The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 10, 1919, Page 4, Image 4
tS%e Bamberg ^eralb
ESTABLISHED APRIL. 1891.
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
Entered as second-class matter April
1891, under Act of March 3, 1879.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
.Volume 28. No. 28.
Thursday, July 10,1919.
POISOXOVS POTASH.
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The use of American made potasa
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or Kami! IS sirongiy eouueujucu u*
Dr. A. C. Summers, of the State department
of agriculture. Dr. Sum
mers states that the damage from the
use of the domestic article will run
into the thousands of dollars in this
State. In order to protect this American
"industry" congress is seeking
to fix the price of potash at an exorbitant
figure. Congressman Byrnes
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is actively fighting the proposed action
and he slaould have the support
of every Southerner in his fight.
COTTON STORAGE.
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During the past year, 'according to
the State warehouse commissioner,
the people of South Carolina have
lost thousands and even hundreds of
thousands of dollars because of inadequate
storage of cotton. An unus*
ual amount of cotton is being held
all over the State for higher prices,
and the greater portion of this cot-{
ton is not even stored under sheds,
but left out in the open -weather. As
a result, farmers in Bamberg county
have Ibst a great deal of money because
of damaged cotton. Every farmer
should provide himself with proper
cotton sheds, else store his cotton
in some warehouse. This is an unnescessary
waste.
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THJ3 TOWN AND ROADS.
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It appears to us as being rhther unjust
that the small towns should re- j
ceive no benefits from the automobile
license fees. The town people pay,
doubtless, the larger part of the license.
fees, and yet no incorporated
town is allowed to participate in the
- distribution of the funds secured
from this source. We do not claim
that any part of these funds should
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be employed in improving streets
which are used entirely as city thoroughfares,
but when a highway runs
through an incorporated town, we
certainly believe that the town should
"be assisted in building its part of
the road.
We have special reference to the
fact that the Columbia-Savannah
highway goes through the heart of
Bamberg, and yet both the county
and federal aid stops at the city limits.
It is left to the town alone to
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build its portion of the highway if
it gets built. Bamberg will build its
link" of the road by public subscription,
and it is very fortunate that the
people of this town are liberal and
public spirited enough to contribute
their money for this purpose.
But this does not alter the principle.
Not all towns are disposed to
do this, even though they are finan
cially able to undertake it. We know
of many small towns where it is necessary
to take in a large incorporated
area in order to get enough citizens
to constitute a town government. A
highway going through such towns
would take in, generally speaking, a
half mile or mile, of road. The usual
cost of building a good sand-clay
road is $2,500 to $3,000 per mile.
This places a very heavy burden on
a few people in towns, and is, in reality,
double taxation, because they
have paid their automobile tax like
everybody else, and this tax is used
tn build the road up to their town |
limits and no farther.
The Columbia-Savannah highway
will be a pride to the county, and will
belong to the whole people. It is being
built by the county and the federal
government. We, therefore, are
the opinion that in order for the
whole county to be benefited by the
road, it should be built through town
and country alike. We suggest that
the necessary legislative action be
taken to remedy this situation in the
future, and that the State highway
commission be instructed to disregard
city limits in constructing county
highways through small towns or
cities.
EXCAVATIONS OF BABYLON. .
Much of Mighty City of the Past Now
Exposed to View.
"I visited the place in September,
1917," Edmund Candler writes of
Babylon in "The Long Road of Baghdad.''
"The excavations lie on the
left bank of the Statt-el-Hilleh, the
westerly of the two channels of the
Euphrates which bifurcates at Hlndieh.
It is fifty-six miles from Baghdad.
The old nursery rhyme that
gives the distance to Babylon as
threescore miles and ten is only out
a bare four leagues-, and one can get
there between breakfast and lunch,
if not 'by candlelight.'
"Twenty years ago when I visited
the site the ground was barely
scraieuea uy me pi cnessioiiai e.\uavator,
though the robbers of bricks had
been busy quarrying there for centuries.
