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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-11-06
Roads Win Mileage Book Fight.

Washington, Oct.. 31.-The 3 sale OF
Interchangeable mileage books with
the requirement that the coupons be
EXCHANGED for tickets before a jour-
Ley is begun was held by the COM
merce commission to-day to be neither
discriminatory nor in violation OF
law.
The decision was reached in pro-
ceeding prompted by complaint OF
the railroad commission of South
Carolina directed against the practice
of the Southern Railway and other
roads operating in the South, which
require that mileage shall be ex-
changed for tickets instead of being
used directly for the checking of bag
gage or transportation upon trains.
The legislature of South Carolina
passed an act requiring railroad COM
panies operating in that State to re-
ceive coupons from mileage books on
trains for transportation and for the
checking of baggage. A similar Act
passed by the Georgia legislature was
vetoed by the Governor.
The railroads thereupon adopted a
regulation that coupons from mileage
books would not be accepted in ex-
change for a ticket for journey
wholly within the State of South
Carolina. A new form of mileage
book was issued for intrastate travel
in that State.
The State authorities complained to
the commission that South Carolina
was being Disseminated against. In
it's decision, however, the commission
holds that the complaint was based
upon a desire to secure discrimina-
tory advantages"
In the belief of the commission and
of Com. Marble, who prepared
the opinion, such inconvenience
as are caused to travellers by the use
of the exchange mileage books can be
removed easily by increased efici-
ncy in station operation.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-11-06
TAX NOTICE.

The treasurer's Office will be open
for the collection of State, county,
school and all other taxes from the
18th day of October, 1913 until the
18th day of March, 1914, inclusive.
From the first day of January,
1914, until the 31st day of January,
1914, penalty of one per cent. will
be added to all unpaid taxes. From
the 1st day of February, 1914, until
the 2Sth day of February, 1914,
penalty of 2 per cent. will be added
to all unpaid taxes. From the LIST
day of March, 1914, until the 18th
day of March, 1914, penalty OF Z
per cent. will be added to all unpaid
taxes
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-11-06
Pea Crop on Rented Land

A reader asks: Does it pay to
let renter SOW oats or wheat for
one-third of the crop put in the land
lords barn and allow the renter free
use of the land to SOW peas, or should
the landlord also have a share of the
peas as rent on the land for that
crop? If not, would it be better for
the land to grow up in grass and
weeds to- be turned under before
frost than to have the land bare and
nothing to turn under after the peas
are cut?"
If the pea crop is cut and sold, or
is cut and fed and the manure not
returned to the land, we believe the
landlord should have a share of the
pea crop for rent. If the cowpeas
are grazed off. or if the cowpea hay is
fed, the manure saved and returned
to the land, the landlord can we'll af-
ford to waive the rent of the land
for growing the pea crop, especially
if the renter will use 200 or 800
pounds Of acid phosphate per acre on
the cowpeas. Practically the same
answer applies to the second ques-
ton. If the cowpeas are removed
from the land and no stable manure
returned, nor acid phosphate applied
to the pea crop, it will make little
difference to the landlord whether a
pea crop is grown or the land is al
lowed to grow crop of grass and
weeds to be plowed under. If the
pea crop is removed and nothing put
on the land, the amount of nitrogen
may be slightly increased, but the
supply of phosphoric acid and potash
will be reduced; while the growth of
grass and weeds will add humus-
making material but will neither add
to nor take from the supply of plant
foods in the soil.
One-third the wheat crop should
be fair annual rent for the land and
if the landlord can make any arrange
ment regarding the pea crop that will
add to the fertility of the soil, he
should be willing to allow the renter
to grow a crop of peas after the
wheat is off. But if the land is to be
robbed Of plant foods, by growing
of the pea crop, the landlord should
have a share of the pea crop for
rent.-Progressive Farmer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-11-06

The new United States law. which
protects all migratory birds. went into
effect November 1st. and the new
measure will be great thing for
the agricultural sections. as it will
prevent the slaughter of birds which
destroy insects Federal authorities
will cooperate with State officials in
enforcing the law.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-11-06
WHENEVER YOU NEED
A GENERAL TONIC :: TAKE GROVE
The Old Standard Groves Tasteless chill Tonic is Equally
Valuable as General Tonic because Acts on the Liver
Drives Out Malaria Enriches the Blood and Builds up
the Whole System. For Grown People and Children

