The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 20, 1911, Page 4, Image 4
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A. W. KNIGHT, Editor. 1
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|| Thursday, July 20,1911.
Of course Bamberg needs a sewer- (
Ifcp'i age system, and it would be a wise 1
investment for our citizens. Let's
j&V S?t the matter in such shape that j
the people can vote on a bond issue {
^ for this purpose. :
C Blease seems to think the South ]
I.Carolina penitentiary should oe a 1
pleasure and health resort. Well, (
that's not to be wondered at, for the ,
governor's sympathy for the criminal ]
Classes is well known.
Seriously, does anybody believe <
that please qould .get such an en- 1
dorsement from the bar of his own f
State as Felder did from the bar of 3
Georgia? Felder may be a crook, J
hut evidently those who. know him
best do not believe so.
"Uneasy lies the head that wears 1
a crown." With the mention of R, J
I. Manning for governor and Swear- 1
life.' ingen to succeed Tillman in the Sen- ]
. ate, we are rather of the opinion that 1
the Hon. Coleman Lightweight Blease
did not sleep so well recently.
The governor sent out a letter last
week to the county dispensary boards, 1
pp telling them that they would be re- 1
moved "if they bought whiskey from 5
p, \ the liquor houses which had defraud- '
eg* v ed the State. The boards show a dis- !
position to obey his order, so we
must conclude that a job on the 1
IDoara is ramer iciupuug.
Governor Blease says that near- 1
beer saloons have been introduced 1
; into this State and that they are as <
bad as fake social clubs. He has or- i
dered the dispensary constables and <
other officers to look after these ]
places and close them up. The gov- <
ernor should remember that these ;
near-beer saloons are but the logical i
result of his action in "standing by
his friends" and thereby bringing <
the law into contempt. <
Why can't Bamberg have a great
white way as well as other towns? 1
Arches along Main "street would be (
' a big advertisement for the town, ,
and the cost is not prohibitive. But
the merchants must co-operate with
the board of public works in order
to put in the arches. The electric
3pg> light and telephone poles should also
be moved off the street, at least
through the business section. They
are very much in the way on account
of the street, being so narrow, and
very unsightly as well.
The outlook for a fine crop this
fall is indeed promising, and our
merchants and business men should
begin their efforts to induce farmers
in all the surrounding sections to
bring their cotton to this market for
sale and to < buy their supplies in
Bamberg. Our merchants carry nice
lines of goods but they don't teil the
people about it by advertising and
otherwise, and business will not
come to your town or your store
these days unless you go after it.
Let us wake up as a town, and reap
the reward which will be ours if we
only use the proper effort.
The Bamberg Herald says that
Governor Blease has never done anything
against the railroads. What
does the Herald want the govenor to
do to the railroads? ? What crimes
have they committed that he should
swat them??Orangeburg Times and
Democrat.
We didn't say the railroads had
committed any crimes or that the <
governor ought to "swat" them. .His
action in leaving them alone was so
noticeable, however, that we wondered
if there was a reason, as he
seems disposed to "jump on" almost
everything.
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We would like to hear from the
3usiness league on the proposition to
submit the question of a sewerage
system to the people of Bamberg.
That body should take up the matter
and get it in shape to present to
the citizens of the town. Nothing
that we know of would do more for
:he growth of the town.
The board of penitentiary directors
has put it square up to Blease in
the matter of abolishing the hosiery
mill. If he wants to get rid of it,
tie'll have to pardon the convicts
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board to the governor is a. most
convincing one, and shows conclusively
that this talk about the hosiery
mill being such a nuisance is all rot.
The sympathy racket is being worked
ror political effect.
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With the coming of the new railroad,
Bamberg will take on addi:ional
growth, and we will prosper
iust in proportion to our efforts. But
we will never have the town we
should if we sit down and wait for
:hings to come to us. We must be
ip and doing all the time. We don't
inow of any town in the State which
aas a better future than Bamberg,
cut we we need more unity of pur
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30S6 ana puuixa byiuu iuu mauj ui
>ur business men who are making
;heir money here never do anything
?or the progress of Bamberg but are
content to let others spend their time
ind money for the public good while
;hey reap the benefits. This is a
nighty poor spirit.
