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Bamberg foralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published every Thursday in The Herald building, on Main street, in the live and growing City of Bamberg, being issued from a printing office which is equipped with Mergenthaler linotype machine, Babcock cylinder press, folder, one jobber, a fine Miehle cylinder press, all run by electric power with other material and machinery in keeping, the whole equipment representing an invest ?in nftft anH nnwarHs. - LLICIXI Vl *>xv,vw Subscriptions?By the year $150; six months, 75 cents; three months, 50 cents. All subscriptions payable strictly in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion, subsequent inseri tions 50 cents per inch. Legal advertisements at the rates allowed by law. Local reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and other advertisements under special head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, and twelve months. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of respect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advertising not subject to cancellation after first insertion. Communications?We are aiwayg glad to publish news letters or those pertaining to matters of public interest. We require the name and address of the writer in every case. No article which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are not responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. Thursday, July 30,1914. ANNOUNCEMENT. With the first day of July my connection with The Herald as editor ceased, for on that day I turned the entire management over to Messrs. . R. M. Hitt and R. M. Bruce, who have leased the paper from me and will conduct it in future. I have sold them the stock of goods in the Herald . Book Store, and they will also conduct that business. All accounts due The Herald and the Book Store up to July 1st are payable to me, but accounts can be settled at the office as formerly, and our customers will be put to no inconvenience on account of the change. In fact the business will run right along without a hitch, for I still own the paper and will take a personal interest in it just the same " fnrmoriv The nnlv difference will be that I will not devote my personal attention to it. In fact, I have not given the paper much of my time for many months, having devoted the greater portion of the day, and some times at night, to my duties as postmaster. Hereafter I expect to devote all my time to the postofflce. I am turning over The Herald to these young gentlemen because I feel that they are worthy and that their efforts should be in the interest of themselves rather than an employer, so I am giving them a chance to 8ho\y the stuff of which they are made. And you may be sure I believe they are made of the right sort of material or I would not turn over to them a business to which I have devoted the best effort and the best vears of mv life in develODing. That they will "make good" I am fully satisfied. They are honest and honorable young men, who will strive to maintain the Standard of The Herald and improve it if possible. They will stand for the best interests of Bamberg county and its people, and every worthy enterprise and progressive movement will have the hearty support of the paper. Mr. Hitt has only been with The Herald for the past six months, but I have known him for some years, as he formerly ran a newspaper in Aiken and has done newspaper work in other parts of the State. He is an Aiken county man, and you know Aiken is not far from Bamberg. Roy Bruce has "grown up" with The Herald you might say. Away back in 1891 he came to the paper as a little bit of a boy in knee breeches to learn to set type. When I bought The Herald in 1S99 and moved here from Sumter, he was not with the paper, but the next year he came back to work for me and has been with me ever since?fourteen consecutive years. What he knows of the newspaper business I taught him. He has been a most faithful employee in every way. and 1 am sure he is well fitted to meet the responsibilities which will fall on his shoulders. 1 can heartily commend both young men to my friends and patrons, and I trust they will give The Herald ? larger patronage than it has received heretofore. Of course my interest it still with the business, and I shall es I teem it a personal favor when patronage conies this way. It may be that my retirement from . the newspaper business will be only > temporary, and, on the other hand, | it may be permanent. Feeling as I : do now, 1 do not know that I shall . ever want to have the active managei ment of a newspaper again. I have been in the steady grind since Jan1 uary, 1S94, when with my brother, we bought the Sumter Herald. 