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County Candidates Visited i Camp Branch Friday. ' (Continued from page 1, column 6.) t commissioner is on the job he will do something more than draw his wages on the first Monday. Commissioner Zeigler evidently took this to infer something about him, and promptly told Mr. Tant he could show more results in his district than Mr. Tant conld in the upper district; whereupon Mr. Tant cited the road over which the campaign party went to Camp Branch. He explained, however, that he meant no reflection upon Mr. Zeigler. He has tried to be on the job all the time. Will serve if elected and hold down the job, not office. ! W. H. Collins, Mr. Tant's oppon-! ent, came in late and spoke out of his appointed place. He began his speech before he got to the stand, starting off with "Howdy folks." He said he is 61 years old and was reared in old Barnwell county; tries to be honest and'straight. Takes God with him in all his business matters. Had served once before, but got defeated two years ago. Needs of good roads in Little Swamp relat?. ed; and hopes for better roads all over the county. Promises to serve the best he can, and thanks the voters in advance for their support. Auditor R. W. D. Rowell was presh ent and spoke for two or three minutes, thanking the voters for their Totes in the past. Atso related the circumstances of the land assessment matter. He is without opposition. Supervisors Come Forward. G. Victor Kearse, candidate for supervisor, was next called upon, but was not present. W. B. Smoak, present supervisor, said he came two years ago to Camp Branch a stranger, now he knows nearly everybody. Two years ago he 1 promised he wo aid do the best he could, and he has done it. He thanked the folks for their many courtesies to him while building the road ^ there, and said his own latchkey is always on the outside to the folks. He feels his new road will be a monument for him. Told the folks long ago he was coming. He is not run ? 1 mng tne gang on au,y punu^ai otucuule, but uses system with the gang, and he arrived on schedule time. Asked how long previously it had been since any work was done on the roads. "Uncle" Jim Harrison replied sixteen years. He advised the people to vote for the best man for the office, whoever he is. He feels that he has run the county as cheaply as anybody ever has. Has saved the county money wherever he could. Had protested against paying a state license on the county trucks and had won out, thereby saving a fourth of $is salary at one clip. A. B. Higihtower, another opponent rt* "MV fimnav then sDoke. Savs he is not much of a speaker, but believes he can do the work. Believes in strict economy. Thanked the people j for the fine fourth of July dinner he had there. Said Camp Branchers are fine people; asked for a trial; will do his best, and if he fails the people can turn him off. r W. L. Riley, For Honse. Candidates for the house of representatives came next. This race presents an unique aspect, in that both candidates are present incumbents, hut only one can be elected this year, as the county loses a representative from the reapportionment bill of the last session. W. L. Riley was first introduced in this race. Mr. Riley said he had served eight years in the legislature, v and had always been elected on the first ballot, and this was something he appreciated. He feels that he is better fitted for giving service because of his experience, especially } because of his prominent position on the ways and means committee, being vice-chairman of that body. He discussed the matter of high taxes and made a comparison of conditions now with those of two or three years ago. Then money was plentiful and . nobody objected to high levies and bonds. The consequence was the . county took on work which requires high levies to keep up; this was notably true in regard to roads and schools. If people had practiced economy then as they do now things would be different. He feels sure , everybody still wants roads and schools; they are good, but they cost money. We got on a high plane and it is difficult to get down. Some peo"~1 ~ 1????? "rontoh o nr>11 ta y for yic Ud U cv Cll nouutu I* i roads of $8. Mr. Riley discussed the tax matter at considerable length. Our system in this state is out of date and is not used elsewhere. The legislature % tried to remedy the tax matter at the last session, by adding an income tax. tax on gasoline, luxuries, etc. He predicted that it will not be many years before the state will not levy a tax at all on property. Taxes are high, said Mr. Riley, but he reminded the people that three-fourths of our tax money is spent in Bamberg coun- j ty, one-fourth goin? to the state. He does not believe that there is a single office in the county that can be eliminated. Most of the county funds go to the schools, and we can't afford to take that off. It is hard to get teachers at low salaries, although he thinks that school funds should be economically used. He has always looked out for economy in the legislature. He is glad that the tax commission rescinded the order increasing land assessments in this county. He does Kononco Vi p is a HO L ctblv lUi HJLCO uctauav farmer, but ?he feels that he is in position to understand the needs of the | farmers, and if he is elected he will serve the county to the best of his ability. J. C. Kearse, For House. J. Carl Kearse was the next and last