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?|; Thursday, January 21, 1909
Former Circuit Judge R. O. Purdy,
k of Sumter, will be a candidate for as-sociate
justice of the State Supreme
Court in case one of the associate
?? justices is made chief justice to sue
I?pF? ceed Chief Justice Pope. Mr. Purdy
jp .. made a most excellent record as cirU
y cult judge, and there is no man in
f| v- the State we. would rather see on the
supreme bench. He is as straight as
?? a string, has fine common sense, and
is a good lawyer.
: Many of Governor Ansel's recommendations
to the general assembly,
in his message, are most timely. It is
strange th^t former governors never
thought of these ideas before. Taken
all round, Governor'Ansel is an able
and sensible chief executive, and. the
fA .good results of his administration
will be seen for many years if the
j^v'; general assembly will follow his sugf
> gestions. Of course he has made
fe> some mistakes, as all men do, but in
. the main Jie has given the best administration
South Carolina has had
. in a long time.
Ill ' For a long time it has been said
. that preachers as a Tule were poorly
(paid, but this cannot longer be said
- of many of the Methodist ministers in
... South Carolina. We noted recently
that the presiding elder of the Marion
district, Rev. E. O. Watson, is now
- being paid a salary of $2,500 a year,
and he gets a furnished house free of
rent. Many of the charges in the
State are now paying from $1,400 to
$1,800 a year, with a parsonage furnished.
So it begins to look like
| preaching is not such a bad job after
all, although few men seem to be going
into the ministry these days. We
are glad to see this tendency to pay
preachers higher salaries. They are
worth every cent they get and more.
In his address at the Methodist
church last Sunday night Rev. J. L.
Harley stated that he had been told
j by. Dispensary Auditor West that
there were more blind tigers in aisH
pensary counties than there were in
i dry counties. This is a fearful state
of affairs, but it must be true, for
Mr. West is a careful, conservative
man, and he has traveled all over the
% State in his work of checking up the
f various dispensaries. But we do not
Ic*- . believe there are any blind tigers in
Bamberg, and there should not be
: ^ any if we have prbhibition. And 11
* our best citizens will interest themselves
in the matter and say the law
shall be enforced, there will not be
any liquor sold here illegally. But
no law can be enforced unless it has
public sentiment behind it.
v There are now prohibition bills
before the general assembly, and it
seems reasonably certain that a prohibition
law will be enacted at this
session of the Doay. n a proniDiuuu
I' law is passed, for heaver's sake don't
let us have any farce in Bamberg.
To be frank, if we are to have liquor
sold in Bamberg illegally under prohibition,
we prefer the dispensary.
We don't want to be misunderstood
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in this matter, and our position is
that if liquor is going to be sold, we
want it sold where it will bring a
revenue. But prohibition can be enforced
in Bamberg if our people will
rise as a body and say it must stop.
True liquor has been sold here illegally
in the past, but there is no reason
why it should be again. Put men
in office who will do their duty without
fear or favor, put a tremendous
high license on "near beer" and other
such beverages, say $500 a year. If
city council were to put such a license
on so-called "soft drinks" and enforce
it, they would not be sold here.
When you have good reason to believe
a man is selling liquor illegally,
have a body of citizens wait on him
and invite him to leave town. And
see that he goes. These sort of measures
will result in an enforcement of
a prohibition law, but weak-kneed
measures will not avail against
"blind tigers."
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If we have prohibition the county i
and town tcB&fs of Bamberg's citizens '
will be at least double what they are
now. We are not arguing against S
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prohibition; we are simply stating a
fact, as about one-half the total revenue
of the town and county of Bam- ]
[berg is derived irom dispensary
I profits.
GOVERNOR ANSEL'S MESSAGE.
Governor Ansel, in his annual i
message to the general assembly, 1
recommended, among other things, ,
the following:
That the di^ensary act be so ,
changed as to nHke ail counties dry,
allowing those desiring liquor to '
vote it in; the inquisitorial plan to <
prevent tax dodging; assault with in- j
ton* ravish to be made a capital
crime; victims of attempted criminal
assault to be permitted to testify in j
private; new building on State house
grounds for supreme court; increase '
in salaries for supreme and circuit '
judges, and all State officers from
governor down; new executive mansion
on the present site; per diem for '
dispensary commission during 1909; '
wet counties denied "privilege of operating
bottling, mixing or blending ;
plants, but required to buy and sell
in original .packages; immigration ;
feature cut out and a labor branch
substituted therefor in the depart- |
ment of agriculture, commerce and -1
immigration; insurance commissioner
given authority over investment
companies; lower upset price on
State dispensary property, with 1
power to lease property until sold.
TILLMAN ATTACKS OFFICERS.
