The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 22, 1918, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL. 1891.
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
Entered as second-class matter April
1891, under Act of March 3, 1879.
$1.50 PER YEAR.
Volume 27 No. 34.
Thursday, August 22, 1918.
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If the German kaiser could vote
. in the Democratic primary in South
Carolina next Tuesday, is there any
doubt in your mind as to who he
would vote for? Mr. Voter, can you
afford to vote with the kaiser?
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, Of course every man who votes for
"Dlnoon i(5 nr\t /-licl rival fnr some aood
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people who are piisguid^d will no
doubt vote for him, but it is a safe
, bet that every disloyal man in South
Carolina will vote for him. The proGermans
and those who are opposed i
to the war and Woodrow Wilson will
vote for Blease, and no true Ameri-I
can ought to ^llow himself to be
found in that company.
. We trust that Bamberg county
will give a good majority for Robert
A. Cooper for governor. He is a
strong, clean man, and will make an
excellent chief executive. There are
several men in the race, but it will
narrow down to Cooper as representing
the anti-Blease voters, and Rich,
' ards as the Blease candidate. ' We
have nothing to say against Mr. Bethea^
but he has no ''chance to be
elected, and your vote ior mm vmj
weakens Cooper and strengthens
Richards. So don't lose your vote in
the first primary' Vote for Cooper
and elect him on the first ballot. By
7 the way, don't forget J. T. Liles for
Jieutenant governor. Vote for him,
too.
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. The Herald is not attempting to
dictate to any man how to vote, but
we are doing what we conceive to be!
our duty in-telling the people who
the best men are and giving our reasons
for that belief. We know that
inany of our readers are not acquainted
with various candidates, and gladly
welcome information. We have
always stood for certain principles in
political affairs, and will continue to
: -- do so as long as the paper is owned
as at present. We have opposed
certain men because of their public
/ acts, and will continue to advise our
? people as we thinlrbest for their in>
,terests. We shall never try to dictate,
but shall endeavor to turn on
all the light so that the voters can
v, cast their ballots intelligently and for
the best interests of our State and
nation. No man can say this paper
ever supported a man or policy which
ever before, ana we oeneve tney win. j
* Shame on any man who lets his desire
for office lead him to say and
t do things that he knows his conscience
will last him for! Byrnes
is good enough for Woodrow Wilson,
and his opponents dare not attempt
to deny it. He ought to be
good enough for every voter in the
second district.
In the fall of 1916, affer his%defeat
for governor, Cole L. Blease
made an address at Allen university,
colored, at Columbia, reports of
which were printed at the time in_the
< Columbia State and the Samaritan
Herald, the last named being a negro
newspaper. The former governor
has never denied the correctness of
the report published in the negro
newspaper. In this speech Blease
sought to arouse the prejudices of
the negroes by telling them, according
the the report in the Samaritan
Herald, that the laws of the State
were unjust; that the negroes were
being robbed by the white people out
of their.just rights; and making such
statements as, he would trust his
daughter in their hands, and asking
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what kind of law is it that will not
allow them representation on juries,
etc. The whole thing is too sickening
to give to our readers, but we
think the people ought to know what
manner of man it is who is.now seeking
the high and honorable position
of successor to Senator Tillman in
the United States senate. Such a
speech could have but one effect, and
that is to stir up strife between the
negroes and white people, ^nd destroy
what the white people of this
State fought for so hard and against
such great odds in IS76. Xo carpetbagger
in those days made a more inflaming
speech to the negroes that
did Blease two years ago at Allen
university, according to the negro
paper. We cannot believe, we refuse
to believe, that a great number
of people in South Carolina will
canf-tinn Rlpflsp's snepch to the ne
groes on that occasion, when he not
only sought to destroy the good feeling
between the two races, but actually
assumed to champion the base
1 prejudices of the colored people.
Right at a time above all others-Xhat
the country needs the support of the
colored people, as well as all others,
Blease makes this inflaming speech.
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The organ of Blease is making
frantic efforts to boost his cause by
making the most ridiculous statements
about the crowds present at
his meetings and as to the enthusiasm
manifested. The fact is that
the Blease meetings are not attended
by fifty per cent, of the people claimed
by his organ, and many of these
are those who are opposed to him
and go to hear him so they can quote
his utterances with accuracy. There
is no enthusiasm shown, even by his
supporters who attend. We have
was not in line with the above.
