The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 02, 1911, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1801.
A. W. KNIGHT. Editor.
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Thursday, March 2, 1911.
No doubt our readers are tired
hearing about Gov. Blease. We'll
give them a rest after this week. '
The Hampton County News and the
I Allendale Herald have discarded
their "ready print" outside. Good
business.
Bamberg means business this
time, and we are going to get a railToad.
We are not talking much, but
are working.
Don't be an obstructionist. The
town cannot grow while those who
have made their money here clog the
wheels of progress.
Some of the business men of this
town are doing some mighty fine
work for Bamberg just about now.
"Would that we had more like them.
(The ladies of the civic league will
do doubt soon appoint a "spring
cleaning day," but don't wait on that.
Spring is approaching, and if you
want to get rid of flies and disease,
clean up your premises and keep
& them clean.
Congratulations to Walter Colton,
who has assumed the editorship of
the Union Progress. He is one of
the finest fellows we know and a
first-class newspaper man. By the
way, he is also a Sunday-school superintendent,
dnd there's where he
has it on most editors.
If the governor was sincere in
saying he desired to save the tax payers
money, why did he not veto the
whole appropriation bill instead of a
few items. The total appropriations
of the legislature were more than a
million dollars, yet the vetoes
amounted to about $90,000 or possibly
less.
After all his brag about "standp:-.
ing by his friends" and expressing
publicly at various times his friendship
for John Black, the governor
did not have the nerve to pardon him
outright, but commuted his sentence
to a fine of $2,000. The great and
only Cole must be a great disappointgpf
~ ment to his friends.
Now the governor has antagonized
the labor element by vetoing the appropriation
for the factory inspect,>41
ors. He says he will veto any bill
which attempted to change conditions
for any man or woman over 21
years of age. Of course he is wrong
as usual, but we say, go ahead, you
could not please us better than by
following your present course.
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We must congratulate our people
on the get-together spirit shown recently.
That is the only way to build
up the town, and if we will keep up
this spirit Bamberg will grow. Of
course every movement may not be
carried out just as you like it, but
when a majority adopts a certain line
of action, don't stand off and say
you will have nothing to do with it,
but show the proper spirit and do
your share.
Governor Blease has reconsidered
and signed the bill which chartered
the trolley line in the Piedmont in
-which the Dukes are interested. The
governor changes his mind right often.
He has also reconsidered in regard
to enforcing the factory inspection
law, and says he will enforce it
with the whiskey constables. Where
does the law give whiskey constables
any right to enforce the labor law
in regard to factories? It seems that
the governor has made himself appear
ridiculous as usual.
AS TO TAXES.
We are rejoiced that we have satisfied
Mr. A. W. Brabham. His letter
this week calls for no comment
from us, although he might have
been as fair to us as we have been to
him and acquitted us of any mistatement.
We will here reiterate what
we have safd before, that we are glad
to have articles not onty from him
but from others of our readers on
this question of taxation. We consider
it our most important problem
of government just now. The legislature
year after year makes excessive
appropriations and then fixes a
levy not sufficient to meet these appropriations.
As a consequence the
State is forced to borrow money every
year to pay expenses and we are getting
deeper in debt. It is not hard
to predict the result to a private business
where the expenditures exceed
the income, and South Carolina will
finally be forced to meet the issue of
expenses going and no revenue tc
meet them. There must be something
done along this line, and the
burden of taxation relieved as far as
possible.
Of course some expenditures are
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they were years ago, we are getting
more for our money. Good roads
I and schools cost money and it is well
to have them. But new and useless
offices have been created, and all
along the line appropriations have
been excessive. We would not do or
say one word that would retard education,
but a study of the tax figures
in this county is interesting. The figures
published last week show that
we are paying fully twice as much
for schools as for running the county.
Most of this, too, comes from special
levies voted by the people themselves.
Nearly $15,000 raised for
schools in this county by special
levies alone, to say nothing of the
constitutional school tax and other
sources of income for the schools.
