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$2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 12,1922. Established in 1891.
I Jesse F. Carters (
U Election to Ju
t ^ Both branches of the South Carolina
general assembly convened
r"v / promptly at noon on Tuesday for the
o 1922 session in the capitol at Columbia.
Early on Monday hordes of
politicians, wire pullers, lobbyists,
and almost everything else known to
mr'-. v civilization moved on the state's capita!
city wiht^ a rush in anticipation of
the coming election of an associate
.. justice of the state's highest tribunal
' to succeed the late Geo. W. Gage, of
Chester, who died during the 1921
jfe&V. ' session. As dignified and honorable
c ? as the position might be, the contest
* ^ has as heretofore resolved rtself into
m --v.-.- a wild scramble, political scramble
v; fal every sense of the word.
* / Both houses shortly after conven- j
* ing- passed a resolution to begin bal- j
loting ta noon toaay (Tflursaayj;
and continue at it until somebody is
elected. It was evident beforehand
Bp&y* * that this procedure would be followpi.:*:
ed, as the sentiment of the members |
\ . was to get through with the electtion
if anything else is to be accomplished.
The resolutions went through
unanimously, and tne leaders ot me
|%- forces of the Hon. Jesse F. Carter
are firmly of the opinion that if this
} t plan had been adopted last year ingfeg
stead of taking only three ballots a
!s? - tha Rambprp man would have
- been elected then. That it will he ve
the same effect this time is another
. proposition and the Result remains to
be seen, because "Pigs is pigs," and
|j| 4 politics is politics.
. . The outlook for Carter seems as
bright and hoperui as ever, out noj
v ; great change either favorable or
otherwise can be forecast at present,
nor before the first balloting tomorte
row.^ Many members are freely pre._?
:K\ dieting another prolonged deadlock
IrV' while others frankly prophesy an
If / election very quickly. The writer, per
sonally acquainted with nearly every
? member of the general assembly, is
I x frank to say that he has detected no
^ v appreciable changes in the stand of
g^--* the members. Mr. .Carter has more
than held his ground during the year
and probably has gained renewed
strength. He will take the lead on
v the first ballot. It is evident that
* Boriham, Marion, and Shipp will folIlow
in the order named, with Judge
Shipp never having a shadow of
chance of election, and his leaders
lip* again, as last year, doing him a
- grave injustice to allow his name to
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Dark horse rumors are not as rampant
as last year, and it seems prac^
tically certain that the only men to
pi r be voted on at the start will be the
four who sustained the doctrine
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already mentioned above. The report
is current that Judge Shipp's
name either will not be offered or
; V : will be withdrawn early as he fails
K| to develop more strength than last
h year, which failure is a foregone con
elusion. In the eventyof his nominally
tion being withdrawn his votes will
probably be about evenly divided beT-ween
the other three, with Carter
| assured of getting his share.
The Cooper boom has smashed on
k *the rocks, and even if a dark horse
k\ should be trotted in at any time it is
I A ri not likely that the governor has a
fast enough record to pace the gates
J8|te and his champions realize it. Two
j* others have been mentioned but very
H little at all along this line is heard
and tne idea to start with is to elect
Pone of the leaders already in tne race.
This will certainly be done if posr$
V sible. Mr. Carter's supporters from
every section of the state are working
faithfully, practically the whole
Bamberg bar 'have been zealous and
on the job here in his interest, his
1 \ : chances are fully as good or better
5 than ever, and if they beat him they
| ^ "< will say they lhad the fight of their
lives doing it, although it is conceded
; that the corporations and the state's
r shrewdest politicians are lined up in
the ranks of his opponents.
||||. BABY AS OOLLATERAIi.
Landlady Wants It Until Board Bill
* is Paid.
.Rome, Ga.r'Jan. 6.?One of the
most unusual law suits ever filed in
the courts of this section appeared in
Chattooga county today, when a
hnftrHiyiP* ,hnnsfikflfiT)ftr asked authori
ty for holding a baby as collateral for
a bill due by the father.
I The complaint charges that the
father promised the landlady that
she could keep the child until his bill
was paid, and that now he is attempting
to recover it, hence she seeks an
injunction against him. The par?
ents of the child are divorced.
Zhances For x
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Jgeship are Bright
METHOD TO DESTROY WEEVIL.
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Greenwood Fanner liaises Pheasants
and Cotton in Same Field.