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What Should He Do?
The esteemed Bamberg Herald,
which seems to try to find all kinds
>f ways to cuss out Gov. Blease, contains
the following:
"Has anybody noticed that the
present governor of South Carolina
has had nothing whatever to say
about the railroads, and he has done
nothing against them. He seems to
svant to tackle the cotton mills and
most everything in sight, and he lets
the railroad corporations severely
alone. Is there a reason for this?"
It seems that the Herald wants to
lamn Blease if he does, and damn
him if he don't.
But before going any further will
the delightful and charming Knight
pf the Herald tell us what he wants
the governor co do to the railroads?
Does the Herald want the governor
to put a stop to the issuing of free
railroad passes to newspaper editors
in PYohansre for advertising?
Tell us about it, dear Brer Knight.
?Orangeburg Sun.
Don't want him to do a thing to
the railroads or to anybody. We
have no suggestions to make. Only
wondered why he didn't jump on the
railroads, as he seems to be "agin"
corporations generally.
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South Carolina Manufactures.
Manufacturing is not an unknown
art in the South, although that seems
to be the notion entertained in some
sections of the country. The census
bureau has just issued bulletins
showing that millions of dollars are
invested in manufacturing plants in
Charleston, Greenville, Columbia,
and Spartanburg.
Columbia leads in the capftaf invested?$7,705,000,
an increase of
62 per cent, in five years. The cost
of materials used in 1909 was $3,578,000,
wages and salaries amountad
to $1,185,000, miscellaneous expenses
were $462,000, and the value
of products was $5,872,000. The
average number of officials ^yas 233,
and of employes, 2,522.
Spartanburg had 36 manufacturing
establishments in 1909, a gain of but
one in five years, but the capital increased
from $2,869,000 to $4,471,
000 and the output rxom $z,iz?,uuv
to $3,276,060. "With an increase of
only 49 per cent, in wages, the value
added by the process of manufacture
increased 104 per cent, over that of
10 years ago.
In Charleston, 116 establishments
with a capital of $6,573,000 used materials
worth $4,229,000, paid salaries
and wages amounting to $1,408,000,
and turned out products
worth $6,951,000. There was little
expansion in five years, the increase
in capital being 13 per cent, and in
value of output 16 per cent. The average
number of officials and wageearners
in 1909 was 3,299.
Greenville has made considerable
gains in manufacturing since 1904.
It had, in 1909, 41 establishments
employing an average of 1,295 persons,
who received $464,000. The
capitalization was $1,930,000, a decrease
of 6 per cent., but the output
was $2,142,000, a gain of 28 per
cent., while the value added by the
process of manufactures was $914,000
or 59 per cent, more than in
1904.
What He Wanted.
"Now this car," said the agent,
calling Billup's attention to a handsome
limousine in the corner, "is a
dandy. It runs so smoothly you
wouldn't know you were in it. Rides
just like a rocking chair."
"What do you think I am, an escaped
inmate of an old ladies' home?"
demanded Billups. "I want a car
that I'll know I'm in when in it, and
when I go out looking for a rocking
chair I'll go to a furniture store
and not to a garage."?Harper's
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PUBLICITY BILL PASSES.
MOST DRASTIC CAMPAIGN LEGISTIOX
ADOPTED.
Measure, as Adopted by Upper House,
Puts Congressional Expenditures
at $5,000; Senatorial, $10,000.
Washington, July 17.?The most
drastic campaign publicity legislation
ever passed in either branch of congress
was adopted by the senate today
practically without a dissenting
vote. Using the preelection publicity
bill passed by the house as a basis,
the senate constructed during the
day a proposed law, with the following
important features.
No candidate for the senate or
house shall spend in the election
more than a sum equal to ten cents
for each voter in his district or State.
No senatorial candidu.e ^nall spend
a total of more than $10,000 in the
primary and general election; and
no candidate for the house shall
spend more than $5,000.
