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Wqz pamherg i>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. Xo. 30. j Thursday, July 24,1919. SEWERAGE NEXT. ^ According to our information there is nothing now standing in the way of issuing bonds for the installation of a sewerage system in Bamberg.It has been thought that the town could not issue bonds for this purpose because of the outstanding bond indebtedness for waterworks and electric lighting. However, the city attorney, after a careful investigation of the matter, has informed the city council that bonds issued for works under the commissioners of public works are not considered a debt against the city. This eliminates what has been considered a legal harrier. At the present time, the only out1 standing indebtedness against the city is the court house debt. The original bond issue of $15,000 has been diminished by about one-half; therefore the entire indebtedness against the city is only about $7,500. The assessed valuation of property in the city of Bamberg is approximately $530,000. The constitution gives the town the privilege of voting bonds for public improvements to a sum not exceeding iu per cent. 01 the assessed valuation of the property of the town. Therefore, the city can have outstanding bonds of not exceeding $53,000. Deducting the court house bonds, and there remains approximately $45,000 for which the town may issue bonds at this time. It is believed that this amount will be ample for the purpose of installing a sewerage system, v There will be no difficulty in paying" these bonds. If issued in twentyyear'denominations, it would mean a payment into a sinking fund annually of $2,250 and interest. While the town cannot without a special law levy more than 10 mills taxes for ordinary purposes, it has the right to levy any amount of taxes necessary for the payment of bonds. Payment of bonds and interest would mean a matter of only a few mills additional taxes which would not be felt by anybody. The town must either go forward or backward. The day of a new erahas dawned, and the day of picayunish affairs has passed, we are thankful to say. The war has taught the people a valuable lesson in giving. People think no more now of * giving ten dollars to an object than they used to think of donating one dollar. The people are prosperous, and the town needs?demands?a sewerage system. We do not feel that any arguments at this time ..as to why Bamberg 'should have a sewerage system would be in place. In fact, we are rather inclined +o think it would be a reflection on the intelligence of the people to offer any such arguments. With the set of fine young business men Bamberg has as councilmen, we feel assured that the. necessary ? steps will be speedily taken to procure for this town what every town of any consequence in America alI ? ready has. The town has awakened. Now, let's get busy and don't let it go to sleep again. ^ < > ? We are pulling for Bamberg. Are you? ^ HI ALL TOGETHER, NOW. f \ The young gentlemen on the city council are trying to acomplish something for Bamberg. They went into the council with that determination, and the fact that they had but a very small opposition would seem to indicate that the great majority of the voters of the town are behind them. It is very natural in taking a \ decided step forward that some opposition should develop, and the councilmen should not feel discouraged when opposition is encountered. It is very likely in carrying out the ? s progressive ideas the council has some mistakes will be made. It is entirely unlikely that any set of men could accomplish what the present council wants to accomplish without erring in some particulars. Ask yourself if you could do any better; if you can, we need you on the next council. If, however, when someone broaches the subject of serving on the council you begin to make excuses, don't criticise those who are willing to give their time to the public. II me COUiieii is given cu-upciauuu it will accomplish something for Bamberg. If you do not think some action on the council's part is wise, tell the council about it instead of venting your spleen on the streets. They are a reasonable set of fellows, and if they are wrong, you can probably show them their error.^ Let's pave the street, install the "white way," build the highway? and put in the sewer system, too. STAMP OUT MALARIA. The attention of The Herald has been called to the following item in a Columbia dispatch to the daily , newspapers a few days ago, which should be of special interest to the authorities and the people of Bamberg: Important steps looking towards the further control of malaria in South Carolina were taken at the meeting Of the executive committee of the state board of health when it was resolved to co-operate with the United States public health service and with the international health board for the control of the disease. By the arrangements perfected, the United States public health service will; upon the request of a town, send ttfo engineers to make a survey of the town without expense to the community. These engineers will later report to the authorities what steps are necessary