speaker of the day. Mr. Kearse thanked the people of Camp Branch | for the magnificent vote given him j two years ago, when he got nearly all of them. He said that two years ago the people knew things were going wrong in Columbia, and that some one was needed to fight the tendency there to centralize rue staie guvcmment. He firmly believes that there are too many laws on the statute books now, and his record will show that he has helped to kill more laws than he has helped to enact. "The average man can't keep up with the I laws; you may be breaking some law now and not know it," said he. He thinks about half of the laws might be dispensed with. When he went to the house he found everything at the highest pitoh, and he entered into the fight to put things on a sensible bam u ^ V? i or Vi onH SIS. 1EA6S lliiv C UCC11 Luu U1511 uuu are still too high. The state was spending money with a free hand, and tihey could not spend it fast enough, so they began to create new boards and commissions. The old line politicians did not want to lower anything, but they were routed out, 1700,000 cut off the appropriation bill, and the levy reduced from 12 to seven mills. Thirty-fire per cent, reduction was made in the county taxes. Bamberg county is one of the most economically run counties in the state, he said. Few (have lower levies, and Bamberg's taxes are 30 per cent, lower than the average of the counties of the state. Regarding road work, he said the delegation had met federal aid dollar for dollar, considering it false economy to miss these funds; however, no surplus funds had been appropriated for t?his purpose, and no bonds issued. He pledged himself to oppose any county bond issues. 1 He thinks it is time to get our taxes back to where they used to be, and pledged himself to keep on fighting in this direction. We want no centralized government in Columbia or Washington. He discussed the "useless commissions and boards" at some length, and paid his respects especially to the tax commission, and to the board of welfare. The latter board he considered absolutely without excuse for existence. "They pay some young man from Columbia to come down here and tell you how to run your jail and chain gang," said fVio etatfl nova $30 00ft for uc, auu tuc otuuv t'u/u v v v,. . . this service. The tax commission he considers the most powerful and dangerous of all the commissions. "It is composed of three men, not elected by you, but appointed by the governor, with 15 or 20 agents, who sit in Columbia ond tell you what your lands in Fish Pond are worth; any action of your assessors can be upset by them. They have more authority, in some respects, than the general assembly or the governor." This commission is costing the state this year $85,050. He told of the land assessment matter, and explained that the commission took off the increase because of fear of bein? abolished, and re lated his connection with this matter. He pledged himself to continue to oppose the state tax commission, in answer to a question from the audience. He favors liberal treatment of veterans, and and is a great believer in common schools. He does not favor prospering colleges at the pvnpnse nf common schools. "Any boy can work his way through college if he wants to." At His Own Price. A city man visiting a small country town, boarded a stage with two dilapidated horses, and found that he had no other currency than a five dollar bill. This he proffered to the driver. The latter took it, looked it over for a moment or so, and then asked: "Which horse do you want?" He Spoke Too Soon. A well-known business man at tended his daughter's commencement exercises at the eastern college recently. He had been greatly pleased with the beauty and dignity of the exercises and was discoursing to his wife upon the refining influence of college life. Suddenly his impressive monologue was cut short. A girl, in cap and gown, came dashing down the steps of the main hall, waving her diploma and shouting: "Educated, by gosh!" Are Large Unions Superior to all Laws The most diabolical statement which we have ever seen in defence of Union Labor is an editorial in the Asheville (X. C.) Advocate, a paper larp'plv dpvntprt tn lahnr intorpstc In an effort to defend the right of Union Labor to picket plants the Advocate says: " 'Why picket?' ask misguided persons. 'Hasn't a strike-breaker the right to work if he wants to?' they inquire. "The strike-breaker occupies a position analogous to that of the traitor in war. The industrial forces of the nation may be likened unto an army. \\ hen we declare war we do not permit any soldier to enlist with the enemy. If one even so much as expresses sentiments which might be construed as giving comfort to the enemy we put him in jail or stand him up before a firing squad. "This illustration is not overdrawn. It will be appreciated if one pauses long enough to think over the situation created by employment of strikebreakers. "The army in the field must not allow itself to be honey-combed by the insidious operations of traitors; | the industrial army must likewise | protect itself." j Here in effect, if not in exact words, is a defense of murder by j Union Labor on the ground that when Union Labor strikes it is engaged in warfare and must defend itself against non-union men, or strike-breakers, just as a nation defends itself against traitors. This accursed doctrine has sometimes been proclaimed by radical