The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-16
Thursday, August i6, 1906

Has Tillman been stricken dumb? He
has never before failed to reply, but be
has made no answer to The State IN ref
erence to the Hubbell rebates matter.
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The Anderson Intelligencer came to US
last week in a bran new dress, which
makes it one of the neatest papers in the
State. The Intelligencer has long been
one of the best news sheets IN South
Carolina, as we'll as being ably edited,
and we rejoice at it's continued prosperity.
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Charleston is making arrangements for
"Greater Gala Week" and the dates are
November 5th to 10th. Over five thous-
and dollars will be spent in amusing and
entertaining visitors. You can bet that
this is going to be big affair, and OF
course all we country cousins" will 60.
Charleston's business men are catching
the advertising spirit, and the good re-
suits of their work are already seen.
May she continue to grow and prosper
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From the report of the Olar campaign
meeting, we are constrained to believe
that there is pretty strong anti-dispen-
sary sentiment in Bamberg county, at
least in that portion of it. Rob the dis
pensary of the profit feature-that is,
take the profits away from the towns
and counties and put all the income into
the school fund as formerly, and our
people would vote it out as soon as an
election could be held. We regret to
say so, but the profit feature is what
holds the dispensary in Bamberg, as
we'll as many other counties.
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sSenator Tillman says if he had time
he'd put the Columbia State people in the
insane asylum. We believe if The State
people had the power they'd put the
Senator in the penitentiary. ."-Bamberg
Herald. No We wouldn't We'd sentence
him to count thirty-seven thousand
times every one of those dollars of the
peoples money he gave Hubbell, and
during the long period of such occupa-
ton to announce each day the total
amount of those rebates-Columbia State.
Judging from his present silence on
this rebate matter, your sentence would
be infinitely more CALLING to him than a
long term in the penitentiary.
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Mr. J. E. Peurifoy, who has been editor
and owner of the Walterboro Press and
Standard for several years, has sold the
paper to Mr.. W. W. Smoak, Jr., and will
retire from journalism, which We regret.
Mr.. Peurifoy gives up his newspaper in
order to devote his entire time to his pro-
fession of law, he possessing large and
growing practice. Mr.. Smoak is grad
uate of the Citadel, and has been princi.
pal of the Wa!terboro graded school, but
for the last few years has been cashier of
the Farmers and Merchants Bank Of
Walterboro. He is brave and bright
Young man and will be an addition to
South Carolina Journalism. While we
sincerely regret the retirement of our
friend Peurifoy, we rejoice that his place
is to be filled SO we'll.
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The editor of The Herald has been
so situated that he could not attend any
of the county campaign meetings held
SO far, but from the report our CORE
spondent gives US of the speeches of the
legislative candidates at Olar last Fri
day, we are sadly disappointed. We
are sorry to know that most of them
stand for compulsory whiskey and against
compulsory education. What a deplor-
able state of affairs. They talk of the
rights and liberties of the people when
arguing against compulsory education,
and in the next breath declare their
opposition to the people of a county
saying whether they want dispensary
or prohibition. Isn't it good Democratic
doctrine that the people of county
should be allowed to say what they
want? We would not do any one ofthem
an injustice, but the above is what we
gathered from their reported speeches.
They want equalization of taxes, but
suggest no remedy. But why don't they
talk about county affairs. We want
to hear their views on a county poor
house, lower taxes, economy, etc, and
we would like to hear some plan pre-
sented for carrying cut their views. 1t
is easy enough to talk about education
and pensions to Confederate soldiers.
These are settled policies Of our govern
ment, over which there is no difference
of opinion. Get down to something
practical, gentlemen, and quit dealing in
"glittering generalities."
What do opponents ofcompulsory edu-