The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 13, 1906, Image 4
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Thursday, Sept. 13,1906
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The election of Ansel means more than
, ,? a repudiation of the State dispensary
system. It is a victory for decent politir"v
cal methods. Mr. Ansel's campaign .was
f ' the cleanest we have ever seen in this
15? - State. He and his supporters had no
harsh word for any other candidate, and
they did not resort to questionable
methods to secure votes.
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Our article^in reference to the Times
and Democrat was written several days
ago, but we now call the attention of our
good friend Sims to Tuesday's vote for
r Ansel and Lyon. Then, too, in the town
of Bamberg we know of a number of
anti-dispensary men who voted for Manning.
We are rather of the opinion that
Bamberg county can safely be put down
as against the dispensary?the State dispensary
we mean. We believe our people
would favor county dispensaries.
!In some counties we notice that the
P|V Democratic executive committees have
ignored the law regulating the primary.
An act is now of force which plainly
says that the election shall be null and
void in cases where candidates do not
file their expense account with the clerk
of court, and yet in the face of this some
committees have over-ridden the law and
declared candidates who had not filed
this account the nominees. This is a very
? ' bad spirit and one which we regret. We
cannot create respect for law and order so
long as people of intelligence openly deride
and violate statutes which do not
suit them. The most flagrant violation
of this primary law which we have noted
was in Kershaw county. There the com1
mittee declared a candidate for the legislature
the nominee who had not filed his
expense account, although a protest was
in entered. The matter should be pushed
farther, and we hope it will be, for no
man should be a law maker who is a law
g: breaker. If we are to better conditions,
all laws should be obeyed, especially by
Kf". people who claim to be intelligent and
law abiding. ,
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It would have been far better for Richard
I. Manning had he never entered the
second primary. Certain defeat stared
him in the face, and in their desperation
his supporters did a lot of dirty political"
work. Mr. Manning has heretofore been
looked on as an exceptionally clean,
high-toned man, and while we do not
blame him personally for all that was
i done, he cannot escape responsibility for
some of it. He should have repudiated
% the workers who were guilty of question ft
< able acts in his behalf. Then, too, l?r
Manning in the various statements to
- which his name was attached, was not
fair to Ansel, and his insinuation as to
the negro vote cannot be' excused. One
of the hardest political fights we were
ever engaged in was in Sumter some
v.; years ago, when we personally supported
Mr. Manning in his race for the State
Senate against the late Altamont Moses.
Our two brothers supported Mr. Moses.
We do not regret our action then; we
ha** no recrets for our course in this I
(campaign, but we would have thought a
great deal more -of Mr. Manning had his
campaign in the second primary been
conducted differently.
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The only anti-dispensary candidate for
the legislature in Bamberg county got
132 votes. So Bamberg can be put down
as a bumper dispensary county.?Orangeburg
Times and Democrat.
We greatly fear that Brother Sims is
such an ardent advocate of the dispensary
system that his eyes must have been
closed to the election figures in Bamberg
county in the race for governor. It must
be very plain to any one that the ideas
of legislative candidates in any county
on the dispensary, cut little figure in the
recent election. In strong dispensary
counties like Orangeburg, anti-dispensary
men were elected to the legislature,
and yet in counties which had voted out
the dispensary, both dispensary and antidispensary
candidates were elected. It
was so in Bamberg county, as Brother
Sims ought to know even if he did not.
Manning carried Orangeburg for governor
by a big majority and yet a strong
anti-dispensary man was elected to the
legislature. Iu Bamberg the anti-dispenuoto
r>anriiriatt> was defeated. vet Ansel
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led Manning for governor. The vote
stood: Ansel, 329; Manning, 315; Brunson,
263. When you add Ansel and
Brunson's vote you will see that a majority
of Bamberg's voters cast their ballots
against the dispensary. No, no,
Brother Sims. You can't put Bamberg
down as a "bumper dispensary county"
yet awhile. In the legislative races all
over the State it was a question of personal
popularity. The gubernatorial
race decided how the voters stood on the
dispensary question, for the candidates
in this race were personally unknown to
the great mass of the people.
