Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ttifyp Samhmj t|rralii KSTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. 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, Babcock cylinder press, folder, two jobbers, a fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by electric power with other material moohinorv in keeDine. the whole equipment representing an investment of $10,000 and upwards. Subscriptions?By the year $1.50; six months, 75 cents; three months, 50 cents. All subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 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 months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political char- i acter are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first insertion. Communications?We are always glad to publish news letters or those rvortainine to matters of public inter est. 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 ex pressed in any communication. ?? Thursday, July 29, 1915. V" Weekly Weather Forecast. BpfeIssued by the United States weather bureau at Washington, for the week beginning Wednesday, July 28, ] 1915. \ For the South Atlantic and East Gulf States: Generally fair weather and normal temperatures probable during the week, except that scattered showers ] will likely occur in Florida and along the South Atlantic coast. m pi With the idea of giving publicity to the expenditures of all monies, and to informing the people of the 1 financial condition or Bamberg county, the following act was passed by the general assembly, at its 1914 session, and approved on February 6th, EC 1914: "NO. 358. "An act requiring the publication of certain reports by the county supervisor of Bamberg county. "Section 1. Publication of certain Reports by supervisor of Bam berg county required.?Be it enacted j ' by the general assembly of the State ! of South Carolina. The county super- j visor of Bamberg county shall pub- j lish quarterly in some newspaper published in the county of Bamberg | during the first week in April, July, j October and January a full statement of the claims audited by the board of , county \ commissioners during the &. quarter next preceding said publica\r"" tion. The said statement shall show, as published, the file number of the claim, the amount claimed, the i amount allowed, the nature of claim or service rendered, and the name of j the claimant. Section 2. The supervisor shall s also publish monthly a verified state-! ment showing total expenditures for j * . the month, what balance, if any, re- I mains to the credit of said office, or j jgfckj-, what deficit, if any. "Approved the 6th day of February. A. D? 1914." The former supervisor published in July, of last year, the first report under thi6 law. for the quarter beginning April 1st. In November he published the report for the quarter be~ ' 9 S? ? T--1? 1 A ? + hop KAAD ginning .* uly isu .>U I t uao published for the quarter beginning October 1st, and for the quarter beginning January 1st, 1915. The newspapers of the county publish this week a report for the quarter beginning April 1st. The expenditures of the county for the six months, between October 1st. 1914, and April 1st, 1915, have not been published, and the information which the act seeks to give to the taxpayers, has (not been published. The monthly verified statement, showing total expenditures for the month, the balance, if any. or deficit, if any, has never been published since this act went into effect. Economical Landlord. I 1 "That landlord is certainly an enterprising feller." 1 ; v "How now?" i "He has installed outside roller ( towels that run the full length of a three-story hotel. Guests on every floor can lean out of the window and wipe their hands." "But why have the towels outside?" "Oh, that's so the rain can wash 'em." Quid His Inspiration. "What inspired this dainty spring poem?" babbled the romantic girl. "Daffodils and violets. I ween." "No." said the matter-of-fact poet, "when I'm goinc good all I want is a chew of tobacco." Only a Ring-Off. "Auntie, did you ever get a proposal?" "Once. dear. A gentleman asked me to marry him over the telephone, but he had the wrong number."? Louisville Courier-Journal. 800 WISH BON KS AT FEAST. Silver Wedding Couple I'ses Fo\ Helios for 1 decorations. Eight hundred times chicken ar turkey enhanced the dinner of M and Mrs. Fred Grossenbach durir the quarter century of their wedde life. They refrained from the tim honored custom of wishing on tt wishbones. So SOO wishbones wei on display at their silver wedding i the Blatz Hotel Saturday night. Tf wishbones had been dipped in silv< and strung about the dining roo; on silver hued ribbons, providing unique decorative arrangement.?S Louis dispatch to Philadelphia Nort American. Sununeitime in Dear Old Carolina, All the land is filled with bliss. Everything the earth doth kiss, yarn, suuq anu m lusnuci, um ?i tues would be proud if our fauli whipped them not: and our crimt would despair if they were not che; ished by our virtues.?Shakespeare. Sueleiman Bin Musa, the sultan < Selaivgor, lias aiTirnied his loyalty 1 Great Britain and has issued an o der to all the people living in h country enjoining them to entertai no evil intentions against the Britis government. A quarrel over a dog. it is allegei caused the killing at Labelle. Fla., < .Morris Whidden by .T. D. Bentoi Both men are orange growers. Bet ton walked to Arcadia and