The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-05-31


Tho toncc law, which passed the
Senate has hung ere in the House. 1t
seems that in engrossing the bill,
two or three sections wero omitted,
and when it reached tho House therc
was not more than half cs the original
bill. A copy of the bill has been
procured from the Senate and ordered
printed for the use OF the House. 1T
provides when fifty taxpayers of any
township shall make application to
the County Commissioners, they shall
after sixty days advertisement in the
County papers, submit the question
of "fence or no fence'' to tho voters
and ifa majority shall vote in favor
of no fence, then the law is to GO
into effect in such township; the citi-
zens of the township to provide against
the invasion of stock from adjoining
townships by erecting fonce on the
line separating tho townships. There
is also similar provisions made for sub
milJing tho question 70 tho ontire
county, &ud il u majority Of ,ho town
ships shall vote "no fence" then it
is TO take effect in the entire county,
but if a majority Of townships vote in
favor Of "fence", then the "no fence"
law is to take effect only in such town
ship as vote for it. There will doubt>
less be important amendments made
to the bill in the House, but think it
is safo 10 say it will pass, and the
question will be submitted directly to
the people. s..
An act repeating the act authorizing
school districts to vote school dis
trict tax, has passed tho House and
has been sont to the Senate. Also
bill to repeal what is known as the
Ku-Klux tax, imposed on certain
counties in tho State, has passed both
houses and received tho approval of
tho Governor. Also bill to abolish
the University scholarship, has passed.
tho House and gone to tho Senate.
This University scholarship is one of
tho grandest impositions over known in
q civilized State. 1t gives the "stu-
donts' $40 per month to 60 to the
University, so called. The whole
machine is q swindle, Of the first
water, and will, trust, never be re-
vived again.
Quite an excitement was created in
the nouao Tuesday Iast, by tho ac~
ZION Of two mem bors orthc C0mniGlcc
on juc0rpOra DoHe Noasve L. W.
G"UmNus, o. Baru~el,, aud !. s. Nur-
nor, Of Oconco. who presented 10 the
uouso one Potter Papin, for Offering
them bribe to make favorable re>
port on bill to incorporate certain
shipping company, or something of
that character, in Beaufort, in which
he was interested. He now has soy
oral charters, by means of which, it is
said, he has become quito nuisance
and post to the good people of that
section. But his charters did not suit
his purposes exactly and he came to
Columbia to have them amended, and.
after making one or two failures, had
his bill introduced again, under new
title, and went to these gentlemen
and offered to pay them to make a
favorable report on the bill. lie, it ia
said, procured all his other charters
by bribery, and evidently forgetting
that the present Legislature is COM
posed of quite different material 10
that of former Legislatures Of South
Carolina, attempted to succeed by his
old programme. Ho was arrested and
brought before The bar Of the House
and offered an opportunity to be heard
in his own defence. Instead Of get
ting himself cut of the difficulty, he
only got himself further in, by say
ing that the assertion Of sc gentlo>
men was SANDER and q lio." At
this jnncture the gavel Of Speaker
Wallace brought the would bo briber
to ordcr, and reminded him of tho po-
sItlon he occupied. The privilege of
explaining himself was withdrawn,
and the House unanimously voted to
send him to Jail for the balance of the