/ ' President Wilson says that Jim
Byrnes is "one of the strongest and
most- dependable men in the house"
and he genuinely regrets the charges
Byrnes's opponents have been bring>
ing against him, for he knows they
are absolutely untrue. The question
for the voters of Bamberg county to
J decide is, will they vote for Byrnes,
who has the ea^orsement of Wood
? "T}1 1.1? Anrv?nflnto
rOW VY HSUU, U1 UU7 111 ills u^uu^uio,
none of whom has the president's endorsement?
We are confident that
they will stand by the president, .and
that Byrnes will carry this county by
* a large majority. This is the judgment
of some of the best judges of
political sentiment in the county, and
we believe they are correct. The
fight made against Byrnes by hiT
'opponents is not at all to their credit,
and the voters will resent such
* tactics. We do not object to legitimate
criticisms of any man's public
record, but the attempts made by
these men to twist and pervert Mr.
Byrnes's acts and to charge him with
things they knew were untrue, does
not meet our idea of fair play. Byrnes
, has not had' a fair deal in this race,
and the voters ought ta resent it by
giving him a greater majority than
must be filed within two days after
the day of the declaration of the
result with the chairman of the county
committee, and the said county
committee will hear and determine
the same at its first meeting held
thereafter. J. F. CARTER,
County Chairman.
August 19th, 1918.
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
Founded 1785.
A college of highest standard, open
to men and women. An intentionally
limited enrollment insures individual
instruction. Four year courses lead
to the Bachelor's Degree. The Pre-'
Medical course a special feature.
Military training, established in 1917
under the War Department Regulations,
is in charge of U. S. Army officer.
Address,
HARRISON RANDOLPH,
President, Charleston, S. C.. 9-25
been told by one of the most reliable
men we know that the crowd at
the recent Denmark meeting was not
half what was claimed, that there
was little enthusiasm shown, that
Blease seemed to have lost his "pep"
as he expressed it, and looked old
and care-worn, that he was nothing
like the man who spoke in Bamberg
some years ago?in short that he
was not near up to his form in the
campaigns of recent years. This is
the report from other meetings as
well, and we know it is correct. The
bald fact is that Blease has fewer
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followers in South Carolina today
than ever before, and even these are
deserting him every day. There is
no enthusiasm shown at his meetings,
and he feels it. He is "under
hack;" he has disappointed his former
supporters, for they expected
him to make some sort of showing
at his own meetings, and he has not
done this. He stated at Denmark
that that was the smallest crowd he
had addressed in South Carolina, and
many of those present were oppqsed
to him. He is beat and he knows it.
What a change! A-.few years ago
this man was the idol of thousands
of people in this State, and at his
every public appearance he was ?
cheered to the eeho. Discredited and
disowned, his condition is pitiful. As
much as we are opposed to his policies,
we would have preferred that
he had retired from public life with
better grace.
Inhaling.
Officer?Next a breathing exercise.
Inhale!
Student (fumbling in pocket)?
Got a ligt??Yale Record,
No Dry Information.
There may be books in the running
brooks, but boys can't get an education
by going in swimming.?Boston .
Transcript.
BOOKS OF SUBSCRIPTION OPEN.
The books of subscription to the
capital stock of the Farmers Tobacco
Warehouse are now open at the store
of C. R. Brabham's Sons. All par'ties
interested in the establishment
of the tobacco market at Bamberg
are invited to become stockholders,
especially those who planted this
year, and those contemplating planting
next year.
MEETING COUNTY COMMITTEE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
The county Executive committee of
the Democratic party, for Bamberg
county, will assemble at the court
house, at Bamberg, on or before 12
o'clock noon, Thursday, August 29th,
inst., for the purpose of tabulating
the returns and declaring the results
of the Democratic primary. Protests
and contests for county officers
a-nrl momhorc nf tho fpnpral assatnblv
NOTICE TO ALL DEMOCRATIC
VOTERS OF BAMBERG COUNTY.
