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Wf)t panthers Peralb 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 29. No. 6. Thursday. February 5, 1920 HIGH TAX BALM. The fellow who thinks taxes are higher in South Carolina than anywhere else ought to see what the governments of other states cost. According to a compilation by S. H. Hobbs, Jr., of the University of North Carolina, the government of this state costs less than any other state in America. The cost per capita of the state government here is given at $2.15 in 1918, and $1.64 in 1915. North Carolina comes next with a 1918 cost of $2.22, and Arisona tops the list with an expense per capita of $14.94. Every man, woman and child in South Carolina spent in 1918 just about three-fifths of one cent a day to support the ./state government. Highest in cost are the western states; next the middle western and eastern states, with a sprinkling of far western states, and the southern states bring up the rear, every state in the south being down at the bottom of the list. The V ; next time you cuss out the legislature because of "high taxes" remember that if you go anywhere else you will have still more taxes to pay. BYRNES AND SIMS. i * ~ = " i Congressman "Jim" Byrnes so aptly and forcibly, if not eloquently, expressed our sentiments about Admiral Sims that we should like to slap him on the shoulder and congratu% late him. The second district congressman created a sensation in the house by the force of his speech in defence of the navy department. In another column of The Herald today is given a short synopsis of this address. Since this article was put into type, we have received a copy of the New York Times containing a full report of Byrnes's speech on this subject, and there is so much } new matter in it that we have decided to print this article in full next week. Watch for it. It is well worth reading. Congressman Byrnes is easily one - of the towering figures in the house. His long service, though a young man still, has placed him in a position of great influence in congress. This place was won, very largely, because when Byrnes has something to say, he says it, and he does not usually tickle anybody under the 9 -chin when he does it. THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE. We are not Republican, and it is not our intention to tell the Republicans how to run their party, though, of course, being a Democrat we naturally feel that we know better how to run the G. O. P. than the G. O. P. itself does. However, what we started out to say is that a Republican candidate for president being a sort of necessary evil (to make the Democrats get up and work to elect their candidate, of course) we hereby nominate James W. Gerard as the aforesaid necessary evil. Now, lest somebody wrongly accuse us of Republican sympathy, we hasten to say we hope that if Gerard is nominated by the G. O. P. he will be defeated. We do not know that he possesses any special qualifications for the presidency, but qualifications are not always a necessary virtue among presidential possibilities. For instance, look at some of those who are self-announced for the job. But Gerard did send a straight shot into those who sat in swivel chairs durt ing the war, and now pretend to know all about how the navy ought to have been run. And any Republican who publicly commends the Democratic way of conducting the navy during the war has something commendable about him, even if he did associate with the kaiser for several years?with distinct honor to his own country. i LET THE WOMEN DECIDE. Now that woman suffrage has ' been rejected by the house and the senate, the Columbia State is of the . opinion that the decks have been cleared for proper action on equal suffrage. The State suggest-? that the Democratic party make provision for a ballot by the women iheinJ selves this summer on this question, and proposes that if a majority of the women of the state (based on the hypothesis that thero are as many white women in the state of voting age as men) vote in favor of woman 4 'suffrage, that provision be made to allow them this privilege, or, as The Herald sees it, impose t^iat duty on them. The paper says that it v-'ould be manifestly unfair to compel those women who detest politics and voting to go to the polls to register their disapproval of the suffrage amendment; therefore, they may remain at home, which would be equivalent to voting against the amendment. We cannot see that there can he any objection to this solution of the matter. The Herald has repeatedly stated, and is of the same belief still, that not more than ten per cent, of the white women of the state have any desire to vote or any intention of voting if given the right to do so. Unless the women of South Carolina are granted the right to vote in the primary elections, they will never have any voice in South Carolina politics. If we go any distance at all, let's go the whole way. It is likely that the women will be given the right by the next general election to vote. It will be an empty victory so far as this state is con cerned, as no elections figure here except primaries. We have always been of the opinion that if the women want to vote, tet them vote. If the Democratic convention will provide that the women may express their opinion on suffrage in the noxt primary, it will decide the matter once for all, and we feel very sure everybody will be happy to abide by the decision of the women. i?