The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 07, 1921, Page 2, Image 2
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1801.
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
entered as second-class matter April
1891, under Act of March 3, 1879.
" $2.00 PER YEAR.
Volume 30. No. 14.
Thursday, April 7, 1921.
It is gratifying to those who aspire
to see a greater prosperity in this
rountv to note the attitude Bamberg
county farmers have taken in regard
to peanuts and tobacco. Practically
no profit was made on either crop
last year, but the vast majority of
them are not willing to give up at the
first reverse. It is generally stated
that the acreage in both these crops
will be larger this year than last, and
it is safe to say that both crops are
here to stay, and that with the experience
gained in the production of
peanuts and tobacco, there will be no
loss from these sources this year.
We have no idea who formed the
party who "marked up" the town on
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the night or Jiarcn o?, uuuei mc
guise of All Fools Day entertainment,
and The Herald does not mind a bit
the marks put on its window. But,
calmly and dispassionately, what fun
can there (possibly be in marking
show windows with all sorts of
things, however harmless they may
be? It's xather an odd conception of
tun. It does not add to the appearance
of the town, it causes a lot of
unnecessary window washing, and,
strange as it may seem, some folks
like to have clean windows. It seems
that the party early in the night ran
out of cute things to write on the
windows, and, determined that everybody
should share in the fun, by
window washing if nothing else, proceeded
to utilize the balance of the
time just marking. Meaningless
white marks were used when nothing
else could be though of. A harmless
joke never hurt anybody, but we just
can't see any fun in this sort of prank.
Cotton planters have nothing, apparently,
to encourage them this
year. The Augusta Chronicle Sunday
carried a letter from a Texas
newspaper man, who ought to know
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statement was made that an estimated
ten per cent, reduction in Texas cotton
acreage was a big estimate. The
writer was inclined to believe that
there was not even this reduction. If
this is the case in the greatest cotton
producing state in the world, the one
to suffer most from an overproduction,
it may be surmised that there
is not going to be any vast reduction
anywhere else. Without a cut of
from 25 to 50 per cent, those who
ought to know tell us there is no hope
for a profitable cotton price this year.
We are not given to advice?the
farmers have already had far too
much of that from people who know
nothing of the farmer's problems?
but if we were venturing an opinion, k
it would be that the farmer who fails
/ to make other provisions for an income
than depending on cotton this
fall is going to be in a most embarrassing
position.
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The Herald knows absolutely nothing
of the financial condition of the
. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
company. It is to be presumed
that the company must have succeeded
in convincing the railroad
commission of the necessity for an
increase in rates." The company con
tends, we believe, tnat an increase
is necessary to avoid retrenchment in
service and possible bankruptcy.
Without attempting to go into this
matter, a discussion of which would
require technical knowledge and facts
of the company's assets and liabilities,
neither of which we have, on
general principles, we should say
there must be'something wrong with
the operation system of any concern
which cannot operate at the present
time on the same revenue basis of
the past several years. If the company
has been losing money consistently
for the previous years of high
operating costs, a disastrous mistake
was made in not seeking the increase
to cover additional operating costs
at the time the loss was being sustained.
At that time the people were
well able to pay additional for service,
if the service demanded it. Now
the people are in no position to bear
additional expense. No other industry
is having to increase its charges,
indeed they cannot. Nobody wants
to see the telephone company lose
money or go backward, but it is pretty
difficult to convince the public of
the necessity of any sort of an increase
right at a time when nothing
is going up and everything coming
down in price.
PUBLICITY.
The Herald seeks to be a county
newspaper. It seeks to be the channel
through which the activities of the
people of this county are chronicled.
It gives us pleasure to give publicity
to any cause which seeks the betteri
ment of the people, whether it be a
social or business organization. However,
we wish to impress upon our
readers the fact that The Herald cannot
exploit ventures into which inviduals
go for the purpose of making
profit. Therein enters the element of
advertising. The Herald under no
consideration mixes its news matter
with advertising matter. The line of
demarcation is fixed by this simple
rule: Any venture, social entertain
ment, or movement which is operated
or inaugurated for the purpose of
making a profit?notices concerning
any of these sort of things must be
paid for at advertising rates. This
does not mean that any bona-fide
news concerning sucn activities mci?
not be published as news, but the ordinary
run of publicity matter is not
news. This rule applies to any notice
of entertainment which seeks to raise
money, even though the money may
be used only for a very worthy cause.
We cannot undertake to determine
what causes are worthy of free advertising,
if any should be given, as
that is largely a matter of opinion.
While on the subject, we might
mention another principle which may
or may not be sound, but it appears
to be a good one for newspaper purposes.
The Herald gladly publishes
all news submitted, whenever possible,
rof various activities of the women.
It costs us something to do
this, and The Herald does not feel
free to publish this matter, which interests
only a relatively few persons,
where the organization interested
makes it a custom to go somewhere
else for its paid matter. For instance,
we do not believe we ought to,be called
on to publish matters pertaining to
an organization which, when it desires
to have some printing, sends to
Kalamazoo to have it done. Our rule
in such cases is to advise that the
Kalamazoo papers ought to publish
the free matter. We might also add
that we have no knowledge of any
Bamberg organization that does this,
but it has been known to happen,
and we merely mention it as a principle.
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OPPOSE HIGHER RATES.
Telephone Subscribers in Prosperity
Meet.
Prosperity, April 1.?Citizens of
the town of Prosperity and community
assembled in the town hall Thursday
evening and made a protest
against the 20 per cent, increase in
the telephone rates and the toll for
Newberry. Twenty-nine out of 35
rural lines were represented. A committee
was elected to confer with the
manager of the telephones, consisting
of three business men of the
town and two representatives of the
rural lines.
