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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28

The Bamberg Herald did their
readers a splendid service the
morning after the recent pri-
mary. The Bamberg people
had to depend entirely upon
their local paper as tha early
morning train had been taken
off the railroad. The Herald,
in cooperation with the News
and Courier, of Charleston, is
sued their regular weekly edl-
.tion earlier than usual and had
it delivered to it's rea ders We'd
nesday morning with full re-
turns.-Orangeburg Times and
Democrat.
Thanks for the compliment. In
turn, it gives The Herald pleasure te
compliment the Times and Democrat
on the excellent election service il
rendered at each of the primaries
The editions of that splendid paper
reaching Bamberg the morning after
the primary carried full report Of
the primary results, and the carrying
of these reports entai1ed much more
work than The Herald had to exper'
ience, as the vote in Orangeburg
county far exceeds that Of Bamberg
and there were many more offices and
candidates in the running.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28

The 1922 cotton crop will soon be
all gathered. AS soon as the cotton
is out of the fields, according to boil
weevil experts, the stalks should be
cleared away and either turned un-
der or gathered and burned, in or
der to kill off the crop of <weevils.
Our farmers, here in Bamberg coun-
ty, are thoroughly convinced that in
so, far as this county is concerned,
we must continue to make cotton, in
spite of the boil weeyil. The plant
ers here are fast learning the proper
methods of producing fair crop of
cotton under weevil conditions, and
they have also learned that, with very
few exceptions, they have little hopes
Of profit in any of the substitute mon
ey crops.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28
Generous to a Fault.

A congressman was in the Office or
a friend, justice of the peace in an
Ohio town, when a couple came in to
be married. After the ceremony the
Justice accepted a modest fee and
handed the bride an umbrella as she
went out.
The congressman looked on grave
ly and asked, "Do you always do that,
Frank?'
"Do what? Marry them? Oh, yes. ="
ssNo, mean bestow present upon
the bride?"
"a present? Why, wasn't that her
umbrella?" gasped the justice.
ssNo; it was mine," replied the con-
gresham.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28

Of the organization.
Several arrests were made in the
robbery, but they resulted in the sus-
poets being released.
Legislation Needed, Grant Says.
Inspector Clifford L. Grant, chief
of detectives, speaking of the condi-
tions created by the "knockoff" men,
said yesterday that legislation was
needed to combat .ae evergrowing
evil. "At present we are powerless
to act," he said.
Meanwhile, the bootleggers carry
ing imported rye and Scotch from the
Bahamas, near rye and prescription
rye from nearby cities and Virginia
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28

Someone has proposed to'put Edge
field county on the honor roll for its
splendid vote against Blease in the
primary. However, as attention, was
called in The Herald last week, the
signal honors of the primary belong
to Sumter county. We do not dis
count the good county of Edgefeld
in the least, but Sumter's majority
against Blease far exceeded that OF
any other county in the state. Edge
field comes next. Bamberg comes
fourth.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28
Misunderstood.

He was in his first week at college
and when he went to the stationer's
to buy fountain pen he felt desirous
that the young woman who waited on
him should. know that in spite Of his
youth he was no high-school boy.
When she handed him a sheet OF
paper he wrote on it with many
flourishes, in a large, bold hand
"Alma Mater, Alma Mater" eight or
nine times.
The clerk watched him with a
simper, and at last she spoke.
"Why don't you let her try it her
SELF" she suggested, "and then if it
doesn't suit, of course, We'll change
it for you.'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28

It is to be hoped most sincerely
that the efforts Of Governor Harvey
to ferret out the murder Of the two
Southern railway guards at Hamburg
and run down the, murderers will re-
suit in the apprehension Of the gull
ty parties and the proper punishment
meted out. This was one of the
worst crimes in the history Of the
state, being, apparently, cold blood
ed murder. That it was incident to
the railroad strike seems entirely
likely, although that fact has not
been ascertained beyond doubt yet.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28

A striking and particularly pleas
ing feature of the recent primary
election was the failure of the Grace
faction inx Charleston to dominate
the vote in that city. Blease carried
the county by few votes, only, and
the backbone of Grace's strength in
Charleston appears to be well nigh
broken, if not quite so.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28
LOO Acres of Seed Melons.