Bitterly Accuses Them of Conspiracy
to Ruin His Reputation.
Washington, Jan. 14.?With the
avowed intention of placing both
Attorney General Bonaparte and 1
Postmaster General Meyer in the |
* ?r?i?x Conatnr Tillman to- I
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day addressed the senate. He alternated
between acrid denunciation of
these two members of the president's
cabinet and ridicule which he hurled 1
at them.
Mr. Tillman said it was not pleas- 1
ant for him to intrude his personality
upon the attention of the senate. 1
"I have enough notoriety already,"
declared Mr. Tillman, "and I am not
anxious to advertise myself, but the
senate knows the provocation I am
under and I trust w 11 bear with me."
Speaking of the difference of recol- 1
lection between himself and Attorney 1
General Bonaparte, he declared:
"I am ready to have my word put
against him in any court in Christendom
and to let my record in the past
for truthfulness, honesty and integrity
stand against his."
He asserted that he was not only
dealing with President Roosevelt, 1
"but with all the cabinet officers who
are in league, because, according iu
the newspapers, they are discussing
me at cabinet meetings and are determined
to accomplish my ruin if
possible.
"When I deal with as unscrupulous <
men as I do now, I am prepared for
anything, even the assassin's knife.
My mail is being held up. I am satis- .
fied of that. I will not say, my room :
has been broken into because there ]
are keys that can open everything in !
this capitol. They may not have <
stolen my papers, but they are gone." i
Mr. Tillman then narrated a con- .
versation he had over the telephone i
yesterday with Attorney General <
Bonaparte, in which he asked wheth- '
er a suit had been brought against '
the Southern Oregon Company, the i
holder of the military road grant. '
"He did not know," said Mr. Tillman. ]
"There had been some correspond- 1
ence and a discussion back and forth I
as to the method that should be pur- i
sued by the special counsel, he said. '
I pressed him for an immediate an- 1
swer, yes or no. He said he wonld i
make inquiry of the clerk charged
with that business and let me know, i
In ithe course of a few minutes he re- <
turned to the 'phone and said he i
would write me a letter." :
After having the letter of the at- 1
torney general read he declared that ;
up to this time, and after nine i
months, nothing had been done in !
response to the order of congress to
bring suit. i
Mr. illman referred to the motive i
of the attorney general. "We all i
know how slow the processes of the i
law are, especially against military 1
affairs. We all know the process of ]
being 'ready to do it' of being 'anx- <
ious to do it.' " <
He referred to Postmaster General 1
Meyer and his statement that the i
president had been in possession of :
the facts in this case only since De- 1
cember 18, and characterized that as <
"fals^iood number one." i
Mr. Tillman announced he had re- i
ceived another circular sent out by 1
Dorr, in which the following state- 1
ment was made: <
"Some day I shall have justice and <
reparation, and when that day comes ]
now not far distant there will be 1
a noise that will be heard around the ]
world."
That statement by Dorr, Mr. Till- '
man insisted, was conclusive proof 1
that Dorr had received assurance <
from the president that he would ]
"drag Tillman down as a liar and
scoundrel."
He wanted to know what degree of
falsehood was to be charged to the
two cabinet officers "or head clerks or
bootlicks or whatever the president
has around him."
Mr. Tillman laid stress upon the
fact that he had not attempted to obtain
any government land, but only to
purchase land that had been given a
corporation with the stipulation that
that corporation should sell it to the
public at $2.50 per acre. He insisted
that he was entitled to a full investigation
of these charges and to a
report, as he did not wish to rest under
the imputations that had been
cast upon him. If no report should
be made, he said, the impression
would go abroad that the senate had
whitewashed him and that he was
guilty of some wrongdoing, which he
did not wish to rest under.
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aniNTHY NEWS LETTERS;
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
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Vcus Items Gathered All Around11
the County and Elsewhere.
Colston News.
Coistoh, Jan. 19.?We had sonic, j
rer.y bad weather last week, but this
veeh has decided to let the sun shine.
Mr. C. F. Padgett went to Bam-1
berg last Friday. j
Mr. Joe McMillan and Mr. Joe
Avant, from Ashton, visited Mr. ank
Mrs. J. C. Bishop last Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. Frank Folk and children, of
31ear Pond, visited their parents, Mr.
md Mrs. W. C. Folk and family, last
Sunday.
Mrs. W. C. Folk, who has been
suffering with rheumatism, is able
to be up again.
. Miss Irene Beard visited Mr. ana
Mrs. B. D. Bishop last week. Miss
Beard returned home last Sunday.
Mr. G. L. Bishop was the guest of
Mr. B. D. Bishop last Sunday.
There were a few from over here
went to Mr. Jesse P. Bishop's last
Saturday night. They report a nice
time.