Union Labor leaders, but never before we believe have we seen it so clarly and emphatically stated in print. It is a fact that strikers are at war. They are at war against society and humanity, and it is they who are the traitors for they are seeking to de - - ? * _ x xT i stroy iioerty. According 10 meir view Union Labor is superior to all laws. It is under no obligation to recognize buman or divine laws for the protection of other men or property. It is a law unto itself. It claims the right, according to this view, to commit any crime which may be necessary to destroy men who are at work against the dictates of Union Labor. Union Labor is thus the greatest propagator of class consciousness and strife in existence. No wonder we had the Herrin massacre in Illinois; no wonder that railroad strikers here and there are beginning to ignore the law and seeking to destroy men who want to work. We are face to face squarely with oct -nrViothor Tin inn LUC 4UC311UU C*D tu Labor is a law unto itself, a government superior to our Federal Government and whether its members under the direction of radical leaders have the right to destroy property and life and to prevent men from working merely because they are not stamped body and soul with a Union card. For many years the Manufacturers Record has been warning the country against the danger of the growth of the spirit of unionism under radical labor leaders who have been preaching revolution, for they have openly advocated the destruction of laws of liberty that interfere with unionism. The editorial from the Asheville Advocate is merely an indication of the danger we are fac ing, and it must be realized tnat tne Advocate is not speaking for alien, illiterate labor, but it is speaking in behalf of laboring men in a section where foreigners are scarcely known. It is bad enough to have to face the evils of foreign labor unioism, but it is still a greater menace to our country when we find that men of American birth, of Anglo-Saxon blood, supposed to be men of fair intelligence and patriotism are being led by such teachings as that of the Asheville Advocate, and the Advocate apparently is only voicing the thought that has been announced time and again, insidiously it is true, but always leading to the view that Union Labor has rights which neither God nor man must interfere with; that Union Labor is freed from the law against murder and every other crime, and is free from service to its own Government, placing Union Labor's demand above the demands of the nation. There is only one way to meet this situation and that is by an announcement from the President and from law officers in every state that law and order will be maintained, and that any man shall have the right to work where and when he pleases, and that this liberty shall be protected regardless of all the threats of all the Labor Unions in this and all | other countries.?Manufacturers record. Why Patrick Henry Said It. An Indian Boy at Hampton wrote the following in a composition on Patrick Henry: "Patrick Henry was not a very bright boy. He had blue eyes and light hair. He got married and then said, 'Give me liberty or give me death.' " BABY DROPS FROM TRAIN'. Found Later by Farmer, Unhurt I>ospite Speed. Richmond, Va., July 22.?While a Sunday school excursion train at the rate of thirty miles an hour was coming from Buckroe Beach, Va., to Richmond last night, Woodson W. Woodward, two years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Woodward, of this city, fell out of a coach wi?dow hp rpa^hod fnr a tnv hallonn. The ' train was stopped while the excursionists became almost panic stricken. A few minutes later a farmer found the young little Woodward child wandering along the railroad track, toy baloon in hand, unhurt. The child was stampeded with hugs and kisses when he arrived at the waiting train. The Man on the Dry Goods Box Winks His Right Eye and Says: That many a man is indebted to a jury for life. ' That we prefer to believe that the Lord helps them who help each other. That you can say this for a golf fan?he never talks shop outside the | office. That the man who succeeds by letting things slide, is the trombone player. The one reason why some people do not have more is that they do not want more. That when the boss wants a thing done, it will simplify matters to let him have his own way. T'1-? io oi/>lr tv* Vl O n JL licit a W UULIa 11 10 px givu t( uvu she doesn't get excited because the woman who curls her hair forgot to come. That it's easy enough to get the men to go to church until they get married. After that they get preaching at home. That life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up, depends on the stuff he's made of. An optimist is a fellow who believes whatever happens, no matter how bad, is for the best. A pessimist is the fellow it happens to. That a contented mind may be a j continual feast, but some people think a continual feast is the best way of getting a contented mind. Some of these couples who are so sweet to each other in public don't realize how amateurish they are. They need more practice at home. That a man will smoke eight cigars in one evening and then blame his indisposition next day on one ripe olive which he ate for dinner. Thoughts on Life and Business. The fellow who isn't fired with enthusiasm is aDt to be fired. Excess is an arch enemy of success. If top-notch efforts will yield you no happiness, there's