For twelve years Florida farmer
has raised watermelons on 1000 &C
res. In all that time he has never
shipped melon but let them spoil in
the fields, except those he and his
>neighbors eat. The melons are grown
exclusively for their seed, which. are
sold to planters Of Florida, Georgia
and other southern states.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28
Miss Helen Shellemberger, of LIE

Miss Helen Shellemberger, of Lew
istown, Pa, has been licensed to
preach in the Brethren church.
Queen Wilhelmina has been made
a honorary member of the Hugue-
motivation Tercentenary commits
sion.
Miss E. M. Robinson, an English
girl, recently walked from London
to Brighton, a distance of thirty
five miles, in eleven hours.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28
Thursday, Sept. 2S, 1922.

Mr.. Blease can not again point to
the fact that an opponent did not
carry his home county. Mr.. Blease
came from Newberry, and that coun-
ty gave a majority against him
in the second primary, as did also
his adopted county Of Richland.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28

Passengers on the Atlantic liner
Majestic are instructed in the art of
natation by a woman, Miss Winnie
Elliott
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28

D%pr-sA-,~ ~ - 20 A4NFNNk%
and Maryland corn, manage to elude
the Gordon of "knockoff" men and
supply the thirsty in the Sahara Of
Washington.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28

Women athletic directors in some
of the girls schools in England are
paid as much as $4,000 a year.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28

A large number of women in Eng
land are in business than ever before.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28
Booheggers Prey
Of"KnockofF Men
Washington Post.

crimes are old. They admit, hoWev-
er, that new angles to standardized
crimes have been developed by master
minds of specialists" of the criminal
world. That admission has been en-
gendered largely since the beginning
of the Volsteadian days in the Dis
trict of Columbia by the activities of
the Washington bootleggers and the
organized gang of ''knockoff men,
who term themselves confscators."
and steal another mans liquor open
ly and with less fear than such noted
bandits as Jesse James and the Ira
cy outlaws, who had the broad prai-
ries to effect an escape in.
Tourists Complain to Police.
This new crime against society has
developed here to such an extent that
many automobilists touring to the
capital and even after theyarrive here
complain to the police that they have
been stopped on the roads leading to
the city or on the streets by the men
who force their machine on the curb
and flashing revenue badges COM
pel them to submit to their machines
being searched.
The local police are in quandary
just how to proceed against the we'll
known whiskey "confscators" who
have been plying their trade against
bootleggers as we'll as motorists who
take their family for ride to the su-
burban districts.
The bootleggers and ''knockoff"
men seem to fully realize that the au-
thorities can not molest them other
than to take them in custody on an
| investigation charge which terminal
es in a swift writ of habeas being is
sued and the supposed charge of rob-
berry dropped.
Cars Searched for Liquor.
More than two score cases have
been reported to the district and
Maryland authorities during the last
two months by motorists who have
been held up at pistols point by the
t@knockoff" men and their machines
searched for liquor. A tourist coming
to the capital from Philadelphia, told
the local authorities that when the
whiskey confiscators stoppe<! lis ma
chine just outside of the district,lim-
it's that they went about their bu5i-
ness il such a quiet and thorough
manner that he really believed they
were revenue agents:
Internal revenue agents say that
! the "confiscators" or 'knockoff men,
| have practically, run well known
bootleggers from the Baltimore bou-
| levard They lie in wait for a ma
chine that has been to the Monumen-
| tai city for whiskey and being tipped
| off from confederate at the distrib-
| uting center that the whiskey car
had left for Washington, patrol the
roads, and.when the bootleg machine
comes in sight, the "knockof' men in
two highpowered cars sandwich their
victim between them and force the
| bootleg machine to stop. After TAX
ing the whiskey from the >bootleggers
with threats Of death they start the
machine in an opposite direction and
themselves speed to the city and safe
ty. -.
Transferred to Fence
It is said that all Of the Whiskey
that is confiscated on the roads or
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28

Twenty-four days doesn't make much
difference in the calendar, maybe, but
it will mean a difference of one-fourth
of a bale of cotton per acre, accord
ing to Mr.. Winters's estimate of Mr..
brakes crop. Cotton planted on Ap-
ril 8 is expected to produce a bale of
cotton to the acre, according to Mr..
Winters, while that planted on April
27 is not expected to produce but
three-fourths of bale. With the ex-
ception Of the planting there was no
difference in the treatment of the
two fields of cotton.
Crimson clover, velvet beans, and
other cover crops have been used lib
orally to make fertile the soil on
this farm. They have taken the
place of fertilizers that most farmers
buy in sacks and for which they pay
good money obtained from the sale
of cotton. Mr.. Drake has stopped
this outflow of money by growing his
own fertilizer.
Where no clover preceded the cot
ton crop the difference in production
is also expected to be one-fourth of
a bale per acre. In other words, the
fields where. cloyer was turned un-
der are expected to make bale of
cotton more to every four acres than
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-28
Transferred to a '.Fence."

