other side connVvAiif <54 0 tctx ulo vj. auuui v?v. Two years ago M. H. Stone, a member of the Laurens police force at that time, was killed by a yeggman about 100 yards from this spot and the yeggman himself died from a bullet fired by Policeman Walker. While Mr. Seigler could not see the man's face, he judged from his voice that he was white. 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