Wi)t Bamberg Hetalb!
ESTABLISHED A PHIL, 1891.
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
Entered as second-class matter April
1891, under Act of March 3, 1879.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
Thursday, May 6,1920.
Volume 29. No. 19.
The Overalls Epidemic.
Somebody has accused the American
negro of being the champion
"joiner" of the world. Probably the
indictment will hold out but the
American white man will give him a
run for his money. Today a great
number of gentlemen are attracting
attention in public, getting their
names in the papers and proving beyond
peradven^ure that they are saviors
of society by appearing on the
streets, in theatres, in hotels and
other places of public congregation in
the right, proper and true garb of the
patriot?the well-known overalls.
Overalls clubs are springing up all
over the land. In some cases members
have to swear by their sacred
honor that they will wear no other
outer garb henceforth on week days.
In other cases there are penalties?
in one instance ducking in public.
Where this overall craze started is
not certain. It is credited to a Louisiana
gentleman. Whether he has
large financial interests in mills making
denims is not clear. If he has
not he should be rewarded by denim
makers even if he is damned by workingmen.
There was a time when a worker
could get a suit of overalls tor $i.ou or
$2. Today the wholesale price is
from $3 to $3.25 and the retail from
$6 to $10. Within a week this craze
is likely to boost it to much higher
levels.
The production of overalls in 1
America has been in the neighbor- <
hood of 3,500,000 garments a year.
There has been a shortage for the
last two years as there has been of
everything. This fad is likely to '
drive the price up to where a worker
cannot afford overalls.
Brilliant examples of the virtue of
this latest splurge in economy are
given. One of the first recruits to \
the overalls army paraded publicly J
with a silk handkerchief in the up- (
per left hand pocket of his "jumper," (
a bright silk shirt beneath his denim
and a diamond solitaire in his cravat. 1
iClothing merchants are prepared to (
meet any call society makes for ex- (
pensive and nobby styles in overalls.
One designer says the rugged garb '
of the laborer may be made highly 1
ornate by the use of heavy silks and (
various trimmings and, if the ladies
tak'e it up, gowns bearing a reason
able resemblance to overalls may be
fabricated of blue broadcloth silk,
trimmed with platinum rivets, pearls,
Venetian .lace and fox fur cuffs.
Mayors, judges, bankers, preachers,
college boys and plutocrats have
rushed madly into the Overall army |
?and also into print. The politicians,
of course, were in the game
early. Representative Wm. David
TJpshaw, of Atlanta, Ga., who has the "
reputation of never failing to get j
into the spotlight, appeared in Congress
in a one-piece overall. With
him there appeared a flock of photographers.
"A man in overalls has always been
my hero," Mr. Upshaw told the re.
porters. Now that he is in overalls
it follows that Mr. Upshaw is a hero.
"Naturally," he said, "I could not
indorse such a movement without
practicing what I preached. I urge
all members of the house and senate
to follow my patriotic example."
It is to be hoped his wish is gratified.
"What a noble spectacle it would
be to see Henry Cabot Lodge in overalls.
Nothing would be more conducive
to bringing contentment to the
world.
\How the creation of a bull market
in denims is to decrease the cost of
living is not clear to the naked eye.
It is nuts for the notoriety seeker
but it is rough on the working man.
If you boost the cost of his clothes
he is going to demand higher pay.
No one is going to profit by this
craze but the mill man and the merchant.
We call the French emotional, but
we are more irrational in some of
our acts than our Gallic brothers.
Common sense and persistent economy
in purchasing wrould put a check
on profiteering in short order, but
few persons follow such a course. It
is the testimony of merchants that
never was there such a demand for
silks, flimsy, short wearing and expensive
articles as now. In the south
there has been something of a halt
because the working class, which has
been the most extravagant proportionately,
has about exhausted its
supply of cash and credit.
Any one who wants to be really
patriotic can be so by working faithfully
and honestly and spending no
more than is absolutely necessary.
Production and real economy will
cure many of the present day ills.?
I
Richard Spillane in Commerce and
Finance.
(Editor's Xote?The above clipping
is published at the request of J
one of our county merchants. It is!
not the sentiment of this newspaper. I
Richard Spillane is a brilliant writer, j
but not unlike most other folks, per-!
haps he does not know it all. We do I
not ridicule any movement the pur-!
pose of which is to help along. Per-!
haps the overall movement is mis-j
directed?we don't admit it?but!
there is benefit in it if one is lookinj? i
for benefit. In the meantime those;
who refuse to join the movement are \
irolnnmo tn PnntiniiA WPArin? Their'
high priced clothing.)
Notice to Club Members.
The following is a list of the prizes
offered to members of the cotton and
peanut clubs, amounting to a total
of $575 and three tons of fertilizer.
