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County Supply
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The Bamberg delegation to the
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tv- general assemoiy nave a^iUFUU
^ the county supply bill, which has been
introduced, passed by the house and
is now in the senate and will probably
be enacted into law this week.
The county tax levy is fixed at "not
exceding seven mills," the exact levy
to be determined when the tax returns
are fully investigated. If the
. returns are made on practically the
same basis as heretofore, the levy will
v probably be six and one-half mills, a
, reduction of one mill from the levy
of last year.
A few of the county expense items
were pared, although there was not
much room for paring in this county,
the levy of which is one of the lowest
of any of the counties in the state,
due largely to the fact that the county
has no bonded indebtedness on which
to pay interest, while the appropria?/?
rto hnmfl and farm demon
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stration agents was reduced slightly.
t The two mill levy is again included
In the supply hill for contsructing
roads in connection with federal aid,
and the county commissioners are
empowered to borrow funds tempor%
arily to meet the demands of road
construction, where sufficient funds
are not at the moment available.
, The following is the text of the
: ^ v supply bill as agreed to:
A Bill to provide for the levy of
taxes in Bamberg county, for county
and school purposes, for the year
1522, and for the expenditure thereof. ,
Be it enacted by the general assembly
of the state of South Carolina:
; Section 1. That a tax not exceeding
seven (7) mills, to be determined
by the county auditor, is hereby levied
upon all the taxable property of tne .
county of Bamberg, for ordinary
county and school purposes, for the
fiscal year commencing January 1,
1922, for the amounts and purposes
herein stated, respectively. J
Sec. 2. That the amounts here set
oat under the various items below
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for the purposes therein named, and (
any unexpended balance at the end of <
the fiscal year of any item shall revert 1
to the general funds of the county. j
Sec. 3. Item 1. Chaingang,
roads and bridges $10,000.00 (
Item 2. Salaries:- ,
Olerk of court , 300.00
Sheriff .. 1,300.00 J
Treasurer 600.00 <
Auditor 600.00 ,
Superintendent of educa"
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County attorney 75.00
Cpnnty physician 250.00 j
. Coroner ? 150.00 ;
Janitor of court ihouse.. 150.00
Jailer.... ~ 250.00 '
Supervisor ? 1,500.00
Two county commission- ,
era at $200 each .... 40Q.00
Constables Sflo.00 1
Magistrates 1,075.00
Board of education 60.00
Board of equalization .. 300.00
ftem 3. Court jurors ]
and witnesses 3,500.00 1
Item 4. Poor 800.00 i
Itera.5. Post mortems, inquests
and lunacy 500.00
ftem 6. Public buildings,
including water, fuel, i
lights and insurance .... 800.00
Item 7. Printing, postV
age, stationery and i
books ' .... 1,000.00 ;
Item 8. Miscellaneous contingent
fund?To make $
up for any deficiency in
the appropriation for all
other items herein 2,000.00
Item 9. Jail expenses, in
eluding dieting of prisoners
800.00
Item 10. Miscelia aeou s:
Home demonstration
work 700.00
Farm demonstration
work 600.00
Vital statistics for 1924.. ?60.00
Premiums on officers'
bonds 300.00
Item 11. Expenses per
diem of sheriff for
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county, $2.00 per day,
if so much be necessary
100.00
Conveying prisoners to
jail and chaingang.... 100.00
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$29,440.00 i
Item 13. That the money derived 1
from the communtation tax shall be
expended on the repair of the road3 in
tihe county, and for no other purpose,
(having due regard to the law now in
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' Bill for
ounty for 1922
Two Women Slain
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Greenville, Feb. 25.?Bringing to
a tragic culmination alleged family
troubles extending over a long period,
Jeff Chandler, 35 year old carpenter,
this afternoon at 5:35 o'clock
shot and instantly killed :his wife,
Mrs. Theodus Bramlett Chandler, 31
years old, and his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Rosie J. Bramlett, 68, in their
home on the second floor over Cox's
grocery store here. From a Colt's
.38 automatic he firedr six shots, all
of which found their respective ways
into the hearts of the mother and
daughter. In the same room two ter
rifled children, a; girl of four and a
boy of six, saw their father kill their
mother and grandmother.
