The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-07

betting of sums of money and fraud
ulently voting, and that said COM
mittee should have sufficient funds
at it's disposal to enable it to pros
ecute and bring justice all male
factors committing acts against the
purity of the primary election laws.
(d) We further declare: That in
the affairs of Bamberg county we
demand an administration of all mat
tsrs pertaining to the pubic business
OF the county in an honest, economl-
cal manner.
That should graft of any kind be
detected or suspicioned against any
officer of this county or person con-
nected with the county affairs by any
party influencing or seeking to in
fuence or corrupt any officer in the
discharge of his duty, it shall be the
duty of the officers Of this county to
call the same to the attention of the
grand jury in order that the same
may be investigated as provided by
law.
D. P. Smith, of Ehrhardt, offered
the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the Hon. E. D.
Smith, United States Senator for
South Carolina, has filled that posi-
ton for the past five years with
dignity, fearlessness, efficiency, and
honor; and being in touch with the
agricultural and other interests of
our State and in perfect harmony
with the present administration is
thus enabled to render signal SER
vice to the State of South Carolina,
be it
Resolved, That the members of
the Bamberg County Democratic
Convention do hereby endorse his
candidacy for reelection and COM
mend him to the voters of the whole
State.
J. F. Carter nominated H. c..
Folk for reelection as county chair
man. position he has filled with
ability and fairness ever since the
county was organized, this being his
tenth consecutive election, and (he
was unanimously elected. Mr.. Folk
thanked the convention in short
speech, declaring that he would
have preferred the selection of some
one else, but stated that he would do
his duty in the future as he had in
the past.
The election of delegates to the
State convention was then gone into.
The following were nominated: j.
A. Virgins, Denmark; H. G. Folk,
Bamberg; j. A. Wyman, Bamberg;
S. G. Mayield, Denmark; DR.. ]. H.
Roberts, Ehrhardt, DR.. S. P. Rentz,
Hunters Chapel; w. T. Cave, Olar;
DR.. J. B. Black, Bamberg. Messrs.
Mayfield and Black withdrew their
names, and the six named were elect
ed without opposition, on motion the
secretary casting the unanimous bal
lot of the convention for them.
DR.. L. A. Hartzog nominated H. c..
Folk as member Of the State execu-
tive committee, and he was unani-
mously elected. ....
The convention then adjourned,
after a most harmonious session.
In discussing the resolutions offer
ed by himself, Hon. S. G. Mayfield
made a strong speech, in which he
spoke of conditions in Bamberg in
regard to social clubs and declared
tha these were only blind tigers. He
stated that he had written the COVER
nor that the dispensary constable
stationed here was not doing his
duty and that the club had been
closed as the result of his letter.
He also stated that he was inform
ed that private parties could buy
whiskey cheaper than the dlspen-
sary, and that a test case had been
made and it was so proven. He bellev-
ed some man in Bamberg county was
getting a rake-off on the whiskey
purchased by the county board, but
that he believed the board were
all honest men. He asked the mem
bers of the convention to stand out
for enforcement of the law; that
while he was a prohibitionist and had
voted against re-establishing the
dispensary in Bamberg county, that
as the system had been voted back
into the county by the people, every
good citizen should not sit by and
see blind tigers and ,demoralizing in
luences exist in the community, even
if they did buy their supplies from
the dispensary. That the convention
was in hearty sympathy with his re-
marks was shown by the hearty ap-
plause given him.
When the nomination of sdele-
gates to the State convention took
place, H. NJ. Kennedy, of Govan,
wanted every man to declare him.
self, as he said he was not going to
vote for any Bleasite. He also
wanted the convention to endorse