The general prizes are open to any
club member in the state while the
special prizes are open to the members
in the following counties: Bamberg,
Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley,
Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester,
Georgetown, Hampton, Horry,
Jasper, Orangeburg, and Williamsburg.
Prizes in the other clubs
will be announced later.
PRIZES IX BOYS COTTON CLUB.
First, $75;' second, $50; third,
$25, by the Anti-Boll Weevil Association
of South Carolina through W.
B. West, Secretary, Columbia, S. C.
SPECIAL PRIZES.
Uttered ior growing couuii uuuei
boll weevil conditions. First, $100,
by the soil improvement committee
3f the Southern Fertilizer Association,
Atlanta, Ga., through J. N. Harper, .
director. Second, two tons of 9-3-3
fertilizer. Third, one ton of fertilizer
by the Planters Fertilizer &
Phosphate Co., Charleston, S. C.,
through J. R. Hanalian, president and
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general manager.
PRIZES IN BOYS PEANUT CLUB.
First, $75; second, $50; third, $25,
by the South Carolina Cotton Seed
Crushers Association through W. B.
West, secretary, Columbia, S. C.
SPCIAL PRIZES.
First, $50; second, $30; third, $20,
by the South Eastern Peanut Association
of Atlanta, Ga., and Sea
Island Cotton Oil Co., Charleston, S.
C., through E. A. Eve, "Charleston, S.
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A special prize of $50 to the member
producing the most peanuts on
me acre of land, by Joseph C. Brown,
Columbia, S. C.
A special prize of $25 to the winner
Df the peanut club in Bamberg county
by Edward A. Eve, Charleston, S. ;
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Applications for club membershipwill
be received up until May 15,
L 920. J. D. BRANDON, ]
County Agent, j!
Fixing Needed.
"John, I hear you are ingenious in
i mechanical way. Can't you fix
Tommy's horn?"
"What's the matter with it?"
"Nothing. I wan't you to fix it
>0 it won't blow?"?Louisville Gourer
Journal.
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count properly ha:
requirements will 1
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MOXKY IX COCA-COLA.
Big Profits Are Made By Syndicates
Of the Soft Drink.
Atlanta. April 28.?Prolits totaling
$4,000,000 were made by the two
syndicates that handled the reorganization
of the Coca-Cola company, it
was testified here today in the hearing
of evidence in an injunction suit
brought by the Atlanta and Chattanooga
Bottling companies against the
makers of coca-cola syrup.
The Coca-Cola Company of Georgia
recently was reorganized into the
Coca-Cola Company of Delaware, a
corporation with $25,000,000'capital
stock. W. C. Wardlaw, vice presi
dent of the Trust Company of Georgia,
made the statement regarding
profits while under cross examination
by counsel for the bottlers.
The bottling companies are seeking
to enjoin the Coca-Cola company or
Delaware from canceling their contracts
for syrup, the plaintiffs contending
the contracts are perpetual.
Testimony is being taken before a
commissioner appointed to superior
court here.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Under this head The Herald will
publish announcements of candidates
at the following rates: Congressman,
solicitor and all state offices, $10;
county offices, $5, except coroner,
magistrate and county commissioner,
for which $3 will be charged. These
fees will pay for insertion of name
only in black type, and not exceeding
one line in light faced small type for
such notation as ' Fcr Reelection,"
etc. Additional lines will be charged
for at $2 per line. Seven words
is reckoned as one line. Cash must
accompany the card.
"MAGISTRATE AT^EHRHARDT.
J. H. Kinard
(For Reelection.)
L. G-. Yarley
His friends announce him. a candidate
for Magistrate at Ehrhardt.
MEETING OF TAXPAYERS.
A meeting of the taxpayers of Bamberg
school district No. 14 is hereby
called to be held in the city hall
in the town of Bamberg, S.* C., on
Monday, May the 24th, IS2 0, at 4
o'clock, p. m., for the purpose of
electing one member of the Board of
Trustees and for the transaction of
any other business that may legally
come before the meeting.
W. M. BRABHAM,
Chairman Board of Trustees.
Bamberg, S. C., May 3, 1920.
NOTICE.
Notice is given that the undersigned
desire to form a corporation to be
known as the Bamberg Realty Company,
and intend to file a declaration
with the Secretary of State. Notice
is further given that a meeting of the
subscribers to the said corporation
will be held at the offices of Enterprise
Bank, at Bamberg, S. C., at 11
o'clock in the morning of May 10,
1920. ' |
W. A. KLaUBER,
A. W. KNIGHT,
Corporators.
BANKS CLOSE MAY 10.
Monday, May 10, 1920, being Southern
Memorial day, the banks of
Bamberg will be closed for the day.
BAMBERG BANKING CO.,
ENTERPRISE BANK,
PEOPLES BANK.
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