The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 18, 1921, Page 4, Image 4
?
$$t?temfetrg$ers8j
ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. .
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
:
Entered as second-class matter April i
1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. |
$2.00 PER YEAR.
Volume 30. Xo. 33.
Thursday, August 18, 1921.
;
The same man who predicted, with
precise accuracy, the present economic
crisis in America, is now out
predicting an early return to normal
conditions. Here's a sincere hope
he has the right dope again.
M imi i
All in one day's news on the back |
page of the Charleston News and
Courier: "The steamship Wekika arrived
in port yesterday from Wilmington.''
"Rev. Afitz De Gaffereliey,
of Danville, 111., will speak at
' the Star Mission Sunday." "The
sheriff was yesterday working on the
case of Henry L. Diefenbach, the
Moultrieville postmaster." "Among J
those who will take part in the hurdle i
races are . . . .Loretta Pozaro."
These figures are taken from the
News and Courier: In June, 1914,
the total deposits in the state banks
of South Carolina aggregated $43,|
x 560,952.01. On June 30, of this year,
the deposits in the state banks
of South Carolina totalled $82,292,
"7V.4 ~ inla + V>oeo
U UdlCV'Cl tilC laiu tuvov
figures tell, the fact remains that If
you will ask the average man you
meet in Bamberg, he will tell you
that 1914 was a real bonanza compared
with 1921. Somebody in South
Carolina has twice as much money
in the banks now as seven years ago.
We dont' know who it is. None of
our acquaintances will admit it.
I' Sheriff Tom Plunkett, of Richmond
/ nnntv Opnreda. is made of the stuff
4 that makes a good officer. If Augusta
had had an officer with less courage
and a head less clear than Sheriff
Plunkett's there would have been another
tragedy to mar South Carolina
and Georgia. As it is, there is yet
no stain on the process of justice in
the case of the three villi*ns killing
and robbing the young taxi driver in
{ Lexington county. A friend of the
sheriff said that Plunkett was fully j
determined to protect his prisoners in
'Augusta the other night, and added
r * that he was in a frame of mind to
hill his best friend if necessary to protect
the three men. By the way,
Sheriff Plunkett is a South Carolinian.
He and this writer were raised
?P "in the woods" of Aiken county
. together, and those who know Plunk.
ett are not at all surprised that he
succeeded in keeping his men at a
safe distance from the mob.
The Calhoun Times says some
rather unkind things about James L.
Quinby, of Graniteville, and without
apparent good reason, other than Mr.
Quinby expressed some views contrary
to the^views of the Times edi.
? tor. The paper evidently wants to
know who and what is Mr. Quinby.
This writer can answer that in part at
least. We can tell the Times that
he is not a politician, that we do not
believe he has any axe to grind in
tne expression or ms views, ana iurther
that he is one of the finest citizens
of South Carolina. We do not
think, as Mr. Quinby does, in many
things, but an acquaintance of several
years with him convinced the
writer that a sincerer man does not
exist, and that his only object in
discussing world events is a genuine
desire to see conditions bettered. If
he is mistaken in his views, it is an
Tionest mistake. Our friend, the
Times, should accord to others the
same right to opinion that it holds
for itself.
# i i
Sentiment and sympathy play some
r, queer pranks in the court room
sometimes. The jury in the case of
the base ball players who "threw"
the world series last year, even after
they admitted the fact, were found
not guilty. Although Judge Landis
is not a man we particularly admire,
we believe that he should be rewarded
by public approval in refusing to
let the men play ball again. We respectfully
submit that his decision
" "v
in this respect is of far more importance
to the welfare of the country
than the decision of the trial jury.
This case reminds us of a murder
trial in Bamberg some years ago. We
believe it was Bamberg, though we|
do not recall any of the particulars,!
except that the alleged slayer wasj
indicted for murder and carrying a
concealed weapon. He freely admit-j
ted the latter charge, but the jury!
decided to go the whole distance and
t found him not guilty of murder and
not guilty of carrying a concealed
weapon, as well.