Practically all the business and
residence telephones of the town will
be canceled and a majority of the
rural .lines unless they are given
due consideration by the telephone
people. Some of the best citizens propose
that a farmers exchange be established.
Timmonsville Will Allow Removal.
Timmonsville, April 1.?Owing to
the increased telephone rates of the
Southern Bell company, which went
into effect today, the following petition
has been circulated throughout
this community by two prominent
citizens, M. H. Purvis and J. E. Hancock:
"We, the undersigned subscribers
agree to discontinue our residence
telephones until normal rates are restored.
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The petition, signed by 80 per cent,
of the resident subscribers with several
of the leading business firms
also, has been handed to the district
manager of the company with
the request that their telephone service
be discontinued immediately.
ACID THROWN IN HER FACE.
School Teacher in Arizona Attacked
by Woman.
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Jerome, Arizona, April 1.?Miss
Lucille Gallagher, a local school
teacher, and said to be a member of
a prominent family in Nevada, into
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whose face acid was tnrown iasi uigiu
by Mrs. Irene Hopkins, was said to
be out of danger today. A Phoenix
specialist, said be believed he could
save Miss Gallagher's sight and that
few permanent scars would result.
Mrs. Hopkins, who was taken to the
county jail in Prescott, refused to
talk. The county attorney at Prescott,
announced a felony charge
would be placed against her.
Talking Sense.
An eminent physician was trying
to bring back to consciousness a woman
who had a paralytic stroke. For
a long time his efforts seemed to be
in vain, for her utterances were onlj
; the raving of delirium, but all at
once she sat up and, looking straight
at the doctor, cried out:
"Oh, you funny old man!"
"Ah," said the doctor cheerfully
"now she's beginning to talk sense.'
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FOUL TIPS j
By the Observer.
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I overheard some merchants talking
recently. Said one: "Don't it
get your goat to credit a fellow all
along for groceries or clothes when
he is hard up. carry his account for
him until your creditors threaten to
sue you for their money, and then
have your customer get as mad as a
setting hen because you want your
money? And, the thing would not
be so bad if they would get mad en
ough to pay up, but frequently they|
do not pay the account at, and quit
trading with you to boot." That is a
fact merchants have to contend with,
and it has almost convinced me our
present system of living on credit is
all wrong. I would like to see the
world on a cash basis. Everybody
credits pretty much everybody else.
A large percentage of them don't pay
their accounts, and the ?good pay
guys have to pay for them. In other
words it costs you something to pay
your debts, because somehow the deficit
made by the ones who do not pay
must be made up, or the merchants
would go broke. I do not live up to
this doctrine, but, like the preacherfellow
once said, you should do as I
advise and not as I do.
That reminds me of a fellow here
in Bamberg. I don't think he reads
The Herald. I wish he did. He
made some purchases here in town
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when he needed to make some more
purchases he went to Orangeburg or
someplace else and got the goods and
paid cash. That's gratitude for you.
That merchant not only lost his acer
count, but lost the customer's business
because he was kind enough to
give the party some credit when the
credit was really needed, too. Fellow
of fairly high standing in the
community. One can't get away with
that sort of thing, though. Some day
he will be sorry of it, if he's got any
conscience, and most folks have?
some kind of conscience, badly warped
or shriveled perhaps, for lack of
good healthy exercise.
'How did it strike you to read about
that old faker Debs being turned loose
on his "honor" to go to Washington
to plead his own case? That's what
I call putting a premium on devilment.
That fellow caused a lot of
trouble to America, and about the
only criticism I have to make about
his conviction was the leniency with
which he was treated. I just wonder
if you or I were in the federal prison
we would be allowed to come home
or go to Washington unattended by
a dozen policemen. No, I will not
put it just that way. Would we be
allowed to stick our heads out of the
jail at all? Many times, no. But
Debs has a big following, and there's
Dolitics.
Speaking about politics, what folks
will do in the' name and for the sake
of politics. And money, I ought to
add. About the same thing, anyway,
f.or politics without some sort of money
consideration is as rare as the
beautiful downy snow in the month
of July. I have known of people to
put their mother in the insane asylum
because of money, and politics
will make folks do about as bad
sometimes. However, politics seem
to be one of those necessary evils we
have always heard about and never
seen, and some day maybe there will
be honest and clean politics. Likewise
the good person is looking for
the millenium.
It's an easy thing to praise people.
Comes just as natural, and people
don't mind a bit if they exaggerate
a little in telling folks of their
good qualtities. It is the hardest
sort of thing to tell the truth and
the w*hole truth. People need to
need the truth about themselves. We
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the compliments we have others pay
us if they would likewise tell the
truth about our faults. Well, that's
a different matter, and I am getting
into unpleasant fields here.
No candidates for mayor and aldermen
yet, and the election just a
month off. Folks, get busy. Let everybody
who wants an office run. The
more the better. I have heard that
One member of council has said he
wrould not mind serving the town
again if he would have some opposition
in the election and were elected.
He would then know the people
were back of him. Come on, I hope
The Herald will have lots of announcements
next week.
THE OBSERVER.
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There Was a Reason.
"Why do you turn out for every
' road hog that comes along?" said the
; missus, rather crossly. "The right
r of way is ours, isn't it?"
; "Oh, undoubtedly!" answered he
: calmly., "As for our turning out, the
reason is plainly suggested, in this
AnUnnVi QiinQarod 1 T"> Q TIDU*C.
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, paper recently:
' "Here lies the body of William Jay,
Who died, maintaining his right of
way;
He was right, dead right, as he sped
along,
But he's just as dead as if he'd been
wrong.'1?Boston Transcript.
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32 c fine Grits, I B
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58c Best Head Rice, . 1 B
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14c Octagon Soap, IB
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