University of South Carolina Libraries
r Wi)t Bamberg $eralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. ?? Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. .Entered as second-class matter April 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. ?. ^vy-Y ' $2.00 PER YEAR. SSfEy? ' Vnlnmp 81. No. 14. ______________ Thursday, March 30,1922. ?? i B When the state income tax law was fev enacted, the legislature made a mis. - take in relying on the United States government to help collect the taxes Jby furnishing information, and we do not think it is the right principle to rely on the federal government in ll '" any purely state affairs. The nation|i al government has intruded upon state affairs enough without mixing fV up the taxes. State's rights are almost a thing of the past anyway, and the state government should not do |ljp anything to further concede to the national government. The bonus bill as passed hv the ; house carries with it an expenditure of four billion dollars. We are not qualified to discuss such stupendous figures. As a general proposition we have not favored the "bonus, not be EI cause of any lack of desire to do all ||? that is possible for the men who did 1 the fighting, but on the broad prints eiple that a man's value on the field J- of battle cannot be guaged by dollars and cents and that it is not possible to pay anyone for risking his life and body in the face of the enemy's i - bullets. It appears to us as a trei .mendous thing to burden the country with a four billion dollar obligation * Tight at a time when the country is ; making a desperate struggle to re>? v gain its equilibrium from the expen|fe: '/. diture of billions during the war. Bgpfi The Herald has known for some ; time past that under the reapporEpb;--. tkmment act the county would lose . nro nf its two representatives in the ESp house; we refrained from publication 3R -.- of the fact until it was enacted into ^ law. The law has been passed, and consequently the voters of Bamberg Bfe^V county will vote this year and for ?the next ten years for one representajpt' tive instead of two. The people of g-t-v the county were not vitally interestl|p ed in the taking of the census. It was Jv'V ^most impossible to secure enumerav;V tors to do the work. The Herald urged that a recount be secured ^t the time of the announcement of the preliminary figures, and a recount could - easily have been had if the proper Kv' steps had been taken. We do not (know the exact deficiency of the comity, hut we are advised that it was a mere handful. Nohody in the county would mind losing a representative if it were shown beyond- question that the enumeration was accurate. " However, it is now too late. Bamberg county1 is down at the foot of the liat in the representation in the house and will stay there for ten * years at least. ' It might serve one good purpose, though, and that is to see that enumerators are furnisflied for the next census. The four power treaty has been Kir tlio TT S oanoto and 11TVTm ratification by tbe otber powers concerned, will become effective. Most people are probably glad the treaty lias been ratified by the United States, the only doubtful nation concerned, inasmuch as the purpose of the treaty is to outlaw war for a while at least. While the people are passively glad of the ratification, few people really seem vitally concerned about the matter at all, but inasmuch as it is a step in the direction - - tA .il 1 J 1 A.* Of universal peace n saoum ue gratify!ng. We have always thought that the people of the United States favor any pact that wdll take war further away, and we believe that the majority of people would have preferred to see this nation enter the league of nations for this reason. The league of nations treaty was killed by the United States senate, so far as America was concerned, and the present treaty is nothing more than an abbret viated edition of the league of nations covenant. We have an idea that before many years are past this nation will have entered into the league as advocated by President Wilson. America ought to be in it. The idea of "entangling foreign alliances" seems to have been entirely forgotten anyway. Verdict Against Town of Cope. J. K. Myers was awarded a verdict last week in the Orangeburg civil court against the town of Cope, for the value of a parcel of land and alleged damage thereto, the amount awarded being $45. Mr. Myers ask ed for $200 and interest for about ten years. The plaintiff alleged that the property was never paid for by the town although used as a part of a ppublic highway, with a promise to pay for it. A fence built into the roadway some months ago brought the matter to a head. : ?1 ? . . jfi : .... . ' RELIGIOUS STATISTICS FOR U. S. Figures Prepared by I)r. E. O. Watson, Former Bamberg Pastor. Every day during the last five years an average of 2,173 persons joined the various churches of America. During the same time an average of three congregations have been organized daily and the average number joining the ministry has been four and one-half persons per day. TViooo faptc arp hrnn?rht tn lisrht I by religious statistics for the United ! States compiled by Dr. E. O. Watson, j Washington secretary of the Feder; al Council of the Churches of Christ [in America. The figures show that [ the churches are steadily overcoming i their war losses. The total church ' membership of the country, according | to the latest available figures, is 45,997,199. This is an increase of 4,j 070,345 over the 191 o census figLures and indicates a gain of more than a million members for the pre! ceding