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Christensen Te of Im Much has been said in the papers of this state and of Georgia concerning the work of the auditors from Chicago employed by the legislative committee of which Senator Christensen, of Beaufort, is chairman, to check up on the offices and departments of the state government of South Carolina. The committee has been criticised quite extensively for going to Chicago to get accountants for this purpose. In order that both .aides of the question might be known, The Herald takes pleasure in printing below a letter from Senator 'Christensen to Gov. Hardwick, of Georgia, which explains in considerable detail the work of the staff of accountants in this state: July 21st, 1922. Governor T. P. Hardwick, Atlanta, Ga. Dear sir:?My attention has been called to an Atlanta news story reporting attacks being made on your investigating staff headed by Messrs. Telford and Reber, of Griffenhagen .and Associates, of Chicago. The basis for these particular attacks is their work last year for the Joint * \ legislative CoffuMttee on Consolidation and Economy appointed at the 1921 session of the general assem-i fcly of South Carolina, of which committee I had the honor to be chairjnan. . It surprises me that those making the attack on the Griffenhagen staff do not use the Report these investigators have just made on Georgia con 4itions. After all, the question before your citizens is whether facts reported and suggestions made for reforms in Georgia can assist your ..government to greater .economies 1 and efficiency. Results in South Carolina, Maryland, or at Washington -springing from the work of this company are of interest, but they are not conclusive as to the value of this very recent investigation in Georgia .as to Georgia affairs. However, an issue seems to have been made by those opposed to your program. These opponents charge that the methods of Griffenhagen and .Associates in South Carolina last year were contemptible and their recommendations ridiculous. The idea is advanced that this charge, if maintained, should damn the Georgia report. V , t i have not seen the Georgia report. The newspaper clippings sent to me contain no account of it. Georgia conditions are not touched on. It might be supposed that the real issue is as to the value of your report, not as to the value of ours. But since this issue as to the South Carolina report 'has been raised, and 4 since some of the Georgia officials and some of the South Carolina officials have together made this issue, j it may play some part in the decis *? - " ?? ion ui yuur leguiavutv;. * > Your citizens have heard from two South Carolina officials who condemn " the report. The report criticised them and they are aggrieved. The special legislative commtfttee here did not adopt all the recommendations of these investigators of theirs, nor accept their view of all alleged facts. The committee condensed the voluminous reports of this staff and molded i the recommendations to conform to their own judgy ment and presented it as a committee report. This committee report could not have been intelligently written without the thorough inquiry made by these trained men. The five legislators associated with me on this committee were as well equipped and able men for this task as any who could have been selectr ed. But they had neither time nor the training needed to collect the mass of information necessary in a few months from our fifty-two departments and institutions scattered all over the state. This committee was composed of 1 Hon. E. T. Hughes, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house; Hon. J. E. Anderson, of the same committee; Hon. J K. Hamelin, chairman of the judiciary com mitte? of the house; Hon. W. Fred Lightsey and Hon. F. A. Miller, both of the finance committee of the senate, and myself, chairman of the finance committee. We found the eight members of the Griffenbagen and Associates staff, sent to us at various times during the year lb21, to be courteous, reliable, well informed, skillful and loyal. We believe their reports to be of incalculable value to the citizenSjOf South Carolina, and . in this we are joined by these connected with and in charge of many of our important departments and institutions. Our committee recommended two ; things: Reduction of appropriations / and new sources of revenue. We proposed by these two means to reduce the levy for state purposes from ?? /' < lis of Work, ported Auditors i twelve to five mills this year. The | reduction in expenditures over 1921 was to have been over a million dolj lars. The new revenue was to come 1 from income, inheritance, gasoline, corporation, luxury* and water power taxes. We embodied these latter in seven bills; the reductions being accomplished through the appropriation bill. No such comprehensive program of tax reform had ever been proposed, nor had such tax reduction proposal ever been agreed on by any legislative committee. Four of the 1 sources or new revenue ua?e m iuimer years been separately proposed, but never have before assembled these proposals, and developed them into a well rounded and balanced whole. This result was not handed down by any superior Intelligence among either the committee, the special staff, or the legislature. It developed from the efforts of each. x? footnrao it was T?TA? JDUL 1U U& rnaiu