The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 10, 1921, Page 2, Image 2
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
Altered as second-class matter April
1891, under Act of March 3, 1879.
$3.00 PER YEAR.
Volume 30. Xo. 6.
Thursday, February 10,1921
REDICIXG THE AIIMV.
When the cloud of war first hovered
over America a few years ago,
the hue and cry was that the country
w*as unprepared. Xow congress
has voted overwhelmingly to reduce
the army to a mere pittance. Verily,
the people cannot be pleased. We
do not anticipate the entrance of the
United States into any more wars
soon, but if there is anything encouraging
for world peace any time;
soon, it has escaped our notice. Iti
seems to be an unquestionable fact
thot fhorp i<5 far more need of pre-!
paredness today than there was six
years ago. So long as the world re,
mains in an unsettled tumult, we fail
to see the wisdom of telling the
world that America no longer needs
an army.
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PEOPLE XOT INTERESTED.
In the last issue of The Herald we
published a call, from E. W. Dabbs
and others, for a meeting of citizens
at the court house last Monday to
discuss the tax question, and make
such recommendation as seems just
to the legislature, and to elect delegates
to a state meeting in Columbia.
There were a few citizens at the court
house Monday who came here with
the intention of attending this meeting,
but very few?so few in fact
that the matter was not even discussed.
The only inference that can be
drawn is that the people are interested
in the tax question. As stated in
the call for the meeting, if the state
is burdened with an unjust tax levy,
the people have themselves only to
blame.
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MAY "OAS" THE WEEVIL.
Below is an item of news, contained
in a Washington, D. C., dispatch
to the New York Times of some days
ago:
"The Chemical Warfare Service of
the army, in co-operation with the
Department of Agriculture, is preparing
to lay down a barrage of poison
gas in the cotton district of the south
calculated to exterminate the boll
weevil. Brig.-Gen. Amos Fries, chief
of the service, said today that experiments
already conducted promised
success.
"Military gas has already been
used against rats in seaport cities, he
added, a fifteen-minute application
along wharves and under waterfront
buildings killing every rat in the
area. The army is 'gassing' locusts
' * in the Phillipines, he added."
This bit of news, if true, is a radical
departure. The scheme would!
not appear to be without the realms
of possibility, at that. If gas can
subdue an army of intelligent soldiers,
and it certainly played an all\
important part in the recent war, it
may be assumed that if undertaken
on an extensive scale it may serve
the purpose of eradicating the boll
weevil. Anyway, the experiment
would be worth while.
Since the above was put into type,
a statement has been issued by the
department that no such attempt to
. exterminate the weevils is planned;
that more gas is required to kill weevils
than human beings, and that the
idea is not feasible.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Just a word or two to our subscribers.
The first of February is a time
when an unusually large number of
subscriptions expire. In the haste
of issuing the paper under adverse
working conditions, we failed to notify
these subscribers by marking the
paper in the usual manner, and we
are, therefore, sending this issue of
the paper to subscribers whose sub
scriptions expired February 1. Mailing
lists will be revised before the
next issue. If you do not wish to
miss your next week's paper, forward
us your renewal at once.
The price of The Herald is a small
thing to the individual subscriber,
so small that there is not a subscriber
who cannot pay it without difficulty.
And yet, in the aggregate, it
means considerable money to us, and
like everything else, it takes money
to run a newspaper. The price of
The Herald did not advance with other
prices. During the past two years
when it cost us more than double
ordinary expenses to print the paper,
it was sent out for $2.00.
The Herald management is not in
position to extend credit for subscriptions,
even if it were in keeping with
modern newspaper methods, which it
is not. We attempted to do this in
1914 and as a consequence we now
have hundreds of dollars on our I
hooks in unpaid subscriptions. Wei
not only lost the cash, but many subscribers
as well, and we are of the'
i
belief that this is credit that is not
appreciated by the majority of newspaper
readers.
THE MANIA FOR RILLS.
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Perhaps the most characteristic
feature of present-day legislation is
the mania for bills. Bills, bills, more
bille, laws, and more laws, seems to
be the order of the day. The acts
of the last legislature of South Carolina
form a large volume of closely
printed laws enacted in one session
of the general assembly.