Won know what Groves Taste Tonic
the formula label showing that contains the
strongest
tonic equal for Malaria Ch1s ana
Mothers and Pale Bousness without
Relieves spirits Aouse the liver to co an
blood Appetizer AComple
Druggist We mean1t ooc
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-11-06
COR Weakness and Loss of Appetite

rhe Old Standard general Strengthening tonic
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives ou
Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonr
md sure Appetizer. For aduhs and children. SOC
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-11-06

All persons between the ages OF
twenty-one and sixty years of age,
except Confederate soldiers and sail
ors, who are exempt at SO years Of
age, are liable to poll tax OF one
dollar.
Capitation dog tax so cents.
All persons who were 21 years OF
age on or before the LIST day Of jan
uary, 1913 are liable to poll tax
of one dollar, and all who have not
made returns to the Auditor, are re-
quested to do so on or before the
1st of January, 1914.
will receive the commutation
road tax of two $4,000 dollars from
the 18th day of October, 1913, until
the 1st day of March, 1914.
G. A. JENNINGS,
Treasurer Bamberg County.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-06-28

Resides the facts above given with regard 10
the Credit Foncier it may only be added 1has
Tho rao,1lations under which the society LENDS
ito funds are very strict. Such regulations Ior
onv American system will have to be Drawn
IN in original form but should be equally strlct
as the safety of the entire system rests upon
This point. On the other HAND the Credlt ron.
cier is given sweeping powers to recover llum
landowners who have broken tlel on.laSs
The need of this protection Tor the moitsase
societies has already been emphasized
When the question is taken up VI esC g1u;aad
mo- a mortgage banking system for the United
- manv matters will have to be threshed
oTer and much original work will nave TO pe
dona The French and German systems may
he accented as guides. In the first place there
is the problem of dual government IN tne
limited States. Could a land bank organized
nnder federal charter and subject TO leaera,
snnervision deal satisfactorily with mdlVlaual
landowners who hold their land under state
laws Also the United States is a much larger
country than any in which the plan mas Deeh
tried. and the problem of securing a sui1lc,enuy
strono central organization to support the bonus
with a system that at the same time WIN leA1ll
oil of tho farmers will be a most difficult one "
solva IF state institutions are to be relled upon
there will have to be uniform state leglslalloh
or the bonds of forty-elgnt states lSoueu c III
der differing laws will bring hopeless con1us-
ion and destroy the fruit Of investors IN the
securities. It may be that a system could De de,
vised wherein the farmers Of each state cou,a
have a cooperate association or a prlvately
owned land bank as circumstances might dic-
tate and then a federal institution could Ne
founded to accept the debentures OF the stase
i institutions and to guarantee them or reissue l la
: tional land debentures based upon the state ue-
henfnres for sale in the national and lnIerha'
$ tional markets. +h;s +;me
0 The one objection that appears at TINS Tins 4hs
t to a cooperative mortgage institution III Wy
United States is that not a large enough per
e centage of the farmers of one locallty Woula 50
d licit mortgages to form a tightly KNIT socls.y
# seems essential that in some way OF anotne
r = national institution be formed ana a co-opera
h tive institution representative Of the farmer
Of a country as big as the United states IS ul
% do,,btedlv out of the question. 1t would be I'm
possible to get anything like adequate repre-
t, s~entation and efficient management al the sam y
time in such a business undertaking ana IN
o. .. i de- Of government supervision is well enoug
in known in the United States to ensure ever
n nrotection to the interest of the farmers IN
I'd privately owned institution. But none OF tines
n problems are insurmountable.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-06-28
NTF.A.IA- HACHE. LOUISIANA. SATURDAY, JUNE Is, 1918.

