The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 11, 1917, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
Thursday, January 11, 1917.
Governor Manning's message to
the general assembly is a conservative
paper, and has received much
commendation from the newspapers
of the State. The governor does not
ask for'any radical legislation, and
economy is pleaded for. One of the
.important things the message contains
is the governor's recommendations
concerning prohibition. The
chief executive says that it should be
the purpose of the legislature to reduce
the consumption of whiskey as
much as possible. Looking to this
end, the governor recommends that
the quantity-per month be reduced,
and suggests that wines and beers
should be substituted for whiskey. It
is undoubtedly true if the the people
who insist on drinking should use
wine or beer, instead of whiskey, it
would be better, but we do not think
it would be wise to allow the importation
of more than a gallon a month
of any kind of alcoholic drink. It
might be better for a person to or%
der, say sixty bottles of beer, as was
proposed last year, but this will open
a wide avenue for the blind tigers to
ply their trade. Undoubtedly, if the
legislature wants to reduce the consumption
of whiskey, the way to do
it would be to stop all shipments entirely.
But we would not attempt to
-say that this would be the wise thing
to do. Another important. part of
the message is that relating to taxation.
The State faces a serious problem
here. Either there will have to
be a retrenchment in appropriations
or a larger levy. The action of the
general assembly in regard to this
will be watched with interest.
Much of Bamberg's liquor supply
eoo^es from Jacksonville; in fact, we
believe that most of it comes from
Jacksonville. There is, therefore,
much speculation as ?to what effect
the election of Mr. Catts as governor
will have upon the liquor situation
in that State. It will be recalled that
Mr. Catts was a candidate in the
, Democratic primary as a prohibitionist.
His friends maintained that he
was cheated put of the nomination,
which went to his opponent, Mr.
Knotts. He entered the general election
as a prohibition candidate and
an independent, and won the election
ar safe majority. The following
editorial from the Clearwater (Fla.)
.
News, tells of the situation in that
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State in regard to the liquor ques.
tion:
Interest is growing more intense as
the time approaches for the new legislature
of Florida to - assemble in
Tallahassee, in its probable actioc as
~l to legislation bearing upon prohioi;;:
tion.
Of the 52 counties in the State 45
{of them are already dry, the seven
wet ones being Escambia, Duval,
) Monroe, St. Johns, Palm Beach, Pi^
nellas and Hillsboro. The 45 dry
. " .counties were made so by the counties
acting independently and voting
out liquor under the local option
law.. Under this law a county, may
be voted dry and after two years another
election may be held and the
result may be in favor of a return to
the sale of liq,uor. The ' * "nre of the
prohibitionists is to ka.e the next
legislature take action which they
hope may lead to State-wide prohibition.
superintendent Kent Fendleton, of
the Anti-Saloon league, is enthusias >
tic over the result of the November
election with relation to the friendliness
of the members elected toward
prohibition. He claims that there
will be a safe working majority in
both houses pledged to vote for a
State-wide amendment to the constir*
; tution.
The existing local option law cannot
be changed except, $rst, by adoption
of the amendment by the legislature,
then by a vote of the people,
which would make it at least 1919
before State-wide prohibition could
go into effect.
Negroes Without Cotton.
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While the South is talking of giv?
ing up the contest with the cotton
boll weevil and raising other agricultural
products where the pest is so
prevalent as to make cotton raising
difficult and unprofitable, the Charleston
News and Courier is considering
the effect of this change upon the
negro population, whether themselves
planters or simply laborers.
They are particularly adapted to cotton
culture and cotton raising is particular
suited to them. It does not
require the long and continued care
and cultivation that other crops do.
, Have the negroes got the perserverance
to work at general crop raising?
Is there going to be enough employment
for them? If not, what is to
become of them? How are they to
support themselves, or how will they
be supported? Where will they go
if they leave as a consequence? The
News and Courier asks these questions
without attempting to answer
them. These people can find plenty
to 'do in the North at present. By
the time the demand for labor becomes
slack it will be found probably
that cotton raising is waiting for all
who cannot stand the pace and the
temperature of the North.?Waterbury
American.
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McLAURIX WILL RESIGN.
Warehouse Conimissioner to Quit His
Post.
Columbia. Jan. 8.?John L. McLaurin
will resign as State warehouse
commissioner upon the presentation
of his annual report to the State
legislature next Tuesday morning.
In a conversation over the long distance
telephone from Bennettsville
last night, .Mr. McLaurin said:
"My resignation is embodied in my
annual report. It will become effective
when the report is in the
hands of general assemblymen and I
expect to have it on their desks next
Tuesday morning." His reasons were
amplified, he explained, in the report
of the warehouse system for the
year. Copies of the report have already
been widely distributed.