We are sure that our higher educational
system is getting extravagant,
and the county schools should be careful
that they do not fall into the same
error. We need education in South
Carolina, we have too much illiteracy
now, but we want to see the people
get value received for every dollar
they sp^pd. In one school district
of the county the lenroll
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and the teacher is paid $45 a month.
This is only one instance. Others
could be mentioned.
Of course no one will deny for a
moment that farm lands do not bear
their just proportion of taxation.
They are returned much lower than
other property. Land in Bamberg
county which could not be bought for
$100 an acre?and more than that
has been offered in some cases?is
returned for taxation at $5.00. We
are against high taxes and we are
also against unjust values, and to the
remedying of these conditions we are
pledged in earnest. Of course it is
not popular, but we care little for
that.
It is likewise true that some lands
worth only $20 to $30 an acre are
returned at $5.00. Is there any jusrino
in +Viie7 TAT a oo txr fha ctatomont
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published a few days ago that the
average value of farm lands for the
State, as returned for taxation, was
$3.80 an acre. Does anybody believe
that they could be bought for four
times that? Is it any wonder that
people at a distance think the farming
lands of South Carolina are poor
when they read statements like that?
Little wonder that the State needs
to be'advertised through the medium
of corn clubs and other agencies, in
the face of our tax returns.
Bolen Oil Mill Burned.
Orangeburg, February 28.?News
reached the city to-day that the Bolen
oil mill in the Bolen section of Orangeburg
county was destroyed by
fire last night at 2 a. m. There is a
belief that the fire was the work of
an incendiary. An attempt was made
to burn the building one night about
one month ago.
The fire at the early hour this
morning had gained such headway
that it was impossible to stop the
flames. Ten tons of cotton seed.
over 500 gallons of oil and all the
machinery were destroyed. The loss
will approximate $10,000, with only
about half insurance. The mill owners
will take every step to apprehend
the perpetrators of the dastardly
deed.
WOMAN EGGED IN PARIS.
Frenchmen Show Disapproval of Her
Immodest Costume.
Paris has been shocked! The
French capital, home of almost anything
and everything "ultra" in
fashions, has become cripper over
the new trousers skirt. By some
feminine contraption of apparel has
designated as the "harem scarum."
Paris blushed when it had heard of
the skirt, but that blush of modesty
turned into the flush of anger. A
young woman, attired in the new
mode, walking along the Avenue de
l'Opera?the Avenue de l'Opera mind
you?was actually egged by a mot
of disapproving men until the police
appeared and helped her escape in
an automobile.
UNIQUE HUNTING METHODS.
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How the Australian Black Fellows
Stalk Their Game.
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"One afternoon when I was quite
a small boy living in the heart of the
Australian bush," says a writer in
the American Boy, "a blackfellow, his
wife and their two children were
camped near the creek which ran
through our farm. They had just arrived
and were both tired and hungry.
"So the blackfellow walked down
to the edge of the creek and had a
look around. Soon he saw a pair of
wild turkeys, or bustards, feeding
quietly along a wide open space and
about 80 yards away. Now, wild
turkeys are very good eating, but
they are very shy birds and difficult
to get near.
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- had three boomerangs, four spears
, and a club called the nulla nulla. I
. watched him carefully to see what
, he would do. He took the three
, boomerangs and the nulla nulla.
Then he broke several branches of
i a neighboring tree and swam quetly
across the creek. On the other side
. he skirted around the edge of the
i clearing, getting as close to the turkeys
as he could under cover.
"I soon lost sight of him and
kept my eyes on the turkeys. After
, about a quarter of an hour I suddenly
noticed well out on the clearing
a bunch of shrubbery. Watching
it carefully, I saw that it was gradually
approaching the birds. It never
moved except when the birds had
their heads down feeding.
