The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 07, 1919, Page 4, Image 4
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W&t Bamberg Heralb
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. So. 32.
Thursday, August 7,1919.
Main street paved, white way installed,
loafers not allowed, sewerage
system talked about, ditches filled
up, streets improved?we are
"looking up." Bamberg is on the
way.
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Cleaned up yet? Better get busy
before the mosquitoes get you. Also,
your mosquitoes will bother your
neighbor, and it is not neighborly to
turn loose the anopheles on your
friends.
President Wilson, we think, is badly
off on this suffrage business; but,
then, there has been but one perfect
man in this world. We will forgive
the president?that is, if the amendment
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The Bamberg boys who took part
in the great war are nearly all home
now. The county was especially fortunate
in not losing many of her
sons, although hundreds were on active
duty in the front lines for
months.5
Perhaps the most venomous newspaper
in America against the South
qIIqcoH ill treatment nf thp
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negroes is the Chicago Tribune. It
is not necessary for the Tribune now
to come South to vent its wrath. It
can try it out on the home folks.
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If the cotton crop generally is as
bad as it is in Bamberg county, the
fleecy staple should bring a fancy
price this fall. After all, maybe the
planters will receive a price that will
reimburse them the loss occasioned
by the unfavorable weather. We
hope soo, anyway.
Years before we came to Bamberg
we were told about the pretty girls
of this town. Our years of residence
here confirms the statement. There's
not a town in the State that can
touch Bamberg when it comes to fine
looking girls and beautiful women.
Oh, no; we are married.
Our city council assures us that
all good tilings will arrive in time.
There are many improvements that
are being looked forward to by the
city fathers, but it takes a little time.
We are assured the old town will undergo
some striking changes, and
from the start that has been made,
we believe it.
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The Walterboro Press and Standard
has been disposed of to a stock
company, of which Mr. W. W. Smoak,
.since 1906 its owner, is president
and treasurer. The paper is to erect
a modern printing establishment in
the near future. The Press and
Standard is one of the best patronized
weeklies in the State and the possibilities
for growth are undoubtedly
good. >
Yes, sir, it will be mighty fine business
when Main street gets paved.
And, we will be very thankful to get
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rid of all this dust, which ruins a
good many hundred dollars' worth
of goods for t^he merchants every
year. Any merchant ought to be glad ,
of the opportunity of contributing to
ward the paving of the street, for,
unless we have the thing down
wrong, a storekeeper will get big
dividends from the pavement, in the
way of saving goods from the dust.
A SMALL BEGINNING
Most big things have small beginnings.
About twenty years ago Asa
G. Candler started the manufacture
of a soft drink. A few days ago,
according to report, he sold out his
holdings, and he is now worth twenty-five
million dollars. Candler started
with a capital of $n00, which he
paid for the formula of the famous
drink he made. Not- every person
.may reasonably expect to make twenty-five
millions from a $500 start, but
it shows what faith in a thing and
sticking to it will accomplish.
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CLAY THE STREETS.
If anything is to be done about the
co-operative plan of claying the
streets, it will have to be done pretty
soon. Under the plan suggested by
The Herald, it would cost the city
very little to make some good roads
throughout the city. This was done
a few years ago with fine results. We
believe that the people of the town
and surrounding territory would gladly
lend the use of their teams and a
few hands for several days.
HOME GUARD COMPANY.
A movement is on foot to organize
in Bamberg a home guard company.
This movement should meet
with the instant sympathy of all the
people. The presence in Bamberg
county of a strong live company will
be exemplary. It should not prove
difficult to get up a good campany.
The previous difficulty has been in
securing competent officers, but this
obstacle is longer present, for among
the returned soldier boys there will
be found many who can be depended
on to officer the home guard. Doubtlett,
too, many of the soldier boys
will gladly join a home guard company,
which is not subject to call
away from home, as is the case of
the national guard.
Bamberg should, by all means,
have a company of home guards, and
it is to be sincerely hoped that the
efforts to effect such an organization
will meet with the approval and cooperation
of the people of the county.
THE CAUSE OF LYNCHING.