The father, according to an eyewitness,
Mrs. W. H. Bramlett, sister
of the dead wife, then walked into
the hall and turned to see his little
girl standing by the ohair in which
her dead mother sat, weeping and
crying, "Mother, mother!" The father
called to the children to come
to ihim, but they remained in the
room. He then turned to descend
the steps to the street below, there
to be met by four city policemen who
nlaeed him in the county jail.
At the jail, when told that the.
two v/omen were dead, Chandler
broke into tears and talked little.
Statements made to officers indicated
that he and his wife had disagreed
often lately and that they had been
separated at times. Policemen state
that the wife and mother a few weeks
ago told them that Chandler had
made threats against their lives.
KIXARD DEES FROM INJURIES.
Prominent Educator Is Hurt While
Fighting Fire.
Greenwood, Feb. 23.?The funeral
Df Drayton Tucker Kinard, president
of the Cambridge Bank of Ninety-Six,
vho died here at 10 o'clock this morning
of injuries received in a fire Wednesday
night will be conducted Sunlay
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at Ninety-Six.
Mr. Kinard suffered the fracture
of ihis left thigh, right pelvis and
serious internal injuries, when a portion
of a wall fell on him while he
was assisting to fight the fire that de
3troyed three stores.
Mr. Kinard was one of the most
prominent educators of the state,
having been an officer of the State
Teachers' Association at one time.
A.t the time of his death he was
preident of the Cambridge Bank
[>f Ninety-Six.
force requiring the said money to be
sed on the roads of the community in
which it was paid.
Sec. 4. That in addition to the
levy of seven (7) mills, above prodded
for ordinary county expenses,
there shall be levied and collected
within the county an additional two
(2) mills for the purpose of building
and constructing public highways in
conjunction with any federal aid that
might be obtained.
Sec. 5. That hereafter the sheriff
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per day for dieting each prisoner
which is to be taken out of item 9 of
this appropriation.
Sec. 6. That the county supervisor
shall act as clerk to the county board
of Commissioners, but in the event
of the said board desiring a clerk
then the supervisor shall pay for the
said services out of the amount allowed
him as salary in Item 2.
Sec. 7. That after the application
of all funds derived from the state
and county special taxes for good
roads and the ten thousand $(10,
000.00) dollars surplus fund appropriated
by an Act known as Act No.
718, of the Acts of 1920, should there
be a deficiency which to supplement
the amount of federal aid in the county
of Bamberg, then the county board
of commissioners of Bamberg county
is hereby authorized and empowered
to borrow, in the name of the county,
such sum of money, on the best terms
possible, as may be necessary to. acquire
the total amount available from
the federal government which shall be
used for the purpose of supplementing
said federal fund.
Sec. 8. This Act shall go into effect
immediately upon its approval
by the governor.
School Bond Issue
Approved by Citizens
Fa unr ovnroecoH tnivarHs fhp
issuance of bonds for building a $30,000
school house at Cope by a vote
of about three to one at a meeting
of the trustees, patrons and taxpayers
of school district No. 47 and those
of district No. 4 6 recently taken into
No. 47, held in the school house
at Cope Thursday night.
Opposition to the bond issue at
the present time developed, but only
14 voted for postponement of the issue,
while a big majority voted for
the issue. The meeting was called
for the express purpose of ascertaining
what the citizens of the section
thought of the bond issue for the
purpose mentioned.
On the occasion Prof. A. J. Thack
ston, superintendent or tne urangtjburg
city schools, talked of the need
of higher and better education and
its beneficial results. D. L. Lewis,
supervisor of rural graded schools,
spoke on the benefits of better school
buildings, better equipped and better
teachers. W. A. Schiffley, county superintendent
of education of Orangeburg
county, spoke on the approximate
cost of taxation and the like.
The next speaker was W. 0. Ta- '
turn, of Cope, who spoke in oppoosition
to all that had been said up to
this time, saying that it was not that
he was opposed to better schools and
higher education and other things
mentioned, but it was because he
thought the time for such a move|
ment was inopportune on account of
! the condition of affairs and the already
high taxes. Mr. Tatum pre- :
sented a resolution to this effect:
That we oppose a bond issue and
the building of a new school house
until a later date, and asked that
the resolution be recorded. v
Mr. Tatum s^id that he .had always
been looked upon as a peace maker,
but that if the bond issue was put .
on he feared it would create a division
among the people and that "a ;
house divided against itself would ]
sureiy fall."
