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IWtft i&mfeerg Heralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. " $2.00 PER YEAR. B Volume su. :\u. ?.i Thursday, December 8,1921. B !Now that the state legislature will m soon meet in annual session, the thoughts of the people naturally turn Kjr to the question of taxes. Taxes are ? Kevincr -oHricviv Hi.euMissftd and still more gjjy. widely cussed. The people of this |f,/ . state have groaned under unprecer dented heavy taxes for the past year in the face of the most serious finani > r cial reverses of years past. This condition must be remedied by the coming session of the general assembly. The joint committee of the assembly ; has promised the people a reduction of several mills if their recommendation is accepted. But, when the general assembly convenes the usual crowd will be there with their various and sundry budgets and estip mates running, as usual, into the ?Thoro will ho thrvso who Immmjuo. xuviw w - will say that the state institutions cannot be operated on less than so and so. But the legislators may as well make up their minds there will foave to be a reduction, a great reduction, in the property levy, the coming year. There are other ways of raising taxes, though at seems that the legislature does not believe it First of all, there should be a | I -wiping off of the books of all property assessments or returns, and have . the "entire property of the state, real and personal, returned for taxes at its exact worth. This will not be half so difficult as the present attempts to fix a percentage for taxation (which lias always been nothing more than a <tesire to give special privileges) iand then fix the levy anew. There is no earthly reason why a merchant should pay taxes on 42 per cent, of his stock while another man with other property returns it according to his own valuation, which is rarely >r- more than a tenth of ita real value. It is unjust and unconstituional, for ' that matter, even though a court may i never so declare it. But, before anything is done to readjust taxes, the present state tax commission should l>e relieved of office. The tax matter is in the worst mess it has ever "been, and the tax commission is charging :, the state thousands of dollars in salaries and expenses to get the taxes into a further mess. There is no reason on earth why the state tax commission should: be retained in HPp - office. IXlOIt; i?> au lUlCiCSlUlg HCIU mav appeared in the last issue of the Walterboro Press and Standard: "The editor recently talked with a citizen of that small portion of upiV per Oolleton last annexed to Bamberg county. He said: 'The people ;/ of our section are sack and tired of being in Bamberg county, and.if they tV could vote on the proposition now, gfeC i there would be no annexation. We p* "do not find that we are faring one ... whit better, if indeed, we are doing I its weu, no *> e uiu wiiuv -in wuiicwu. We are step-children of Bamberg r: county. That county can not care 5.' of us as did the real mother." p % The Herald feels sure it voices the sentiment of most of the people of the other sections of. Bamberg county when we say we are sorry to know * our new found friends are disap j-i-.j A? fha4 pomitJU. uur iuiui manuu tuav I that portion of Bamberg county has i been cared for just as well as it I ihad any real good reason to expect, I and as for that matter, as well as B onr r^tVior nnrf-ir?n nf RamhAre1 rniin I ty, taking all circumstances into consnderation. The above evidently refers to road and bridge work in the recently annexed portion of the county. We are informed that that portion of territory contains almost as much bridge work as all the balance of the county combined. We are also informed that the condition of the river crossings in that section, when the territory joined Bamberg, was such as to be almost impassable. In fact, every now and then, after a ?A 4-1*.^ A C Vl AC ur Tvi /> Vl StOI'XIl, U1C UCCO auu U1 UOU?a 1I uivu : . had been allowed to grow up in the roads, would entirely block travel. We are also informed that all the roads have been cleared t of brushes rf the proper distance on both sides, numbers and numbers of bridges have been built and repaired, and considerable work done on the roads. This I perhaps does not yet place the roads of that section on an equality with the rest of this county, for the reason that it would bankrupt the county perhaps to do all the work that is needed at one time. We are further informed that there is no hope of Bamberg county ever receiving suf^cient taxes from this section to pay for the proper upkeep of the roads y and bridges it contains. It is stated on good authority that Colleton county never did anything at all on either roads or bridges, and it can be truthfully said that Bamberg has at least fi made a start, and we do not think | there is any reason for the people f to be "sick and tired of being in Bam berg county." We are glad to welcome the people of this territory into Bamberg. They are fine people, and we don't have any idea the man uttering the words above