This newspaper opposes, naturally,
the unlawful putting of anybody to
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death, whether it De at tne nanas ci
an individual or at the hands'of a
number of men, even though that
number be composed of ordinarily
law-abiding citizens. The fact, however,
that newspapers or individuals
oppose lynching, does not and will
not prevent it. There is one crime
for the perpetration of which lynchings
will doubtless continue, regardless
of what is said in opposition to
it.
In the interest of better relations
between the races, it would, therefore,
behoove the negroes to'use their
every influence to stop attacks on
white women. If this one crime
were never perpetrated it is very unlikely
that lynchings in any form
would occur, except in perhaps very
remote instances. Lynching for other
crimes is an outgrowth of attacks on
white women by negroes.
In instances of attacks on white
women if the negroes will cooperate
with the officers of the law in running.
down and lawfully punishing
the offenders, it will prove their sincerity
in opposing lynching by seeking
to stamp out the cause, which is
the only remedy for lynching for this
crime.
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regret to say it, but it is only a plain
statement of fact when we say we
have lost hundreds of dollars in the
past on subscriptions. "We cannot
afford to do it again. We do not
stop papers because we think the
subscriber won't pay?the greater
portion of the people will pay their
debts; but some won't: and we are
the loser. Tt is not possible for us
to know each one of our subscribers
personally. The cash-in-advance system
saves us money; saves you trouble.
Kindly remember to renew
promptly so you will not miss any
copies.
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GREENVILLE'S PAYROLL.
One of the leading textile papers
is authority for the following statement:
'"The payroll of the textile
mills and allied industries in Greenville,
S. C., is half a million dollars
a month?six millions of dollars a
year." Greenville is, without a
doubt, one of the coming cities of the
South. It has that quality of "get
up" about it that makes for a great
community. The spirit of co-operation
and community interest in
Greenville is one of the factors that
is making of it a real city, and the
fact that she has within her limits
so many manufacturing industries is
an attest to the fact that the outside
world appreciates this quality in a
city or town. Other cities in the State
and South would do well to emulate
Greenville's example.
THE TELEGRAPH TOLLS.
It is refreshing, in this time of
high prices, to note that the Postal
Telegraph company, immediately up
on the return of the wires to the owners,
reduced the cost of telegraph
messages 20 per cent., putting the
tolls on a pre-war basis. The Postal
has fought the increase in rates
steadfastly, refusing while the lines
were under its control to advance
the rates, and stoutly opposing the
increase after the wires were taken
over by the government. The friction
between the Postal and the postmaster
general became so acute that
the president of the Postal, Mr. Mackay,
was removed from connection
with his company by the postmaster
general. Mr. Mackay openly charged
that Mr. Burleson took over the
telegraph lines in order to increase
the rates for the benefit of the Western
Union. Whether or not this be
true, we cannot say, but it is a fact
that the Postal consistently fought
all increases and went back to the old
rates as soon as it was allowed to
do so. The Postal now states that
the old rates are entirely sufficient
to give the company a fair margin
of profit. The Western Union has
not reduced its rates, maintaining
the same schedule as promulgated
by the postmaster general. Although
the postmaster general increased the
telegraph tolls in order, as it was
announced, to meet the necessary increase
in salaries, the Postal has not
announced any reduction in the pay
of its employees.
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?Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Kearse, of
Spartanburg, are visiting Mr. and
Mrs.. Emmedaufer, of Lockport, N.
Y. Before returning they will visit
Xagara Falls, Toronto, New York
city, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington. (
?Dr. J. B. Black, who has been
under treatment in Charleston, returned
home Sunday night, accompanied
by Dr. Robert Black. The
many friends of the doctor will learn
with much pleasure that he is rapidly
recovering from a recent successful
operation.
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Telephone operators must have
worn out the busy signal under gov
eminent owenrship. ^When the owners
have installed a new one it is to
be hoped that the operators will use
it less frequently.
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correspondence cards, tablets, env
our first shipment of this famous
just received. We have bought (
months direct' from the manufacti
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we will sell this first lot at
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wish to pay for a box of paper and
If the box is not worth far more tl
turn it to us, and we will refund vo
turn postage. We want the people
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whether you want to buy or not.
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of stationery will want to use it, e
for less than is charged for cheap s
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composition books, etc., and by bu^
tities we were enabled to get the go
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better tablets for the money than a:
Bamberg county. Send us your o
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are not better than you can buy <
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