Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cfjeffiamfcrgfficrfltb 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 2S. No. 31. Thursday, July 31,1919. Those who are competent to judge say that Bamberg county will not produce this year more than fifty per* cent, of an average crop. This applies to corn as well as cotton. ^ ! ? The resignation of A. F. Lever and the death of J. W. Ragsdale have caused two vacancies in congress from this State, and it looks now like a majority of the voting population in each county of these districts will run. Every citizen of Bamberg should look carefully after his premises now and clean up and use lime and disinfectants freely. All this rain will create sickness here if we are not careful. Don't put off this important matter. ^ * m i m The Georgia legislature refused to ratify the woman's suffrage amendment by a large majority, although President Wilson wrote the governor of Georgia and expressed the hope that the amendment would be adopted. Good for Georgia! With all our troubles we can be thankful for one thing, and that is ic Tint ulor>tifin rear With lliai lUlO XO nut v^wvtvu ^ vv>* . ? such a poor prospect for a crop and everything so high, if we had to put up with the politicians this year, it \ * would be, as Josh Billings would say, "2 mutch." A disease commonly known as "runitis" is now prevalent in the sixth and seventh congressional districts of South Carolina, in fact it has about reached the stage of an epidemic. However, as it is no(t usually fatal except to political ambitions, the proletariat of these counties need not be alarmed. The eyes of the State are upon /' Charleston in the approaching municipal election, and we can hardly believe that the people of that city will elevate to the mayoralty such a char < acter as John P. Grace. It would be / an everlasting blow to - Charleston should he be elected, and one that city would be long in recovering from. < i?> ? This newspaper favors giving the women anything they want, and when we are convinced that a large majority of them really and truly want to vote, we snan iavor woman suffrage, but not until then. We are satisfied that not five per cent, of the women o? South Carolina of voting age want to vote nor would vote if they could. The sale of war savings stamps this year is proving an abject failure, and yet we believe the government is maintaining an expensive organization for the sale of these securities. We would like to know just what it is costing the government each i^onth to employ this organization and the total figures on the sale of stamps. We'll warrant that the government is losing big money on the proposition. And why they can't see this and withdraw the stamps from sale so that men on this work can go into somethihg more productive and useful, we can't see. ' Some days ago President Wilson 1 "wrote Governor Dorsey, of Georgia, expressing the hope that the legislature of that State, now in session, would ratify the woman's suffrage amendment. To many this action of the president will be looked on as an unwarranted interference with the affairs of a sovereign State, and rightly so. Mr. Wilson is a great man, a wonderful man in fact, but he is president of the United States and not the governor of Georgia, and he has no semblance of right to attempt to dictate what the law-making body of any State shall or shall not do. His action, to say the least, was ill-advised, and we trust he will not attempt anything of this kind when the legislature of South Carolina meets this winter. ' t NO RACE RIOT. The Barnwell People, in a big headline on the front page, last week referred to the "Denmark Race Riot." We beg to correct the People. There has been no race riot at Denmark. There were only three persons involved in the difficulty. One of these was killed and another injured. The other two who were killed and the other gentleman who was injured were not participants in the pistol duel, being innocent bystanders. By no stretch of the imagination could the affair be properly termed a "race riot." Kace riots nave occuneu m Washington and Chicago, where there is supposed to be much sympathy for the negro, but there has been no riot in Bamberg county. < hi ? One afternoon last week, during a heavy rain, we stood just inside our place of business and counted seven water spouts which were pouring a deluge of water on the sidewalks of our main street, and pedestrians could not have passed without getting very wet. There are considerable more of these broken pipes on the street than we counted, and we trust that city council will require the owners of all buildings which pipe the water from their roofs to the sidewalk to repair these pipes and keep them in repair. It would be far more preferable to pipe the water from roofs to the' rear of the buildings, if this can be done without too much cost. Many or* the buildings on this i street do this now. J THE MOSQUITO. After the rains of the past few ic voi?v lifcolv tn hp nn YY C C 1\ O ? I 11^ X 1Q * V 1 4 * X/ * J x V -w V M ? ? epidemic of mosquitoes in the city. The great amount of rainfall has 4 caused all ditches and ponds to fill, and the result is almost sure to be that mosquitoes by the thousands will breed in these places. In view of this fact, every family should take every possible precaution against the malaria spreader. With mosquitoes malaria will likely become prevalent. It is far better to look carefully after the screening of your house than to have one or more members of your family suck with this malady. The