The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-01
Bam1berg Deran
ESTABLISHED APRIL. 1891.
Thursday, November 1. 1917.

billion dollars. Americans WHO tnlnh
they are unable to loan the govern
ment money should think of the
German people, after having been
devastated by the demands of war
for three years, subscribing this enor-
nous sum to carry on their war. And
it also shows that the German people
still have money, and that they are
far from defeated.
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We do not claim to know anything
about the management of farm, but
our general observations may be as
good as anybody else's; and our OBJ
servation at this time is that it is
not going to to be wise to plant a
heavy cotton crop next year. We'do
not base this belief upon any pros
pect of a low price, for we believe
the price will be even higher next
year. But the labor question is go
ing to be a real problem next sea-
son. The first draft will take out
OF this county 1873 young men, about
$50 of them colored men. The ma
jority of those selected so far have
been farm laborers. The next draft
will probably take as many more.
Even if only half of them are farm
laborers, the taking from the plow
Of $50 or 200 men is bound to create
a serious shortage of farm labor.
And We do not know how many
more drafts there are likely to be.
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In a two-column article of polit-
ical matter written by John K. Aull,
who stands prominent in the ranks
of the "reformers, he makes use
of two striking phrases. In his res
ume of the gubernatorial situation
of two and four years ago, after
reciting what he considers the rea-
son for Mr.. Cooper's defeat, he says:
"That is the way they elected Gov
ernor Manning" A little farther on
he ends sentence with: when
Manning was elected" So at last
one Of the Performers" comedies that
Governor Manning was actually elect
ed. This is the first time we have
ever seen in print where a Blease
ite conceded that Manning was elect
ed at all. We thought the reform
ers'' were all agreed that Blease was
elected two years ago. Blease has
repeatedly said so himself, and now
his former private secretary comes
right along and says that Manning
was elected. What's wrong in the
ranks of the "reformers? Did Mr..
Aull just make slip, Or did he un-
thinkingly state what he knew to be
a fact when he said Manning was
elected?"
While the full returns will proba-
bly, not be known for day or two
yet, it is practically certain that the
second Liberty loan was an over
whelming success. A minimum of
three billions and a maximum of five
billions was asked for. 1t is evil
dent that the subscriptions exceeded
by many millions the maximum fig
ure. Bamberg's part in this was not
what it should have been. The coun-
ty was asked for subscriptions for
$4,000, and this allotment was bas-
ed, it is stated, on the bank deposits
of the county. While this figure
looked big, it was only large because
of the prosperity Of the people of
the county. Less than half the
amount allotted to the county was
subscribed. The probable reason for
this is that the greatest portion of
the county's prosperity is in
the hands of the farmers. Personal
work could not be persistently car
ried on with the planters, and while
many of them did subscribe, and sub
scribe literally, there was no great
enthusiasm among them generally.
The government has persistentiy re-
fused to use newspaper space
to bring the loan to the atten-
tion of the people, and the only space
used in this county was an ADVERTISE
ment that appeared twice in The
Herald by the Citizens Exchange
Bank of Denmark, and page adver-
tisement appearing once by the Peo-
pies Bank and the Bamberg Banking
company. While these advertise
ments undoubtedly were effective in
preparing the minds of the people
when solicitors visited them, a cam
paign of advertising carried On for
several weeks would have been far
more effective Such a campaign
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