The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-25

it was introduced at his suggestion. Be-
yond all doubt, Mr.. Mayfield introduced
the bill and engineered its passage
through the legislature. In addition to
the denial Of Mr.. May1eld that he pre-
pared the bill, he stated on the stump
that he had not even read 1t when he
introduced it. It was fathered by him
in its passage and was known as the
':Mayfsld BILL" yet ON the stump he
made the denials as given.
Mr.. Williams stated on the stump
that as Mr.. Mayfield denied a bill that
he had successfully carried through,
and denied all responsibility in connec-
tion with it that he could only con-
clude under the circumstances, that it
was a railroad measure, prepared by &
railroad attorney and pushed through
by Mr.. Mayfeld as a representative Of
the railroads. especially as it was for
the sole benefit Of the railroads, stop
ping all suits against them.
Among other things Mr.. Williams
said about the matter: If the test suit
case introduced by Mr.. Mayf1eld, a bill
that he had not read, was intended to
accomplish any purpose at all, it was
to stop the citizens Of the state from
: the assertion of their just and legal
road CONF -.
ther, to reptal all fines, penalties and
remedies, so that we are left without
any protection in that respect To show
where the people suffer by the merger
act and consultations Of competing
oft1No nnk q
the rate on sugar and soap from New
York to Aiken and other nearby sta
tions. Previous to 1898 and before the
consultations Of the competing lines.
the rate on sugar was % cents per LOO
pounds. Since then or since 1893, the
rate between the same points Is AZ
cents. Soap under the same facts has
gone up from % to 4S cents. There Is
where the people are suffering, and
that is what the railroads wanted and
with the aid OF Mr.. Mayfeld they got
it,
The Jim Crow Car Act.
Mr. Williams charged Mr.. Mayf1eld at
Beaufort with having voted against the
"Jim Crow Car Bill' on its second read
ing when his vote was most needed,
and when the life or death Of a bill Is
at stake, the vote standing 19 to IL IN
favor Of the bill, and he claimed that
If one more senator had changed as
Mr.. Mayfeld had done, the bill would
have been lost and negroes would be
riding with the white people in railroad
cars.
In answer Mr.. Mayfeld said that he
would reply to that charge at Hampton.
The News and Courier Of Aug. 4, in re-
porting Mr. Mayfields speech, says:
In answer to Mr.. Williams declaration
at Beaufort that he had voted against
the Jim Crow Car Bill" in 1898, Mr..
Mayfeld produced the records showing
that his vote on the matter had been
recorded on the right side. His oppo-
nent must know that such statements
were false and unsupported by the re-
cords The accusations made against
him on other things which he did not
have time to discuss or answer, were
as false and baseless as the accusation
as to his vote on the Jim Crow Car
BILL
IS well 10 ESIueulDST ludt SldSo"
ment and couple it with what follows.
At the Hampton meeting Mr.. Williams
also produced the record, the Senate
journal Of 1898, page 2S2, which shows
that Mr.. Mayfield voted against the bill,
as charged by Mr.. Williams, notwith-
standing that he had denied it, but now
admits it, saying it must be mistake
in the entry.
At Barnwell Mr.. Mayfeld read a pa
per admitting that his name, as charged
by Mr.. Williams, appeared as voting
nay" on the second reading Of the
bill, but that that must be an error in
the entry.
In his manifesto in a recent issue Of
The Chronicle after ample proof had
been produced to settle the matter de-
fnitely, and after the Caughman letter
had been time and again read from the