The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 25, 1919, 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.
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Volume 2S. No. 39.
Thursday, Sept. 25,1919.
"JUSTIFIABLE" HOMICIDE.
The other day in the upper part
of the State a coroner's jury, according
to the press dispatches, rendered I
a verdict "completely exonerating" a
man who shot and killed another man
in his barn. Some coroners and coroner's
juries have a queer and exaggerated
idea of their duties in con
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nection with inquisitions. If we understand
the law in the matter, a
coroner's jury is to determine by
what means and at whose hands the
deceased came to his or her death.
That and nothing more. As to whether
or not the killing was justified
is a matter for the general sessions
court jury to determine after hearing
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the evidence in the case. In this particular
case, no doubt the man who
did the killing was technically and
legally not guilty of murder, and
yet it is because human life is held
so cheap that the State of South Carolina
has a reputation for homicides
scarcely equaled by any other section
of the world. The press dispatches
v in the case here referred to state that
the dead man came to the farmer's
house and asked for water and got
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it, and then went toward the barn,
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Later tne iarmer s<tw <x ngm iu ^uv
barn and went to investigate, taking
his gun along, which was all right.
Calling on the man to get out and the
man not complying, he shot aud killed
the intruder. Inasmuch as the
stranger was an intruder and a trespasser,
doubtless no jury in South
Carolina would do otherwise than
acquit the farmer. And yet, is he .
blameless?' Was it necessary to shoot
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\ to kill; was it necessary to shoot at
allTTs it not true that men shoot to
kill in such circumstances because
they are following a precedent and
knowing that they wilhbe acquitted?
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Most people will dismiss the matter
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by remarking that the dead man was
nothing'but a tramp. Yet it was a
human life, just as much as. if he
were a millionaire. Anyway, it is
certainly not for the coroner's jury
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to determine the guilt or innocence
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the man behind the gun.
Five men were convicted of murder
and sentenced to be electrocuted in
the Greenville court in the recent ses*
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Blon, including OUt: Willie uiaii ui |
some prominence. This is a record'
that we do not believe has ever been
equaled in South Carolina, that in five
separate trials . convictions should
result carrying the death sentence.
Having no knowledge of any of the
_ Greenville cases, we would not attempt
to offer comment on these convictions,
other than to remark that
* * if juries all over South Carolina looked
upon murder as did the Greenville
, juries we would confidently expect
a decided decrease in the number of
homicides in our State.
The Herald is frequently asked by
advertisers and others to give space
to publicity matter in connection with
some article they sell or some firm
they represent. The Herald has al/
. ways declined to give space to publicity
matter in connection with adnr
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son is that publicity matter is nothing
but veiled advertising, written
in a shrewd manner to get advertising
without paying for it, and if we
should publish such matter it would
be really better advertisingUhan display
space, because it purports to be
written by the editor and to have the
editor's sanction and approval. All
advertisements in The Herald are bona
fide and paid for. While we would
not knowingly accept any fake advertising,
we cannot personally know the
merits of all advertised articles. We
recently received an order for some
$13 worth of advertising, and along
with it a request to run an article
about the manufacturer, with a picture,
the value of the space requested
being about $5. Of course we declined,
for the same reason that a
merchant, after selling a customer a
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ticular commodity, which does not in
any way imply that it is not all that
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OFFERS THE TOWN TEAMS.
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A citizen of Bamberg, who is a
prominent farmer and business man. i
has asked The Herald to say some-'
thing about the city's streets. We
do not attach any blame to the city j
council for the condition of the city's i
streets. The city council certainly ?
appears to be trying to do something j
for the town, and we would not hin- j
der with criticism. But this gentleman
made a remark which is worth i
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passing along. It was this. He j
stands ready to contribute five teams !
for at least three days, or an equiv- ;
lent of fifteen teams for one day, to
be used in improving the streets of :
Bamberg, of course contingent on
others doing the same thing. This
citizen,, like the majority of others
in town, is rejoicing to see the wrork
nf l'mnwomertt ^nino' fin on Main i
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street, and he fully realizes that in 1
order to pave the main thoroughfare (
the city treasury is being heavily
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drained. At the same time, he says j
that an automobile can scarcely trav- j
el six miles an hour on any of the |
streets of the town. That it would
be quite impossible for the town at
this time to undertake to improve all
the city streets he understands fully,
but he feels like The Herald that the
farmers and others owning teams
hereabouts would gladly co-operate
yrith the council by providing teams
for hauling clay. Inasmuch as this
would be the biggest item in street
improvement, it would appear that
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it would almost solve the problem.1
It might be further stated that this!
same gentleman is paying something
like $500 for Main street paving in j
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front of his property.
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All the Same to Him.
It was the husband's afternoon off.
and he thought he would take the
children for a little outing.
"My dear," he said tp his wife,
"suppose we take the children to the
Zoo.todav."
"Wh, dear, you promised to take
them to mother's."
"All right, if it's all the same to
the children."
NOTICE!
There will be a meeting in Copeland's
Hall in the town of Ehrhardt,
S. C., on Friday evening, Sept. 26th,
at 5 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of
organizing the Ehrhardt Building and
Loan Association. Everybody who
wants to build a house come, as well
as those who are disposed to help."
Hofi. J. Wesley Crum, Jr., will be
present to assist us.
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