The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-12-26
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E. B. MURRAY Editor.
THURSDAY MORNINa. DEC'R 2e, Is7e.
FROM COLUMBIA.
OUR EDITORIAL LETTER.
COLUMBIA, s. G., Dec. %, Is

CTOWUcu WIFI DuSlllcSS Oi VuTlOuS
which prevented the preparation of our
usual weekly letter, aud therefore we will
attempt In this letter to give brief resume
of the pust two weeks legislation, which
will practically close the. work OF the ses-
sion. as we will finally adjourn on Tuesday
our homes OH that evening in time for the
Christmas holidays, having completed the
work of the Legislature Iii just four weeks
which makes this the shortest session that
has been held since the war. .i
When we len oil our lust letter the dis
c.!.s:om .? Tic i'TOpTioiy oi ,,i,oisiling .it.
TiiE BOSD COUNT .ti su
was just begun, and appeared to be quite @
hopeless tusk. II was discussed from day
to. day for about three days-M sssrs. Brown,
Chlds. Shaw. Cooke, Moody, II. Il. Hemp
hill, w. X. Bradley and Murray advoct,-
ting its abolition, and Messrs. Kennedy,
iimnbcrt, johnstone Scar6oro J. J. Hemp
ton and Hrskell n..nnsing. The -ii.ee.eec:ee.:; -ii.ee.eec!:ee.:;
were warm in interest, and some of them
quite eloquent, while some were to O GER
tain extent personal. OF this latter class
was the speech of Mr.. j. J. IIemphiIl, who
was put up to using certain articles from
the INTELLiGENcEn upon the coupon cases
bcfore Judge Mackey to show that MIR.
Murray approved Of the Court, and was
therefore inconsistent i'll now flvOring its
abolition. MIR. Haskell furnished him the
articles, which were sent up from Charles
tom by the advocates OF bondholdcrs In that
city. Mr.. Murruy replied, showing that lie
had read only portions of the articles,
which, when taken us whole, showed that
his position was mt that time IN favor of the
Bond Commissions report und opposed to
the payment of the fraudulent portion Of
the debt without committing himself to
the Court. He also argued tint the failure
to get Kinpton's testimony occurred after
the articles were written, and that If he had
favored tie Gotrt before, tint would have
been enough to change hs opinion. He
said that the bUndhJlders had tried first to
break up this Court by the quits OH coupons,
and that IL the contract was not binding ON
them it should not be OH the State. He
argued that If the Bond Court decided the
question in favor of the people, the. Sur
prrme Court of the State or of the United
States would decide it to be un unconstitu.
| tional court. and thus the question w0ti;ts
return to tile Legislature after all. lie .was
| III favor OF settling the question: perInu-
nently, SO as to satisfy the people, and mt
the same time give security To the bona fide
bondholdcrs. When tho hour for voting
arrived, the roll wps called, and the vote
stood lifty.hrce for aboishing the Court,
! and tilty-seven against II. Mr.. Murray
then changed his vote to the major
ity, so as to move II reconsideration, but
| the Bond Court men blocked this move by
moving to reconsider and to lay that mo-
ton ON the table, which was warmly sup
| ported by Gen. McGownn, and the question
was thus finally disposed of. We will pub
iish DIR. Browns speech in full next week,
as hc hns been too busy to furnish us a copy
to abolisl. the Court, the discussion did !.
great deal of good by showing up the true
| character OF the debt, which prevented the
| APPROPRIATION OF ANY ISrEREsr
to meet the accruiitg interest on the doubt
full debt OF the State. 1t required very lit
tie effort to prevent this lovy Of interest
and as soon rs the decision .upolii II was
made, Mr.. Murray Offered as section Is of
| the appropriation bill n nrovisO that enough
Of the money already in the treasury which
was held to pay the interestion the doubt
full debt, If it should be decided valid shall
be taken to pay the interest on the valid
and honest debt of the State for next year.