Mr. William Hughes, from Clear
Pond, and Mrs. Ida Beard, from
Qlrner, were happily married last
3unday afternoon by Rev. S. P.
Chisolm.
Mr. W. H. Folk, Johnie and Flossie
Folk were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. R. F. Kirkland last Sunday.
There will be a birthday dinner at
Mrs. Mary Beard's next Saturday,
23rd. Everybody is cordially incited
to attend, with well filled
baskets.
Mrs. C. F. Padgett and little son,
Belvin, were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Bishop and family recently.
Ehrhardt Graded School Notes.
Ehrhardt, Jan. 18.?Mr. Editor,
we are dreading our work this week.
Examinations, those much dreaded
things, grim destroyers of sleep,
confront us this week. Here's hoping
that all will pass over safely.
We are all looking forward with
much pleasure to the celebration of
Washington's birthday on the 22nd
of next month. We are preparing an
interesting program for this occasion.
Master Warrenne Ariail, one of our
Bchool-mates, who has been ill during
the past week, is able to be with
us again.
Mr. Jacob Ehrhahrdt and family
were suddenly called to Newberry
last Thursday on account of the
o..v. -Rim, Tr<>iT.Viorrit's sister. We
ucaiu ui IUIO. UUAUM* ^ ??.? .. sympathize
with the bereaved family.
On the 26th instant the ladies of
Ehrhardt will serve refreshments in
Mr. J. C. Kinard's vacant store, .beginning
at 6 o'clock p. m.f for the
benefit of the Methodist parsonage.
Tillman Gets Letters Roasting Roosevelt.
Washington, Jan. 15.?If Mr.
Roosevelt, on the day when he took
his 98-mile ride on horseback into
the country, could have seen the
contents of some of the hundreds of
letters stacked up on Senator Tillman's
desk, he might have had the
pleasure of the ride somewhat diVm*
fhoro ie tin tftllin?. A
LUiiildiiC\l MUt IUV4V MV ???0.
leading New York paper states that
Roosevelt hasn't the courage of Andrew
Johnston, and gives as the basis
for this opinion the fact that
Johnston's tilt with congress, resulting
in the effort to impeach him, occurred
more than a year before his
term expired, thus giving time for
the conduct of the impeachment
trial; wmle Roosevelt waited until it
was too late for a court of impeachment
to accomplish anything during
his term of office, and then sought
to discredit congress in the eyes of
the nation. Whether this was one of
the reasons for this eleventh-hour attack
on congress cannot be said. But
it may be that Roosevelt doesn't care
what happens now, and is engaged
in his reckless denunciations and
charges just to give the country the
impression that he is above and beyond
congress. If so, it is probable
that he would not have been affected
at all by the knowledge of the contents
of those hundreds of letters on
Senator Tillman's desk.
But the letters are there, and they
represent a cloud of witnesses to the
unpopularity of the course of Theodore
Roosevelt. There are certainly
not less than a thousand, according
to fair estimates, each of which
ooints Senator Tillman to some act
3f the president for which the writer
pf the letter desires to have him
brought to task. And the number is
increasing every day. Senator Tillman
has been looking up material
for his second attack on the president,
but it looks as if he need seek
no further. He is having plenty of
it handed to him from all parts of
the country. However, it is the intention
of the Senator to handle very
carefully the whole affair, and the
damaging testimony which he proposes
to offer he intends to have
thoroughly substantiated and supported
by the facts.
In this second eruption, Senator
rillman has already intimated that
tie will be "characteristic," and everybody
knows just what that means.
Lt IS IlKeiy I Licit lilt; uuwuo ai tu^
capitol will be still greater when it
is known that he will speak extemporaneously,
than when it was given
3ut in advance that he would read his
remarks. However, in view of the
experiences of last Monday, it is
probable that the capitol police will
take unusual precautions to prevent
the crowding of the corridors. Severe
editorial comment was made upon
the occurrences of last Monday in
some of the Washington papers, and
it was suggested that under such circumstances
the crowds should not be
allowed to block the ways in the
building. Senator Tillman's next
speech will doubtless be regarded by
the capitol police as "such circumstances."
Cotton is selling in Bamberg today
at 9% cents the opund, and one
hundred bales have been received
this week.
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SOUTHERN WAR CLAIMS.
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ODDosition to Reimbursing Those
Who Suffered Through Depredation
of Union Army.
Washington, Jan. 17.?For some
time there has been a disposition on
the part of certain senators and representatives,
though particularly
Senator Fulton of Oregon, who is
chairman of the senate claims committee,
to raise objection to the
claims of Southerners for depredations
by the Union army during the
War Between the States and for supplies
furnished the Union army during
Sherman's famous raid. Many
people around about Savannah are
interested in these claims, especially
for the destruction of cotton. Senator
Money of Mississipi has declared
boldly that he does not care anything
about these claim bills, for the
reason that most of the claims are
based upon the "loyalty" of the
claimant to the Union cause, and he
has no respect for any person who
during tnat war uvea m iuo oumu
and was traitorous to the Confederacy.