"At last it got so close that the
turkeys noticed it, but beyond a good
stare they paid no further attention
to it. Nearer and nearer it approached
until it was only about 20
yards away. Then with a jump that
made me start the blackfellow sprang
up from behind the boughs and running
into the birds, threw his boomerangs
at them. He seemed to hit
both of them, but one flew away all
the same. The other one, however,
wras disabled and the blackfellow
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"It is the fashion to speak contemptuously
of the intellect of the
Australian blacks; certainly in some
respects they are very deficient. I
never met one, for example, that
could count more than five, and most
of them can count only up to three.
But, as hunters they are extremely
skillful, very patient, and possessed!
of a great fund of knowledge regard-1
ing the habits of the game they pursue.
"I have seen them catch ducks in
much the same manner as the turkey
was caught. The hunter, with a
bundle of ireeds, or other aquatic
vegetation, slips quietly into the edge
of the lake or lae:oon or river, and
either wades or swims with the vegetation
on his head, noiselessly up to
the ducks. Then, one after another
he quietly but swiftly pulls them under
water, where he strangles them
and attaches them to his belt.
"It would be thought that the
ducks would either call out or flap
their wings and so alarm their mates;
but the black fellow does his work
so smartly that the duck is underneath
the water before it has time to
do anything.
"The kangaroo is stalked in quite
a different and rather a peculiar manner.
Finding where there is a
kangaroo, feeding alone if possible,
the black fellow crawls as close as he
. can to him. His weapons this time
are two spears, wnen mere is uu
more cover he waits until the kangaroo
has its head down and is nibbling
the grass. Then he stands up
beside a tree in full view of the
kangaroo but absolutely motionless.
"The kangaroo looks up but seeing
nothing moving, resumes feeding..
The blackfellow then takes a
few slow and very cautious steps toward
the animal, dragging his two
spears carefully through the grass
with his toes. The moment the kangaroo
stops feeding he becomes immovable,
standing, with his hands at
his side, like a thin black stump.
"This strategy goes on for perhaps
20 minutes, at the end of which
the blackfellow is probably within 10
yards of his prey. Then, like a lightning
flash, he bends for his spears,
and one after the other they are flung
nnivM-ine into the flanks of the kan
garoo. The animal bounds off, but
the blackfellow follows confidently,
as he knows before the second mile
is covered the kangaroo will be exhausted.
"This is the usual way in which
the kangaroo was taken. Occasionally,
however, it was killed with the
[boomerang. The kangaroo has a
very thin skull, and if the boomerang
, hits it on the head it drops instantly.
"The ' boomerangs I have been
mentioning do not return to their
' owners, as all boomerangs are so
often stated to do. Boomerangs used
. foir killing game or in war just go
' for the object aimed at; and what-;
ever they hit or miss they never come
back, but end their course just like
> any other missile. The returning
( boomerang is really a Joy, and is
i especially constructed. It is made
and used by the same blackfellow
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"Perhaps the most ingenious of all
their schemes is the manner in which
they net ducks. A creek is chosen
which has, as creeks usually do,!
short bushy trees along its banks.
Between two of these trees, on opposite
sides, the blacks stretch their
light, home made net, at a height1
of 10 or 15 feet above the water. The
net is managed by two black fellows,
one on each side of the stream, who j
have hold of the top controlling cord.
Until the critical time the net is allowed
to sag well down.
"A few yards down the creek a
third blackfellow is concealed in the
reeds. Two or three others then
make a detour of perhaps a mile or
more and strike the creek again.
fVioTr nroiir creek
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toward the net. Ot once whatever
ducks are on the csreek fly up and, as
is their invariable custom follow
along the course' of the creek, but
about 100 yards or so in the air.
"Soon they come toward where
the net is waiting. Just at the proper
time the blackfellow who is hidden
in the reeds gives the loud,
shjrill cry of the duck hawk, at the
same time hurling his boomerang
into the air. Like so many arrows
the terrified ducks dive down for the
shelter cf the trees and dart along
only a few feet above the water.
At the same time the net rises in
front of them, and they dash into it.
