The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-01-26
Thursday, Jan. 26, 1905

legislature cannot QraW Oil. Du' 'neJ
can draw their pay all right.
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The general assembly adjourned last
Thursday, as it was Lees birthday, and q
holiday. Wen bet every member OF both
houses will accept pay for the day, how
ever.
Really, it would be crdel to pass the
bill offered by Mr.. LaFitte to limit the
appointment of bailiffs. Just think OF
the havoc it woul play with the present
political graft of the sheriffs.
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Il seems that some of Greenville eoun--
tvs officials have been indulging in some
afrenzied finance" If that bolt OF the
primary last summer resulted in unearth-
ing the present state of affairs, it was not
such bad thing after all, Ben Tillman to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
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This idea of creating new judicial
circuits and incidentally jobs for four
lawyers, is explained by the fact that in
too many counties it has become custom
ary to send fellows to the legislature who
have nothing to do at home. And OF
course they want a nice, soft job.
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The legislature should without cere'
mony kill the bill introduced by the judi
ciary committee of the house providing
for two additional judicial circuits. We
do not need them. It would only create
places and salaries for four lawyers as
Judges and solicitors, and would be use
less expense to the State. We are having
too many courts in South Carolina now
for the good they do.
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The untidiness of the State house, com.
plained of by The State, is owing to the
absence of women. When they come to
their own, brooms and scrubbers will
make clean the dirty places.-Falrfax
Enterprise.
We hope that when the women do come
TO their own, they wiD clean the high as
well as the low places There is much
work for honest and willing hands to DO.
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Some of the dispensary newspapers are
protesting against the proposed investiga'
ton of the dispensary by committee
from the general assembly. These papers
loudly call for proof and say the inyes'
tigation will be useless and 8 waste OF
money. If the investigating committee
viii make an honest effort to find out how
members of the State board have become
vastly rich on q salary of $4O0 a year, the
investigation will not be farce. There is
no use to go into details, for no doubt
tracks have been covered up. too well to
find out much. But it is fact that mem
bers of the board have suddenly acquired
wealth, and their get-rich-quick schemes
have never been explained. Where did
they get it? !.
D.A. Townsend, of Union, is q candi-
date for reelection as Circuit Judge, and
the election is to be held by the legislature
today CThursday9 Last week this judge
granted bail to q white man, charged with
the murder OF his own son, in the pitiful
sum of 1850. This one act should cause
the defeat of Judge Townsend, for any
man who places so low valuation on
human life is too dangerous to stay on
the bench. We have no ill-will against
Judge Townsend, and possibly would not
know him in a crowd, but we. most ear
nestly protest against the continuance in
Office of a man of his views. The courts
are supposed to redress grievances and
right wrongs, to relieve oppression and
see that justice is done and the guilty
punished, but we greatly fear that they
will fail of their purpose if Judges like
Mr. Townsend are to be selected. The
members of the general assembly owe it
to the people whom they represent, to re-
tire him to private life. ..,s .-.-
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There has only been one bill OF any
Importance, as we see it, passed by the
general assembly, which is an act amend
ing the law of trespass. As the law now
stands, land has to be posted and a notice
: inserted in newspaper in order to keep
off trespassers who 60 on them for the
purpose of hunting and fishing. The new
bill does away with the posting and ad-
:Yertising, and makes it a misdemeanor,
punishable by fine or imprisonment, for
any person to 60 on the lands of another
for the purpose Of hunting or fishing
without first obtaining permission. We
believe the act, if it is finally made a law,
will work hardship on many people.
We regret to see that Mr.. LaFitte favored
the bill, saying in his remarks that "the
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