But there are some claims in which
the question of "loyalty" is not
raised,' such as claims for churches,
school houses and the like.
The matter has been under debate
in the senate for several days now,
consuming parts of several days last
week, and soon to terminate.
It has been customary to speak of
the omnibus claim bill as the
"Southern claims bill," which is a
patent misnomer to anybody who
knows anything about what it contains,
but which may not be so patent
to those who do not know. Anyway
Senator Johnson of Alabama got so
tired the other day of hearing it referred
to as the "Southern; claims
bill" that he got up and protested. In
speaking to me on the subject afterwards,
Senator Johnson gave his reasons
for protesting more fully. Said
he:
"The total amount of claims in
this bill is $2,299,60v.. Of this
amount, the claims of citizens from
the Southern States amount to $639,000.
The claims from the three
Northern States of Massachusetts,
New York and Pennsylvania amount
to $977,000. The claims from Mas
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| So I am tired to this talk of "South|
ern claims' when the Southern claims
amount to about one-fourth of the
amount from the whole country.
"And one other thing," added
Senator Johnson, "the objections
made to' the claims on account of the
War Between the States are that the
depredations occurred 40 years ago,
whereas in this bill there is an item
of $784,000, larger than all the
Smith ern war claims, on account of
so-called French spoliations which
occurred over 100 years ago. Besides
that, it is urged that there are
no witnesses now living who can testify
as to occurrences so long ago as
the war on the South, when there are
men on both sides of this chamber
who were in that war."
Senator Fulton has an amendment
to the omnibus claims bill which, he
thinks, will effectually check most of
these "Southern" war claims. This is
to abolish the court of claims in
which these claims are usually adjudicated.
As a rule when a claim gets
through the court of claims congress
pays it, but Senator Fulton has been
trying to prevent their payment, for
he claims that there is no obligation
on the part of congress to pay the
claims adjudicated by the court of
claims. His idea is that the committee
on claims of the two houses of
congress should be the real courts.
So much opposition to this amendment
has been manifested that it is
considered scarcely probable that it
will pass the. senate. It is practically
certain that no such measure would
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house.
Kern Charges ireachery.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 14.?The
selection of Benj. F. Shiveley of
South Bend as nominee for United
States senator by Democratic members
of the State legislature early today
was followed this afternoon by a
j statement from John W. Kern, who
i was Shiveley's strongest opponent,
j Concerning the secret ballot, against
iwhich Kern made a hard fight, he
I says it made possible not only the beItrayal
of constituents by their representatives,
but "all sorts of treachery,
double dealing and corrupt practices."
Shiveley was nominated on the
20th ballot after the caucus had balloted
for five hours.
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"NEAR-BEER" MEN SURRENDER.
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Over One Hundred of them File Applications
at Savannah.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 16.?Over &
hundred applications have been filed *
with clerk of council by men wishing *;
to open or continue open "near beer"
saloons. It is expected that a dozen -
or more will be turned down, and ; ;
compelled to close up their places. If '
the hundred applications are granted :
it will mean a revenue for the city
and State each of $20,ouu. ,
This means that the "war" on Sa- !|p|j
vannah because of its situation on
the prohibition question is at an end, V .
and means the complete capitulation * ,
of the "near beer" men, whose re- |l
fusal to pay the State taxes caused
the trouble.
YOUNG MEN! If you want
know why you should become tele-~vj2?|!
graph operators and what school to
attend, write to SOUTHERN SCHOOL
OF TELEGRAPHY, Newnan, Ga., A
for free Catalogue "A." EVERY
BOY should read it Positions J0? - **%
itively guaranteed.
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mas K~ET.
Same men at a different
place. When you k
want the best meats '
obtainable call at our \
market opposite The
Herald Building, Main
street. Our prices are
right. We also buy
beef cattle, pork, hogs,
hides, chickens and
eggs.
BRONSON& GRANT K *
BAMBERG, S. C.
NOTICE. ^
All persons having claims against
the estate of E. T. LaFitte will please :
file the same with my attorney, S. G. , ; :
Mayfield, or with the Probate Judge, %
duly sworn to. Also, all persons in
deb ted to the estate of E. T. LaFitte . v
will please make payment to me S&L
or my attorney, S. G. Mayfield.
MRS. E. R. LaFITTE,
Administratrix of the Estate of E. T. ;
LaFitte. . smgm
Denmark, S. C.. Jan. 18, 1900.