gave bin self up. Whidden was the son ( Tillet Whidden, who was prominen ly connected with the old Ashle: Whidden feud. There is no time In the year that any finer; One can do his very best. Live in comfort, live in rest, WhenNt's summertime in dear oi Carolina. All the birds do sing with gladness, N'othing then is filled with sadness. For Jehovah in His glory doth ei shrine her; Everything is good and ?ne, Jolly, merry, ail me nme. When it's summertime in dear ol Carolina. And the maiden does not shriek When she's kissed upon the cheek. And her sweetheart puts his lovin arms around her: But they both, do bill and coo, Just as lovers want to do. When it's summertime in dear ol Carolina. S'ow if you do not believe, A.nd you think that I deceive, And that all of this is fake an nothing finer: i'ou I'm sure I'll reconcile If you'll come and stay a while When it's summertime in dear ol Carolina. ?J. B. RICE. Bamberg, S. C. His Mistake. He moved up to the city, When he'd made hi6 little pile; Built a house and had a garden. Dressed h;s girls in city style; He read the city papers. And he ate the city food. His wife joined half a dozen clubs His boy became a dude; But he left his religion In the cour try. He took a dab at politics, The city kind, of course He bought a high-powered auto, It was faster than the horse. He had a box at opera And a lot of gilt-edged stock; Built the bank right in the centre Of the city's finest block! But he left his religion in the cour try. The church just around the corner Was the other brand for his; So he visited the movies Or spent Sunday at his "biz." Ahd he laughed at Sunday laws, While his boy went to the mischief And his girls were lost?because He had left his religion in the coue try. And when he took his journey nlorta all mati qt?nd 1 y lac [;iav.c ?? ??v? v ???* ?.v- ~? He walked up to the Golden Gate As though he owned the land. "I know you're from the city; Said St. Peter with a sigh: "And I'm sorry I must tell you This is once you can't get by. For you've left your religion in th country." ?Rev. George S. Fulcher in Christian Herald. The Two Classes. The late Charles Frohman used t divide Americans into two classesrhose who dine in evening dress an :hose who dine in their shirt sleeve: "Or. to put it better.'* Mr. Frol man would say. "the two great Amei ican classes are. first, those wh dress for dinner, and. second, thos who undress for dinner."?Washing con Star. The web of our life is of a mingle pictures of two children. mo iaen fication marks were to be found. All But One. "Everyone seems to be here for i r" health." remarked the new arrival is the summer resort. n "Yes; everyone but the hotel pi prietor," replied the guest who h been there three days.?Judge. Not to His Taste. )f a' His Host?By the way. what you think of the Mexican imbrogli Mr. Malaprop?To tell the truth like old-fashioned American fru: j the best.?Judge. I Read The Herald, $1.50 year. % TAX COMMISSION LOSE vl CONTENTION" IX MATTK1S ( BANKS UPHKLIk id r. State's Counsel Expects Ultimate V ig tory.?Validity of Act Not >d Passed On. e ie Columbia, July 27.?That t e State tax commission cannot asst in banks and cannot review the asse: te ments filed by the banks with t ?r county boards on or before Febi tn ary 20, and that the commission ca a not assess the franciiise and propei t. of the bank, is the opinion of Ass :h ciate Justice R. C. Watts. ^ J ' J ~ U.. T. rnese nnaings were m<tue u> .n tice Watts in granting the mandam ' of the National Loan and Exchan Bank, of Greenwood, requiring t tax commission to return to the a s ditor of Greenwood county their i sessments as filed with him on Fe ruar.v 20, and in enjoining the t commission from assessing or i ^ viewing the returns of the Peoph National Bank, of Greenville. The constitutionality of the 2 creating the State tax commissi and the validity of the act are n , passed on in the decree. Must Leave Returns Alone. The tax commission is enjoin from in any way interfering with t d returns of the banks or in assessi: them. Justice Watts overruled the objc tion of Assistant Attorney Gener Dominick, and said the court had j g risdiction of the case. He found th injunctions would be applied for ai granted where the court saw prop< and held that the legislature cou d not forbid the granting of injur tions against the tax commissic For" the banks to pay the tax und protest and then sue for recove was held not to be an adequate rem d dy. Assistant Attorney General Don nick would not comment on tne a cision further than to say that he h: (j already given notice of appeal to t' supreme court, and that he felt co Orient of finally winning the case. Rome's Colossal Fish Pond. The Duke of Sermoneta, who acting as president of the committ formed in Rome to promote the i dependence of Poland, ranks amoi the greatest landowners in Ital Fogliano, his estate near the Ponti: marshes, extending to 80,000 acn mainly under grass, for the du owns vast herds of cattle. The mc i- productive portion of the estate, ho ever is a lake several miles loag ai about a mile in breadth, which, frc the time of the Roman empire dow ward, has supplied fish for the ms ket in Rome. Whenever there is flood caused by rain on the hills, t lake overflows through a narrc channed into the sea. The sea fi find their way through into the lah remain to fatten in the fresh wat l- and then are captured on th,eir i turn by an ingenious labyrinth co