The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 03, 1916, Page 7, Image 7
(HAS A BUG PROOF COTTON.
Will Drive Away Pests by Offensive
Smell, Says An Alabama Planter.
Something like thirty or thirty-five
years ago there was a man named
Joe Mulhatton, -said to have been a
"drummer," who was a speciansi in
fabricating news stories which had
all the essential details necessary to
make them credible except that their
only foundation was in the imaginings
of his fertile brain.
The following Washington news
dispatch published in an Atlanta paper
is about equal to anything the
redoubtable Joe ever sent out:
Washington, Jan. 15.?"People in
Washington regard W. P. G. Hard
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ing, of the reserve board, as a financier,"
said an Alabama cotton
planter here tonight, "but down
around Birmingham we think he is a
k second Luther Burbank. He has
propagated a cotton plant which
JF;, 'smells so strong of asafoetida that
all insects avoid it as though it were
a plague, and yet the cotton is apparently
not changed otherwise in
the slightest degree."
About four years ago, according to
this planter, Mr. Harding conceived
the idea of making the cotton bolls
unpalatable to the weevil. In a
small section of his back yard in
Birmingham he set out a few cotton
^ plants. From the earliest stages he
constantly anointed them with nux
vomica. When the buds appeared
he sprinkled them with the drug, so
^.'with the blossom, and finally the
bolls of cotton. At the end of the
season he carefully preserved the
seed from these plants and planted
them, the next spring. That seaf
son he repeated the work of the
summer before. When the seed of
fthe second crop sprouted, the tiny
plants had a decided odor of asafoetida,
without any sprinkling whatever,
though apparently this smell was the
only change which had been produced.
Then,
said the planter, came the
J T>ig disappointment. While it was
\ noticed that all other insects avoided
the plants, there were no boll, weevils
that far north that season, so
no test could be made.
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r7" appointed to the rgserve' board and
gave up his experiments. But be?
fore leayfng he turned over his work
and the precious seed which produced
the smelly plants to the Alabama
department of agriculture, which is
now working on the idea.
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"For Subscribers."
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The question of the object of a
country paper is one that is answered
in the' minds of various people acB
cording to their respective views, and
the views of many of them are necessarily
influenced by their respective
interests or environments.
v - . Some people think that the country
newspaper is printed for the
benefit , of advertisers. Some think
that the promotion of the private po%
litical interests of individuals or a
particular collection of individuals
> is .the reason. Some think that the
country newspaper* should have no
$ other end than the promotion of/Business
interests, and others think it
f should devote itself to booming the
town in which it is printed. There
are so many different ideas on the
subject that it is impossible to mention
them all.
These remarks are suggested by an
incident that occurred in the busi:
; ness office of this paper a few days
ago. The story is suggestive of
"shop," and really is somewhat along
that line; but it will bear telling
, anyway, oven without names.
A traveling man, representative of
, j \ a well known advertising concern,
f ' , came in to talk about making a con
tract. He had about him a self-suffccient
air that seemed to give out
the impression that he felt that the
editor should take off his hat and
look humble. Indeed, his attitude
seemed to suggest the simile of a
ffillowT holding up a piece of beef for
a dog to jump at, the editor being
the dog. If he had the faintest realization
that he was on a business
; mission, it seemed to be his special
effort to keep the fact concealed. I
"What do you get for advertising
| space by the inch?" he asked.
^ _ "Depends upon how much you
want, how frequently you want it,
and how many times you want it in
serted."
"Oh, I just want this little ad,
that takes up about 3 inches. It is
all electrotyped, and you won't have
any type to set. How much for a
[ month?"
"One dollar an inch for the first
insertion, and 50 cents an inch for
each subsequent insertion."
| "Whoopee! I do not want to buy
your paper. I will pay no sucn price
\ as that."
"The paper is not for sale. You
* were not asked to pay the price. You
asked what the price was and you
were told; that's all."
