The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-04-30
SensibIe Talk from Uncle Bill.

NV dear Nephews and Neices After
reading of this here artickle l am afraid
some of winner will nominate me the
curiosest feller you ever seed; but some
transpirations do make my blood bile |
only expect to get relief now since the
ice house has opened up and has on
full head of steam. I hereby order car
load of ice.
love iustus, sincerely, sobriety and
pureness of heart Whenevera man, like
the one killed over yonder at Fairfax not
long since ago, by righteously jealous
husband of negro woman, talks about
the soshan inequality Of the races, | want
a tub and dose of bismus at once if not
earlier. o sincerely, you're daisy. Now
I ask you on my knees that you will not
place me with the Roosevelt gang. | have
none but kind feelings for the negro in
his place I am willing to allow him the
right to acquire property, to retain an
edifcation (but let him remember, a little
larnin is dangerous thing; drink deep
or touch not the White Stone Lithia
Spring. also political and sohsan rights
in Liberia. We may not like to admit it
(but facts are awful stubborn things) that
in these frequent collides of the two races
the colored darkey niger is not always
the aggresser, but it is not to be counter
manded or sneezed at. White man, in the
name of decency, stay on your side of the
line!!
That great circurious man, Barnum,
used to say that the American people
liked to be humbugged, and the more l
volye that Dick tum through the ante
chambers of my Uranium, that much the
more am convicted that he was about
three thirds wright. The dispensary for
instance. Some people near bout twist
their dish rags off telling about the Benny
fit the towns, counties, and schools derive
from this blood money. repeat it,
blood money! How many murders are
directly tracable to whiskey drinking
and the dispensary and what an ex-
pense are the trials of the murderers
to the county! Lest you forget, | re-
mind you that the blood of j. B. King,
Willie Grimes, Heape, of Branchville, and
the colored shoemaker, of recent times,
to say nothing of the long red list of the
past, cries out from the ground against
this insult to the truth. would not have
a return of the barrooms because the dis
pensary maybe sponsible for less evil,
but certainly evil enough. Therefore,
SAYS I, be it resolved that we quit talking
about the spectability, desirability or any
other bility, unless it be abhorability, of
the liquor traffic in any shape or form.
The fearful loss of life in the State in
the past few months has stirred the public
mind. Who are sponsible for these MUIR
ders? You and 1. Every man who signs
a petition to have murderer pardoned
unless he has consumption-and there
should ought to be no mistake-is spon-
sible for the blood of his feller. l obi
gate that cunningly worded petition to
have all the ministers of the Gospel in
the town hanged, if circulated, would re-
ceive many signatures. Don't you believe
it? When I revise Danil Websters Under
bridge dictionary, I'll write the meaning
of petition: ANY piece of paper with a
lot of names on it, meaning nothing"
1 understand that Judge Gary said, sez
he, Il gave Davis ten years instead of a
life sentence, because believe in that case
he would stand less chance of being par
doned." Of course this is sub rosa, which |
means that you will tell only your friends,
who will tell only their friends and in
this way the secret will be kept.
l seen in the papers several times where
Semper Tyranius wuz sick. Who is he,
any how Yours until death,
UNCLE WILLIAM.