Modern Hilleh owes much to
the kilns of Xubuchadnezzar, and the
unstable Turkish barrage at Hindieh
was built of Babylonian debris. The
excavations were begun by the German
archeaologists in March, 1899,
and from two hundred to two hundred
and fifty workmen were employed
daily, winter and summer, until the
war put an end 'to the work. The
house of the mission stands on the
banks of the Euphrates, and contains
a museufii which we have placed under
an Arab guard. A concise summary
of the work has been compiled
by Professor Koldeway in 'The Excavations
of Babylon.' With the help
of this volume 'with its illustrations
and plans we are able to identify the
main sites. The greater part of the
city which the Germans have brought
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modern period of Nebuchadnezzar
(561-504 B. C.); but there are traces
in the ruins left by the first Babylonion
kings (circa 2500 B. C.) and
successive strata reveal the streets
and houses built by succeeding dynasties
of the Assyrian, NeVBabylonian,
Persian and Graeco-Parthian periods.
Also there were relics that
prove a prehistoric Babylon, but it
is impossible to carry excavations
down to this depth owing to the rise
in the water level."
"It is only a few hundred yards
from the Germans' house to the Kasr,
or Acropolis, the center of the city,
and the most renowned of the three
great eminences of Babylon. It is
here that the excavators have been
most active. They follow the line of
the Ksar roadway, a broad street
which leads to the Ishtar Gate, made
by Nebuchadnezzar as a professional
road for the great god Marduk, to
whose temple of Esagila it leads. The
instructed visitor. For the rest,
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with no windows or steps and few
doors. It is hard to tell if one is
standing on the roof or the floor of
Babylon. The roofs of -one period
became the foundation of the next,
yet out of this confusion the archaeologists
have reconstructed the ancient
city. They have discovered
what they are convinced is Belshazzar's
banqueting chamber and the
vaulted^oofs which, they argue with
much erudite reasoning, supported
the hanging gardens. In a general
way, in spite of the superimposed"
strata of the hungry generations that
have trodden one another down, the
identification of sites of Babylon is
easier than in most buried cities. And
this is due to the inscription on the
bricks and flagstones. For the kings
of Babylonia were providentially
vain. They left their stamp everywhere
in no uncertain traces. Sardanapalus
invoked enmity on the head
of whosoever should destroy the rec"There
is little else that is decorative
to catch the uninitiative eye at
Babylon. The silver and gold and
precious stones with wljich Sardanapalus
filled the temple of Esagila are
forgotten. The images have been
removed, the double doors of cedarwood
overlaid with copper, the bulls
of bronze, the cedar roofs, the threshholds
and hinges of brass. There is
the famous headless lion standing
over its human prey, raised high
above the roof-tops since my last
visit owing to the delving all round.
It and the brick reliefs of the bulls
and dragons on the Gate of Ishtar
are the only pictures likely to remain
in' the mind of the hasty unwalls
of the Ishtar Gate stand forty
feet above the foundations, and are
covered with figures of bulls and
dragons in brick relief. From the
summit one can command a view of
the whole city as far as the outer
walls. Part of the brick pavement
still exists, covered with ashphalt,
which formed the substratum of the
immense limestone flags of the roadway.
The double gate of Ishtar is by
far the most striking feature of Babylon
that has been revealed, and it
figures in the foreground of most of
the bird's-eye views one sees of the
excavations. The nine horizontal
rows of bulls and dragons are alternate,
and the representations are
never mixed. The bull is the sacred
animal of Ramman; the dragon, of
Marduk and of Nabu. He is a scaled
beast with the neck and head and
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OLD COINS ARE UNEARTHED.
Archaeologists Say Phoenicians May
Have Visited California Coast.
Examination by Prof. Oliver M.
Washburn of six coins discovered in
a canyon of the foothills back of
Berkeley, Cal., and described by him
as being of undoubted antiquity, has
stimulated the belief of archaeologists
that the ruins of an ancient city exist
in that locality. Antiquiarians of the
University of California, where Professor
Washburn is assistant in the
department of classical archaeology,
favor making excavations in an effort
to determine the existence of important
evidence as to the early history
of this continent.
The coins were discovered by Clies-,
ter K. Frost, an Oakland shipbuilder.
While on a trip he was digging in the
canyon when he uncovered a mishap
en copper com. He prosecuted his
work and was rewarded with five
pieces of copper, unquestionably minted
by hand, according to Professor
Washburn, and containing inscriptions
in Greek and Latin. Two of
the^coins are blackened beyond recognition
by the action of elements,
but through their irregular shape
and general mining are described as
antedating the oldest known Roman
coins.
The coins are faintly embossed
with the facial contours of divinities
or legendaries in tempered copper.
Coin experts advance the opinion
that the material used fixes a remote
period of manufacture, because tempered
copper in coin manufacture is
more or less a forgotten art.