icaiiutba v sented by the special committee, which was assisted most efficiently at every point by its special staff, and it may be fairly said they were indispensable to the final results. The presentation of the report to the legislature aroused furious attack from certain departments and institutions affected. We found our government to be clean and honest to a gratifying degree, but slack and inefficient in important particulars. These findings brought denunciation on us for employing outsiders and spending the necessary money. Of course it was impossible to secure trained and disinterested investigators in the state as it was for us personally to have made the inquiries. The cost was iije least we couiu arrange for, and small compared with the results obtained. The 'house adopted the entire program for new revenue. Under the very able leadership of Mr. Hughes the seven revenue measures were voted by large majorities with few amendments. The house reduced the appropriation bill approximately three quarters of a million. Here the j recommendations of the committee were not followed in detail, but they 1 were of the greatest assistance, both in influencing recommendations by departments and institutions and in informing interested legislator. The net result was a reduction that broke all records and surprised trained observers. The senate revised the reductions but did not materially increase them. It also passed five of the seven revenue bills, all of which were somewhat altered and one completely rewritten. The net result was a reduction in the levy from twelve to seven mills. No such result has ever been approximated in our state. Many factors contributed to this gratifying outcome. Economic conditions had created a very strong pressure. Educational influences set up by the legislature and other agencies, effectively presented by the newspapers, had set the masses of fho norvnla to thinking rIotv? con structive lines. But it was the proince of our special committee to prepare and press a new and definite program. In this we were ably assisted by the firm you have since employed to perform a similar service for the state of Georgia. It is said in Atlanta as well as here that we might have secured the same results for less money. That is an easy thing to assert, but more difficult to prove. During my eighteen years in the South Carolina senate, and on its finance committee, I 'have seen constant efforts to secure reductions in appropriations and reforms in our tax laws. I have taken part in some of these efforts. Several years ago we had an attempt to reduce the appropiations by veto. At one session thirty-one items approximating a little over ninety thousand dollars was vetoed, but only items aggregating forty-two hundred dollars, less than five per cent., were sustained by the legislators. On 18 of these 28 votes in the 'house, not ten favored the vetoes; and in the senate on 12 items only one was in favor and on none was the favoring vote over seven. This was one of the principal former attempts to reduce appropriations. It is also said that the new revenue laws had been before the legis lature before. This was true as to four, three of which had failed, however, on previous occasions. Whether previous attempts were frustrated from political reasons, as is charged by some, or by honest differences in judgment, or from other causes that may be alleged, the outstanding fact is that all other efforts were very limited in comparison and failed utterly while this comprehensive program succeeded in large measure. The completion of the program As Others See Us. (From Charlotte Observer.) Democratic leaders are very much Interested in the fight Cole L. Blease is making for the governorship of South Carolina. Blease is to the Donkey party what Pinchot and Beveridge are to the G. O. P. Blease's aim is of course the United States senate. a Dosition in which the Demo crats would much prefer another type of man if they are to regain and have control within the next few years. Blease is to make an address at the annual Filbert picnic early in August. It is here that the stormy petrel of South Carolina politics has broken more than once. His attitude at Filbert on thfs occasion is expected to give some indication of the trend of events. There has been lots of Blease talk for the last year and a half. It was AWA f Vl O f V* A TTTAlllH Vl 1 T"l OlCllCU dL VJUjc tiiuc luat n vuxu uviy * distribute Republican patronage. Soon after President Harding came into power the Old Guard leaders, feeling that they were comparatively safe for a number of years, sought other fields to conquer. With the east, north and west salted down, they went out to capture some of the southern 9tates. Georgia was to be brought into line. J. L. Philips, now under indictment for war contract frauds, was selected for the "Cracker state" reorganization job. A "team" from the national Republican committee went down to help put the plan over. Georgia Republican leaders of years' standing?such "T"r T ! o n ^ Pan as neury uucum -j uuuauu auu uvu Davis?were not consulted. Outsiders were put in charge. The Georgia plan fell through. In South Carolina "Old Man" Joe Tolbert ruled. Possessed of a fine plantation, and with a real Republican twist in his make-up, the Palmetto boss had held sway for many years. Sidney Bieber and other "national" Republicans went into