What is the need for all these
measures? All modern laws are
supposed to be patterned from the
OKI .UUSUIUC lclW, ? men, icuuv^u
working effectiveness, was composed
of the ten commandments.
There is now a law?110, not a law,
but many laws?covering every
phase of human activity from the
cradle to the grave. Every day practically
every inhabitant of Bamberg
violates numerous laws, and if tried
and convicted would have to live
several lives ih order to serve out
the sentences. We have so many
laws that we don't know "where we
are at."
It appears to be the chief ambition
of the majority of legislators to introduce
and have passed at least sevi
eral laws. The statutes are encumbered
with useless legislation as a
consequence. All of which brings us
to the belief that a session of the
i legislature every two years is an entire
sufficiency for South Carolina,
and we look forward to the day when
biennial sessions will be held. Even
every two years we should think that
a week or two weeks session would
suffice to frame and pass the supply
bills. As far as laws are concerned
we have enough to last a century.
HOUSE MEMBERSHIP.
Size of House Will Remain the Same,
Congress Decides.
Washington.?At the end of the
most turbulent session of the present
rmyn, n-nno/. + V,1, r\ 11 e, lo tQ tnrlov O d Pi 1 ?
Vs\J U51 CJi L-U.O JIUUOC iuiv cvyvAtcj uuvj/v
ed the reapportionment bill limiting
its membership for the next ten years
to he present total qf 435.
The fight to prevent increase to
483 was won several hours earlier
however, when the house, sitting in
committee of the whole, refused to
question consideration of the whole
question of redistricting, and then
I voted 198 to 77 to keep the present
[ maximum. It was after long par|
liamentary wrangling that the bill
l was brought before the house itself
for a final showdown. The 435
amendment was finally agreed to by
a vote of 267 to 76, and the measure
made ready for senate concur- ;
rence.
Orangeburg-Bamberg Road.
A committee of the county commissioners
in company with Attorney
Hugo S. Sims went over the proposed
right of way for the Orangeburg-Bamberg
highway recently and
it is stated that consent has been secured
from all parties affected by the
proposed route to have the road
through their property without legal
resistance, the right being reserved,
and granted by the board, to have
competent authority pass upon the
amount of monetary consideration
to be awarded for the property used.
?Orangeburg Times and Democrat.
It Could Not Be Worn.
Everett, aged six, had been left
with a neighbor while mamma and
papa attended an amateur theatrical
show.
When they were alone together the
neighbor remarked: "Your motherj
certainly looked nice. She was certainly
dressed up."
"Yes'm," Everett responded, "she
had on everything new she got for
Christmas 'cepting her percolator."?
Houston Post.
Disappointing.
To a boy whose face plainly indicated
mental distress a kind old lady
said, "What is the matter?"
"Pa fell downstairs," replied the
boy.
"Well," don't cry. He'll be all
right soon, no doubt."
"Yes, I know," said th? boy, "but
me sister seen him fall all the way
an I never saw nothin'."
Pulling New Stuff.
"Do you notice the large number
of horny handed sons of toil who are
now riding in Pullman cars?"
j "I do," replied the traveling sales[
man. "And, for my part, I'm glad to
see them."
"Why so?''
"I'm hearing some brand new stories
in the smoker."
Fiattle of Cunaxn.
The eagle borne on a spear was
used by the Persians as a standard
in the battle of Cunaxa, B. ., 401.
Read The Herald, $2 per year.
HAMPTON AUDITOR
BEFORE GOVERNOR
HEARING RECENTLY IN" REGARD
TO APPOINTMENT.
No Action Taken
Chief Kxecutive Will Await Written
Charges To I>o Preferred*
Against Gooding.
Governor Cooper spent the greater
part of the day yesterday hearing
the case of the Hampton county an
cntor, t. riagooa uooumg, wnom me
grand jury had instructed the legislative
delegation to refuse to recommend
for appointment, it being
charged that he had failed to put
property on the tax books in the
county and to perform properly his
duties otherwise.
The governor heard Mr. Gooding,
the comptroller general, the solicitor,
the tax commission and other persons
on the case and the hearing developed
to such an extent that the chief executive
deferred action at present and
ordered the Hampton authorities to
prefer written charges against the auditor.