One of the coins is about the size
of a dime and bears certain resemblances
to early Phoenician money,
w]iich bore the characteristic embossing
of a woman's head.
One version advanced is that the
Berkeley coins were brought to the
California coast by Phoenician colonists
who preceded the early padres
to the bay. district.
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SHOOTIXG OF JAYBIRD.
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Officers of Sanderville (Ga.) Baptist
[ Church Defend Pastor's Action.
The following is the truth about
why and the way in which the jaybird.
was killed at the Baptist church
here, of which the Rev. W. A. Wray
is pastor, on June 8. A number of erroneous
reports having been sent the
press throughout America makes the
following statements necessary:
Before and after the Sabbath
chool hour e^ery conceivable effort
was made to put the bird out of the
building, but the ceiling 'being so
high, above the tops of the windows,
it was impossible. As the squawking
of the bird so interrupted the work
of the Sabbath school, it was thought
best to remove it before the preaching
hour. During the intermission a
small gun was sent for, which shoots
a cartridge about the size of one's
little finger, loaded with mustard
shot. This gun was placed in an ante
room that it might be used as a
last resort. The bird continued to
squawk as the pastor endeavored to
read the Scripture. It was then fully
realized that the serviae must either
be dismissed or the bird shot. The
pastor then stated, if the bird continued
to shriek, he would have to
shoot him, though he hated to do so.
This was before the sermon. The
minister did not go to his home after
the gun, but opened the door of the
ante room, secured the gun, shot the
bird, which was in the dome of the
church. The bird was then removed
by a deacon. There was no smoke
from.the gun and very little noise,
compared to a shotgun.
The pastor afterward made his
regular announcements, preached,
and took a large collection for Mercer
University.
On the following Sunday, June 15,
the church in conference, by a unanimous
rising vote, signified that the
action of the pastor in the entire I
proceedings was correct and essential
for the good of the cause.
A. L. EVANS,
Chairman Board Deacons.
C. L. BREWER,
Church Clerk.
Sandersville, Ga.
Fine.
"Did yez give yer woife anything
on her birthday, Pat?"
"Oi did."
"Phwat did it cost yez?"
"Twenty shillings or sivin days!"
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Read The Herald, only $2.00 year.
forked tongue of a serpent, the leg
of a leopard, the clawed foot of a vulture,
and the tail ending in a small
curved sting.
ords of his name. 'Him may Murduk
the king of All behold with
wrath and destroy his name and his
seed in the land.' Nebuchadnezzar
caused a legend to be inscribed on;
every brick, glorifying his works. He j
and his line were jealous of the record
of their names."
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
Founded 1785.
A college of highest standard open
to men and women. An intentionally
limited enrollment insures individ
ual instruction. Four year courses
lead to the ^Bachelor's degree. The
Pre-Medical course a special feature.
Address HARRISON RANDOLPH,
President, Charleston, S. C. 7 -31
STATEMENT
Of the condition of the Bank of
Olar, located at Olar, S. C., at the
close of business June 30, 1919.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts ....$316,533.51
Overdrafts 24,227.17
Bonds and stocks owned
by the bank 12,846.00
Banking house 500.00
Due from banks and
bankers 22,272.33
Currency 2,500.00
Silver and other minor
coin 584.50
Checks and cash items .. 111.90
Total $379,575.41
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in ....$ 20,000.00
Surplus fund 57,000.00
Undivided profits, less
current expenses and
taxes paid 20,748.25
Individual deposits
subject
to ck $126,175.87
Time cer-,
tificates of
deposit .... 54,920.94
Cashier's cks 730.05 181,827.16
Bills payable, including
certificates for money
borrowed 100,000.00
Total $379,575.41
State of South Carolina?County of
Bamberg.
Before me came G. M. Neeley, cashier
of the above named bank, who,
being duly sworn, says that the above
and foregoing statement is a true
condition of said bank, as shown by
the books of said bank.
G. M. NEELEY, cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 5th day of July, 1919.
H. F. STARR,
Notary Public for S. C.~
Correct?Attest:
C. F. RIZER, Director.
STATEMENT.
Of the condition of the Peoples
Bank, lbcated at Bamberg, S. C., at
the close of business June 30, 1919.
/ RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $290,563.18
Overdrafts 1,786.31
Liberty bonds and stocks
owned by the bank .... 130,000.00
Furniture and fixtures 2,509.61
Banking house .... 5,000.00
rino frnm hanks and
bankers 36,797.92
Currency ' 4,016.00
Gold 5.00
Silver and other minor
coin 2,750.72
Checks and cash items .. 7,786.42
War savings stamps .' 48.95
Total $481,264.11
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in ....$ 25,000.00
'Surplus fund 18,000.00
Undivided profits, 'less
current expenses and
taxes paid 7,306.43
Due to banks and bankers
.1 201.19
Dividends unpaid 38.00
Individual deposits
sub-ject
to ck $183,700.19
Saving^ deposits
.. .. 63,031.88
Time certificates
of
deposit .. .. 21,300.00
Cashier's cks 2,686.42 270,718.49
Bills payable, including
certificates for money
borrowed 60,000.00
Bills payable secured by
liberty bonds '.. .. 100,000.00
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Total $481,264.11 j
State of South Carolina?County of
Bamberg.
Before me came C. W. Rentz, Jr.,
cashier of the above named bank,
who, being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said bank, as shown
hir tV.o hfinl-e nf cairi hank
C. W. REXTZ, JR.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 9th dav of July, 1919.
H. L. HINXANT,
Notary Public for S. C.
Correct?Attest:
A. M. DENBOW,
C. W. REXTZ, SR.,
DR GEO. F. HAIR,
Directors. .
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BLOUSES CAN BE
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STATEMENT.
Of the condition of the Bamberg
Banking Co., located at Bamberg, S.
C., at the close of business June 30,
1919.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts ....$456,132,65 1
Overdrafts 2,451.45
Bonds and stocks owned
by the bank 26,154.00
| Furniture and fixtures .. 2,807.59!
; Banking house 4,515.24 |
Due from banks and
bankers 153,519.51
Currency 3,417.00
j Gold 5.00
Silver and other minor
| coin 3,244.19 J
! Checks and cash items .. 92.83
; Total $652,339.46
LIABILITIES.
: Capital stock paid in ....$ 55.000.00
I Surplus fund 45,000.00
Undivided profits, less
current expenses and
taxes paid 26,724.70
Individual de
| posits subject
to ck $288,537.32
; Savings deposits
.. .. 232,693.99
Time certificates
of
deposit .... 3,901.57
Certified cks 66.70
Cashier's cks 415.18 525,614.76
Total ' $652,339.46
State of South Carolina?County of
Bamberg.
Before me came H. H. Stokes, cashier
of the above named bank, who,
being duly sworn, says that the above
and foregoing statement is a true condition
of the said bank, as shown by
the books of said bank.
H. H. STOKES, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 8th day of July, 1919.
H. L. HINNANT,
Notary Public.
Correct?Attest:
JNO. H. COPE,
W. D. RHOAD,
G. FRANK BAMBERG,
Directors.
Read the startling experiences of
the ,hero and heroine in Perils of
Thunder Mountain in The Herald.
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STATEMENT.
Of the condition of the Ehrhardt
Banking Co., located at Ehrhardt, S.
I C., at the close of business June 30,
; 1919.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts $167,401.07
Overdrafts 997.49
Furniture and fixtures.. 1,757.37
Banking house 2,000.00
Due from banks and
bankers 26,241.28
Currency, ap 6.590.00
Gold 70.00
Silver and other minor
coin, ap 634.55
Checks and cash items .. 498.97
Liberty bonds owned by
the bank 20,50C.00
Liberty bonds bought for
customers 4,775.00
Total $231,375.73
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in ....$ 20,003.00
Surplus fund 13,503.00
Undivided profits, less
current expenses and
taxes paid 5,625.33
iiiuiviuuai ueposits
subject
to chk $58,389.45
Savings deposits
.. .. 73,658.33
Time certificates
of
deposit .... 2,073.90
Cashier's cks 309.33 134,411.01
Bills payable, including
certificates for money
borrowed 52,001.00
Partial payments 5,83).39,
Total $231,37$.73
State of South Carolina?Countj of
Bamberg.
Before me came J. B. Ehrhardt,
cashier of the above named bank,
who, being duly sworn, says that the
above and foregoing statement is a
true condition of said bank, as shawn
by the books.of said bank.
J. B. EHRHARDT.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 8th day of July, 1919.
W. R. GOODSON,
Notary Public, Ehrhardt, S. C.
Correct?Attest:
J. L. COPELAND, M. D.,
J. C. KINARD,
J. I. COPELAND, Directors.
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