The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 06, 1921, Page 2, Image 2
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W\)t Bamberg Heralb!
ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. I
Entered as second-class matter April j
1891, under Act of March 3, 1S79. j
82.00 PER YEAR.
Volume 30. Xo. 1.;
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THURSDAY.. JAN. 6, 1921.!
A year ago the people of this state
concluded that there was nothing so
serious as the cotton boll weevil, but
one hears very little about the weevil
nowadays. It's the price of cotton.
The farmers have discovered
an enemy more subtle and more
mighty than the weevil. The weevil
can be seen and can be fought. The
influence that fixes the price of cotton
can neither be found nor fought apparently.
A Bamberg gentleman strikingly
illustrated the tax injustice the other
day. Two brothers, he said, may ^
each receive ten thousand dollars as
their share of an estate. One brother
decides to buy a fine farm with his
money and invests in 100 acres of
good Bamberg county land. The other
brother, though, is not bent toward
agriculture, and decides to in- j
vest his money in a mercantile estab- j
lishment. The farmer brother will |
pay taxes on not exceeding $700,
while the merchant will have to pay
on $4,200, exactly six times as much
taxes. The burden of taxes would
not be nearly so burdensome of the
burden were equally borne by all
property owners. This is not the only ]
inequality, just one of them.
We are in favor of progress and do
not want to see any of the state insti-1
tutions go backward. We do not believe
that any increased appropriation j
bill will be necessary to maintain the
standard of the colleges or other in- j
stifntinns nf flip stare In facr we !
do not see that it is necessary to
make as large appropriations as last
year in order to carry on all the
work that has already been instituted.
We think we are correct in saying j
that there is no construction work
that cannot be done this yeaiN for 25
per cent, less than last year. There-!
fore if an appropriation is reduced I
25 per cent, the same amount of con-!
struction work can be accomplished. J
This same principle may be applied
to practically all other appropriations, i
It would not appear to be good policy j
to reduce any of the salaries. The
public officials, with some exceptions,
have never received a decent salary,
and inasmuch as salaries figure in'4ai
very small way in public appropria-|
lions, they may be allowed to remain j
as "they are. j
5^. great many farmers are beseiging
members of the general assembly to ;
lend their support to a bill to curtail J
the acreage of cotton. This is dis- j
tinctly out of the jurisdiction of the
legislature. This is a free country, j
- and a farmer has the God given right |
trv nlant what ho nleases and as much i
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as lie pleases or as little. You may j
as well pass a law requiring every
citizen to attend the Methodist orj!
Baptist or Presbyterian church as to j
dictate to him what he shall plant in
his own soil. All well thinking peo- i
pie sympathize with all movements j
to better the condition of the cotton j
planter and they wish all such move
ments well, but all acreage curtail- j
ment movements must be voluntary;
among the cotton planters themselves, j
We are of the opinion that there must j
be a reduction?a vast reduction?in j
cotton acreage if the farmers are to ;
protect the price of cotton, but the i
legislature is not the channel through j
which the reduction must come. Class j
legislation is a dangerous thing any'
time; even if the measure would be j
constitutional, which we do not be-j
lieve, it would be most unwise.
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He Took the Pills.
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The tramp entered the ceaconal j
council.
'"Gentlemen," he began, "your par- j
don for disturbing you, but I am very
sick." He paused after this announcement
to note the effect.
"I went to the doctor." he continu- j
ed, "and he gave me the pills?see, |
the pills/' and he held up to view a !
small bottle. "He said, take these j
pills, three after each meal, and 11
would like very much to have some!
assistance."
"Well, why don't you take your |
pills then, and not come bothering j
here?" interposed a deacon.
"Gentlemen," replied the tramp !
with much unction. "I cannot take'
the pills: I have no meal."
He got the meal.
Simple Uemedy.
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"Oh, Harold! That new house-!
maid has dropped my diamond, ring j
down the sink."
"Never mind, dear, we must stop j
it out of the next month's wages."?
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chairman of the committee, that lie
would have to sit down and keep I
quiet. or leave the room. Pickens had
stated that one white man in Virginia
had been the subject of discrimination
because he was "a Republican,*'
but on being pressed for
the name of the man and the town
by Chairman Siegel, admitted his information
was based on "hearsay"
reports.
Xegro women in Columbia, S. C.,
were denied the right to register and |
some of them were disqualified under
the educational clause of that state's
constitution, Pickens told the committee.
Thirty-two of these women
have begun proceedings against the
registration officials in the courts.
he added.
Walter F. White, assistant secretary
of the association, charged that
several thousand negroes had been
prevented from voting in Jacksonville.
Fla., although they were qualified.
He declared that 1,000 members
Of the "Ku Ivfux Klan'' had paraded |
the streets there on the Saturday j
night preceding the election in an,
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attempt to terrify the negroes and;
kept them away from the polls. Hej
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Wouldn't Pay Debts.
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the Great South Bay started the old.
old question as to what they would
do if they suddenly came into possession
of one million dollars. Some
bought great ocean going yachts, others
endowed schools, and one even
offered to contribute his to help out
the government.
The question finally came round to
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"And now, Zeb, you've been keeping
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million dollars?"
"Well, I don't know -'zactly," responded
Zeb reflectively as he spat at
the stove. "I reck'n I'd pay it on my
debts, 's far as it went."
cited other instances of alleged discrimination
in Florida and said they
had been reported to the department |
of justice.
Southern members of the committee
asked the witness why they had
not maae mvestigauo^i mio me suu-i
ation in the northern states also j
instead of confining themselves to
the southern states.
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