Publicity must be given to all primary
campaign contributions and expenditures.
- Publicity Before Election.
All general election expenses must
be made public before the election,
beginning: 15 days before the elec
tion and making publication each six
days until election.
All promises of pofitical jobs must
be made public. The bill further
makes it illegal to promise political
places in order to secure election support,
or to aid in influencing the
election of any member of a State
legislature.
The bill wiU be the subject of a
probably prolonged conference between
the two houses. It originated
in the house as a part of the Democratic
legislative programme and was
designed to require the publication
of expenditures before election, which
is not required by the existing publicity
law.
The Republicans in the house uncnr?r?ocofiiiiv
ntt.eTrmt.Gd to extend the
bill to cover primary election expenses.
In the senate to-day the
primary election amendment, coupled
with more radical amendments, was
adopted with little opposition.
- The senate amendments authorized
by the committee on privileges
and elections required publicity of
all primary election expenses and all
pledges of political jobs or favors.
Some objection to this was made on
the ground that primary elections
were not within the control of congress.
The, amendment was finally
adopted, however, by a vote of 50 to
7, Senators Bacon, Bailey, Bankhead,
Johnson, Bryan, Overman and Tay
lor voting against it.
Reed's Amendment.
The more rigid portion of the bill,
limiting the amount senatorial or
congressional candidates may spend in
any election and prohibiting the making
of all campaign pledges, was proposed
by Senator Reed of Missouri,
and adopted only after a long debate.
Senator Reed referred to the campaign
expense statement filed by Senator
Stephenson of Wisconsin, showing
expenditure of approximately
$117,000 and to- other large sums
spent by senatorial candidates. He
finally offered an amendment putting
the total expenditure by any candidate
at a sum not to exceed ten cents
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per xieau rur iu? v ulcus m cue candidate's
State. Senator Borah said this
would permit a senatorial candidate
in New York to spend nearly $200,000
in his election* while candidates
in Nevada could spend only about
$1,000 each. o
The Reed amendment was defeated
once, bu? was renewed and adopted.
Proves Himself a "Bad Man."
Spartanburg, July 17.?For no
other reason apparently than to show
he was a "bad man," Lucas Freeman,
a tough negro, who has been in
trouble on more than one previous
occasion, shot Bill Kinsler, also a
negro, in the breast in front of Kinsler'tf
sister's house in Ramsay's row
back of Carolina, Clinchfleld &
Ohio railway's yards.
The shooting was done about 9
o'clock Sunday night, and Kinsler
died about 1 o'clock this morning.
Freeman fled and took a northbound
train, but was arrested at Hendersonville
early this morning and
brought back here this evening by
Capt. Moss Sears of the police department.
CHURCH BUILT IN A DAY.
i Knoxville Church Celebrates Fourth
in a Novel Manner.
Knoxville, Tenn., July 5.?About
100 members of the North Side mis
sion, of the Broadway .Baptist cnurcii
celebrated the Fourth of July by
erecting a house of worship in which
a service was held last night.,
; The material was assembled on the
ground yesterday, and this morning
at 5:30 o'clock the members began
the construction. At 6 o'clock last
night the* building was completed,
and the electric lights turned on at
7:30 o'clock.
The building will seat about 300
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Kicked a Bomb Thinking it Was a
Football.
. New York, July 14.?As he was
leaving a Brooklyn police station
? ?1" On.opflont Mirthoal T^tlP
Citi iy liruaj, ocig&auv iuivu?v*
espied an object on the sidewalk
looked like a rubber football. He
stepped back a few steps, got a running
start and gave the supposed ball
a kick. It was a bomb. The sergeant
fell to the street unconscious and |
every window in the station house
was shattered. The sergeant was removed
to the hospital in an unconscious
condition. Defectives who examined
the fragments of the bomb
said it contained enough powder to
blow up a city block.
State Hospital Work.