1 bought The Bamberg Herald in 1899, ! and came here and assumed charge the first of July of that year. For i . exactly fifteen years I have been "on the job," and I feel like a little rest. I mean by this rest from newspaper work, for a postmaster does not have ' an easy time by any means, and I , I shall seek to develop it and give it the same attention I have my private . business. In fact I think my record ' since I have been a public official will prove that I have kept alive to the , ; interest of the patrons and have done i a great deal to improve the service ' 1 during my administration. But I have already said more than I intended to. I shall not say goodbye to the many kind friends that 1 1 have made while editing this newspaper. I will continue to keep in touch with those who read The Herald. No doubt I may write some for it occasionally, and my articles may not be signed either, for I have an 1 lQSct lU(tl LLi > VIC v? O UU puvav 4UV0 tions will tally with those of the young gentlemen who will succeed me, and I am of the opinion that they will not object to printing what I may write. I want my friends from the country to drop in the office when they come to town, just as they have always done. The postofflce is next door to The Herald, and they can easily find me if they want to shake my hand, but I want them to come in and make themselves at home with The Herald, for they will be welcom! ed just as always. There is no reason why The Herald should not grow and prospes. The young men who will run it have energy, enthusiasm, and optimism. They are hard workers, and know the newspaper business thoroughly, and I expect to back them in every way pos- ; sible. I am not so young as I used 1 to be, but possibly my years of experience have made me wiser in some respects, and I shall give to the new management the benefit of this experience, should they need it. I con fidentiy expect tne paper iu giu*? m circulation and influence, and I can safely promise that it will always keep pace with the growth of the community and county. Bamberg < is growing right along, and it is go- : ing to keep it up. We are going to ' be a real city in a few years, and in this growth The Herald expects to , be an important factor. A. W. KNIGHT. ( It has not been our pleasure to lis- , ten to the platforms of the legislative candidates in this county, as we have < not attended a campaign meeting, but ! from the accounts of the meetings we notice that some of them stand for measures which this newspaper I heartily advocates. However, we would be gtad to have each candi- , date for the legislature express him-, 1 self as to whether he favors putting 'every county officer on a salary, the fees and costs collected to go into the county treasury. The fee system is entirely wrong, and it i^ not business-like to conduct the affairs of the county in any such manner. In our private affairs we pay certain amounts for certain work, but in county matters we elect a man to nn office and he never knows what his salary is going to be. In conversation with one of the very best men in the county a few days ago he expressed himself as favoring a stated 1 salary for all offices, and asked us * why we did not discuss it, now that ! our county campaign was on. We discussed this same idea two years ' ago, but nothing came of it, but now in the name of the people who pay taxes we ask our legislative candi1 dates to state whether they favor ' the fee system or stated salaries for > county officers. If there is any good reason why the fee system is better, : we would like to know it, and only I by a discussion can the weak and i strong points of each method be arj rived at. We trust, therefore, at the campaign meeting at Denmark 5 ne\t Wednesday our legislative can' didates will discuss the question. The Newberry Herald and News says that Newberry is to have a $3,>00 crematory. We don't know what Newberry wants with a crematory unless it expects to have some dead ones after August 23. The city of Augusta is obtaining considerable publicity on acount of the encampment of the Southern militia being held there. South Carolina and Charleston could just as well have received this advertising and other benefits had different political conditions obtained in this State. If there is an organization furthering the interests of the governor of South Carolina in Bamberg county, it ic wnrkine- nrettv well under cover. The governor has stated that he has an organization in every county in the State. The people of Bamberg county would like to know who composes the organization in this county. WARM MEETING AT OLAR. (Continued from page 1, column 5.) fore Mr. Zeigler could go one way, which brought laughter. A. G. W. Hill, the next candidate for county commissioner, announced his candidacy and promised good service if elected. He believes that the commissioners should see that all money derived from the commutation tax should be put to work and not allowed to lie idle in the hands of the treasurer. J. C. McMillan, the next candidate called, was absent. D. W. Phillips announced his candidacy for county commissioner and promised to see the roads often and promised better results than are now obtained if elected. Regarding the petition referred to above he said he thought every man should be allowed to vote as he saw fit. He would not commit himself. E. M. Sandifer was the next candi date introduced and he said he had no record as a public servant, but if elected would make one in the next two years. As to the petition sub-' mitted, he would not commit himself. G. H. Smoak was next introduced, said he had no particular record in public office to point to but is a practical business man and feels that he is competent to