The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 07, 1921, Page 4, Image 4
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"Volume 30. No. 27.
Thursday, July 7, 1921.
The Herald wishes to call to the
attention of its friends that it is always
glad to receive and publish news
items from any section of the county,
v The only condition we attach to it
i? that .tho item? ho cont in when t.hftV
are really news. We frequently receive
write-ups of events that occurred
two or three weeks before. In
such cases we are usually compelled
to omit publication. News is news
only when it is published in the first
issue after the occurrence. It sometimes
happens that articles are crowded
out, but this is not frequent, and
at such times we usually publish the
following week. There is usually no
good reason why copy should not be
' sent in promptly. Our friends wil]
greatly assist us in giving the county
the best paper in the state by cooperating
in this respect. .
Thinking people are coming to realize
the vast resources of Bamberg
county. Those with a vision can,
without a great stretch of imagina,
tion, see In the future the greatest
agricultural section in the country.
At the present time, it is estimated,
fViof fullr a third nf thp
W C ' Cj buu V 1 UiiJ C* V A*** U Wfc V?*.
county is in untillable condition because
of lack of drainage. It is predicted
that not many years will pasa
when all of this swamp land will be
reclaimed by drainage. A vast drainage
system throughout the county
would not only mean added thousands
of acres of fine agricultural
lands to the farms of the county, but
would mean the elimination of the
mosquito with its deadly malaria at
# the same time. Time was when folks
dared not mention malaria in the
same breath with this section of the
state. The result has been the mysterious
silence has caused an overidea
nf thp nre/valence of
the disease, with the accompanying
dread cf even an extended visit here.
This is a thing of the past; people
now realize it is no disgrace to he
infected with mosquitoes, but with
the mean8 at hand and the knowledge
of elimination the people have, it is
getting to be a reflection to have the
pests continue. All over the south the
work of mosquito elimination is going
rapidly forward. We hope to see
the day when a county-wide campaign
will be inaugurated. It is predicted
that the reclaimed lands will more
than pay for the expenditure necessary;
and the increased health
conditions will be clear profit?the
best profit one could hope "for. The
elimination movement is still in incubus
form, and it will take years
for,it to be grasped, but as the results
are noted elsewhere the desire
will be heightened in all communities
to such an extent that public
opinion will soon favor the expenditure
of millions for this purpose.
* STOP THE CAUSE. .
In the report of the conference of
the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People in Detroit,
Mich., last week, this statement
appears:
"James Weldon Johnson, of New
York, the organization's secretary,
said the association had madeMynch;
ing a national issue."
The assumption is made that this
organization is seekingly honestly to
promote the condition of colored people;
the efforts of the members may
be somewhat misguided and their
vision may be clouded, but doubtless
they are well meaning. Lynching
originated because of attacks by negroes
on white women. The influence
of lynching has spread until it'is resorted
to frequently because of other
crimes.
If the one crime, for which lynch
law was first resorted to, is eliminated,
the principal cause of lynching
will have passed away. There would
still, probably, be cases of lynching
occasionally, but as time would pass
they would become fewer in number,
and finally disappear.
The condition of the colored race
could be advanced far more by making
a national ftsue of the origina]
-cause of lvnchings than by making
an issue of lynching itself. The
crime of attacking white women is
easier to eliminate by far than the
result that usually follows such ar
attack, and the power of eliminatior
rests more upon the colored people
than anybody else.
STARTLING FACTS.
(4
R. P. Pell, of the Spartanburs
chamber of commerce, favors us wit!
ip
some statistics from the United States
bureau of education for 1918, whicl
are pretty well known, but whicl:
ought to be kept firmly in mind by al
South Carolinians. These facts are
1 That South Carolina has th<
smallest number of citizens who cai
K
read, with the single exception of
Louisiana.
2. That South Carolina spends the
smallest amount per capita for the
education of the children in public
schools.
' 3. That South Carolina has its public
schools in operation the smallest
number of days in the year?110.
4. That South'' "Carolina has the
, smallest percentage of boys and girls
attending high schools?2.2%.
[ 5. That South Carolina has the
smallest number of free public librar
ies?1.9 %.
6. That in all educational lines
, South Carolina averages the lowest
in the country?occupies the 48th
' place.
> Mr. Pell calls attention to the service
that is being rendered by relig
ious denominations for higher education,
but, to our mind, strikes the
' keynote when he calls attention tc
' the need of better public school facili1
ties. If illiteracy is to be eliminated
in South Carolina, the start must be
; made in the common schools. The
1 Herald is not unmindful of the faci
' that gigantic strides are now being
made toward the bringing of the pub^
lie schools to a higher standard, and
1 it is only for the purpose of keep'
ing this matter in mind that we are
! /.nlli'nn ot + ontinn tn it
CL?GLlil KJCLHXU& abt\;uuvu wv * v.
We are inclined to believe thai
higher education is being over-emphasized
by the South Carolina legislature.