The Herald may not have any political
influence, but the only men for whom
this newspaper took a stand carried the
county all right.
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It's all over now and we can turn our
attention to other and better things.
Those who were defeated can console
themselves with the thought that the
best men do not get elected every time.
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Ed. DeCamp, of the Gaffney Ledger, is
a hard fighter but he fights fair and never
hits below the belt. His example in this
respect is one for all newspaper men to
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IOllOW. HUU1U tuat ttii CUUU1S ?nt an
fair as DeCamp.
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While the editor of The Herald is delighted
at the election of Ansel and Lyon
because of the principles for which they
stood, we are especially pleased that
they both received a majority in Bamberg
county. The Herald supported both men,
and notwithstanding the hard work done
here recently by prominent men and political
workers, they won out in Bamberg.
For this victory and endorsement of our
position, we heartily thank the independent
voters of the county, and again assure
them that we will never ask their
support for unworthy men.
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It was gratifying to listen to the remarks
of the new principal of the Bamberg
graded school at the opening exercises
last Monday morning. He said it
would be the aim of both principal and
teachers to teach and train the children
and not merely hear recitations, and in
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ideas to parents as to their co-operation
in the advancement of their children.
We say we are glad to see this spirit
manifested by the faculty of the school,
and we want them to live up to it. We
assure tbem of our hearty co-operation in
all matters which tend to develop the
young life of Bamberg, and if they do
their duty they will have no better friend
and supporter than this newspaper. We
have worked for the school earnestly for
years, and any criticism which we might
make would not be in a captious, faultfinding
spirit, but with an endeavor tQ
better conditions. Our unselfish efforts
in the past gives us the right to speak
pointedly without fear of being misunderstood,
and that a large majority of our
people endorse our position is indeed
plain. We want to see our graded school
the greatest success this ye^ir it has ever
been, and to this end the services of this
newspaper and its editor can always be
commanded.
Carlisle Fitting School.
> The fourteenth annual opening of
the Carlisle Fitting School was held
in the chapel of the school building
Wednesday morning. The indications
are that an enrollment exceeding
any previous year will be had.
Both dormitories are well filled and
a large number of town students are
in attendance. Rev. Peter Stokes
opened the exercises with scripture
reading and prayer.
Head-master W. S. Hogan, Jr.,
first assistant W. D. Roberts, and
second assistant J. C. Guilds all made
good talks to the audience. "Mr.
Stokes also made some remarks.
The school starts out under auspicious
circumstances, and it is believed
that the most successful year in
the school's history has been begun.
Death of Mrs. R. F. McMillan.
Mrs. Pauline 1 McMillan, wife of
Mr. R. F. McMillan, died at their
home in the Clear Pond section Tuesday
afternoon of this week, aged
about thirty-five years. The burial
took place in the family burying
ground at the Lutheran church near
Clear Pond yesterday afternoon, the
services being conducted by Rev.
S. P. Chisolm.
Mrs. McMillan had been in bad
health for several years and her
death was not unexpected. Last
week she gave birth to an infant,
which only lived four days. She
leaves one child, a little daughter,
about five years old. She was a
member of Bethesda Baptist church.
Mrs. McMillan was a daughter of
Mrs. Adella Folk, and leaves a hus1
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Dana, moiner, tnree oroiners anu
two sisters.
The Cotton Market.
Cotton sold in Bamberg today for 9
1-16 cents the pound. The receipts
for this week were about seven hundred
bales.
Senator Johnson Dying.
Aiken, Sept. 12.?Senator W. E.
Johnson is quite ill at his home near
Aiken. He was taken sick on Wed-,
nesday last and since that time he
has beefi in a critical condition. He
is thought to be suffering from congestion
of the kidneys. It is thought
that he cannot recover.