handle the affairs of the county economically and in a business-like way. Said he was told at Ehrhardt that he was too good a business man to ask for such an insignificant office as commissioner, but thought the admission that he was a business man was the best argument for his election. He would make a record, he said, if elected. He did not commit himself. J. J. Zeigler was the next scheduled speaker in the race for county commissioner, but was not present at the meeting. W. D. Bessinger, the next candidate for commissioner to speak, an nounced his candidacy and said, regarding the petition, that voting was a personal privilege and would not commit himself. He believes the commutation taxes should be used where collected. W. R. Bessinger, the last of the candidates for commissioner to speak, told of his experience in working the roads 'of the county and said he believed he could do good work if elected. He would not commit himself on the petition. Auditor and Treasurer. Both Messrs. R. W. D. Rowell, candidate for re-election as auditor and county superintendent of education without opposition, and G. A. Jennings, candidate for treasurer, unopposed, were absent. A message from Mr. Rowell stated that his health would not permit of his attending the meeting during the damp weather. Suj>ervisor. C. W. Fogle was the first candidate to speak in the race for supervisor. Said he had no long record to refer to, but if he was elected he would soon make the record He compared the roads of Orangebu g county with those of Bamberg and told of how much better our sister county's roads are than ours. The secret, he says, lies in the fact that in Orangeburg they build sand-clay roads and his ambition is to show this county what fine roads can be built. He stated that he had traveled considerably in this county and had seen no sand-clay roads. A voice from the crowd: "Have you been between Bamberg and Denmark?" "I have." replied Mr. Fogle, "and found only a clay road." He then explained the difference in construction of the two kinds of roads. He declared himself for E. D. Smith for the United States Senate amid cheers. L. P. McMillan was introduced as the next speaker and spoke of feeling very much at home in Olar. He said he appreciated the value of good roads not only because they were good for the county, but because he hauled annually many tons of fertilizer over the roads in that section to his own farm, in addition to pro ducts of the farm hauled. Ho has had considerable experience in road building and feels himself competent to do good work if elected. He compared the roads of this county with those of Hampton, Barnwell and Orangeburg counties, stating that they were not as good as those of either of the other three counties. Says his platform has but one plank and that is "to give every tax-payer a square deal." He thinks there is something wrong with the distribution of the commutation tax in this county and promises to rectify the error if elected. "It is the supervisor's business to see the roads before they are paid for." said Mr. McMillan. "just the same as the cotton buyer sees the cotton." He denied that he was brought out for the purpose of defeating Capt. W. T. Cave, for whom he has the highest respect. Mr. McMillan did not refer I - tkA noitmn nrocontpd at thp onpn LU Li:c ptmvu is * v - ing of the meeting. He was applauded. W. B. Smoak, the next candidate to speak, said he had done his duty as county commissioner and has divided the work with the other commissioners, had no criticism to make of the incumbent or any of his opponents. but was in the race on his own merit and would assure the voters of his best services if elected. He would not make promises that he knew he could not fulfill nor would he try to please everybody as he knew that would be impossible. He is in favor of good roads and promises eood work if elected. Regarding the United States Senatorial race, he said he would cast his ballot for the best man but would not commit himself now. E. C. Bruce, the present incumbent, was next introduced and said he Wished that he had been born perfectv for if he had then the land would flow with milk and honey and he could please everybody. His was a hard office to fill, he said, but that he only asked justice of the people for what he had already accomplished and an opportunity to show what could be done in the future with better equipment and a freer hand which was given him by the grand jury. He then referred to his former record as supervisor and described the work he had done and the difficulties he had overcome in trying to distribute work equitably over the county. It was through the experience gained during his former incumbency, said Mr. Bruce, that he had decided to build only permanent roads and had accordingly set out to do this with the Denmark-Bamberg road which he promised should be continued on around to Olar and other sections as fast as he could get to them and whether elected or defeated he would give his best efforts to the administration of the office so long as he held it. He was questioned as to how many times he had visited Buford's Bridge section for work and replied that he*had been there many times and would continue to come so long as needed