Practical jokes would be silly
things if they were not frequently so
serious. In Charleston the other day
rv. ;
i one James Slappey was charged with
mortally wounding a man named
Myers. The coroner was informed
by acquaintances of the men, both of
whom were white, that Slappey had
been told by a friend Myers had been
ridiculing him. The story was told
to him as a joke. But now Myers is
J J T* W 1 o t--*,1 cr t Vi d nrortL* I
UtclU. X lie men yia;iug
were doubtless seeking to bave "some
fun," but they have tragedy instead,
and they have even worse than tragedy,
for the news story concludes with
this laconic sentence: "The dead
man leaves a widow and three small
children." Perhaps the slayer was
justified in shooting the deceased,
but the fact remains, according to the
news dispatch, that had not friends
of the men told one of them the other
was poking fun at him, it is not at all
likely the two would have ever met
in mortal combat. The indictment
for the killing of this man should
include those giving the false impression
as well as the man who did
the shooting. But even trial and conviction
of all parties concerned will
not alter the sentence: "The dead
man leaves a widow and three smal'
children."
It appears that the government
could have found means of preventing
the loss of millions upon millions of
dollars by patriotic persons of limited
means who bought, when the country
was in distress, liberty bonds at par
and afterward had to dispose of them
at a loss of anywhere from ten to
forty per cent. The buying of liberty
bonds was put up to persons of ample
means and the poor alike, and the
consequence was that thousands of
men and women paid their money
for bonds who had no hope of being
able to keep them until maturity.
Millions of dollars have been raked
in at the expense of these small investors.
who. when they needed their
money, were compelled to sell for
almost any price that was offered
them. This selling of bonds by persons
unable to retain them has flooded
the market with liberty bonds,
brought the price down below par,
and puts the government in a bad
light. It appears that the government
could have without impairment of its
credit guaranteed its bonds to be
worth par at any time before maturity
by simply making them legal tender,
under certain restrictions perhaps.
If they were legal tender, bonds could
be used in the payment of debts at
100 cents on the dollar; the investor
would get his principal back, and the
whole country would be better off.
O^e of these days?you nor I may
ever see it?there will be no swamps
in Bamberg county. The fact that
under the greenish waters of swamps
and ponds lie the finest lands in the
world will dawn upon the people. In
these same swamps there lurks something
else. It is the breeding place of
mosquitoes, and mosquitoes supply
the source of malaria, and malaria is
one of the deadliest enemies of humankind.
Therefore, there is a double
reason why the country should be
drained. Economically speaking,
draining the county would not cost
the county a cent, in our estimation,
for the redeemed land would many
times over pay the cost of the drainage.
The present depression will not
last forever. Our people, in normal
times, take a pardonable pride in
boasting that Bamberg county is the
richest agricultural county in the
siaie, ana we Deneve 11 is true, u
we can boast of such prosperity with
half of the county's land under water,
what may we say when every acre is
under cultivation and bringing in fine
profits to the owners and tenants?
And, it is to be borne in mind that,
generally speaking, swamp lands are
far more productive than high lands.
We may also reasonably expect higher
efficiency of workmen as a result of
the elimination of malaria from every
nook and corner of the country, and
more efficiency means still more prosperity.
FIGHT CRICKETS IN GRi^XWOOI)
Gardeners Report Damage by Pests.
Entomologists Make Inspections.
Greenwood, Aug. 11.?Expert entomologists
from Clemson college are
studyingan outbreak of mole crickets
here, A. F. Conradi, head of the department
of entomology at Clemson;
George M. Anderson, extension entomologist;
Ned Prevost and W. A.
Thomas, United States department
of agriculture entomologists, were
here Tuesday to make an examination
of the ravages of the pest. They declared
that the mole cricket found in
a Greenwood garden was the Ameri
can instead of the Italian species
which is found in Charleston. This
is the first outbreak, of the pest reported
north of Charleston.
One gardener reported the pest
so numerous in his garden that they
had literally cut everything off. level
with the ground. The insects, in
myriads, burrow just beneath the
surface of the earth, cutting off
everything in reach. Steps are be
ing taken to poison toe pests ana it is
believed that they will he exteminated.