The colleges surely should
be maintained, and liberally maintained,
but the colleges can never
render the state the service thely
should until the public schools are
more properly equipped and financed
to furnish the boys and girls of the
state with a basic education.
There are now nine vacant scholarships
in the county. There are many
deserving boys and girls in the county
who would be glad to use these
scholarships who will be unable to
I
do so because their home schools
have not equipped them with sufficient
educational foundation to successfully
pass the examinations.
Every public school in South Carolina
should eq.uip its students tc
enter any standard college, and when
this pnd is attained, we shall have no
further fear of the service the colleges
will render.
The writer onec knew a country
school, ten or twelve miles from the
, railroad, that sent out numbers of
, boys and girls directly to the various
colleges and universities. A profes,
sor, whose name is known throughout
the state, in one of the south's
j greatest universities, went directly
, to college from this little country
, school. The influence of that school,
, a one-room, one-teacher country
, school, can hardly be estimated, as
some of the state's leading,men end
, women received their pre-college
training there, without ever attending
a high school or city school.
The purpose of Mr. Pell's article
was to call attention to an educational
conference at Converse college
auditorium July 15, to which every
person in South Carolina interested
in the great matter of eliminating
! illiteracy is most cordially invited.
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How the Trouble Started.
Mrs. Clancy "was returning from
shopping, and what with the crush
and the high prices she was in no
pleasant humor. As she approached
the door she saw Mrs. Murphy, who
occupied the street floor, sitting at
her window.
"I say, Mrs. Murphy," she called
out in deep scarcasm, "why don't ye
take your ugly mug out of the windy
an' put your pet monkey in its place?
That'd give the neighbors a change
they'd like."
Mrs. Murphy was ready for her.
"Well, now, Mrs. Clancy," she retorted,
"it was only this mornin' that
I did that very thing, an' the policeman
came along an' whin he saw the
monkey he bowed an' smiles an' said,
'Why, Mrs. Clancy, whin did ye move
downstairs?' "?Boston Transcript.
Dangerous Going.
A northern man was proceeding
through the Florida Everglades with
a guide. mis wormy, its iuey J.U1lowed
the narrow path, would tap
each hollow log with <his foot.
"Why do you do that?" he was
* asked.
"Looking out for snakes," was the
1 calm response.
"Snakes! What kind?"
"Moccasins."
* ' "Heavens!" exclaimed the jiorth
erner. Then, uneasily, he asked:
' "Why do we walk on the logs, or sc
close to them, when they are full o!
* snakes? Why don't we walk off there
5 where the ground is solid?"
"Well," said the guide, as he kick
1 ed another stump, "ye mought n i
1 sink below your waist off there?anc
* then again ye mought!"
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Platinum From the Sky.
When platinum was in such de
mand during the war, thieves stoh
the platinum points from the light
ning rods in a number of Italiar
churches. Some daring thieves wh<
j must have been expert climber:
reached the tops of both towers o
^ Notre Dame and secured about s:
\ ounces of the precious metal.
RICKARD FIGURES PROFITS.
Net Considerable Above Half Million. (
To Use Arena Again.
Tex Rickard figured Sunday that
his net profit from- the Dempsey-Car- c
. pentier fight yesterday would be in s
; the neighborhood of $550,000. a
Expert accountants were busy all r
] day balancing the books used in the S
promotion of the contest. Rickard I
' said that expenses of all kinds would a
approximate $950,000 and taxes on t
his share $100,000, while the gross a
. gate receipts were expected to ex- 1
. ceed $1,600,000.
.1 It was also figured out that Demp
> sey earned in the neighborhood of c
( $29,000 a minute for his ten minutes t
. and 16 seconds of actual fighting, a
I Carpentier's profits as the loser in the t
; contest were approximately $19,500
? a minute. 1
; The United States government will c
r receive in one form of taxation or s
. another a considerable part of the a
[ $300,000 paid Dempsey and the
. $200,000 which was Carpentier's ^
> share of the purse. The government t
proceeds from the bout will total
; more than $400,000. The income tax t
. will take about $160,000 of the c
. $300,000 earned by /Dempsey and ti
[ about $77,000 of Carpentier's share, c
. The federal revenue from the sale of 1
tickets will amount to $160,000. t
State Gets Share. E
i Ticket sellers ^ho resold the 3
[ pasteboards at an eStra price are re- i
) quired to give 60 per cent, of the a
profit to the government. The state e
. of New Jersey also collects 10 per r
- cent, of the gate receipts. Profits of c
. preliminary boxers and all ring offis
cials also will be taxed, adding to the
i government proceeds of the bout.
: Georges Carpentier must pay his
. entire tax to the United State be- v
fore sailing for France. Dempsey c
may pay his tax in four installments ^
next year, the first being due in j
i March. 1922. Revenue officials have ^
i pointed out that Carpentier also is j
i likely to face 'another stringent in- e
come tax on arrival in France, shrink- y
ing still more the earnings of the
' French boxer. c
s In many respects the contest, from f
! a news reporting standpoint, was
! the greatest of its kind in the world. a
According to actual count there were
$23 reporters and telegraphers in tK- fl
> two press sections of the arena. ^
' More than 100 wires, including tele
' graph, cable and telephone, were ?