The chairman, J. Fischer Cleck- ,
ley, presented the resolution and ask- j
ed that all in .favor of postponement
rise and 14 stood up". Calling for
those in favor of the issue and build
ing as soon as possible, there was a
majority of two or three to one in
favor of the bond issue, thereby the
resolution wa? lost.
F. E. Cope, J. Fischer Cleckley and
others differed with Mr. Tatum as to
a division being made, saying that
they thought the people of Cope too
broadminded to fall out about suah (
a thing.
Severdl citizens had something to ,
say pro and con and created quite a
lot of merriment and laughter at .
times.
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ELIMINATES MATCHES.
Young Man of North Claims to Have :
Invention.
North, Feb. 24.?F. Marion Smith,
young business man of North, has
just completed an invention which
will be appreciated and welcomed by
smokers of cigarettes and cigars.
The invention is a self lighting tip
which is intended to be attached to
each cigarette and cigar, eliminating
entirely the use of matches for cigarettes
or cigars equipped with this attachment.
The cost of manufacture will be
extremely' small.
The inventor is now making efforts
to place the invention with
some tobacco manufacturing company
and believes it will be placed before
the public within a short time.
No Saucers.
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Seenob was very fastidious, but be
i was also a very hungry man, when
| at 1 o'clock one day he found himself*
in an unknown town in which
only one rather cheap-looking restaurant
was to be found.
The call of the inner man was not
to be denied, so he pushed open the
swing doors and entered. It was a
j rough, illsmelling place, but he
thought he could manage to get
down a cup of coffee and something
to eat.
The waitress brought the coffee in
a thick, heavy cup.
"Where is the saucer?" inquired
our fatidious friend.
"We don't give no saucers here,"
replied the girl. "If we did, some
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in' in and drink out of his saucer,
and we'd lose a lot of our most
swagger trade!"
Refuses to Sign Tax
Extension Resolution
Columbia, Feb. 28.?Gov. Cooper
last night returnei to the senate,
without his signature, the Weils joint
resolution to extend the time 'or the
payment of state and county taxes
until June 1, 1922. In ;iis message
returning the resolution the governor
said that he felt that the reso
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state's credit and not afford thr reief
that those who supported the resotion
thought it would.
The state now has $1,500,000 in
outstanding notes to meet and only
$300,000 to pay the notes, the governor
said in his message, "ff this
joint resolution becomes law it is my
opinion that-the cYedit of the state
will be impaired,'* he said.
The governor says the section providing
that all persons who pay their
taxes within the tim# given in the
resolution shall be construed as having
paid their taxes within the time
prescribed by law and shall be eligible
to vote in any general election is unconstitutional.
May Extend Anyway.
Under the law at present the comptroller
general has the power to extend
the time for paying taxes without
penalty, with the approval of the
governor, and the governor says he
has conferred with the comptroller
general and that the comptroller general
informed him that he would extend
the time until April 1, 1922.
It was understood last week that the
chief executive would veto "the measure,
and last night he returned the
resolution to the senate, where it originated,
without his approval.
Due to the absence of so many senators
the vetoing message was -held
over until today, no action being taken.
It is not known what disposition
the senate wtill make of the message
as when the resolution was passed
there was not a dissenting vote
against it. However, the .house is
pretty well equally divided and should
the senate go over the governor's
head the lower body may refuse to do
so. '
The senate over-rode the governor's '
veto Tuesday night, 52 to 3.
DISCUSSION OF PECAN.
hees Institute. .
Tuskegee Professor Speaks at Voor
Denmark, Feb. 27.?Large crowds 1
attended the annual farmers' confer
Bnce at Voorhees institute, Denmark. !
The main attraction was a speech by
Prof. George W. Carver, of the Tus- '
kegee institute, Alabama. Professor 1
Carver has just completed a tour of 1
North Carolina under the direction of 1
tihe North Carolina state department 1
of agriculture. He spoke on the
sweet potato and the" peanut as two
of the great ijioney crops of the
south. At the Denmark meeting he i
spoke on "Another Great Money Crop <
of the South?the Pecan." He pointed
out the advantages and benefits to be
derived from pecan growing, stating
that South Carolina soil is well adapted
to the pecan, after which he exhibited
some 30 or more products which
he has recently developed from the
pecan, including the hull and shell.
