The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-09-08
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.
Our Mayor.

breath, but the gaSplng IS SO 1aIfll tnat
it would indicate that the hole which
he made and entered has about closed
after him. Still there are few things
in his latest ukase which might seem
to require passing notice. We must
confess, however, that it is so far from
the point that it is hard to lay hold
Of anything in it to which to reply.
Yes, dear distinguished mayor, it
has been some time since we practiced
law, and we are not laying any great
stress upon our ability as lawyer.
We hold now, simply what we held
in our former editorial, that when the
law is laid down in plain English that
it may be read Of all men, and that
when it says gambling is gambling
it means what it says, and not that
gambling in one place is gambling
and that gambling in another place is
not gambling.
While we are discussing our ability
we may say, too, that we know we are
not one of those self-appointed per-
sons who thank the Lord every day
that they are not as other people.
= We may be a little far-sighted, but
we are not trying to take the mote
out of our brothers eye while the
beam is protruding from our own.
We are delighted to have amused
our distinguished mayor. We have
never been so complimented before.
1t really tickles our vanity. If you
don't mind, dear distinguished mayor,
you will make us as vain as you are,
and that would be great calamity
for, while the town is experiencing
a healthy growth, its capacity ought
not to be taxed too severely.
No, no, dear mayor, the shoe" is
not ''pinching." Pray don't give
yourself any undue worry as to that.
We wouldn't have you worried for
the world Keep the record straight,
or let II keep itself straight, which
it will do if it is allowed to pursue
the even tenor of its way, as all true
records should. We have never
mentioned in The Herald and News
anything about Our tank, and neither
can YOU show where The Herald and
News has been nagging you about
it, though we grant we had ample
provocation I! must be your con-
science that is nagging you about
that. Surely you will not deny that
YOU refused us the right to be heard?
We know you will not, and pass that
without further comment.
But to the point, which is the CEN
ter of the circle whose circumference
you have travelled 1t has been a
long time, too, since we have studied
geometry-or is it geometry where
circles are treated-and we may not
be exactly technical there but the
expression conveys the meaning
which we would convey. You admit
that YOU know-really know-some-
thing about bucket shops. and you
say they are licensed throughout the
state and do business all over the
country; that fortunes are quickly
mad" and quickly swallowed -. B:!;
you say it is only the civil code
which holds this to be gambling! All
OF which is very amusing. We would
like to ask our distinguished mayor
again if the civil code does not treat
the bucket shop and the dealing in
futures as gambling, and contracts
made in such dealing as gambling
contracts, and if he has ever read
the case Of Gist VS. Telegraph Co.,
As S. c., 344; Riordan VS.. Doty, 50
S. C., 542: So S. C., III, and several
others which we could cite and which
we would cite if it were not Tor the
fear on our part that if we dip too
deeply into the law we NIGH too
much amuse our distinguished mayor.
If the civil code says such contracts
are gambling contracts and holds
them nall and void. does it not fol-
low that those who make them are