something wrong with either you or your efforts. Sit down and do some analyzing. After all, you've got to give full, fair value, or you won't last. Carelessness and failure are twins. The most valuable '"system" is a good nervous system. Saving is having. If you have half an hour to spare, don't spend it with someone who V* * ? on 'f naou t. Don't simply see how you can "put in the day," see how much you can put into the day. Never contrive to make it easy for your concern to get along without you. Make sure the prize you chase is worth the price. If you cultivate your talents you'll always find an opportunity to use them. When in a fix, sweating will get you farther than swearing. Let mules do the kicking. Honking your horn doesn't help so much as steering wisely. Don't expect poor work now to lead to brilliant work hereafter. You have no idea how big the other fellow's troubles are. It's all right to aspire to control others, but have you begun with Number One? Notice that two-thirds of "promotion" consists of "motion." There is a better market for smiles than frowns. The highest form of salesmanship is nothing but service. The only influence worth having is the influence you yourself create. The wages of idleness is demotion. There is no higher rank than that of worker. No title can ever make a loafer a noble man. There must be output before there can be income. Defeat is often a spur to victory. The best reward is sense of worthy achievement. Good times for all can only be the product of good work by all.?B. C. Forbes. Miss Hattie Zepp has been appointed chief of police of Martinsburg, W. Va. ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO BUS-. INESS LICENSES. AX ORDINANCE providing for the time for the payment of business licenses to the City of Bamberg, and regulating penalty to be imposed on delinquents thereafter: BE IT ORDAINED, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Bamberg. South Carolina, in Council Assembled and by authority of the c?o mn* I OU Hi v_/ That each and every business license for every party engaged in any i business within the said City of Bamberg becomes due and payable annually to the said City on the first day of August. That if such license is not paid by the 10th day of August in any year it is due then a penalty of one per cent, on the amount of said license shall be added. That if such license is not paid by the 20th day of August in any year it is due then an additional penalty of one per cent, on the amount of the license besides the one per cent, above described shall be imposed. That if such license is not paid by me nrsi uay 01 aepiemoer in any year it is due then an additional penalty of five percent, on the amount of the license, making a total penalty of seven per cent., shall be imposed. That if such license is not paid by the 15th day of September in any year it is due then the City Clerk of the said City of Bamberg is hereby authorized and required without delay to proceed to have execution issued against any available property of such delinquent licensee and to place such execution in the hands of the proper officer for the purpose of levying upon sufficient property to meet the requirements of the City Ordinance, or if no such property of the delinquent is available or subject to execution, then the City Clerk is hereby required and directed to instruct the Chief of Police of said City to close such business. DONE, ORDAINED AND RATIFIED IN CITY COUNCIL, by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Bamberg, South Carolina, this the 14th day of July, A. D., 1922. B. F. FOLK, JR., LaVERNE THOMAS, Clerk. Mayor. 7-27 NOTICE. I will pay a reward for the return or for information of my son, James Bryant, who left home recently. He is 14 years'old, dark brown, right fore finger sut off, weighs about 125 pounds; last seen wearing blue serge suit with knee pants. 7-2Op JOE BRYANT, Route 2, box 91, Bamberg, S. C. TAX EXECUTION SALE. In accordance with the executions to me directed by B. F. Folk, Jr., city ?1 J C uici a. auu u cusuici ui iuc ui. Bamberg, state of South Carolina, I have levied upon and will sell for cash in front of the court house door, Bamberg, S. C., on Wednesday, Aug- i ust 2, 1922, during the legal hours of public sales, the following described lots in the city of Bamberg, said lots to be sold for taxes due and owing the said city of Bamberg: One lot bounded as follows: North by Sheliie Kirkland; east by Jake Roney; south by Kelley Williams; west by T. C. Rice; said lot to be sold as the property of Robert Thompson. One lot measuring east and west 200 feet; north and south 105 feet. Bounded as follows: North by Church street; south by lands of C. R. Brabham; east by Maggie Owens; west by J. J. Jones. Said lot to be sold as the property of Minnie Thompson. Six and one-half acres, more or less, bounded as follows: North by G. W. Rivers; south by Tom Gant; west by Joe Milhouse's estate; east by G. W. Rivers; said property to be sold as the property of Sam Spell's estate. One acre, bounded as follows^ North by Church street; east Dy jl>. J. Sanders; west by Cox avenue; said land to be sold as the property of J. S. Grant. One lot situated in Washington Heights; bounded as follows: North by Hammond Hartzog; south and east by Charlie Brunson; west by street. One lot situated in Washington Heights, bounded as follows: North by Arlington street; south by Binnaker street; east by