The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 24, 1919, Page 4, Image 4
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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
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ready has. The town has awakened.
Now, let's get busy and don't let it
go to sleep again.
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We are pulling for Bamberg. Are
you?
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ALL TOGETHER, NOW.
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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
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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
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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.
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A long pull; a strong pull; a steady
pull, and we'll do it vet.
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THE STATE PRESS MEETING. 1
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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
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better place to locate, for I knowthat
w-ere I worthy I would receive
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ill the assistance and encouragement
:hat I needed in a business and social
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way. This is the spirit that is making
Greenville great and a good place
in .which to live and rear a family.
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There is such a decidedly healthy
moral tone to the atmosphere, and
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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
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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- ^
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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
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liberal contribution from someone
else. .
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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
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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.
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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.
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advantage to the
sequently to us.
If we can help, with ac
member that we are chi
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savimos accounts
- | The Depth of His Devotion.
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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'."
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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.
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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
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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.
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[EMBER OF THIS COM.'0
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