strueted of reeds into which th swim. They are of the best kindchiefly gray mullet. Not a Bell Rope. a vaiinff man while traveling i ^ /VW440 ""?I w the east coast of Scotland entered small inn to get some refreshmeni The barroom was empty: no o; seemed to be about. So. going ov to what he took to be the bell rop hanging from the ceiling, he taggi it violently, just to show that he w being neglected. The next mome the landlady came screaming dov the stair in a towering rage. "What dae ye mean, ye daft idiot she cried. "Dae ye no ken th roope's tide to the cradle, and ye' 0 thrown the bairn out!" Iinj >ossil>le. "The great trouble with the Am? ican people is that they eat t 0 much." said the doctor. "Xonsense." retorted the stat: tical person. "1 can easily produ figures to prove that one-third of t American people live in boardii houses."?Judge. 0 ie A nickel of mystery was found i >" cently in Mayville, .Mo. Byron Xu nelly received in change what seei ^ ed to be an ordinary coin, but whi r_ broke in two when dropped, revei ts ing a sort of locket inside, in t 5S two parts of which had been past j FOR SOUTH TO THINK ABOUT. Some Reflections on the Grandfathe )K Clause Decision. When conversing with you a fe> ic- days since on the recent grandfathe clause decision or' the supreme cour of the United States. I promised t send you some reflections thereon ho j The public prints have been discuss iss jng this decision and its effects con 3S" siderably. The Northern print he seem to hail it as a bomb flung by th 'u- supreme court into the South tha in* would have an effect upon the suf 'ty frage laws of the South, and brini so- some imaginary good to the negrc The Southern prints seem to fear tha 1S_ it will disorganize our election law us and give us trouble. I do not ttvjnl ?e that it is going to have any effect on he way or the other: and that it will no u" i disturb us politically in the South ls* except perhaps it might teach th< :b* Southern people the strong necessit; ax for the whites to stand together po "e~ litically and not allow the republi - ' cans to enter a wedge and divide th? South and thus break up the solii LCt South politically. on The decision of Chief Justie ot White in the Oklahoma case is noth ing more than this: That State hai enacted a constitutional provision re e<i quiring every elector before he couh he register to show that he could reat n? and write some section of the consti tution; but it excepted from the re iC* quirement of this provision any per 'a' son "who was on January 1, 1866, o u" at any time prior thereto entitled t< at vote under any form of government &d or who at any time resided in somi iT> foreign country, and every lineal de ld scendant of such person." In othe IC" words, Oklahoma established a liter ,n- ary test for voting and excepted cer er tain classes of people as aforesai< r>" from that literary test. Under thi: ie" constitutional provision negroe could vote, if they could read ant li- n-rito hnt illitprnte white neoDli le" were exempted from this require ment if they descended from thosi 146 who prior to January 1, 1866, wen n" entitle^ to vote?and the suprem* court of the United States simpl; decided that this exemption from thi literary test was a violation of thi fifteenth amendment of the constitu ee tion of the United States, because i n_ was simply a subterfuge to operati against the negro on .account o lv "race, color or previous conditio! ^ of servitude." Let it be distinctl; ;s borne in mind that the court in n< kp way intimates that the literary test lSt excluding illiterates from the suf w_ frage, is unconstitutional. In fact a(j the court strongly implies that th( <m States had the right to establish ; n_ literary or property test, but that it [r_ doing so tbey must not leave its ad a ministration to partiality that woul< ^ work an exclusion -of any person oi )w account of race, color or previoui sh condition. I' am not at this time in ;e formed of how many Southern State PI! adopted this grandfather clause, bu >e_ it was "a matter of public discussioi n_ and understanding at the time that i ev was merely a temporary makeshift t< _ get over a certain period, whereii illiterate whites could be allowed ti vnta f-hpv wptp warned to pre pare their children by education si that in the future they could come u] on to the legal literary test. I do no a imagine that the framers of the Ok ts- lahoma or the Maryland constitutioi ne expected that that clause of t'nei: er constitution, called the grandfathe: 'fe. clause, which excluded illiterati ed whites from the literary test wouli as stand fire before the supreme cour nt of the United States, in view of th< m enunciations which had been madi by that court time and again sinci the days of reconstruction. It doe: at not seem to us that there is a serioui ve consequence to follow from this de cision in such States as have enactei the grandfather clause in their con All that tho npnnlp of Ok MILUIIUII. 4* w 11*1* i vi.x, lahoma and of .Maryland and of othe tr~ Southern States in like plight hav< 00 to do (it would seem) is to let rh< people adopt an amendment eliminat IS" ing from the section of the constitu ce tion in quesion the grandfather ex emption and leaving the literary tes as the sole test. How Does It Stand With South Caro e. Una? n_! The people of South Carolina, i m I would seem, need have no fears tha Cj1! this grandfather clause decision wil affect our status under the suffrag< clause of our constitution, as adopt e(j;ed in 1895. Section 4, of article 2 tiJof the constitution or 1895, sets ou the qualifications for suffrage in thi: State, and without quoting same i simply means that any man can be come an elector if before he register he can both read and write any sec at tion o*" the constitution, or can shov that he owns and has paid all taxe "?