The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-02-19

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The Greennille Ne,rs is waking up on
the subject of the "Western Connection"
and in its issue of Monday urges the
men of means and influence of that city
to 60 to work with a view of securing the
of the route by that place to
Knoxville, Tenn. Spartanburg, Green
Vile, Pickens, Anderson-four mighty
competitorsl The longest pole gets the
persimmon.
The following is the result of the re-
cent primary election in Abbeville county
for Judge McGowan's successor in the
Legislature: ]. D. Neel, SS7; ]. N.
Cochrane, 9S3; 81. T. Wardlaw, S13; W..
q. McGee, 2S1. There was very small
turnout of Democrats, as will be seen
from the above figures, and it is charged
that great many negroes were allowed
to vote who are not members of any
Democratic club.
At the recent meeting of the State
Grange in Charleston, resolution was
passed recommending the establishment
of Grange organ in this State. We
would be glad to see such m enterprise
successfully carried on in South Carolina,
but when we remember the meagre sup
port given the Rural Carolinian, which
died for the want of support, by our
farmers, we cannot help thinking that
our agriculturists do not want an organ
as bad as they pretend to.
Congressman Richardson, of this State,
has introduced resolution in the House
of Representatives directing the refund
ing to the several States the amount oi
the cotton tax paid by them in 1866, 1867
and 1868, the Supreme Court having de,
cided that it was illegally collected ; said
States to give guarantee that money
will be refunded to the producers of the
cotton or their heirs, or, in case they
cannot be found, be devoted to the educa'
ton of the most INDECENT citizens, ire
spective ofcolor.
The City Council of Columbia have
had q conference with the creditors o.
the city, and agreed on terms for the
settlement of the city debt. The gen.
eral terms of the agreement are the
funding of the entire amount of the out
standing bonds and floating indebtedness:
at par in bonds due in thirty years, with
interest at two per cent. for the first ter
years, three for the second, and four fol
the third. A bill embracing the provis'
ions above stated is now before the Leg,
islature, and will become law.
The Senate has passed bill prohibit
ing persons carrying concealed weapons.
which provides that any persons who
shall carry any pistol, dirk, butcher OF
bowie-knife, sword or spear-cane, metal
knucks, razor, &c., shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor, and, on conviction, suffer pen
atty of a fine of not more than 500 and
Imprisonment for not more than sixty
days. The bill contains proviso that
the prohibition shall not apply to per-
sons carrying weapons on their own pre-
mises, or while travelling through the
country, nor to officers of the law while
in the discharge of their official duties.
A telegram to the Me,cs and Courier
from Columbia under date of the 18th
instant, says: "Rumors have been circu-
lating around the city for several days of
an ugly scandal in the management of
the Penitentiary. Careful investigation
shows that the only foundation for the
report is the fact that a contract exists
dating from last fall whereby the State
leases the Seegers plantation near here.
Under the agreement Mr.. Seegers, who
is one of the directors, furnishes the land,
implements and stock and the Peniten-
tiary the labor, the product to be divided
equally between the State and Mr.. See
gers. The plantation will run fifty
plows, and with fair seasons will furnish
the Penitentiary with abundant food for
the next year, and clear $50 bales of cot
ton. The facts will be reported to the
Senate on Tuesday under the resolution
of Senator Croft. The bargain with Mr..
Seegers is regarded as a most advantage
Gus one for the State"
In the Senate on Monday Senator Ga
ry introduced the following resolution on
behalf of the Centre Springs Farmers
Club of Edgefeld County, which were
read and referred to the committee on
finance: Resolued, That the Spring or
May collection of taxes should be dis
pensed with, as at that season but few
farmers have surplus of cash over and
above what they require to meet necessa-
ry expenses in the cultivation and har-
vesting of crops. That the interest de-
manded each year by the State for six
months, from May to October, on one
half the unpaid taxes, is, in a measure,
class legislation, and it is, furthermore,
an unjust extortion and an oppressive
exaction on the agricultural taxpayers.
That to close the tax books, as is now the
custom, on the 1st of November, forces
the farmer, in order to pay his taxes, to
dispose ofhis cotton crop with undue haste
and often at lower price than he could
realize later in the season. That it
would better meet the convenience of the
farming community generally were the
tax books not closed before the 1st of
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