lot No. 10 of the same block; said lot to be sold as the property of Clair Spell. One lot measuring 220 feet north and south; 220 feet east and west; bounded as follows: North and east j by J. D. Felder; south by Railroad | avenue; west by lands formerly owned by Rasomi Kelley. -T W McCORMACK, Chief of Police of Bamberg, S. C. July 12, 1922. To Stop a Cough Quick take HAYES' HEALING HONEY, a cough medicine which stops the cough by healing the inflamed and irritated tissues. A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and Croup is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES' HEALING HONEY. The salve should be rubbed on the chest and throat of children suffering from a Cold or Croup. The healing effect of Hayes' Healing Honey inside the throat combined with the healing effect ot Grove's O-Pen-Trate Salve through the pores of the skin soon stops a cough. Both remedies are packed in one carton and the cost of the combined treatment is 35c. Just ask your druggist for HAYES' HEALING HONEY. * i I I CARROLL S.S. CARROLL TEACHES i watches Watchmaker xo and tell jeweler the truth Bamberg, S* C? A TONIC Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying and Enriching the Blood- When you feel its strengthening, invigorating effect, see how it brings color to the cheeks and how it improves the appetite, you will then appreciate its true tonic value. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So pleasant even children like it The blood needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it Destroys Malarial germs and Grip germs by its Strengthening, Invigorating Effect 60c. R. P. BELLINGER 1 ATTORNEY - AT-LA W General Practice in All Courts Office Work and Civil Business a 1 Specialty Offices in rear over Hoffman's Store BAMBERG, S. *C. J. F. Carter B. D. Carter J. Carl Kearse Carter, Carter & Kearse ATTORXEYS-AT-LAW Special attention given to settlement of Estates and Investigation of Land Titles. Loans negotiated on Real Estate. . ^4*3 S. G. MAYFIELD M ATTORXEY-AT-LAW Practice in all courts, State and Federal. Office Opposite Southern Depot. BAMBERG, S. C. NOTICE CONCERNING PLOWING IN PUBLIC ROOADS. Pursuant to recommendation of the Bamberg County Grand Jury, the landowners of the county cultivating lands adjacent and adjoining public roaas are nereDy urgently requested ' :? not to plow into or allow their hands to plow into the roads. Landowners are requested to plant two or three rows of crops adjacent to roads parallel with the road, so that there may be proper turning space without the necessity of turning plows in the roads. It is against the law to allow plows to damage* the roads, and it is an unnecessary practice. The county spends large sums of money in road building, and the roads belong to the people. I hare no desire to prosecute anybody, hut I must insist that this practice be stopped immediately. The farmers and tenants can cooperate in this respect, and there should be no neces- ,;Jja aitv tn hrlnc a/^Hnn anvhfldv. Full notice is being given before I take such action. * W. B. SMOAK, Supervisor. January 31, 1922. tf Best material and workmanship, light running requires little power; simple, easy to handle. Are made in several sizes and are good, substantial money-making machines down to the smallest size. Write for catalog showing Engines, Boilers and all Saw Mill supplies. A ; LOMBARD IRON WORKS & SUPPLY 00. ^^^^^Augusta, SCHEDULE OF CAMPAIGN MEETINGS. The following is a schedule of campaign meetings of the Democratic Primary in Bamberg county: Ehrhardt?July 28. Olar?August 4. Denmark?August 11. Bamberg?August 18. The president of each club (or, in his absence, the vice president) is requested to arrange for the meetings at the respective clubs. The usual hour of the campaign meetings is ten o'clock, a. * m. Candidates for county offices are requested to attend these various meetings and ad dress the voters, candidates, uuuei the rule, shall file the required pledge with the County Chairman, and also the required pledge with the Clerk of Court of the County before twelve o'clock (12), Meridian, on the 13th day of July, and are also required, under the rule, to pay the regular assessment to the Secretary and Treasurer of the County Democratic Committee, W. D. Rowell, by that time time. Democratic voters are urged to enroll their names upon the club book at once. The rule requires "that each applicant for enrollment shall, in person, write upon the club roll 'his (or her) full name, and immediately thereafter his (or her) age, occupation and postoffice address." "If the name be illegible, the Secretary shall write the name beneath the signature of the applicant." In the event of the inability of an ap plicant to write fie (or snej maj make his (or her) mark upon the roll, which shall be witnessed by the Secretary, or other person then having the custody thereof, and the Secretary shall fill in the other requirements. "The voter must enroll in the club nearest his (or her) place of residence, calculated by the nearest practicable route." On the last Tuesday in July the club books, under the rule, will close, and within three (3) days thereafter each Secretary, under the rule, is required to transmit the original roll to the County Chairman. . J. F. CARTER, County Chairman. J. WESLEY CRUM, JR.. ATTORXEY-AT-LAW Bamberg, S. C. Offices in Herald Building ? - ^x J T?<_ j 1 Practice m scaie ami reuciai \^vu*n?. Loans negotiated.