He exhibited oils, candies, meal, butter,
tapioca, dyestuffs, ink, sauce,
soap, fertilizer stock feed relish and i
other products prepared in hiis laboratory
at Tuskegee institute. He emphasized
the fact that the potato, the ']
peanut and the pecan, if properly cultivated
and developed will revolutionize
agricultural conditions in the
south. A number of white citizens
made remarks, all of whom commend
}
ed Voorhees for the splendid work
which it is doing for the farmers of
that community, and with one accord
they indorsed Dr. Carver s address.
Among those to speak were Pastor
Frier of the Baptist church, Pastor j
Wiggins of the Methodist church,
Captain Guess, Messrs Gooisby and
Garris.
A Japanese English Letter.
The porter in a Japanese office not
infrequently sleeps on the premises.
But he must have the necessary
equipment, as the following letter
from an agent to a principal reveals:
Dear Sir: In accordance to your
esteemed conversation of other day
for lodging the servant at this office,
we consider we must provide to him
the bed or sleeping tools. Please inform
us that you could approve the
expense to purchase this tool.
Awaiting your esteemed reply, we,
dear sir, Yours faithfully,
T- A .
Drafting Plan
Dormitory at
Dorchester Man Shot
On Public Highway
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St. George, Feb. 26.?John A. Patrick,
while returning to his home
from a country store a short distance
away, was shot and dangerously
wounded about 8 o'clock last night,
and Willie Carr was placed under arrest
by Deputy Sheriff Piatt early
this morning.
Sheriff Limehouse hastened to the
scene of the crime as soon as the
news reached him. The sheriff and
his deputies with scores of citizens
spent the entire night in a determined
effort to make an arrest. The
bloodhounds from the county chain
gang were used. Carr was arrested
in St. George early this morning
without the aid of the dogs. He is
said to ihave expressed himself as.
having determined to give up.
. Mr. Patrick, whose home is on the
Wire roaa, aaout uve nines uum 01,
George, was returning from the store.
He was walking with his overcoat
thrown across his shoulders and carried
a package. He was shot just as
he reached a dark spot, his assailant
having concealed himself in a clump
of trees. It is estimated that <fche |
men were about 30 feet apart when
the shot was fired and the load took
effect in the abdomen, one of the
hands of the wounded man being injured
also.
The wounded man was only a short]
distance from his home, and his cries |
attracted members of his family? who
rushed to his assistance. Medical aid
was hastily summoned, and he was
taken to a hospital in Charleston
early this morning, where an operation
was performed. Last reports
from his bedside were to the effect
that, although the operation had been
performed, ihis condition remained
extremely serious.
The young man charged with the?
crime is about 21 years of age and i
is unmarried. When questioned In
the county jail this morning, he admitted
his guilt. He added that Patrick
had accused him of destroying
a boat. A couple of times recently
some of Mr. Patrick's property has
been destroyed by fire, but the young
man stoutly denies that he was re
sponsible for either of these fires.
Mr. Patrick is about 40 years old,
is married and 'has several children.
He is widely connected and is generally
regarded is a peaceable, law
abiding citizen. Young Carr comes
of an excellent family and the unfortunate
affair has created intense interest
in Dorchester county.
i Denmark Doings.
Denmark, Feb. 25.?Wednesday
afternoon Mrs. Winchester Graham
entertained her mother, Mrs.. George
W. Goolsby, with a birthday party.
Mrs. John Martin, Sr., received at
the door and invited the guests into
the living room, which was simple
but effectively decorated with flags
and emblems of the Stars and
Stripes. After a pleasant social hour,
little Ida Lawton Graham came in,
bearing an armload of useful gifts,
which she presented to the guest of
honor from her many friends* Shortly
afterward a salad course was
served by Miss Rollins and Mrs.
Ralph Goolsby. The sweets were served
by Mrs. Spigner and each guest,
just before leaving, was presented
with a little red hatchet, a souvenir
of the occasion. About 25 guests
called during the afternoon.
Mrs. James B. Guess, Jr., and son
are visiting relatives near Eutawville.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Wiggins and
daugihter, of Orangeburg, spent Wednesday
with the former's parents
here.