I "Why, I got that ad in the paper
L over at . for $2.40, and the
B paper at did not charge me
U hut $1.25."
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"We are not running those papers."
"But the editor of the said
he had 3,400 circulation. What is
yours?"
"Something over 2,000."
"And you want to charge me five
times as much as he does when lie
has so much more circulation?"
"I have already told you that I am
not running the , and as for
circulation, I would not give you the
space you ask for at any less rate if
my circulation was only 1,000."
"And you mean to tell me that you
charge all your other advertisers like
that?"
"For the same service i do; out
most of them make their contracts
by the year, and get the lowest rate
we have to offer."
"How much for this by the year?"
"Three inches twice a week, one
year, $45. If you find anybody who
has gotten it for less we will give it
to you for nothing."
"But I do not want mine for more
than a month."
"Well, if you take it you will have
-to pay the rate for a month."
"Suppose I would take it for a
year, would you give n\e top of column,
next to reading matter?"
"No, run of advertising columns,
with no special position guaranteed."
"Say, brother, you do not print
your paper for advertisers, do you?"
This, with an implied taunt that
seemed to say, "You've got to come
down out of that perch, or you don't
get any business out of me."
"Yes, and no," was the reply of
the editor. "Yes, in the sense that
you would nave me Deueve mai Vvuu
want to pay for this advertisement
purely to swell my personal bank
account and without regard to the
business you hope to get. No, in the
sense that I realize that unless I
make my paper worth w^hile to my
readers, you would not regard my advertising
space as worth the price
you are willing to pay for it, much
less the price I have quoted you."
"And you say you do not count
circulation?"
"On the contrary, I count it very
mudh. I count it everything, both to
you and me; but when I say circulation,
I mean circulation. I mean the
people who think enough of the Enquirer
to want to read it. Most of
them show their appreciation by
their willingness to pay for it. Others
put themselves to considerable trouble
to borrow it. Both classes are of
the kind that you want to reach, particularly
those who subscribe and
pay, and you cannot reach these people
to as good advantage in any
other way, no matter how you go at
f
them. Those who really appreciate
the Enquirer, who regard it as their
paper, and who think more of it than
they do of any other paper, and there
are lots and lots of them, are more
easily approachable through this paper
than any other, and that is all
there is to it. Experience has taught
us that our prices are as low as is
consistent with sound business principles,
keeping in mind the best service
to our subscribers, and that is
why I expressed indifference to the
manner in which other people run
their business. That is all."
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Our visitor appeared to be very
much impressed as the result of the
conversation. He was kind enough
to say that he had gotten some new
ideas, and after gathering certain additional
facts, the detailed enumera\
tion of which is not necessary, he
said that he would certainly recommend
to his house that it make a
contract with the Yorkville Enquirer.
?Yorkville Enquirer.
:
The Editor's Job.
Once in a while somebody gets the
that tho rMsnn tliA local naDer
AUV>U< tllV A vwk/VAA v.. v f A does
not report every scandal that
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comes to public knowledge is because
the publisher is afraid. That's
not the reason. The reputable newspaper,
especially in a small town,
where everyone is a neighbor to everyone
else, takes no delight in giv*
' Tng publicity to those things that
have brought disgrace to some family
or a heartache to some wife or
< mother.
It is much more pleasant to record
the good things that happen,
to tell about the incidents that tend
to make life more endurable and
that uplift rather than tear down,
that bring joy instead of sorrow,
' pride instead of heartache.
So if you don't always find in the
Advertiser the delectable bit of gossip
that would doubtless make
''good reading," and if you are in,
clined to blame the editor because
he doesn't print all the news, consider
that some home has had
enough work over unfortunate happenings
and that the gossip and scandal
mongers of the community will
! gladly and ghoulishly give sufficient
publicity to the details to satisfy the
i lowest tastes.
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1 incidentally it migm ue reuiamcu
1 here that the most complaint of censored
news comes from people who
have had in their lives some things
j they are glad were not given news?
paper publicity.?Sharpsville (Pa.)
