The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
Thursday, June ID, 1906

criticising and finding fault all the time?
Don't be a knocker. If you feel that you
can't say something good, do keep your
mouth shut.
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The Columbia Record and the Spartan
burg Journal are the only two daily
papers in the State who are finding fault
With the work of the dispensary invest:-
eating committee. Pity the investigation
is not being conducted to suit them, but
then it might not be 50 effective if their
ideas prevailed.
The dispensary revelations have begun
TO stir our people up, and many who once
favored the system now say it must 60.
It is likely that such a strong sentiment
will take definite shape, and that the
square fight as to dispensary or anti-dis-
pensary will be made in this county.
From the way things look now, anti-dis-
pensary men will be in the field for the
legislature. Well, the question ought to
be settled definitely, and it might as well
be done this year.
Friends of the dispensary claim that
the system would. be purified and re-
formed by the passage Of the Raysor-
Manning bill by the legislature. This
has been the cry ever since the law was
enacted. Various legislatures have en-
deavored to improve conditions, the law
has been tinkered with time after time,
and vet conditions have been getting
steadily worse There is only one way
to improve it, and that is to kill it, and
the people will do that this summer.
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\ Cole L. Blease is candidate for COVER.
nor in the coming primary and he now
holds the position of Senator from New
berry county. Will he resign so that his
successor will be elected in the same pri'
mary, or is he going to hold on to the
Senatorial toga with one hand while he
reaches out for the governorship with the
other? Such greediness is likely. to be re-
buked severely by the voters. No man
stands any show these days who does not
resign his present Office before running
for another.
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At one time in the history of this State
when man went to another part Of the
country be alluded with pride to being a
native of South Carolina, and strangers
at once accepted him as gentleman and
an honest man. Now when you meet
strangers when out of the State they at
once think of graft and whiskey when
you tell them where you are from. Is
this sort of thing to continue? Are we
to hang our heads in shame because of
this wholesale bribery and corruption
and yet do nothing to stamp it out? We
will have it just as long as the dispensary
is continued.
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We notice that most of the papers in
the neighboring counties last week pub
lished long card from man giving his
reasons for not running for Office. The
Herald received the same card, but as no
check was enclosed, it went into the
waste basket. The statement was OF no
interest to any one except the man who
wrote it and was merely an advertise.
ment of himself How long before news
paper men will realize that their space is
what brings in an income and act &C
cordingly? There was no more reason
why this card should have been published
gratis than that an advertisement for
dry goods store should be inserted free.
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We are not on the program at the ap-
preaching meeting of the State Press As
sociation, but we warn our brethren that
we are going to bring up the matter OF
free advertising for discussion. True the
Association cannot interfere with mans
conduct of his own business, yet it is to
our mind proper and expedient that the
members express themselves and come to
some sort of understanding as to what is
legitimate news and what is advertising.
There should be some standard. Now one
newspaper charges for certain article,
his neighbor publishes it free. This looks
bad and sometimes causes misunder-
standings. Let US think about this mat
ter and 20 to the meeting prepared to
discuss it intelligently and try to arrive
at some sort of basis. As newspaper
men we owe this much to our patrons, to
say nothing of the standing.of the profess
sion.