The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 21, 1915, Page 4, Image 4
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KSTAIW.iSHKI) APRIL, 1891.
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Thursday, Jan. 21, 1915.
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Despite the fact that a record crop!;
of cotton has been made in the South, :
war and the depressed condition of;'
- - _ |
Business, couon prices iia\e uccu
steadily advancing for some weeks, j'
Augusta middling is quoted at above
eight cents, an advance of more than
a cent and a 1mlf above the low price j
record. It seems that the cotton sit-1
I
uation will adjust itself.
isS ^ \
S"'- N.
The promoters of the State warehouse
measure gave assurances that
with a $15,000 appropriation to begin
on the warehouse system would
be self-sustaining. Now Warehouse
Commissioner McLaurin asks the
general assembly for an appropriation
of $137,000 to carry on the
work. This is another bit of legislation
that needs the knife, we are
thinking.
The American Press, a trade journal
issued by the American Press
V.\
association, is doing a public duty
in calling to the attention of the
publishers of newspapers the various
forms of graft that is played upon'
them. Each week it prints a department
headed the "Chamber of Hor
rors," in which it prints facsimile
copies of circulars sent to publishers
for "gratis" publication, and other
forms of free advertising. All of
our press friends who do not read
this department, are earnestly askf.jV
ed to refer to it. The newspapers
are preyed upon for more free work
than any other business enterprise,
and it isv time the newspapers were
waking up to this fact.
A movement is on foot in the gen-'
eral assembly to kill the cotton acre-;
age bill passed at the extra session.
While it seems like child's work to
pass a bill at one session and kill it
at another, still all cotton legisla- j
tion has proven a distinct failure, j
and it is but a burden on the farmers'
to allow the present legislation to!
stand. In the hurry and confusion j,
to do something for the farmers, the I
legislators were taken off their feet j
last fall, and now tnat cooler juag-;;
. ^ ment prevails, the present session!
may as well correct a wrong. No
other State has passed acreage legislation,
and South Carolina's measure
will not in any way affect cotton
prices.
There is now a general optimism
and feeling of renewed confidence
among business men in Bamberg.
Nearly everybody feels that the worst
has come. The people are now adjusting
themselves to the existing
conditions, money has been loosened
to a large extent, and it is practically
sure that the penury predicted
by so many will not be ours. By
recourse to 6trict economy in business
and in living expenses, the
people will hardly find conditions
worse in the future than they have
been for the last few months.
Coming with the people unprepared,
? ? ? - - ?*????? * xv KrtifA olrao^V
me crisis seems iu ua?e. vu^.'
done its worst.
We suggest that it would not be
a bad idea for the county authorities
to contract with individuals for dragging
the roads after the rains. The
ordinary split-log drag is the most
economical road working machine in
existence, and its operation elsewhere
has proven its effectiveness. It is positively
of no use to spend large sums
of money in making roads unless they
are kept up. Road drags used after
the rains levels the road, fills in the
washed places and makes the road
smooth and hard. Farmers could
easily take a contract to keep up a
certain number of miles of roadwayafter
rains with drags at a comparatively
small cost to the county.
^"elconie. Governor Richard 1
.Manning!
South Carolina is a State of ex
ireines. It is a long way from Bleas
to Manning. The State is famous fo
its traditions, and it has "com
back" to the fold.
Even the ex-governor's friends ar
doubtless glad that he is unable t
nand out more pardons. Mr. Bleas
has turned out a whole lot of crimi
nals upon the public for reasons ap
parent only to himself, and it wil
cflst the State a lot of money to pu
them back again in the public works
where most of them belong, am
many of them will eventually g>
ftgaiui
Governor Manning, as was to b'
expected, has come out flat-footed fo
law enforcement, and promises th
people of the State an era of law am
order. We believe he will do ir. Th
governor comes from a strain o
mighty good people. He is himsel
a thorough Christian gentleman, ;
solid citizen, and a man to whon
the people can look for protectioi
and sane dealings.
The water problem in Bamber;
continues to be a problem. Some so
lution must be had in the near futur
or Bamberg will suffer. It was th
intention of The Herald some tim
ago to offer some facts and figure
nn this matter, but the "war cry
staved us off, but the town is he*
face to face with a serious probleir
and it must be solved. No totfn ca:
survive without an adequate systei
of waterworks.
MEN DEL SMITH BECOMES JUDGE
Former Speaker of House Succeed
Late Judge Ernests Gary.