~ upon property assessed at $:50ft o a^ more. In other words, our test is no simply literary, hut property also and as has been stafed. Chief .Tustici White in the grandfather clause de cision most strongly intimates tha the right of the State to fix the re j quisites of suffrage is clear and dis ' finer, and will not be interferret its with, unless there are such restric tions as amount to a subterfuee t< interfere with people on account o race, color or previous condition of servitude?which is protected by the r fifteenth amendment of the Federal constitution. In passing I must say that the constitutional convention of v South Carolina of 189"), or at least r the two committees thereof, which t had charge of the different phases o of the suffrage question, namely, the i. committee on municipal affairs, coni sidered fully the legality of adopting - this grandfather clause, and rejected s it after full consideration, believing e that it would not in the future stand t the test of the supreme court of the - United States, and they adopted, afg ter full consideration, the literary i. and property qualification stated as t aforesaid. s In the Pink Franklin case, which k went up from South Carolina to the e supreme court of the United States, t and is reported in 218 U. S., page 166, the effort was made by the cole ored lawyers and Ex-Attorney Geny eral Bonaparte, who conducted the '* case on behalf of Franklin, who had " been convicted of murder in Orangee burg county, to show that our sec3 tion of the constitution of 1895 that enacted an educational and property e qualification could not stand, because - one of the acts passed in 1868, call4 ... . ? 1 ed tne reconstruction acts, declared " that no Southern State which chang3 ed qualifications of suffrage from full 3 manhood suffrage to an educational - or property qualification was allowed, " but Mr. Justice Day, himself a re publican of national repute and Atr torney General of President McKin3 ley, in delivering the opinion of the * court, (whilst he stated that it was e not necessary t:o go into the matter to * decide the issues raised by the Pink r Franklin case.) clearly showed our * constitutional provision containing " an educational and property qualifi3 j cation would stand the test of the 5 j fifteenth and fourteenth amendments sjas laid down by the supreme court? 3 and it seems to us that we have no 51 need for fears as applied to the suf" j frage laws of South Carolina because s of the recent grandfather decision. 2 i How About Our Jury Laws and I>is5 7 crimination? a All of us in South Carolina feel e|that the negroes (as a class) are not _; the material which should fill our t! Juries to pass upon property and pergisonal rights, but if we are not wise in f; the listing of our juries, some of j | these days we may run up on a snag pl in the administration of our courts i mKinVi mov vi\ra iic enmo trnnhlo A ^ ** mvxi iua,? o*f v uw wwv little good, common sense on the . part of our jury commissioners, without detrimenting the rights of the a people, would save us any question 3 on the subject. In the Pink Franklin 3 case, his colored lawyer at Orange. burg, when he was tried for the killj ing of Dr. Valentine, challenged the i array of the grand jury on the s ground that the defendant had no . representation of the negro race in s the box, but they made no offer of t proof to establish this fact, and sim3 ply based their challenge on general t assertion, and the supreme court of 3 the United States brushed this ob3 jection away by simply saying "there 3 was no allegation in the motion to . quash upon this ground, or offer of 3 proof in the case to show that per3 sons of the African race or color t from serving as grand jurors in a . criminal prosecution of a person of 3 that race." It has been settled, and r was declared by the court that r "whenever by any action the State, a whether through its legislature, 1 through its courts, or through its t executive or administrative officers, a person^ of the African race are exa eluded solely because of their race ? or color from serving as grand jurs ors in a criminal prosecution of a s person of the African race, the equal . protection of the laws is denied to I him, contrary to the fourteenth _ amendment of the constitution of the . United States." Rogers vs Alabama, r 192 U. S.. page 231. We submit, ? then, that whilst the people of South a Carolina, who suffered so much from . negro domination and carpet-bag . rule in the days of reconstruction. . and who fought so hard in 1876 to t establish white rule in the State, may feel safe in the belief that their property and educational qualifications in their constitution will hold good, yet t we are left open to an attack in the t administration of our jury laws as , inimical to the fourteenth amend? ment of the United States constitu~ tion, and we believe that the exercise of good common sense by the jury t commissioners of the State can relieve us from that fear also, t The Reduction of the South's