The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-07-30
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him when it came to working for the
interests of the people. He would
not commit himself on the point of
endorsement or opposition.
DR.. S. p. RentZ.
DR.. S. P. Rentz was next introduce
ed and was met with the question
lis that Rentz?" and "Hurrah for
Rentz." He Immediately took up
the question which had been asked
by the voters of Olar as to endorse
ment of the present administration
and said he was opposed to Blease.
Voice from the crowd: "Hurrah for
Blease," which was met with sever
al cries of "Hurrah for Smith, He
then twitted his lawyer opponents
and dubbed them 'briefless barris-
ters' much to the amusement of
his auditors The matter of taxa
tion was then taken up and he advo-
Gated a reform of tax assessments so
that all classes of property would
bear their just share of the tax bur-
den. Longer terms for supervisor
was also recommended as a means
of obtaining better roads, which he
also favors. Speaking of compul-
sorry school attendance, DR.. Rentz
said that the constitutional conyen-
tion of 1895 had forced on the negro
a compulsory school attendance law
by inserting a requirement therein
that no negro should be allowed to
vote who could not read and explain
the constitution. They felt it neces-
sary to obtain education after this
had been done and were losing no
opportunity to gain it. He said that
white supremacy was endangered be-
cause of the fact that negroes were
becoming educated at more rapid
rate than whites and that unless
white children were forced into the
schools that the negroes would be
qualifying to vote in large numbers
and it would be an easy matter for
some demagogue to slip into the State
and entice the negroes to vote some
other ticket than the Democratic tick
ct. Then where would your white
supremacy be?" he asked. He de-
plered the fact that the last legisla-
ture had appropriated 100000 for the
eradication of the cattle tick, thus in
suring the future of cattle, but had
not made provision for school children.
There was another point which DR..
Rentz dealt with that has not been
touched on before, and that is the ne
gro Is dying of the white mans dis
eases at a much more rapid rate
than the white man and this in it
self was an argument against the
cry of the demagogue that they could
not support the compulsory attend
ance law for the reason that it would
force negroes into school. The pro-
cess Of extinction would take care Of
that. Referring to Mr.. Miley's op-
position to the Sanders bill, he charg-
ed that he had made his best fight
against it when the existence of the
resorts, which this bill proposed to
do away with, was the ruination OF
many young men and a menace to
the womanhood of our country. This
criticism of Mr.. Miley's record was
received amid cheers. The Fortner
bill was again touched on and charac-
terized as tom Miller's BILL Tom
Miller, he said, "was negro from
Beaufort county and representa-
tive during radical days whose mouth
was. as big as a pair of waffle irons
and when he opened it he looked as
if he was raising off the top of his
head" DR.. Rentz was we'll received
and was frequently applauded dur
ing his speech.
B. ID. Carter.
B. D. Carter, the next candidate
for the house, was received with