to eradicate the disease and the approximate cost of the work. It will be noted, according to the above dispatch, that the city of Bamberg can have made, without cost, a malaria survey of the town by engineers of the United States Public Health vgervice. The engineers will, affer making the survey, make a report detailing the proper steps to be taken to eradicate malaria, together with an estimated cost of the work. . We suggest that the city authorities of Bamberg proceed at once to have this survey made. Even if it is found not possible at this time to proceed with the work, it will serve to give the city valuable information, and at some early opportunity, in the future the proper steps can be taken to stamp out the disease. Malaria conditions in Bamberg have, without a doubt, been greatly imnroved within the past few years. 1 Still, there is much room for im- 1 provement. That the disease can be entirely stamped out is aywell estab- 1 lished fact, and it has been done by < the United States government in i countless instances. Not only has i the disease been eradicated in small : areas, but large ones, as well. For ] example, when the government ac- : quired the Panama Canal zone, it 1 was impossible for a white man to . live there. The zone is now as clear 1 of malarial germs as any section i of the \jnited States, acording to pub- 1 lished reports, and the population of 1 the area is now largely composed of { white people. 1 There is at this time- a progress- 1 ive air in Bamberg. The people are j in for anything to improve and help j the town, and if there is a man in ' Bamberg who would -object to pay- 3 ing a little extra taxes to stamp out ; malaria, he ought to be?well, he j ought to move out and go somewhere 3 else. ^ i?I ? A long pull; a strong pull; a steady pull, and we'll do it vet. ^ ? J THE STATE PRESS MEETING. 1 1 A pressure of other duties has prevented the writer from saying anything earlier about the recent meet- 1 ing of the State Press Association in ' Greenville. It was really and truly to me a most delightful occasion. I had not attended a meeting in a njm- : ber of years, and the greeting of old 1 friends was indeed a pleasure, while I was also glad to meet a number of new acquaintances.- The meeting 1 was largely attended by newspaper 1 men and their families from various sections of the State, and there was a larger attendance of the old members of the Association than there had been in some time. It is not my purpose to say anything about the business session nor what was done, for, to be entirely frank, the Press Association does not transact much business. It is really nothing more nor less than a social gathering, at which newspaper men and women gather for an annual outing and a good time. They think little about business and care less? they talk little "shop." Time after time efforts have been made to bring into the Association business features, and while at this meeting resolutions were adopted and committees appointed looking to this end, I really expect that nothing will be done, judging by pj?Bt experiences. But, carrying out the idea of the organization?an all round good time?the , meeting could not have been held in a city where more, was done for their comfort and entertainment. The delightful courtesies of the Greenville people could not be added to, and everything was done with such enthusiasm and good spirit. The city has grown a great deal since ! last visited t^here ten years ago, and is now, as several people from different sections of the State said to me, "one of the very best towns in South Carolina." It may be of interest to our people in this section to know . that Qreenville has more diversified industries than any city in the State, and tney are ail prospering. Tneir cotton mills are turning out fabrics not excelled by-^ny of the finest mills in New England, they have a magnificent bleachery, harness factory, broom factory, and many others. And when I say factories I do not mean little one-horse affairs, but big things. There is no, question but that Greenville is far ahead of any city in South Carolina in the matter of manufacturing enterprises, as well as in many other things. But not only was I so impressed with the material growth and financial strength of Greenville, but what delighted me most was the character of the young men who are leading in the business life of the city. Clean, clear cut young fellows they are, with high ideals and a great sympathy for their- fellow-man. I have been in a number of towns and cities, but I have never seen the. get-together and the help-the-other-fellow spirit so magnificently developed as it is in Greenville. Its men have a high conception of what their duty is to themselves, their families, their city, and the world at large, and they carry out their convictions, too. : These men do not go around with long faces, parading the fact that < they are members of such and such church, with a "holier-than-thou" attitude toward others,, but in their flaily lives they practice the golden rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Clean inside and outside they are, and alsvays ready to help the other fellow. A.nd