Transferred to ''Fence."
It is said that all of the whiskey
that is confiscated on the roads or
on the streets of Washington is
transferred to "fence'.' in the south,
west section where it is distributed
to local bootleggers on small scale
The authorities seldom hear Of the
bootleggers that have been held up
and robbed of their whiskey by the
knockoff men on account Of the fact
that to inform the police that they
had been robbed of whiskey would
mean the confscation of their ma
chine for illegally transporting whis-
key and also that they were bootleg
ging.
A daring holdup and robbery oc-
Cured on the much travelled thor
oughfare of Rhode Island avenue and
Fifth street northwest shortly after
8 O'Clock on Tuesday morning. Five
men in an automoblse furnished ex-
citement to government employees
and automobilists, when with drawn
revolvers they forced another ma
chine to the curb and under threats
of death took six cases Of whiskey
from the machine and drove away.
The affair was reported to the po-
lice, together with the fact that the
victim had been robbed Of $50 in
bills.
Baltimore Man a Victim.
Investigation by the police, who
thought that it was bootleg deal,
was made when the victim told the
police, they say, that he had been
robbed of the whiskey. The victim,
a Baltimorean, told the authorities
that it was his first trip to Washing
ton. He said that he had heard from
inside bootleg circles that it was al
most impossible to get through the
lines of the knockoff men who patrol
the roads with the assiduity of an ar
my Of France.
After the. confiscators had taken
the whiskey, the victim was told, he
said, that in the future he would be
allowed to come into the district un-
molested by the rest of the members
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-21

bureau 70 have every disabled man
receive fair compensation and the
benefits OF vocational training. hui
tho rules under which these may be
granted are not Of their making
they were made by congress.
Their duty IL probably very uu.
pleasant n; times. anyone who has
ever had any responsibility has
always found Il 70. but. fortunate.
~. there are some men and women
left who viii perform their duty
no matter how unpleasant IL may
be. rather than forsake their pro.
fession or work for moro lucrative
lines.
Delay IL hearibreaking IN eases
such az the one mentioned In your
article, the resulting mental condl.
ton making Il impossible for the
unfortunate person 10 rrnuperate
from or fight the disclose. fa.dc.
I1T7is Certainly has the sympathy
OF all. but believe that II he
would call nj the office OF the
bureau no would be treated with
courtesy and consideration. and any
Injustice that may have been done
would certainly he remediod ms soon
ny II was humanity possible 10 do 40.
] believe. further. that The Star.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-21
Praise for Veterans Bureau

An article appeared In your paper
on Oct. ~. relative 70 the treat.
ment accorded disabled men by the
Veterans bureau. The writer IL
disabled man who has had dealings
with the Veterans bureau for the
past two years and four months.
and has bad an opportunity to OBJ.
serve the manner IN which men are
treated by the bureau. and cannot
allow such statements 20 bo made
without contradiction.
Mistakes are made by tho Vet.
Grams bureau. perhaps many of
them. but In my opinion anyone
who states that employees and Off.
GERS OF the bureau would stoop 10
petty methods Of retaliation as mon.
toned ia that article ls far from
being well informed.
have had occasion 20 visit the
office OF the bureau many times
during the past two years and
have always been treated with the
utmost courtesy and consideration
by all OF the officers and employees
with whom / havo come In contact.
and I have never seen anyone else
treated IN any other maner.
! believe that II II the desire OF
every officer and employe OF tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-21
Killing Chickens Cruel, Too?