When these charges are preferred
the governor will furnish Mr.
Gooding with a copy and then allow
the auditor a chance to answer them.
The Hampton county grand jury
investigated the affairs of the county
during December, had an audit made
of the books and found that the!
former treasurer, W. A. Mason, was
short in his accounts of $17,SOT.91
and further that the tax collections
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were in extremely bad condition as;
well as certain other affairs of the!
county.
Books Not Open.
In the presentment sent to Gov-;
ernor Cooper, the grand jury said j
it found that the tax books had not!
been opened on time, the same situation
having been the case in 1918, j
and that due to this the schools of the j
county were seriously crippled in;
their work along with other county j
activities. "We direct that the clerk
of court forward a copy of this presentment
immediately upon its being
filed to the governor to whom we
take the liberty of suggesting that the
county auditor of the county should
required to perform his duties even
to the extent of'req,uiring him to show
cause why he should not be removed j
frnrn nffino in thp PVPTlt he has failed."!
says the presentment. The county
attorney and the treasurer were instructed
by the grand jury to send
evidence to the chief executive on the
matter of the tax situation in the
county and it was largely due to these
facts from the grand jury, the;
treasurer, the attorney, solicitor andi
others that Governor Cooper asked1
Mr. Gooding to appear before him.
The grand jury took exception to
the way the affairs of the county
were being run in general and asked
for a complete change. "The grand
jury takes this opportunity of directing
the attention of the entire
people of the county to the fact that
the affairs of the county are not being
conducted in the manner required
by law," the presentment says.
Xot on Books.
Charges against the auditor were
that he* had failed to put property
on the books, that he had failed to
follow instructions of the tax "commission
in regard to automobiles
and other property and that by his
acts something like $100,000 worth
of property was not assessed, according
to a statement made after the
hearing yesterday.
The hearing was only in reference
to the auditor, it being the desire of
the. governor to see whether or not
Mr. Gooding should be reappointed.
After hearing from all sides the chief
executive decided to give the matter
more attention and will await the
written charges.
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No Available Port.
Russia has no Baltic or Pacific port
into which ships can come from November
to April.
AUDITOR'S APPOINTMENTS.
For the convenience of those living
in different sections of the county,
the auditor or his deputy will be
at the following places on the days
and dates mentioned for the purpose
of taking returns of personal property.
In order to avoid errors all persons
owning real estate are requested
to make returns of same. By doing
this the auditor will know what j
real estate to put back on the books i
for 1921. Another request I wish i
to make is that all large and small
farmers get up a list'of all the hands
in their employ and make their- re-,
turns for them. This would save!
o lot of trouble Tf von have bought. !
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or sold real estate during the past'
year please make a note of same on ;
your return.
St. John's?Thursday, January 13, j
from 11 to 12:30 o'clock.
Kearse?Thursday, January 13, j
from 1:30 to 3 o'clock.
Ehrhardt?Friday, January 14.
Olar?Thursday, January 20.
Go van?Friday, January 21.
Denmark?Thursday and Friday,
January 27 and 28.
5 Lees?Thursday, February 3.
Farrell's?Friday, February 4,!
from 10:30 to 12:30 o'clock. I
Snowstorms or unusually bad wea- j
ther will cancel dates which will be
provided later.
Before coming to make your return
please find out what school district
your property is located in, and j
come yourself, for by so doing mistakes
will be avoided.
In sending your returns by mail, \
be sure and swear to same before j
some notary public, and write as
plainly as possible.
All male persons between the ages j
of 21 and 60 (except Confederate
veterans and sailors, who are i
exempt at 50) are liable to
a poll tax of $1.00. All able
bodied male persons between the
ages of 21 and 55 are liable to the
commutation road tax of $5.00, ex-;
cept those living in an incorporated j
town.
The time for making returns is
from January the first, 1921, to February
the 20th, 1921. After the!
20th of February the 50 per cent,
penalty tfill be added to all returns
not made.
The auditor will be at the court j
house every day except the days he j
?"ij^pcai ili}5 UCiUl <-/ iuv {juiv/iuv.
were Mr. Gooding, J. F. Derham, of
the tax commission, Walter E. Duncan,
comptroller general, W. V. Sutherland,
former comptroller general,
Rut L. Osborne, former comp*
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11 unci gciici ai, o . x iu^i jljjvu, ^v/
torney for the tax commission, and
a number of Hampton county officers,
including Senator Lightsev.?Columbia
State.