The Piedmont section of the State
certainly fared well in the recent
primaries. Ansel is from Greenville,
Jones from Abbeville, Lyon from
Abbeville, and Sullivan from Anderson.
High Finance.
A man stopped a newsboy in New
York, saying. ''See here, sou, I want to
find the Blank National Bank. I'll give
you half a dollar if you direct me to it."
With a grin the boy replied. "All
right, come along." And he led the man
to a building half a block away.
The man duly paid the promised fee,
remarking, "That was half a dollar easily
earned, son."
"Sure!" responded the lad, "but you
mustn't fergit that bank directors is paid
high in Noo-Yawk."
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* By HONORE WILLSIE J
Copyright, 1906, by P. C. Eastment ^
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For three months now Eleanor had
been on the desert edge fighting for her
brother's health. At first the desperation
of the struggle had kept her
thoughts from straying eastward; had
crammed with anxiety each moment
that otherwise would have been wretched
with homesickness.
But now, with the leisure that came
with Jack's returning health, homesickness
was beginning its inroads upon
her. This made doubly hard to bear
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Uie laci Uiat tjucb. was uociupiug uic
fractiousness of the convalescent and
that an ordinary pacific disposition was
becoming so irritable that it taxed even
the devotion of this most devoted sister.
On this particular afternoon he
had expressed an inordinate desire for
a certain brand of cigars.
"But, Jack dear," objected Eleanor,
"the doctor says that you must not
smoke."
"Who says I want to smoke?" growled
Jack. "I just want to look- at them
and sniff of them and feel them. And
I want them today."
Eleanor sighed patiently. "It's five
miles to town, Jacky. And though it's
4 o'clock, it's frightfully hot. Don't you
want to wait until tomorrow?"
"Oh, of course, If you don't want to
do the favor for me," replied the invalid,
walking feebly across the tent to
pick up a fan.
"Why, certainly I'm going, Jacky,"
she cried. "The heat won't last much
longer/' and she disappeared toward
her own tent, leaving her brother looking
a bit sheepish.
So now Eleanor was riding slowly
along the blistering trail toward the
sleepy little adobe village which boasted
a single Yankee store, at which she
thought she could get the cigars. She
was a beautiful girl, slender of body 1
and lovely of face, with the refinement I
of good blood through many generations
showing in every lineament. Her
dark blue eyes, shadowed by the heavy I
lashes, looked tired, and her figure
drooped a little as if in utter weari- j
ness. '
"It's getting , pretty hard," she |
thought. "If s spring up there, with
the snow melting into little rivulets, 1
and the pussy willows out, and the
wind flowers coming. Only the thought
of Jack's getting well keeps me from
going mad."
She started a* little as a cheery halloo
greeted her, and she saw riding
down the trail toward her a broad,
shouldered, jolly chap in cowboy attire.
He wheeled his mustang and
rode beside her.
"I was taking a^jaunt out to tell you
that I have almost finished my work
and must fly eastward again."
"Oh, that Is too bad!" cried Eleanor.
The man's fine brown eyes beamed.
"I've only known yon a week," be answered,
"but it's been a mighty pleasant
week."
"Jack will miss you," said the giri.
The man eyed her silently. "She's,
wearing herself out," he thought "I
wish I could take her away from
here. Harwell's nearly strong enough
to go It alone now. Gads! She's a
beauty!"
Eleanor wiped the alkali dust from
her face and told him the reason for
her trip to town.
"Bather hard on you," commented
Hartley.
Eleanor smiled, but said nothing,
and they rode for some distance In silence,
Hartley's gaze scarcely leaving
for an Instant the drooping profile beside
him.
"T J?" 44.n?rp*.4- aha ma 1.
i wuuuer, uc uivu?ul, ??. ouv
izes that she's never told me a word
of herself, who she is or?by the Lord
Harry, if she'd have me I'd marry her
tomorrow even if they both came from
a .foundling asylum."