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Greenwood, Jan. 5.?An entirely
new method of ridding cotton of boll
weevils has been proposed by a planter
of this section. The plan has few
complications, pne merely feeds the
weevils to pheisants. Of course, the
weevils and the pheasants must be
brought together so that the latter
may consume the former, but that
is a mere detail, the originator of
the scheme declares.
Using pheasants to rid cotton of
boll weevils is not a mere idle dream.
A practical farmer, a planter who
knows how to turn the undeveloped
resources of a farm into pro^t, lias
proposed the new scheme. He is Eugene
Barmore, who with his brother,
R. L. Barmore, operates one of the
most diversified and profitable plantations
in this section. Their plantation
?is situated between Donalds and
Ware Shoals.
English ringneck pheasants have
been raised at a profit by Mr. Barmore
for several years. The birds are
easily raised and demand fancy prices
as breeding stock,Nhe says. The birds
are ravenously fond of boll weevils
and wilfckeep a cotton field clear or
the pests. By clipping the last joint
of one wing, the birds are prevented
from flying and may be kept in any
field enclosed with woven wire, according
to Mr. Barmore. They do not
eat crops, and both cotton and pheasants
may be grown at a profit on the
same lana, tne planter ueciares.
Announce New Rules
Income Tax Returns
The following statement is issued
by the acting collector of internal
revenue, W. R. Bradley, of the district
of South Carolina^
"The -revenue act of 1921 contains
two new and important provisions,
which are the subject of frequent inquiry.
The first relates to the personal
exemption allowed married persons,
and the second to the provision
requiring mat a return ue uiauc ui
gross income of $5,000 or more.
"The Act provides that a married
person, living with husband or wife,
whose-met income for 1921 was $5,000
or less shall he allowed a personal
exemption of $2,500. If the net
income of such person was over $5,000
the exemption is $2,000. Under
the revenue act of 1918 the personal
exemption allowed a married person
was $2,000, regardless of the amount
of net income. The normal tax rate
remains unchanged, 4 per cent, on
the first $4,000 of net income above
the exemptions and 8 per cent, on the
remaining net income.
"In order that an income slightly
in excess of $5,000 shall not be subjected
to an inordinately disproportion
atP. tax because of the reduction
of the exemption to $2,000 thereon.
The law provides that such reduction
shall not operate to increase the tax,
which would be payable if the exemption
were $2,500, by more than
the amount of the net income in excess
of $5,000.
"For example, on a net income of
$5,010, the tax without this saving
clause, would be $120.40, which is
4 per cent, on $3,010, the amount of
net income less an exemption of $2,000.
The actual tax is $110.40, computed
as follows: From the net income
of $5,010 is deducted $2,500,
leaving $2,510, the 4 per cent, tax
of which amounts to $100.40. To
this is adde^$10.00, "the amount of
net income in excess or $5,uuu."
"The personal exemptions allowed
married persons, apply also to the
head of a family, a person who supports
in one household one or more
relatives by b'ocyl, marriage, or
adoption.
"Heretofore, a person whose net income
was less than his exemption
$1,000 if single, or $2,000, if married)
was not required to file a return.
Under the revenue act of 1921,
if the gross income of an individual
equalled or exceeded $5,000, or if
the combined gross income of a married
couple and that of dependent
minor children equalled or exceeded
fb ,000, a return must be filed, re-l
gardless of the amount of net income.
"Net income" is gross income, less
certain deductions. The fact that
allowable deductions from gross income,
for business expenses, losses,
bad debts, etc., may reduce the net
income to an amount below the per-J
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Real Property Levy
Can be Reduced
Columbia, Jan. 7.?By changes in
the organization of existing State
agencies, deferring of building programmes
and other permanent im
provements for the present year, reorganization
of the state's fiscal administration
and the levying of new
taxes for additional revenue, the joint
legislative committee on economy and
consolidation, authorized by a joint
resolution of the last general assembly,
in its report to the legislature estimates
that the levy on real property
can be reduced from 12 mills in 1921
' to 4 mills in 1922.