Columbia, Jan. 14.?Mendel I
Smith, of Camden, former speaker c
the house, today was elected judge c
the 5th judicial circuit, succeedin
the late Judge Ernest Gary. Mi
Smith has been prominent in legs
and political circles of South Care
lina. He was a candidate for govei
nor in the primary of 1914.
Blease's Designation.
Cole L. Blease startled and amaze
the people of South Carolina yestei
day. To startle and amaze has bee
his principal function as governc
and in the performance of that fun(
tion he has surpassed the wildes
dreams. In this respect his last at
as governor was the most successft
of his career in that office. Of a
the surprises he has sprung his resl|
nation was the greatest.
Well, he has made his exit' Thai
after all, is the only thing that reall
^ Tin 1- - J - ?4. I
maners. vvny lie cuuse tu uu n i
the manner which he did choose i:
so far as we are advised at the mc
ment of this writing, known only t
himself and those who share his cor
fidence. The question piques the cu
riosity, but is of little practical irc
portance. One turns from it with
sense of relief and of refreshment t
contemplation of the new era whic
has dawned. Governor Blease ha
passed and the mad times whe
Blease was governor have passed. H
and they must not be forgotten, fo
they are a warning which we an
those who come after us should cai
ry always in mind. But it is mor
profitable and infinitely mo-e pleas
ant to look ahead upon the work o
restoration that is to be done in thi
State and not behind upon the sa
and pitiable spectacle that lies thert
?News and Courier.
Origin of the Maxixe.
Dr. W. C. Farabee, who has jus
returned from explorations in Sout
America, brings the news that th
"masheka" is the popular dance c
the belles and beaux of the Britis
Guinea.
The costume for the "masheka
consists of a small apron worn b
the girls. The apron is edged wit
bracelets, anklets and peanut shell:
"These shells when agitated give
pleasing rattle or tinkle." The mus
ical aprons are worn by both me
and women. The dance is one c
courtship and the name means th
dance of the peanut vines. It is r<
garded as imitative of the graceft
waving of the peanut tendrils as the
are seeking to be united with th
earth. Dr. Farabee, who describe
the "masheka" of the tropical jur
gles as lieing "decidedly' pleasing t
look upon," says it is a native danci
It. was taken to Europe by the Porti
guese and both the dance and th
name were corrupted, but the danc
was afterward refined to meet polit
requirements. The name remain:
in Europe, the "maxixe."
The dances of the day, whateve
they are called, are. are much mor
graceful than the shuffie-and-roc
dances of a year or two ago. D:
Farabee brings back a pretty stor
of one of them. Dances of courtshi
borrowed from savages or elsewher
obtained, are at once more gracefi
and less objectionable than those c
baser origin.?Louisville Couriei
Journal.
MANY BURIED UNDER RUINS
?
- LIVING ENTOMBED WITH DEAD
e IX ITALY.
r
e Twelve Thousand Bodies Said to lie j,
Und^r Fallen Walls of Avez- (
P zano.
.1
ei Rome, Jan. 17.?A renewal of s
. i seismic disturbances early today add- 1
,_| ed to the terror of residents of parts 1
il I of the district visited by tne disas- 1
t: trous earthquake last Wednesday. *
>t Although today's shocks were *
^ light, buildings wiiich had been s
0 cracked and were tottering from the E
effects of the first disturbance were i
completely razed. In Avezzano and
fe Sora, which had suffered most in 2
r Wednesday's disaster, the people left *
e; the temporary shelters in which they *
d! are living and took refuge in open 1
e, places. *
f I Rain and extremely cold weather s
f; in some parts of the districts are 3
a | hampering rescue work. In many of 1
a j the towns thrown down by the earth- s
a quake it is feared there still are liv- r
ing persons beneath the debris and
that unless they are extricated soon *
& they will perish. s
i
Last reports increase tne aggregate *
e of casualties and the extent of the a
e damage done Wednesday. In the de- I
e partment of the Abruzzi alone it is t
? estimated that 30,000 persons met c
death. *
v The government has appropriated ?
'? $1,000,000 for relief work and King i
n Victor Emmanuel has donated $60,'}?
000 for the aid of children abandon- i
ed by their parents or made orphans
, by the disaster. Relief supplies are ?
pouring into the stricken districts ?
and it is believed that shortly there s
lS will be sufficient food supplies every- ?
where. Trainloads of timber also *
are being dispatched to the destroyed 1
towns for the erection of huts.