By this time they were riding up the
street of the dirty little Mexican village,
whose Inhabitants were too absorbed in
the sight of the Americanos to move
from beneath the horses' feet until
urged to do so by Hartley in a patois
that made up in vigor what It lacked
In lucidity.
The Yankee store was the only frame
building for. iniles around. It was
owned by an enterprising Vermonter,
who was making a small fortune in the
lazy little town, where money went
faster than it came.
Hartley tied the horses and they entered
the store. Just as they stepped
within the door it slammed shut violently
behind them and the tremor of
its Impact shook the entire building, j
The storekeeper, the only other person
In the dusky room, looked up in surprise
that quickly changed to alarm.
The tremor instead of ceasing t increased.
"What's the matter?" he cried, running
to the front of the store.
"I don't know," replied Hartley.' "It
I were up north I'd think it was a
dynamite blast, bur?
Here the crockery in uie wmuuw tuntered
and a roll of turkey red fell to
the floor.
"It's an earthquake I" cried the Vermonter.
"Come on, get out of here
quick," and he made a dash for the
knob. But the door was fast and immediately
the floor, was rocking so violently
that the whole room seemed filled
with flying articles from the store I
shelves. Hartley suddenly pulled
Eleanor toward him, as if trying to
shield her with his body. Then a great
rumble, frith continuous shocks like explosions,
a fearful crash and darkness!
It had all happened in so short a
space of tinje that Eleanor had scarcely
realised that she was actually encountering
an earthquake. She had
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been thrown violently to the ground,
as the final shock came, and now she
felt out In the darkness and encountered
Hartley's quiet form. Almost
hysterical with fright, she called to
him and chafed his hands feverishly.
Then came the voice of the storekeeper:
"Hello, you two in there!"
"Yes," called Eleanor weakly. "I'm
all right, but Mr. Hartley seems badly
hurt"
"The whole dinged front of the store
has fallen in," called the Vermonter,
"but I got out through a hole. Can
you stay still till I get help?"
"Yes," answered Eleanor, and again
she fell to chafing Hartley's hands.
It was a long and arduous task to
remove the debris without injury to
the prisoners beneath. The work was
doubly long, owing to the fact that
what few natives had not fled to the
desert were hovering over their ruined
adobes with wails of "El terremoto!
El terremoto!" so that the storekeeper
did most of the work himself.
Long before their rescue Hartley had
recovered his senses and by combining
their two handkerchiefs Eleanor
had bound the wound in his head that
seemed to be his only injury. It was
twilight when they reached the street
a quiet southern twilight with just
the edge of a great full moon coming
up over the edge of the desert.
As soon as it was possible Eleanor
with Hartley on guard set out for
camp. She was greatly disturbed over
her brother, though the natives assured
her that the shock was not serious
where there were no buildings.
Hartley, looking like a picturesque
bandit with his bandaged forehead,
was in great spirits despite his aching
head. He said little until they were
well out on the trail. Then he rode
close up to Eleanor's pony.
"Miss Burwell," he said, "an accident
like this makes us friends of about
ten years' standing, doesn't it?"
"It surely does," cried Eleanor.
"Then." he went on eagerly, "don't
you think that two such old friends
could safely care for each other and?
and perhaps marry each other?'
Eleanor did not seem so much astonished
as the short acquaintanceship
might warrant Bnt she blushed deeply
in the moonlight
"But you don't know me and I don't
know* you," she said.
"Well, I'm an architect," he an- {
swered, "and I live in Chicago and"?
"Not the 'John Hartley, architect,'
that all the world knows!" cried Eleanor.
"I'm afraid so," he replied; a little
sheepishly.
- Eleanor gasped. "My little name
sinks into insignificance," she said.
Hartley looked at her suspiciously.
"You aren't E. BurwelL, the illustrator!"
he exclaimed.