The committee estimates that the
changes will total $500,000 yearly,
deferred building and improvement
programmes will reduce the taxes this
year by $750,000, adjustments in
the fiscal system will insure a furthe'r
saving of $100,'000 and new tax laws
| will increase the revenue $3,435,000
annually. *
Below is a tabulation of figures
showing exactly where the joint legislative
committee recommends the
cutting down of expenses and the sav
ing of $511,850 for the state government
in 1922:
Adjutant General's office....$ 1,200
Department of Agriculture.. 11,500
Attorney General's office 500
Bank Examiner's office 1,000
Catawba Indians 5,200
Game Warden's office 75,000
Citadel 10,000
Negro college 3,000
Comptroller General's office. 7,500
Confederate Home cpllege .. 4,000
Confederate infirmary 5,000
Electricians office 600
Feebleminded school 5,000
Health board 11,000
Highway commission 1 o, 15 0
State hospital 59,000
Industrial school (boys) .... 28,000
Industrial school (girls) .... 5,000
Insurance department 17,500
Law examiners 250
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Library .. 250
Medical college 1,500
Penitentiary 50,000
Pharmaceutical examiners .. 400
Public service 2,000
Reformatory (negro) 16,000
Secretary of State - 3,000
Sinking fund commission .... 2,800
State fair 5,000
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State house and grounds 6,500
T?y commission 5.000
Treasurer 3,000
University of South Carolina 25,000
Welfare board 75,000
Central purchase of supplies 50,000
Total ?. $511,850
BYRNES ATTACKS BOARD.
Opposes Idea of Elaborate Headquarters
in New York.
Washington, Jan. 6.?An attack
was made today in the house by Rep
sentatives Byrnes, Democrat of South
Carolina, on the Federal Reserve
Board, which, he said, planned to
construct, at a cost of $25,000,000,
an elaborate headquarters in New
York city, with a gymnasium, club,
auditorium and other "extravagant
features.'"
"Such a building will do more to
incite Bolshevism than anything
else," Mr. Byrnes declared, adding
that he intended to introduce a bill
requiring the Federal Reserve Board
to submit all estimates for expenditures
to congress through the Budget
Bureau, so there would be a check
on its spendings.
FIND UNIQUE STILL.
Man and Wife Released on $500
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Barnwell, Jan. 4.?Sheriff C. Keys
Sanders and Constable P. W. Parker
found a unique "still" Saturday
morning when they raided the home
of Quincy Diamond, about two and a
half miles from Barnwell. The apparatus,
which was located in the loft
of the house, consisted of a kerosene
stove and a copper boiler, and is said
to have been neatly and conveniently
arranged. It is alleged that the still
was hot when captured.
Diamond and his wife, Mrs. Ella
Diamond, were arrested on the charge
of violating the prohibition law and
furnished bond jjn the sum of $500
e^ch.
Women's auxiliary of the American
Legion has 126,000 members.
sonal exemptions of $1,000 or $2,000,
does not alter the requirement
to file a return of gross income, if
such gross income equalled or exceed- .
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30,000,000 Pounds
of Tobacco Signed
Florence, Jan. 6.?Returning tonight
from the Tri-State Tobacco
Growers' Cooperative Marketing as
sociation meeting in Raleigh, T. B.
Young announced immediate plans
for electing officers and organizing in
South Carolina. This state is entitled
to two directors for whose election
the tobacco belt has been divided
into two districts as follows: District
1?Florence, Dillon, Georgetown,
Marlboro, .Marion and Horry counties.
District 2?Darlington, Lee,
Sumter, Clarendon, Williamsburg,
Berkeley, Dorchester and all others
growing tobacco.
January 30, each district will have
a convention of member growers who
will elect delegates on the basis of
one for each 1,000,000 pounds under
contract. February 2 these delegates
will meet at district headquarters
and elect a. director on the basis of
one director for each 15,000,000
pounds.
South Carolina tobacco growers
contracted 30,000,000 pounds in the
Tri-State association. Mr. Young
announced tonight this represents
around 4,000 planters, many of
whom signed for several tenants.
The sign-up is two and one-half million
in excess of the quota.
Contracts 'will be accented until
February 2, when the directors will
.take charge and make further policies,
Mr. Young states. Contracts
must be signed prior to January 30,
to participate in the election. The
meeting in Raleigh mentioned especially
the support of the South Carolina
press and passed a highly com!
mendation resolution in favor of
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them. The extension service was
commended highly also in a special
resolution, reports Mr. Young.
Governor Cooper will be asked to
name a representative of the public
from South Carolina to the tri
state directorate. Similar representatives
will be named from North
Carolina and Virginia by their governors.^
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- CHURCH AFFILIATION.
Large Representation for Churches in
Both Houses of Congress.