As has been stated by Dr. J. W.'j
Bab'cock, the superintendent, condition?
are crowded at the State hospital
for the insane and for that
reason work on the new buildings at
"State Park" will be commenced as
soon as possible. The hospital commission,
named by the governor under
an act of the general assembly,
has been called to meet in special
session in Columbia in two weeks,
when it is expected that definite announcement
as to work on the new
building for the accommodation of
150 chronic cases of insanity at
"State Park" will be made.
The general assembly authorized
the expenditure of $200,000 during
the present year on buildings. As announced
the colony scheme of buildings
will be used by the commission
in improving the new property. There
are at the present time over 1,600
patients at the State hospital for the
insane and the number is increasing.
The commission purchased 2,500
acres of land eight miles north of
Columbia. The price paid for the
land was approximately $50,000. Of
the land over 300 acres are under
cultivation and the conditions of the
crop is reported excellent.
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HIDDEN MONEY RECOVERED.
Gaynor and'Greene Concealed Nearly
a Million in Assets.
New York, July 14.?Three-quarters
of a mililon dollars has been
recovered from the concealed assets
of Gaynor and Greene, who defrauded
the government of $2,000,000
in Savannah harbor dredging
contracts in 1897 according to a dispatch
from Washington. This was
developed by inquiries at the department
of justice yesterday.
E. I. Johnson, an expert accountant,
and United States District Attorney
Marion Erwin, of Savannah,
Georgia, are responsible for the recovery.
Most of the funds recovered were
in bonds and stocks. More than $2,000,000
was in cash. These assets
were found in New York, Philadel
phia", Chicago and Denver, some
bonds were located In Paris, but they
could not be recovered.
Johnson and Erwin have been
searching for these assets for 12
years.
Father and Children Drown.
St. Louis, July 16.?Frank Ducieville,
41 years old, drowned to-day
with his son and daughter, Thomas
and Mary, 3 and 13 years old, rerespectively,
in his arms while a
crowd on the Mississippi river bank
restrained the wife and mother, who
tried to leap in after the struggling
trio.
While the parents were partaking
of luncheon, seated on the river bank,
the children were allowed to sit in a
skiff. The boy, unmindful of the
father's caution to remain seated,
stood up in the boat and overturned
it. The father dove in where the
children were seen to go down and
he reappeared on the surface for an
instant with one of the children in
each arm, b?t thus handicapped was
unable to swim with them and was <
drowned before others who sought to i
aid them could get to them.
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NEW USE FOR CHIEF'S AUTO.
Charleston's Fire Captain. Chases and
Catches Negro.
Charleston, July 14.?Fire Chief . Behrens
played the role of a police J -S
officer this afternoon and demonstrated
additional advantages for the
use of the auto, in chasing a negro, ^
Edward Mitchell, who had turned in
a false alarm.
The negro waited long enough to
see the fire engine come up. The
chief was there with his chauffeur* 7!
and when the n?gro started to run ' . - ^
away he was chased and finally cap- :. ^
tured and taken to the policestation J
in the chief's automobile.
In responding to the alarm the police
auto with the fire squad swung
around, the corner of Beaufain and
St. Phillip streets too sharply and
one of the rear wheels was smashed.
Nobody was hurt.'
Crop Best in Years.
Last Monday the State published ^
reports from its correspondents as
to the condition of crops in South
Carolina, and * Its Bamberg correspondent
gave the following report
of the crop conditions in this county:
Bamberg, July 15.?The present -1
outlook for a full cotton crop in this
section is decidedly encouraging. - J
With the exception of a few sections,
above Denmark and around Dees and
possibly a few other small localities, \ J
the crop i. the best in five years. The
stand is for the most part good, and
generally speaking the seasons have . A;
been most favorable. In the immediate
vicinity of Bamberg the seasons
have been almost perfect. The clay
lands are all covered with large fine
crops, but the surprise of the season .. , j
has been the unusually splendid cot- ?
ton to be found on the sandy lands.
With a continuation of the seasons so /
far experienced Bamberg county will
be rich with cotton this fall. It is
expected that the crop will be earlier
than last year, the crop being much
further advanced. }y-l