The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 02, 1911, Page 4, Image 4
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_ 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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Mr. Seigler is from the western
part of this State and at one time
was in the employ of the railroad
at Augusta.
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