,f Detailed reports of Italy's latest
if earthquake disaster increase the apg
palling list of dead and the enormous
r. property loss. i
LI The Messagero, after a careful I
compilation announces that the num.- 1
- ber of dead and injured in the Abruz- 1
zi alone is 30,000 without including <
the Sora district. San Atolio has i
200 dead and 500 injured, Morino :
1,500 dead. Canistro 600 injured, <
^ Cervaro 300 victims, Borgo 50 dead
and Valleroveto 1,800. At Civitella S
n Roveto almost the entire population 1
,r escaped because they were working 1
in the fields when the shock occurred. 1
;t Frantic appeals for help have been <
;t received from Petrellaliri, 3,500 feet 1
(1 above sea level on Mount Arango, <
11 eight miles from Tagliacozzo. The <
r_ village was almost destroyed and the 1
survivors are perishing of cold and 1
lt hunger.
y In the highway near Ortucchio the ]
n earth has opened, causing an im- ]
3> mense pit filled with water. <
>. The terrific force of the earth- i
0 quake cracked the mountains near 1
Luco. Huge pieces of rock rolled ]
[. down the hillsides, burying many, 1
killing cattle and obstructing the
a roads. Mont Pizzodeta, 6,450 feet 1
0 high, between Balsorano and Roca- s
h cerro, was cut into two parts by an ]
s immense fissure. i
n The Duke of Abruzzi is continu- 1
e ing distribution of relief. He goes '
r from place to place without escort. 1
d In many places he has organized res- 1
cue work and left without the sur- 3
e vivors learning his identity. The 1
h government has appropriated $1,000,- 1
,f 000 to relieve suffering. I
s Severe winter weather has added s
(j to the misery of the survivors. Urgent
> appeals for food are coming from
many places.
Some of the rescues are regarded
as almost miraculous. At Avezzano
one entire family of six were extriit
cated alive from the ruins of their
h home.
e Tenement houses in the testaccio
if quarters of Rome, cracked by the
h earthquake, have been vacated by
their tenants.
Most of the dead at Ortucchio are
y women and children, who were burh
ied under the ruins of a church,
5. which afterwards took fire. Many of
a those buried were burned alive.
>- Reports have been received of the
n excellent work done by a relief ex?f
pedition organized by the American
e Baptist church and led bv Dr. Whitj
ing Hill. Help was sent to remote
il points difficult to reach. A large 1
y quantity of provisions was distribut- 1
e ed at Celano. ]
js ]
l- Cutting All the Same. 1
o <
i. The present era of high prices for ]
l- foodstuffs reminds me of the exper- l
elience of a friend of mine in New ^
I vnrv Tact tvintpr Seeing some small i
.e but enticing looking cucumbers in ]
3, the window of a store, he decided to j
be extravagant and to take some j
?r home to surprise the family. ]
e "I should like a dollar's worth i
k of cucumbers, please," he said, en- i
r. tering the store. s
y The dignified young person in at- ,
p tendance drew herself up haughtily,
e "We don't cut them!" she returnll
ed with her iciest stare. 3
>f Don't laugh. We may be having i
r- that experience yet with a lump of j
sugar.?Boston Truth. !
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SAYS KAISER IS EXCHANGER.
>ven Hedin Finds War Has Taken
Away no Vivacity.
Sven Hedin's impressions of the
;aiser have been given out 'oy the
Jerman information service says the
Cew York Times. He writes:
"I had the good fortune to be preented
to the kaiser in former years,
le has not changed a bit. It was
ny privilege to meet him several
imes, and you may take my word,
le has lost nothing of his elastic and
'igorous ways. He is altogether the
.ajme as he was before, even in his
lersonal appearance. Yet the kaiser
s busy, almost twenty-four hours
sverv day; and you may take that in
l literal sense. I often wondered
low his body and mind could possiily
stand such a severe strain. But
have found an explanation, I beieve.
The emperor has a clear conicience
before God, his fellowmen,
a tt? :~
Ilia pusieniv. ne is tunsuiuus lhcil
his world conflagration is not of his
eeking and that he has done his utnost
to prevent it.
"Providence could not have inrusted
the Germanic cause to a more
uccessful guardian than the kaiser,
le seems to be born for the present
Lge. He staked everything for the
reservation of peace, and now lie is
aking everything for the attainment
>f victory. He feels responsible for
he shaping of Germany's fortunes
ind feels and acts and thinks accordngly.
"I am delighted with the good feeing
for the French which prevails
jverywhere. They are respected both
its o ^ frtoo Thoir riovnHnn
iO ujgu auu iuc?> * v?v?
ind patriotism are held in honor, the
ioldierly qualities are admired. But
ls to England! There is nothing but
latred and contempt for her paid
nercenaries!"