tprest payments only even on loans when are
to run for fifty years or more may De 700
strong. But unless long time loans are 10 pe
rena1d nv installments and the debt is to De
gradually %extinguished, we can see no Denent
whatever from a long time loan. IN lact W
offer loans for fifty years on winch only elle III,
terest has to be paid and the entlfe PRINCIPAL
or most of it has to be paid at the END OF the
term, might very probably tend to Involve ue
farmers of country IN a heavy ana fulhous
doht In many of the German institutions the
ariv;,oop is given the farmers of making in
rtall,nent. or sinking fund payments as they
~ coiIad for a certain number OF years and
taen for the rest of the term paying only inter-
oct charges or interest and sinking tuna pay
n,ants az, desired. The. Credit Foncler mas the
rioht to make short time loans and does a dig
business along that line but on It's long Time
loans the borrowers are required to pay a Ixeo
sum each year, a portion of which is Tor inter-
oct charges and the remainder for the reduc-
ton of the principal of the loan. Eacn year tIe
amount of the annual payment, over the poi-
tion REQUIRED to meet the interest charges, is
credited to the principal of the loan. AS the
nrincina] is thus reduced, the interest charges
ere Decreased Therefore a larger portion OF
tho annual navment each year goes to pay on
tho loan and a smaller portion for interest. For
instance a French farmer borroWs qloo az 1Me
nrevailing interest rate of 4!3 per cent. HIS
loan is to run for rs years. Every year Tor
twenty-five years he is required to pay 500
to the Credit Foncier. The first year, OF that
&c 57s $3.50 goes for interest and S2.27 IS ap-
plied toward paying back the principal OF tne
loan. The next year he makes anotner paynlene
Of s6.57. But the second year, instead OF pay
mo interest on the total $500 he only has TO pay
interest on S10O less $2.27. Therefore OF the
se,57 paid the second year, $4.2o goes TOR IN
terest and $2.37 to payment on the prlnclpa.
His debt to the Credit Foncier drops to $9o.ao;
So each wear his debt decreases, and at the enc
of the twenty-five years he is entirely OUT OF
debit without ever having had to pay more
than 6.5 per cent a year. This method makes
the annual payments of farmers correspond
with the increase in income which they may
reasonably expect from the investment OF DOR
) rowed funds in their farms. 1t makes a mort
GAGE loan a sound investment to the 1armel
: : instead of a burden. The question OF lnteres
: rates is a dwarf in comparison. The following
! table shows the annual payments required To-
y the loans under the amortization princlpI
where the interest rate charged is 40 per cene
e Amuatu of a capital Of $500, interest at q
men. cent. pauabIe semidnnu1Uy.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-06-28
help business instead of ruling bust
ness as he claims present currency
laws allow them to do.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Eighty girls were burned 10 oeath
in a barn in the Province of Poltava
in Russia. The girls were brought to
the sugar district to take the place OF
male laborers who had complained OF
the low wages being paid by the sugar
plantation owners. The male laborers
arranged the firing Of the barn SO as
to prevent the escape Of anyone. They
barred the doors, and pretended peace
FIJI aco~uiescence to the system OF labor
supplying planned by the sugar planta-
ton owners.
This peaceful attitude threw the
masters off their guard. The watchers
around the barn were diminished. The
time for action was at hand. The
peasants acted, killed the two watch
men. and set fire to the barn and
cremated the eighty female strike
breakers.
A proprietor of a house OF lll-fame
in London was arrested. With him
to Jail went many documents among
them letters to girls OF the resort
from members of the English Parlla
ment and members of the a%ristocracy
of Europe.
Pancho Villa, the Mexican bandi
who Madero made a Colonel in tn
Madero rebel army, is now at tn
head of 1900 constitutionalists, tn
successors of the Maderistas, and o.
the march to Juarez, the city opposit
, Ell Paso, the scene of the most blood,
and most valuable victory Of Madert
:. Gen. Pedro Ojeda, Federal con
mander in Sonora is still fightin
, against almost certain defeat. III
mors report his surrender. There
!, no official verification of these n
mors. Ojeda's defense OF Aqua Fri
ia was remarkable. If Ojeda is ca
tured, little mercy will be shown hi
:, and his capture almost certain
: means his death.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-06-28
LATEST NEWS.
STATE, NATIONAL AND FOREIGN
STATE NEWS.

