The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 06, 1922, Page 2, Image 2
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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.
H $2.00 PER YEAR.
Volume 31. No. 15.
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Beginning today we have with us
"Hambone." The meditations of Hambone
are choice morsels of humorous
philosophy which are read by millions
the country over. Don't miss reading
Hambone's meditations.
!' ' Too unimportant to be dignified
by classing as ridiculous, it is only
amusing when a little two-by-four
says Henry Ford would go bankrupt
if the government were to sell him
the Muscle Shoals plant. Henry
Ford knows more about money and
inrtiiatrv in five minutes than some
**?? ? - of
the so-called experts do in a year.
f Added to Ford's own opinion is that
of Thomas A. Edison, who says
Ford's plans can be carried out successfully.
Yet a man, whose name
we never saw in print before, says
it can't be done. It is rather a pe?
.. culiarxcircumstance, too, tlSt the fertilizer
people are against the Ford
proposition. If the Ford plan canf
' not be put o^ver, the fertilizer people
would be the very ones to want to
. see it tried. We confess our utter
ignorance of such matters, but if
Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison
say it can be done, we believe it can.
I Unity of effort has received a great
impetus during the past few years.
The same united front that has been
presented by various business industries
is now being put into effect in
other lines, particularly marketing
of farm products, and the results already
attained have proven beyond
question the vast importance and
benefits of such a unity of purpose.
Religion is the biggest business in
the world, and has probably been
marked by the greatest lack of business
methods; but united efforts are
now being injected into religious activities;
In Augusta last Sunday, by
pre-arrangement, all of the Protestant
churches began revival services,
j, with the exception of one church
?via *?/\+ moL-o tho nAoftssarv
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arrangements and which will hold
its revival a few weeks hence. These
meetings are outgrowth of the GypI
sy Smith meetings last year. The
. good that is accomplished through
cooperation in meetings such as are
-conducted by Gypsy Smith, Billy Sunday
and other great evangelists cannot
be measured. The devil is the
common enemy of all Christian peopie,
and if he is to be put under subjection
it will require a united effort
to do it. This does not mean that
all churches should be enrolled under
one banner, for we have no papy
. tience with so-called church union.
* Each denomination has its own peculiar
functions to perform in the
great scheme, but a spirit of cooperannonaaa
of mimose is the I
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spirit \that should prevail.
One hundred years ago the town
of Hamburg, South Carolina, was a
thriving place. The city of Augusta
was then a small and unimportant
"town. Hamburg was the mecca for
the business of a large portion of this
st^te. Hamburg strikingly illustrates
the fate that can befall a
* town or city. One passes through
r v Hamburg now on the Southern railway
to Augusta, but unless it were
called to one's attention it would
probably not be known when the
town is passed. There are now only
a few shacks standing, and only
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once hustling city. When the old
Charleston and Augusta railroad decided
to span the Savannah river
with a bridge and .enter Augusta, the
doom of Hamburg was spelled. The
fate of Hamburg is recalled by the
following paragraph from the files of
the Charleston Courier of April 3,
1822:
"The town of Hamburgh contains
upwards of one hundred buildings,
and a steam boat, purchased by Mr.
Schultz, has already-gone on a third
trip with a full freight from Charleston.
Can it be doubted for a moment
that the enterprise of Mr. S. deserves
the encouragement of South Carolina?
There are certain obstacles to
be removed in the inland navigation
between this place and Savannah.
Wappoo Cut requires to be deepened
and widened and Bull's Cut also.
This could be accomplished in the
ensuing summer with less than $20,000
and Mr. S. would contract to
have it done. Will not the wealthy
and enterprising citizens of Charleston
devise a scheme which shall
erpress their good opinion of this undertaking
and their readiness to as-,
sist in its accomplishment?"
The Herald has heretofore referred
to the fact that, in its opinion, the
state government of South Carolina
is running away with expenses. It
is a matter to be deplored that there
is such a general apathy on the part
of the people. The people howl about
thigh taxes, and few of them offer any
remedy. Results have-not, in our
opinion, multiplied in the same ratio;
as the expenditures have. This, we
have pointed out, is because the
"commission" form of government I
has taken hold in Columbia. Within
the past few years commission after
commission has been added, j
Where duties used to be performed
by one man, they are now performed
by a half dozen, lessening the individual
responsibility, and at the
same time increasing the expenses.
There is no end to this commission
business. When one is established,
it seems to call for two others. Each
board must employ a host of assistants,
traveling representatives, imported
"experts," numbers of secretaries
and bookkeepers. Thus salaries
are multiplied, much red tape
is resorted to, and the state is de
ludged witn nuge expendiiures. rne
legislature, we are informed, is overrun
occasionally bv lobbyists from
the boards and commissions, each interested
far more in the preservation (
of his job than in the welfare of
South Carolina. We have advocated
in the past, and still advocate, the
doing away of practically all boards
and commissions, and taking a new
start with a simple and efficient state
gavernment manned by individuals'
who can be held individually and J
severally responsible for the conduct i
of their own duties. As it is now, responsibility
can scarcely be placed;
the head of the board can lay the i
blame to bis assistant, the assistant J
to the secretary, the secretary to the
bookkeeper, and there you are. It
gets nowhere. And it costs money.
When the people cry out against the
downward trend of income and the
upward trend of taxes, the taxes are
just shifted from the howlers to some
3 frOAO T?1 trH t
oiners -aim me &i/cuuiug n^uvj
on. It is time to readjust things to a
sensible basis.