> used to carry the news to every a
' point of the world. While accurate ^
! figures are unavailable, it is estimat1
ed that the number of words filed
> about the fight during the 13 hours
i between 8 a. m. and midnight of |
July 2 ran close to the million mark.
! Messages Were received by Rickard
Congratulate Rickard.
1 from many persons congratulating
him upon the success of his enter
prises, including two from William
A. Brady and Charles A. Cothran,
who were joint promoters with Rickard
when the contract for the bout
was signed, but later withdrew.
Rickard tonight reiterated his intention
of using the Jersey City
arena for one or more championship
1?-nn-cr and thp first of
IUUUlg UCl" ctu uu >
November. He said be had no defi- I
' nite idea regarding the contest which |
he would put on but was considering K
several bouts. |
The splendid showing made by I
Carpentier against Dempsev alerady I
has resulted in talk of other bouts
for the French pugilist, the most attractive
of which is a proposed meeting
between Carpentier and Tom
Gibbons, of St. Paul.
Dempsey also is likely to reenter
the arena in Jersey City either Labor
Day, September 5, or Columbus Day,
October 12. While Packard refused
to state definitely the championship's
1 opponent, it is believed that the 1
choice lies between Bill Brennan I
and Jess Willard. I
Truthful. I
In Boston they tell of a Dr. Reed
i who, in his time, was one of the
prominent physicians of that city,
i His large practice included many
patients outside the city limits and
s these he visited in his buggy.
One day, it appeared, Dr. Reed
bought a new horse, with which he
was greatly pleased until he discov.
ered that the beast had an unsurmountables
objection to bridges of all
> kinds and could not be made to cross
f one.
j Now, inasmuch as at that period it
was necessary to cross certain bridg.
es in order to reach any one of the
t* surrounding: towns, the doctor dei
cided to sell the horse. He did not
think it at all necessary to mention
the animal's peculiarity, but was
much too honest to misrepresent him.
Accordingly, after due cogitation, he
. inserted in a local paper the follow?
ing advertisement:
' For sale?A chestnut horse. war-|
> I ranted sound and kind. The only |
} reason for selling is that the owner
s is obliged to leave Boston."
c Tn the Afgrican jungles the minimum
price of a wife is $25.
SMAJLLEST IN 25 YEARS.
"otton Production Placed at Little
More Than 8,000,000.
Washington, July 1.?Cotton proluction
this year promises to be the
mallest crop of the last quarter of
i century, today's forecast by the De artment
of Agriculture placing it at
! All fiOfl haloc nr nparlv fivp million
>ales smaller than last year's crop
tnd nearly eight million bales below
he record crop of 1914. This year's
tcreage is 28.4 per cent smaller than
ast year's.
The acreage this year is the small;st
since 1900 and never before, acording
to the Department of Agriculure,
has there been so great a change
ls there has been from last year to
his year.
The condition of the growing crop
las not in twenty years been so low
>n June 25 as it was this year. All
lections of the cotton belt have been
iffected. It is due, according to gov?
trnment experts to an adversely late,
vet spring, and to the presence of
TT-notri 1 lflrtro nitmhpTfi
njll TTCtTIi AAA 1UIA O vx
Owing to the unfavorable condiions
of April and May and to other
lisoouraging factors, shortage of ferilizer,
and unsatisfactory price, abanlonment
of planted cotton acreage
las been greater than usual east of
he Mississippi river, ranging from
i per cent in North Carolina and
Mississippi to as high as 10 per cent
n Georgia. West of the Mississippi
tbandonment was taken into consideration,
the crop reporting board anlounced,
in its preliminary estimate
>f acreage.
Knew His Business.
The inhabitants of a certain small J
illage in the south were given a post-1
ffice. Their pride in the acquisition
ras at first unbounded. Then com- \
daints began to come in- that letters'
vere not being promptly sent off. The j
)epartment at Washington then ord- j
ired an inspector to go down and in- j
estigate these complaints.
The postmaster was also the groer.
"What becames of the letters
losted here?" demanded the inspecor
of him. "The people say that they
ire not sent off."
"Of course they ain't!" was the
tratling response, as the postmasterjrocer
pointed to a large and nearly
>mpty mail sack hanging in a corner.
'I ain't sent it iff because it ain't
anywheres near full yet!"?Harper's'
Magazine.
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Couldn't Break the Rule.
"
"That cashier is a cool chap."
i i
"How so?" h
"A thug with a revolver ordered!'
I
him to hand out the bank's cash yes-1 :
terday, but he said he couldn't do it:;
unless the thug was identified. This;"
took the fellow so aback, he hesitated 1
a moment and was nabbed."?Boston j
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sions of sympathy in our recent be eavement
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