Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-12-16


were not satiAed and persisted in}their efforts
until they secured reconsideration OF the
vote whereby 1t was reduced end restored to
the original sum agaih. If we could hayo
sucoeeded in holding the House to this point
we could perhaps have carried it on through
oil the departmets. but wo failed and said that
Il was useless to press the matter further at
this timo.
Tho appropriation for the Lunatic Asylum
aud to some of tho other institutions aro too
large and calculated to encourage extrava-
CANOE, and tho system of salaries and allow
ances Is too liberal and ought to be curtailed
1t is claimed, however, that the appropriac,
tious for this year aro between S75.Ooo and
100000 less than for last yoar The reduo-
ton is said to be chiefly duo to. tho matter Of
interest on tho public debt.
ing of this bill and also tho legislative supply
bill to pay per diom mileage, &C., of members.
The estimnted cost of tho session is about
$42 900, little less believe than lost ses"
sion, provided we adjourn on the 23d inst,
which hopo wo will bo able to do. although
feel sure wo will not get through all tho
| i'm portant business before us.
The bill to change the time for holding
the courts in our circuit Is made the spccinl
ordor for Monday, 18th instant, after tho
morning hour, which j think will now go
| through without opposition, as wo have agreed
upon some changes which crc satisfactory
and affect us but little.
We have received tho request Of the town
authorities Of Walhalla to secure legislation
to enable them to raise funds by taxation or
bonds to extend the Bluo Ridge Railroad to
some point within tho corporate limits OF
said town, and also request from the cii-
IONS of Townville to socuro charter tor the
Townsville Branch II. II. to extend from
Townville and connect with the Air Line
Railroad at either Westminster or Seneca
City. 1t IL now getting pretty lato in the
session for new bills and fear that wc will
not have time to get them through before tho
end Of tho session, but have put in the no.
tees and hope to introduce tho bills on Mon
day. Wo arc working hard day and night
and trying to got through in time to reach
our homes by Christmas.
Tho Oconco delegation are all in good
health.
We receive the Courier every week now.
Thanks. Yours truly, DENDY.
COLUMBIA, December ii, lSo0
/ 10 the Keo,occ Courier:
Yesterday was q very busy day in tho House.
The subject of the sale of cotton in the seed has
been before tho Assembly, in various forms
ever since tho session opened. Tho people Of
tho counties, where cotton is planted very largely
complain q great deal of the theft of cotton
from tho field at night and its sale to small
cross.road country stores. 1t was said tlia
many men, with n barrel or so of whskey one
hundred dollars worth Of goods to begin with
had made fortunes out Of this traffic, and III,
:, evil had become so great that some law should h'
passed to prohibit its sale. After repeated cf-
I - t,;ll Ca ,lI,,,
its second reading prohibiting the sale of scct
cotton in Abbcvllc, EdgeGeld, Sumter, Orange
burg, Laurens, Lexington, Aiken, Lancaster
t Chester ahd Fairfield. The bill prohibits tn
salo of coti on in the seed in said counties, cxccp
0 for manufacturing purposes, OF by tho courts
o &C., under very severe penalties. The delegation
4 from Ocoucc, believing that this bill would wor
: q hardship 10 the people of Oconee, opposed il II
= o State measure, ana II WAS aPphea only u III
:, counties dcsiringi.
i. The bill prohibiting tho carrying OF coneeale
q deadly wca pons about the person. afte long an
!, interesting discussion, passed to n third readin
in the House. The opposition 10 this bill was tw
f folds First, that it was Internationally an
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!, enough 10 override this necessity and enforce th
law; that-moral sentiment among DUR people va
not strong enough to enforce such law, and TIM
O it would be dead letter upon the statutes Thos
of us who favored the bill replied that tho court
by the grand jurics and the people by the pres
have indicated public opinion, and that il do
0 mandcd such Inv. Mr.. NJ. McCrady. of Char
lesion, produced statistics to show that there wo.
moro blood shed in South Carolina than in nm,
state in the Union, according to its population
and such being the fact immigration to our State
was blocked. Many other interesting speeches
wcro made and the subject was SO Thoroughly
discussed that it passed wi,h but little oppos
ton.
Tho ject of next Importance to this is
the salo Of whiskcy Mr.. Prince, of Andcr.
son, on behalf Of the ladies of Charleston.
presented petition signed by six thousand
ladies OF Charleston, for some legislation on
the question. Many bills have been intro.
duced on the subject, some to prohibit abso,
luteiy, some to restrict to incorporated towns
and villages, and others to prevent by heavy
license. These various BILLS have bccn con-
sldercd by committees, and one has been
reported requiring State license by those who
sell, fixing the license fec Mt one hundred
dollars. IL is said that this will nut tho
whiskey in the hands Of responsible men
and raise large revenue to the State. Tho
bill has not yet been considered in the House.
The supply bill was introduced into tho
House by the Ways and Means COMMITTED
yesterday. 1t fixes tho tax lcvy ut four aud
| three quarter mills for State purposes and
four and one quarter mills for county purpoo
ses for Oconce, which is to be collected in two
inssallmcnts as heretofore. As mcmbor of
that committee | made an effort to arrange
tho collection of taxes so that tho money
could be IN tho treasury to pay accounts as
contracted and to avoid tho payment of inc
| forest. This was, however, not agreed to by
tho committee ana 80 are to continue bohind