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Wasted Effort.
Black?"What are you licking
Johnny for?"
Mrs. Black?"I told him to get
cleaned so's I could take him to get
vaccinated, and when I got to the
doctor's he had washed the wrong
arm."?New York Sun.
Modem Economy.
"I don't spend as much money on
my girl as I used to a couple of years
ago."
"How's that?"
"Well, I used to bring her candy
when I called. Now she's satisfied
with a package of cigarettes."?Savannah
Morning Star.
is OUt taKing returno. |
Much annoyance will "be avoided;
if all persons will make their returns;
promptly, so try to make yours be-,
fore the 20th of February.
W. D. ROWELL,
Auditor Bamherg County.
RUB - MY - TISM
Is a powerful Antiseptic and
Pain killer, cures infected
cuts, old sores, tetter, etc.
Relieves Sprains, Neuralgia,
Rheumatism.
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knew, preventing pneumonia.
If you want to buy or sell anything
use The Herald Want column.
Cut Prices i
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:3j Granulatod Sugar, q
I pou.xd Ov ^
D. S. Plate Bacon, | p
pound 1J)C !
Loose Lard, any amount, | i
pound 14v !
Rice, medium, n |
pound | ^
Grits, per - i A j
peck 4"C |
Meal, per ja |
peck 4UC
3 Green Coffee, | i j
2 pound 14v !
Eagle Brand Condensed
Milk, can ZOC
-j Dime Brand Condensed | r
| Milk, can 13C
: 3 lb. Can Tomatoes, -j p
| each I3C
2 lb. cans Tomatoes, | A
j each -|"C
Octagon Soap, q
| bar PC
; Clean Easy Soap, Q
j bar PC
3 Best Self Rising Floury* iA !
I 24 lbs. .... tPl,4U j
H Brown Mule Tobacco, *Q j
1 plug ZoC
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Prices Prices Reduc- The
Per. ft. Now tion If th
$130.00 $80.00 39 tinues <
105.00 65.00 37 levels,
70.00 40.00 "43 new sc<'
ing 90.00 65.00 28 First
ing 70.00 45.00 36 2-3c an
ing 50.00 35.00 30 Ordh
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digger reduction than this?in fact all le
rebound and remain steady within a
?o hi <*h mjirk. nr 18 oer cent, higher
vow?
SASH, DOORS, BEAVER BOARD, SH
it financial crisis is a return from ABN<
VING.
HED BOTTOM. Buy what you need b
\v. Turn it loose and help everybody.
F1 CO-OPERATION. If you are not help
who are. STOP CRYING HARD T
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means that an average of $10.00 each
ANDY.
iiberg's quota of this is $40,000.00. .1
town alone ? ? ? ?
(ES. YARDS: Orangeburg, Bai
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DR. THOMAS BLACK
DENTAL SURGEON.
Graduate Dental Department University
of Maryland. Member 8. C.
State Dental Association.
Office opposite poetoffice. Office
bourse, 9:00 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
Read The Herald, $2.00 per year.
n Groceries
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Red J Tobacco, /)Q
plug ZoC
Tall Pink Salmon, * A j
per can l/V
Small size Salmon, f *
per can j[[fa
Best Argo Salmon, <jr
per can CwC
Armour's Veribest Vegeta | A \
bles, 20c cans lUC !
Wesson's Oil, cooking, i A If
Pint .... 40C
3 lbs. cans Sauer Kraut, f m
each 11V
Sweet Peas, best, 1A/%
per can ?-?vC
Best Corn, aa
per can
Fresh Pork, any Friday *A |
and Saturday, lb ZUv |
Cocoanut in cans, | m ?i
per can J[ f v |
Seed Irish Potatoes I
coming, peck I VV 1
Lump Starch, per n
pound -Ov
Bread, loaf 10c, three *r
for Z5C
Gasoline, per aa
gallon JlfC
les to shwoow how I have cut the
in same proportion. Rememgoods
delivered, cash only. \
; once. Get others' prices,
hJarm done.
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