months. The various religious bodies re! port 233,104 congregations headed i by 200,000 ministers. This is a gain of 5,617 congregations and 8,294 clergy over the government figures of 1916. While there has been much talk of a shortage of ministers the increase in clergy has been approximately 50 per cent, more than the increase in the congregations. The 33,014 difference between ministers and congregations does not indicate a corresponding shortage of pastors, as many ministers, especially in the rural districts, have charge of two t or more churches. Of 45,997,199 persons listed officially as church members, the Roman Catholics have 17,885,646. Roman Catholic figures represent estimated population including all baptized persons. Protestant bodies count only communicants. The 30 bodies related to the Federal Council of Churches have 19,933,115 members. They have a total of 142,472 congregations manned by 113,761 clergy. Their gain in membership over the preceding five years is 1,245,935. Their total constituency is 55,812,722, a gain of 3,448,618 over the 1916 census figures. The total religious constituency, of the country (including all members and adherents) is placed at 95:858,096 persons. Owing to different sta tistical metnoas 01 me various i churches these figures are estimated in accordance with studies made by statisticians. On this comparable basis the constituency of the various bodies is as follows. Protestants, 74,795,226; Koman Catholics, 17,885,646; Jews, 1,120,000; Eastern Orthodox (Greet and Russian), 411,054; Latter Day Saints (Mormons), 1,546,170. Of the Jewish figures, 400,000 are estimated. The Jewish bodies have different methods of reporting, some counting only heads of families and others only beads of families who are also pew holders. Vol. 22 of the American Jewish Year Book esti ' *- i-ii maces me jewisn population 01 uc United States at 3,300,000. As the churches report their statistics as a whole it is practically impossible to tell in what part of the country the great gains have been made. Indications are that the advance is all along the line. A specially significant growth has been reported by the Southern Baptists and the Southern Methodists. For the first time the Baptists have passed the Methodists in total membership, now having. 7,835,250 membership, against a Methodist membership of 7,797,991. The Lutheran bodies stand third with a member * n cac I SIlip OI i|f DD|U1i) ycisuuo, auu Presbyterians are fourth with 2,384,683 members. Practically all of the major religious faiths have made a gain except the Unitarians, who show a loss of 30,880 members as compared with 1916 figures, their total membership of last year being 51,635; and the Methodist Protestant church which shows apparently a loss of 8,625 members for the five-year period. The Churches of God in North America, general eldership, with a membership of 25,920 also show a decrease of 2,456 members. The Roman Catholics show a membership and adherence gain of 2,163,831 during the last five years. They have 16,580 churches manned by 21,643 priests. The Methodist Episcopal church (north) reports an increase m membership of 220,870 over the 1916 figures and 62,595 members over last year, its present membership being 3,938,655. It is the largest single Protestant communion. The Method| ist Episcopal ohurch (south) shows I a great gain of 91,215 members for j the preceding year with a naddition of 231,588 over the 1916 figures, its total now being 2,346,067. The Pro, testant Episcopal church has recov[ ered its war loss and now shows a gain of 11,208 over the 1916 figures of which 7,134 were reported last year. Its total membership is 1,104,029 persons. An interesting fact is that the Salvation Army with a rei - i .. ' ; . ; ported membership of 35,969, shows an increase of only 65 persons over five years ago. The combined Baptist bodies show a gain of 681,937 persons over the figures of 1916. Each of the major Baptist denominations shows an increase for that period. The northern Baptist convention, with a membership of 1,253,878, apparently shows a gain of only 2,173 but the explanation must A"U ? 4- re 1 0 ? _ DG UiaUC lllill, UUUU5 luis jjcuuu 1 */ Uj~ 867 Missouri Baptists, formerly affiliated with the Northern Baptist | convention, transferred their alignment to the Southern Baptist convention, which now has 3,199,005 members. This was the largest gain made by any single communion. The National Baptists (colored) show an increase of 177,746. Fourteen other Baptist bodies show a loss of 7,687. The Latter Day Saints, or Mormons as they are generally known, report a membership of 587,918, an increase of 113,000 over the 1916 census figures. Slightly Mixed. The late Dean Stanley tells of a clergyman in the north of England who was extremely deaf, but made every effort to disguise his affliction from his parishioners by pretending to hear everything that went on around him. One Sunday he directed the clerk to make the announcement in church that (a) anybody who had a baby to baptize might bring it to the vestry after the service and (b) that the new hymn books would be used the following Sunday. The clerk inadvertently reversed the order of the announcements and ended by saying that anybody who had a baby to baptize might bring it to the vestry after service, whereupon the vicar added, to the astonishment of the congregation: "And I may say for the benefit of those who have not got them, that they may be obtained at the vestry after the service, plain black ones for a shilling apiece, and extra ones with red backs for two and sixpence." Didn't