The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-09-23
MANY MATTERS DISCUSSED.
Business Mems Bible Class Enjoyed
Pleasant Smoker.

ence to the approaching enactment
of Statewide prohibition, were
among the matters discussed at the
smoker given by the Business Mems
Bible class Thursday evening al
Guilds hall. The smoker was at
tended by some fifty men, members
of the class, and the speakers were
earnest in their plea for a better
ment of the social, moral and sani'
tary condition of Bamberg.
This was the second smoker given
by the class. A delightful salad
course, consisting of chicken salad
sandwiches, pickles, tomatoes with
mayonnaise dressing, followed by ice
cream and cake, was served. When
the cigars were passed around, Dr.
Watson, acting as toastmaster, call
ed on several of those present to
discuss various questions.
The first speaker called on was
Prof. J. C. Guilds, head master OF
Carlisle school. Prof. Guilds pref
aced his remarks by making the an
nouncement that Carlisle would open
with the best prospects in it's his
tory, the school having, at that time,
received 115 applications for ad-
mission. Prof. Guilds then entered
into a short discussion of matters
pertaining to the class, stating that
it was planned for the class to take
on renewed life and vigor during the
fall, after the dull summer season.
Prof. E. P. Allen, Hon. B. D. Car
ter, Prof. w. G. Duncan, and Mr.. A.
w. knight also made short, but pithy,
talks about the class, it's condition,
possibilities and duties.
Discussing the duties and possibili-
ties of the class for the betterment
of the town, Mr.. A. NJ. Brabham,
DR.. J. J. Cleckley, Mr.. w. D. Rhoad,
and Mr., A. B. Utsey had something
to say. During the talks on this
matter, the remarks seemed to unity
on one matter, that Bamberg's moral
condition possesses great possibilities
for improvement, one speaker de-
claring that the town was in this re-
spect worse than he had ever known
it, and growing worse all the time.
Dr.. Watson appealed to the class to
volunteer suggestions for the better
ment of this condition, and drew
forth the reply that the class should
stand as a unit in a movement for
the uplift of the city's moral and re-
ligious improvement. ..
Mr.. w. D. Rhoad, when asked how
to better the towns moral influences,
volunteered the statement that as
"Cleanliness is next to godliness' is
a generally accepted theory, an i'm
provement in the city's sanitation
would tend to lift the condition of
the town to a higherolevel. In this
connection he reviewed sanitary con-
ditions of the city, and made some
suggestions as to how this condition
could be improved.
DR.. Cleckley discussed the rela-
tionship of cleanliness, or sanitation
to the 'promulgation of disease, and
urged the people to take every pre-
caution against unsanitary premises.
DR.. Cleckley said. that the present
system of caring for the patients OF
CONTAGIOUS disease is very unsatls-
factory; that there seems to be no
one who has authority to quarantine
against contagion, to say when the
patient has reached stage where
it is safe for N or her to be out
of danger of Affecting others, and
no place to care for contagiously dis
eased persons. Mr.. Rhoad, who is
member of the board of health, vol
nuteered the assertion that such per-
sons could be locked up in jail, which
is the only manner in which they
could be isolated.
DR.. Watson here interposed some
remarks on the approaching prohl-
bition law, which will be effective
after January first, next, by reason
of the States vote against the pres
ent local option system, last week.
/ He said that the class, which is COM
posed of some $50 men, should stand
as an organization for the enforce
ment of the law. He said that IN
this county the enforcement of the
law would doubtless be more diff
cult than in some of the other conn
lies, by reason of the fact that the
prohibition majority in this and
Barnwell county was not so pro-
nounced as in most of the State; but
that if the organization should in
form the officials that it stands back
of them in every movement fer the
enforcement of the law, it would
b,uo oroat weight That it is not