Editor The Star:
II IL aos my purpons 20 criticize
l. NJ. Clark Tor vhat he says about
hunting being cruel Rather ! COM
mend him for taking a humane view
% 4. especially when he does moi un-
dcrstnnd the manly art. ms all true
arortsuen DO. A man doesn't have
70 ~ inhpmAn while he IL hunting
any more than when no n cutting
the head or chicken.
when he wounds a bird he doesn't
have 90 carry Il all day ia HIS game
sack alive. 1'wo-thlrsia Of the birds
are shot dead nil hunters know that
Mr.. Clark asks ~haf chance a bird
has With trained marksnsn- Nov.
II We hunters couid hunt our birds
out In the open fields ~ would b.
different. nut va seldom Fcs them
there. 40 have 20 wnda through
ferns nsttics and hruah. There ~
where 40 ma them. and when We
Hush them up they are off like
streak o. lightning. They don't walk
around. waiting for us 20 ret bad
on them. Th~ hunter has got 90 be
a. quick a. they are ~ he gets
shot NJ them.
! would iiks 10 Ask Mr.. Clark
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-21

which IL more cruei--shoo;ing Wild
fowl or killing a harnyard fowl Now.
my view n this. You seldom nee the
wild fowl tlil you arc hunting. Not
No with the chickens. You raise and
fred them. We take delight in Sec
ing the little chicks grow up. Some
times they follow US all around the
ynrd. Then what7
Mfr. Clark goes out 90 the roost nj
night. grabs one. hunts UP the ax.
takes the poor little chick 60 the
block and whackn his head off,
II II pure love for tho sport that
win tempt men 20 tramp all day
through the rough places where we
md game. Now. think ~ Mr.
Clark would take a hand IN the game
himself he would like n. too. And
he would see u IN n different light
or course the bird season Is over now.
but next year let Mr.. Clark buy HIM
self nice shotgun. get bis license
and usc some big shot would ad-
vine him 70 get Emokciens powder. 80
he could eco the birds fall easier
then hiaxs away. IL be doesn't get
many birds 20 put IN his saek. why
he can make big noise anyway.
GEORGE CARTY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-21
The Ross School Furnace Fire

as enrclessne~s. we might refer to
santsuyer'n first campaign. IN which
tho latter declared that II hs was
elected he'd zee that men in charge
Of fires and boilers should s;ay con
sianily on duty In the flreroomm.
santmyer declared. aiso. that he
had decided in favor Of this course
BECAUSE hs had. on visiting the
schools. found that men IN charge 81
fires. boilers and pumps were con,
PEELED 70 leave them 20 perform
duties on the top floor og The build
ing or NJ the farth~rrnoaf extremity
Of the school grounds. sometimes for
hair an hour 10 an hour az a time.
thus exposing tho pupils ana teach
ers TO the danger % perinhiuR In a
seefhing cauidrou ~ fire or steam.
~ the writer hndnf acted quickly
In the Ross school incident. and for
tunntciy been on tho spot shortly
after the coal iguifed. n nerlouw con.
flagraiion might have occurred.
PETER FORSYTH.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-21
mo More War;" Urges Woman

Editor Tho starr
How do you feel about EfT~ ~ the
question you pat up 90 your readers
and am answering Il By a loud
No more war"
Can there be any bigger Disaster
the government decides the war. but
who has Eot 10 nsht. who has got
10 give their ilvexy The sona Of
hundreds OK mosherr. husband, ~
wives and fathers or children.
What Ia tha result of war;
Bigger taxes. more sacrifices and
harder times for the people. ifonorr
and laureia are all right. bu, there
Is more benefit In honorabiy svosd.
ing = war.
Ask tho Belgian and Northern
French people how they would like
another war and they all VIII
answer AZ do: NO more war;
am a Belgian giri myself and have
been IN my own country during tho
all war. ruled and held down by tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-21

encmy. ! have heard many cruel
stories that were not true. hu, there
arc hundreds Of facts that the
American pcople don't know. Shut
out from the tea, OF the world. with.
out news from your boys. afraid TO
talk. deprived 90 everything you
had. betrayed b. your nsighbors for
hlF sum ~ moneys enduring cold
and hunger. that - what people
have BEEN thru besides lots Of other
things for four years and a bait.
! could write pare altar page about
things that happened during the
war and people over here never
dreamed about and tina, IL why I
cay. Don't start that nightmare
over aKainrs
Keeping out ~ u - not n coward.
". but blK and noble act 90 bene.
TT tho people az yuur country.
Very sincerely yours.
AIRS. y. CoNCDoS.
sis f1nora ~.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-21