Payne & Joubert Co, machinery
dealers and foundry owners, with
offices in Birmingham and New Or
leans, have voluntarily asked to have
their business placed in the hands OF
q receiver. Their liabilities are 1884,
e7S and their assets $685. 39. The
New Orleans office will be consoli-
dated with the Birmingham office as
the first step towards retrenchment
by the court appointed managers.
Gov. Brewer will trim Walters, al
legged %kidnapper of Robert Dunbar
over to the Louisiana authorities CIV
ing them the problem Of resolving the
conflicting statements into a clear and
judicial history of this remarkably
complicated case.
Graft investigation in Mississippi
has disclosed the fact that the state
has been robbed of more than $780,
900 during the past few years. rec
ords were defaced, DESTROYED or mu-
tilated. The system Of accounting was
unsystematic.
Live stock raised on the convict
farm at the expense OF the state was
sold by the officials and the money
put into their own poeketbooks.
To get at the facts detectives were
hindered by the horrible slipshoo
method of bookkeeping practiced or
these farms.
For some Of the money stolen tn
blame will never be laid on anyone.
Similar conditions no doubt exls
in other states.
Men cannot believe that state gov
ernments which should be patterns Q
business methods allow such anclen
and pr0flgate systems. ioe ene'
things we're never seer.
How few know what they are pay
ing taxes for.
Men like Yerger and his brothe
officials lived in luxury on the taxes 9
Mississippians.
Farmers have been warned that
general pest Of boil weavil, worst tina
any since 1910, is general all over II
state. The success of the cotton Gre
depends upon the persistenccy OF II
farmers fight against he pest.
The United Fruit Go..is speildiii
800, 900 a month in New Orleans bu
ing supplies for the building OF
railroad on the coast Of Honduras al
; a city to be the terminal Of the "a
road.
) POST offices at Lake Charles a
Monroe will be first class post OHIO
after July list.
; Walters attorneys in Mississll
. have planned a line of action VIII
D may postpone, if found necessary, I
| extradition of Walters, ten years.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-06-28
NATIONAL NEWS.

The income tax feature OF the tarlH
bill has been amended.
Besides the exemption from pay
ment of this tax of all persons with
incomes of less than $4,000, there IS
an additional exemption Of $500 for
each child in a family. A man Win
ono child shall be exempt from taxa
ton to the extent of an income OF
$4,000.
This is a meritorious amendment.
Wasteful theorists may be able after
wasted moments of research to nnd
something wrong with this popular
and novel change.
children are worth something. Whlle
thew are children they produce notn-
ing. They live on allowances from
| their fathers. Their fathers's ncome'
in fact is his yearly salary with the
child's necessary allowance deducted.
1 SAhS@
And this amendment possesses more
and more Of pure political policy than
many other amendments offered more
because of the glamor OF the onertory
than because of the belief that they
will relieve conditions and restore
universal prosperity.
There can be no considerable CD
lection to this proposed premium on
children. 1t cannot be unanimous
Because people found flaws In Christ
who was God.
There shall be those who will see
disaster born of this mother. THESE
are those who would see disaster II
eternal happy heaven.
Victor H. Olmstead, chief OF the bu
reau Of statistics of the Department
Of Agriculture, has been SUSPENDED
The public explanation given out D
Secretary Houston is poor disciplin
81 EaI4Mr1
i'll that Bureau.
Ex.president Taft will preside 9
the Gettysburg gathering Of Union an
Confederate Veterans. President WI
son was unable to take advantage I
the honor. His predecessor IN ono
was his willing substitute.
. The Senate investigators who nay
: been holding an inquiry at Charle
, ton. w. Va, into the mine troubles
! that state, have returned to Washin
: ton.
: Much Of the time given to the co
E milne operators to explain the STU
ton from their point Of view had be
h taken up in a p~remeditated effort
describe the situation, assuming II
a the strikers were the sinners and tn
e the sinned against.
To deviate from the logical path, I
Lower coast gazette., 1913-06-28
CENTRAL COOPERATIVE BANKS