They have only been reported
from one locality.
Renew your subscription today.
BLACKVILLE BUREAU
Mrs. J. M. Halford, Manager.
Blackville, Aug. 16.?Miss Eugenia
Mims, of Edgefield. S. C., and
' and Miss Susie Smith, of Clio, Ga.,
I were the guests of Mrs. Milledge
Hankinson last week.
Claude Free, of Columbia, is spending
his vacation with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. R. Free.
Master W A. Moodv and Miss
Pearl .Moody, have returned to their
home at Kline, after a visit to Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Youngblood.
Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Sanders and
family, from Wadley, Ga., are visiting
Mr. Sanders's sister, Mrs. Hampton
Hutto.
Mrs. Ellen Izlar is visiting relatives
in Orangeburg.
Milledge Hankinson was a visitor
to Augusta Monday.
Miss Sadie DeWitt has returned
from a visit to relatives in Columbia.
H. H. Martin, who is a Confederate
veteran in a few days of eighty years
old, has just left for a visit to f uren
cy, ua., 10 anena me uinuuay umiier
of his sister, Mrs. Polly Martin, who
is 77 years old today. Mr. Martin
has 10 children living, 50 grandchildren,
and 11 great grand children.
Mrs. Mary Glover, from John's Island,
visited her sister, Mrs. Jack
Hartzog in the Govan sectio recently,
and while there came t' see relatives
in Blackville. Mrs. Glover will
be remembered as Miss Mary Eaves,
and her many friends and relatives
were delighted to see her again.
Miss Rosa Hutto and sister, Rachel,
have returned from a visit to
Hendersonville, N. C., Beech Island,
and other places of interest, during
the summer.
Dr. McLaurin Brooker, of Barn
well, is tne guest or Dr. Konaia u.
Gyles.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Free announce
the birth of a grand daughter, born
to Mr. and Mrs. John A. Phillips, of
Troy, N. Y. Mrs. Phillips will be remembered
as Miss Alma Free, who
spent her girlhood days in Blackville.
Mr. Phillips is a Springfield boy, and
their many friends here rejoice with
them over this joyful and sacred advent
into their lives.
Kelley Browning has returned
from a visit to Laurens.
Tom Murray Walsh, of Savannah,
has returned home, after a visit to
his aunt, Mrs. J. W. Browning.
Edward W. Beck, roadmaster, Atlantic
Coast Line R. R., Troy, Ala.,
visited his brother, John H. Beck,
last week.
Mrs. Isadore Brown and Miss Pena
Brown attended a Bridge club in
Barnwell recently, at the hospitable
home of Mrs. Julian Bush.
Herman Brown and son, Stanley,
left last week for Atlantic City and
other places of interest. Mrs. Brown
and the smaller children have been j
in Atlantic City during the summer.
Dr. and Mrs. Wright and little son,
of Columbia, visited BlackvilJe
friends a while last Friday, on their
way to Olar, where Dr. Wright will
spend part of his vacation. Mrs.
Wright will be remembered as Miss
Inez Starr, of Olar.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. |
Brodie, formerly of Blackville, butj
now of Orangeburg, will regret to
learn that their little four year old
son, Wardlaw, while playing the
other day fell and in some way
broke his arm. However, he seems j
to be doing nicely and not suffering
very much.
Saturday night J. R. Johnson (who
lives here with his aunts, Miss Addie
Altman and Mrs. Williams) took his
gun down to give it a cleaning up, not
thinking it was loaded, but it proved
to be very much so, going off suddenly,
mutilating the carpet and floor
considerably, and giving his aunts
o,uite a fright, and alarming the
neignuurs rrum men siumucis.
Mrs. David K. Briggs entertained
the Wednesday Afternoon Book club
last week. The game of rook was enjoyed,
and delightful refreshments
were served.
Miss Hazel Storne is visiting Miss
Rentz in Branchville.
Mr. Satterlee, of Columbia, filled
*
his appointment at the Presbyterian
church (Episcopal services) Sunday
afternoon, and his sermon was enjoyed
by all who attended.