Ousting Cotton Tenant.
Certainly the South is at the partng
of the ways in its cotton growing
jolicy. It is face to face with the diemma
of curtailing acreage'and disodging
its tenantry, or of keeping
)n growing cotton at a price which
nust bankrupt many who even this
rear are selling at less than the cosi
)f production.
Under existing conditions the
South will stand to lose in any case
It must make up its mind which is
:be less of two evils, so long as the
European war lasts. There are probibly
between 600,000 and 750,00C
:enant farms whose principal crop is
cotton. There are mainly negro tenants,
but many are whites, whc
enow how to grow cotton, but have
ittle experience with any other crop
rhey represent probably 3,000,00C
people as an element in the rural
population. Shall these useful occupants
of the soil be dislodged and
idded to the urban groups, where
;heir service and earning power will
probably be reduced by more than
salf its rural value?
il so, noi umy must uie luoume uj
:his large body be reduced, but thetfi
standard of living be seriously imjaired.
So big a shift will mean
nuch increase in indolence and,
;herefore, in crime. It is easy to say
'Grow corn and something els6.'
But that something else cannot be
earned between seasons. It will be
'ears before the small farm tenant,
svhite or black, becomes as good at
nixed farming as ne is at cotton
arming. He is too valuable an asset
to sacrifice to a "temporary coniition,
and the people who are leadire
in the matter will do well to take
;hought of\he consequences of weakening
his hold on the soil by any
;endency to make the conditions of
lis tenure needlessly burdensome.
The cotton situation calls for calm,
:ourageous thinking. Let the big
ilantation owners do the curtailing
f there is to be any drastic cut. To
orce the big end of the load upon
he cotton growing tenantry will be
uicidal. Let landlords come to see
hat it is time for them to get unier
the burden, rather than to deirive
the cotton belt of its main pro
lucing power for all future years.?
Wall Street Journal.
When Poland Drank Hard.
Poland wai a great country for
lard drinking in the old days. Its
ast king, Stanislaus II., was solemnly
warned by the Grand Hetman
Branicki that he must never expect
lo. become popular unless he got
irunk at least twice a week. Pan
EComarczewski, who could empty a
pucketful of champagne at a draught
vithout noticeable consequences, once
n company with Pan Sosiejwoski,
Pigh chamberlain of Volhynia, disposed
of a whole butt of old Hungaran
wine at a single sitting. One
leld his breaker under the bunghole
antil it was full, and then drank
tvhile the other filled his breaker;
ind so. turn and turn about, they
achieved the seat.
Susan V. Powell, of Jacksonville,
Mo., has organized throughout 40
States a system of canning clubs for
girls. In the South alone more than
25,000 girls have become members.
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I Per Ton
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We have prepared a little 1
to anyone that wants it, wl
mulas for making different j
rections for properly mixing
information that will save ;
per ton on every ton of fer
ready for you. Please writ
We sell all kinds of fertilize]
sumer, for "Home Mixing"
bag up, at the very lowest r
you.
ELLIS &
205 East Bay St. Depar
Bridal Chorus.
Here comes the
Groom,
Pale as a
1 Sheet.
See how he
Stumbles
All over' his feet,
i Notice his
Gloom?
Sadness
Complete,
i He'd give his
Shirt
For a ctiance to
1 Retreat.
He has the gold
; Ring
1 Tucked in his
Vest,
So. why this /
Worry?
Why this
Unrest?
; Woe and
Alas!
A thousand
; Alacks!
i The poor gink's
\ Forgotten
: The dime for his
Tax. \
i ?E. F. McINTIRE.
, FKANCIS F. CARROLL
Attorney-at-Law
i Office in Hoffman Building
i GENERAL PRACTICE.
BAMBERG, 8. C.
i .
R. P. BELLINGER
i
! ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office Over Bamberg Banking Co.
I General Practice
' COLDS & LaGRIPPE
5 or 6 doses 666 will break
, any case of Chills & Fever, Colds
& LaGrippe; it acts on the liver
better than Calomel and does not
gripe or sicken. Price 25c.
IBest material and workman
ship, light running, .requires E
little power; simple, easy to g
handle. Are made in several I
sizes and are good, substantial I
money-making machines down
to the smallest size. Write for I
catolog showing Engines, Boil- B
ers and all Saw Mill supplies. 8
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i I Augusta, Ga. 0
! NO DIFFERENCE
The Proof Is Here the Same as Everywhere.
