The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-11-09
NO MORE CARNIVALs.

NO MORE CARNIvAL.
A Citizen Writes in Disapproval Of Carnivals Ia
Bambers-The Financial and Moral Side.
Editor The Bamberg Herald: If you
will allow citizen deeply interested in
the town, and one who would do any
thing reasonable to push forward her
virtues and relegate to the rear that
which is otherwise, will donate" this
bit Of "opinion" which is my own private
conviction, in regard to allowing "carni
val companies" to come within her
borders.
Now, before We start to argue, we viii
say that we hold no one responsible for
the "week of persecution" just past. Those
in authority asked most tremendous IL
cense in order to keep it away, but 1t
took the town by surprise and consented
to pay the license, which they did. They
had to pay the town $40 per day, and the
county 800. This large license did not
keep them out.
Now, we hear the argument on the
street: "Well, let them come. They
bring into the town treasury $50, and TO
the county 500, which would never have
gone in this direction" Is this reasoning
logical? It is true that they paid high
license, but did that license compensate
the merchants of Bamberg for the $4,000
or S., 900 the carnival company took out
Of the town and county? Does that small
amount paid into town and county treas
ury justify the taking out" of this COM
mnnity the amount above given? Do you
hear the merchant argue in its favor?
No. Why not? Because it takes money
from his till. he has been busy, trying
to collect from the class with whom he
must necessarily be lenient, for he can
almost see bleak poverty written in {
every feature of his debtor, and yet he
sees those dimes that should come into
his Golfers going into hands of those who
in no sense deserve it-merely because q
brass band with apologies) composed OF
negroes who don't know music, are MAX (
ing big fuss, and has turned him crazy
for the moment. He is crazed tempo
rarily, and the few paltry nickels he did !.
have fly to the four-winds of heaven, and
with absolutely nothing to show for IT,
nothing!
Again, does the paltry sum of $3.50
compensate for disorganization and dis
sipation of labor for the past week? Isay
this class of amusement appeale princt-s
pally to that class of people who can i'll
afford to attend-the laboring classes
whose every effort seems bent on putting
clothes on their backs and food in their
mouths. Yet, with a full consciousness
of their condition, they disregard obliga-
tior and flock to these SHOWS" at the;
painful expense of employer and with
uncertain results to themselves. And
what do they get in return? A laden.
platter? A warm covering for the vim
ter, rapidly approaching? Nothing; alb;
solutely nothing! Afterwards the COLI
lection time comes from the grocer, the
baker, the clothing man, and they get
the "hard luck story"-hard times, small
pay! Is it q wonder when some people
ask for bread they are given stone, or q
fish and receive serpent?
Now, this is from 8 financial stand.
point entirely. There is another Of
greater importance-the moral. Let me
ask the intelligent thinker who saw any
show: "What did you see that was
worth while?" "What did you experiences
that was upliftings" And now, I will
ask in juxtaposition: "What did you see
that was immoral?" You cannot vouch
for the production of man whose char
acter you cannot vouch for. Could any
man whose breath was like wind coming.
thro' bung hole in q whiskey barrel
be expected to produce virtue or moralh
ty? Whose every word blasphemy,
produce anything but repulsion to an I'M
telligent man? And yet there is the
audience" (again apologies) composed Of
a motley crowd laughing and applauding
at expressions made and songs sung that
could only bring blush to the cheek OF
any mani say man-who has any self
respect. And the expression made by 9
woman, and the song sung by woman.
You paid 1Oc to hear it; you would give
$40 to have never gone in. Boys and
girls of Bamberg paid 10c to 60 in and
hear expressions such as should they be
made in decent society, the parties giving
vent to such would meet with undesirable
consequences. slJ
In a word, the carnival of the past
week has not done Bamberg any good.
On the other hand, it has done great
deal Of harm. Let US gather the threads
of an argument and see. What did Bam-
berg get? One hundred and fifty dollars.
What did Bamberg lose? $200ONtwo
thousand dollars in money-one weeks
labor by dissipation of labor forces.
what is the balance? Let's charge
it to "proft and loss" but it will neces-
sarily 90 in the "loss' column.
Friends of Bamberg. let's pull together
and make our town what it should be and
what it must be. Let's quarantine our
selves against such outlets of money
which should 60 into Bamberg's interests.
If necessary put the license still higher,
but how much better to say openly and
aboveboard hereafter: "You can't come
to Bamberg at any price!' That would
be business, and by such. business meth.
ods you would enhance the chances Of
success for the town in which you live.
Let's say it! W. G. e.
Bamberg, s. c., November 8, 1905.
TUESDAYS Elections.
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