Dr. and Mrs. John Molony, Mrs.
Sallie Moloney and Willie Moloney.
Jr., have returned from a visit to
Greenville.
Mrs. Otis Brabham, ot Allendale,
was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Eugene
Weissinger, recently.
Mrs. Sue Compton has returned
from Asheville, X. C.
Harold Brabham, of Allendale, is
visiting his cousin. Calhoun Welssinger.
Our popular postman. H. H.
Pelh, is taking his vacation now and J
we miss the sunshine of his presence.
even though he has a noble substii
_ ^ i _ n /i ni.m ~ i- ? I
nue UKe n,veuuu aim. -aoine now
there is a tender spot, in the heart
of every man. woman and child in
Blackville, for Mr. Delk. He is so
faithful and cheerful.
RATS LINE NEST WITH MONEY.!
Carpenters Find Wad of Bills While
Unroofing House in Anderson.
Anderson, Aug. 12.?With a bag j
full of money, W. D. Berry came to a J
local bank today to see if anyhing j
could be done with it. While it was i
real money it was in such a dilapidat- I
ed condition that only a few of the
bills could be determined of what denomination
they were. Mr. Perry said
he and his son had been engaged to j
recover a house on the Greenville!
I
road for a family by the name of
Bradley. The boy was on top of the
house tearing the old boards away
when he heard an exclamation that
he had founcj some money. Tearing
the board away there was a whole
rat's nest full of currency, some $1
bills, $5 bills and even $10 bills being
recognizable."
Mr. Perry reported the matter to
the family but they could give no
explanation of how the rats got the
bills, or who from, as they had not
missed any money. He said that
the only way he could account for
it was that a small store was run
near the house and that the owner
took the money to the house and
the rats had taken one bill at a time,
so it wasn't missed, and lined their
nest with it. One bill was dated
1907. Other dates were obscured by
the torn condition of the bills.
There was a skeleton of a rat In
the pile of turn up bills. The torn
up money will be sent to the mint
and it may be redeemed. There
seemed to be between $30 and $40
by the amount of denominations that
could be deciphered.
ANOTHER "MEAN MAN.
$1 for "Ad" Cheaper Than $200 for
Wife's Funeral.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 12.?D. R. Pettit,
advertising manager of the Chronicle,
has discovered another "meanest
man in the world."
A middle aged man in a serge suit
of clothes and wearing'a derby hat
i went up to one of the advertising
windows of the Chronicle and declared
he wished to "have a notice
put in the paper, saying:
"I won't be responsible for any of
my wife's debts."
"All right sir," the clerk said briskly.
"That'll cost $1."
"Paid," said the stranger. He proceeded
to explain:
"My wife and I have been separated
for a long time and now she's fixing
to die and I'll not pay her funeral
expenses."
As he went out of doors he
added:
"One dollar's a lot better than
$200."
Lincoln's Compromise.
A story of Lincoln's early political
life is told in John Wesley Hill's new
book, "Abraham Lincoln, Man of
God" (Putnam.) It seems that in
1846, during a canvass for congress,
Lincoln attended a preaching service
of Peter Cartwright's. Cartwright
called on all desiring to go to heaven
to stand up. All arose but Lincoln.
Tbon bo ocbo/1 oil fA IH'OA
^uvu uv uonuu ail LU I IOC ? liu U1U UUl
want to go to hell. Lincoln remained
still seated. "I am surprised,"
Said Cartwright, "to see Abe Lincoln
sitting back there unmoved by
these appeals. If Mr. Lincoln does
not want to go to heaven and does
not want to escape hell, perhaps he
in i.n ?"? * *
win leu us wnere ne aoes want to
go?" Lincoln slowly arose and replied,
"I am going to congress."?
The Christian Register CBoston).
After August 1st I will sell only
for cash. I will have no books and i
will not charge anything. G. 0.