South Carolina in 1920 to organize it away from Mr. Tolbert. But there was a slip somewhere, and the old war horse continued to wield the reins. After Georgia had been licked into shape efforts were made to put recalcitrant, sorehead or other styles o'f Democrats in charge of the pie counter. Republican flirtations were carried on with John L. McLaurin, C. C. Campbell and others. It was whispered. that former Governor Blease might take hold of the Re publican situation. But in a letter to Tolbert, Mr. Blease made clear his position. He admitted that he was a "Jeffefson Democrat who rejoiced over the election of Harding," but he did not take the "Republican job. This "rejoicing" has now (arisen 'to trouble Mr. Blease. The people of South Carolina do not like for their Democratic statesmen to get too gay or be too happy over the success of the Republicans. The Blease letter to Tolbert will be used against him in the forthcoming campaign. Some of ^lease's old friends are very partial to the "Lame Lion of S. Street," and resent Mr. Blease's sneers at Wilson, and his rejoicing at "the downfall of Idealism, which," he is quoted as having said, "gave us nothing but fresh-made graves, widows, orphans and billions of dollars taxes, under the guise of liberty. We * 1?1 A ? A r*f/N V* r% tTA I nave less iioeny lluw mail ?c no.?^ ever had and fewer privileges as a result of Wilson and his henchmen." And so the party is watching the turn of the political tide in South Carolina, and particularly is it watching to see what Blease will do when he gets the atmosphere of old Filbert into his system again. Some of his most rampant declarations have been made from the hustings at this historic annual gathering. It is not beyond reason to expect that he will go on the warpath again. Blease apparently is constitutionally and traditionally opposed to all government. except a Blease government. The war and its trials are not so far behind us that South Carlinians have forgotten the TolberF letter and Blease's defamatory and unpatriotic utterances in that connection. Unmarried Life. Tim: "How are you getting along at home while your wife's away? Jim: "Fine. I've reached the height of efficiency. I can put on my socks now from either end."?Selected. will be the principal business before the next legislature. If it is carried out we may ex<pect to eliminate all direct taxes for state purposes in a few years; and eliminate waste, abolish sinecures, and put our financial affairs on a business basis. South Carolina has a small bonded indebtedness, pays current expenses out of current funds and has a cash bal ance. With the reforms in procedure that have been recommended, we will be in excellent shape as to raisin? and expending money for state purposes. Trusting this may be helpful in your efforts to clarify the situation in your state, I am, very respectfully, NIELS CHRISTENSEN. How They Are Kissed. The Charleston girl bows her stately head And fixes her stylish lips, In a firm hard way?and let's em go, And sips, and sips, and sips. The Columbia girl has a way of her own, I In a clinging, soulful way, She takes a kiss that's just as big, As a wagon load of hay. The Greenville girl gets a grip on herself And carefully takes off her hat, Then grabs the man in a frenzied way, Like a terrier shaking a rat. The Savannah girl just arches her eye, So cool?so cold?so glum, She sticks out her lips?like an open book And keeps on chewing gum. But the Beaufort girl never says a word, She's so gentle?timid and tame, But she grabs a young man by the back of hi9 neck, And gets there just the same. The Bamberg girl so timid and shy. Throws her arms around his neck, Looks him over with a critical eye, Her kisses are sure fine, by heck! ITS THE HUSTLING AS WELL AS THE EARLY BIRD WHO GETS THE WORM. Said the little red rooster, "Gosh all hemlock, things are getting pretty tough, Seems that worms are scarcer, and I cannot find enough, What's becoipe of all those fat ones is a mystery to me There were thousands through that rainy spell?but now where can they be." The old black hen who heard him didn't grumble or complain, She had gone through lots of dry spells, and lived through floods of rain. So she flew upon the grindstone, and she gave her claws a whet, As she said, "I've never seen the time when there wasn't worms to get." She picked a new and undug spot; the earth was hard and firm, The little rooster jeered, "New ground?that's no place for a worm. The old black hen just spread her feet, she dug both fast and free, "I must go to the worms," she said, "the worms won't come to me." The rooster vainly spent the day, through habit by the ways Where fat round worms had passed in sojuads back in the rainy davs. When nightfall found him supperless, he growled in accents rough, "I'm hungry as a fowl can be. Conditions sure am tough." He turned to the old black hen and said, "It's worse with you, For you're not only hungry but you must be tired, too. I rested while I watched for worms, so I feel fairly perk; But how are you? Without worms too? And after all that work?" The old black hen hopped to her peroh and dropped her eyes tc sleep And murmured in a drwsy tone, * "Young man hear this and weep, I'm full of worms and happy, for I've dined both long and well, The worms are there as always?but I had to work like hell." ?The July Roycrofter. 