That the churches are well represented
in both houses of congress is
evidenced by a statement issued by
the board of temperance, prohibition,
and public morals of the Methodist
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njyiscvrjLiai uuuiuu, wuivu icucunj
made a survey and issued the following
statement today:
Out of a total of 435 members of
congress, 24 are non-members, and
church affiliation of 98 could not be
ascertained. The following are the
church affiliations:
United Brethren, Mormon, Independent,
Mennonite, Dutch Reformed,
Evangelical .have one ;member
each. There are two Universalists.
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Quaker church and three of the Jewish
church. Five Unitarians, 10
Disciples, 10 Lutherans, 11 Christians,
18 Catholics, 23 Congregationalists,
35 Episcopalians, 29 Baptists,
56 Presbyterians and 99 Methodists.
In the senate the survey showed
that out of a total of 96 senators the
church affiliation of 23 was unknown
anri fnur wam nnn-members. There
was one Protestant Episcopalian, one
Christian. The Lutherans, Dutch Reformed,
Unitarians and Mormons all
have two members each. There are
6 Catholics and 6 Baptists, 7 Congregationalists,
11 ' Presbyterians, 12
Episcopalians and 17 Methodists.
Forges Own Parole.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 31.?C. A.
.Leon, alias K. w. jones, seirmg
from two to three years in the state
prison for second degree forgery,
forged his way to freedom from the
Aldrich prison camp yesterday, according
to the state convict department.
Leon was hospital steward at the
camp. He obtained an official order
on file and erased the name of a paroled
convict, substituting his own.
It was accepted by the authorities at
the camp and Leon walked out on a
ten davs narole.
Leon was convicted in Montgomery
county and began serving his
sentence on February 25.
Safe and Sane.
It is reported that on humanitarian
grounds America has decided to give
up playing football and get back to
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DEATH OF GRAND OLD MAN.
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Colonel Darlington Dies in Allendale, j
Led Life of Service.
Allendale, Jan. 8.?Col. William R.
Darlington, "Grand Old Man" of Allendale
county, died at his home here
this morning at 4 o'clock. His death'
was not unexepected, as he had been
a sufferer for the last seven months
from a stroke of paralysis received
last June.
The funeral will be held at the
Methodist church here Monday afternoon
at 4 o'clock, followed by interment
in Swallow Savannah cemetery.
The. services will be conducted
by the Rev. S. W. Henry, pastor.
Colonel Darlington was in his 80th
year. He was born near Dunbarton!
in Barnwell county in 1842 and up|
until the last year of his life took
an active interest in all affairs pertaining
to the welfare of his commun.j
ity. He was in many ways the most
influential citizen in this section of!
the state. He was the first chairman
of the board of ^commissioners which
directed the efforts to form the county
of Allendale/ efforts which came
to fruition in 1919. At the time of
his death he was chairman of the
county pension board and also a mem-1
ber of the county board of commissioners.
The vigor which Colonel
Darlington directed to civic affairs
was also reflected in his keen business
acumen and driving power and
accumulated for him much valuable
city and plantation property.
The Tax Question
Big Item at Capitol
The one subject of paramount importance
and interest in the minds
of the members of the state legislature
now beginning its annual session
in Columbia is the tax question
and a proper adjustment thereof.
Every legislator, every senator, every
man connected in any way with the
general assembly is talking taxes,
taxes, taxes. The burden of over taxtion
being borne by the people has
evidently been brought to bear upon
the members very heavily. The
house of representatives immediately
after being called to order by its
presiding officer and going through
the first roll call was led in prayer
by its chaplain, and then in the opening
address delivered by the Hon. J.
B. Atkinson, of Spartanburg, speaker
of the house, the tax proposition
was dealt on at length, it practically
being the sole topic of discussion. Of
course everybody is in favor of reducing
the appropriation and decreasing
the levy, but it's like saying
one favors good roads; we all do,
but the difficult part is to effect a
means to meet this untimely situation;
it's easy to tell what to do, but
how to do it is the point that is per-i
plexing the best minds i nthe legislature.
It is certain from the early
sentiment that something will be
done to remedy matters, but just
what remains to be seen. Some talk
is being 'heard in regard to a measure
to make the bad check laws more
stringent. And Representative Riley,
of Denmark, has a bill to introduce
which, if passed, will require the railroads
to erect" in Denmark a handsome
modern passenger station. It
is not known whether the Coast Line
will be made to operate its trains
into the proposed new station there
or not. These are all the matters
thus far of lodal interest save the
election.
Byrnes Speaks in Pennsylvania.
Waffhine+nn D. C.. .Tan 11.?Hon.