In the fall Of every year we witness
the spectacle of the west clamorlng
for funds to move the crops, and New
York brokers bidding against this de-
mand in order to keep the wheels NOV
ing in Wall Street. With this double
demand and an inelastic currency,
money at once becomes tight, and II
the banks happen to be in a weaker
condition than usual which happens
often, a panic is apt to result, With a
wholesale suspension of payments
such as occurred in the fall OF 1917.
Leaving aside the question of how
nearly a reform Of the currency sys-
tenn, with a change in the present
system of bankers would remedy this
evil, there is a lesson for farmers, con-
sidering the adaptability Of a cooper.
alive credit system to the United
States, in this seasonal demand for
money.
. The principal source of capital fo1
the rural cooperative societies, as We
have seen. would be the deposits o.
the members and non-members OF the
community served. However, at first
and at times thereafter, the local SO
cieties would be obliged to borrow II
: order to meet a special demand TO
funds. Agriculture is by no mean
= So steady in it's financial demands a
are the other industries . Most Q
:. the money is demanded at n or wv
: seasons of the year, and most OF IN
profits are realized by farmers at on
time. Thus the local banks at ce
tain seasons of the year would fac
- unusual demands, and at others woul
: be burdened with an unwieldly su
plusage of funds from repayments an
temporarily increased deposits. 1t
as necessary to provide for these tel
~porarily increased demands as it
to dispose %proftably Of the surplusat
: of money.
!. If we had a cooperative credit soc1
!. ty in Florida and another in New Yo
and still another in Kansas, althou'
each of these societies would in TIL
!, suffer from first an excessive dema'
and then an excess of deposits,
: two of them would feel the excessi
demand or supply at the same time
- year. Thus the Florida society al,
the products of it's members had be
:. marketed could probably, and We
-, p%roftably, lend its surplus funds
the Kansas or New York societies, I
members of which would not feel I
need of extra funds until some til
after the Florida farmers had reaiil
49, on their crops. Carrying this idea
step further, these three societ
~ could organize a central bank in VIII
their surplus funds at certain seas'
Of the year could pc deposited, s
20 from which they could draw mo
~ when the demand in their section
~ the country was at its height.
It has been pointed out that a
ave cal society could expect to bor'
rom from an outside bank or from u
An parties more easily and at better r.
an than the individual farmer. Obvlo'
Fod. it would be as much easier for 8
Ills. a central bank as has been QUIZ
Dor. to borrow from the outside In {
no. harrison with the local society, q
would be for the local society IN
oncv the individual. These local os
tho could be depended upon to secure
the funds needed over and above the
anks posits secured by the local banks
The Washington times., 1913-06-24

will require glasses The crystos eye
tonic is excellent for granulated eyelids
and weak, waterv eyes.
Miss c.: The cause of your hair being
stresky and unmanageable no doubt
is the use of soap or some other harm
ful thing for shampooing. Cleanse your
scalp and hair with a solution OF can
il in a cup Of hot water and you will
have ample mixture. This creates an
abundance Of white, thick lather that
dissolves every atom Of dust. dandrufr
and excess oil. and rinsing leaves the
hair and scalp wonderfully clean. After
a canthrox shampoo the head feels
good and the hair dries. quickly. with
out streaking and is soft, fluffy. and
essv TO do up.
Alma: You can soon get rid Of that
burdensome fat II You take the par
notis treatment. made by dissolvine 4
ounces of parnotis In ~ pints hot wat
er. Strain when cool and take table
spoonful before each meal This par
motifs treatment IS entirely harmless and
reduces the weight without resorting to
dieting or tiresome exercises.
Frankie: You can cure your hair
troubles. Use a plain quinzoin hair
tonic and you Will soon restore your
fluffiness. To make the tonic add /
ounce quinzoin to " pint alcohol. then
u pint water Applied regularly. this
quinzoin tonic banishes the dry and
scaiy or excessive oily condition and
when your scalp and hair-roots are
healthy and vigorous. bountiful
growth Of beautiful hair is sure to re-
suit. -
Rose: You can quickly remove
wrinkles and keep the face velvety and
smooth at very little cost by making
at home and using regularly this
greaseIess vegetable jelIy-cream' which
does not grow hair. Get from your
druggist ounce almozoin and dissolve
II in " pint of cold water or witch
hazel. adding 2 teaspoonfuls of elycer-
inc. Stir and let stand one day. Apply
to wrinkled surface and leave through
night. then wash off and use more OF
the cream as a massage. This treat
ment VIII remove and prevent the most
obstinate wrinkles or finest crows feet.
while softening the skin to a veivety
texture.
Read Mrs Martyrs book. Beauty"
S.-Adv.
The Washington times., 1913-06-24
Volunteers Desired
To Wear Colonial Garb
And March in Parade

CONTINENTAL DIE r s
WANTED: To lead the process.
sion on the afternoon of the
Fourth of July, q group Of at
least fifty Continental soldiers
are desired. VIII possessors of
Continental uniforms please vol.
unteer? Or will any other vol.
unteers please communicate
with the pageant committee at
142S + street, and arrange for
the hiring of costumes, at the
committees expensei .
SIGNERS OF THE DECLARA.
TI0N OF INDEPENDENCE
WANTED: For the second sec.
ton of the procession, the com.
mittee asks fifty.six volunteers
to march in colonial costume,
representing Thomas Jefferson
and the other signers Of the
Declaration of Independence.
VIII you assist the celebration
by entering this group, for
which also the committee will
furnish the costumesi