they take an interest in them, s too. If I were a young man just starting out in life I woulcl want no ( better place to locate, for I knowthat w-ere I worthy I would receive i ill the assistance and encouragement :hat I needed in a business and social i way. This is the spirit that is making Greenville great and a good place in .which to live and rear a family. i There is such a decidedly healthy moral tone to the atmosphere, and i pet there is nothing ostentatious ibout it?it is accepted simply as a h matter of course. And the delicate w-ay they extend courtesies. Let me give you an instance: On Thursday an automobile ride to Hendersonville, N. C., a dis- . tance of forty-three miles, was given . the press party, and although nearly 150 people were in the party, there was not a hired chauffeur in a single car. Each car was driven by its , " t * U..A?F owner, many or mem uemg uu^v ( business men, who could ill afford to spare the time for the trip, to say < nothing of the fatigue of driving a ( oar to Hendersonville and back, with . the chance of having to get out and repair tires on the way (which, by the way, several had the misfortune ^ of doing.) I could speak of a number of fea- ^ ? tures of the meeting, such as the delightful luncheon by the rotary club, also the banquet given by the chamber of commerce, but the linotype man says "enough." But to J. Rion MtKissick, editor, and Geo. R. Koester, publisher, both of the Greenville Piedmont, the city's live afternoon daily, as well as to Mr. Burnet, secretary of the chamber of commerce, and many others who de voted themselves entirely to the newspaper gang during their stay and made it so pleasant in so many ways, we are under lasting obligations. A. W. K. That sprightly publication, The Patriot, ably assisted by the News and Courier, is certainly taking the Hyde off of* Grace. BAMBERG LAGGING BEHIND. The people of Bamberg might, as well make up their minds that they must spend some money for town improvements, such as sewers, street paving, etc., if they do not want the other towns in this section to get so far ahead of us that we will never catch up. Orangeburg is preparing to vote on a bond issue of $750,000 for street paving and extension of sewers and water mains. Walterboro already has a fine system of electric lights, waterworks and sewerage, and is preparing to vote $80,000 bonds for street paving. Barnwell owns its 1 i crV> + and wotor nlont on H ie ennn tn issue $100,000 bonds for sewers and paving. Williston has already voted $30,000 for waterworks and already has lights, and is also preparing to votes bonds for paving its business gftreet. Blackville already owns its light plant, and will soon issue bonds for waterworks and sewers. In the meantime, what is Bamberg doing? We are considered the best town of inv of these, and yet they are going ahead of us. It has developed that there are no legal obstacles in the way of our issuing bonds for sewers right away/ and it should be done. True, we are commencing street paving, which is well indeed, yet it is impossible t.o pave all our streets at once, so we should go ahead and make good sand-clay streets out of those not paved. Much of this can be done in the next few weeks without great cost if the co-operative plan suggested by us last week is carried qut, but^+t will not be done unless somebody does some work. Won't our/mayor and city council get busy on the proposition before it is too late? A few words of opposition from you may counteract the good of a ? liberal contribution from someone else. . >>i m* RACE RIOTS. These clashes between the races ire getting entirely too frequent since ihe war, and the careful observer can' easily trace the cause to the fact of :he negro being made a soldier and laving his head filled With ideas of ;ocial equality. .Put a uniform on the iverage negro and you make a fool )f him, but they are going to be ;aught some sense in the next few nonths. There is no ^question but ;hat the negro as a race is getting nore insolent and antagonistic to the vhite race every day, and much and serious trouble will result unless the legrc leaders change their attitude. \s a rule the negro leader generally, nstead of giving his race good advice, pretends to do so, but is continually iarping on the wrongs of the race and shrewdly creating bad feeling on the part of the negro towards the white nan. The negro might as well un lerstand now and forever tnac tn:s is a white man's country and it will be ruled by white men. He will nevar be allowed in politics?and should aot be?and his dream of social aquality will never be realized. He will be treated kindly and justly, and ?iven opportunities for advancement such as no greatly inferior race is allowed in any other country. He anjoys these opportunities now, but instead of accepting them in good spirit and endeavoring to make a worthy citizen, as soon as he gets a little education he begins to put. the levil into his more ignorant brethren by eternally harping on the t wrongs of the race. He is continual ly ranting against lynching negroe: for the crime of rape, yet he does no condemn the crime. This is true o a majority of the" race. Fortunately