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[ ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
I ? Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. (
Entered as second-class matter April
| 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. j
| $2.00 PER YEAR.
j -Volume 30. No. 50.
Thursday, December 15,1921
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W'- South Carolina has always been up
among the leaders in most things, !
and, according to a recent census
announcement, South Carolina takes
^ a leading place in the list of states
in the percentage of population enjs|'V
gaged in gainful occupation. Of
the entire population of this
?|f \ state 1,218,316 persons ten
f years of age or over were engaged in
gainful work. This is 55.3 per cent.
I of the entire population, and places
South Carolina fourth in rank among
I all the states of the union, only the
r states of Nevada, Rhode Island and
' Massachusetts showing a higher per
' ?ftntasre. The percentage, of females
engaged in such occupations is 33.4,
and this percentage is the highest
among all the states, though the Dis$1
trict of Columbia, with its numerous
Fg government offices employing female
labor, shows a higher percentage.
. The Herald is in receipt of a comfe*
munication from the Vicksburg National
Military Park commission, in
-which the support of this newspaper
| is asked in behalf of an appropriation
. by the general assembly for a state
memorial on South Carolina circle in
the Vicksburg (Miss.) National Milgljyi
itary park. The commission states
fnnde the U.-Qr dpnarfmpnt
?uat 11V1U I.UUUO mv I.V.. ? ? x
" placed at its disposal, bronze portrait
busts of two distinguished South Carolinians
have been placed in the park,
these twjo being Generals Evans and
Grist, and the commission has also
secured as a -gift to the park a bronze
portrait statue of another distinguish
Ied South Carolina omcer, uenerai
Stephen D. Lee. The commission
suggests a bronze statue heroic size
of Governor Francis W. Pickens, one
of South Carolina's civil war governors,
who held the governor's office
from 1860 to 1862, though we
presume any other distinguished son
that may be selected would be acceptable
to the commission.
What to do with the big motor
trucks is a question that is troubling
the road authorities everywhere. The
; Jheavy automobile truck is a thing of
onlv recent vears. In fact four or five
||v years ago there was but one truck in
this county. Now there are scores
l&v, ^ of them, many with a tremendous capacity
for loads. The old ox-carts are
BpfeT/.J - . things "of the past to the saw mill
|s|v man, who can transport cheaper and
far quicker logs out of the forests
with a heavy truck. But these trucks
tear the roads to pieces. The finest
sand-clay road will soon give away
under the strain of the big truck. Discussing
this matter, the Cauhoun
I Times in a recent issue says: V
r One of the most vital questions before
the public today is that of good
xoads. The day of good roads has
?oome to stay. In course of time a
. had road will be a curiosity. In the
s ? ^meantime the point in road making
is to build a road that will accommo
aaie ine iramc. mis wasn i sucn a
big question when the horses couldn't
-x , pull very much over a sandy or mud"
dy road. But-now the motor truck
measures its capacity by the power
of its engine. There seems to be no
way of building a roadway that will :i
keep up with the capacity of the big
motor truck. Not even the paved city
streets can long stand up under the
Ep%r r heavy motor truck traffic, but abound
in holes and hollows.
The presence in Bamberg this week
* Of Judge Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken,
who is presiding kt the special session
of criminal court here, recalls a
K notable appeal he made a few weeks
ago to the grand jury of York county.
Judge Rice is a Bamberg county
product, by the way, as most of the
readers of The Herald know. The
judge's remarks to the York grand
jury, in part, were as follows.
Few men who commit murder in
South Carolina pay the penalty they
should pay. If a man commits mur
der and is allowed to go free in nine
cases out of ten he will commit another
murder. As long as petit jurors
fail to do their duty in murder
. cases, so long will South Carolina
have the name of being the worst
state in the union in number of diabolical
homicides, ft has been charged
that a man who steals a horse, cow
' or hog in South Carolina is always
convicted, but if he kills his fellow
man, he is allowed to go free.
1 IICI v I W^iniJ Li IUU LUi cu v-as?to
where men were killed by being shot
in the back and petit jurors turned
the murderers loose when they plead%
ed self defence, the only defence they
could plead. The charge is made that
one can not get justice in a South
Carolina court house and it does seem
r so. If petit jurors are not responsible
then I do not know who is. The
trouble with most petit jurors is that
they think they have a right to set~~
tie a case as they please, regardless
of the law and evidence. So long as
jurors fail to make murderers pay,
so long will murder run rampant in
South Carolina.
It is such stuff as South Carolinians
are made of which usually goes to
make up a great city, a great community
or a great state. And with*
i
fat.
out intending any reflections upon the
liner instincts or cooler traits of our
great sister s.ute across the Savannah,
.t is none less a truth that
the unl'ortuuau- vity of Augusta is
dependent to a large ex tent up an
trade from this side of the river
for her commercial supremacy and
u:.. ~ c 4 + ^ I
mat me ciuzeusmp ui ausuma n
largely constituted of South Carolina
blood. Such people are not to
be downed; Augusta's spirit is invincible
and shall not be conquered.