James F. Byrnes, of South Carolina,
has returned from'Williamsport, Pa.,
where he spoke at the Jackson Day
banquet. He did this at the request
of Chairman Rouse of the Democratic
congressional committee, who was
swamped with demands for Democratic
speakers for occasions of this
kind in many towns and cities. Mr.
Byrnes is serving His sixtn consecutive
term in congress, though still a
young man. He is not only a very
entertaining after-dinner speaker, but
is known among .his colleagues as one
of the ablest debaters in the house.
He is a member of the great committee
on appropriations. Since the creation
of the budget system the importance
of this committee, though always
great, has been much increased.
English government issued first
postage stamp in 1840.
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The county supervisor, commissionrs
and legislative delegation came to J
an agreement last week in regard to
the construction of the Charleston
and Augusta highway from Bamberg
to the crossing of Edisto river at
Fitz's bridge, a few miles below
Branchville. The state highway department
has been advised of-the action
of the county authorities, and %
the commission has been requested to
DreDare estimates and complete the
work of surveying as early as possible, j
so that the contract may be awarded J
at an early date. It is hoped to have i
this road completed by or before the j
fall of the year. !
The stafte highway commission has j
been very anxious to have this road j
built for some time past. Federal 1
aid to the usual extent of fifty per j
cent, has been assured up to $15,000, ?
which, it is believed, will cover half * * j
the cost of the road, and in the event 1
of the cost going beyond $30,000, it j
is believed that additional aid may I
be secured, though no definite promise
to this effect has been secured.
. It will be grateful and pleasing
news 10 tne residents or tne portion j
of county through which this road
traverses to know that it is now /
settled that the Branchville road will
be built. This road has been an eye-. w.'l 1
sore and a menace to travelers for
years. In view of the fact that the j
county authorities have been expecting
to build the road with federal
aid for some years past, no great
expenditures have been made in the
way of repairing, and the foundation
of the road was such that tempo- -'"V
rary repairs did very little good. It 1
was really expected that this road I
ronnlil Viottq Kaon hiiilt Innc n?n hut 1
conditions arose which made it impossible
to carry on the work.
County Supervisor W. B. Smo^k J
has been very much interested in the 1
building of this road, and in the face "4'-%8|
of obstacles has gone ahead with
his plans, and he is now delighted \
that the matter is settled definitely. 1
| The delegation has likewise labored 1
j to overcome the obstacles in the way, Jj
and everything has now been cleared \4g
up with the exception of the securing
of the proper right of way for
necessary changes in the road, such
as straightening out, etc. However,
Mr. Smoak is devoting this week to v
getting the rights of way signed up,
and is apprehending no trouble in >
srAttiiie all Darties to agree to give
the rights to the county. Already a
number of plantation owners hare /-JB
granted the necessary rights, and before
the week is over Mr. Smoak
hopes to have the entire route clear.
The road measures approximately
fourteen miles in length, and with
its completion there will be a gov- 1
ernment highway practically the .en- --Ji
tire Way from Augusta to Branch- j
NEWBERRY FIRM VICTIM.
i Nam? of Cashier of Na? Gist Cotton.
Company Forged.
Newberry, Jan. 10.?A bold check
flasher cut the wires in the battery
box in the telephone booth of Nat
Gist's cotton office some time between
8 o'clock Monday night and 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning. Today, between the
hours of 10 and 11 o'clock he walked
into the Commercial bank and presented
a check for $215.80 signed by
Nat Gist Cotton company, per Robertson.
Mr. Robertson is the bookkeeper
who signs the checks for Mr.
Gist. The man was asked to indorse
the check. He wrote the name of
T T tTpnHprsnn wherennon the
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"I'll bet yon even know what kind
of a pearl necklace I want for Christmas,"
she said.?Buffalo Commercial.
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cashier paid him the amount o f the .. J
check. He then went to the Ex- ,
change hank and presented a check
for $876.40 signed by Nat Gist Cotton
company, per Robertson. When,
asked to indorse the check he affixed
the name of J. F. Hailey. He was paid
$276.40 and deposited $600 to his
credit. He left Newberry with $482.20
in cash. The man was described as
being about five feet six inches
high. He wore a yellow sweater and
had a coat with a fun collar. He had
a round face almost like a dollar.
Mr. Gist does not know how the man
entered the office. Mr. Gist was in
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Now Is the Time. i
"You know so much," she cooed.
"You seem to know everything." She
considered the weighty thought for a