quoted represents any considerable portion of the residents of that section. There was certainly noth ing selfish in Bamberg taking tnese good folks in. Bamberg knew that from a financial standpoint, that section could never hope to be much of an asset, but there are other things than money in the world. We like to have good folks in our county, even if it costs us money to have them. We all felt that we might be of some small service to these folks, and that in return they might be of some service to us. And they may be sure Bamberg county will take | just as good care of their section as it is possible to do under the circumstances. If Colleton county had maintained its highways Bamberg county would certainly have kept the work up. As it is, the section has no highways or bridges. Colleton handed over to Bamberg a few lanes and paths. But all things will come, and the newcomers will yet have fine roads and schools if they stick with Bamberg long enough. They might as well give Bamberg a thorough trial anyway; they tried Colleton long enough. Bride-Elect is Honored. Mrs. W. A. Waters entertained recently in honor of her sister, Miss Gertrude Smoak, of Bamberg, whose marriage to W. H. Thomasson, of Gastonia, N. C., will be an intersting 9yent of this month. Miss Smoak has been visiting members of her sister's family here and the misceleous shower given for her ?by Mrs. Waters was by way of farewell. The home was attractively decorated with 'greens and cut flowers, and the pink and white draperies car~ J 4-Vk^v nrvlrti* 00V1 Jim n T-T OQ T*f" C neu uul Luio were played bj the guests and the first prize, a box of linen handkerchiefs, awarded to Mrs. J. W. Jordan, the booby prize, a kewpie, falling to Mrs. Brownlee. All the guests drew for the consolation prize, a dainty hand-embroidered collar, which was won by Miss Louise Waters. A basket prettily draped in pink, in the center of which was seated the little seven-months-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Hunter, dressed as a kewpie, with many beautiful gifts | around her, was drawn in by little Elizabeth Waters, and presented to the bride-elect. After the gifts had been opened and admired, punch and a sweet course were served.?Charleston News and Courier. \ BASKET BALL WEDNESDAY. Bamberg Lassies Win From Orangeburg by Score 17 to 13. One of the athletic attractions of Exchange Week was the basket ball J \UnWn Aorloir Q f (VIT1 I (^clLUe piaycu \ V CUlicoua; uitbiuvuu at'the local high school between the girls of the Bamberg high school and Orangeburg !high. It was really a great game and probably a better crowd saw it than had ever before witnessed a basket ball contest in : Bamberg. And some very tense, ex- ( citing moments were enjoyed by . those present. The girls played ihard 1 but in a friendly spirit of rivalry, and when the referee's whistle sounded ',Taps" over the game in which Bamberg's girls triumpihed by the romartahlv rinse spore of 17 to 13. loud cheers were sent up for both teams. The Orangeburg lassies started out f with a rush, keeping the ball near Bamberg's goal during almost the whole of the first half, and clearly outplaying the girls representing the local high. When this half ended the score stood 9 to 5 in favor of the visitors. However, with the sound of the whistle the home girls were off like a flash in the second half and completely rushed the Orangeburg girls off their feet. Bamberg's great playing was not without victorious results, for far more marked was their superiority over Orangeburg in the second half than was Orangeburg's in the first. And our firls deserve much credit for their game come back when in the face of apparent defeat they brought home the bacon, piling up 12 points to their guests 4 in t'he last half. The winners deserved the victory, led by the great playing of Mjss Nelle Beard who constantly stars in every contest for her team. They all played well and the Misses Ducker and Miss Rowley Williams also merit special mention. The Bamberg higii school girls are justly proud of their rec ord of not suffering a defeat on the 'home grounds for the past four years, and they have only met one or two losses at all. It's the same old stuff our boys have always had in them to make Bamberg's prowess on many an athletic field; ana our gins are right with them. For Kent?One four foom house on Broad street, with necessary .out buildings. Apply to J. A| MITCHELL, Bamberg, S. C. ltp ?. - . I - ? -.-a.*-: - .. _________I FROM MR. SPOTTER i i Munday, 5th Dec., A. D., 1914,] Fish Pon township, S. .0. Mister Edditur Bamburg Heruld?; Deer sur & friend:?Wei, sur, I bin ? A, , ,1 T 3 . 