Mr. McLaurin contemplated resignation
early last fall and so advisea
J. A. Banks, of St. Matthews, September
16. Ten days later he withdrew
this proposed resignation, at
the request of the executive committee
of the State warehouse association,
the meeting being attended by
Mr. McLaurin, John K. Aull, then
secretary to Mr. McLaurin; W. A.
Stuckey, of Bishopville, Don McQueen,
of Bennettsville and G. A.
Guignard, of Columbia. One reason
advanced in discussing his resignation
at that time was that he was
"tired of public life." Mr. McLaurin
also emphasized that he had taken
an active part in the recent State po
litical campaign impelled "to fight
for Blease," and "I did not do it in
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a. xia.il ueai ieu ?aj.
On September 23, 1916, Mr. McLaurin
asked Gov. Manning for an
audit of the accounts of the State
warehouse system. There were 15,122
bales of cotton then in the 158
warehouses holding membership in
the association.
The State warehouse system was
created at the special session of the
general assembly in the fall of 1914,
immediately after the outbreak of the
European war, when economic conditions
were so disrupted that cotton
could not be marketed at prices
equivalent to the cost of production.
Mr. McLaurin fathered the warehouse
bill in the upper house of the
general assembly and was elected
commissioner immediately after the
bill had been enacted into law. The
last general assembly appropriated
$15,000 for the maintenance and development
of the system, as advocated
by Mr. McLaurin.
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Senate Organizes.
Columbia, Jan. 9.?This was distinctly
a day of organization in the
general assembly. It was otherwise
uneventful.
The temper was to let well enough
alone, and make no changes. This
was the view in the reelection of
Speaker James A. Hoyt, president of
the senate pro tern. Le Grand Walker
and in the reelection of the old staffs
from Clerks .Marvin .M. Mann, of the
senate, and J. Wilson Gibbes, of the
house side on down the list to the
very humblest position.
The senate tried itself a bit this
morning on an invitation to visit
Winthrop college. After some discussion,
all pleasant enough, the invitation
was accepted by a vote of 25
to 12.
A number of new bills have al,
ready been presented on the senate
side, among the more important being
two relative to the State cotton
! warehouse system. The senate reelected:
Marvin M. Mann, of St. Matthews,
I as clerk.
R. Beverly Sloan, of Columbia, as
assistant clerk.
J. Fred Schumpert, of Spartan;
burg, as sergeant-at-arms.
! Dr. W. S. Stokes, of Denmark, as
; reading clerk.
Dr. C. A. Freed, of Newberry, as
chaplin.
The senate machinery, after prayj
er by Dr. Freed, was started by Lieu|
tenant Governor Bethea. Mr.
i Bethea's address made'a fine impresi
sion and touched the temper of the
j body.
First came the organization of the
! senate, the s^ection or standing comi
mittees, then the reading of the compact
annual message - of Governor
Manning.
Senator Buck wanted to clear the
| desks of the elections just as soon as
; possible, and had a committee appointed
to report on the elections to
be held this session.
Senator Laney also provided for
the inauguration of the governor on
the 16th of the month.
Charleston's fire loss for 1916 was
little over $35,000.
T special notices. ~
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Lost?Near Binnaker's bridge on
the night of January 2nd, a hand
satchel containing owner's name.
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
The Auditor or his deputy will be
at the following places on the days
and dates named below for the purpose
of taking returns of personal
property, transfers of real estate, and
income tax returns:
At the court house until .Monday,
January 15, 1917.
Farrell's store, Tuesdav, January
16, 1917.
Denmark, Thursday and Friday,
January 17 and IS, 1917.
Lees, Monday, January 22, 1917.
Govan, Tuesday, January 23, 1917.
Olar, Wednesday and Thursday,
January 24 and 25, 1917.
St. John's, Friday, January 26,
1917, from 9 a. m. to 12 m.
Kearse's, Friday, January 26, 1917,
from 1 p. m. to 3 p. m.
Ehrhardt, Monday and Tuesday,
January 29, and 30, 1917.
At the court house until February
20, 1917, after which date the 50
per cent, penalty will be added.
Every taxpayer is requested to
learn the name and number of his
school district before coming to make
his return.
Taxpayers are also urged to come
prepared to make separate returns
for town property, giving number of
acres and buildings, and lots in town.
Persons living in town will please
state the fact to the Auditor so that
they will not be charged with commutation
road tax.
All real and personal property must
be returned in the school district in
which it is located.
R. W. D. ROWELL,
Auditor Bamberg County.
NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned as administratrix of the
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estate ui ;uis. jaue .u. rti^ei ww
make her final return before the probate
judge of Bamberg county on
Friday, January 26th, 1917, and at
the same time will apply for her final
discharge as administratrix of said
estate. MRS. G. W. M. KEARSE.
Dr. THOMAS BLACK, JB.
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