The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-06
Thursday, Oct. 6, 1904
South Carolina is keeping up its muir
der record, the more shame to Us.

der record, the more shame to us.
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The amount of money in circulation in
the United States is said to be greater
now than at any other time in the history
Of the country, it being $s1.1e each for
every person. Who's got your $s11e!
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It is thought there is strong proba'
bility of the next congress being Demo-
cratic. This will be almost as good as
having q Democrat in the white house,
but We ought to attain both results. The
country has had suficiency OF one.
Theodore Roosevelt, president by grace
Of the assassin's bullet.
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IT is stated that Mr.. T. G. Croft, now
CONGRESSMAN from TIE second district, has
been down in Hampton county to obtain
information in regard to the low lands
with view of obtaining government as
sistance for draining them. Bamberg has
> lot of these low lands. Why should
Congressman Croft neglect Bamberg?
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Col. Willie Jones, State chairman OF the
Democratic party, has issued an appeal to
the voters to turn out and. vote at the
coming general election. Over 100000
votes were polled in the first primary,
and it will be interesting to note the total
number in the general election. Each
. voter pledged himself to support the NOM
inees of the party, and they should do so.
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orangeburg now has daily paper,
the orangeburg Evening News being
launched last Wednesday by R. Lewis
Berry & Co., publishers and proprietors.
It is fve-column four-page sheet, and is
neatly and attractively gotten up. We
wish our contemporary pleasant and
successful voyage on the troubled sea Of
Journalism and wish we could predict
success for it. But there is lots of work
and no money in small dailies.
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The Aiken Journal and Review has
changed hands. Mr.. W. L. Washburne,
who has been in charge of the paper since
the death of his partner, L. c. Ligon, a
few years ago, has retired, and Messrs.
James F. Byrnes and A. Z. Lorenz are
the new editors and proprietors. These
gentlemen are young, energetic men, and
will no doubt keep the paper up to the
high standard of MI. Washburne. Mr..
Byrnes is a young attorney of Aiken, and
is now court stenographer of this circuit.
He has many friends in Bamberg, who
wish him success. Mr.. Lorenz is an ex-
perienced printer and newspaper man,
having been with the paper several years.
We regret Brother Washburne's retire
ment, but extend the glad hand to the
new editors.
The lynching of white man in Lam
caster county last Saturday night was
only the inevitable result of the spirit of
lawlessness in South Carolina, and the
cause is the failure of the courts to con-
Yict. It is true Morrison was desperate
character, a red-handed murderer, and q
menace to the community. We cannot feel
but that the mob did safe if not a wise act
in lynching him. BE had been acquitted
for murder, had killed four men, and is
said to have boasted that he would not be
touched in trial. But where will this
spirit lead to? Really it begins to look
as if the only court to administer justice
is that of the mob, and what fearful thing
this is to contemplate! The remedy is in
the courts and juries, for just so long as
murderers are turned loose will there be
lynchings.
Some interesting decisions of the State
Supreme Court were published in Tues.
days News and Courier, all going to show
that when the conditions of pardon are
violated, the prisoner can be again in
carcerated. They were published in view
of the discussion over the case of Ben
Bennett, from Hampton county, who vio-
lated the conditions of pardon granted
by Governor NJ. B. McSweeney. There
have been several cases exactly like his in
this State years ago, and in every case the
Supreme Court held that the parties could
be held by the law. In the light of these
decisions it seems clear that Bennett can
be returned to the penitentiary to serve
ont his life sentence in case he is acquitted
for the murder of his wife. 1t is not SET
tied yet as to what will be done, as the
case for numbering bis wife is to be tried
first.
Mrs. Flannery-Mrs. Dooley's been
rale sick. Dye think she will raycover?
Mrs Finnegan-She thinks so. She sez
she has youth on her soide Mrs. Elan.
nery-Faith, it must be on the insoide,
xbon fnr II don't show w-Phi1a eIphio