Sometimes the wnoie hock oi a uuaeu
or more is caught at once, and it is
rarely that the stratagem is altogether
unsuccessful.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Advertisements Under This Head 25c.
For 25 Words or Less.
Purse Found.?On the streets of
Bamberg .Monday afternoon, a purse
containing a sm^ll sum of money.
Owner can have same by calling at
The Herald office, proving property,
and paying for this advertisement.
For Sale.?Eggs for hatching.
Barred Plymouth Rocks. $1.00 for
fifteen. J. M. GRIMES, Bamberg,
S. C.
Salesmen Wanted to look after our
interest in Bamberg and adjacent
counties. Salary or commission.
Address: THE VICTOR OIL COMPANY,
Cleveland, O.
For Sale.?Selected, Thoroughbred
Single Comb Brown Leghorn Eggs
for setting, 60 cents per dozen. No
I eggs sold over five days old. CLIFF
JOHNSON, Bamberg, S. C.
i Lost.?On Saturday, February 4th,
on the streets of Bamberg, one Colt's
automatic pistol, 32 calibre, blue
steel. Finder will be liberally rewarded
if returned to Bamberg Herald
office.
For Sale.?Lots at Denmark, suitable
for residences, stores, factories
or cheap tenements. Easy terms given.
Denmark needs houses to rent.
They will pay large revenue on cost.
Inquiries addressed to me at Savannah
will receive prompt attention.
C. H. DORSETT.
Lumber for Sale.?I am now in
position to deliver rough lumber in
Bamberg promptly. My timber is
good, and you will be pleased with
the class of lumber you get from me.
A postal card containing your order
will have prompt attention. J. F.
JENNINGS, Cope, S. C.
For Rent.?The four front rooms
up-st?irs in The Herald building.
These are the very nicest offices in
the city. They have electric lights
and water and all the rooms are connecting.
See me quick if you want a
nice office. Will rent the four rooms
as a whole or separately.
A. W. KNIGHT.
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The best cigar on the
5 cents straight. Mad
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good smoke know the I
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FRESi
Plenty of fresh countrj
price is down. Redu<
on a few groceries, an
vantage of the drop ir
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No old stale stock on hi
to serve you and want
grocery orders. Phon
will be filled carefully;
E. L. PRICE
Executive Committee Meeting.
The executive committee of the
Rivers' Bridge Memorial Association
will meet at the memorial grounds
on Saturday, March 11th, at 3
o'clock p. m., for the purpose of arranging
for memorial services. A
full attendance is earnestly requested.
DR. N. F. KIRKLAND, SR.,
President.
J. W. JENNY,
Secretary.
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Why Suffer From Eczema/
A Georgia Man Tells
His Experience
I was afflicted with a very bad
case of Eczema for twenty-five
years,' which was in my feet, legs
and hips. Through all this time
I tried different remedies and Doctors'
prescriptions, obtaining no
relief until I used HUNT'S CURE.
One box (50c.) cured me entirely,
and though two years have
elapsed I have had no return of
the trouble.
Naturally I regard it as the
greatest remedy in the world.
Yours,
J. P. PERKINS,
Atlanta, Ga.
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Bamberg, S. C.
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TO THE PUBLIC
The undersigned have formed a j
copartnership for the purpose of
practicing law under the firm name
of Mayfield & Free.
I S. G. MAYFIELD,
| W. E. FREE.
S. G. MAYFIELD. W. E. FREE?
MAYFIELD & FREE ATTORNEYS
AT LAW
BAMBERG, S. C.
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Practice in all the Courts, both
State and Federal. Corporation
practice and the winding up of estates
a specialty. Business entrusttrusted
to us will be promptly attended
to.
NOTICE.
I have formed a partnership for J
the practice of law with Hon. S. G.
Mayfield, and will therefore move
my office to the building formerly
occupied by the Bamberg Banking -%
Co., opposite Southern passenger
depot.
W. E. FREE
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