Mr. and Mrs. John Tyler, of Georgia,
are the guests of Mrs. Frank
Sturgeon.
The women of the Eastern Star
gave a banquet Tuesday afternoon
after the regular meeting. The husbands
of all the members were invited
to attend. After several interesting
speeches, a salad course with coffee
and cake was served.
Miss High, of Campobello, is spend*
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Mrs. G. C. High.
Aiken, Feb. 25.?Jack Dempsey,
champion pugilist of the world, is a
winter visitor in Aiken, the guest of
William Zeigler, Jr., Long Island
sportsman, who is occupying fche
Prickley Pear cottage for the season.
Dempsey arrived here today.
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Carlisle School
Plans for the erection of Carlisle's %
new dormitory are fast taking definite*
form, and at an early date the sound
of hammer and saw and the clink of
the bricklayer's trowel will be heard
on the campus.
Several meetings of the board of
control of Carlisle school have been
held recently looking to the erection
of a dormitory to take the place of
the H. J. Brabham hall, destroyed by
fire a few weeks ago. A building
committee has been named of the
board members, this committee being
composed of the following: H. C.
Folk, chairman; John H. Cope, W.
D. Rhoad, A. W. Knight, and Rev. S.
O. Cantey, with Col. W. C. Duncan
as secretary.
The building committee has been
actively engaged for some days past
in going over the matter thoroughly.
A v tour of inspection of dormitory
buildings were rectnly made in the
ree i^ee seuuuu ui iue sia-i-c, oua
valuable information was secured on
this trip,.
Monday night a meeting was held
and the contract for the drafting of
the plans was awarded to the firm
of LaFaye & LaFaye, of Columbia,
architects and engineers. George F. '
LaFaye, senior member of the firm,
was present at the meeting, and conferred
with the school authorities in
regard" to the plans for improvement
of the school campus.
The architects were authorized to
proceed at once with the drafting of
the plans, and Mr. LaFaye promises
to complete the work at the earliest
possible date. It is stated that the
work entrusted to the architects in
eludes a plan for the general improvement
of the school campus. That
is, the work to be undertaken this
summer will fit in with the general
plan of enlargement of the school, J
although it is not contemplated that . any
work will be done this year other
than the erection of one dormitory.
Other improvements will be undertaken
in the course of time as necessity
arises. All work hereafter will be
done with a definite idea in view of
coinciding with the general plans to
be drafted by LeFaye & LaFaye,. \
wihich will be in possession of the
school authorities.
Everv effort will be made to start
the work of construction in time to
complete the dormitory for the opening
of the next school term, and once
begun the work of erecting the build- , .
ing will be pushed rapidly. The general
idea of the new dormitory is to
build it of sufficient size to accommodate
about 120 cadets.
In this connection it may be stated
that the local campaign inaugurated
by the citizens of Bamberg last year,
which was called off on account of
the stress of the times, will be revived
as soon as definite plans are submitted
by the architects. The idea of
this campaign, when instituted, wasto
raise a considerable sum of money
to augment the fund Carlisle will receive
from the Christian education
Mmnflfsn nf the Southern Methodist
church. The amount to be raised in
the comdng campaign* the method of
payment and other details, will be
definitely decided on later.
OUR GIRLS ARE ALL RIGHT.
"What Are They Coming To?" is No
New Cry.
Girls have a way of alarming their
elders. What are they coming to?
ihas been the cry for ages. The Moab
ite ladies, observing Ruth chatting
with a young man just arrived from
Bethlehem, probably voted that she
was a bold creature.
A piper from Scotland, after look-ing
at the modern girl's costume, declared
that the lassies were hardier
it
than the kilted Highlander.
What's to be done about it all?
Nothing, except whatever the parents
of the girls decide to do. All the
outbursts of associations and boards
of education will not accomplish anything.
Bobbed hair is a fleeting phase.
The girls will aoanaon 11 wnen mey
see how plain it makes them. The
shimmy dance is already passing into
the discard.
Short skirts are here and probably
will stay. So far as modesty is concerned,
a girl in a short skirt can bo
as modest as one with a long gown.
If the girls can stand short skirts in i
this weather they must really like f
them. And there is even greater
proof that they have adopted them
| for good.?New York Herald.