there are some notable exceptions. The race riots in Washington thi: week were no doubt brought abou by the overbearing conduct of the ne groes, fop everybody who has evei visited Washington knows that i contains the most insolent negroes o any city in the United States perhaps and while the white people of tha city have been long-suffering the: have evidently made up their mind; not to stand it any longer. And s< in other cities?the white people, i appears, have reached the correct con elusion that the only appeal that cai be made to the negro generally ii that of force, and that he will con tinue to give trouble unless he i: kept afraid to do so. . One statemen from Washington is that the troubh started after repeated attacks of ne groes on white women, and as it ap peared the city authorities did no nor could not put a stop to it, the en raged citizens took a hand, with th< result that there has -been fightin* between the races for about a week It will be the same elsewhere, anc these clashes can only result in harn to the negro. If the negro leaden are wise they will mend their way: and mend them quickly, for if the: don't there will be many a negn killed in the United States this year and it will not be confined to Soutl Carolina either. ? ii>> m Do not be discouraged over th< present price of tobacco. You taki no more risk in planting tobacco thai in planting cotton. How if cottoi should drop to 15c the pound, woul< you plant any next year? BOTH ARE IMPROVING. Prominent Bamberg Citizens, in Hos pital, Recovering Strength. The many friends throughout th< county of Senator J. B. Black an< the Hon. H. C. Folk, both of whon have been undergoing treatment ii hospitals, Nvill learn with genuin< satisfaction that both are improving and that their full recovery may b< early hoped for. Dr. Black is in a hospital in Char leston, where he was carried for ai operation last week. An operatioi was successfully performed on Tues day of last week, and the doctor i: now rapidly recovering his strength Mr. Folk is in a Columbia hospital and while his recovery is slow, his condition is gradually improving. I is hoped that both of these gentlemen who are prominent in the business and social life of Bamberg, will soor fully recover and return to theii homes in the city. rrr a -arm nTTTi TT u W?i w An x v .tijKx MUNITY 1 9 Even though you with us direct, v< advantage to the sequently to us. If we can help, with ac member that we are chi You may correctly coi Capital and Sur] aih iiiilulji wl&lujjei nrlO paid on savimos accounts - | The Depth of His Devotion. S ! i Johnny, aged four, greatly adJ mired his mother's guest, Jennie, f aged twelve. One day Jennie was ? looking without success for angleworms, when Johnnie said: "I tell 3! you, Miss Jennie, if I was a worm I'd ' be just where you're diggin'." ?mmM??MMMH DELCO-UGHT The complete Electric Light and Power Plant f Fanlkner Electric Service Co., Dealers, t Bamberg, S. C. Colds Cause Grip and Influents s LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the .-ause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine." 3 E. W. GROVE'S signature on bos. 30c. 11 CITATION NOTICE. 11 The State of South Carolina.? j County of Bamberg. By J. J. Byabs | ham, Jr., probate judge. Whereas, J. R. fchitty hath made suit to me to grant him letters s of administration of the estate and t effects of Robert Williams, deceased, These are therefore to cite and ad5 monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Robert Williams, deceased, that they be and - appear before me, in the court of t probate, to be held at Bamberg on the 28th day of July, next, after * - publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in a the forenoon, to show cause, if any " they have, why the said administral tion should not be granted. Given under my handv this the 14th day of July, anno dominie i 1919. J. J. BRABHAM, JR. Judge of Probate. s LOST CERTIFICATE OF STOCK. _____ s The ^undersigned will on the 8th 7 day of August, 1919, apply to Bamberg Cotton Mills Company for one 3 new certificate of preferred stock and one new certificate of common ' stock of said corporation in lieu of i preferred stock certificate No. 174 * and common stock certificate No. 1?1 of one share each, which certificates ? ? ? i ^ J 1 nave Deen lost or destroyed. ?mm g i (Signed) MRS. W. J. FAULKNER. I 7-31 11 The Quinine That Does Not Affect the Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXAl! TIVE BROMO QtlNINE is better than ordinary I Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor I' ringing in head. Remember the full name and look for the signature of E. W. GROVE* 30c. Take aLittle Run abour Town I and compare our goods, QUALITY I | and PRICE considered. I COMPARISON is the only TRUE ! TEST of- VALUE and we court it on i 1 j everything we sell. . ? ' j Your LITTLE RUNABOUT will 5 i j { surely bring you back to our store. 1 G.R. SIMMONS . J i j 11 k. j I r5 III [EMBER OF THIS COM.'0 PROSPER. w may do no business %j our prosperity is an community and conIviee or service, nlease re eerfully at your command. ant us YOUR FRIEND. * plus $100,000.00 WKIW^CO^l 'tir ; -. r:'t-.-y - ^ ^W*** .:* . .-**/