This was fought very hard by tile Charles
ton delegation, and Messrs. HASKELL, Blue,
J. j. Hemphill and others, but was s,ipp0r-
ted by Generals Kennedy, Mctiownn II. II.
Heinphill and MFR. Murray, and was adop-
ted by vote OF = to 10. There was then
q notion nlnds to reconsider this vote, and
+; ;.:e .mctiom vas laid o,. :.iu s;;.;.a. This
! ncXt night Mr.. Buist moved IN strike out
J the wiuic statiou mi mis- nation wns inid
vi: the table by vote OF 10 to ~. Gen.
Atct:z:.sss. .l.:. ..ss.si = !::: ::;;:..:
and 1877. MIR. Murray opposed this be-
iicausc law had already passed providing
| for funding these coupons III State bonds,
and took the position TINT it would be bad
policy to pay these coupons in money,
when the owiicrs OF them were willing To
take bonds and showed that it would raise
the taxes 20 take this course, and therefore
! he moved To lny Gcn. McGOwnii's motion
on the table, which was agreed to by O vote
of 20 10 l3. DIR. Brown then called the pre-.
vious question, which was Sustained and
the bill passed and was sent to the Setinte.t
WlorH tile section HItStniind hy- nj yf,fn
| Of % to o.. The consequence Of this was to
refuge the tax levy for next year to 81
mills fer Stats PURPOSES, ami but for the
decrease In the taxable property OF the
state, OWING 10 the agreement Of the 1egis-
int'ire To ncccpt the County assessments for
the present year, and have new assese-
lnent made next year, the amount would
have been still less.
THE TAX FOR ANDERSON COUNTY
will be: for State purposes % mills, for COM
| mon schools, mills; and for County pur-
poses, not exceeding 3 mills-so that the tax
for next year cannc. &c ;;iI'ro tiinn az mills
for all purposes, and will be less If the Coun-
~ commissioners can get OH with q smaller
sum than three mills This tax is to be
collected in two equal installmcnts--one-
half in May and the other in October, with
INC privilege to the tax. payer Of paying all
| III the last named month by paying PEN
atty OF hve per cent. on the first iialf The
cost OF advertising delinquent land sales has
also been reduced from ono dollar to twenty
i've cents. and every consideration which is
! proper iiuo Dccn extended to the citizen
| An act has been passed requiring land
owners upon the streams III Anderson
! County, once in each year, to clear out the
| logs ana brush which are washed down by
ireshcts. This is n measure t. assist drain
age and health, and if properly carried out
wiii confer great benefits upon the owners
OF bottom lands without seriously iucom-
moding any one. The fence law has been
| passed for Ahbevillc. I4aurens aud Newber-
| ry. The act authorizing divorces In South
OaroIina has been repealed, and it r,.;
stands as it did before thc war. Cunula.
| tive voting has been abolished in the town
OF anderson The office of Master has been
created In Anderson, Sumter and other
Counties, and law passed to uccel crate
partition, which will I'm considerable
measure remedy the evils likely to resi,lt
! from the decision of the Supreme Copri
IN reference to the Jurisdiction of the Pro.
bate Courts. The bNl regulating ,Trial
Justices in Anderson County has been
changed by biliintroducl,i by.Dr. Brown.
SO as TO allow two at Anderson With a saln.
| ~ oil twenty dollars each, and one in eacli
township with salary OF fsteen dollars
each, for tlicir State business, and the fees
heretofore allowed in civil cases. Messrp'
Piison, Singleton and Newton have been
confirmed by the Senate for iIvilijamston
tII6iry Greek and Garvin, and will hold
their Offices until the Spring OF 1880 AN
pointments will have TO be made i'm tSSe
other townships, md the delegation has sb,s
ciued to refer, the selection 10 the Demo-
PRIMARY ELECTION ift
iorthe different positions.N The Presidents
OF Democratic Clubs are reaiiesteSi Ia moi
| nrr9nrren1pntS