Within the past decade and a half
Augusta has suffered five separate
and distinct catastrophes, any one of
which would have sounded the death
knell of a less courageous, less determined
people. It is the fellow who
is down, the fellow who is dealt a
death blow, the fellow who can surmount
obstacles and overcome mounoiiiHoa
ivhrt u'itK thp fierht
LCbillltUO UiiUVUAVAVW, r.AAV If ?w
I for life; and after each instance of
I devastation and destruction proud
old Augusta with head erect has
emerged from the dire consequences
of utter ruin, pathetic in her misfortunes,
yet glorious in the magnificent
fidelity of her loyal citizens, with
unswerving confidence in her future
fighting the very battle for her existence
with the outside world looking
on in admiration. Augusta has
despite it all stood to the front, proud
of the traditions of her glorious past,
ambitious as to the present and confident
of the future. Such a spirit is
not to be denied^and though in recent
gloom and sorrow the light of a
new day dawns upon fair Augusta,
when in this, the new critical period
of her existence, in her hour of destiny,
she begins rebuilding, reconstructing,
with the sympathy, though
unasked for, of the outside world.
Such a citizenship is wrorth more
to her than all the granite and stone
moulded into buildings until the end
of time. Strong men and true* high
minded men; men who know the
right, and knowing, dare maintain.
It was about 1906 when the first
disastrous flood surged down upon,
the city of misfortunes taking an awful
toll. Almost before the high
?n* n-9t?r lpft nn'some of
pilllls Ui cut*
the buildings had vanished another
flood deluged the city, with damage
in the millions. Since then more
than a million has been spent for a
levee which now amply protects the
city from the high waters of the Savannah.
But in 1910 Augusta was
visited by a terrible cyclone, and then
on March 22nd, 1916, the great con-|
flagration occurred which entailed a
loss of approximately ten millions.
Last Saturday a week ago the second
big fire raged and their loss approached
two millions. It reads almost
like fiction, tragic fiction, but it
isn't. And knowing the splendid
snirit and determination of her gal
lant and noble people it is a foregone
conclusion that brave old Augusta
will again sustain her grandeur, arise
from the ashes of her smouldering
ruins, and with just sense of pride
in her glorious achievements of the
past, go forth on and on to renewed
heights of greater achievement in
the future. All hail, all honor, to our
sister stricken city. With her loins
girded for future progress, Augusta
can; Augusta will.
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VERY SIMPLE MATTER.
Herald Reader Tells Just How You
May Quickly Make Income Return.
A friend and reader of The Herald
makes an interesting contribution on
the popular question of making your
income tax return. It is illuminating
if not instructive:
"Since it is near time for everybody
to figure their income tax, we would
like to submit the following from a
friend who landed in Columbia try
ing to figure his out:
"If your income is $2,400.00 or
more and you married a good looking
woman and own an automobile, figure
your tax by arithmetic, geometry,
trigonometry, syntax and surtax.
"Multiply your income by your
wife's age. Subtract your age. Multiply
by your collar size. Add your
waist measure, pius yuui uuusci
ength. minus your wife's skirt length.
Bring down balance to column J. section
R, add section A. column B.
"Take your total and multiply by
your automobile license number, deduct
size of your shoe. Multiply by
your postoffice box number, and, under
deductions:
"Take off $200.00 for each child
and add what you spent at shows and
carnivals, picture shows, and deduct
what you paid the preacher, church,
Red Cross, Near East, Chinese and
other reliefs, like centenary, education,
etc.
j "Multiply total by months in year,
days in week.
"You will not have to pay any tax,
for they will find yon in some place
strapped down."
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More to the Point.
"An ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure," quoted the Parlor
Philosopher.
"And what is more to the point, it
<;osts less," amended the Mere Man.
Little Fol^s Tell
Santa Their Wants
(Continued from page 1, column 3.)
Bamberg, S. C., Dec. i:\ ' tf-l.
On vtto Plo nc
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I want you to bring rne a pair ol'
skates and also a train, and nothing
else. Goodbye to you. H. X. FOLK.
Bamberg, S. C\, Dec. 9, *92!.
Dear Santa Glaus:
1 know times are highty hard, but
wont you please try and bring me a
bicycle, dago bombs, and a little train
running around a track, and ;* foot
ball? Your little friend,
ERNEST FREE, JR.
Embree, S. C.. Dec. 13, 1921.
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Jolly old fellow, will yon please
bring me?our names are Ruby and
! Pearl Carter; we live at Embree, S.