Representation in the House, s We submit tfiat this matter of the - threatened reduction of the South's r representation in the house of repres sentatives of congress is pertinent to r the important matters which we have t been considering. It is the Sword of . Damocles, which was hung over us by e the politicians of the stripe of Oliver - P. Morton in the senate and Tliadt deus Stevens in the house in the days - of reconstruction, and it was lert i - there hanging to fall upon us when-J 1 ever political exigencies demanded it. - It was one of the political ingredi) ents of the aftermath of the War Bef tween the States. Whether or not its . drastic powers will ever be invoked is a matter to be developed by the ; unfolding of the future of our country, but the power is grafted into the constitution, and appears plainly in 2nd section of the fourteenth amendment. which reads as follows: "Rep- J resentatives shall be apportioned 'l among the several States according " to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote 4 at an election for the choice of electors for president and vice president of the United States, representatives in congress, the executive and judicial officers of a State, or the members of the legislature thereof, is de nied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being 21 years of age, and citizens of the United States, or v in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citi- jg zens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens 21 years of age in such State." This grave enactment, which is a part of the organic law of the Federal union, does not state definitely what body is the judge or when this apportionment or repre- a sentation can be changed, but we would imply that the power is with congress to say whether or not a new apportionment shall be made. In fact, this matter has been definitely settled that congress is the arbiter. ** Even so great a Democrat as Chief Justice Fuller so declared in the case of McPherson against Blecker, 146 U. S., page 39. Hence, then, we see that it is the great congress, when it ? sees fit, to say that this evil shall come upon the South. Various views ' ' v are entertained on the matter. Some say that this culmination is kept off by the blood relationship of the white people or tne union, mis js a potent argument and it may have its power and effect when the time comes, but in the past we have found that for political reasons white people sometimes turn against white people. ^ Some claim that business prosperity and nearer commercial intercourse will keep it off. Our experience is that the purse strings are strong ties to pull different sections together, but that is only temporary when political considerations come into account. Some cry aloud repeal the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. This is a very good cry for the local jg politician, who wishes to get the votes of his constituents for temporary purposes, but it will be a long time, for many reasons, before these two amendments under the cumbersome machinery of the constitution, will ever be repealed, notwithstanding our desire that it should be done, and our conviction that they were wrnnc in nrinHnle. Some say let it come, but let u? keep our State qualified suffrage and govern our own State affairs, even if we have our congressional representation cut down. That would be a very serious matter. Of all times in 1 the world in the near future of this republic, the South needs in congress as many representatives and the best representatives that she can get. States' rights, not as we understand it in its limited narrow sense of long ago, but as it stands today in the light of more than a ceAtury. and as many and as true watchmen on the ramparts in Washington as we can get. What can we do about this matter? Very/little perhaps?yet if ' ;'-S we would exercise common sense a little more and have the political leaders of the State Democratic committee and the county committed to urge upon our people the duty and necessity of registration, not simply in the Democratic clubs, but on the county registration books, then when we have a general election for United States senators and the United States representatives it may appear by the record that our representatives are elected by a decent, substantial vote, and not by a measly vote which reflects nothing. Here- / tofore when the elections of our representatives in congress were contested, those who were called upon" \ . to defend them were confronted with the charge in congress that the general election returns showed on its face that the negro was eliminated from the election, and we could say nothing to them in reply thereto, except that our people relied upon primary election and not the general election. I venture* to say that in many counties of the State there are not one-half of the white voters who are properly registered and who have preserved their registration certificates in order that they may be able to vote in the general election?and this is coming to be a matter of such great evil until it is the duty of the press and the duty , * of the people to bring the matter be fore the people of the country.?D. S. Henderson, Aiken. S. C.. in the Charleston News and Courier. A textile made in China from raw : silk can be buried in the earth a year without deteriorating. Glendale springs water used entirely at Mack's Drug Store.?adv. 4 - .... *