town has been comparatively free of mosquitoes up to this time, and if every possible extermination method is employed there is not likely to be"'much trouble from this source. Clean up your premises thoroughly and use plenty of disinfectant. The negro race has no worse enemy than the newspaper?and in many cases the church paper?published for and by negroes. He l;ave had occasion to see many of these papers in the last few months, and we lave yet to pick up a single one that did not have some incendiary talk about the white people and the wrongs of the negro. Often it is a clipping from some rabid negro newspaper up North, but it is there all the same. In fact they seem to be published with only one idea in view and that is to create bad feeling and trouble between the races. We have come to the deliberate conclusion that tb.3 % average negro newspaper should not be allowed to circulate through the mails. In South Carolina many of the papers are very subtle in what they do, for many white business firms advertise through their col" 1 ' 'a- ?t t umns, out tne wnne man who neij-cs support one of these incendiary sheets by his patronage is doing himself and the negro race generally a great deal of harm. ^i i m? ? CONGRESSMAN LEVER. While the numerous friends and' admirers of Congressman Asburv F. Lever are delighted that his ability has been recognized by his appointment on the federal farm loan board it is with some regret that.they learned of his intention to retire from congress, where he has served the people of South Carolina?and the entire South?faithfully for a long term of years. Although yet a comparatively young man, Mr. Lever has made an enviable place for himself in the hearts of the people of South Carolina, where he is looked upon not as a representative of the sev enth district, but as a Representative of the people of South. Carolina and the South. 1 4 Few representatives attain the influence and usefulness in congress that Congressman Lever has enjoyed for a number of years. As chairman of the powerful agricultural committee in congress he has rendered the farmers of the entire country valuble service, a service which has won .Mr. Lever a lasting piace in ine aifections of the people. Contrary to the usual popularity enjoyed by politicians, Mr. Lever's was of the entire people?Republican and Democrat alike. When his name came up after being nominated as ar member of the farm loan board, the announcement was greeted with applause such as is seldom heard, from both sides of the senate. While we are not very familiar with the duties assumed by Mr. Lever in his new position, it is presumed that his scope of usefulness will be broadened, and his appointment is considered quite an elevation. The many Bamberg friends'of Mr. Lever congratulate him upon his appointment, the emolument of which is $10,000 a year. \ A Is S Grange? makes You Cc becaus 1IU111 wholes sugar, is a na grapefi On We sugg< to-day. either by strictly s purity. of the f ai BAMBERG ' DOG LICENSE. ! p??? J. F. Carter All owners of dogs in the City of j *-arl ^ Bamberg are notified that unless dog Carter & Carti license is paid, a fine of $">.00 will Special attention | be made against such owners. Licence j ment of Estates j tags may be secured* from Charlie tion ATTORNEYS j Moye. Parties buying tags are requirJed to put them on dogs. All dogs with- j BAMBEK ; out tag will be taken up. ????? I CANNON'S WAREHOl 8 TO THE TOBAC ml gj I want to say that we have the olde; gf ranged warehouse in the State. I own n I my warehouse building, and can handle H planters. H I am a farmer myself, ten years7 exp B conduct my own sales, and each pile of to B am a native of South Carolina, and feel i I the State. I would advise farmers to pi< B tobacco. Know it will be to their intere Ship in sheets, each farmer's name ( fl Number each barn in figures, with name B I would appreciate any shipments i B be second to none. Respectfully, I HOWARD 1 I ice-cold bottle of Or iparkling satisfaction to j (Brush has a carbonated ] it an irresistibly deliciou in be sure of the purity ie it is made from the I r i fresh ripe oranges, ai iome ingredients as p % carbonated water and ci tural acid found in oran ruit. yifards i JK urr.r iHHUt V est that you try an ice-cold bo You can obtain it wherever so the bottle or case. We bottle anitary conditions and persoi A case in the home will bring jc mily. CHERO-COLA BOr HnnnnnnBDHHHi _ _ Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic B. D. Carter earse restores vitality and energy by purifying and enp riching the blood. You can soon feel its Strength31* & &6cirS6 ening. Invigorating Effect. Price 60c. jiven to settle- j -?? and investiga- ggg quickly relieves Constipatioo, -4T-LAW Biliousness, Loss of Appetite and j g# j Headaches, due to Torpid Liver.? ??. Adv. JSE, FLORENCE, S. C. I COFARMERS I st, strongest and most conveniently ar- I ly own spur track, which runs beside H ^ your tobacco without extra cost to the fl erienee in the warehouse business. I fl bacco gets my personal attention. I fl i personal interest in the farmers of fl :*k the burned and green out of their fl st. fl >n same, and sheets will be returned. fl y nade me, and guarantee the prices will fl CANNO^^^^I '1 ange* (Brush gives marched palates, piquancy which V . >>j s drink. | M x C of Orange'(Brush :ruit oil, pressed nd such other j - ure granulated itric acid, which ges, lemons and | s. rusH ttle of Grange' (Brush ift drinks are sold; Qrange-Qrus/i, lindef ially vouch for its >y to every member RING COMPANY