Like His Looks. Ernest Lawford, the English com edian, wno useu to De a lawyer, saiu that while in the English "criminal courts every effort is made to assign competent counsel to all pauper criminals it does not always follow that these legal, practitioners are of the same appearance as their more successful brethren. A bookmaker's clerk was recently on trial for murder, and after he was placed in the dock, he turned to the policeman beside him and said, "I say, who's the Johnny in the wig over there?" "That's the barrister who's going to defend you," the policeman replied. The defendant gazed long and critically at his newly appointed defender. "Dismal looking beggar, isn't he?" he said. The Whole On ferine. During the Argonne fighting a veteran of the Marne and St. Mihiel took cover in a shell hole where a replacement, lately sent up from the rear, was enduring a baptism of fire. The earth suddenly heaved up and shook under the terrific impact of a German H. E. exploding near them. The old timer cast a bored, professional glance at the spouting guysey of dirt, and remarked nonchalantly: "Nothin' but 'nother of them G. I. cans." "G. I. can, bunk!" howled the youngster, seeking to squirm yet deeper into the protecting bosom of mothe rearth. "Them's rollin' kit 1 ? 99 cnens. Kee-rect! General Parker and his aide were traveling from one post to another on inspection. The general noted that the driver of the four-line team I seemed to know his mules well and always addressed them by name. "Get up dar, Tom! Frow yo'se'r inter dat collar, Sam! Steady dar, Jim! Mahnd yo' step, General!" General Parker finally asked: I "How did you come to name that mule 'General?' " "Well, suh, yo' see he does most of of de prancin' but mighty little of de pullin'." A Trial to Him. Solicitous Lady?"I cannot help a man who tries to do nothing for himself. Have you no convictions your own?" Seedy Sam?"No'm. Oncet I come near to gettin' one, but th' jury disagreed." Close Decision. 'Poet?"You can't pick out any special fault in this poem now can you?" Editor (encouragingly) ? "No, frankly, I can't. One line is just r about as bad as another." r . ' ' ^ 4 . ' 46 KILLED AS HOUR. Germany's Loss During World War Estimated at 12,000,000. Berlin, March 26.?Forty-six men were killed and 109 wounded on the German side during every hour the World War was raging, according to an estimate arrived at by Gen. Von Altrock, a statistician. This estimate was made from a study of official records. Germany's losses totalled in dead 1.8 ft 8. n 4 n and in wounded 4.246.779. Men to the number of of 13,000,000 were under arms during the course of the war. of whom about one in seven was killed in battle. The officers' corps lost 53,000 men men killed and 96,000 wounded. German soldier and civilian losses through death, caused directly or indirectly by the war, are estimated by Gen. Von Altrock at 12,000,000. B a ?1 * B i+' ' Penn's spells quality. Why? Because Penn's is packed airtight in the patented new container?the quality i9 sealed in. So Penn's is always fresh. Have yon ever really chewed fresh tobacco? . Buy Penn's the next time. Try it Notice the fine condition?fresh-Penn'a PENN'S CHEWING TOBACCO Piles Cared in 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fells to care Itching, BHnd. Bleeding or Protradtag Fifes. IpfHy refievee Itching Piles, and yon can get rsatfelafeep after the tot application, ftfcewc. S. G. MAYPIELD . ATTORNEY AT LAW Practice in all courts, State and Federal. Office Opposite Southern Depot. BAMBERG. S. C. Colds Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the caase. There is only one ' Bromo Quinine." at w. wuvl o signature ua uu*. owe. D?. THOMAS BLACK DENTAL SURGEON. Graduate Dental department University of Maryland. Member S. C. State Dental Association. Office opposite postoffice. Office hours, 9:00 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. *? Mm That Bats Not MM f?0M4 Because el fee tonic and laxative fftrt. Lay ATSV8 BHOMO Q02NIMB ia better than onfiaary Quinine and does net cause nenoaeness nor ringing in bead. JLetaeaber the faQ name and look lor tbe signature of E. W. <3fcOVB. 30c. S. P. BELLINGER ATTORMBY-AT-LAW General Practice in All Courts. Office Work and Civil Business a Specialty. Offices in rear over Hoffman's store. BAMBERG, S. O. 1 Funeral Directors and Embalmers Motor Hearse J. COONER & SONS Bamberg, S. C. J. WESLEY CBUM, JR., AnORNSY-AT-nAW Bamberg, S. C. Offices in Herald Building Practice in State and Federal Courts. Loans negotiated. DR.G.M.TRULUCK SPECLIALIST Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Barton Bldg. Phone 274 Orangeburg, S. C. * .. . ^. ' t Carroll n*cL Ti , Teaches ulltS IMl Watches WEDDING PRE Tell YES mi Don't forget this is the luv them, the kind that Tnith appreciated. S. S. CAF The Jeweler ? | Make Su 11 Of a Big 11 Crop. U | Coe-Morl Fertilize HANDLED 33 C. F. Rizer, O t J. D. Copeland, Ba I Just Received Fr< Ferris 1 AND This Brand has been < 85 years. . Try one anc FOR QUALITY'S i TomDi B AMBERS, QUALITY. PHONE ?????Ml?? I Don't V I About Someth I Morris Sliced Bacon, I Wrapped boxes, f s a j r i if ? Armour s tureo nam, per pound only. Armour's Boiled Ham, per pound only. Armours Luncheon Sliced, per pound CALL PHOXE 33?PRO H Price & M i Also Last ci<NTc Clocks, Spectacles, Eyeglasses, Jewelry,4c. t can be Promptly I i ?f .1 and neatly. 'ROLL I Bamberg, S. C. | IRE ^ \ r \ I 4 ISE | imer's yl Wm ' ^ 11 Hams iCON an the market ,'Jj [ be convinced. ?AKE SEE ucker , S. 0. 15 SERVICE ttf nHHHmnnl iforry I "SOC I I m 65c I I 9 ?30c I 1 MPT DELIVERY B ROCERIES I 9 3M