SIMMONS.?adv. j
ISpecii
WE HAVE H
SINCE MARC
RONAGE W1
OVER THE C
THAT ALL A
MONEY ON E
WE ARE IX)]
SI RLE, AND ;
THING IN OX
SPEC
H I Fruit Jars, J<
j| a Bamberg
|U===
"yt^t^
| EDISTO <
I A high grade Christian prepara
Y girl*. Modern brick doimitori
A and ventilated, electrically light
X ideal location. Strong faculty i
V fluences. Healthy location. I
?? full information address
% W. H. CANNj
^ SEIVE
aTL A. A!
^? T^T" T^y ^f V^f ()>
I FIRST NATI
| Member Federa
f BAMBI
I 5 PER a Pi
I -OFF
m PRESIDENT
I W. A. KLAUBER
?? CAJ
I W. D. C
^ ATA A A^4, A^4. ATA ATA .Av iA A J
I IMPROVED
Southern Ra
DOUBLE .TRACK
WASH
One Hour and Ten !
AUGUSTA AND C0L1
Effective Sunda
I Leave Augusta
-4 Aiken
4 4 Trenton
44 Batesburg .... ....
44 Lexington
44 Columbia
<4 Winnsboro
44 Chester
44 Bock Hill
44 Charlotte
A'ri'e Washington
I" JN.ew YorK
Early morning connec
for Buffalo, Pittsburgh,
and Pennsylvania poinl
The Augusta Special i
Convenient side line
points.
High class coaches t
Drawing room sleeping
ing cars for all meals.
Travel on the Souther
and comfort.
Call on Ticket Agents
man reservations, etc., <
W. E. McGee, Divisioi
bia. S. C.
IR. W. Hunt, District
ton, S. C.
Ell! bp
ad our prices before you ix
h 1st, axd judging from the li
3 have received from cus1
ounty, we have come to the
lre convinced that me have
v ery purchase.
txg business on the closest i
vsk everybody to get our pr]
jr line before buying.
ials on the following this vv
ir Caps, Jar Rings, Vinegar,
v* fact almost anything you
I and CP
folk & McMillan.
III lit! I III mill 11 III MB?BM ?
* - - - ' < ; - .
ACADEMY |
Ltory boarding school for boys and if
es for boys and girls, well heated
:ed. Located on farm of 331 acres,
of instructors. Ideal Christian in- jST
Expenses low. For catalogue and ^
ADA, President. X
rx, s. c. , I .
- ^^/VVVVVVWW
rVVV VvVV V V V t vy
ONAL BANK!
1 Reserve System 2 ^
SRG, S. 0. J
m ah rnmirn X
LIU un SATlflba T
ICERS- |
VICE-PRESIDENT ?
DR. ROBT. BLACK f
SHEER ?
IOLEMAN *
lilway System I
)mplete H
LINE ATLANTA TO M
INGTON. 1
Minutes Quicker Time. ||
[JMBIA TO NEW YORE. I
y, August 14, 1921. M
No. 32
Augusta Spl. No. 36. |
12:15 P. M.
12:20 P. M.
.... 1:20 P. M. m
.... 2:07 P. M. 1
2:44 P. M.
3:20 P." M.' 5:10A.M.
.... 4:40 P. M. 6:30A.M.
.... 5:39 P. M.:; 7:20A.M.
6:22 P. M. 8:05A.M. M
7.0?; t> Ar in-inA \r
. .... I ?i-fv/ JL J.rx? JLV _!LVJ.XI>.TX|
7:30 A. M. 11:00P.M.
.... 1:30 P: M. 6:45A.M. i
:tions made at Washington || I
and all Western New York |? 1
is famous for regularity. H ^
connections at junction H 1
:o Washington. Pullman II
cars to New York. Din- 11
n Railway for convenience H M
i for full information, Pull- | 1
3r ,
a Passenger Agent, Colum- I
Passenger Agent, Charles- |
tecial! I
THIS SPACE M i
IBERAL PAT- IS
?OMERS ALL m
CONCLUSION S N
SAVED YOU IS
'
VL1RGIN POS- M
rrmo AY 1 VV. H
VJCiO v-l
1EEK HI
Spices, Sugar I
\KEI). H
South Carolina. 1 S ^
, i
- ni-iSm