Editor The star.
The writer. who has worked for
tho Seattle school district for 10
years. has been accused By w. ~.
McScaf Of being careless In the
operation o. the boiler at the Ross
school
There n no boiler q, tho Ross
school. but the agnokes,ack from the
furnace. which emerges thru the
coal bin, has for Year, bcen a men.
ACC TO the occupants % the school
Some timo during tho last school
year coal was delivered 10 tho school
which flied the bin and surrounded
tho ripe smokestack. which was un.
covered. and a fire occurred. which
fortunately discovered In tlmo TO
prevent u disaster.
I had asked many times that this
pipe be covered with asbestos. bat
not until the hot pipe had ignited
tho coal was anything done to pre-.
vent recurrence.
IL this IA what NcScni refers 20
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-21

timent IL on tro West Side. but !
think II can be safely said Of the
FARMERS. business men and taxpayers
Of the East Side thaf they are vigo-.
ouniy opposed 10 the 1910 plan. The.
better this measure Is understood. the
moro decided VIII he the objection
20 H. II Is ex;rnvagant. inopportune
and unnecessary.
Aitho the advocates OF tho fneas-
ure ciaim that " will not increase
taxes. they admit that II viii add s3.-
10000 TO state taxes. but they say
that district school tares will he cor.
respondingiy reduced. Is this llkelyg
There are ABA school districts In
the state. each with at least three
school directors. many Of whom are
not trained business men and many
not even taxpayers. Experience
does not Justify ti~ belief that this
army OF school directors win have
tho wisdom. the knowledge. or the
selfresfraint 20 reduce district taxes
20 an amount equal TO tho increased
sfat~ tax The farmers on the
East side are not willing 10 run the
risk. They feel that taxes are crush.
fng out their existence and that any
measure which certainly adds 20
state taxes. even tho II holds out the
hope Of reduced district taxes. IL a
menace which cannot lie tolerated.
For the past decade the state OF
Washington has bcsn at an economic |
siandstsIl- Population has increased
but little. assessed valuations have
Increased only - per cent. while |
taxen have increased is7 per CENT |
The voice of the taxpayer ought now
20 be listened 70. His condition de.
serves tho sympathy OF every
thoughtful person. Any measure
which threatens 10 increase taxes
ought 10 be looked as askanc. and
weighed most carefully. Thlrty.ten is
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-21

Editor The Ntafi
Hardly a day passes when we DO
not read OF some Jap or Chinese
being arrested for violation 81 tho
liquor or narcotic laws. And an
soon a. they arc released they are
az Il again. TIA pity thie great
nation "a 20 weak that u cannot see
fit to depor, these enemies 81 the
people who wiifaily ana continually
Violate tn laws They are not an
asset 10 the nation and tho tnxpay.
crs foot all tho bills.
Tho Star Il 20 DO congratulated
for It's fiEht In the interen, OF
white American. Tho white people
are being taxed 20 tho limit Ia edu,
eating tho Jap and Chinese chill
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-21
LAEERCt TIC to HInUR
Deport Law-Breaking Orientals

dren who by law arc untaxable. And
tho growing birihrate among the
laps will sooner or later present
itself as a problem before Amer.
can people. A evidence that the
people are waking up. one can 70.
fer 20 the vote 81 Mr. Tindali In the
recent primary lie ran on an out.
andout antIIap platform and came
near being nominated. ~ served no.
tler on tho successful nominee thar
the people demand relief from tho
growing menace.
Keep up the good work. Only
those who consider The money part
% u are against Tho star and all
tho people. for tina, matter.
WHITE AMERICA.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-21
WINNERS
BY Berton Braley

INiE folks
What sort Of magic food flourish
There isn't any secret which figure out
Nor any strange encantmen which about.
For when TO study them
They worked little harder and they better
And they dreamed a
Than the
uEf weren't AFRAID OF drudgery when
they faced the little
They didn't like that OF task find f,n
But they kept grinding knew vaa do,..
And thus their strength and
They plugged little harder. and they little longer
And they thought clearer So
Than the
A LITTLE moro OF effort and little NOR offs
A would often alter failure gorou succena
sut failure biames fam.
lie blanes the times he bamcs blar1s
Iet thn secret or the folks who win
ihey nsht ntte harder, and they n quicker
And they stick little '
Than the
Copyright, 1922. Seattle starr