The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-01-25

subjects OF CEREAL interest will be gladly
welcomed Those of personal nature
will not be published unless paid for.
Thursday, January 25, 1900.
The house has done wise thing
in adopting the biennial sessions
idea. For this much let the legis-
lature receive the commendation of
the tax payers.
The Evening Post has undertaken
to reform municipal politics in the
city of Charleston. and has COM
menced on the police force. We
hope it will succeed, nut that news
paper has a large contract on its
hands.
~
We are glad that the wide tire bill
has at last passed the Senate, and we
hope to see it adopted by the House.
Senator Mayfeld spoke in favor of
the bill while it was under discus
sion. The use of wide tires will
materially help the roads in this
section and we cordially commend
the speech and vote of our Senator
on this question.
k.
The idea of good roads is grow
ing one, and it gets much stronger
each year. Newspapers, officials, and
lawmakers seem to have realized
the necessity of better highways,
and we believe in few years from
now the public roads of South Car
sol:na will compare favorably with
any State in the Union. Let the
good work go on.
at its last meeting the Board of
County Commissioners paid out
$101 for the services of "road over
seers." The actual return to the
county in competent services for
this outlay would be represented by
the fractional part of dollar. To
keep step with other States in the
march for good roads, We must re-
form our whole system of road
building and road making, and above
all do away with the ''overseer,"
whose pay is out Of all proportion
to the service he renders.
Judge Buchanan has received
some rather harsh criticism from
the newspapers of the State on &C.
count of his having lectured the
Jury in the Meares case for not
agreeing upon verdict. The judge
was exactly right, and any man who
has had any experience in the jury
room will be of the same opinion.
OF course the fault is with me sys.
tenn to some extent after all. MAORI
~ yerdicts should be lawful, and
We hope the legislature will enact
such law. AS it is now one pref
udical and stubborn man can put
the State to the expense of a new
trial, and maybe in the end de-
feat justice.
Our friends in the lower part of
the county have had very poor mail
facilities for some time past, and
The BAMBERG HERALD has been
endeavoring to help them. To this
end we have lately been in CORES
pondence with Congressman Tai
bert, who is willing and anxious to
use his best efforts to have new
mail route established. If the peo-
pie of that section will circulate a
petition asking for an additional
mail route, Mr.. Talbert assures us
that he will use bis influence and
work hard to get it for them. We
hope they will do this without delay
for the present inconvenience and
delay should not be tolerated
longer. We shall be glad to confer
! with those interested, and promise
them our cooperation and assist
anee in. every possible way.
k
Major Havelock Eayes is young
man, and he has all of the enthusi-
asm and push of youth, In another
column will be found, an interview
with him by a representative of this
paper on the subject of cotton
seed oil mill for Bamberg. This is
matter which has been given care
full study by Major Eaves, asd he
speaks, therefore, more or less by
the card. We see no reason to doubt
his facts and figures nor to question
his conclusions. There are many
cotton seed oil mills in South Caro-,
lima and they all pay and are an ill.,
ducement for the farmers to market
their staple product where one is
situated. 1t follows as consequence
that one would pay in Bamberg, and
would greatly benefit the town.
We've got the money here, seeking
rrnfita a n 10 investment NOT much is