For those who seek relief irom kidney
backache, weak kidneys, bladder
ills, Doan's Kidney Pills offer hope ot
, relief and the proof is here in Bamberg,
the same as everywhere?Bam'
Derg people have used Doan's and
Bamberg people recommend Doan's,
1 the kidney remedy used in America
; for fifty years. Why suffer? Why
; run the risk of dangerous kidney ills
i ?fatal Bright's disease. Here's a
l Bamberg proof. Investigate it
Mrs. Bessie Atteberry, Railroad Ave.,
> Bamberg, says: "My kidneys were
very weak and I bad bad headaches.
. When I got up in the morning I could
scarcely do my housework. I tired
, i easily and had headaches and dizzy
| spells. Sometimes dark objects float'
ed before my eyes. The kidney secretions
were scanty in passage ana
unnatural. I used Doan's Kidney
Pills and they relieved me. My kid1
neys give me very little trouble now."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
1 simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mrs. Atteherry had. Foster-Milbunf
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
*0 To Six Dollars j|
On Your Fertilizer Bill!
<
)ookIet, for free distribution*
tiich contains valuable forgrades
of fertilizers, with dithe
materials, together with
pou from two to six dollars
tilizer used. Your copy is
e for it. - .
r materials direct to the con
I
purpose, in iocs ui uuui one
aarket prices. Let us quote j
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COMPANY *
tment S Savannah, Ga. , ?:V
TAX NOTICE.
The treasurer's office will be open
for the collection of State, county,
school and all other taxes from the
15 th day of October, 1914 until the
loth day of March, 1915 inclusive.
From the first day of January,
1915, until the 31st day of January, ?>
1915, a penailty of one per cent, will
be added to all unpaid taxes. From *.'
the 1st day of February, 1915, a
penalty of 2 per cent, will be added
to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st
day of .Marcn, i?io, unui tne loin
day of March, 1915, a penalty of 7
per cent, will be added to all unpaid
taxes. (
THE LEVY.
For State purposes 6 mills ,
For county purposes 4 mills '
For bridges 1 mill . vffLj
For roads 1-2 mill
Constitutional school tax 3 mills
Total f. 14 1-2 mills
SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES.
Bamberg, No. 14 9 mills
Binnakers, No. 12 3 mills . ;
Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills
Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mills
Co'ston, No. 18 4 mills
Denmark, No. 21 6 1-2 mills
Ehrhardt, No. 22 9 mills .
Fishpond. No. 5 1 mills i
Govan, No. 11 4 mills ---.'U
Hutto. No. 6 2 mills
Hampton, No. 3 2 mills
Heyward. No. 24 2 mills \
Hopewell. No. l' 3 mills
Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 4 mills
Lees, No. 23 4 mills ;
Midway, No. 2 2 mills
Oak Grove, No. 20 ..A 2 mills
Olar, No.* 8 .'. 9 mills '
St. John's, No. 10 2 mills
Salem, No. 9 4 mills "
Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills
All persons between the ages of
twenty-one and sixty years of age,
except Confederate soldiers and sail- ^
ors, who are exempt at 50 years of
age, are liable to a poll tax of one-(
Capitation dog tax 50 cents.
All persons who 'were 21 years of
age on or before the 1st day of January,
1914 are liable to a poll tax
of one dollar, and all who have not
made returns to the Auditor, are re
quested td do so on or Derore tne ::
1st of January, 1915.
I will receive the commutation
road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from
the 15th day of October, 1914, until the
let day of March, 1915.
G. A. JENNINGS,. ?
Treasurer Bamberg County.
We Will Insure Your ?H
Cotton on Your ?
Plantation i
H. M. GRAHAM
Agent Bamberg, S. C.
We Securely Weld ' jj
All broken metal parts
such as auto crank cases,
cylinders, transmission cases,
differential and axle hous
?
parts. All work guaranteed.
Southern Welding Co, ,f
961 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
RUB-MY-TISM
Will cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Headaches, Cramps, Colic
Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old
Sores, Tetter, King-Worm, Eczema,
etc. Antiseptic Anodyne,
used internally orerternally. 25c .jjI
LODGE MEETING. I
Bamberg, Lodge, No. 38, Knights *
of Pythias meets first and fourth
.Monday nights at 7:30 p. m. Visit-w
?ng brethren cordially invited. - ?
H. L. HINNANT,
Chancellor Commander,
F. C. AYER,
Keeper of Records and Seal.
RILEY & COPELANDI , f
Successors to W. P. Riley.
Fire, Life.
Accident
INSURANCE
Office in J. D. Copeland's Store
BAMBERG, 8. C. f
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