1 t ni. T7< I, v. I wailin onm tney uttu luc uic at mm-> hardt and also at Bamburg to rite' yu wone more peece & give yu our| experiunce ( I mean Cy Bolger & J). J Sally Ann (thats my wife) sed that! on account I and Cy wus cuttin up so tarnacius that she wood not go j sassyin aroun with us. Wei, I andj, Cy, we went to the fare at Ehrhardt, j & we had esy salin with the wind. I Cy tooke the fust prize for bein the | nntenict ffvllpr who wuz eved seed i enywher. He et 98 sail witches an j 39 poark chops, 33 biskits & sed if- j fen he had a mile and a 1-4 of chit-1 terlins he wud mak a meel ov it. Then we went to Bamburg commu-1 nity fare. Little Bill Bradham had tole me all about hit & sed he wuz< so tarnacius buzy herdin up hawgsj & cows to have barbycude (all fre)! that he cud not tel me mutch, but he I sez, seze, that nobodi had to pa nuth-j in & they wuz gwinter hav fust and] 2nd prizes fer flotes & I & Cy setj our harts on takin al prizes on this flote bizness. We thot that the feller who cud flote the mostest barbycude hawg & cow &c, etc., wood be the! fust prizer. Wei, we went & we et & et & et until aJ wuz et & then little Bill Bradham cum along & tole us that the flote prizes wuz to be next da & hit wuz fer sich things as puttin crape De sheem on ortimobiles mixed in with crysianthemums & other sorter j blossums which cumes in the fall. ; That shore wuz one set hack game*; to Cy & I! But we shore had wun! big time ontil a polisemun they cal Mudey cum mity ny gitten us fer obstructs ov the strete & hit warnt our fait. Cy's ole gra mare dont wurk j tru to traditiun ner ter harnes & she balked rite on the strete in fronter i about 35 hundrud ortimobiles and; thens when Mudey cum up & lowed he'd put us in the Hoose Gow. Wei, we argufied with him & give Cy's ole j mare's pedegres &c, etc., & Mudey \ sed he thot that the ole mare wuz j rong & I & Cy wuz rite & he had no j place in the Hoose Gow fer hawses < & we mite go iffen we'd go immeg- | lately & we went soonern that. Wei, i iMlster Editur, that wuz one gran j time fer Cy & I. Wee (Sally Ann & I?Sally Ann's mv wife) ar gwinter rite yu wun ov | the most nusiest peeces yu ever heerd ' next wk, on the rodes & the bad licker situashun in this neck ov the | woods & sho whurin & wheron hits j the bestest thing that cud happen when Cole Bleese sed to his frin that he'd run for guvner next time on my platform "viz" Hy tackses, bad rodes, no count supervisurs & bad licker. j Yours very truly, j HIGHBALL SPOTTER. '* ? I P. S. . No nuse. Wil see yu sune. H. S. I Stcre Your Cotton The State Warehouse Commissioner, through the local manager, has erected a warehouse in Bamberg for the 5tnra<ro nf /vittnn TTr?r a nominal monthly storage charge, your cotton is graded, weighed, stored and insured, and a South Carolina State Warehouse receipt is issued you, negotiable anywhere. The capacity o fthis warehouse has practically been spoken for, but a few more bales can be taken care of, so why! risk the bad weather which is here; Christmas fireworks, with their fire hazards, almost here, and March winds coming soon; why delay? See the local manager for particulars. Stare Warehoose System G. Moye Dickinson, Local Manager. rr. "~7 Mrs. A. M< ANNOUNCES HER A FANCY 0 Wednesday, 1 DOORS OPEN A' I Sale Will Continue Eac All Articles A ;ay.* r<?r N<?J!CE OF SALE. Pursuant to an orde? of the Court of Probate for Painbeu' founts the undersigned Executors of the Estate or Charles Ehrhardt, deceased, at 11 o'clock in the morning of December 20ih, 1921, in front of the store of Charles Ehrhardt & Son, in the Town of Ehrhardt, S. C., or at such other places to which the said Executors may adjourn the sale, will sell to the highest bidder for cash, the merchandise, store fixtures, -mules, cotton, farm implements, and all other movable personal chattels of the said estate. G. B. KINARD, ALEX. F. HENDERSON, I Executors of the Estate of Charles lEhrhardt, Deceased. Dated Dec. 3, 1921. 12-15n 6 6 6 will break a Cold, Fever and grippe quicker thananything 1 ? ntian we JillUW, piCVCXIUlULg ^/XIOUmoma. Ilk' I Iiiuuuajr i Spirit I is in the air; let's get H close to it. Don't let || the blues take you. || ? + /\ 'RT rtnnlrt TT ' ft Bl IVSUlLie LU ITAUOCIC^ o rgj and get over them. A r wise fellow has said: M "The thing that goes M the farthest towards M making life worth Pf while, that costs the H least and does the ?? most, B ? rt >i ? HI I Is just a Pleasant Smile | So now let's all give B Smiles freely. H Our business is good B ?we are very busy B with Christinas ideas. B We surest nractical B IXmas gifts, blankets, || hosiery, towels, bath E|| mats, handkerchiefs, Ell I down and wool com- || forts, white and fancy H colored bed spreads, m cotton bed robes, bath || robes, silk kimonas, p silk umbrellas, neck- p Tiraov UoVktr Vil onlrpfc Wfl IWCClij KJlAkJJ WIMrJLlliVKJ H and spreads, sweaters, B baby wool mittens, B hoods, socks, leggins, B table napkins, damask B etc. Our reductions B in prices for our spec- I ial fall sale will con- B tinue 10 days longer. B Moseley's I Phone 500 fi ?????O???^???? :B. Speaks NNUAL EXHIBIT OF I WORK N 3 December 14 | I r 3 P. M. SHARP. :h Day Thereafter Until _ re Disposed of. " I I On the Prograi r 9 r l Irdiiiieib LALII VM I A ill I You will ing a fev mas pres withstan< hard time more th 11 I you win GIVE II r Ibir t How A mss Waterman Ii 111 Evershar] jg|| or, bett i M ?ne ?^ K ? fine bo: | ] White & W; 1 Distinctive ! We hav r all the J shades, IS prices y . be glad. 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