10' They are GOOD! No Worms in a Healthy Child All children troubled with Worms have an un healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as t rule, there is more or 1 ess stomach disturbance GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood improve the digestion, and act as a general Strengthening T/vn^t-r, uihnla QUCtpm KaflirP will theE CUUift AVUIV VV fcliv TTUVtV W/V%VM?? * '*> ? ? throw off or dispel the worms, and theChild will be to perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle. R. P. BELLINGER ATTORXEY-AT-LAW General Practice in All Courts Office Work and Civil Eusiness a Specialty / Offices in rear over Hoffman'3 Store BAMBERG, S. C. RILEY & COPELAND Successors to W. P. Riley. Fire, Life Accident INSURANCE Office in J. D. tJopeland's Store BAMBERG, S. C. 1 I NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that stocl certificate number 217 .of Bamberg Banking Company," Bamberg, S. C. has been lost or destroyed, and ap plication will be made to said corporation on the 8th day of Sept. 1922, for a new certificate. J. W. STEWART, Administrator of the Estate of Mrs Dora S. Williams. Dated July 27th, 1922. 8-31r DR.G.M.TRULUCK SPECIALIST Eye, liar, Nose, and Throat * Barton Bldg. Phone 274 Orangeburg, S. C. pH PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Fvriiik bllUIIIL U AND BOILERS . Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines LARGBflTOCK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Worke Supply Store. | AUGUSTA, GA. BE RID OF THAT ACHE If you are a sufferer with lame back backache, dizziness, nervousness and kidney disorders, why don't you trj th? rAmfidv that vrrnr own neighbors recommend? Ask your neighbor! Mrs. A. McB. Speaks, Rice St, Boa No. 123, Bamberg, saysj 'T had weak kidneys and pains In my back The pains were there constantly and when I stood they were worse. M5 kidneys acted Irregularly. I used Doan's Kidney Pills and I was great ly relieved." AFTER FOUR YEARS Mrs. Speaki added: "I have had no trouble with my kidneys since Doan's Kidnej Pills cured me." 60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milbun Co., Mfrs.. Buffalo, N. Y. I carroll S.S. CARROLL teaches watches Watchmaker to and tell Jeweler THE c r Prices on Q & J Passenger Car Ti and Tubes, effective May 8th, are I subject to tUoT'tax, the war?tax hav : been included. A TONIC |H | Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores W& j Energy and Vitality by Purifying and Wgk I Enriching the Blood. When you feel its |H ; strengthening, invigorating effect, see how Ijfj it brings color to the cheeks and how jiffi it improves the appetite, you will then ?8! appreciate its true tonic value. |B Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply 19 Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So l|g - pleasant even children like it The blood |g needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to IS Enrich it Destroys Malarial germs and IB : Grip germs by its Strengthening, In vigor- !9 > a ting Effect 60c. jg ?jnN To Cure a Cold in One Day ? i r iVATnw nnmi/i Aimmta * f. ffl | 1B4E LrfiAAll*!, DRWMU VUU11TIL V1BOWIS.J U , stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 30c. J. F. Carter B. D. Carter ' * . 1 J. Carl Kear&e Carter, Carter & Kearse i ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Special attention given to settlement of Estates and Investigation of Land Titles. Loans negotiated on Real Estate. S. G. MAYFIELD ATTORNEY-AT-I/AW Practice in all courts, State and Federal. Office Opposite Southern Depot. BAMBERG, S. C. The Quinine That Does Not Affect the Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary I Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor - ringing in head. Remember the fall name and . took for the lignatnrc of E. W. GROVH. 30c. NOTICE CONCERNING PLOWING j IN PUBLIC BOOADS. ^ . Pursuant to recommendation ot i the Bamberg County Grand Jury, the " landowners of the county cultivating lands adjacent and adjoining public roads are hereby urgently requested not to plow into or allow their hands \ $ to plow into the roads. Landowner*, are requested to plant two or thretf rows of crops adjacent to roads parallel with the road, so that there may I be proper turning space without the necessity of turning plows in the roads. It is against the law to al- . J low plows to damage the roads, and it is an unnecessary prac_ tice. The county spends large sums of money in road building, and the roads belong to the people. I have no desire to prosecute anybody, hut , I must insist that this practice be atnnned immediately. The farmers i ? and tenants can cooperate in this re- | ' spect, and there should be no neces- 3 ' sity to bring action against anybody* ' Wm i Pull notice is being given before I | take such action. I j W. B. SMOAK, I . Supervisor. I January 31, 1922. tf | Best material and workman- J l ship, light running requires i r little power; simple, easy to handle. Are made in several I 1 sizes and are good, substantial 1 money-making machines down j ; to the smallest size. Write for ] catalog showing Engines, Boil- j , ers and all Saw Mill supplies. I KJL> llttJJ* wurwivj <x a SUPPLY 00. I ; I ugusta, Georgia 1 J. WESLEY CRUM, JB. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Bamberg, S. C. Offices in Herald Building r Practice in State and Federal Courts. . 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