Advertiser.
"I'LL COMK WHISTLIXV
!
Strange Epitaph oil Slab at (have of
Ex-Slave Near Lancaster.
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"When# come I'll come whistlin'!"
Those are strange words for an epitaph;
to some they sound light, even
irreverent, but that is the sentence
that is carved on a marble slab at
the head of a grave that holds the
body of an old colored man in a j
burial ground near Lancaster.
During the time of Sherman's raid
this old colored man was a servant
in a white family of that vicinity.
He was the driver of the family carriage.
When the raid was made
some of the federal soldiers told
this old darkey that he must go to
Lancaster. He went and told his
mistress, who reminded him that he
was the only man on the place; that
she was sick, and needed him to look
after the household.
"If I don't go they will kill me,"
said the servant, "but I'll be back
dis night. I'll git away from em dis
night an' you will know when I git
here, for when I come I'll come .
whistlin." And come he did, for at
three o'clock in the morning his mistress
heard him coming through the
yard whistling as loud and cheerfully
as if trips ordered by federal
troops were no more than a command
to work given by his mistress.
In telling the story time after time
in the following years,-the lady mentioned
said the whistle of the old
man was the sweetest music she ever
heard, and as might be expected the
old fellow was buried with honors
when his time came, while at the
suggestion of a member of the fami- .
ly the above sentence was carved on
thp hpad stnne of his last, resting
place.
Not a bad epitaph after all was
it3 We could almost wish such a
one for ourselves, for it. means much
more than a lot of the pious prevarications
we have sometimes seen on
tombs.
And why should not this- be a fit
epitaph for any of us? Simply be- I
cause we prefer to be gloomy and
morose, some of us even like to do
that little stunt that "Hop" calls
turning on the sob water, even when *
little good is accomplished thereby.
It is an actual fact that some people
enjoy being unhappy, going over \
their imagined ills and rejoicing un- s
der their loads of self pity. Such ^
folks love, to feed their mentalities
on gloom and though the figure may }
be unkind their mental appetites are 3
depraved as that of the raven that
feeds on refuse, and they continual- ?
ly come tapping on the chamber door t
of people of more cheerful mood, <
trying to obscure their sunlight.
Your sorrow may be real, if so you t
really need cheering; it is just as
apt to be imagination, if so you 1
ought to be taken three miles from a .
human residence and chased in with
a pack of blood hounds, to get your
alimentary organs to working right.
After the soreness was off, and your ,
blood was bounding along your ar- ]
teries you would be cheerful again. (
It is not too late to take that for J
o now vonr'ts resolution. "When I t
w. "V" J ~ ' j
come I'll come whistlinV' Stick to ]
it and you will have more friends (
and in the meantime get more out of j
your life and when it is over and you j
too have gone the way of all yours ]
very memory will be a pleasure to 1
the ones you leave behind.?Green- ]
ville Piedmont." j
One Splendid Rule. !
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A man passed along the street the '
other morning. He had a bright
smile and a pleasant word for every- j
body that he met, and everybody had (
a smile for him. All seemed to feel ;
better for his having passed along. (
After he had gone a bystander remarked:
"That man makes it a rule .
to do at least one kind act every day. ]
He does not confine it to one, but he (
makes it a rule to do at least one 1
person a kindness each day."
We fell to thinking. We know the
man well, although we had not before 1
heard of this rule of his life. He is j ^
not rich, but he gets along well. He
is always in a good humor, and we
have never heard anybody say an unkind
word of him. He has friends,
his credit is good, he stands well
among his neighbors. He gets along
easily, he has no trouble or friction
with anybody.
No wonder people treat him well,
when he makes it a rule to treat people
well. His simple little rule insures
his own success and happiness.
By making other people happy he in- .
sures himself against unhappiness.
What a wonderful world this ,
would be if all of us would adopt
this rule.?Anderson Daily Mail.
Fourteen Persons Dead.