and he "had the opportunity. At this point an attempt was made by a man from Bamberg to break into Mr. Bruce's speech with repeated questions and stamping of feet and received for his pains a sharp reply which must have been a stinging rebuke. When his speech was again taken up Mr. Bruce stated that he did not propose to be dictated to by any man or set of men when it comes to discharging his duty and proposed to obey the instructions of the grand jury. It was pointed out by Mr. Bruce that he was the first one who had had the summer term of court for this county put off and thereby was saving much money for the county. Regard ing the request in the petition read at the opening of the meeting, Mr. Bruce explained that while he admired the present governor for some things which he had done, among them returning to the county prisoners for road work from the penitentiary and practically abolishing the State farms, which were competing with the farmers of the State in the production of cotton and other farm products, when the legislature was too weak-kneed to bring this about, he had never voted for the present governor and never would. The cheers at this and like declarations from other candidates indicated very clearly that the anti-administrationists were in the majority in the audience. Capt. \V. T. Cave, when introduced, received an ovation from his home folk. He said he was at home and would have nothing to say. However, he had been asked to explain how ho had ohtained the rank of captain, and as it had been requested, he would explain that it was obtained through his leadership of a company of red shirts in '76. He also declared his opposition to the present administration and stated that he had never voted for Blease, which statement was met with a shout. It was at this point that a recess was taken and a conference of the candidates called to decide on the dates of future meetings of the campaign, which has been related be fore in this report. Legislature?F. F. Carroll. When the meeting was resum F. F. Carroll was introduced as first speaker in the race for house of representatives. Mr. C roll said he stood for everything t was clean and economical in gove ment. "Regardless of. the many sues injected into the campaign candidates for State and national fices." said .Mr. Carroll, "the m issue is that of Education." He made a study of compulsory edu tion and does not believe our con tution would permit of such a I without first amending it. He s all great reforms should move sl< ly and believes the people sho sneak their will before they brought about. The people sho then refer it to the legislature ; let them settle it in the proper m ner. The negro, said Mr. Carr should not stand in the way whei conies to giving the best to our c dren. While he is not a negro ha he believes that he is not so con tuted nor was he intended to en the same privileges and advanta of the white man and the North people are coming more and m to a realization of this fact on count of the outrages which are c< mitted upon our white women negroes, and he predicted that North would join hands with South in repealing the 14th and 1 amendments to the national con tution. (Applause.) He says th are enough criminal laws on the si ute books of the State; what we n is enforcement of laws already ma He will make'an effort to blot out factionalism, if elected. As to petition of the voters of Oiar, he s he had never voted for Blease i never would. He was heartily ch< ed at conclusion. J. Wesley Crum, Jr. J. W. Crum, Jr., entered the n he said, at the request of friends v believed he could serve the coui Had no record to speak of, exc mac maae auring me seveiat ujuu in which he has served the town Denmark as mayor and of that would let the people speak, t could say if it was good. He 1 been twitted about the propo "Blue Sky" law which he had ad cated, he said, but regardless of c ieisins he believed it to be for good of the investor and still advo< ed it. Eighty per cent of the pec of the State, he said, were of farmer class, therefore, he wo have to represent mostly farmers ; would work fortheir interests if eb ed. He believes in the encoua ment of the department of agri< ture of the State and that dem stration farms should be establisl in every county for the beniflt of farmers. He favors good roads i the use of the commutation tax keep them up. In the matter of ucation, Mr. Crum said he had b misunderstood to say that he opi ed compulsory education, but he wi ed it understood that what he re; opposed was a State-wide compuls education law. says oui wu should not be taxed to keep c dren of other counties in school voice from the crowd asked: "D< you think the children of other co ties need education?" To this Crum answered that he knew t needed education but he favore< .local option law to give it to th( He also believes in decreasing ta at the expense of everything exc education and roads. During speech a voice from the crowd k insisting that they wanted to kr how he stood as to the request mi in the petition, to which he repl that the ballot was secret and t he proposed to exercise the rig (Cries of "Hurrah for Smith.") was cheered at the conclusion of speech. B. W. Miley, standing for re-el< tion to the