"I'm afraid so," she mocked.
Hartley stopped toe pomes ana arew
her close In his arms. "Whatever the
names," he whispered, "we belong
to one another, anyhow."
A Bible Coartahip.
A young gentleman at church conceived
a most sudden and violent passion
for a young lady in the next pew
and felt desirous of entering- Into a
courtship on the spot, but, the place
not suiting a formal declaration, the
exigency suggested the. following plan:
He politely handed his fair neighbor a
Bible, open, with a pin stuck in the following
text, second epistle of John,
verse 5: "And now I beseech thee,
lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment
unto thee, but that which
we had from the beginning, that we
love' one another." She returned it
with the following, second chapter of
Buth, verse 10: "Then^she fell on her
face and bowed herself to the ground
and said unto him. Why have I found
grace in thine eyes, that Bh>u shonldst
take notice of me, seeingtl am a stranger?".
He returned the book, pointing
to verse 12 of the third epistle of John,
"Having many things to write unto
you, I would not write with paper and
ink, but 1 trust to come unto you and
tar** tf* Prom the above
Interview the marriage took place the
following week.?Scottish American.
The Qeeee Woe.
An English gentleman once laid a
wager with George IV. that geese
would beat turkeys in a race. The
king, thinking that such a wager was
already as good as won, willingly
made the bet, and the gentleman was
left to choose time and place and distance.
Being well acquainted with the
habits of the birds he accordingly chose
for the time the evening, just before
sunset, and for the place the road outside
the city wails and a mile for the
distance. The time came and each appeared
with his hock of birds and the
race began. Long ere the end came the
sunset and Immediately, true to their
instincts, as soon as the sun had quite
disappeared all the turkeys flew up
into the nearest tree to roost sod no
persuasion could induce them to budge
an inch farther, and the geese, which
had been slowly toddling on behind,
quietly cackled in?the winners.
Moving the Well.
A New England woman once had in
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her employ a rosy cneeaea irisu umu
of all work, whose blunders afforded
them amusement to compensate for
any trouble she might entail. One day
the owner of the place stated in the
girl's hearing that he intended to have j
a wood house built on a piece of
ground which at that time Inclosed a
well.
"Shore, sorsaid the inquiring Margaret,
"will you be movin' the well to
a more convenient spot whin the wood
bouse is boilded?"
As a smile crossed the -face of her
pmniover Manraret at once perceived
she had made a mistake of some sort
"It's a fool I am, share," she added
hastily, bonnd to retrieve herself. "Of
coorse whin the well was moved lvery
drop of wather would too oat of it!"
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primary" election returns ill
for bambero county 11
SECOND PRIMARY, SEPTEMBER tlth, 1906.
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Bamberg... ~117 T20 ~75 197 107 83 101 135 143 93 136 101
Clear Pond 5 13 3 14 16 3 16 2 15 3 4 . 14
Colston 12 * 26 24 16 14 22 27 11 25 13 8 30
Denmark. .27 85 44 83 55 46 69 47 85 30 64 50
Edisto 12 68 30 72 43 9 55 26 47 34 21 60
Ehrhardt.. 25 83 60 28 73 59 67 43 76 34 39 70
Fishpond... 11 58 21 49 31 37 34 35 51 18 23 . 46;
Govan .... 26 32 27i 47 21 21 30 28 40 18 .4 54
Hieh. Mill. 4 14 4! 3j 15 14 15 3 17 1 17 1
Kearse .18 23 20 19 30! 13 12 29 19 22 q o3
L^r 2 19 9 17 12 1 11 10 10 11 5 16.
Midway'".. 14 14 10 22 18j 6 7 21 14 14 11 17
Olar 84 41 67 65 39 77 65 60 92 33 22 103
Spr'trtowii 22 3 5 23 5j_W JO J5 _8 _?_? _22 M
Total....":. 379 599 399 655 479 408 '519 4651 642 341 365 ^