I C. I want you to bring us both a
little piano and a bracelet and a horn,
and if you have any other thing you
can spare for us, bring them along
too, as we are going to school and
we are doing well. We average every
month from 90 to 95; we think
we deserve a nice gift. Robert Andrew
Carter is our brother. He is
only 5 years old, but he wants you to
bring him a real gun and a hammer
and a real saw; he. is some carpenter
and he sure kneeds these gifts.
\\T? nr-o. Q cm art ^hilHrpn. Rfl if VOU
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can get these, please do so. We love
old Santa so much we will be glad
to have him come to our Christmas
tree the last of next week. Lovingly,
RUBY & PEARL CARTER.
Bamberg. S. C., Dec. 13, 1921.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a bicycle, a tool
chest, some fire works and fruit. I
have been a good little boy. and have
studied hard.
ALEXANDER McCRACKIX.
Ehrhardt, S. C., Dec. 10. 1921.
Dear Santa Clause:
For Christmas I want you to bring
me a pacifier, teething ring, and a little
rubber doll, as I need one very
much to play with. GENE CARTER.
Ehrhardt, S. C., Dec. 10, 1921.
Dear Santa Claus:
1 am a little girl almost three years
old, arid I want you to bring me a doll
and carriage. Also plenty of fruit.
I am lookii/g to wake up on Christmas
morning and find all my presents
I ask for. One of your little
girls, ANNIE LOUISE BEARD. .
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Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 12, 1921.
Dear old Santie Clause:
Don't forget me this Christmas,
and bring me a little cook stove and
some pots and plates to eat out of, as
I am fond of cooking, and don't forget
my little brother, L. J., and bring
him a little horn. Little
RUTH A LICE HICKS.
Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 8, 1921.
Dpar Santa:
I just want to tell you what I want
for Christmas. I want a big game
board, and a rinig too. I want some
fire works and some fruit. I do not
want another doll because I have so
many now. You must come to see us
Christmas. Your friend,
DOROTHY HITT.
Ehrhardt, S. C., Dec. 10, 1921.
Dear Santa Claus:
I am a little boy twelve years oia,
and I know it is hard times, but I
want you to bring me a bicycle, marbles,
fire works and plenty of fruit.
Your little boy, FRED BEARD.
Ehrhardt, S. C., Dec. 10, 1921.
Dear Santa Claus:
I am a little girl one year old and
T want you to bring me a little doll,
carriage and some nice fruits for Xmas.
Wishing you a merry Xmas,
HANNAH ELIZABETH CLAYTON.
Ehrhardt. S. C., Dec. 10, 1921.
Dear Santa Claus:
I am- a little girl nine years old,
and I want you to bring me a doll and
carriage, stove, tea set and some fruit
for Xmas. Wishing you a merry Xmas,
ANNIE LAURIE CLAYTON.
Ehrhardt, S. C., Dec. 10, 1921.
Dear Santa Claus: : :
I am a little girl seven years old
and I want youto bring me for Xmas
a doll and carriage, stove, tea set and
some nice fruits. Wishing you a merry
Xmas,
LOIS CATHERINE CLAYTON.
Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 12. 1921.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a foot ball, some
fruit, fire works and lots of books.
I am a little boy seven years old and
am in the second grade. I am good
in school. I get on the honor roll '
every month. Be sure and come to
my nouse. iuur ineuu,
La VERNE THOMAS. JR.
Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 12, 1921.
I am glad it is nearly time for you
to come. Please bring me a doll that!
can open and shut her eyes, a piano,
a doll bed and some candy and fire
works. Thank you. Your little girl,
VERNA DUCKER.
4nnlln Mnvir f'liih Mwtinff.
Mrs. F. M. Move and Mrs. P. J.
Zeigler were hostesses to the Apollo
Music club at its regular meeting on
Thursday afternoon. Dec. S. The programme
of music was dispensed with
! in order to have time for the discussion
of the unusually large amount
of business on hand.
After gathering reports from all
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lilt? uirv.X'iii cuiiiuuiLtes ui tut? ua.zaar
held in connection with Farmers
Exchange Week it was found that a
very neat sum had been realized and
that the club had been strengthened
by the spirit of cooperation shown by
the members at all times.
The club is planning to sell Red
Cross Christmas seals in order to help
fight the dreaded plague of tuberculosis,
and is also planning some
gifts to the sick and needv of this
community.
In order to assist in upholding the
spirit of Christmas cheer and goodwill,
the members of the club will
get together on Christmas eve and
sing Christmas carols on the streets
and at every home in town that will
burn a candle in its window as a sign
that the occupants would like to be
sung to.
Other matters of less importance
were discussed, after which the hostesses
served a delicious salad course
with coffee. The meeting then adjourned
to meet with Miss Vista Brabham
early in January.
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