house of representatii was next introduced and began a nial of a charge which he said Crum had made against him at E hardt, to the effect that the pec of that community had been slig ed when it came to making appo ments. He pointed out that th were a limited number of appo: ments to be made by the delegat to the house and that Ehrhardt 1 received her full quota. At i point, Mr. Crum explained what had said was not by way of reflect on Mr. Miley's action in the mat but to assure the people that would not discriminate against tli in the matter of appointments, elected. This explanation served end the colloquy. "I do n A come to apologize for my record," said .Mr. ed, Miley, "be it good or bad." He may the have made mistakes, he said, but the they were of the head and not of the ar- heart. He has acted regardless of hat factional feeling and differences in rn- the discharge of his duties as repreis sentative. Has had no dictator and by was not the man of any man or set of- of men. He told of the things which ain he had accomplished for the advancehas ment of the State and county. As ;ca- to education, he opposed a compulsti sory school attendance law, and said law if it was made more convenient for ays children to attend school, that such ow- a law would not be necessary. He uld thinks the law undemocratic. He are has been misrepresented, he says, uld regarding his vote on the one-mill ind school tax and defended his position, an- He said he had been twitted because oil, he had opposed the medical inspeci it tion of school children and explainhil ed that his opposition was due to a ter, failure of the medical men to keep sti- the faith with him. that they had rejoy quested that he support a bill proges viding for inspection by physicians ern to be chosen by parents of children ore and that free of cost, but that they ac- had tacked on a fee of 25 cents for jm- the inspection and that it would cost by the State $90,000 for this purpose, the which would come out of the school -u ~ c j~ ^e ~ tt^ uie iuuus ui uie oictie. ne xias ueeu 5th attacked for his opposition to the sti- Sanders bill for the elimination of ere houses of ill-repute in cities and tat- towns, he said, and wished to explain eed that his opposition was due to the ide. fact that this would deny the all violators the right to be tried by juthe ry, a right guaranteed them by the laid constitution, and it was for that reaind son that he opposed it. Had they ;er- been allowed to be tried by jury, he would have supported it. He called on Dr. Rentz to explain why it was ice, that he came to him some time ago i-ho and endorsed his course in the legisitv Intiiro ar.d nrnmisprl snnnnrf thpn ept came out in opposition to -him. Reths garding the petition of the Olar votof ers, he said he could not say that he he endorsed or did not endorse the hey present administration and cited inhad stances in which he had voted to sed override the veto of the governor. [vo- ' (Continued on page 5, column 4.) the A nice spotted pony for sale at :at- Jones Bros*, stables ?ple Full line of Waterman's Ideal the Fountain Pens at Herald Book Store. uld ? - ? and i THE SECRET OF SUCCESS. SCt" Genuine Merit Required to Win the .ge- # %uj_ People's Confidence. on" Have you ever stopped to reason hed why it is that so many products that the are extensively advertised, all at once d drop out of sight and are soon forgotten? The reason is plain?the t0 article did not fulfill the promise of ed- the manufacturer. This applies more . een particularly to a medicine. A medi- ! cinal preparation that has real curative value almost sells itself, as like isk- an endless chain system the remedy illy Is recommended by those who have ory been benefitted, to those who are in need of it. A prominent druggist says: "Take hil for example Dr. Kilmer's Swamp. A Root, a preparation I have sold for )n-t many years and never hesitate to recommend, for in almost every case un" it shows excellent results, as many of Mr. niy customers testify. No other kidbev ney remedy that I know of has so j a large a sale." According to sworn statements and ' sm* verified testimony of thousands who xes have used the preparation, the sucept cess of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact that it fulfills almost every wish in overcoming kidney, livePt ei and bladder diseases, corrects urilow nary troubles and neutralizes the uric ade acid which causes rheumatism. j You may receive a sample bottle of Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Adhat drees Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghampjht. ton, N. Y.. and enclose ten cents: also He mention the Bamberg Weekly Herald. his I PORTABLE AND STATIONARY r!L II fl I ftirC Lnuiiua Pie! AND BOILERS ;ht" I Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injecint tors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood ere Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, jnt_ Belting, Gasoline Engines sad lar<!!t5T0CK LOMBARD :his Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, he i Supply Store. ion i AUGUSTA, GA. terj E. H. HENDERSON he J _ iem! Attomey-at-Law . if BAMBERG. S. C. to General Pi-actice. Loans Negotiated. ^ Fake a. 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