As county chairman I request all
Democratic voters of the county of
Bamberg to furnish me at the earliest
date possible, the present correct address
of all Democratic voters of the
county who are absent from the county
and engaged in the civil, military
or naval service of the United States, j
I ask this co-operation in order that j
I may be able to send ballots to them !
to vote, in accordance with the law j
of the State and rules of the party, i
I find that those who are engaged i
in the service of the United States j
are being constantly transferred and I
it is very difficult to obtain their j
oHflroce T ell o 11 annraoioto i
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the co-operation of \oters and friends, I
in this matter. J. F. CARTER.
County Chairman. j
POLITICAL ADVBKTISEMEXT
CONGRESSMAN BYRNES BEFORE i
LEAVING FOR WASHINGTON
ISSUES STATEMENT.
To the voters of Bamberg county: j
The congressional campaign has i
closed. I have attended every meeting
arranged for the congressional
candidates in this district, and the
charges made against me by my
three opponents I think I have successfully
answered.
Now that the campaign is over I
warn my friends against the circulation
of eleventh-hour campaign stories.
Inasmuch as I believe in fighting
fair I do not intend to make any i
charges against my opponents other I
than those made in their presence'
at the campaign meetings, and I do !
not want my friends to make any j
against them. If any additional j
charges are made against me by my
enemies, I think you will agree with
me that they should have been made
while the meetings were on, and 11
had opportunity to answer; and the;
fact that thev were not made at that j
time should be sufficient evidence of i
their untruthfulness.
Congress after a four weeks re-1
cess reconvened Monday and I have;
returned to Washington to be present
during the consideration of the bill1
proposing a change in the ages of the ]
draft law from 18 to 45; to ketep in j
touch with the authorities who have i
under consideration the proposal to j
fix a price on cotton, and to be pres- i
ent during the consideration of other
matters which affect vitally the interest
of the people of this district.
I feel satisfied^that while I am away
looking after your interest you will1
protect my interests at home.
Very respectfully,
JAMES F. BYRNES.
?adv.
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT.
THE SOLDIERS IN FRANCE AS
WELL AS IN THIS COUNTRY
WANT HON. G. L. TOOLE
ELECTED TO CON- .
GRESS.
UNDER THE AMERICAN FLiAG
Camp S. W. in . ance.
July. 18, 1918.
Hon. G. L. Toole,
Aiken, S. C.
Dear Mr. Toole:
Your highly appreciated letter received.
They are happy minutes,
hours, and days when a soldier gfets j
a letter like yours from God's people ;
at home. Your acquaintances over
here surely want you elected to congress.
I hope that I will be able to
gratulate you in my next letter. If
they send you to France, i nope to j
see you here. You would like France.
We are putting up a hard fight and ,
the French people are full ot smiles |
when they see an American. Our
troops are passing through the towns
aaily. The women are raking hay
and gathering the crops. Every
town has its supervisor who looks
after the farming interest. The people
get their rations just like a soldier.
The country is great for wheat,
oats and rye, but I have not seen any
corn or cotton. Spring-sown wheat
is ripe already, but it is impossible
to gather it now while there is so
nuch fighting going on.
Best regards to your family,
Your friend.
CORP. JOHN VLAD,
E. Co. 112th U. S. Ifif.
?Published as an advertisement by
Q. L. Toole, candidate for congress.
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT |
BYRNES STANDS BY FARMERS, j
FARMERS' NATIONAL CONGRESS.
U. S. A.
President and Legislative Agent
J. H. Kimble, Port Deposit, Md.
August '16, 1918.
Mr. John iv. Jordan,
Ridge Spring, S. C.
Dear Sir:
I have your letter asking about
Congressman James F. Byrnes' attitude
towards legislation urged by the
Farmers' National Congress, the
Farmers' Union, the National Grange,
and other farmers' organizations in
the interest of the farmers.
nrMopmon Rvrnoc vntoH fnr
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parcel post, rural credits, anti-gambling
in cotton, federal aid to roads,
postal savings, immigration restriction,
more liberal appropriations for
agricultural purposes, marketing and
other legislation that has been urged
by the Farmers National Congress,
the Farmers Union and the Grange.
He is one of the best friends the
farmers have in congress. He is
always on the job for the farmers.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) JOHN H. KIMBLE.
?Published as an advertisement
by James F. Byrnes, candidate for
reelection to congress.
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$1.70; 2-ply $2.00; 3-ply |
$2.20. Extra heavy rock
clad roofing $3.97 and !
$4.77. Fire proof.
The above prices are f. o. b.
your nearest station.
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