The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 30, 1922, Page 2, Image 2
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
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Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
.Entered as second-class matter April
1891, under Act of March 3, 1879.
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Thursday, March 30,1922.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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."
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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