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The attendance committee of the
Baptist Berean class for last Sunday
reports an attendance on the class of
50 members and 36 visitors, a total
of 86 present. This was a most satisfactory
showing, and the class is
now striving for an attendance of
100 next Sunday, which the new committee
hopes to achieve. All men not
attending any other class or Sundayschool
are cordially invited to be
present. all cliuckjuvc piugiauimc
has been arranged.
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SKETCH OF WILLIAM
GILMORE SIMMS.
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had no place in poetry literature. This
| visit to his father was the milestone
in his life. He at length returned to
Charleston as the lure of the pen was
too strong to be resisted. He knew
! that the wilds of the frontier life
| was no place for an author. His re
j turn was a great shock to his father
I as he thought when his son had once
I tasted the joys of a frontier life he
would not want to go back to hidebound
Charleston.
Simms practiced law for one year
after his return and made $600. So,
encouraged by this wealth, he marj
ried, his wife only living a short
time, leaving him the care of an infant
daughter. AbQut this time the
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aear oia granumumei yas&cu <xwa^.
On top of this came the news that
his father had died. This was the beginning
of his adversities which fate
seemed to hand out to him at every
turn of his path through life. After I
these losses he decided to devote
himself entirely to literature, a
daring determination in that day.
About this time he was offered the
editorship of a new magazine in Charleston,
which lasted only four years.
Simms then bought a Charleston
newspaper, "The City Gazette."
About this time the nullification
troubles were brewing. Simms took
the union side and threw alThis influence
through 'his paper ihto the
struggle. Simms had to give up his
paper and exile himself in the north.
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most popular American authors. He
made many fast friends and became
a great favorite in the literary world.
His keen sense of humor,j his wealth
of anecdote and deep kindness of
heart made him always acceptable in
any company. He was spoken of as
the Walter Scott of the south.
In 1834 "Guy Rivers," one of his
works, appeared, a tale of Kentucky.
Encouraged by its success "Yemassee"
was published the following
year. This is considered Simms's
masterpiece. The entire story is laid
out of doors?a story of the Indian.
After this many books followed. His
| books were read over the entire
I country and were translated into for
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eign languages, in me iun uue 01
his success he returned to Charleston.
As the nullification troubles
were forgotten he was giveri a welcome.
He soon married Miss Chevillette
Roach and with her came into
possession of an old family estate,
"Woodlands," where he was to spend
i the happiest days of his life. On
I account of this ease in finances he
| was able to gratify his love for en|
tertaining and Woodlands was gay
with guests the year round, who came
from all parts of the country.
Simms's works were read so much
abroad that many foreign celebrities
visiting the United States came with
a visit to Woodlands. William Cullen
a visit to Woodlands, William Cullen
Bryant would come from the north
in his carriage and spend weeks with
Simms on his plantation. We can
imagine what a joy it was to Simms
after so many years of hardships to
come at last into his own. He had his
town house in Charleston and there
with Timrod and Hayne he formed
a literary coterie which was the
! fountain head around which all the
i young aspirants gathered for inspiration.
In his success he did not
forget his own Ipan years and great
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was the aid that he gave to struggling
southern authors. Woodlands,
his country home, he loved. It was
a beautiful spot and Simms loved
the life of a country gentleman. He
was fond of horses and had many
thoroughbred ones on his plantation.
He also had his gardens and became
quite an aesthetic landscape gardener.
War clouds now began to gather
and with them hard times and bitter
griefs came to Simms to accompany
him to his grave. Simms lost his
two small sons both with yellow fever
on the same day. Putting aside this
dreadful 'blow, Simms threw himself
into politics, writing hundreds of political
letters and lecturing all over
the state of South Carolina. He also
went north on a lecture tour. Not
following the advice of bis friends
his opening night he gave his views
on slavery and state rights. The
north was in no mood for such views
and all ins engagements were cancelled.
He said to a friend in NewYork,
"If it comes to blows between
the north and the south, the south
will crush you as I would an egg."
Little did he foresee the outcome of
the horrible struggle.
Simms w-as too old to fight, but he
sent his oldest son, Gilmore. In the
third year of the war he was shocked
by the death of his wife. For days
his reason was despaired of but there
was so much strength in the man
that he pulled through and began
his march again. In 1865 he moved
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to Columbia, where he took the editorship
of a daily newspaper.
Sherman now began his march to
the sea. Simms, having a vast library,
moved a few of his books to
Columbia; his library was burned at
Woodlands after a union lieutenant;
had watched the place for three days, j
The day after he left a squad came ;
along and burned the house to the |
ground. Simms saw the burning of j
Columbia and published a graphic!
r?f it in Jiic no nnr en crronViin
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that he was ordered to appear before '
the military command out of town '
for trial.
From Columbia Simms was able to 1
help many a Confederate soldier to
his home after the surrender at Appomatox.
After the war, his home
burned, his 'wife dead, his library
gone, and his health greatly impaired
and no market for his writings,
he lived only a few years. At his j
own request he was buried in Magnolia
cemetery, Charleston, the city'
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consenting that he should lie under
a very beautiful tree which he had
particularly loved.
There has been a revival of interest
in his works and it is to be hoped
that some of his books will not be
long in coming from the press. At
the present time there are none of
Simms's books in print. He has given
to the south a legendary history. He
has portrayed the Indian in his wars,
love, hate and superstition. He has
preserved the tales of the revolu- ,
tion and has imparted the love of
the partisan to every boy and girl
who has read them. One cannot read
him without a deeper realization of
our woods, our trees, swamps, the
coast country and the mountain
country. And one cannot read him
without a deeper thrill of pride in
the history of our state and draw
the conclusion that none of the original
states has a broader or more just
foundation for such a pride than
South Carolina.
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