> m* The Herald Book Store can sell you ledgers, cash books, etc., at prices cheaper than elsewhere. Our stock was bought more than a year ago. NERITONE, FAI NEW! Mack's Drug Store Is Given derful New Medicine Th markable Success f Meritone, the famous new system, medicine, is now on sale in Bamberg. Mack's Drug Store has been awarded the exclusive agency for Meritone in Bamberg, an agency that is prized highly by druggists in all parts of the country. The wonderful success Meritone has gained since it was first placed on the market less than a year ago has made it famous. In that short time the fame of Meritone has spread among millions of people and thousands upon thousands have started taking it and prize it highly for relief it brought them. In such larger cities as Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Lexington, Ky., Birmingham, Ala., and many others the demand for Meritone has become such as to astound the very DON'T \ ml}/ jg ,_, Get your painting an< the weather is favor a when it rains. I am painting now, bring your car.5 also furnish the "Fam< K. J. G Phone 158 31 IT. Middle i Box paper at less than wholesale prices at Herald Book Store. The famous Holman Bibles are on | sale in Bamberg only at the Herald Book Store. A few family Bibles on 1 hand. COMING B ! THE MIRACLE MAN ft LaVICTOIRE THEATRE 660 quickly relieves Colds and LaGrippe, Constipation, Biliousness, | Loss of Appetite and Headaches. I I HMiik I jS Just Arrived 11 One Car I 11 Cedar Shingles I B Sash in Stock B fl 2-6 x 5-6 B .1 2-10x5-10 B 2-10 x 4-6 B j B 2-4 x 4-6 9 12-7 x 5-2 2-10 x 5-6 S I All 12 lights B GLASS DOORS I ?2-10x6-10 I Four-panel Doors B 2-10 x 6-10 B. FOWLER I Bamberg, S. C. JK Place your order for any magazine with The Herald Book Store. It will be reserved for you. ] Pay your subscription today. NOUS rONIC, IS HERE i Exclusive Agency for Won-t tat Has Gained Such Re> in Larger Cities. druggists who have it for sale. Meritone's success is due only to its real merit. Meritone is the compound of a trained chemist who spent years to bring it to perfection and finally blended Meritone from sixteen vegetable medical ingredients which his knowledge and investigation told him were best for the ills of the human system. As it stands today Meritone has no superior for ailing conditions of the stomach, liver or kidneys, catarrh, rheumatism and the like. Because of Meritone's real merit it is expected that an immediate heavy demand will be created in this city, and for that reason a huge supply of Mentone nas Deen snipped nere 10 Bamberg, where it ?an now be obtained by the public. DELAY IT^jDC^Sv' / IXJf I i top work done while bio, and you will smile in position to do more ; in for a quick job. Can )us Raincoat" for Fords ILLAM ton St. Orangeburg, S. C. ^" fy T^T T^f ^ VF "y "^" ^ ^f T^T ?^f T0T ?| | Annou |> We wish to announce that Mr ^ Graham's interest in the ! elected President of t IX statement of the > as of Febi <|> RES ? Furniture and Fixtures X Loans and Discounts.... X Stocks and Bonds ^ Overdrafts ' Cash on hand and in Ba % LIAl Capital Stock V Undivided Profits Y Deposits ^ Bills Payable We ask your hearty coopera || Enterpi X OF] Y W. A. KLAUBER, DR. ROE X President Vrv We Pay 5 Per Cent, on Saving A A A A A A A A a4A A^A A4A A^A A^A AAAA " y 1^T Ir^lr I I llAFCae ' I: I1UI 0\f0 ( : Annou We beg to announce, to o Bamberg county that our new replacing the wooden structun completed, and that we are no home. Our new brick fire pr tion, afford us the best housing to carry at all times a large se as our usual guaranteed line < saddles, etc., which is comple dially invited to visit us. | I Just f A & It gives us pleasure to ar & two carloads of the finest hor ?$ to Bamberg. These animals v ? tern markets by our buyer, a: 4* They are in the very pink of < 4? them, whether you desire to bi with us and look our stables o\ $ 1 Bought Right 2 T BAMI A^A A^A A^A A4A A ^ A A A. A ncement! | I . W. A. Klauber has bought out Mr. I Enterprise Bank and has been ;he Bank. Below we give a ?? 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You are most cor- ^ 4 1 I Arrived! | inonnce that we have just received X ses and mules that have ever come X rere personally selected in the Wes- X od we can vouch for every animal. X condition, and we invite you to see X ly or not. Come in and shake hands X rer. 3 \ I ; and Sold Right | i Bros. I I ;erg, S. G. a4A AfAA^LAu^LAj^LAu^U^U^LAAi^A A A^A A4A A A4A A A y y "y "y y ^ "y y iyiy y y "y 4