San Diego, Cal., Jan. 28.?Four
teen persons were killed and a wide
stretch of country was devastated {
late today when a dam of the San
Diego water system broke in the
Otay Valley, south of the city, under
the strain of flood waters caused by '
the storm which has been raging here
, for several days.
Another dam was under a severe
strain and its collapse was regarded
tonight as a possibility.
Cut Your Store Bill
Down One Half
Tens of thousands of farmers as well as .
town and city folks cut down their store i
bills one-half last year and saved money
in spite of generally short crops and reduced
wages.
Absolutely millions of dollars were
saved and countless families lived better
than ever before in the face of the cotton
crisis and general business depression.
How were these burdensome store bills
cut down? By the real money-saving
power of good home gardens, rightly
planted and kept planted and tended
through the season.
Hastings 1916 Seed Catalogue tells bow
to cut store bills down; tells about garden
and farm seeds of kinds and a quality
that cannot be bought from your merchant
or druggist. It's full of garden and
farm information. It's free if you ask
for it. Write for it now. H. G. HASTINGS
CO., Atlanta, Ga.?(Advt.)
GO NO FARTHER
The Evidence Is at Your Door.
Bamberg proof is what, you want
and the statement of tins highly respected
resident wili banish all doubt.
E. Dickinson, jailer, Rice St., Bamberg,.
says: "1 was subject to severe .
backaches and my Kidneys did not act
regularly. The kidney secretions were
unnatural and irregular in passage. 1
used Doan s Kidney Rills, procured at
the People's Drug Store, and they
benefited me greatly. They regulated the
action of my kidneys and re-v
moved the lameness and soreness in
mv "
NO TROUBLE SINCE.
6n May 29, 1914, Mr. Dickinson
said: "The cure Doan's Kidney Pills
made for me some years ago is still
lasting. My back is now strong and
my kidneys act regularly. You can
keep on using my recommendation."
Price 50c, at ail dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mr. Dickinson had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. \
m TAX NOTICE.
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The treasurer's office will be open
!or the collection of State, county, =
school and all other taxes from the
Loth day of October, 1915 until the
L5th day of March, 1916 inclusive.
From the' first day of January^
L916, until the 31st day of January,
L916, a penalty of one per cent, will
)e added to an unpaid taxes. rrom
;he 1st day of February, 1916, a
Penalty of 2 per cent, will be added
:o all unpaid taxes. From the 1st
lay of March, 1916, until the 15th
lay of March, 1916, a penalty of 7
Der cent, will be added to all unpaid
;axes.
THE LEVY.
For State purposes 7 mills
For county purposes 4 1-2 mills
Constitutional school tax 3 mills
Total 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
Colston, No. 18 4 mills
Denmark, No. 21 6 1-2 mills
Ehrhardt, No. 22 9 mills
Fishpond, No. 5 2 mills
Bovan, No. 11 4 mills
Hutto, No. 6 2 mills
Hampton, No. 3 2 mills ?
Hey ward, No. 24 2 mills
Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills
Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 4 mills -
Lees, No. 23 4 mills
Midway, No. 2 2 mills
Dak Grove, No. 20 2 mills "
Dlar, 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,
sxcept Confederate soldiers and sailers,
who are exempt at 50 years of
age, are liable to a poll tax of one
lollar.
Capitation dog tax 50 cents.
All persons who were 21 years of
age on or before the 1st day of January,
1915, are liable to a poll tax
Df one dollar, and all who have not
made returns to the Auditor, are requested
to do so on or before the
1st of January, 1916.
I will receive the commutation
road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from
rlie 15th day of October, 1915, until
the 1st dav of March, 1916.
G. A. JENNINGS,
Troacnror Rnnihpr? County.
JL X V/UtJ UA V4 ^ . RILEY
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Successors to W. P. Riley.
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BAMBERG, S. C.
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HEALTH and ACCIDENT
INSURANCE
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Can Sare you Money on Tombstones.
W. MAX WALKER
EHRHARDT, S. C.
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