The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-09-05
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER S, 1905.
Our Mayor.


woke I'D one morning after writing
some letters and found himself ia
nous. We said in our editorial that
we were willing to admit Tor the sake
of the argument that he was great
and good man and that our questions
were asked in the dust OF humility
and we implored the right to come
unto his presence. We did this re-
membering that OH a former OCCASION
he denied us the right to be heard
in his council right which we
thought belonged to every citizen.
But we beg pardon for calling him
"dis,inguished" Maybe ne IS not.
1t is very kind OF him to give US
"belated item OF news" We are de-
1iehted that he thinks we were
"courteous." We intended 70 De.
But our feelings" are not hurt nor
did we have an 'injured tone" and his
haste to exonerate US by saying we
were not there is purely voluntary
and we assure him that we did not
NOR will we call on him for a clean
hill of health. We asked some PLAIN
questions which he fails utterly to
answer and shows an ignorance o.,
the law, which surprises US.
He is more innocent and pure than
we ever dreamed. He has never
been in bucket shop" and does not
know the nature Of the business.
And vet as the chief executive OF
this citv he sat in council on the 41h
day of January of this year, put ms
name as mayor TO an ordinance which
reads in part. "exchange, bucket shop
(fi1n1. individual or corporatlon) car
rving on the business Of dealing IN
options or futures in cotton, gram
provisions or supplies, on margins OF
otherwise. $50" And he didn't know
what he was doing. And he asked
the civ attorney ii it could be reVok-
ed! And the matter IS under con-
sideratior! And the bucket shop is
doing business at the same stand
under license from our good
great mayor! And he wants %
point out the law. ii he will read the
civil code at page s. "a he will see that
"oambline contracts and contracts or
sale for future delivery" are treateo
under the same chapter. II he wllltaKe
the trouble to read some Of the de-
cisions Of our supreme court he Will
find that bucket shops such as call
ed for in his license ordinance are
dealt with as gambling" And yet
he saws ssche law makes it a crime to
D1av cards for money" and treats
the bucket show as legitimate busl-
ness Such innocence is refreshing.
Mavbe he means his town law.
That can't be, for he says You must
90 to the legislature for a remedy
And vet he says it Will never be IL
censed again. If it is legitimate
business how are you going to With
hold the license. In one breath he
holds it legitimate as an excuse tor
the license and in the next says ne
will not do it again. We Will leave
him to explain the consistency OF
that position and to say il he does
not convict himself Of permitting,
whether winking at or rot, one spec
les of gambling, while he is trying
to break up another. The Herald
and News is against both, and we do
not claim even to approach in great
ness and goodness our distinguished
mavor. His answer to our question
is tame and self-convicting.
AS to betting on baseball he does
not know anything about 1t and
wants US to furnish the evidence to his
chief OF police. If he and all OF his
officers will testify that they never
saw any betting on baseball and have
no knowledge of it, then we will be
willing to say there was none. 1t got
so omen that one OF the preachers